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Are you passionate about making a difference to our citizens and the district that they reside in? Then, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team.

About the Role:

As a Practitioner, you’ll lead a dedicated team to deliver person-centred care to some of the most vulnerable people in our community. You’ll work on a 4-week rota, including weekends and bank holidays, with shifts between:

06:30 – 15:00

14:30 – 23:00

About the Service

The aim of our service is to enable service users to remain in their own homes by promoting independence and delivering a quality service.

To ensure individuals are treat with dignity and respect and to work alongside other professionals and agencies in a person-centred way to deliver effective services by working within national guidelines and standards.

The Reablement Service provides short term care, usually delivered in the person’s own home and is offered to people with disabilities and those who are recovering from an illness or injury and have the potential for significant improvement. 

The purpose of Reablement is to help people who have experienced deterioration in their health or have increased support needs, to relearn skills required to keep them safe and independent at home. 

We provide a bridging service which provides care and support to people who are waiting for a long-term package of care to be agreed or to bridge a period before a package of care can restart.

Our resettlement service provides care and support for a short period of time to settle people back into their previous daily routine and gives extra support with confidence building and time to readjust after a period away from home.

We also provide emergency care and support response to people who need extra support whilst further assessments can be completed.

Essential requirements:

• A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential for this role.

• 4 GCSE’s at pass / grade 4 or above (or equivalent), including Maths and English Language.

• Level 2 in Health & Social Care

  Or a requirement to undertake all required qualifications on successful completion of probationary period.

What can I expect?

• A competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement with the option to buy up to 10 extra days of annual leave
• Hybrid working (subject to role suitability)
• Access to high-quality training programs to advance your career to the next level.
• We are committed to supporting the wellbeing of our staff. We recognise that resilient teams need good work life balance as well as supportive leadership.
• Discounted and subsidised public transport (Arriva Bus Annual Travel Ticket, Northern Trains Limited (NTL), MetroCard).
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) and a Shared Cost Additional Voluntary Contributions (AVC) scheme providing a tax efficient way to increase our pension.
• Great range of benefits including an Employee Assistant Programme, discounted membership to our excellent leisure facilities with free 12 weeks exercise program, discounts for a range of retail, entertainment, health and leisure providers, a cycle to work scheme, and many more

Want to know more?

If you would like to know more about the role, the recruitment process or working for Wakefield Council, feel free to contact.

Name: Margarita Crofts

Telephone -07583 962806

E-mail: mcrofts @wakefield.gov.uk

or 

Name: Debbie Seaman

Telephone 07464 907721

Email: dseaman@wakefield.gov.uk

Company: Wakefield Council

Salary: Grade 6 SCP 12 - SCP 18

Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire

Sector: Health and Social Care

Sector: Health

Sector: Housing

Job Role: Operative