Support Worker

Support Worker- Full time or Part time (25 hours to 30 hours per week)

£12.00 per hour

Drivers preffered

Do you have a passion to make a difference?

At Elgin we are a busy service with highly active people we support who enjoy a wide variety of activities including swimming, horse riding, going to the gym ,socialising, shopping and spending time with friends and family.

You will be working with individuals both at home and out and about in community. Supporting them with day to day activities, maintaining their independence and in some cases personal care.

Succeful applicants will be able to cover a variety of shifts. Sleepover shifts are essential

Examples of shift patterns are as follows: 8 am – 4pm, 10 am – 6pm, 8.30 am – 8-30 pm , 8 am – 3pm , 4pm – 9pm, 4pm – 10pm, 3pm – 10pm ,

The service also operates a sleep over shift : 11pm – 11 am

Due to the nature of the role and the activities the people we support like to participate in a driver with a clean license is highly advantageous.

Working with a variety of individuals in Elgin you will provide support with:-

• Day to day tasks
• Personal care
• Medication administration
• Social integration
• Hobbies and interests
• Appointments

You will help to organise and participate in activities and you’ll support a range of life skills. You will be comfortable with lone working during a typical shift. An understanding and/or experience of autism and recognised qualifications such as SVQ 2/3 are preferred for this role, although not essential,asReal Life Options will Put you through the SVQ2/3.

An enhanced PVG is also required for this role

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
• Mileage paid at 35p per mile flat rate up to 10,000 mile per year

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

If you can circle 6 or more of the skills below, then you could be the person we are looking for:

Honest - Good Communicator - Strong Values – Flexible - Passionate - Self Motivated - Reliable - Caring - Inclusive

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 so please do let us know.

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