Support Worker

Livin Housing Limited; Banff; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading support service provider in Scotland is seeking enthusiastic Support Workers to assist individuals with disabilities. Responsibilities include assisting with personal care, administering medication, and engaging in recreational activities. Candidates must possess a valid driving license and be entitled to work in the UK. Various benefits are offered including training, financial awards, and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Cost of PVG covered

Up to £20,000 life cover

Care Worker of the Month financial award

Refer a friend scheme

Excellent training

Pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Eye test vouchers

Employee Assistance Programme

Wellbeing service

Annual Family Fun Day

Performance recognition platform

Qualifications

• Candidates must have the entitlement to work within the UK.
• Driving candidates must be over 21 with a valid license for more than 3 months and less than 9 points.
• All roles are subject to relevant background checks.

Responsibilities

• Support service users in household tasks and personal care.
• Administer medication and prepare nutritional meals.
• Engage in activities like bowling, swimming, and shopping.

Skills

Driving License

Enthusiasm

Passion

Compassion

Ability to show dignity and respect

Physical fitness

Ability to manage challenging behavior

Job description

Hourly rate: £12.94 an hour

Support Worker

Location: Ladysbridge/Banff

Drivers needed

Shift pattern: Will consist of a combination of early and late shifts.

Are you passionate about making a difference to a person's life? Would you like the opportunity to provide an individual with a better quality of life?

Mears is a company uniquely placed to address the major challenges in housing and social care industries. We are a market leader in providing housing services to the affordable housing sector, and a major presence in supported living and deliver a high standard of Care Services.

About the Role

We are looking for enthusiastic Support Workers to join our team to cover a variety of shifts with a service user based in Ladysbridge/Banff.

The successful Support Workers will support in a range of tasks such as; household tasks and maintenance of tenancy, personal care, administering medication, preparing nutritional meals and cooking and activities.

Our service user likes to complete activities such as:

• Bowling
• Swimming
• Shopping
• Trips in his car

About Them

Our service user is a young man who has a severe learning disability, autism, epilepsy and Downs Syndrome. He engages in very little verbal communication but does respond well to visual support. At times can enjoy his own company so staff would need to be able to tolerate long periods of quiet time.

Our service user does have his own car and would require drivers as he does like to out in the car, sometimes unexpectedly.

If any challenging behaviour is displayed staff must always follow the behaviour support plan to ensure both staff and service user are safe. All training will be given.

Our Support Workers experience variety and a huge sense of reward and achievement in their daily activities where no two days are the same and we place huge emphasis on the fact that our customers are individuals, at Mears Supported Living we feel everyone deserves to be treated as such.

Key Criteria

• Driving License
• Enthusiasm
• Passion
• Compassion
• The ability to show dignity and respect to our service users
• Physical fitness (not extreme!)
• Ability to manage behaviour which challenges

Benefits

• Cost of PVG covered
• Up to £20,000 life cover
• Enrolment onto SVQ level 2 after successful completion of your 6 month probation.
• Care Worker of the Month financial award
• Refer a friend scheme (total award up to £1,000)
• Excellent training
• Pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Eye test vouchers
• Employee Assistance Programme (Access to Free counselling service)
• Wellbeing service (Access to trained mental health & wellbeing advisors)
• Mears Annual Family Fun Day for you and your family to places like Blairdrummond Safari Park, M&Ds Themepark, fully paid for including lunch
• Mears Rewards - A performance recognition platform whereby you can be rewarded in high street vouchers
• Family friendly policy to include enhanced maternity/paternity leave and much more.
• 20K free life cover

All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.

To drive a Mears vehicle, you must be aged over 21 have held your licence over 3 months and have less than 9 points.

Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant Background, Identity & Security checks before commencement of employment.

Apply below or to discuss your application further; contact:

Vickie Rudge ([e-mail])

If you need any help with your application process, we are here to support you. We will be accessible every step of the way.

At Mears Group, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, we are a Disability Confident employer, valuing individuality and ensuring equal opportunities for all.

We proudly support the Armed Forces Covenant and are honoured to have achieved the Gold Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) to coincide with this, we hold an Endorser Award for the Career Transition Partnership, recognising our commitment to veterans transitioning into civilian careers.

In our continued effort to promote social mobility, we invite applicants to voluntarily share their background information during the application stages to help us better understand the diverse experiences of our candidates. This is to ensure we are committed to improving social mobility. We use the Social Mobility Index to assess and enhance opportunities for individuals from diverse backgrounds. These questions are optional and will not impact your ability to apply.