Support Worker Ascot House - Trafford, United Kingdom - Trafford Council

Description

Support Worker Ascot House Intermediate Care Unit

• Employer: Trafford Council
• Address: Ascot House Intermediate Care Unit, Ascot Avenue, Sale, M33 4GT
• Salary: £23,893 - £25,979 per annum (£6,591 - £7,166 pro rata) with a 14% allowance for working unsociable hours
• Salary Grade: Band 3
• Working Pattern: Part Time
• Working hours: 21.45 – 07.45 Monday and Tuesday night every two weeks
• Contract type: Fixed Term for 12 months
• Closing date: 9th June 2024
• Interview date: TBC

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.