Permanent contract | Salary starting at £12.59 to £13.46 per hour (£19,697 to £21,064 per annum for 30 hours per week) | A range of part time opportunities from 22.5 to 30 hours per week are available
Could you give people their confidence back? If so, we’d love to hear from you - even if you haven’t considered working in Social Care before.
Here at Norfolk First Response we work with a reablement ethos, working alongside people in their homes to make a positive difference. We aim to help them regain their previous abilities within 6 weeks following a period of ill health or change in circumstances and our Support Workers (Reablement) are a key part of that.
Find out more about a day in the life of a Support Worker (Reablement) here.
We have vacancies in our Double Assist Team and working individually (as part of a team of 12) across North Norfolk, giving people the support they need ranging from helping with daily activities such as washing, dressing, meal and drink preparation to ensuring their medication has been taken.
Our Double Assist Team covers North Walsham, Mundesley and Cromer. Our single rotas cover those areas too as well as Fakenham, Stalham, Ludham, Horning, Acle and Blofield.
Our current vacancies include:
- Support Worker (Reablement) in Double Assist Team 28 to 28.5 hours per week (averaged over two weeks)
- Support Worker (Reablement) 22.5 to 30 hours per week (averaged over two weeks)
- Support Worker (Reablement) Swift Team working in pairs 25 hours per week (averaged over two weeks)
You need to be caring, empathetic and committed to making a difference to people’s lives with the ability to easily commute to people’s homes in North Norfolk – but need not have previous care experience as full training will be given. In return, we offer fixed rotas planned in advance enabling you to maintain a healthy work life balance, a range of employee benefits (including discounts on daily purchases) and:
- Time and a third for the weekend hours you work
- Paid time for travelling between carefully planned visits
- Paid business mileage
- Paid training time
- Support gaining your Care Certificate
- A work laptop and mobile phone
- A free DBS check
- Free uniform
- An office base in your area so you can meet with colleagues or your line manager when needed
We review applications regularly so you need not wait until the closing date to apply. Please indicate in your application which vacancy or vacancies you are applying for.
Please note these vacancies are not eligible for Visa sponsorship.
Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria. You can also find information on our Terms and Conditions here.
These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:
- Competitive salary
- Generous holiday entitlement with the ability to buy and sell leave
- Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
- Financial benefits such as:
- ‘Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
- A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
- An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
- Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions.
- A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job.
- Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension, new bikes and electric cars.
Already a Norfolk County Council employee? See and apply for internal and external vacancies in myOracle using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email.
Closing date: 30 April 2024 at 23:59
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