Job summary

The Intermediate Care at Home Team provide short term re-ablementto people out in the community who need to regain their confidence and skillsfollowing discharge from hospital or maybe after a fall or unforeseen healthissues. Our service operates 7 days aweek, 365 days a year working in liaison with other healthcare professionals tosupport those who are in most need, to get them back to living as independentlyas possible.

If you are interested in joining us, you are compassionate,motivated and work well with others, then we would welcome your application.

Please note that Care Plus Group are not currently registered to sponsor applicants from outside the EU and EEA.

Main duties of the job

Job title: Integrated Support Worker

Hours: Various hours available between 21 to 30 per week on a rota pattern including weekends and Bank Holidays

Permanent

Salary Range 2 £18,669 (under 23) – £19,319 (over 23) pro rata per annum fixed salary point

The Integrated Support Worker is a key role in the delivery of our quality service and as such we provide an extensive induction and training programme to ensure you feel empowered to deliver an effective, safe and enabling service to our service users.

You will work in partnership with physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nurses and care managers to enable service users to achieve their best quality of life. You will support service users identified through an assessment process and act upon initial referral information responding flexibly to the patient/clients presenting needs. You will also be required to administer medication in accordance with Policy.

You will also benefit from a comprehensive benefits package including generous milage allowance, annual leave entitlements, Saturday and Sunday unsocial hours payments and pension scheme.

You will have a NVQ/QCF in Health and Social Care or equivalent qualification or willing to work towards this as well as a standard level of literacy and numeracy skills and a basic level of computer skills including Microsoft Word.

About us

Care Plus Group is an employee owned Social Enterprise, establishedin 2011 to deliver NHS community health and social care services and employover 800 people. A key feature of our organisation is the positive culture wehave developed which is based on valuing, trusting, engagement, and involvementof our staff. We consistently deliver high quality innovative services across NELincolnshire, reflected in an ongoing above 95% customer satisfaction feedback.Our services have received national recognition/commendations and Awardsincluding winning a national HSJ award in November 2021. We hold thehighest possible standard of ISO accreditation and are committed to reducingour carbon footprint. We offer excellent terms and conditions includingoptional membership to a contributory pension scheme, Independent Providerclosed access to the NHS pension scheme, lease cars, a full induction programmeand an extensive range of CPD/development opportunities. We recognisecontinuous service from partner Health and Care organisations for the purposesof annual leave entitlement. We are a supportive employer and operate in a waywhich supports family friendly and flexible working. CPG is an equal opportunities employer,committed to safeguarding the welfare of vulnerable adults and expect the samecommitment from all staff and volunteers. As a Disability Confident employer,we will interview all disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria.

Date posted

17 February 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£18,669 to £19,319 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

B9814-23-41

Job locations

Val Waterhouse Centre

41-43 Kent Street

Grimsby

DN32 7DH

Job description

Job responsibilities

The job description is attached as a separatedocument with the person spec – please refer to it for more information

Job description

Job responsibilities

The job description is attached as a separatedocument with the person spec – please refer to it for more information

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ2/QCF in Health and Social Care or equivalent qualification or working towards it

Experience

Essential

  • Team working with an appreciation of others skills and expertise

Desirable

  • Previous experience of working in a health and/or social care environment

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

  • Ability to maintain confidentiality at all times
  • Standard level of literacy/numeracy skills
  • Basic level computer skills i.e. MS word
  • Ability to maintain accurate and legible records
  • Be able to demonstrate empathy, tact and diplomacy particularly when faced with difficult situations
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ2/QCF in Health and Social Care or equivalent qualification or working towards it

Experience

Essential

  • Team working with an appreciation of others skills and expertise

Desirable

  • Previous experience of working in a health and/or social care environment

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

  • Ability to maintain confidentiality at all times
  • Standard level of literacy/numeracy skills
  • Basic level computer skills i.e. MS word
  • Ability to maintain accurate and legible records
  • Be able to demonstrate empathy, tact and diplomacy particularly when faced with difficult situations

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.