Job Introduction
We’re recruiting for a Support Worker within our friendly and professional team who help local people settle back at home after a stay in hospital or other community space.
We’re very proud to help local people remain independent, and you’ll want to make a difference to the lives of vulnerable residents. You’ll also be enthusiastic and ready for a challenge.
Your role will be to help people return home and provide practical assistance, so they remain safe. This includes things like shopping, arranging house cleans, and booking other services to make their home more secure and useable. You’ll be following a tailored support care plan created by a Social Worker or Social Worker Assistant.
If you’re looking for a supportive new role where you can experience variety in a fast-paced team and develop your career by working together with health and social care professionals, this could be right for you. An enhanced DBS will be needed for this role. If you would like to learn more about our team, then please visit www.mkcounciljobs.org.uk/hospital-discharge or contact Parita Shah or Yvette Chicharro on 01908 254456 for more information.
Milton Keynes City Council is a modern and friendly place to work. We offer an excellent benefits package including an enhanced pension, generous holiday allowance starting at 28 days as well as a great range of training and development opportunities to help you in your career.
Main Responsibility
- Carrying out home visits and helping people achieve tasks that have been set out in their individual support plan.
- Managing a case load with support from the persons allocated worker.
- Partnership working with colleagues in adult social care and with other key professionals/agencies.
- Ensuring all work and interactions are recorded accurately and in a timely manner.
The Ideal Candidate
- Good communication and listening skills
- Practical and organised
- Computer skills and confident with using IT systems
- Able to work independently, using your own initiative
- If you have past experience in this area of work great, if not, don’t be put off as full training and support will be provided – we need compassionate, dedicated people who want to help others
- Access to a vehicle to use for work
For this role you are required to have a full UK driving licence. If you are successful, you will be required to supply evidence of your licence prior to starting the role. You'll be required to provide evidence of your vehicle insurance with business use. This is required for any roles that requires the employee to travel to more than one place of work.
Should you be offered the role, as part of the pre-employment checks an Enhanced DBS will be actioned for you (unless you are on the DBS Update Service).
Package Description
In addition to your salary, we offer a range of benefits including:
- Great holiday benefits - most roles include 28 days annual leave every year on top of public (bank) holidays, increasing to 32 days after five years. In addition, there is a holiday purchase scheme allowing staff to purchase up to 5 additional days of leave each year.
- Excellent pension – everyone who works for us can join the national Local Government Pension Scheme, widely regarded as one of the best available.
- A full range of family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity support and a childcare subsidy.
- Access to an award-winning employee benefits programme that includes a health cash plan, a low-cost bike purchase scheme as well as high street discounts and money off entertainment and travel.
- Blue Light Card - employees working within social care can qualify for an additional range of discounts from national retailers and local businesses.
Our roles are either designated ‘site based’ or ‘home based’. ‘Site based’ roles can include up to two days a week working from home whilst ‘home based’ roles are based at home four days a week. Of course, managers designate which category roles are in based on the needs of the service and the circumstances.
About The Organisation
Milton Keynes City Council is a large, modern and financially stable employer with around 2,500 people working across our eight areas. Together we provide local residents and businesses with a wide range of important round-the-clock services and aim to make our city a better place to live.
We work hard because of the demands placed on us, like protecting children from harm or preventing homelessness. However, working for the city is always rewarding and everyone has the opportunity to make a real difference.
We’re very proud of our diversity and are committed to having a workforce that reflects the community we serve. Whatever your background, you will be welcome here if you share our values of being dedicated, respectful and collaborative.
We offer great training and support and because of the size and scale of the organisation there are always new opportunities to explore when it’s time for a new role.
If you’d like to know more about how we do things and what matters to us, take a look at our short booklet What makes us Milton Keynes City Council.
