Optalis is the adult social care delivery partner on behalf of Wokingham Borough Council and the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead Council. Optalis is owned and funded by the 2 Councils. Optalis is not a private provider or an employment agency.
Support Worker, Wokingham Full Time 37 Hours £22,572.70 (£11.70 per hour)
Easthampstead Road, a 24/7 supported service for 3 male customers (no personal care required)
As a Support Worker you will provide high quality person-centred support and care to a wide range of individuals.
For this role you will work as part of a team to support our customers with daily living skills and activities and domestic duties, whilst promoting their independence.
You will also support with, and organise activities, outings and recreation. This role includes responsibility for key working for our customers and working closely with other professionals and family members to ensure health and well-being.
Support consists of encouraging the customers to maintain a clean home, assist with shopping and cooking healthy meals.
Arranging medical appointments and supporting with daily correspondence.
One customer is very active and has daily support to attend activities out in the community. He likes to take a long walk daily.
Shifts are on a rotational pattern with every other weekend off, shifts include mornings, afternoons, evenings and sleeps to cover around 24/7. All staff are required to be able to cover the complete rota shifts.
You will also be driving the Optalis automatic vehicle as required and the customers being supported also have their own vehicles.
This location is close to Wokingham Town Centre and is accessible from the train station and a direct bus route.
This particular service is responsible for actively enhancing customers lives to become valued members of their community, to develop friendships and relationships, have a life that makes sense to the individual.
Encouraging customers to be able to follow their interests and hobbies and have the chance to enjoy new experiences working with a can-do attitude.
Developing daily living skills – thus ensuring individuals develop independence – breaking tasks down into small manageable steps.
Supporting this for all individuals but taking the lead where necessary acting as a key worker.
Working for Optalis you will also receive a range of benefits, including:
Optalis is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our staff and customers. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a DBS check and will need to provide proof of their right to work in the UK.
We anticipate this being a popular role and therefore will reserve the right to close should there be a large volume of applications. Would advise not to wait until the closing date to submit your interest.
This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The DBS clearance level required is Enhanced with Adult Barred list.
For advice and information on disclosing criminal records you can contact Nacro’s support service on 0300123 1999 or [email protected]
Quality Assurance and Improvement Specialist (6-Month Fixed Term Contract) Nursing Home Wokingham £65,000 FTE
The Quality, Governance and Risk team provides internal services, with a core focus on compliance, continuous improvement and learning, to maintain compliance and offer assurance, direction and guidance to the broader teams and functions across Optalis Services.
The Governance and Risk team covers the following areas:
· Data Protection
· Governance and Quality Assurance
· Health and Safety
· Information Governance
· Management of Information; and
· Regulatory Compliance
Primary Purpose of Role
This role will be critical to ensuring regulatory compliance within our nursing home provision and enhancing the quality of services provided. This position is a six-month fixed-term contract focused on analysing, assessing, developing, and implementing quality improvement strategies to meet regulatory standards and drive service excellence. This role involves close collaboration with operational, governance, and wider Optalis teams, to assess current practices, identify areas for improvement, and create effective solutions that embed quality and regulatory compliance.
Main Duties and Responsibilities will include
Regulatory Compliance and Quality Assessment
Compliance and Quality Assurance Responsibilities
Quality Improvement Planning and Implementation
Service Analysis and Action Planning
Optalis Values and Transparency
A working knowledge of Care Quality Commission requirements, Key Lines of Enquiries and proven experience of quality improvement are required for this role.
For more information and the full job description please contact [email protected]
We anticipate this being a popular role and therefore reserve the right to close early should there be a large volume of applications. We would therefore advise not to wait until the closing date to submit your interest.
Optalis is the Adult Social Care delivery partner on behalf of Wokingham Borough Council and the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead Council. Optalis is owned and funded by the two councils - it is not a private provider or an employment agency.
Training Facilitator, 37 hours per week, £25,686.00 FTE
As a qualified trainer or teacher you would be joining Optalis’ established, supportive and highly valued Learning and Development Team. Experience of the sector is desirable but not essential.
Our team of 7, provides high quality and service specific training, ensuring the organisation meets the standards set by Skills for Health and Care, CQC, and other regulatory bodies. We ensure that our workers provide safe care by giving them the skills and knowledge needed to work in a way that provides our customers with the care they need to enable them to live their best lives. You will be delivering training across our services, but your place of work and location of our main training room is in Trinity Court in Wokingham.
As part of the wider HR team, we work closely with our colleagues to ensure we meet the needs of new joiners and existing staff. We also work with the team to respond proactively to any learning needs that are identified through their day-to-day work.
Please note; The interview will take place on Monday the 9th December 24 at Trinity Court, Wokingham, RG41 2PY. The interview will include a 15 minute microteach to demonstrate your abilities to write and deliver effective training, as well as a formal interview.
We welcome any questions or an informal discussion about the role: Please email [email protected]
Working for Optalis you will be entitled to the following benefits:
We are a Mindful Employer and a Disability Confident Employer, which means we are serious about looking after our team members’ mental health and providing support to ensure that people with disabilities and long-term health conditions feel supported, engaged, and able to achieve their full potential in the workplace.
Optalis is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our staff and customers. We would like to remind successful applicants that they will be required to provide proof of their right to work in the UK.
Closing date for applications is Monday 2nd December 2024. If we receive a large volume of applications, we may close before this date.
Optalis is the Adult Social Care delivery partner of Wokingham Borough Council and the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead Council. Optalis is owned and funded by the two councils - it is not a private provider or an employment agency.
Support Worker – Brill House SL6Full-time, 37 hours per week – £22,572.70
Our teams provide individualised care and support for people with learning disabilities, autistic people and people with physical disabilities living in their community. At Brill House, we support 11 customers with a variety of needs and complexities, from mild to profound learning disabilities. We recognise that each person has unique interests, needs and preferences and we support customers to live as independently as possible. Our customers receive support where they need it and we ensure that they are offered a wide range of activities, from learning domestic tasks to attending college local day services, and always allow plenty of time for fun.
We are recruiting for a full-time support worker for Brill House in the Cox Green area of Maidenhead – this will be a mix of AM and PM shifts, as well as alternate weekends on a two week rolling rota.
Ideally we are looking for someone who can drive Brill House’s automatic vehicle and support our customers to attend activities and access services in the community. As several of the activities run later in the day, the majority of the shifts for this position will be afternoon and evening hours.
Experience in social care would be beneficial but is not necessary as full training is provided. Your role will be to support our customers in their day-to-day lives and could include assistance with personal care, managing medication, shopping and meal preparation, and supporting with emotional and physical wellbeing. We also provide support with life skills such as improving confidence, managing finances and being part of the local community to maintain important relationships.
We reserve the right to close early should there be a large volume of applications.
This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The DBS clearance level required is Enhanced with Adult Barred list. For advice and information on disclosing criminal records you can contact Nacro’s support service on 0300123 1999 or [email protected]
Activities Coordinator – Bluebell HouseFull-Time, 37 hours per week - £22,572.70
Bluebell House is a characterful period property surrounded by crowds of bluebells and provides support to older people living with dementia, as well as nursing care for people aged 65 and over who are living with long term health conditions. Our team of nurses and healthcare assistants ensure that our residents get a person-centred approach to their care needs, whilst our activity coordinators help make the days enjoyable and fulfilling.
We are recruiting for an Activities Coordinator to support our residents on a full-time basis. Working hours are between 9am and 6pm and you will be required to work alternate weekends.
Experience isn’t required as full training is provided – what we are looking for is someone with infectious enthusiasm and a creative approach to inspire both residents and staff to get involved. As an Activities Coordinator, you’ll help create a stimulating environment that celebrates life through imaginative and fun activities that can suit every interest and ability. As part of this role, you will get to know our residents and their families to help tailor activities to maximise wellbeing, independence and social engagement.
We anticipate this to be a popular role and reserve the right to close early should there be a large volume of applications.
Employment Coach - Support Employment Service ( Start date 27th January 2025)
22.5 hours per week (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday)
Full time £26,355.08 p.a.
Wokingham Berkshire.
Do you have what it takes to engage with, encourage and support people to achieve sustained employment that meets their aspirations and goals? We are looking for a dynamic, organised and self-motivated person to support individuals who are covered under the Equality Act 2010 including unpaid carers.
As an Employment Coach you will play a vital role in increasing employment opportunities, breaking down barriers and promoting inclusion in the workplace. You will need to be creative, adaptable and driven to make meaningful impact on people’s lives.
As an Employment Coach you will proactively work with clients to develop their employment skills, both in practical and office settings. This will include supporting clients in discovering their employment skills and abilities, identifying bespoke employment opportunities and pathways, preparing for interviews, travel training and enable empowering decision making for clients.
With over 22 years’ experience, you will join a team with a proven track record of enabling our clients to fulfil their employment potential. We have a vast amount of local and national employer contacts, and you can be part of growing the number, increasing exposure and generating sustainable, purposeful and impactful employment opportunities.
By applying, you could soon be playing a key role in the most successful supported employment service in England.
If you have what it takes to join us, we’ll reward you with competitive rates of pay, a generous mile mileage allowance (you’ll need a current driving licence and daily use of a car).
To find out more please contact Donna Morgans (0118) 977 8632 or email: [email protected]
Support Worker, Wokingham, Independent Living Service
As a Support Worker you will provide high quality person-centred support and care to a wide range of individuals with learning disabilities, in line with CQC requirements and borough policy.
For this role you will work as part of a team to support our customers with daily living skills and activities including personal care and domestic duties, whilst promoting their independence.
Encouraging customers to be able to follow their interests and hobbies, and have the chance to enjoy new experiences working with a can do attitude.
Supporting this for all individuals, but taking the lead where necessary acting as a key worker.
Supporting our customers to have a full life in which they are safe, working in partnership with external professionals contributing to positive behavioural support plans.
Optalis ensures individuals to remain healthy and safe, supporting them within a positive risk taking environment.
Qualified Nurse - £44,566.62
Recruiting now for our Nursing Home in Wokingham. This home provides personal and nursing care for up to 58 customers located in a lovely rural location close to Wokingham Town Centre.
The service provides support to older people and younger adults. Specialisms also include treatment of disease, disorder, injury and dementia.
This home has recently become an Optalis family member, and we are looking to secure qualified nursing individuals to join us in our journey to achieving a good CQC standard status asap.
Responsibilities will include
Ensuring the highest standards of person-centred care are being delivered at all times by undertaking accurate assessment and planning of care, delivery and ongoing evaluation of the care plans
Carry out nursing tasks including distribution of medication, dressings, catheterisation, tube feeding and management of chronic medical conditions.
Committing to acting in line with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct, maintaining registration requirements
A team player to supplement the staffing team, motivated and approachable to all levels of care staff
For more information on this role and a chance to talk through confidentially please contact [email protected]
This role could also be secured with part-time hours to suit an individual’s availability
iThis role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The DBS clearance level required is Enhanced with Adult Barred list.
Rehabilitation Care Assistant – STS&RFull-Time and Part-Time Available - £25,646.06 FTE + 45p per mile
The Short-Term Rehabilitation Team (STS&R) is a reablement service covering the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. Reablement is a short-term, person-centred support service designed to help individuals regain the skills and confidence they need to live independently after an illness, injury, or hospital stay. Focusing on reablement empowers our customers to do things for themselves and regain their independence to minimise future care and support needs.
We are expanding the service to support a larger customer base and are recruiting for Rehabilitation Care Assistants to work part-time and full-time hours. This will be covering a mix of morning and afternoon shifts on a rota basis with alternating weekends; there are no night requirements.
STS&R is a multi-disciplinary team consisting of Rehabilitation Care Assistants, Support Staff, Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists, and is a great opportunity to develop new skills and find out about different roles in adult social care. Experience of working as a Support worker, Care Worker, Healthcare Assistant, or working in Domiciliary Care would be helpful, however this is not essential as we provide full in-house training so we welcome applications from all employment backgrounds.
As this is a community-based role, it is essential you can drive and have your own vehicle as you will be travelling to different locations across the RBWM area during your shifts. You are paid for your entire shift, rather than time spent with customers, and we pay 45p per mile.
Optalis is the Adult Social Care delivery partner on behalf of Wokingham Borough Council and the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead Council. Optalis is owned and funded by the two councils - it is not a private provider or an employment agency.Occupational Therapist – Keep Safe, Stay WellFull-Time, 37 hours per week – £35,308.92Our KSSW service helps people maintain their confidence and stay as independent as possible by providing early intervention falls prevention and the support they need to Keep Safe and Stay Well. As part of the multi-disciplinary Short-Term Support and Rehabilitation (STS&R) team, the KSSW service has a particular focus on fall prevention and support for those living within the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.As we look to expand the service, we are now recruiting for an Occupational Therapist on a full-time basis.We are looking for a qualified Occupational Therapist who is registered with HCPC and has experience of either falls prevention, rehabilitation, and/or supporting people in the community. You’ll work alongside our team of physiotherapists and therapy assistants to enable our customers remain as independent as possible. The role includes developing therapeutic relationships with customers and visiting their homes to carry out assessments and reviews, as well as to educate and advise individuals and their support network on outcomes.
As customers will be located across the Royal Borough as well as neighbouring boroughs, you must be able to drive and have your own vehicle for this role.Working for Optalis you will also receive a range of benefits, including:
Optalis is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our staff and customers. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a DBS check and will need to provide proof of their right to work in the UK.This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The DBS clearance level required is Enhanced with Adult Barred list. For advice and information on disclosing criminal records you can contact Nacro’s support service on 0300123 1999 or [email protected]