Community Care Worker Bala Area
20 hour contract + travelling time.
Plus opportunity to take on extra weekly hours.
Other various permanent weekly hour contracts also available on request.
Have you ever considered working in the Care sector?
Would you like to have a career which gives you pleasure and reward whilst supporting others?
We have opportunities now for you to join the Gwynedd Council Home Care Team.
We want to hear from you now more than ever, contact us today for more details.
We can offer fixed hour contracts and favourable pay as well as travel time costs.
As a staff member you will also benefit from a comprehensive training package relevant to care work.
You will be given an opportunity to gain a professional qualification, QCF (NVQ).
Free DBS checks (CRB) - Employment is subject to receiving a satisfactory report from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
- 26.5 days holiday pro rata per year (increasing to 29.5 days pro rata for staff with more than 5 years continuous service with the Council)
- 8 days Bank Holiday entitlements
- Attractive Work Pension available
- Various staff discounts and benefits available
- Rate of pay £13.26 - £13.47 per hour
- Mileage = 45p per mile
Gwynedd Council offers an attractive employment package.
Gwynedd Council operates internally through the medium of Welsh, and offers all its services bilingually. The applicant will be required to reach the linguistic level noted as one of the essential skills in the Person Specification.
We encourage everyone who applies for a job with Gwynedd Council to submit job applications in Welsh or bilingually.
(Applications submitted in English only or Welsh only will always be treated equally, but we ask applicants to consider carefully what the linguistic requirements of the job in question is and if it would be more appropriate to submit an application in Welsh.)
Purpose of the post
- Ensuring that the people of Gwynedd are at the heart of everything we do.
- Helping individuals receiving support to live their lives in their own homes as they wish.
- This is achieved by encouraging and supporting them to develop their skills, in order to enable them to live successfully within their community. The ability to be able to set objectives, solve problems, learn how to recognize when there is a change in circumstances, and when individual needs change is expected.
Special circumstances
- It will be necessary to go through the processes of the Disclosure and Exemption Service.
- Need to work unsocial hours over seven days on a rota basis. This may include bank holidays and weekends as required.
- Expectation to work across other sites of the service if necessary.
The Council will request a Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service for the successful candidate.
For further information about this post please contact Keeley Jay Harrington on KeeleyHarrington@gwynedd.llyw.cymru
Tel: 01286 679076
E-Mail: Swyddi@gwynedd.llyw.cymru