Care Assistant - Reablement

Do you have a passion for working with people in an Adult Social Care or Health setting and a desire to make a real difference in people\’s lives? Are you a great team player and a confident communicator, who cares passionately about providing person-centred care and support? Are you passionate about empowering & supporting service users to achieve the required independence? Sandwell MBC and South West Birmingham NHS Trust are working in partnership to provide short-term reablement in a newly built integrated Social Care and Health Centre, which opened in December 2022. The centre is an 80 bedded reablement centre based on Harvest Road, Rowley Regis. You will work with the service user through their person-centred plan and treatment programme in conjunction with the Therapy team and Management team. This will be an exciting opportunity to work in a service supporting individuals to regain their skills and confidence so that they can return home.

Responsibilities

• Assisting to reduce long-term care needs by promoting independence.
• Assisting in reducing re-admissions to the acute trusts.
• Undertaking duties as part of an Integrated workforce.
• Promoting service user well-being and independence.
• Contributing to all aspects of the physical and emotional care needs of service users.
• Involvement in, and promotion of, the emotional and psychological needs of service users to instil confidence by encouraging feelings of security and personal worth.

You will be required to work a mixture of early and late shifts (7am – 2:30pm and 2pm – 9:30pm), which will also include weekends and bank holidays on a rota pattern. Successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check. We offer generous annual leave entitlement with additional entitlement granted to employees who complete 5 years continuous service with Sandwell or other Local Authorities. Access to the LG pension scheme and an employee portal which includes discounts on a number of retail locations, gym memberships, and more.

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