Blackpool
Shift
£26,403
Casual
Expires 02/09/2025
About the Role
Contract Type: Casual
Contract Hours: As and when required
Salary: NJC Grade D £13.69 - £14.59 per hour
Closing Date: Tuesday 2nd September 2025 at 23:59
Would you like to work in an atmosphere of challenge and development where no two days are ever the same?
This is an exciting opportunity to join our team on a casual contract working in a fantastic, well established and motivated team.
Vitaline is Blackpool’s Community Alarm Centre, as a service we are dedicated to supporting independent living through the use of the most advanced forms of technology available and through person-to-person contact using our Mobile Warden Service.
Your role will be to help vulnerable people keep or regain their independence and remain in their own home with an improved quality of life.
We are looking for motivated, flexible, reliable, hardworking and resilient ‘people persons’ who would be able to adapt to change in a fast moving, innovative and customer focused service.
Your duties will include providing a monitoring and emergency response service to our customers either through personal contact or via communication equipment and to provide an out of hour’s service to other Council Departments. Keyboard skills and a full driving licence are essential for this post.
The successful candidates will be working on a rota, including weekends, bank holidays and shift working.
This is an excellent opportunity for the right person to work in a modern, forward thinking service, in return we offer excellent staff support systems, training and development. Although previous experience could be an advantage, it is not essential.
As a front line care provider we ensure Government guidance’s are implemented and practiced at all times with regards to the current climate.
For an informal discussion regarding these positions, please contact the management team on 01253 478313.
If you require any information on Care and Support recruitment opportunities, advice or support on completing applications: please contact Provider Peer Support and Resilience Team on 01253 478444 or Email [email protected]
The Council operates an Introduce a Friend Scheme for a small number of agreed jobs in Children’s and Adults Services which encourages our Blackpool Council employees to initiate a successful introduction. This job is one of those roles, therefore if you have received a recommendation from a friend please ensure you select ‘Introduce a Friend’ when asked on the application form where you heard about the vacancy.
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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children/vulnerable adults. This post is subject to satisfactory reference history of at least two years, Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, medical clearance, evidence of any essential qualifications and proof of Right to Work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and amendments to the exemptions order, which mean that certain offences are ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed, guidance on the "filtering" of offences can be found at New filtering rules for DBS certificates (from 28 November 2020 onwards) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
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