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Current Vacancies with Age UK Wigan Borough 

1. Home Helper - Orrell, Standish, Shevington area

We are looking for someone who is caring, compassionate, reliable and has a genuine interest in the wellbeing of older people.  

This is a hugely rewarding role as a Home Helper assists older people to remain active, independent and linked into their local community.  You will provide regular visist to customers in their homes and be responsible for wide range of household cleaning tasks, including laundry and ironing.  Some customers may also ask for errands to be completed such as shopping or collecting prescriptions.  Others may want a wellbeing visit.  This is more than just a cleaning job.

The role requires a full driving licence, vehicle business insurance and an enhanced DBS check.  

Please note that there are no personal care duties involved in this role.

The rota is for 16 hours a week.  13 of these are guaranteed.  The remaining three hours will be paid as overtime at the same rate.

The service operates between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday with no Bank Holiday, evening or weekend working.

Job Description and Person Specification

To Apply: In the first instance, please ring the Support at Home team on 01942 615885.

Application Process

Age UK Wigan Borough cannot accept any responsibility for the failure to receive electronic applications.

For roles other than Home Helper,  please ensure that you read, complete and return GAP 1 and 2 to enquiries@ageukwiganborough.org.uk

Alternatively, you can post your application to:

Central Services Manager - Age UK Wigan Borough, 74-80 Hallgate,Wigan WN1 1HP

Telephone: 01942 615880 

Personal CVs will not be accepted as applications under any circumstances.

Age UK Wigan Borough reserves the right to restrict applications to the first 50.

Sponsorship for work - we are not a care agency and are unable to support people who are seeking sponsorship for work in the UK.

General Application Pack (GAP)

GAP 1 - Application Form 

GAP 2 - Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form 

GAP 3 - Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974

GAP 4 - Our Values Statement

N.B.  All documents are in Word.   If you are unable to access word documents, please contact us, giving your address, to arrange for copies to be sent in the post.