Job Role
Health Care Support Worker
Band 2 - £24,465 - £24,465
37.5 hours per week
Fixed Term - to April 2026
Kirklees
Responsibilities
Within Locala’s Health and Wellbeing Integrated Communities we deliver a range of multidisciplinary community services, including integrated health and social care with our colleagues in Kirklees Council. Locala has been successful in our service improvement work and planning with enhanced service offers providing support to patients, improving their experience, and ensuring excellent continuity of care.
The health care support worker role is a fantastic opportunity to develop your rehabilitation skills. The post will involve completing a combination of delegated nursing and therapy tasks, typical duties will include; daily mobility and transfer practice with patients, facilitation of group exercise programme, completion of basic nursing tasks such as pressure ulcer prevention and malnutrition care plans
Do you have a passion for;
- Rehabilitation and supporting patients into their home setting?
- Do you have strong communication skills?
- Do you enjoy working as part of a Multidisciplinary team (MDT)?
- Are you looking to develop your existing skills?
The service is based within Ings Grove House, serving the residents of North and South Kirklees, there may also be a need to work within patients home across Kirklees to support home visits and our outreach service when required.
We offer a 7-day service, working 8am until 7pm in a rota pattern providing assessment, treatment and evaluation of clients’ needs using a holistic and patient centred approach. The ultimate aim being to prevent unnecessary future admission to hospital and to ensure the swift appropriate discharge from hospital to offer rehabilitation and enable our clients to return home. Working with initiative is essential, and there will be opportunities to support and skill share with colleagues within the team as well as across the different sectors.
This is an exciting time to be part of well-established team, with a number of service transformation projects in progress. Regular clinical and managerial supervision will be received, and the opportunity to develop clinical skills.
Find out more about Locala with our Thrive Strategy
For full details of the role please see Job Description & Person Specification
Please note:
We do not offer sponsorship for this role.
For more information please contact Emma Swallow at [email protected]Closing date - 1st September 2025
We reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier than the stated date should we receive sufficient applications
About Us
Here at Locala we are part of the community and have often cared for generations within the same family and continue to be part of the NHS family also delivering care under the same ethos.
Locala Health and Wellbeing embraces diversity and inclusion and encourages applicants from people from all backgrounds with our ambition to have a workforce that represents the wider communities we live and work within, which you can support us to achieve.
We are an organisation that celebrates and values the individuality of our colleagues lived experiences and can adapt accordingly, recognising the value inclusivity brings when delivering equitable, high quality healthcare to our local communities. Where everyone feels valued, has the ability to develop, has flexible working opportunities, with a sense of belonging, supported by our Inclusivity Groups.
“Locala is a ‘Disability Confident’ employer and as such any disabled applicants who meets all the essential criteria are guaranteed to be invited to the assessment process.”
Just a few of the benefits you can enjoy:-
- Flexible working - We are committed to supporting our colleagues to have a good work-life balance and welcome conversations about flexible working wherever possible.
- Generous pension - We offer a generous, defined contribution, pension scheme with matched contribution + 2% up to a maximum of 8%
- Refer a Friend Scheme - If you know a friend or family member who works at Locala on a substantive contract, you may be able to take advantage of our Refer a Friend Scheme. You both could receive a reward of £500 each, after you have successfully started your role with us.
