Intermediate Care Support Worker

Are you interested in a role in Care? Supporting people to retain their independence?

Would you like to be part of our friendly hardworking team, making a real difference to someone's life?

As an Intermediate Care Support Worker you will work with people who have been identified as having intermediate care needs, after a stay in hospital, providing support in an empowering way, to promote recovery and maximise their independence.

This is an incredibly rewarding opportunity, giving you the chance to work with people on achieving identified goals and outcomes, supporting them to retain as much independence as possible and remain living within their local community.

If you're friendly, compassionate and want to make a difference to people's lives we would love to speak with you!

The main duties of the role will include:

• Supporting individuals with personal care, ensuring individuals are treated with dignity and respect.
• Supporting with and administering medication as required.
• Working with individuals on their own personal outcomes, as agreed within a person centred, strength-based plan.
• Working closely with colleagues across the Service, including Therapists and Social Workers.

Location: Parkview Gardens Residential Care Home, Barrow-In-Furness

Available Hours: 21.25 to 33.75 hours per week

Typically our rotas involve working a mixture of shifts which usually cover between 7am - 3pm (earlies), 9am - 5pm (days) and 2.15pm - 9.45pm (lates), including alternate weekends and Bank Holidays.

Contract: Permanent

Working at Westmorland and Furness Council you will receive a variety of benefits, including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and other various perks and discounts schemes. For more information about life at Westmorland and Furness Council and what we can offer you, please visit our Careers site. Our benefits | Careers (westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk)

For further information about this role, such as responsibilities and essential criteria please view the below documents:

• Post Specification
• Role Profile

If you have any queries about this role or would like an informal chat about this opportunity, then please contact carerecruitment@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk

At Westmorland and Furness Council we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the safety and welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and we expect all workers, employees and volunteers to share our commitment.

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 and requires an enhanced DBS check with an Adults Barred List check.

Please note this role involves working in regulated activity with adults. It is an offence for people who are barred from working in regulated activity to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults.