Support Worker

Nightshift Support Worker Required!

Peterhead

 Nightshift - 22.00 - 07.30 TBC

Zero hour contracts, offering £12.94 an hour.

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 homecare and deliver a high standard of Care Services providing personal care to over 20,000 people a year, enabling older and disabled people to continue living in their own homes.

About the Role:

We are looking for enthusiastic Support Workers to join our team based in Peterhead to cover nightshifts.

The successful Support Workers will be focused on Person Centred Care and put the service user at the centre of all you do. The forefront of our delivery is to put the service user first and allow them to have their own independence.

What can you expect:

• Respond to Service Users request
• Support with personal care
• Night time checks
• Medication
• Cleaning of the communal areas

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 they all deserve to be treated as such.

Key Criteria:

• Enthusiasm
• Passion
• Compassion
• The ability to show dignity and respect to our service users

Due to the shift times and location of our service; a driving license would be preferred if you live outside of Peterhead.

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

Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant PVG/Security checks either before or upon commencement of employment.

Benefits:

• Cost of PVG covered
• 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.

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.