Gwynedd Council offers an attractive employment package, for more information please click on this Information Pack
(This is an advertisement for the posts of Care Assistants at Plas Maesincla, Residential Home, Caernarfon, within the Social Services Housing and Leisure, 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. (Applications submitted in English only or Welsh only will always be treated equally, but we ask applicants to consider carefully what the linguistic requirements of the job in question is and if it would be more appropriate to submit an application in Welsh.)
If you are successful to be short listed for an interview you will be contacted by E-MAIL using the address provided on your application form or by letter. You need to ensure that you check your email regularly.
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Recruitment Pack Adults, Health and Well-being Department (1).pdf
Friendly, outgoing, and willing to undertake training
Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
Sensitive, committed, honest and reliable person with the ability to work in a way that always respects the rights of the individual
Able to work as an individual and as a team member
Conscientious, creative, emotional, and level-headed person when dealing with individuals.
Positive and passionate
Non-judgemental
Able to listen and respect the ideas of others, although you may not agree
Able to use your imagination to connect emotionally with others
Appreciates the individual's ability
Able to make the best of the time when you must positively contact persons who use the service
Able to identify and support individuals to develop different skills
Can appreciate and respect the skills and personalities of others
Able to be flexible
Showing a friendly professional manner
NVQ 2/QCF Level 2 Health and Social Care
Relevant training in the care field
Understanding of complex care needs
Opportunity to become a champion in a specialized field
Experience of having worked/supported individuals to live their lives how they
wish
Possesses good interpersonal skills.
Good communication and recording skills, respectful and honest.
Able to maintain a fluent conversation on a number of various everyday subjects, and discuss cases involving the field of work.Able to follow a discussion in Welsh, in Clear Welsh, on familiar matters relating to the post. Able to contribute to the conversation and answer questions.
Understand everyday correspondence on familiar issues at work.Understand longer reports in Clear Welsh and be able to pick up the main points. (help may be required with the vocabulary).
Able to write letters for a specific purpose, e-mails and short reports in Welsh and English, using vocabulary and simple phrases that are familiar to the field of work. (They will need to be checked before being sent out).
