Emergency Home Responder Manchester (Nights)

Are you a caring individual who wants to be a part of an essential service in your local community? Progress Lifeline, who provide a Home Response service in the Greater Manchester area, are looking to expand their team. We are a 24-hour response service enabling older, disabled, and vulnerable people who have fallen or had an emergency at home. As an emergency home responder, you will assess and establish the nature of the emergency and provide the necessary support for the customer. At all times, you must offer reassurance and make our customers as comfortable as possible. Full training will be provided: This will include First Aid and dealing with emergency situations, as well as the moving and handling of customers who have fallen. You will learn how to perform risk assessments, carry out welfare visits, and when required, lift customers using specialist lifting equipment. Initial and ongoing training is comprehensive. This is carried out during daytime hours, and you must be able to commit to attending if successful in your application for the role. Our teams are made up of a variety of people with different backgrounds and previous experience. However, previous experience isn’t essential for the role because all required training will be given to enable you to become valuable support to the emergency services. Night Shift: On call between 18:00 and 06:00. 7 consecutive shifts on and either 7 or 21 shifts off (one week in two or one week in four). Please specify in your application your preference. Due to timed attendance targets, it is essential that you live in the Greater Manchester area and have access to your own vehicle. If you are: Compassionate and caring with a strong desire to support vulnerable clients Reliable, determined, and hardworking Calm under pressure and able to deal with emergency situations Possess a full driving licence and have access to a vehicle. We would love to hear from you! Please upload your C.V. today. You can look forward to: Competitive salaries offered and benchmarked regularly We support employee development and promote continuous learning Training and Development Progress Lifeline is part of Progress Housing Group. The Group values equality and works to provide a fair and inclusive environment for a workforce that is as diverse as the communities it serves. We want to further increase the diversity of our workforce, in particular the number of Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic staff and disabled staff at all levels of the Association. This advert is open to all applicants, and we would particularly welcome applications from candidates identifying with one or both of those characteristics. Application Closing Date: 28th Feb 2025 Interview Date: To Be Confirmed. Please note, on occasions where we have high volumes of applicants, some roles may close earlier than the advertised end date in order for us to manage all of the applicants appropriately. #J-18808-Ljbffr