Care Workforce Support Apprentice in Caernarfon - Gwynedd Council

Description

Purpose of the Post

• Receive experiences and support in the workplace to complete an apprenticeship
• To contribute as a team member within the Department
• Ensuring that the people of Gwynedd are central to everything we do

Responsibility for functions:

Main Duties

Within the team, the placement will enable the successful individual to learn the principles of good ministry and operational support. This will include providing 'cover' to frontline teams, supporting safeguarding referrals, assisting with our core work of effective information governance, communicating publicly and internally within social services, assisting with data work to ensure we are able to report and reflect our challenges and successes effectively and much more.

All Gwynedd Council apprentices are expected to demonstrate the following:

• The right behaviour and attitude
• Do your best in the day-to-day work and qualification
• Contributing towards the success of the Council
• Working effectively part of a team
• Communicate effectively
• Be ready to learn new things
• Understand exactly what it takes to work for the Council

Here is an overview of the main duties of the position:

• Providing support to individuals who turn to us to receive information or advice regarding their care needs
• Assisting individual services e.g. the safeguarding service to keep an overview of addresses
• Support various meetings such as management team, team meetings (e.g. occupational therapy, social work leaders etc), multi-disciplinary meetings with the Health Board, safeguarding meetings etc. This will be very helpful to get to know different services and gain an understanding of the field.
• Assisting with communication and engagement with our communities
• Assist with requests for personal and sensitive information reaching the department
• Shading different professionals to learn about the different career options available in the field and identify a desired career path e.g. occupational therapists, social workers, residential home managers, well-being workers, data and systems officers etc
• gain an understanding of the department's data handling systems and processes and be involved in the performance regime
• spending time as part of the various business units where it would be possible to develop specialisations in finance, contracts and care commissioning, quality assurance and monitoring et

As a member of staff at Gwynedd Council, you have the following responsibilities:

• Responsibility for self-development
• Ensuring workplace Health and Safety rules and Council Health and Safety policy are followed
• That you follow the Council's equal opportunities and equality policies
• Responsibility for suitable information management and ensuring suitable handling of personal information
• Commit to the Carbon Management Plan and encourage people to reduce the Council's carbon footprint
• Responsibility to report if you have a suspicion that a vulnerable child or adult is being abused