Community Care Worker - Meirionnydd Area
Gwynedd Council
Caernarfon, LL55 1SHView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
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Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time
Closing date
20 November 2026
7 days leftJob description
For further information about this post please contact Rhian Eleri Jarvis via e-mail rhianelerijarvis@gwynedd.llyw.cymru
Gwynedd Council offers an attractive employment package, for more information please click on this Information Pack.
Gwynedd Council operates internally through the medium of Welsh, and offers all its services bilingually. The applicant will be required to reach the linguistic level noted as one of the essential skills in the Person Specification.
We encourage everyone who applies for a job with Gwynedd Council to submit job applications in Welsh or bilingually.
Purpose of the post
- Ensuring that the people of Gwynedd are at the heart of everything we do.
- Helping individuals receiving support to live their lives in their own homes as they wish.
- This is achieved by encouraging and supporting them to develop their skills, in order to enable them to live successfully within their community. The ability to be able to set objectives, solve problems, learn how to recognize when there is a change in circumstances, and when individual needs change is expected.
Main duties
- Excel in building relationships with people to fully understand what would make a difference to them in their lives and empower the individual's voice at every opportunity.
- Contribute to, and closely follow, unique personal care plans that are created in partnership with the individual, identifying opportunities to adapt and improve the care plan as needed.
- Contribute to the assessment process, monitoring, planning, and implementing activities in accordance with the needs of the individual.
- Be innovative and creative in providing care in a way that fully includes people, promoting the rights of the individual and encouraging positive and informed risk taking.
- Encourage individuals to live their lives as fully as possible by making use of any resources and activities available in their community.
- Carry out accurate administrative tasks relevant to the role, e.g. recording and documenting information in the service user's files daily.
- Fully comply with Cyngor Gwynedd's Medicines Code of Practice.
- Carry out a detailed assessment when arriving at each call, considering the health, mental and physical well-being of individuals, responding quickly and appropriately to the situation.
- Respond appropriately and quickly to emergency situations that may arise by making use of any relevant guidelines.
- Working in partnership with colleagues in the field of health and care, including social workers, community nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, GP's and 3rd sector partners.
- Responsibility for attending mandatory training, completing the QCF Level 2 qualification, and registering with Social Care Wales.
- A responsibility to report any concerns or suspicions that a child or vulnerable adult is being abused.
Special circumstances
- It will be necessary to go through the processes of the Disclosure and Exemption Service.
- Need to work unsocial hours over seven days on a rota basis. This may include bank holidays and weekends as required.
- Expectation to work across other sites of the service if necessary.
The Council will request a Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service for the successful candidate.
For further information about this post please contact Rhian Eleri Jarvis via e-mail rhianelerijarvis@gwynedd.llyw.cymru
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
LG Jobs
First seen
13 November 2026
Last checked
13 November 2026
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