Job Title – Domestic Assistant x 3
Employer – Trafford Council
Address – Ascot House, Ascot Ave, Sale M33 4GT
Salary – £22,366 - £22,737 pro rata (£9,718 - £9,879 per annum) plus 6% allowance for alternate weekend work
Salary Grade – Band 1
Working Pattern – Part Time
Working hours – 15.75 hours per week, working alternate week-ends
Contract type – One Year Fixed Term
Closing date – 12th May 2024
Interview date – TBC
About us
Ascot House Intermediate Care Unit supports Patients with therapy rehab goals within the 24-hour setting. We provide support with personal care, medications and therapy plans for people who have experienced recent illness or injury. Our focus is to support our Patients to regain their confidence and independence. Patients are given the time and space they need to progress with their goals to enable them to return home.
The team consists of 68 Support Workers, Assistant Practitioner, 4 Senior Support Workers and 4 Deputy Managers plus the Registered Manager. We work as a multi-disciplinary team working alongside Nurses, Doctors, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapy and Social Workers this gives the service users a holistic assessment of their needs.
We currently have an exciting vacancies within our team to enable us to continue to meet the high standard we expect to enable us to keep the service users safe from infection. We are also very proud that our domestic team maintain such high standards. Are latest infection control audit we score 100%.
About you
Your style and approach will reflect your values and you will be passionate about what you do, always striving to improve things, valuing and respecting others. You will take pride in your work and always getting things right the first time and learn from when things do go wrong. You will enjoy taking personal responsibility for the area’s you work within and seek to resolve issues and change what you do and how you do it to make a difference.
About the Role
As Domestic Assistant, you’ll be responsible for supporting the team to clean and maintain the environment to a high standard meeting the key infection control audits. You will clean communal areas, bedrooms, bathrooms and office areas. You will be shown how we deep clean areas ready for admissions. This is a role where you will have contact with service users who are undergoing a social care assessment and may have dementia so it is important that you have some key values such as kindness, caring and love to smile as this makes a big difference to the people you will talk to and meet. We also support service users who are here for rehab and again they will enjoy a chat with you as you are helping maintain their space. It is important to be professional and have the ability to report any possible safeguarding concerns.
You will need awareness of COSHH requirements, risk assessments, policies and procedures.
For more information please contact Sue Burrell 962-0996 or ascothouse@trafford.gov.uk
About the benefits
You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged. You will have the opportunity to work and grow in a people-centred and values based organisation that promotes a positive permission culture. Your opinions matter so you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things here at Trafford.
Trafford recognises the importance of staff wellbeing and offer a number of initiatives for staff including mindfulness, mental health first aiders, running & walking groups and health and wellbeing events.
Our great benefits include:-
Pension
Home Technology Scheme
Car Lease Scheme
Cycle to Work scheme
Simply Healthcare
Employee Discount Scheme - 'Perks at Work'
Trafford the place - Trafford continues to be one of the best places to live, in the country. According to statistics, the borough scores highly in terms of recycling, education, employment and crime reduction, and has a reputation of being one of the safest places to live in Greater Manchester.
Trafford has some of the best schools in the country; it also has excellent transport links and is globally recognised for its, sport, culture and leisure interests.
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