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Enablement Worker- Positive Behaviour Support (PBS)

Employer
Telford & Wrekin Council
Location
Community Based
Salary
£9.16 per hour to £9.68 per hour
Closing date
2 Mar 2019
Reference
TWC000003524

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Sector
Health & Social Care / Work
Job Type
Social care
Contract Type
Full time permanent
Working Pattern
Shift work
Hours
Full-Time, Part-Time

Job Details

My Options - Activity Wellbeing and Care

Enabelement workers - Positive Behaviour Team

37 hours per week

NJC Scale 3 £17,681 - per annum

 

Can you make a positive difference to someone’s life? Do you have good communication and listening skills and feel passionate about supporting other people to live a more independent and fulfilling life?

My Options - Activity Wellbeing and Care Services is part of Telford & Wrekin Council and provides a wide range of person-centred support to vulnerable people of all ages and abilities.

We currently provide a wide range of services including; Community Activity and Wellbeing, services, Residential options, Community support for those people living in their own or shared accommodation. Our services also include a very successful Shared Lives Scheme and The Skills and Enterprise hub, where people can develop their skills and confidence as part of their stepping stone to work.



We are looking to recruit experienced and highly motivated Enablement Workers to work as part of our new and exciting Positive Behaviour Support team which sits within our Community Support Service.

You will play a key role in the delivery of high quality 24/7 personalised enablement and Positive Behaviour Support to adults and young people with learning difficulties and/or autism whose behaviour may challenge. Working flexibly to support people, ensuring they receive the right personalised support to improve independence and choice, in order to live healthy, safe and fulfilling lives.

You will be able to demonstrate a positive track record in all aspects of support and enablement for vulnerable people including those whose behaviours may challenge. You will have experience in and a commitment to, delivering best quality and efficiency.

You will be able to meet the travel requirements of the post which may require you to work across various sites and locations within the Telford area. You may be required to support customers in their vehicles for which you will require a clean driving license.

As part of the team you will receive excellent support and training and the opportunity to develop a personalised skills development plan. If you want to join us at this exciting time and support the development of this new element of our service then please complete the attached application form:
To find out more about the My Options services please take a look at our website: www.myoptionstelford.co.uk
If you would like to discuss this opportunity further please contact: My Options, Activity Wellbeing and Care services on 01952 381317 or email myoptions@telford.gov.uk

Supporting documents
My Options Enablement Worker PBS - Scale 3.docx

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Telford & Wrekin Council is an award winning council, and we were recognised as Local Authority of the Year 2022 at the Municipal Journal Awards, and the Association for Public Service Excellence Council of the Year in 2021.

At Team Telford we work hard to protect, care and invest to create a better borough and our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Having the right people, with the right skills, in the right roles allows us to deliver the excellent services that residents and businesses on the borough expect from us. 

Our friendly and passionate teams are trusted by leaders and managers to deliver this ambition. We invest and nurture our workforce and support our employees to develop and thrive. The better we are the bigger difference we make to the people we serve. 

In return we also offer a great range of benefits including competitive salaries, flexible working hours and work arrangements, employee discounts, salary sacrifice schemes, a local government pension scheme and generous annual leave entitlement.

At Telford & Wrekin Council, we know that having a diverse workforce is key to providing the best possible services to our community. We celebrate having a diverse and inclusive culture where people are able to be themselves at work, and everyone has a voice and we know we are stronger and better connected as a result. 

We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and where our data shows that specific groups are under-represented within our workforce, our adverts will actively encourage applications from these groups.

We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities or other health conditions. You can find out more about this and our ‘guaranteed interview scheme’ here

You can also read more about our Recruitment and Selection Policy commitments and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders here

If you are unable to complete an online application form please contact the HR helpdesk on 01952 383601 or email hrhelpdesk@telford.gov.uk

Company info
Website
Telephone
01952 380000
Location
Telford & Wrekin Council
Darby House
Lawn Central
Telford
Shropshire
TF3 4JA
United Kingdom

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