Assistant Day Service Officer

Job Description

The London Borough of Harrow is looking for an As and When Assistant Day Service Officer at New Bentley Health and Wellbeing Hub to support staff and service users as required.

Tasks include providing a warm and caring atmosphere in the Day Service and participating in the planning and provision of appropriate individual care for service users whilst enhancing their independence and dignity. You will undertake the skilled day-to-day social and emotional care of service users and will be expected to act with initiative, skill, and responsibility. The post holder will also observe the Council’s rules regarding confidentiality.

The post holder will work within a team and support staff and service users as required, following CQC and Adult Social Care policies and guidelines.

This role is available across a range of hours, offering flexibility to suit both service needs and individual availability.

The successful candidate will have:

• Experience of providing personal care.
• Experience of assisting service users with eating and drinking.
• Ability to undertake moving and manual handling duties.
• A Food Hygiene level 2 qualification.
• Good verbal communication.
• Good interpersonal skills and capable of working with a variety of people.
• Flexibility to work with a variety of service users with complex needs.
• Educated to NVQ Level 2 in Care or equivalent or has the equivalent relevant work experience.

For more information, please refer to the Role Profile/Selection Criteria

About us

Harrow Council is the 12th largest London borough and one of the most culturally diverse local authorities in the UK, making it a great place to live, work and visit with a range of cultures, religions and opinions that come together to produce high achieving schools and a close and friendly community. Located 10 miles from the city centre and just 13 minutes to Euston from Harrow & Wealdstone station there are great transport links via the Metropolitan Line, Watford DC Line and national rail service. It is easily accessible to the M1, M25 and A406.

Other information

Support for candidates visit:Harrow.gov.uk Our behavioural indicators roles below G11 and above G11 Here at Harrow Council, the vision is one of 'Working together to make a difference for Harrow' Please click here to view Harrow Council's benefits

Important Note

To deliver our commitment to equality of opportunity in service provision, all staff are expected to promote equality in the workplace and in the services the Council delivers. All sections of the population will have equal access to jobs at the London Borough of Harrow. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender, reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy, or maternity unless a Genuine Occupational Qualification applies. As such, we value diversity and welcome applications from all backgrounds. For further information, please read our equality statement.

As a disability-confident employer, we are committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and accessible to everyone. This includes reasonably adjusting the recruitment process for those with disabilities or long-term health conditions. For further information, please contact us at resourcing@harrow.gov.uk

London Borough of Harrow is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Harrow operates stringent, safer recruitment procedures.

Due to the high number of applications received for some posts, we may close vacancies before the stated closing date if sufficient applications are received. Therefore, please apply as soon as possible.

Harrow redeployees will be given priority consideration.

The personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, any your data protection rights, can be found by visiting www.cifas.org.uk/fpn