Job Introduction
Job title: Reablement Assistant (30 Hours per week)
Salary: £25,119 to £28,770 Pro-rata
Location: Granby Intermediate Care Hub, Liverpool, L8 1YQ
A bit about us:
Liverpool is home to vibrant, energetic, and engaged communities, people who take real ownership of their local area and are passionate about making our city a better place. We've got ambitious targets to meet by 2025 and we need people who are driven, dynamic and ready to deliver the very best for our communities.
Public service is more important than ever, and this role represents a real opportunity to make a difference to our communities by transforming the way we work and placing our residents at the heart of everything we do.
Working at Liverpool City Council provides an opportunity to contribute to your community and make a positive impact on the lives of residents. Our values shape how we work to deliver public services, and how we communicate with the residents we serve. We care about the best outcomes for local people, through our public services.
We are proud of our world-famous thriving city with its rich culture, affordable housing, stunning waterfront, and our beautiful green spaces – there’s really something for everyone!
Granby Intermediate Care Hub is a CQC registered 30-bed reablement unit based in the south-central area of Liverpool. It aims to assist individuals in their transition from hospital to home by helping them improve and retain their independence through therapy, social interaction, and reablement.
The Role:
The role involves working with service users within a reablement environment to provide support with their care needs, and to help them attain an agreed level of independence.
This will require you to be able to record with care those activities and actions undertaken with the service users, so that we can clearly demonstrate our commitment to them and their care. The role can be physically and mentally demanding depending on the needs of the individuals within our care.
You will be working with social workers, occupational therapists, and physiotherapists, you will be required to assist and empower service users with their domestic and personal activities of daily living.
Our offer to you:
- At least 27 days holiday, rising to 35 after 5 years’ service.- option to purchase further days.
- Part of the Local Government Pension scheme – option to join the AVC scheme.
- Progression - opportunities and training through a wide range of high-quality learning.
- Health and Wellbeing - offer including Employee assistance programme.
- Cycle to Work and Travel Pass Schemes
- Drive Time – a salary sacrifice car lease scheme.
- Family friendly policies with enhanced leave
- Discounted Gym Memberships
- Employee Volunteering Scheme
- Medicash
Next steps: Apply for this role
Closing Date is 21 October 2024
If you would like to talk to a member of the team about the role or have an informal discussion, please contact – Nigel.Parsons@liverpool.gov.uk
Liverpool City Council is committed to fostering a workforce representative of the communities we serve. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we believe in appointing candidates based on their skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities. To support this commitment, we guarantee an interview to candidates from under-represented groups who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.
If you require any reasonable adjustments in line with the Equality Act 2010, such as an application form in a different format or additional time to complete your application, please contact us at recruitment@liverpool.gov.uk
Although we advertise on Jobs go public, and other websites, your application process will be directed to our Tribepad system. Please note that all communication regarding your application for this post will be sent to the email address that you have registered on Tribepad, including your invite to interview if you are shortlisted. Please check your emails regularly, including Spam/Junk, after the closing dates for notifications. Please ensure you complete your full profile, work, and education history in Tribepad.
We reserve the right to close vacancies earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications. If interested, please complete an application as early as possible.
