Job Reference Ref/3431/8870
Number of Positions: 1
Contract Type: Part Time, Permanent
Working Hours: 16
Location: Haylock House, Kettering Parkway, Kettering, Northants
Closing Date: 17/07/2026
Job Category: Social Care – Adults
Organisation: North Northamptonshire Council
We offer a vibrant working environment with benefits including:
- pension scheme with significant contribution and life cover and ill-health protection
- opportunities to develop skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
- generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
- hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help with work-life balance
Employee benefits include an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, and support for active Employee Network Groups.
About the role
We are searching for enthusiastic people to help us support frail vulnerable adults with their individual reablement journeys to enable them to regain their independence. You will work with people discharged from hospital back into their own homes across North Northamptonshire, supporting them to achieve their goals and helping with daily living needs. No experience needed – full support and training will be provided.
Shift Pattern: 07.00 – 15.00 hrs. Every weekend. 16 hours per week.
Base: Haylock House, Kettering, NN15 6EY.
Full driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.
What will you be doing?
- Be genuinely concerned about people’s quality of life, enthusiastic and able to think creatively.
- Enable individuals to regain their independence.
- Work with customers, setting and achieving goals in their own homes in the community.
- Respond to emergency situations in the community in partnership with health services and seniors in the team.
- Support customers with personal care, administer medication and nutritional needs.
- Review customers’ progress regularly, monitor the effectiveness and efficiency of the support plan, and work with seniors in the office to make adjustments as necessary.
(This list is not exhaustive of tasks required for the role.)
About you
We are looking for people with a genuine passion to help others live independently in their own homes, who are physically fit, flexible, compassionate, honest, and act with integrity, treating others with dignity and respect.
Any caring experience would support your application.
Full driving licence and access to vehicle required.
About us
Our values and behaviours
Customer-focused, respectful, efficient, supportive, trustworthy.
Disability Confident Employer
We are a recognised Disability Confident Employer committed to an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.
The council achieved Gold status on the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
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