Priority Candidates will be considered in the first instance Heathside Residential Home Plank Lane Leigh WN7 4QE Salary: Grade 4, £24,790 - £25,992 per annum.
£12.84 - £13.47 per hour (pro rata based on 37 hours per week) 3 positions x 24 hours per week Permanent Your role : You will be part of the team supporting Residents with dementia to live well and age well.
You will provide person centred care as identified in personalised individual care plans to lead full and purposeful lives providing maximum choice, empowerment and control.
You will be responsible for the safe administration of medication in line with the departmental policies and procedures in place and deliver high standards of care to residents in a residential setting.
About you : You will need to be flexible to the needs of the service and be able to work on a rota pattern that is unsociable hours including weekends, you will need to have excellent communication skills, both oral and written in order to best support the residents and have knowledge of delivering person centred care to residents.
You will need to effectively communicate with your team.
You will need to be kind and caring and have an understanding of dementia and display values and compassion at all times.
You will need a good sense of humour and enjoy participating in events with residents.
About us: Wigan Council has been voted 'Overall Council of the Year' at the APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) Awards.
We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.
The Progress with Unity plan is a place movement for change for the next decade, bringing a new era for Wigan Borough.
It draws on the strengths of our individual organisations, recognising that together we can achieve much more for our communities by delivering on our 2 place missions; create fair opportunities for all children, families, residents and businesses and make our towns and neighbourhoods flourish for those who live and work in them.
We are a caring council and committed to supporting adults who have a diagnosis of dementia and to live the best life to live well and age well.
We will provide you with a full induction and ongoing training in order to meet our high standards and service needs.
Here at Wigan, we are proud to support flexible working patterns, when the service can accommodate this.
We also take a blended approach to where we work, depending on the work we do.
This may include working from home, the office, or the community.
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Wigan Council prides itself on equality , inclusion and promoting diversity within the borough and aims to recruit a workforce that reflects our diverse communities.
We invest in training and developing our staff, in a positive learning environment, and aim to be a consciously inclusive employer.
We welcome applications from everybody in the community and would particularly encourage applicants from our underrepresented groups to apply.
At Wigan, it is really important to us that applicants demonstrate our Team Wigan behaviours, and we do all we can to make sure that everyone feels like they belong.
We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process.
To be appointed to this role you must be able to prove your right to work in the UK.
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Please note, at present we are not a licenced sponsor.
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Interview dates: Priority Candidates Tuesday 10 th December 2024 / Internal/External Candidates Thursday 12 th December 2024 This position is subject to Enhanced Disclosure Procedures plus Adult barred list check The employer is committed to safeguarding To view the details relating to this position, please click the links below: