Support Worker

Posting date:	01 October 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	Competitive
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	31 October 2025
Location:	Bury, BL9 6LQ
Company:	inploi
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	75746803

Summary

Post Title: Support Worker

Team: Falcon and Griffin Extra Care Scheme

Falcon & Griffin is an Extra Care Scheme for individuals aged 55 and over, offering independent living with on-site care and support, staff work on site from 8am10pm 365 days a year and we offer emergency off-site support overnight.

Tasks include but are not limited to;
- Medication administration
- Meal preparation
- Laundry
- Signposting to external services
Falcon and Griffin work in close partnership with social workers, housing providers, and other multi-disciplinary agencies.

Customers are assessed via the social work team and care packages are provided on site.

Working as part of a small team, you will provide a high-quality reliable support service to enable our customers to develop individualised person-centred support plans in order that they will achieve positive outcomes whilst promoting choice and independence you will encourage and motivate customers and assist them to build their confidence and achieve their personal goals following their support plan.

Key strengths and experience

Lets’ do it approach aligned to Bury's Lets Do It Strategy and our IMT behaviours

Our Vision Statement is.

To provide strengths-based services that supports and empowers the people of Bury to achieve their best level of independence within their “home”. Maximising health and well being, enabling them to remain at home to live a fulfilled life.

• Teamwork - is about everyone working together towards a common goal.
• Respect - is valuing yourself and others.
• Accountability - is taking responsibility and ownership for our decisions actions, performance, and behaviours.
• Trust - is to be honest with one another by being willing to admit our mistakes, share our struggles, or ask for help/support from others.
• Caring - is where we genuinely care for ourselves and each other.
• Empowering- is giving people the knowledge and resources to promote autonomy.
• Together - we will support you to develop your career providing a wealth of training, resources, and opportunities.

You will be Proactive, flexible and resilient in approach and delivery with a good understanding of care needs of Adults aged 18 and over, strengths based support, maximisation of rota's and electronic call monitoring within Home care environment.

You will be able to manage competing priorities and take management instruction to ensure service and people who use them are safeguarded at all times.

You will be able to work as part of a wider team where good communication skills written and verbal is vital.

Use of excel and Electronic Call Systems to proficient level.

Staff work on a rota basis between 8am and 10pm 7days a week 365days a year. There is a matrix payment for weekend and anti social working hours.

About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.

Please note we are unable to support with sponsorship at this time.

As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way

Benefits of working for Bury Council
To hear about the benefits for working with Bury Council, please visit Bury - Home | greater.jobs
We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.

If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application.

Next steps

For an informal chat regarding the role please contact Naomi Smith on 07715214372

Interviews will be arranged w/c 20/10/2025 and successful candidates will be contacted.

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