Relief Support Worker

1st Homecare; Falkirk; Hybrid; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days holiday (pro-rata)

Accredited training

Employer pension

Health Cash Plan

Life Cover

Employee Assistance Programme

Reward gateway discounts

Cycle to Work

Financial wellbeing support

Refer a Friend bonus

Recognition initiatives

Mileage 0.35 per mile

Job summary

Real Life Options is seeking a Relief Support Worker for the Longcroft care home. You’ll join a supportive team, helping individuals with daily living tasks, personal care, and medication administration, while promoting independence and meaningful activity.

No prior care experience required; you’ll be supported to learn and grow. This role operates on a rota basis, including alternate weekends, and PVG checks are required for successful applicants.

Qualifications

• No prior care experience required.
• Excellent communicators in spoken and written English.
• Able to work on a rota basis, including alternate weekends.
• PVG check will be required for successful applicants.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals with personal care, medication, cooking, and household tasks
• Encourage social interaction with friends, family, and community events and promote independence
• Communicate with medical professionals and implement support plans and risk assessments
• Maintain clear and accurate records of support provided
• Communicate effectively with the team, family members
• Work independently and as part of a supportive team

Job description

Relief Support Worker

Longcroft, Hours: Relief hours available, Pay: £13.45 per hour

About the Role

Do you want a rewarding role, working with a great team of people, where you can make a real difference in people’s lives? Real Life Options is a national social care provider, and we’re looking for someone like you to join our team. We will support you on your career path to learn, develop, and grow.

You’ll become part of a dedicated team of experienced support workers, assisting individuals within the carehome. On a typical day, you’ll help promote independence and support people to meet their chosen goals. This includes help with daily living skills such as personal care, and medication administration.

The individuals we support enjoy a variety of meaningful activities each day, and you’ll play a key role in encouraging and enabling them to achieve their life goals in a safe and happy environment. You’ll work both independently and as part of a supportive team.

What You'll Do

• Support individuals with personal care, medication, cooking, and household tasks
• Encourage social interaction with friends, family, and community events and promote independence
• Communicate with medical professionals and implement support plans and risk assessments
• Maintain clear and accurate records of support provided
• Communicate effectively with the team, family members
• Work independently and as part of a supportive team

What we're looking for

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds – no prior care experience is required. We're looking for individuals who are:

• Friendly, caring, and compassionate
• Organised, responsible, and reliable
• Excellent communicators in spoken and written English
• Committed to delivering high standards of care
• Able to work on a rota basis, including alternate weekends

This role is considered Regulated Work with Vulnerable Adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. A PVG check will be required for successful applicants.

Why choose Real Life Options?

At Real Life Options, we treat our people with the same respect and care that we offer to the individuals we support. We provide:

• A minimum of 28 days paid holiday per year (pro-rata)
• Accredited training to give you the skills and confidence to do your job well
• An employer contributory pension scheme
• Health Cash Plan (for full/part-time contracted staff)
• £10,000 Life Cover
• Free Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to discounts on a wide range of goods and services via our reward gateway
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Financial wellbeing support
• Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus
• Recognition Initiatives
• Mileage paid at £0.35 per mile for the first 10,000 miles per year

Don’t miss out – Be Part of Something Bigger – Join a team driven by values, with a mission that matters.

We are keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us to ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do. These are: Respect – Honesty – Responsibility – Excellence.

Real Life Options are an equal opportunities employer. We seek to recruit, train, and promote the best person for the job, to make full use of the talents and resources of all our people and to craft a working environment free from unlawful discrimination, victimisation, and harassment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect.

If you have a disability, a learning difficulty, a medical condition, or individual need that you believe may affect your performance in selection, we’ll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes to enable you to perform at your best so please do let us know.