Home Safe Support Worker
Are you ready to do meaningful work that changes lives across Northumberland? We’d love you to be part of our Home Safe Support team.
We are looking for a Home Safe Support Worker to work within the Short‑Term Support Service. This post is fixed term – 13 months, part time 29.08 hours, £14.82‑£16.07 p/h.
The successful candidate will be part of a team providing short‑term limited interventions to promote people’s independence. The role typically involves visiting people in their own homes and supporting them to regain their ability to carry out a range of day‑to‑day tasks.
About us: The Home Safe Support team involves short‑term reablement care and equipment provision in service users’ own home to regain independence. You will work with individuals to set their personal goals and help them to achieve them.
The team consists of six Support Workers providing services seven days a week, 365 days a year. The role is to help individuals regain their previous level of independence at home following a hospital stay or short‑term discharge placement, and to support those who are unwell to help prevent hospital admission. Support may include assistance with personal care, help with medication, and assessing the need for low‑level equipment.
Our service is rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission.
Responsibilities
- Ensure that confidentiality is maintained, each service user is treated with dignity and respect.
- Risk assessments – develop and follow.
- Care plan – plan, implement and review, promote independence.
- Signpost onto other professionals or services.
- Medication – follow guidelines, policy and procedures, audits etc. Documentation – accurate and timely.
- Compliance with relevant legislation.
- Manage a caseload of service users.
- Competencies – therapy equipment.
- Training – relevant to the support worker post.
- Complete initial visits and home assessments.
- Interact and engage with colleagues.
Working Pattern
The working pattern is Monday to Sunday 8am to 8pm over a rolling rota (consisting of two shifts per day, either early or late).
Requirements
- Valid UK driving licence and access to a car for work purposes.
- Ability to talk easily with service users and provide advice in accurate spoken English.
- NVQ Level 3 / equivalent or willingness to work towards an equivalent qualification.
- Good general IT skills.
Benefits
- Salaried posts with competitive rates of pay with enhancements for unsociable hours and bank holidays £28,598 – £31,022 FTE (pro rata for part‑time employees).
- Paid travel time and mileage between visits.
- Essential car user allowance if criteria met.
- Full training and supervision.
- Uniform and all protective equipment needed.
- Company mobile phone.
- Free DBS check.
- Company pension scheme.
- Staff benefits scheme.
- Out of hours support.
- Annual holiday entitlement (26 days annual leave plus public/bank holidays, rising to 31 days after 5 years of service – pro rata for part‑time employees).
- Excellent ongoing training and support.
Equality and Diversity
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format, please see the alternative methods below. This information will be treated as confidential and will only be used to check that you meet the essential requirements of the post.
Alternative Application Format
British Sign Language: northumberlandcc-cs.signvideo.net
For those with speech difficulties or hearing loss: Text relay service, dial 018001 01670 623930.
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