Home and Community Support Worker

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: Grade D SCP 7 £17,602 - SCP 10 £18,462 (24 hours, part time, actual salary)

Grade D SCP 7 £22,002 - SCP 10 £23,078 (30 hours, part time, actual salary)

Hours Per Week: 24 & 30 hour roles available

Base Location: Wilshaw House, Ashton-under-Lyne

Assessment Date: To be arranged

The Role

Join Our Reablement & Home Support Team Make Independence Possible!

Permanent contracts 24 & 30 hour roles available
Rotating shift pattern mornings & evenings across 7 days
(Please state your preferred hours in the application form)

Are you someone who believes people can achieve remarkable things with the right support?
Do you thrive on making a real difference, every single day?
If so, we’d love to meet you.

Why Join Us?

Our Reablement Service plays a vital role in helping people regain skills, rebuild confidence and remain independent in their own homes. This is not traditional home care - this is Reablement: shortterm, goalfocused, empowering work where every shift has impact.

You’ll become part of a dynamic, supportive team working with individuals who are motivated to achieve their own “My Reablement Journey.” No two days are the same, but every day is meaningful.

About You

What You’ll Be Doing

As a Support Worker within our Reablement you will:

• Have full use of a car for work and your insurance will cover business use
• Work practically, positively and purposefully alongside people in their homes
• Support them to rebuild daily living skills such as confidence, mobility, personal care and routines
• Celebrate progress and remove barriers, one small step at a time
• Work on a rotating rota that includes mornings, evenings, weekends and bank holidays
• Contribute to truly lifechanging outcomes

Whether someone needs Reablement following illness, injury or a hospital stay, or short-term home care support, you’ll be at the heart of helping them move forward:

What We Offer

• A full, supportive induction and ongoing training
• Opportunities to develop your skills and progress in Adult Services
• A friendly, forward-thinking team who care about both the people we support and each other
• Casual car user allowance for mileage payments
• The security of a permanent contract in a valued community-based service
• Work that gives you stories you’ll never forget
  

Come and Meet Us!

Thinking about applying but want to know more?
We’re holding relaxed dropin sessions at:

Wilshaw House

Wilshaw Lane

AshtonunderLyne

OL7 9Q6

Drop in, have a chat, and discover whether this is the right fit for you.
We’ll be happy to guide you through the roles and the application process.

24.03.2026 - 15.00 - 16.00

31.03.2026 - 18.30 - 19.30

07.04.2026 12.00 13.00

Want More Information?

Contact Julia Featherstone, Jenny Lawton or Michelle Worthington on 0161 342 3455 - we're here to help.

About Us

Message from Stephanie Butterworth, Director of Adults Services at Tameside Council.

‘’ I’ve worked here for many years now and I’m proud of the work that we do together, ensuring people in our borough are living a good life.

‘‘Our vision is one which sees people living well in the place they call home, where they are supported to be a part of their local communities to live long, healthy and fulfilled lives.

‘’One way I regularly connect and listen to our workforce is through my monthly staff drop-in with our Principal Social Worker. This is an opportunity to create dedicated time for staff to share ideas, team updates and network across our services. It’s amazing to hear during sessions that they really value being part of Team Tameside and the opportunities that we bring, so we can make sure that they are part of delivering our ambition for the people we support.

‘’Working in Adult Social Care is a rewarding and fulfilling career choice, where you can really make a difference to people’s lives every day. We will support you to develop and fulfil your potential and create space for you to reflect and grow. We are dedicated to breaking barriers, so our workforce is rich with experience and understanding, always building and championing social justice, equity, diversity and inclusion.

People are always at the heart of everything we do, if our vision sounds like something you want to be part of, we offer a warm welcome to join us here at Team Tameside. ‘’

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.

We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.

Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.

This position is subject to Enhanced with Barred List Disclosure Procedures. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expect all staff to share this commitment.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English.

Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.

We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.

Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here

We have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel.