Care Assistant

Job summary

WE ARE NOW RECRUITING

Do you have a passion from working with people in an Adult Social Care or Health setting?

Sandwell MBC and South West Birmingham NHS Trust are working in partnership to provide short term reablement in a newly built integrated Social Care and Health Centre, which opened in December 2022. The centre is an 80 bedded reablement centre based on Harvest Road, Rowley Regis.

WE ARE NOW RECRUITING

CARE ASSISTANTS. (hours ranging from 14 hours to 31.5 hours per week for days shifts (mixed shifts 7am/2.30pm and 2pm/9.30pm) and night shift 35hours per week 9.15pm/ 7.15am

Salary:Band C £19,312 to 20,493 (dependant on experience)

Are you genuinely driven with a desire to make a real difference in people's lives? Are you a great team player and a confident communicator, who cares passionately about providing person centred care and support? Are you passionate about empowering & supporting service users to achieve the required independence? If so we want to hear from you?

As a Reablement Care Assistant you will work with the service user through their person-centred plan and treatment programme in conjunction with the Therapy team and Management team.

Main duties of the job

Other duties and responsibilities include

• Assist to reduce long term care needs by promoting independence.
• Assist in reducing readmissions to the acute trusts.
• Undertake duties as part of a Integrated workforce.
• Promote service user well-being and independence.
• Contribute to all aspects of the physical and emotional care needs of service users
• Involvement in and promotion of the emotional and psychological needs of service users to instil confidence by encouraging feelings of security and personal worth.

You can also expect to support the nursing team in specific areas including care plans or care reviews

Additional Information

• Successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.
• We offer generous terms and conditions including good annual leave entitlement, a xxx pension scheme and an employee benefits scheme

If you have any queries in relation to the post, please contact Michaela Fanthom on 0121 569 7277.

You will also be required to undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Check.

Hours

You will be required to work a mixture of early, late shifts. (7am 2.30pm and 2pm 9.30pm) These will also include working weekends and bank holidays on a rota pattern

Night shifts are 9.15pm to 7.15am. These will also include working weekends and bank holidays on a rota pattern

About us

We reserve the right to close vacancies prior to their advertised date if we receive a large number of applications. Therefore, you are strongly advised to complete and return your application as soon as possible. When completing your application please refer to the supporting documents attached.

If you have a disability and require assistance in making an application, or have experienced a problem whilst applying for a position, please contact the Resourcing Team on 0121 569 3300 or via e-mail to:hr_resourcing@sandwell.gov.uk

For more information about working for Sandwell Council, our recruitment process and our offer to you please visithttps://www.sandwell.gov.uk/info/200233/jobs

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Sandwell is situated at the very heart of the West Midlands, just a stone's throw from Birmingham. A large, diverse, metropolitan borough, Sandwell offers exciting opportunities for all in a friendly, supportive environment. Sandwell is made up of six towns - Oldbury, Rowley Regis, Smethwick, Tipton, Wednesbury and West Bromwich. The borough has 1,200 hectares of parks, playing fields and local green space and more than 30 miles of canals.

We offer something for everyone, with an incredibly wide range of career opportunities, at any stage of your career, from apprentices to senior managers.