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Core benefits

Our core benefits include a choice of competitive final or stakeholder pension schemes and in addition to the public holidays, you will be eligible to take 25 days of annual leave in each financial year, rising to 27 days after five years' service and 31 days after ten years' service.

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Flexible working package

Modern-day public services require a diverse and flexible workforce. We are committed to ensuring all our employees enjoy a healthy work-life balance through a flexible working policy — have a chat with your recruiting manager to learn more.

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Our health and well-being package

With our award-winning health and wellbeing service, not only do we aim to promote the health and wellbeing of the local population, we are also keen to look after our employees by offering:

  • Occupational health support

  • Free health MOT at corporate health events held throughout the year

  • Free independent, face-to-face counselling and helpline

  • Physiotherapy

  • Vivup Lifestyle savings — including high street vouchers

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Our comprehensive benefits include:

  • Supporting the transfer of care hub through discharge to assess

  • Complete assessments and reviews in nursing/residential homes as well as the home of local residents' in need of support where needed

  • Support crisis interventions to prevent re-admission into hospital

  • Work alongside health colleagues with joint home visits, this may include supporting with drug and alcohol needs, mental health concerns, issue's relating to deprivation such as poor housing issues, poor health, self-neglect, hoarding and all associated needs linked to frailty and disability

  • Assist in money management and maximising benefits through advice and support

  • Commission packages of care, direct payments and offer discretionary support (within guidelines)

  • Liaise with all community social work teams — sharing information and advice on cases known to our services to improve outcomes for those with long term allocated social workers

  • Complete checklists and undertake decision support tool assessments alongside 'continuing health care' colleagues

  • Complete Mental Capacity Act assessments, best interest decisions and assessments under deprivation of liberty safeguards where required.