Job Title – Casual Support Worker
Employer – Trafford Council
Location – Waterside House, Sale Waterside, Sale, M33 7ZF
Salary – £23,893 to £25,979 per annum for full time hours
Salary Grade – 3
Working Pattern – Casual
Working hours – As required
Contract type – Casual
Closing date – 14th April 2024
Interview date – Week commencing 29th April 2024
Interview type – In person
About us:
Trafford Council and its partners in the public, private and third sectors are embarking on a Vision which sees us working together to close inequality gaps and maximise Trafford’s huge potential. Our vision is working together to build the best future for all our communities and everyone in Trafford.
Trafford really is a great place to work. With a positive permission culture, we embrace innovation and encourage performance. We’re keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.
We currently have an exciting vacancy within our team to enable us to continue to build on our success and also bring new experience, knowledge and ideas into the team.
About you:
Your style and approach will reflect our values and behaviours: you will be committed to continually learning & improving the way you do things to ensure effective outcomes; valuing and respecting others’ contribution, you will work together to deliver service; you will take ownership of your actions and strive to getting things right first time and learn from when things do go wrong; you will enjoy taking personal responsibility to resolve issues and change what you do and how you do it to make a difference.
About the Role:
Support Workers in the Supported Living Service provide personal care services to individuals within their own homes in accordance with the practices and procedures of the Local Authority. They provide support with personal care, medication, meal preparation and domestic tasks and social inclusion.
The Support Worker strives towards promoting and maximising the independence of Service Users and empowering and enabling individuals to make informed choices whilst living their lives to the full within the community.
Additional Information:
Supported Living provides 24 hour support and you will be required to work on a 4 week rolling rota. There will be an uplift for working unsociable hours.
Enquiries:
For more information contact Carol Monteith
Tel: 07870 900 810
Email: carol.monteith@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 mental health first aiders, staff network groups (LGBT+/Carers/BAME/Disability) and health and wellbeing events.
Our great benefits include:-
Local Government Pension Scheme
Home Technology Scheme
Car Lease Scheme
Cycle to Work scheme
Simply Healthcare
Employee Discount Scheme - 'Perks at Work'
Ability to ‘buy back’ extra annual leave
To learn more about Trafford as a place to live and work, please visit:
https://greater.jobs/content/10496/welcome-to-trafford
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