Support Worker(Nights) Ascot House Intermediate Care Unit

Support Worker (Nights) Ascot House Intermediate Care Unit

Salary £25,989 - £28,142 per annum with a 20% allowance for working unsociable hours

Working hours 35 hours per week, 21.45pm 07.45am, working two week rota and alternate weekends

Contract type Fixed term for one year

About us :

Ascot House Intermediate Care Unit supports Patients with therapy rehab goals within the 24-hour setting. We provide support with personal care, medications and therapy plans for people who have experienced recent illness or injury. Our focus is to support our Patients to regain their confidence and independence. Patients are given the time and space they need to progress with their goals to enable them to return home.

The team consists of 68 Support Workers, Assistant Practitioner, 4 Senior Support Workers and 4 Deputy Managers plus the Registered Manager. We work as a multi-disciplinary team working alongside Nurse, Doctor’s, Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapy and Social Workers this gives the service user a holistic assessment of their needs.

About you :

Your style and approach will reflect your values and you will be passionate about what you do, always striving to improve things, valuing and respecting others. You will take pride in your work and always getting things right the first time and learn from when things do go wrong. You will enjoy taking personal responsibility to resolve issues and change what you do and how you do it to make a difference.

You will have good communication skills with both service users and other professionals.

About the role :

Support Workers provide support to patients who are undertaking a period of rehab or in the assessment unit helping build a picture of a person’s needs in anticipation of discharge. The role requires you to be part of an integrated team working alongside our health colleagues. You will provide support with personal care. Good recording skill is essential as the record you make form part of a person discharge plan. We help people regain confidence with mobility and support them to lift their mood after sometimes along period of time in hospital. The Support Worker strives towards promoting and maximising the independence of Service Users and empowering and enabling individuals to make informed choices whilst living their lives to the full within the community.

Contact Details :

For more information contact Sue Burrell

Tel : 0161 912 2664

Email : ascothouse@trafford.gov.uk

Please do not send CV’s to this email address.

About the benefits

You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged. You will have the opportunity to work and grow in a people-centered and values-based organisation that promotes a positive permission culture. Your opinions matter so you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things here at Trafford.

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