Home Care Worker

We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated support worker to join our Integrated Urgent Care Team within our community team. The Integrated Urgent Care Team provides short term interventions to maximise independence and responds to urgent/crises situations to enable people to continue living in their own home for as long as possible. The team responds to patients discharged from hospital wards, A and E and MAU (Medical Assessment Unit), assists in preventing inappropriate admissions to hospital, as well as supports those in crisis in the community.

The team is made up of staff from health and social care, working together to provide a holistic assessment and support plan to ensure outcomes are achieved and independence is maintained wherever possible. The team provides support to Younger and Older Adults with varying degrees of disability, social complexities and vulnerability living in the community.

As a key member of this busy but supportive team you will be required to work in a practical and positive way to enable Service Users to regain confidence and to motivate them in regaining daily living skills.

This post is subject to a rota pattern working over 7 days a week and includes some weekend and bank holiday working.

It is essential that you hold a current valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work use for which a casual car allowance will be paid.

Ideally you should have substantial experience in a domiciliary care setting., Our employees' skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.

This position is subject to Enhanced with Barred List Disclosure Procedures. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English in the person specification.

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.

We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.