Job overview

Gloucestershire Health and Care (GHC) are looking to recruit enthusiastic and motivated individuals across the county who want to work with people in their communities. We can offer training, development opportunities, regular supervision and support.

The Reablement and Home First Team provide vital short-term services to people in their homes to help them regain as much independence as possible after a stay in hospital, an injury or illness. Duty’s for the success candidate may include supporting people with personal care, meal preparation, supporting with medication and supervising exercise programmes.

No previous experience in a paid/unpaid caring role is required but is an advantage. To be successful in this role you should:

• Enjoy and have experience working with people;
• understand what motivates people;
• be comfortable being involved in practical, sometimes personal and intimate care provision for people;
• have a desire to learn and develop skills;
• able to work alone and in a team setting 
• have basic IT skills

If you are new to care and hold no experience in healthcare, then we offer a fantastic development opportunity with a structured development plan (including achieving the Care Certificate). You will progress from a pay band 2 to pay band 3 on achievement of the Care Certification.

Main duties of the job

We provide a 7day service between the hours of 07.00-22.00. There are Full-time & Part time roles available which operate on 4 days on, 4 days off schedule or 2 days on, 6 days off rolling rota. 

The following shifts are currently highly sought after for this locality:

Am - 08.00-13:30 (4 on 4 off)

Pm - 17.00-22:00 (4 on 4 off)

Full time post (0.98) work a split shift. If you would like to discuss flexible working options, please get in touch with the recruiting manager (name below) as we are happy to discuss varying shift patterns.

Please note that this role is locality based visiting people and therefore it is essential that all applicants have a valid driving licence for the UK and access to a vehicle that they can use for work purposes

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Working for our organisation

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of 
belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that: 

•  72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
•  76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.