Are you a caring individual who wants to be a part of a heroic service in your local community?
The Progress Lifeline Team providing a Home Response service in the Lancaster area are hiring. Progress Lifeline is a 24-hour response service enabling older, disabled and vulnerable people to live independently within the community.
As part of the Home Responder team, you will provide round the clock support and assistance to Progress Lifeline customers. Day to day you will be visiting vulnerable and older people, responding to alarm activations/emergency calls and providing a lifting service (if available in the area) to customers who have fallen and have been assessed as uninjured.
Our teams are made up of a variety of people with different backgrounds and experiences, some have had careers in the military, some police and others in community related positions. However, that isn’t essential for the role because all required training will be given to enable you to become valuable support to the emergency services.
What is essential is your character and behaviours that the team do share. You will be someone who can remain calm and deal with emergency situations, customers requiring hospital treatment, injured customers, and customers suffering with various medical conditions including Dementia.
Once in these types of situation you will be able to communicate effectively with family members, general practitioners and emergency services with clarity and natural empathy. You will also be comfortable following documented policies and procedures, using IT applications and devices such as an iPad or smart phone.
Working Pattern
We are looking for a responder to work 2 weeks out of 4, working day shifts between the hours of 6am to 6pm.
You will be based at home and on receipt of a call you would proceed to the customer’s address. Due to timed attendance targets applicants must reside in the geographical area of Lancaster.
Salary: £21.87 for each 12 hour standby shift + £13.60 call out rate + £9.97 hourly rate during training.
Access to a car is essential for work purposes throughout your shift for which a mileage allowance is payable.
About Progress Lifeline
Progress Lifeline has been delivering personal alarm and telecare services for over 28 years. We are committed to helping people to stay in their own homes by offering independent living solutions and a 24/7 response service which gives customers and their families peace of mind.
We are committed to offering opportunities to all people, promoting diverse and inclusive communities in the workplace and through everything we do. We are interested in your skills, talent and potential.
If you have a caring nature and genuine empathy for the welfare of vulnerable adults and the elderly then we would like to hear from you. To read more and review the job description please click here.
Laura is available to discuss the position with interested applicants only and not recruitment agencies on Tel: 07973 862711
Application Closing Date: Midnight Sunday 29th November 2020