Support Worker

1st Homecare; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in homecare seeks a Support Worker to provide essential support to clients in East Dunbartonshire. The role involves assisting with daily living skills, personal care, and promoting independence. Candidates should exhibit kindness and a commitment to improving clients' lives, with training provided for those new to the field.

Benefits

28 days paid holiday (pro-rata for part-time)

Accredited training

Employer contributory pension scheme

Mileage paid at 35p per mile

Health Cash Plan

£10,000 Life cover

Free Employee Assistance Programme

Reward gateway with discounts

Cycle to Work Scheme

Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus

Qualifications

• Experience supporting individuals with additional needs is desirable but not essential.
• A driver is preferred for this role.
• An enhanced Adult PVG is required.

Responsibilities

• Support one male in daily living skills, including personal care and medication management.
• Promote social inclusion and assist with attending health appointments.
• Perform domestic tasks and help with financial management.

Skills

Caring

Trustworthiness

Communication

Job description

Support Worker

East Dunbartonshire(covering Bearsden and Milngavie areas)

30 hours per week

Hourly rate: £12.60per hour

Do you want a rewarding role and have the chance to make a real difference to other people’s lives? We will support you along your career path to learn, develop and grow.

Every day is different as we promote our service users to make their own choices and live as independently as possible. We are looking for kind, caring and trustworthy individuals to join our supportive and dedicated team.

You will be supporting one male in supported accommodation with daily living skills. These can include; personal care, managing medication, domestic tasks, promoting social inclusion, attending health appointments and assisting with finance management. Having experience of supporting individuals with additional needs is also desirable but not essential as training will be given.

Shifts

Shift patterns consist of day shifts, evening shifts, sleepovers and weekends between the hours of 8:00am and 10:00pm (shifts are usually either 7 hours or 12 hours) on a rota basis.

A driver is preferred for this role.

An enhanced AdultPVG Is Required for this role.

Benefits and Rewards

• Aminimum of 28-days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff)
• Accreditedtraining giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first rate job
• An employer contributory pension scheme
• Mileage paid at 35p per mile at flat rate up to 10,000 miles per year

In addition to the above you also have access to the following great benefits:

• Health Cash Plan (for full/part time contracted hours)
• £10,000 Life cover
• A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face-to-face counselling, debt, financial and legal information)
• A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• A financial wellbeing scheme
• Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus (terms and conditions apply)
• Recognition Initiatives

Please note that initial contact with applicants will usually be by email, so please check all of your email folders regularly, including your junk mail folders.

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.