Vacancies

Mobile Support Worker

Please Note: The application deadline for this job has now passed.

About the role

An opportunity has arisen for a flexible motivated and customer focused individual to join us as a Mobile Support Worker (MSW) to help us deliver our great service.

The post is a part time (25hrs). A 5 week rolling rota is in place with shift patterns ranging between 8am and 8pm and includes some weekends and bank holidays. The rota would require you to work 1 weekend in 5, 1 week of lates (4pm-8pm) and be on call on 4 occasions in 5 weeks from 8pm-8am

Part Time MSW 5 week Rolling Rota- Example

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
week 1
9-3	9-3	9-3	9-3	9-3	OFF	OFF	30
week 2
9-3	9-3	9-3	OFF	9-3	12-5 **	12-5	34
week 3
9-3	OFF	9-3	9-3	8-1 *	OFF	OFF	23
week 4
4-8 **	4-8 **	4-8 **	4-8	4-8	OFF	OFF	20
week 5
9-3	9-3	9-3	9-3	9-3	OFF	OFF	30


* 8am start
**on call from 8pm to 8am
days off

What will you be doing?

Reporting to the Team Leader – Support Services the role focusses on providing a regular visiting and targeted support service based on individual needs to elderly residents living in our sheltered accommodation and residents in the community connected to our customer contact and control center.

The support service aims to keep residents happy, healthy, independent, safe and secure.

You will be required to respond to emergency situations within the Councils own sheltered schemes and customers in the community who use the Dispersed Community Alarm.

The service operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week all year and therefore you must be prepared to work to cover current shift patterns. You will be required to undertake call out duties on a rotational basis to respond to emergency out of hour’s situations. An additional on call payment is made along with the monthly salary.

About you

If you have a genuine interest in working with a predominantly elderly client group and have and have experience of working in a support or care role with elderly, sick or disabled residents you might just be the person we are looking for.

The ideal candidate will have a good standard of education/ literacy, excellent communication skills along with a friendly disposition and enthusiastic approach as well as the ability to remain calm whilst under pressure.

You will need to have a drivers licence as you will be required to travel to and from a number of sheltered schemes and homes when you visit residents across the borough. A fleet vehicle is available for use. Ideally you will live locally to the Corby area as the need to respond in less than 15 mins when "on call" could take you anywhere across the borough.

Our benefits

We offer:

a competitive salary
a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
agile and flexible working arrangements to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

About us

We are a new unitary council, established in April 2021; we are one of the largest unitary councils in the country. Our vision for North Northants is to be 'A place where everyone has the best opportunities and quality of life'.

Our priorities are:

helping people live active fulfilled lives
caring for our young people, providing them with high quality education and opportunities
enabling a thriving and successful economy
leading on a green and sustainable environment
ensuring our communities are connected so they can shape their lives and where they live
providing modern public services

Our values, as chosen by our staff, are - Customer-focused, Respectful, Efficient, Supportive and Trustworthy.

Your differences make us different - Achieve Together.

We are undertaking consultation with the Trade Unions on terms and conditions and the future NNC pay structure and during this time are appointing new employees on interim spot salaries. You will be advised of the outcome and any impact on your role once this work is complete.