Care Reablement Worker

The Role

Home First is the county wide Urgent Care and Reablement Service managed by Herefordshire Council supporting people in the community to regain maximum independence following an admission to hospital, a crisis at home, illness or disability, or any change in circumstances that has impacted their independence.  Home First offer support to adults aged 18 upwards.

Our aim is to give individuals the skills, ability and knowledge to live their everyday life as independently as possible, and we do this through setting and working towards goals for a period of up to 6 week.

We want staff who choose to work with us to have control over their own work/ life balance, and therefore we actively encourage our staff to choose the hours they would like to work and their own working pattern set over a two-week rota, all we ask is that this encompasses working every other weekend.

• Work with individuals to help regain skills and confidence in completing everyday tasks and activities such as making meals, washing and dressing.
• Help avoid unnecessary admission to hospital, or long-term residential care.
• Support individuals to gain new skills to help them manage at home.
• Help individuals to get back on their feet after a stay in hospital.

The tasks you may be involved in –

• Personal hygiene: Enabling an individual to regain their ability to wash and dress themselves, return to showering or bathing
• Domestic tasks: Enabling an individual to prepare/cook meals for themselves
• Medication support: Administering medication, application of creams, always identifying ways the individual can do this themselves.
• Welfare – just checking that individuals are safe and well
• Moving and handling – e.g. using correct equipment to assist with all required transfers (i.e. getting out of bed/ chair/shower).
• Problem solving with individuals to do tasks differently that enables them to do to the tasks by themselves

Benefits

Flexible working with a variety of hours and shift patterns available, this is set around you!

• · A competitive salary with pension benefits
• · 25 days annual leave plus 8 days in lieu of bank holidays
• · Full payment of allocated shift, including travel time and mileage at 45p per mile
• · A further range of benefits including discounted gym membership and store discounts
• · Company Pension
• · Sick pay
• · Store discounts
• · A full programme of support and training

Interested?

Be part of a passionate and supportive team and gain a great sense of achievement knowing that they are helping the local community and really making a difference.

We want staff who choose to work with us to have control over their own work/ life balance, and therefore we actively encourage our staff to choose the hours they would like to work and their own working pattern set over a two-week rota, all we ask is that this encompasses working every other weekend.

If you choose to work with us, we will discuss your individual requirements with you and build a working pattern that suits. Whether you can only provide a small amount of support or whether you are looking a full time role, we can accommodate, you can work as much or as little as you like!