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?
This is a 24/7 service. Shifts are long day and sleepovers. Staff will be required to be on shift from 9am-9pm on community hours, then 9pm until 9am sleep hours.
You will be required to work every second weekend.
Posts available for full time positions and part time positions.
Successful candidate will support with the following –
1. Household tasks & maintenance of tenancy
2. Personal care support
3. Assistance with medication
4. Preparation and serving nutritious meals
5. Social supports of service users choice
6. Supporting to arranged appointments
About Them:
Our Service user is 27 and has a diagnosis of Ataxic Cerebral palsy, learning disability & Autism. Due to the diagnosis of autism he can find change difficult to manage and it is important that planned appointments are notified on the day, this will avoid any increase in behaviours. At these times staff are required to support, reassure and follow the behaviour support plan and 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. Service user is nonverbal, however communicates effectively using assistive technology and communication skills he has built up with the current team in place. Behaviours that challenge training will be given to new staff as well as shadowing shifts with experienced staff.
Activities enjoyed:
7. Going for drives in my car
8. Attending M&D’s daily – This is a firm favourite
9. Attending fun fairs which pop in different areas
10. Spending time on my computer to look up different fun fairs upcoming events
11. Spending time with family
What can you expect:
12. Day trips out
13. Supporting with hobbies
14. Social trips
15. Supporting with daily chores
16. 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!
Key Criteria:
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:
17. a commitment to quality and being the best we can
18. treating the people we support with compassion
19. showing dignity and respect to the people we will be working with
20. having trust and respect for all members of our team
21. Enthusiasm
22. Passion
23. Compassion
24. 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:
25. Service user currently resides within bottom floor flat within Birkenshaw area. No steps required to gain access into property
26. Service users home is full equipped with bathroom facilities as-well as onsite parking for workers cars whilst on a scheduled shift.
Benefits:
27. Cost of PVG covered
28. Family friendly policy to include enhanced maternity/paternity leave and much more.
29. Care Worker of the Month financial award
30. Refer a friend scheme (total award £1000)
31. Excellent training
32. Pension scheme
33. Cycle to work scheme
34. Share saver scheme
35. Eye test vouchers
36. Employee Assistance Programme (Access to Free counselling service)
37. Wellbeing service (Access to trained mental health & wellbeing advisors)
38. Mears Annual Family Fun Day for you and your family to places like Blairdrummond Safari Park, M&Ds Themepark, fully paid for including lunch
39. Mears Rewards - A performance recognition platform whereby you can be rewarded in high street vouchers
40. 20K free life cover