This Enablement Support Worker post sits in the Integrated Reablement Team within Torfaen County Borough Council's Domiciliary Care Team, run from Ty Glas y Dorlan. The work is practical support for people recovering from illness or hospital stays, helping them keep their independence in their own homes or during short reablement stays. Shifts are planned across four days out of seven, mixing days and evenings or evenings only, and visits cover the whole borough. Candidates need their own transport and a Wales domiciliary care worker registration to be considered.
What the job involves
- Provide practical help, personal care and support to people following illness or hospital stay
- Enable individuals to maximise and maintain their independence, focused on what matters to them
- Support people in their own homes across Torfaen (north and south) or during reablement stays at Ty Glas y Dorlan
- Work a planned rota of four days out of seven, mixing days and evenings or evenings only
What’s required
Qualifications
- NVQ Level 2 in Care, or willingness to work towards QCF Level 2 in Health & Social Care
Registration & licences
- Registration as a Domiciliary Care Worker under the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016
Experience
- Basic understanding of care in the community
- Experience of caring for individuals, paid or voluntary
Skills & knowledge
- Comfortable working on your own
- Flexible approach
- Ability to maintain good working relationships with the individuals supported
- Enabling approach that promotes independence
Checks & eligibility
- Current UK driving licence
- Use of transport and business insurance
- Enhanced DBS check
Nice to have
- Welsh language skills
What’s offered
- 25% weekend, 15% evening and additional bank holiday working enhancements
- 34 days annual leave including bank holiday entitlement
- Mileage allowance of 45p a mile with paid travelling time
- Pension scheme
- Free DBS checks, uniforms and PPE
- Mobile phone and electronic rotas
- Opportunity to develop skills and gain experience in social care
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Enablement Support Worker - Integrated Reablement Team in Cwmbran employer: Torfaen County Borough Council
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Contact Details:
Torfaen County Borough Council Recruitment Team
