Care Support Worker

All about the Role

This is an opportunity to work at the front door of Adult Social Care, where early conversations and timely intervention can make a real difference. The team works across prevention, assessment, safeguarding, carers support and community-based solutions, making AEHT a varied environment in which to develop your Adult Social Care experience.

If you are passionate about supporting adults, enjoy problem-solving and partnership working, and want to help people achieve positive outcomes while maintaining their independence, we would love to hear from you.

This is a varied role and includes;

- Duty work

- Carrying out Care Act assessments, care reviews and carer reviews

- Screening initial referrals

- Forming working relationships with partner agencies

This part time role is mostly community based but involves both home and office based working.

Working days are Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Interviews will take place on 10th and 13th November

All about our Team

You will work within our Adults early help team. The team consists of social workers, social care practitioner and care support workers.

This is a friendly and supportive team working hard to deliver a high standard of care to Adults in need in Peterborough.

Our Benefits
We value our colleagues and have developed a number of benefits in addition to our generous annual leave starting at 25 days + bank holidays, sick pay and local government pension scheme...

• Access to a range of benefits via our Employee Benefits Platform, including in-store and online discounts as well as our Cycle to Work and Home & Electronics schemes
• Buy up to 10 days additional annual leave (pro-rata)
• Access to car lease scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared Cost AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities including apprenticeships to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to our equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to receive Employee Recognition Awards

Our Commitments
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, dedicated to fostering diversity, advancing equity, and building an inclusive workplace for everyone. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and particularly encourage those from underrepresented groups, including disabled people, care leavers, and individuals from minority ethnic communities. Your unique perspectives and experiences are encouraged and valued and will play a vital role in our success.

We are committed to making our recruitment process as accessible as possible. If you are a person who has or considers yourself to have a disability and you require reasonable adjustments to the application or interview process, please contact pccrecruitment@peterborough.gov.uk.

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.

If you've already applied and completed the recruitment process for this position within the last three months, there's no need to reapply. We really appreciate your interest and thank you for considering us.