Support Worker– Longstone

Full time, Part time and Relief Positions available.

Start your career with Real Life Options in a rewarding role where you can really make a difference. We are looking for caring, trustworthy and upbeat individuals whose personality and values match the energetic environment of our service. Every day is different as we promote our service users to make their own choices and live as independently as possible.

Support is uniquely tailored to each individual to live the life they choose. Our service users particularly enjoy visits to the many attractions of Edinburgh, karaoke nights at a public house, our movie and takeaway nights!

The role involves supporting males in shared supported living accommodation which is based in Longstone, City of Edinburgh. During each shift, you will be providing support with : going out in the community, cooking, cleaning, personal care, medication and social activities.

Shifts are arranged on a rota system, so you will be working as part of an enthusiastic and experienced team to deliver the following hours (please note occasional cover for waking night shifts may be required) : -

• 8 am to 3pm
• 3.00pm to 10.00pm
• 10.00am to 10.00pm

An enhanced PVG is required for this role.

Benefits and Rewards

In addition to the above you also have access to the following great benefits :

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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