Sessional Support Workers
North Ayrshire Supported Living Service

Salary: £12 per hour
Requirements: Female only*, Driving License required
Hours: Sessional
Location: North Ayrshire Community Based

Our sessional Support Workers provide flexible cover to support our customers and residents at our services across Hansel with all aspects of daily living, including personal care, and social, leisure and recreational activities, as well as enabling them to develop meaningful relationships and establish links in the local community.

We are now recruiting for a Sessional Support Worker to join the sessional list in our North Ayrshire Supported Living Service.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced Support Worker looking to take on a new challenge, those who have recently left college with a Social Care related qualification or those who perhaps have no practical or academic experience but can evidence that their values match those of the organisation and that they are motivated to work flexibly, supporting our customers in their lives.  If you believe every person has something unique to offer and you have a genuine passion for making a difference in people's lives we want to hear from you.

A Driving Licence is essential for this post. Experience in delivering formal social care supports or personal caring experience is desirable but not essential. 

Essential criteria for the post include:

• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Basic IT skills
• Excellent people skills, good team worker and problem solver
• An enthusiastic attitude to developing skills in Social Care
• The ability to accept peoples’ differences and treat everyone as equals
• The ability to support people in a person-centred way to offer choice and promote inclusion.
• An enthusiastic attitude to developing skills in Social Care
• Work in line with Hansel’s values with the ability to accept peoples’ differences and treat everyone as equals
• The ability to support people in a person-centred way to offer choice and promote inclusion.
• An enthusiastic attitude to developing skills in Social Care
• The ability to attain registration with regulatory bodies
• Candidates must be 18 years old or over for insurance purposes

When you join our NASL team you will also;

• Receive full induction training, shadowing experienced colleagues and access to additional training you may need to enable you to confidently support individuals.
• Have an opportunity to gain a relevant SVQ qualification in Health and Social Care.
• Access to 24-hour on call management support when you need it.
• Work various shift patterns with at least one weekend off in every four.
• Receive pay for your travel time and travel expenses if travelling between supports

These posts are considered to be Regulated Work with Adults as specified in the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) (PVG) Act 2007. Accordingly, the preferred candidate will be required to become a member of the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme Record Update if already a Scheme member prior to any formal offer of employment being made.

*Qualifies under the Equality Act 2010

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