Support Worker

Hourly rate: £13.72

Female Support Workers Required

Location: Elburn /Livingston

Contract: Zero hours – 60hrs a week to fill

Hourly Rate: £13.72per hour

We are looking for 2 X Support Workers to join our team supporting 3 female service users in the Elburn /Livingston area.

This is all within 1 household so driving is not essential as long as you can get to work but would also be advantageous as 1 service user does have a mobility car.

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 these 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 between the hours of 08-00-22-00 and this can be flexible, you could work 1 whole shift, or they can be split in 2.

We have a total of 60 hours to cover over the week. Every second weekend will also need to be scheduled in. You will also be able to pick up extra hours to cover annual leave and sickness when required.  

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

"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."

You would also get the opportunity to go on a UK holiday with the service users, this will be a holiday park on the south coast! Each will have their own caravan, they will be next to one other so can-do group activities or relax individually.  

What can you expect:

• Supporting with hobbies and activities

• Supporting with personal care needs

• Supporting with daily chores

• 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:

• 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

Mears Group is a Disability Confident employer and recognises our people as our greatest asset, we hire individuality, recognising and valuing everyone is individual and ensuring equal access to opportunities for all regardless of social economic background or individual make up.

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

We are a Forces Friendly employer and an ERS Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award holder.

Apply below or to discuss your application further; contact:

Vickie Rudge (Vickie.Rudge@mearsgroup.co.uk)

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.