Community Care Responder
Age UK Lincoln & South Lincolnshire is an independent local charity – a brand partner of Age UK – supporting more than 5,000 people every week. Following an expansion with our NHS contract, our Hospital Avoidance Response Team (HART) are looking to recruit additional Community Care Responders across Lincolnshire.
Lincoln: 21 and 35 hour contracts
Grantham: 21, 28 and 35 hour contracts
Louth: 21 and 35 hour contracts
What is a Responder?
As a Community Care Responder, no two days are the same. With a multitude of tasks to keep you busy, supporting clients with different needs, every day will be challenging but rewarding.
Your day might start with a breakfast call with a client before providing personal care assistance. You may be supporting with medication or be that one person a client looks forward to seeing each day, aiding their recovery at home. In between our care calls, you might be needed to respond to a lifeline call, assisting someone experiencing distress.
Together with our partners, we enable older people to stay in their homes safely, preventing an ambulance call out and prolonged periods in hospital.
We’re looking for full-time employees (35 hours a week) but are open to discuss different working hours subject to the needs of the service.
The salary for this role from 1st April 2024 is £23,707 with a holiday entitlement of 196 hours a year. We pay 45p per mile up to 10,000 miles as a driving licence and access to your own car is essential to meet the needs of the service.
The expansion of the contract is scheduled to last until 31st March 2025.
What we offer?
Age UK Lincoln & South Lincolnshire is an inclusive and innovative organisation that listens to our employees and clients to ensure they feel valued, respected and recognised. All employees have access to:
- Employee Assistant Programme provided by BUPA
- Mental Health First Aider support
- Dementia Friends Training
- Blue Light Card
- Charity Worker discounts, including a dedicated Age UK portal (AON)
- Discounted tickets for events provided by Tickets for Good
- Uniform and PPE
If you want to work for our organisation, here’s how to apply!
Please click here to complete our application form. We encourage applicants to refer to the job description when completing their application, demonstrating their skills and suitability for the role.
CVs will not be accepted.
Closing date: Monday 6 May 2024
Interview date: Wednesday 8 May 2024
If you would like to find out more, please email recruitment@ageuklsl.org.uk or call 0345 556 4144 and ask to speak to a member of the HR team.
We reserve the right to close the advert before the closing date if we receive a sufficient number of applications