Generic Support Worker - Community Response Teams

Job overview

Do you want to make a difference to people’s lives within the community you love, working as part of a welcoming and supportive team?

We are looking for people that are kind, compassionate, creative, problem solvers, with excellent communication skills, to join our expanding team across the York and South Hambleton and Ryedale areas. Within your role you will form a crucial part of the Multi-Disciplinary Team, delivering a high standard of health care to patients living within their own homes, facilitating short term rehabilitation, reablement and recovery in order to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions and enable patients to recover following an acute hospital stay.

You will work closely with patients and their families, nursing and therapy colleagues within the team, and will build connections with health and social care partners across the local system. Taking a re-ablement approach the service supports people to return to, and / or, remain in their own home.

We are looking for candidates with the ability to motivate individuals, to aid their recovery and maximise independence in order to achieve the goals that matter to them. Roles are available across York and South Hambleton & Ryedale areas.

Main duties of the job

You will undertake duties delegated by the Nursing, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy teams, and will be responsible for providing holistic, person centred, compassionate health care to patient’s 18 years and over, supporting rehabilitation, reablement and recovery within the comfort of the patients home.

We provide a 7 day service, between the hours of 8am - 8pm; therefore successful candidates will take part in a rota that covers the hours of the service, however we do offer a flexible and varied shift pattern. If you are looking for a change and would like to join a team full of enthusiasm then we would love to hear from you!

The ability to transport yourself and equipment across the locality during the course of a normal working day is required for this vacancy. Access to a vehicle that can be used for business purposes and hold a full and valid driving licence (role will involve travel to numerous addresses that cannot be easily accessed by public transport means) is required.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

Working for the Trust

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities.  We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds.  If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: [email protected].

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment.  It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can.  We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

Armed Forces Friendly Employer

We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers.  This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.