Community Carer Bala

Reference:
23-25667

Job title:
Community Carer Bala

Directorate:
Adults, Health and Well-being

Service:
Provider Services

Closing date:
05/12/2023 10:00

Job type/Hours:
Permanent | 33 Hour

Salary:
£12.18 an hour

Pay Scale:
GS3

Location(s):
Meirionnydd Area

**COMMUNITY CARER** **- 33hr contract** -** plus opportunity to take on extra weekly hrs when available**

**BALA AREA**

Have you ever considered working in the Care sector?

Would you like to have a career which gives you pleasure and reward whilst supporting others

We have opportunities now for you to join the Gwynedd Council Home Care Team

We want to hear from you now more than ever, contact us today for more details.

We can offer fixed hour contracts and favourable pay as well as travel time costs.

As a staff member you will also benefit from a comprehensive training package relevant to care work.

You will be given an opportunity to gain a professional qualification, QCF (NVQ).

24.5 days holiday pro rata per year and Bank holiday entitlements (increasing to 28.5 days pro rata for staff with more than 5 years continuous service with the Council)

Attractive Work Pension available

Various staff discounts and benefits available

Rate of pay - £21575 - £21,968 (full time 37 hour) **£12.18 - £12.38 / hour**

Travel -.45p/mile

**Gwynedd Council offers an attractive employment package, for more information please click on the **Information Pack**

Gwynedd Council operates internally through the medium of Welsh, and offers all its services bilingually. The applicant will be required to reach the linguistic level noted as one of the essential skills in the Person Specification.

**For further information about this post please contact Rhian Jarvis on (01341) 424529**

**Interview date to be confirmed.**

**CLOSING DATE: 10.00 AM 05/12/02023**

Pecyn Recriwtio Oedolion (S).pdf

**Personal attributes**:
**Essential**:
Being asensitive person, dedicatedhonestand reliablewith the abilityto actin a mannerthat respectsindividual rightsat all times.‎Can operateboth individually andas a team member.

**Desirable**:
**Qualifications and relevant training**:
**Essential**:
QCF2 NVQ 2 Care (or equivalent) ora commitmentthe gain qualificationwithin aspecified timeframe

**Desirable**:
Trainingin healthand safetye.g.moving and handling,first aid‎Relevant trainingin the field ofsocial care

**Relevant experience**:
**Essential**:
**Desirable**:
Experience of caringorinvolvement with vulnerable adults‎Experience ofdomesticworksuch asgeneralhousekeeping‎Experience of workingin aprofessionalteam

**Skills and specialist knowledge**:
**Essential**:
Possessgood interpersonalskillsand‎Good communication skills‎An understandingof the principles ofproviding care

**Desirable**:
Informationabout specific health conditions‎AwarenessCareActof2000 and understanding of relevant standards and regulations

Possess a valid driving licence

**Language requirements**:
**Listening and Speaking - Intermediate**:
**Reading and Understanding - Intermediate**:
Understand everyday correspondence on familiar issues at work.

**Writing - Intermediate**:
**Purpose of the post**:

- Ensure that the people of Gwynedd are at the heart of everything we do.
- Helping individuals receiving support to live their lives in their own homes as they wish.
- This is achieved by encouraging and supporting them to develop their skills, in order to enable them to live successfully within their community. The ability to be able to set objectives, solve problems, learn how to recognize when there is a change in circumstances, and when individual needs change is expected.

**Responsibility for functions**:

- Ensure appropriate use of individuals' property.
- Make appropriate use of specialist equipment that helps the individual live their life according to their personal wishes and objectives. This will include reporting defects and following specialist practice and training protocols as required.

**Main duties**:

- Excel in building relationships with people to fully understand what would make a difference to them in their lives and empower the individual's voice at every opportunity.
- Contribute to, and closely follow, unique personal care plans that are created in partnership with the individual, identifying opportunities to adapt and improve the care plan as needed. In suitable circumstances, can act on the adjustment immediately and updating the Community Care Co-ordinator, or in other circumstances can suggest carrying out a joint review of the situation with the relevant professions.
- Contribute to the assessment process, monitoring, planning, and implementing activities in accordance with the needs of the individual. These actions may include taking part in specific programmes, exercises, and interventions.
- Be innovative and creative in providing care in a way that fully includes people. A continuous effort should be made to involve people in the simplest act