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Social Care Support Worker at HMP Littlehey

Employer
Cambridgeshire County
Location
Cambridge
Salary
Competitive salary
Closing date
20 Jun 2021

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The Reablement team have an exciting new job opportunity for you to join our Social Care Support Team - we have 27 hours, 24 hours and a relief position available.

About the team:

The Social Care Support Team delivers personal care and support to service users in accordance with their personalised support/ Reablement plans, empowers adults to enhance their quality of life, maximise potential and to continue to develop independence skills within Littlehey Prison.

The team works closely with health and social care professionals, who are involved in the care planning and delivery of Reablement care.

The team is based in HMP Littlehey in Perry. The post will require flexible working in pairs, meaning this could include evening and weekend shifts. Reablement operate a 365 day service.

We provide full training, so no qualifications are required and the role has a competitive salary of £18,933 - £19,698, equivalent to an hourly rate of £9.81 - £10.21 and with enhanced pay rates for evenings, weekends and bank holidays.

About you:

You will be:
• Motivated
• Reliable
• Dependable
• Self-confident
• Able to work autonomously
• Committed to represent our Service and want to be part of a flagship

For this Social Care Support Worker role although desirable, you don't need any qualifications in Health and Social Care, just the right attitudes and values to work in a care environment.

However, you will be eager to develop your knowledge of social care and have a willingness to work towards NVQ 3 in Health and Social Care.

This role will require a candidate to undertake an enhanced DBS check and an Enhanced Level Vetting for HMP.

What we can offer you
• Variable hours and working patterns - operating over 7 days a week.
• Enhanced pay rates for weekends, evenings (10pm- 8am) and bank holidays up to double time.
• Up to 30 days' annual leave entitlement (pro-rata part time), plus bank holidays (pro rata) and subject to length of service
• You will be provided with two full uniforms
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Professional career development. Including supporting you to gain a Level 2 or 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care (for social care support workers).

This is a rolling campaign, and we will review applications regularly, so please don't wait for the closing date to apply. Candidates will be progressed shortly after they apply, and the opportunity will be filled as soon as we identify a suitable candidate, which may be before the closing date. So please don't hesitate, we want to speak to you now!

Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to reflect this diversity, which we believe is beneficial for our employees, the organisation and the communities we serve.

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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.

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