Scheme Assistant
Adult Services

Wigan Town Hall
Library Street
Wigan
WN1 1YN

Please note you will be required to work at various locations across the borough

Salary: Grade 3, £9,281 - £9,656 per annum. £9.62 - £10.00 per hour

18 hours 30 minutes per week

Your role:

As a Scheme Assistant you will be part of a Team who are dedicated to ensuring that residents within the Sheltered Schemes are supported to live happy and active lives in a safe environment, whilst encouraging them to remain independent, confident and build up resilience where necessary.
You will be expected to ensure that the cleanliness in our Schemes is managed and maintained to a high standard by carrying out cleaning duties.
Working closely alongside the scheme manager to identify and facilitate activities to keep residents active and healthy
Provide low level assistance to residents enabling them to remain independent.

About you:

A keen interest in working with older/Vulnerable people and the drive to make a difference. You will need to have excellent interpersonal skills and have a positive approach towards the service. A calm and professional manner is required especially when handling emergency situations and the ability to handle confidential information with tact and sensitivity is a must.

Have a flexible approach to the role, be willing to working differently and be able to work closely alongside your colleagues, teams in the council and partner agencies to ensure the successful outcomes for residents are achieved.

About us:

Wigan Council has been voted ‘Council of the Year’ at the 2019 LGC 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.

Wigan is great place to work, we believe in putting people at the heart of service development and they are the driver for everything we do. We want to ensure services are allowing people to lead the best life that they can. This is a great opportunity to join a forward thinking organisation who will offer you the support you need to succeed.

As an employer 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.

Covid Safe

Wigan Council are proud to be a Covid safe organisation. For some of this role you will be required to work from home and connect with your team and others virtually. However, there may be occasions where you are required to go into a council building to carry out part of your role. The health and wellbeing of our staff is of utmost importance to us and if you are required to use a council building, a risk assessment will be conducted beforehand and the appropriate safety measures put in place.

For further information, please contact Leonard Rice on 07788 190389

To view the details relating to this position, please click the links below:

Job Specification
DBS Applicant Information
Privacy Notice

Interview date: Monday 11 October 2021

Interviews will be held remotely

Find out more about working for Wigan

This position is subject to Enhanced Disclosure Procedures plus adult barred list check

The employer is committed to safeguarding
Location
Wigan Town Hall
Vacancy Description
 
Wigan Town Hall
Library Street
Wigan
WN1 1YN

Please note you will be required to work at various locations across the borough

Salary: Grade 3, £9,281 - £9,656 per annum. £9.62 - £10.00 per hour

18 hours 30 minutes per week

Your role:

As a Scheme Assistant you will be part of a Team who are dedicated to ensuring that residents within the Sheltered Schemes are supported to live happy and active lives in a safe environment, whilst encouraging them to remain independent, confident and build up resilience where necessary.
You will be expected to ensure that the cleanliness in our Schemes is managed and maintained to a high standard by carrying out cleaning duties.
Working closely alongside the scheme manager to identify and facilitate activities to keep residents active and healthy
Provide low level assistance to residents enabling them to remain independent.

About you:

A keen interest in working with older/Vulnerable people and the drive to make a difference. You will need to have excellent interpersonal skills and have a positive approach towards the service. A calm and professional manner is required especially when handling emergency situations and the ability to handle confidential information with tact and sensitivity is a must.

Have a flexible approach to the role, be willing to working differently and be able to work closely alongside your colleagues, teams in the council and partner agencies to ensure the successful outcomes for residents are achieved.

About us:

Wigan Council has been voted ‘Council of the Year’ at the 2019 LGC 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.

Wigan is great place to work, we believe in putting people at the heart of service development and they are the driver for everything we do. We want to ensure services are allowing people to lead the best life that they can. This is a great opportunity to join a forward thinking organisation who will offer you the support you need to succeed.

As an employer 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.

Covid Safe

Wigan Council are proud to be a Covid safe organisation. For some of this role you will be required to work from home and connect with your team and others virtually. However, there may be occasions where you are required to go into a council building to carry out part of your role. The health and wellbeing of our staff is of utmost importance to us and if you are required to use a council building, a risk assessment will be conducted beforehand and the appropriate safety measures put in place.

For further information, please contact Leonard Rice on 07788 190389

To view the details relating to this position, please click the links below:

Job Specification
DBS Applicant Information
Privacy Notice

Interview date: Monday 11 October 2021

Interviews will be held remotely

Find out more about working for Wigan

This position is subject to Enhanced Disclosure Procedures plus adult barred list check

The employer is committed to safeguarding