Support Worker - FLK14780

Falkirk Council; Falkirk; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Full time

Job summary

Falkirk Council's Dollar Park Dementia Service seeks a compassionate support worker to help people with dementia live at home with quality of life.

You will provide practical help, supervision and one-to-one support in the home and wider community, with tasks tailored to each client’s needs, including personal care where required.

The role is 15 hours per week with flexible early evenings and weekends; you may need to register with the SSSC and undergo PVG checks; sponsorship is not available.

Qualifications

• Commitment to registering with the SSSC when required.
• Ability to be mobile and cover the Falkirk Council area.
• PVG scheme membership (cost met by employer) may be required.
• Part-time role: 15 hours per week with flexible early evenings and weekends.
• This post does not qualify for sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Provide practical help, supervision and support in the home and wider community on a one-to-one basis.
• Carry out tasks as required by the individual client's needs, including personal care tasks.

Job description

As an essential part of the Dollar Park Dementia Service team, whose purpose is to enable people who have a diagnosis of dementia to live in their homes for as long as possible with the best possible quality of life. You will provide practical help, supervision and support in the home as well as the wider community on a one-to-one basis. Tasks undertaken will be dependent on the needs of the individual client and may include personal care tasks.

The successful candidate must be committed to registering with the SSSC when required.

You must have the ability to be mobile and flexible across the Falkirk Council area.

This post does not qualify for Sponsorship.

You will work 15 hours per week, flexible working hours can include early evenings and weekend.

If you are the successful candidate, you will be required to gain/maintain PVG scheme membership, the cost of which will be met by the preferred candidate.