Community Support Worker

We are recruiting a Community Support Worker at Caerphilly County Borough Council.

Working hours: 19 Hours
Contract Type: Permanent, Part Time
Location: Community based

Team: Adult Services

This position offers an excellent opportunity to become part of our team and provide support across the organization.

We pay an attractive salary of £14,229.97 - £15,436.22 and offer access to training and development opportunities.

It takes a special kind of person to undertake the role of a Community Support Worker. Is this you?

Are you caring, reliable and friendly, with a can-do attitude to supporting individuals to achieve their goals and aspirations?

The role of a Community Support Worker is to provide support to Individuals with learning difficulties and to source voluntary and paid work opportunities of their choice.

As a result, all Community Support Workers will need to work flexibly with us to ensure the level of support required is available. This will mean that the ability to work over a 7 day period is an essential requirement of the role. This could include weekend and evening working. Access to a car is also a requirement of this role. You will be required to lone work 1 to 1 in the community and to work in a group setting at our Catering Project and Coffee Shop.

For the role, we ask that you have:

• A Level 2 or 3 qualification in Care on the Credit and Qualifications Framework or the commitment and ability to attain the qualification within 1 year of appointment (subject to availability of training).
• An understanding of disability issues such as empowerment, choice and advocacy.
• Work in accordance with the Social Care Wales “Code of Professional Practice and Guidance for Social Care” in respect of Workers and Employers.
• A Full UK Category B (Cars) driving licence to drive a leased Council vehicle to transport individuals regularly throughout the day. In order to undertake the post it is compulsory for the post holder to pass a driving assessment as determined by the insurance liabilities of the lease hire vehicle.
  
  

We have excellent benefits including the Local Government Pension Scheme and staff discount schemes.

To view the Job Description and Person Specification please select the relevant attachment from the attachments list

After reading the Job Description and Person Specification, if you would like to have an informal discussion about the role, please contact Sharon Moore/Rhay Duggan on 07514951347/ 07546655159 or email moores1@caerphilly.gov.ukduggar@caerphilly.gov.uk

Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

We are legally required to ask you to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. Successful applicants are required to provide appropriate documentation such as a birth certificate, passport or work permit in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

If you have any difficulty applying online, please contact webrecruitment@caerphilly.gov.uk for further information.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and a comprehensive screening process will be undertaken on all successful applicants. This will include an enhanced check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.