Care Assistant

Job summary

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!

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 recruiting to several roles within the organisation. This will be an exciting opportunity to work in a service supporting individuals to regain their skills and confidence so that they can return home.

Working 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

Main duties of the job

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.

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.

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

Additional Information

• Successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.
• We are looking for candidates with NVQ/QCF/RQF L2 in Care or equivalent, or the willingness to work towards a qualification.
• We offer generous terms and conditions including good annual leave entitlement, pension scheme and an employee benefits scheme.

About us

Working Hours Available

31.5 hours.

You will be required to work a mixture of early, late shifts. These will also include working weekends and bank holidays on a rota pattern.

Enhanced rates are included for weekend working and Bank Holidays.

This post requires an NVQ/QCF/RQF L2 in Care or equivalent, or willingness to work towards.

Our Values; Trust, Unity and Progress make us unique, they define how we do things and are reflected in the way we behave. They are important to us, guiding and shaping our organisational culture. Our values are key to us achieving Sandwells Vision 2030 and also guide us when we recruit.

Further details relating to the role including job description can be found on www.wmjobs.co.uk search for Harvest View.

Our Values;Trust, UnityandProgressmake us unique, they define how we do things and are reflected in the way we behave. They are important to us, guiding and shaping our organisational culture. Our values are key to us achieving Sandwells Vision 2030 and also guide us when we recruit.