Support Worker

Hourly rate: £12.32

Female Support Worker

Hawick

We are offering an hourly rate of £12.32. Shifts will be 24hrs a week; week 1; 09.30-4.30 Monday, 08.30-5.30 Wednesday & 8.30-5.00 Friday. Week 2; Wednesday 08.30-5 and then 6-9.30pm, Saturday 9-3.30 Sunday 11-4.30 (every other weekend.)

Due to a change in circumstances, we are looking for a female support worker to join our team based in Hawick! We are looking for a compassionate and empathic Support Worker for a young lady in Hawick who is Autistic and needs a nurturing and encouraging peer.

About the Role:

Our Service user is Autistic and displays anxious behaviours with new routines, structures, or challenges. She needs a nurturing individual to encourage her to complete tasks and try new things.

The successful Support Worker will support in household tasks and maintenance of tenancy and provision of nutritious meals advice on healthy eating.

Our service user loves shopping and is very set in her ways, so someone who can encourage her to try new shops and experiences would be great.

No personal care is necessary for this role as this lady is able to do so independently, however when required she will need support with washing her hair.

About Them:

Our service user is a young lady who likes to have routine. She likes to go shopping and LOVES bingo! She currently goes to Bingo once a fortnight and this falls into the Wednesday evening shift of the rota, you will be expected to go and support. We hope to increase this to a weekly activity.

She is able to communicate verbally and understand what is going on around her. He requires consistent communication and reassurance.

Activities he enjoys:

* Shopping
* Bingo
* Trips out

The shift pattern will be 24hrs a week; week 1; 09.30-4.30 Monday, 08.30-5.30 Wednesday & 8.30-5.00 Friday. Week 2; Wednesday 08.30-5 and then 6-9.30pm, Saturday 9-3.30 Sunday 11-4.30 (every other weekend.)

If you are passionate about making a different to a person life or would like the opportunity to provide an individual with a better quality of life, this role might be for you?

Mears is a company uniquely placed to address the major challenges in housing and social care industries. We are a market leader in providing housing services to the affordable housing sector, and a major presence in supported living and deliver a high standard of Care Services.

What can you expect:

* Day trips out
* Supporting with hobbies and activities
* Social trips
* Supporting with daily tasks
* Shopping
* Bingo
* 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.

All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears- does not currently offer visa sponsorship.

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

If you have what it take to make a difference to someone life and have the passion to go above and beyond, we need to hear from you!

If you feel you have skills needed, please apply below via the link. If you have any further questions please contact Vickie on vickie.rudge@mearsgroup.co.uk, quoting the job reference number.

Mears Group was recognised for its commitment to workplace excellence ranking 8th in the UK's Best Large Companies to Work for list!

Mears Group is a Disability Confident employer and recognises our people as our greatest asset, we hire individuality, recognising and valuing everyone is individual and ensuring equal access to opportunities for all regardless of social economic background or individual make up.

Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant DBS/Security checks before commencement of employment.