This is a genuine opportunity to help others within the Bury community. As a Well Being Practitioner, your vocation will be to work with vulnerable people and help them build confidence, support health and wellbeing so they reach potential and are able to live full and independent lives.
You will be working with an experienced team of multi-disciplinary health and care professionals including Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapist that are all there to support reablement of vulnerable adults. This will include practical, social and emotional support to users with physical and/or mental disabilities. You will maintain a safe and stimulating physical environment in which to create opportunities and choice for service users to be as independent as possible.
Talk to us about what you are good at, want to learn and enjoy doing. You will be based at the Choices for Living Well residence at Killelea House in Bury. This position also offers ongoing training.
Choices for Living Well Services.
We are a community run, interim service that supports people, many with complex needs due to illness or injury, to regain their skills and confidence so they can return home after a period of therapy and support. We offer a safe space in a lovely, newly renovated residential house and extend our services out to those who have returned to their own homes
Requirements
We are confident you will have transferable skills but you need to want to be the difference to other people's lives. It’s a challenging job at times so you need enthusiasm, commitment, focus and a strong team work ethic. You will also need a great sense of humour, be kind and be driven to support others.#bethedifference
The ideal candidate will have previous experience of working with vulnerable people in either a voluntary or work setting.
We need you to
· Communicate well, have fluent English
· Love working with people and can demonstrate empathy and kindness
· Experience working as part of a team, show flexibility in supporting colleagues.
· Have an interest in Health and Wellbeing
· Be energetic and up for a challenge
· Fully respect and have pride in offering such a valuable service
· Be willing to work night shifts
Progression
Working with a multidisciplinary team will mean you working alongside occupational therapists, physiotherapists, nurses as well as many other professions therefore providing you with the exposure to a wide range of roles across the Bury Health and Care sector. This is huge opportunity to learn from others and consider the career path that is right for you, if you aspire to progress. There is training included as part of the role and the opportunities to continue your personal development.
Benefits
We are offering a 2-week shift rota of between 35-40 hours per week. The shifts are between 9:30pm-7:30am on a shift pattern - 4 days one week and 3 days the following week inclusive of weekend working.
For example, this could mean working 9:30pm-7:30am on Monday, Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday one week, and then Wednesday, Thursday and Friday the next week.
Pay Grades on this are
Full time 20,092-21,744 which is 10.41-11.27 per hour
Interview process
There will be an application form, pre-screen and interview process followed by an Enhanced DBC compliance check. During the application process we will notify you further of the process and people involved and the training opportunities.
Job Types: Full-time, Contract, Permanent
Salary: 10.41-11.27 per hour