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Reablement Practitioner (NIGHTS) X2

Employer
Wakefield Council
Location
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Salary
£18,744.62 to £20,765.16, pro rata. Grade 6
Closing date
29 Sep 2024
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Are you caring and passionate about managing and supporting a team to deliver the best level of care to the people we support?

If so, then we may have the right position for you!

Our Reablement Service are seeking to appoint 2 Night Practitioners, working a 26.25 per week permanent contract.  This essential service works 7 days per week, 52 weeks a year, providing the best possible quality of care in the community.

This position is permanent working 26.25 hours each week. This essential service works 7 days per week, 52 weeks a year, The position does include weekends and bank holidays.

The successful person will be a car driver and be prepared to work a 2-week rota during the hours of 23:00pm – 6.30am. All shifts are waking night shifts

This exciting role will lead a team to deliver high quality care and support to the most vulnerable people of our district, meeting their needs, and promoting person centred care at every opportunity. 

This post is subject to the Fluency Duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016. The post holder is required to demonstrate a proficient level of fluency under the Duty as detailed within the job specification for the post

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 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.

Our night service provides a Virtual Ward service which supports patients who would otherwise be in hospital to receive the care, be monitored and receive treatment. The virtual ward service allows service users to come home to receive the care, be monitored and receive treatment they need, rather than having to stay in hospital to receive this.

We also provide a Dementia wraparound service, where our night support assistants provide care during the night for Dementia service users who need 1-1 within a residential care setting, which ensures service users with Dementia receive care 24/7.

Our Repositioning service provides a repositioning service through the night to service users in their own homes to monitor and prevent pressure sores.

We also provide an urgent response short term intervention service which is a service that responds to one off or short-term support through the night to either expedite hospital discharge or prevent a hospital admission.

The successful candidate will be given a comprehensive induction programme, full training to deliver high standards of care, and we will fund the qualification for you on successful completion of the probation period.

With a salary of £26,421 to £29,269 (FTE), enhancements for weekend and bank holiday working, plus overtime opportunities, why wouldn’t you want to choose a career in care?

There are lots of other benefits which make up our overall employee package too, such as:

  • A career average pension scheme
  • Enhanced rates of pay for evenings / weekends
  • Employee Benefits scheme such as discounted gym membership, and travel cards and discounts and offers across media and telecoms, entertainment, health and leisure, services for your home, shopping, food and drink and vehicle benefits
  • Access to Occupational Health including Health and Wellbeing Services
  • A comprehensive Induction Programme, regular one-to-one meetings, and a strong commitment to your personal development

You must have the right to work in the UK and bring evidence along to prove this.

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 Debbie Cave.

Tel: 07717800244

E-mail: dcave@wakefield.gov.uk

To apply please click the Apply Now link below.

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