Medication Support Worker
| Posting date: | 18 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £27,053 to £30,428 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 May 2024 |
| Location: | RM17 6SL |
| Company: | Thurrock Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 1853_1713431345 |
Summary
Salary: £27,053.00 - £30,428.00 per annum
Grade: C
Permanent Contract
37 Hours per Week
Benefits of working at Thurrock Council:-
- Employee Assistant Programme and First Care Health Support for Employee and close family
- Access to Local Government Pension Scheme
- Health & Well Being Initiatives
- Discounts in Local Shops and Stores
- Uniform provided
- Mandatory Training at no cost
- Enhanced DBS required at no cost
- Care Certificate training provided
- Paid Annual Leave
Are you the kind of person that believes all people should live long, happy and healthy lives? Making their own decisions, staying connected with friends and family and maintaining a community life.
If you are why don't you come and work for Thurrock Council - we are a progressive organisation that is wholly committed to providing quality first care to all our local residents.
We provide care and support for clients in their own homes, single and double handed calls. The service provides care 14 hours a day throughout Thurrock - 7 hour AM and PM shifts.
We are currently looking for a full time Medication Support Worker who can work in our Community Homecare/Reablement team throughout Thurrock. The role is responsible for ensuring that service users who require medication prompted by our teams have the support they need to order their prescriptions, take the appropriate doses and we also support in contacting GP's and Pharmacies in relation to medication needs. If you think you could support us working alongside experienced staff then please apply.
Community Homecare throughout Thurrock daily rota contracts cover a mix of Early (6 am to 2pm) and Late (3pm to 11pm) and working Every other weekend (1 covering early shifts the other covering late shifts)
Full Driving Licence and access to your own vehicle required for working in the above - mileage paid at 45p per mile.
The Council supports the Covid-19 vaccination programme and encourages staff delivering front-line care services to take up the offer of double vaccination.
The successful candidate will need to have a professional attitude at all times and have knowledge around the understanding of Dementia, Challenging behaviours and Manual Handling - training also provided.
A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check for Adults is required at enhanced plus barred list level
For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Dawn Wakeling on 07900 162010.
Advert Closing Date: 5 May 2024
To view the Job Profile and Person Specification please follow the link below:
jobprofile - Medication -Support-Worker.pdf
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