Reablement Support/Care Worker - Drivers Only - Expiring soon!
Posted 13/08/2024 by Connect2Luton
Role: Reablement Support Worker
Team: Adult Social Care
Grade: L3
Shifts Various
Connect2Luton are excited to recruit a Reablement support worker on behalf of Luton Borough Council within their population wellbeing department.
About the Role
To work in a multi-disciplinary reablement team. Providing a responsive seven day per week customer led service to promote, achieve and maintain individual's ability to remain living independently in the community.
As a support worker, you will be responsible to:
- Current,valid driving licence and willingness to use own vehicle for business on a daily basis travelling across the Borough.
- Undertake through individual care plans, personal, practical and rehabilitative duties to maximise individuals independence and wellbeing.
- Carry out therapeutic activity and skills practice in accordance with the agreed plan to improve and maintain mobility, daily living skills, transfer and building confidence.
- Encourage and support clients to maintain optimum independence that includes decision making, coping with loss, maintaining social contacts and activities and managing a safe home environment.
- Accurately communicate verbally, in writing and using IT systems according to the demands of the situation to ensure safe and effective service delivery and care plan reviews.
- Observe, record and report any changes in individual conditions and circumstances and ensure that they are reported to senior staff without delay, taking into account severity; urgency; policies; duties and responsibilities to ensure the health, wellbeing and safety of the individual.
Skills and Experience
- Effective interpersonal skills with individuals, carers, relatives and professional colleagues
- Some experience of working in partnership with other agencies and representing a professional service
- Some experience of working unsupervised as part of a team.
- Able to use own initiative when reporting concerns and acting on them.
- To demonstrate good oral and written communication skills for recording purposes, including the use of IT and electronic monitoring systems
About Us
Luton Borough Council have partnered with Kent County Council to create Connect2Luton, a recruitment managed service for all contingent temporary agency, contract, and interim roles at the Council.
Our heritage and being local government owned which means we have a wealth of knowledge and expertise within the public sector, with many of our employees having previously worked for the Council or have supplied previously into the Council, for several years.
Connect2Luton, part of Luton Borough Council & Kent Commercial Services LLP, is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business and positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.
- Type:
- Temporary
- Start Date:
- ASAP
- Contract Length:
- 12 Months
- Contact Name:
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- Job Reference:
- 7707711 Care worker _1723541295
- Job ID:
- 222156783
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