About the Role
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As the successful Support Worker you will be working with ladies to enable them to join in with activities in the local area, community activities and day centres.
You will support with daily activities, with elements of personal care and support in household tasks and maintenance of house. Provision of preparing and serving nutritious meals.
Support with professional appointments and anything else our service user requires.
We are looking to cover the below shifts:
Mondays and Thursdays 08-00-22-00 to support a young lady in her home and out in the community to access activities of her choice.
Tuesdays and Fridays 08-10am supporting another young lady to get ready for her day centre and then 16.00-19.00 on her return home to assist with meal preparation.
Total hours 35 hours over Monday /Tuesday /Thursday /Friday with potential weekend cover when required for annual leave etc.
This could be full time hours for 1 person or split between 2 candidates.
If you are passionate about making a different to a person life, this is the role for you! ?
What can you expect:
1. Supporting with hobbies and activities
2. Supporting with personal care needs
3. Supporting with daily chaos
4. Management of behaviour which challenges in accordance with pro active and reactive strategies.
Our Support Workers experience variety and a huge sense of reward and achievement in their daily activities where no two days are the same and we place huge emphasis on the fact that our customers are individuals, at Mears Supported Living we feel everyone deserves to be treated as such.
Benefits:
5. Cost of PVG covered
6. Up to £20,000 life cover
7. Enrolment onto SVQ level 2 after successful completion of your 6 month probation.
8. Care Worker of the Month financial award
9. Refer a friend scheme (total award up to £1000)
10. Excellent training
11. Pension scheme
12. Cycle to work scheme
13. Eye test vouchers
14. Employee Assistance Programme (Access to Free counselling service)
15. Wellbeing service (Access to trained mental health & wellbeing advisors)
16. Mears Annual Family Fun Day for you and your family to places like Blairdrummond Safari Park, M&Ds Themepark, fully paid for including lunch
17. Mears Rewards - A performance recognition platform whereby you can be rewarded in high street vouchers
18. Family friendly policy to include enhanced maternity/paternity leave and much more.
19. 20K free life cover
Role Criteria:
20. Enthusiasm
21. Passion
22. Compassion
23. The ability to show dignity and respect to our service users
24. Physical fitness (not extreme!)
25. Ability to manage behaviour which challenges
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!