About the Role
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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!
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