Job Description:
**Rapid Community Discharge – Support at Home Contract Type: Permanent Hours: 16, 24, 35 Hours are Available Salary: £10.90 Per Hour Location: Dundee (requires travel within the area)
We’ve got an exciting new opportunity…..**
Do you love helping people in need? Are you looking for a rewarding role that could kick start your career in the health and social sector? We are looking for a passionate and enthusiastic person with great people skills to join our Independent Living team.
At the British Red Cross, we put the people that need us at the heart of what we do. As a Rapid community discharge team member, you will provide the support and care which can make a vital difference to the quality of people’s lives, Feedback to team to enable people, helping them to help themselves and allowing them to continue living at home in comf ort. This Role will include flexible working and fast paced changes to service users needs across Dundee.
You will provide reactive, focused and flexible support to adults in their own home. This can include all aspects of Personal Care (includes showering and incontinence needs), meal preparation and helping with medication. In addition, you will be providing practical and emotional support in the service user’s own home, working closely with NHS and Dundee health and social care and signposting to other services where appropriate to enable the individual to live independently and remain in their own home.
Due to the nature of this service, this role can be emotionally and physically demanding. But it can also be rewarding; you are helping vulnerable people in the Dundee community.
Please Note: Service Operates Monday to Sunday, between 7.00am and 10.00pm. There are a variety of shifts and hours available. (16,24, 35) We’ ll try to make the shift patterns work around your life. Working with the Red Cross you will be paid from start to end of your shift including travel time and receive 45p per mile for mileage expenses claims. Overtime is paid at a rate of £11.77 per hour.
This role could be for you if… You can make things great. You know how to improve service quality for the benefit of users. You’re professional. You can deal with queries in a diplomatic and confidential manner. You love being flexible. Working hours out with the norm suits you.
Also, you should have the following skills/experience: Educated to Standard Grade/GCSE level (or equivalent by experience). IT literate Have a full driving licence Have a good knowledge of services provided by the NHS and Social Care.
Please note applications will close at 0:00 hrs on Tuesday 27th September.
A little bit more about us… The British Red Cross help anyone, anywhere in the UK; get the support they need if crisis strikes. From hiring a wheelchair or dealing with loneliness, to adjusting to life in a new country – we’re there when you need us.
If you are appointed to a role within BRC you will be subject to the organisation’s Code of Conduct, a copy of which you can find on our website.
As part of its recruitment and selection process the British Red Cross undertakes DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) checking of all individuals who regularly work with or have access to children and vulnerable adults.
The British Red Cross, incorporated by Royal Charter 1908, is a charity registered in England and Wales (220949) and Scotland (SC037738).
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