AddressBolton Council
Job Title:Care Assistant
Team: Bed Based Services
Hours: Various hours available
Grade: C scp4 £23,114 to scp6 £23,893 (based on full time working 37hrs)
Contract: Permanent & Casual posts available
The Role
Looking for the next step in your career?
Then Bolton Intermediate Care is the place for you!
Here at Wilfred Geere and Laburnum Lodge, we have an exciting opportunity for you to become part of our dynamic, supportive teams. We are looking for dedicated, compassionate Care Assistants to join our CQC “good” rated service. For permanent contracts, you will be based at one of the bed bases, however there may be opportunities to work across both sites. Casual contracts are available at one or both of the intermediate bed bases.
What do we do?
We provide 24-hour residential care for service users who require continuation of care and rehabilitation, across two units: Laburnum Lodge, situated in Breightmet; and Wilfred Geere in Farnworth. The aim of the Units is to support residents to regain as much independence as deemed achievable and return home or move onto alternative care arrangements. At Bolton we recognise the skills individuals can bring and promote joint working, with both NHS staff and local authority staff working on-site.
What do we offer?
- Competitive rates of pay
- 7% enhancement for evening and weekend working
- Double time and a day in lieu when working on Bank Holidays
- Workplace pension
- Paid e-learning and face-to-face training
- Opportunities to pick up additional shifts.
- Free uniform and free DBS
- Holiday Pay
- Benefits through employee discount scheme
- Long service awards and recognition
What will your working week look like?
- A variety of contractual hours and casual contracts available (to be discussed at interview)
- Opportunities to pick up additional shifts.
- For permanent contracts: rolling 4-week rota.
- Working between 7:15am – 10:00pm dependant on shift pattern:
o 7:15am-2:45pm OR
o 2:30pm-10:00pm
- Weekend on/ weekend off basis to promote work/life balance.
Ask us about flexible working options - #HappytoTalkFlexible
Job Description & Person Specification.docx
About You
What will you be expected to do?
You will be supporting individuals with tasks of daily living, to provide high quality care and support; enabling people to regain as much independence as deemed achievable and return home or move onto alternative care arrangements.
You will be expected to use and monitor the computer-based information systems that are involved in capturing all daily living tasks and goals. You will be expected to work alongside Health Care professionals and our partner services and follow detailed skills plans.
You must ensure that the service is delivered to the highest achievable professional standards to support vulnerable adults with both rehabilitative and / or mental health needs to retain / regain community living.
There is a sister service and at times you may be required to work from another base, you will need to be able to travel across the borough to deliver the service and have excellent time keeping.
Your work will be compliant with all CQC regulations, and Bolton Council policies and procedures.
If you are looking for a role that is both rewarding and fulfilling, we want to hear from you!
About Us
This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.
Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.
As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.
For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see the Work with Us page on greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact recruitment@bolton.gov.uk
BN Staff Benefits.pdf
Our Values are really important to us, read all about them here:
BN VB Framework.pdf
For further details of the role and how we use your data, please see:
BN Privacy Notice.docx BN Right to Work.docx BN DBS.pdf
Ready to apply? Then please click Apply and using the open box, answer the following questions:
1) What is your understanding of person-centred care and how do you deliver this?
2) Give an example of when you have worked well as a team member.
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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced DBS with check of relevant barred list is therefore required for this post.
This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.
This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits.
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