Support Worker Bathgate 21 hours per week £12.60 per hour The Role Our Support Workers provide a person centred approach in providing quality support, which makes our service very flexible and adaptable to everyone’s needs. The role of a Support Worker is integral to the quality of support provision and can be rewarding and inspiring. You will support people to identify and work towards meaningful outcomes and to participate in their community and develop new and maintain existing relationships. You will be offering care and support to adults with learning Disabilities to ensure the running of their home, health and wellbeing. This will include Personal Care, medication, house work, cooking and most importantly maintaining and developing each person’s independent skills. Social support will be given to each person daily and weekly to ensure involvement and independence within their community and shopping tasks as well as offering new experiences. Support plans/ Risk Assessments in place to ensure continued accurate support. You will be required to liaise with medical professionals when required. You may be asked to work between other services that we provide care and support to across West Lothian. An enhanced Adult PVG is required for this role. This role will involve supporting One individual that has some behaviours that are challenging at times but not violent e.g., Epilepsy, Mental Health and Dementia. Two individuals are wheelchair users but only one is physically disabled, the other uses Wheelchair for social outings. Shift Pattern: Flexible on shifts. Ensure that you are able to travel to and from the service for every shift and make clear any issues prior to 2nd interview. Shifts are 8, 9,10,11am – 3pm, 3pm – 9:30pm, and two waking nightshift 09:30pm – 8am Benefits and Rewards A minimum of 28-days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff) Accredited training giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first rate job An employer contributory pension scheme 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 We are keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us to ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do these are: Respect – Honesty – Responsibility – Excellence 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.