About the Role
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Our main priority is to find people with the right values, behaviours and attitudes that match our own! We’re seeking to recruit some great new support workers; people with the right values and behaviours to work in our care service – could this be you?
You don’t need to have previous experience in this field, nor do you need qualifications – we’re happy to work with you to help you become an excellent care worker. Above all we want someone that shares in our values. These are:
1. a commitment to quality and being the best we can
2. treating the people we support with compassion
3. showing dignity and respect to the people we will be working with
4. having trust and respect for all members of our team.
Activities enjoyed :
5. M&D’s is a particular favourite of the service user. He loves any theme park or carnival and tends to go here on a few occasions each week. Particularly the Halloween events & Christmas events
6. Go Karting and virtual reality
7. Being out in his car for a drive
8. Occasionally enjoys going for a sunbed
9. Enjoys spending time on his computer playing specific games and finding out if there are any carnivals to attend.
About Them:
The service user is 27, he had Ataxic Cerebral Palsy, Learning Disability and Autism spectrum Disorder. The individual can display challenging behaviour when triggered due to the complexities of his mental health, this may show signs of apprehension and/ or aggression. Strategies are in place such as PRN protocol to ensure both staff and service user are safe. There is significant input from the learning disability team, family and social work to ensure staff are supported with challenges faced. Service user is mobile, however does utilize his wheelchair when out in the community for social supports. Service user is nonverbal, however communicates effectively using assistive technology. Behaviours that challenge training will be given to new staff as well as shadowing shifts with experienced staff already in the support team.
What can you expect:
10. Day trips out
11. Supporting with hobbies and activities
12. Social trips
13. Supporting with daily chores
14. Management of behaviour which challenges in accordance with proactive and reactive strategies.
Being a Support Worker for Mears is enabling a service user to stay in their own home.
We can offer you job fulfilment and satisfaction, career progression and a great team to work for!
Benefits:
15. Cost of PVG covered
16. Family friendly policy to include enhanced maternity/paternity leave and much more.
17. Care Worker of the Month financial award
18. Refer a friend scheme (total award £1000)
19. Excellent training
20. Pension scheme
21. Cycle to work scheme
22. Share saver scheme
23. Eye test vouchers
24. Employee Assistance Programme (Access to Free counselling service)
25. Wellbeing service (Access to trained mental health & wellbeing advisors)
26. Mears Annual Family Fun Day for you and your family to places like Blairdrummond Safari Park, M&Ds Themepark, fully paid for including lunch
27. Mears Rewards - A performance recognition platform whereby you can be rewarded in high street vouchers
28. 20K free life cover
Role Criteria:
If you have what it take to make a difference to someone life and have the passion to go above and beyond, we need to hear from you!
29. Enthusiasm
30. Passion
31. Compassion
32. The ability to show dignity and respect to our service users
As part of our inclusive hiring approach, we’re reviewing site accessibility to ensure candidates aren’t excluded due to physical access barriers. Just a few quick checks:
33. Service user currently resides within a ground floor flat within the Birkenshaw area of Uddingston. There are no stairs within the vicinity.
34. Service users home is full equipped with bathroom facilities as-well as onsite parking for workers cars whilst on a scheduled shift.