Relief Support Worker

We support people to enhance their quality of life at home and within their community. The role is very rewarding and inspiring. You will support people to identify and work towards meaningful outcomes and to reach their full potential.

You will be supporting service users to live an independent life with bespoke levels of support in various areas in West Lothian. Our Support Workers provide a person centred approach of support, which makes our service very flexible and adaptable to each individual's needs.

Support needs can range from: enabling a person to participate in their personal care, medication, liaising with healthcare professionals, domestic tasks, emotional and social support. You would also be required to record and report daily activities to ensure continued accurate support for our service users.

This role would require flexibility working across various shift patterns. Shifts generally are 7.30am -3.00pm, 9.00am - 3.00pm, 3.00pm -10.00pm, 4.00pm - 8.00pm. We kindly ask that candidates check that they could travel to service for these shift times.

Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

A minimum of 28-days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff)
Accredited training giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first rate job
An employer contributory pension scheme

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

Health Cash Plan (for full/part time contracted hours)
£10,000 Life cover
A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face-to-face counselling, debt, financial and legal information)
A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services
Cycle to Work Scheme
A financial wellbeing scheme
Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus (terms and conditions apply)
Recognition Initiatives

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