Do you want to make a real difference to the lives of Newcastle’s residents? Join our Community Reablement Service as a Health and Social Care Officer.

Are you passionate about helping others live independently and improve their quality of life? We’re looking for caring, committed individuals to join our team.

We’re currently recruiting for:
- Full-time (37 hours per week)
- Part-time (25 hours per week)

Health & Social Care Officers play a vital role in our service, you will support people in their own homes, helping them stay independent, healthy, and connected to their community. You’ll work closely with individuals to promote independence, health & wellbeing and personal choice

It’s a great time to join our team as we continue to develop and enhance our service to act earlier, keep people at home and delay the need for formal care and support. We are a forward-thinking team using new digital tools to improve the care we can provide.

The role provides excellent job satisfaction and makes a real impact. We pride ourselves on great outcomes for the people we support and enhancing people’s quality of life.

Once you join our team, we will support you through a 3-month comprehensive induction and training program, learning all aspects of the role alongside our experienced colleagues.

We support our staff to progress and to achieve their professional development goals through training and shadowing opportunities.

Salary example:
25 hours per week gross basic monthly starting salary £1486.65 plus enhancements for weekend and evening working.

37 hours per week gross basic monthly starting salary £2200.25 plus enhancements for weekend and evening working.

We welcome applications from both drivers and non-drivers. To support your workday, we reimburse mileage and travel expenses, and appropriate travel time is included as part of your working hours.

Being able to work shifts, weekends and split shifts on a rota basis is essential. You can find more information on the shift pattern within the ‘Supporting Documents’.

We can’t wait to hear from you and if you would like more information, please contact Laura Craker at laura.craker@newcastle.gov.uk

Benefits:

Regular supervision, training, generous annual leave in addition to Bank Holidays with the ability to buy additional leave.
Access to the Health Assured app, mindfulness sessions and other wellbeing initiatives.
A generous, defined pension scheme.
Benefit schemes such as vehicle leasing, bike to work, home electronics and annual travel passes.
And many more…

We are committed to protecting and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is working in regulated activity. If you are successful we will undertake additional recruitment checks which will include a check to see if you have had any criminal convictions, a check of police information and we will check the barred list(s). It is a criminal offence for a barred individual to apply for a job in regulated activity.

How to apply:
Apply online at www.northeastjobs.org.uk, select 'Apply Now' and complete our online application form. Before completing the form please ensure you read the supporting documents.

Any communication sent to you regarding your application will be sent to the email address you have set up on your Northeast Jobs account, so you will need to ensure that you check your inbox.