We are St Helens Borough Council

Located in the heart of the Northwest close to Liverpool, Manchester and Lancashire, St Helens is a transformational Council which is passionate and ambitious for the communities we support. We provide a wide range of local authority services to the residents, businesses, schools, and visitors to the borough. We can only do this because of our highly valued, highly skilled workforce.

Working together, our workplace vision and values guide our organisation, and the contribution of our workforce is key to our culture journey. Employees with us receive a wide range of benefits including well-being in work, financial benefits, ways of working and learning and development support.

Making a Difference

Whatever stage of your career, working in the public sector puts you at the heart of communities. Our workforce provides services to our resident's day in and day out, making a positive impact on people’s lives. We could not do this without the dedication, professionalism and strength of our workforce. There are so many reasons to choose to work at St Helens Council including the fantastic range of employee benefits and rewards on offer. St Helens Borough Council | Jobs | Search here for your perfect career - Home Page

We are a very busy Integrated Discharge Team, based in Whiston Hospital. We work closely with the Trust to ensure safe and timely discharges for patients and their families. We have a well established team in the hospital and work well with our colleagues on the wards. This is a fast pace working environment so if you think you have the skills come and join us!

We are an enthusiastic multi-disciplinary team, with the primary aim of ensuring a safe and timely discharge of patients across a number of local authorities.

We have recently joined the multi -disciplinary Contact Cares Team which provides additional opportunities for career development.

The work is diverse, challenging and rewarding, requiring individuals to be able to work independently and contribute to the working of a larger multidisciplinary team. The team is a mixed skill group with a range of experience who provide a supportive working environment.

This post is worked on a rolling rota basis, including evening, weekends and bank holidays. Additional allowances will be paid for shift and weekend working.

This Authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its clients and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early should we receive a sufficient number of applications and encourage you to apply early, to avoid disappointment.

This post is subject Enhanced DBS Disclosure.

Be scam aware: St Helens Council will never ask applicants to share payment information or charge recruitment fees when applying for vacancies. If in doubt, contact recruitment@sthelens.gov.uk

St Helens Council is a Disability Confident Leader. This means that the Council guarantees an interview to disabled applicants who demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria for the job, as detailed on the Person Specification, and will, for qualifying disabled candidates, make reasonable adjustments within the interview/selection process.

Equality & Diversity

We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation. The Council guarantees an interview to disabled applicants who demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria for the job, as detailed on the Person Specification, and will, for qualifying disabled candidates, make reasonable adjustments within selection.

All Council employees are required to abide by the ethical standards embodied by the 7 Nolan Principles

St Helens Borough Council is a Disability Confident Leader. Disability Confident Leader lead the way in helping to take action that changes attitudes, behaviours, and cultures for the better.

All Council employees are required to abide by the ethical standards embodied by the 7 Nolan Principles

We reserve the right to close the advert early, with sufficient applications. Apply early to avoid disappointment.

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