Care Worker - Matlock, United Kingdom - Derbyshire County Council
Description
Are you someone with acaring personality and a desire to care for others? Do you have the ambition and drive to work positively with people, promoting choice and control to encourage their independence in personal care, mobility, medication, making meals, whilst working to their personal service plan?
Could you make a difference to someone's life by offering short term care and support?
Derbyshire County Council are looking for
Care Workers (Community) to work in our local areas to help people achieve their maximum level of independence after an accident or general dip in health.
You don't need to have previous experience of care work or qualifications as we offer structured training to ensure our care workers receive what they need to flourish and progress in their social care careers
We're keen to hear from you if you:
- Enjoy a challenge
- Understand what it means to treat people with dignity and respect
- Can place a person at the centre of their care
- Can be creative and are forward thinking
- Competitive rates of pay
- Generous local government pension
- Genuine career development opportunity
- Wellbeing support
- PPE and workwear
We have vacancies in numerous areas across Derbyshire, working anytime between 7.00am and 22.00pm on a Rota basis, with various part time contracts and opportunities to work additional hours if required.
For more information on the wonderful work we do or to request a call back from us to chat to us about a career in care visit our Careers in social care page.
We look forward to hearing from you
The job may require unsocial hours working including weekends and Bank Holidays. Payment arrangements will be detailed in any contract offer made.
Saturday and Sunday hours will be paid at plain time where it is part of your normal working pattern unless it is between 7pm and 7am, where enhanced rates of pay apply.
An initial one off lump sum Welcome payment of £500 (pro-rata) is attached to this post payable in your first salary.
If you voluntarily leave the Council's employment within 12 months, you are required to repay some or all of the welcome payment (Terms and conditions apply).
Further information on employee retention payments is available on our website at Salary scales - Our Derbyshire.The following retention payment is attached to this post: £500 after 12 months satisfactory service. Further information on retention payments is available on our website at Salary scales - Our Derbyshire.
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