Priority Candidates will be considered in the first instance
Mayfield House - Centre of Excellence
Mayfield Road
Orrell
WN5 0EX
Salary: Grade 5, £18,467 - £20,601 per annum. £11.80 - £13.17 per hour
5 positions x 30 hours per week
Your role:
To ensure the health, well-being and safety of customers during unsociable hours and be responsible for the property. Respond accordingly to any needs of the 12 customers that live at the property. Work alongside another waking night if required to sleep-in. To be part of a specialist team of support workers to support customers with Autism and people who can present challenges to live the life they choose in a new purpose-built building.
About You:
You will be required to work as part of a team and communicate effectively to the day staff ensuring verbal and written communication is completed. You will be required to work on a rota basis which will include weekends and bank holidays. About you: You will be willing or already hold a Care Certificate (or equivalent qualification) or have an equivalent level of experience and be committed to undertake training in Autism and other training that would be relevant to your post. You will have excellent communication skills with the ability to work closely with other professionals, agencies and families developing the trust respect and cooperation in providing high quality care. You must have the ability to support individuals with Autism and complex support needs and challenging behaviour. You will be committed to the development of the service. You must have a positive attitude, work alongside others, and have an asset-based approach, focusing on what people can do as opposed to cannot. Be committed to achieving out-comes for inidiviuals.
About us:
Wigan Council has been voted ‘Council of the Year’ at the iESE Public Sector Transformation Awards and has recently published The Deal 2030, our ambitious plan for our borough. We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.
Supported Living Services form part of our People Directorate under Adult social Care. Our workforce provides support to adults with learning disabilities in the Wigan and Leigh area in various models/types of accommodation. Mayfield House Centre of Excellence for Adults with Autism is the first specialist accommodation which is designed specifically for people with Autism. This is a modern, state-of-the-art building which is appropriately adapted to meet customers’ needs. You will receive specific training provided by both in house training providers, external, work closely with Maybo and have opportunity to achieve ongoing professional development.
The format of the interview will be via an assessment where you will have an opportunity to meet some of the customers, the team and look round the place of work.
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 (My Place), the office (Our Place) or the community (Your Place). We like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits click here to find out more about working for #TeamWigan.
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.
For more information or an informal chat, please contact duty person, and ask for Leanne Grimes or Glenn Selby 01942 828282 or 705970
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Interview dates:
Priority candidates – Monday 21st August 2023
All other candidates – Wednesday 23rd August 2023 Onwards
This position is subject to Enhanced Disclosure Procedures plus adult barred list check
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