Support Workers
Crail & Wilson Residential Small Group Living Service

Salary: £12.60 per hour
Requirements: Temporary posts (12 months)
Hours: 2 posts at 30 hours
Location: Broadmeadows, Symington, KA1 5PU

We are looking for caring individuals to work within a residential care and small group living setting. Our team provide flexible cover to support people in their own lives, working with our residents who may have a variety of support needs such as learning difficulties, complex physical disabilities, behavioural needs and autism.

The successful applicants will join our dedicated and friendly staff team who support the health care needs of our residents as well as assisting them to live their lives in a way which reflects their individual choices, interests, wishes and aspirations. We ensure our residents are given an opportunity to achieve all they can and make full use of resources within the local community.

We have two temporary 30 hours posts as follows:

• Post 1 - 10:00am to 4:00pm, 5 days a week over 7 days including weekends
• Post 2 - flexibility to work days, evenings, nights, and weekends is essential in all the roles. Shift patterns are day shift - 7.15am to 7.15pm and night shift 7.15pm to 7.15am.

The successful candidates will also have:

• 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

The following criteria are also desirable but not essential:

• Experience working with people with additional needs
• Understanding of social care legislation and best practice
• Experience of contributing effectively to support plans and risk assessments
• A Social Care qualification or equivalent

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.

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