Support Worker

Mears Group; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 1,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in housing and social care seeks passionate Support Workers to join their team in West Lothian. This role involves providing individualized care to a young service user with autism, focusing on enhancing their quality of life. Support Workers will engage in various activities, from personal care to encouraging communication through technology. With a commitment to excellence, this company offers comprehensive training and a supportive environment, ensuring that every day brings new challenges and rewards. If you have the enthusiasm and compassion to make a real difference, this opportunity is for you!

Benefits

Cost of PVG covered

Up to £20,000 life cover

Enrolment onto SVQ level 2

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

Qualifications

• Candidates must be physically fit and able to manage challenging behavior.
• Entitlement to work in the UK is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Support with personal care needs and daily activities.
• Administer medication and assist with household tasks.

Skills

Enthusiasm

Compassion

Physical fitness

Ability to manage challenging behavior

Education

Entitlement to work within the UK

Tools

PECS (Picture Exchange Communication Symbols)

Job description

Hourly rate: £12.32

Support Worker

West Lothian

We are offering an hourly rate of £12.32. Shifts to be covered are 08.00- 14.00 & 14.00 – 22.00, we are looking to cover this 7 days a week.

We will consider full and part time applications.

Due to a new contract win, we are looking for Support Workers in West Lothian. This is a brand-new, purpose-built building to eventually house 16 service users, in their own individual flats.

We are working closely with the local authority through this transition period, and we are gradually moving service users into this new building.

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 based in West Lothian for a specific service who has Autism.

The successful Support Workers will need to be physically fit, strong-minded, and patient for this role. Our service user is a tall and sturdy 21-year-old male, so we are looking for Support Workers who will not be intimidated by this! He is non-verbal but communicates through PECS (picture exchange communication symbols).

The successful Support Worker will be required to administer all medication, support with household tasks, and prepare meals, although these are always the same as our service user only eats a small variety of foods and is very specific on what he will eat.

About Them:

Our service user is autistic and non-verbal; he communicates through PECS (picture exchange communication symbols).

When agitated, he can demonstrate signs of apprehension and/or aggression. At these times, staff are required to follow the behaviour support plan.

Our service user is technology-driven and will spend a lot of his time on his iPad; staff are advised to encourage tasks to be completed by rewarding with technology gain.

Support workers will work on a 1:1 basis; however, on days out, visiting family members, and appointments, staff will be required to work 3:1.

Activities he enjoys:

• iPad
• He has a tent that he likes to put up in the garden and sit in.
• Music
• Swimming
• Seeing his family

Due to the nature of this contract, restraint and safety training will be provided. To be suitable for this training, you MUST have a 100% fit bill of health and be able to participate in the practical elements of the course.

What can you expect:

• Supporting with hobbies and activities
• Supporting with personal care needs
• Supporting with daily chaos
• Management of behaviour which challenges in accordance with proactive and reactive strategies.

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.

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

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 £1000)
• 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

Role Criteria:

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

If you have what it takes to make a difference to someone's life and have the passion to go above and beyond, we need to hear from you!

If you feel you have the skills needed, please apply below via the link. If you have any further questions, please contact Vickie at [e-mail], quoting the job reference number.

Mears Group was recognised for its commitment to workplace excellence, ranking 8th in the UK's Best Large Companies to Work for list!

Mears Group is a Disability Confident employer and recognises our people as our greatest asset. We hire individuality, recognising and valuing everyone as individual and ensuring equal access to opportunities for all regardless of social economic background or individual makeup.

Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant DBS/Security checks before commencement of employment.