Job DescriptionJob Description Job Title: Relief Support Worker
Location: Garden View, Tweedbank
Hours: Casual/Relief
Contract: Casual/Relief
Salary*: £13.89 - £14.49 per hour / £26,804.69 - £28,155.19 pro rata per annum
Training: All training is provided.
Requirements: PVG Adults – we will do this for you! We focus on these five principles to provide excellent care through a well-structured, meaningful and person-centred approach.
Garden View supports older people who have had an admission to Borders General Hospital and are needing additional assessment prior to returning home or to a more supported living environment.
As a support worker, you will be essential to our reablement work and you will be fully involved in the assessment process and the ongoing delivery and review of care needs.
We provide person-centred practical and emotional support to empower the people we care for, as outlined in individual support plans, which you will be involved in developing.
You will promote the health and well-being of the people we support and ensure their needs are met in an inclusive way.
Support, enable and involve service users in all aspects of their lives, including personal care, eating, drinking, and mobility if necessary.
Be responsible for the safe administration of Service Users’ medication, following relevant training
Access to Blue Light Card discounts and SBC Benefits
Access to Local Government Pension Scheme
Paid training
Paid PVG and free SSSC registration
Informal Enquiries Informal enquiries can be made to the Adult Social Care Recruitment Team by emailing
Scottish Borders Council is committed to improving the diversity of its workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. In particular from candidates who assess themselves as having a disability, under the Disability Confident Employer scheme this guarantees an interview to those individuals who meet the essential criteria of the post.