Care and Support Worker - Reablement

Our Story:

Halton is a vibrant local authority with a rich history and heritage, featuring two iconic bridges that connect communities across the River Mersey. Located in Cheshire, Halton boasts excellent transport links between Liverpool and Manchester, as well as close proximity to both Liverpool John Lennon and Manchester Airports.

Our progressive community strategy aims to bring about meaningful, long-term improvements that enhance lives. It’s an exciting time to join us as we develop new policies and transform the way people access services.

We are immensely proud that when asked what’s great about working for Halton, the most popular response from our workforce has been ‘our colleagues’.

Our Team:

The Reablement service provides short term care and support to adults within their own homes within the Halton area. The team focuses on service users strengths to enable them to stay independent and improve their wellbeing. Our team aims to build service users confidence after a stay in hospital, illness or deterioration in their health; preventing re-admission to hospital or a premature move to a care home.

The Reablement Service operates 365 days per year. Our care and support worker shift patterns are across a two week rota, working every other weekend. All posts include a mixture of early and late shifts. Early shifts commence at 7.30am and Late shifts finish at 9pm or 11pm.

Enhancements are paid for weekends and unsocial hours. You will receive a car allowance payment monthly in addition to your business mileage.

Your Contributions:

The Reablement team is looking for caring, hardworking, compassionate and innovative individuals who can ensure that service users care and support plans are provided to a high standard, empowering service users and promoting their independence. Working within a multidisciplinary team, you will develop and maintain effective working relationships with a range of professionals including our therapy and social work teams. Candidates must possess excellent interpersonal skills and have the ability to effectively communicate with and listen to others. You will also be competent in accurately maintain clear and concise written records and producing reports.

Various hours available to be discussed at interview.

Our Offer:

Aside from working with a great team, our employees have access to a fantastic range of benefits, including

• A generous annual holiday allowance starting at 26 days per year + bank holiday entitlement, increasing with long service

• Membership of our defined benefit, salary-linked Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contributions

• 3 x Salary Life Cover via Local Government Pension Scheme

• Investment in your personal development

• Free Car Parking at HBC sites

• Extensive employee benefits platform including discounted shopping, car leasing, gym memberships, wellbeing hub and Employee Assistance Programme

Next Steps:

At Halton Borough Council, we want all of our candidates to feel well-informed so if you would like to have an informal chat about this role, please contact Hayley Grimes, [email removed]

At Halton Borough Council we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce and a vital part of this is to encourage diversity in all respects. We are committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and tailored to best suit the needs and strength of the individual. This includes making adjustments for people with a disability, neurodiversity or with long-term health conditions. If you require accommodations, please reach out during the recruitment process so that we can make this the best possible experience for you – [email removed]

Please refer to the attached Job Profile for further information about the role and our values.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications. If you’re interested, please complete your application as early as possible.

We look forward to receiving your application!