Support Worker

Support Workers Required

West Lothian

A driving license is essential for this role!

Increased hourly rate of £12.94.

Due to the recent contract win, we are continuing to move new service services in to our service.

We are looking for Support Workers to join our team.

This is a brand-new, purpose-built building to eventually house 16 service users, in their own individual flats.

 We are working closely with the local authority through this transition period, and we are gradually moving service users into this new building.

Are you passionate about making a different to a person life? Would you like the opportunity to provide an individual with a better quality of life?

Mears is a company uniquely placed to address the major challenges in housing and social care industries. We are a market leader in providing housing services to the affordable housing sector, and a major presence in supported living and deliver a high standard of Care Services.

About the Role:

As the successful Support Worker you will be working with a gentleman who has been diagnosed with Learning disability, Autism, Pica and also suffers from eczema.

You will support him in his daily activities, with all 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.

If you are passionate about making a different to a person life, this is the role for you! ?

About Them:

Our Service user has Learning disability, Autism, Pica and also suffers from eczema.

You must be physically fit, strong minded and patient for this role. Our service user is 26 year old male, who weighs 26 stone, we are looking for Support Workers who will not be intimidated by this! He is unable to go on public transport but he owns a mobility van, that you will have access to drive to take him out.

He is very routine orientated so we need a Support Worker that can match that and support him.

He requires support with all personal care, but does not tolerate anyone in his personal space.

"Due to the nature of this contract, restraint and safety training will be provided, to be suitable for this training you MUST have a 100% fit bill of health and be able to participate in the practical elements of the course."

What can you expect:

• Supporting with hobbies and activities
• Supporting with personal care needs
• Supporting with daily chaos
• 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.

All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears- does not currently offer visa sponsorship.

Benefits:

• Cost of PVG covered
• Up to £20,000 life cover
• Enrolment onto SVQ level 2 after successful completion of your 6 month probation.
• Care Worker of the Month financial award
• Refer a friend scheme (total award up to £1000)
• Excellent training
• Pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Eye test vouchers
• Employee Assistance Programme (Access to Free counselling service)
• Wellbeing service (Access to trained mental health & wellbeing advisors)
• Mears Annual Family Fun Day for you and your family to places like Blairdrummond Safari Park, M&Ds Themepark, fully paid for including lunch
• Mears Rewards - A performance recognition platform whereby you can be rewarded in high street vouchers
• Family friendly policy to include enhanced maternity/paternity leave and much more.
• 20K free life cover

Role Criteria:

• Enthusiasm
• Passion
• Compassion
• The ability to show dignity and respect to our service users
• Physical fitness (not extreme!)
• 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!  

Apply below or to discuss your application further; contact:

If you need any help with your application process, we are here to support you. We will be accessible every step of the way.

At Mears Group, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, we are a Disability Confident employer, valuing individuality and ensuring equal opportunities for all.

We proudly support the Armed Forces Covenant and are honoured to have achieved the Gold Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) to coincide with this, we hold an Endorser Award for the Career Transition Partnership, recognising our commitment to veterans transitioning into civilian careers.

In our continued effort to promote social mobility, we invite applicants to voluntarily share their background information during the application stages to help us better understand the diverse experiences of our candidates. This is to ensure we are committed to improving social mobility. We use the Social Mobility Index to assess and enhance opportunities for individuals from diverse backgrounds. These questions are optional and will not impact your ability to apply.