41 Full time, Social Services / Housing jobs in North Queensferry, Fife

Support Worker

Job Reference: MH1290168GleSW

Location: Fife

Company: Real Life Options

Position Type: Full Time

Salary: £12.60 per hour

About the Role

At Real Life Options, we support our service users to live their life the way they choose, with a strong emphasis on person-centred care to enable our service users to live as independently as possible. We are recruiting for experienced support workers to support two men who have behaviours that challenge. These individuals live in their own homes and receive 1:1 support throughout the day.

The adults we support have intellectual disabilities which affect them in different ways and to different degrees. The ability to follow detailed support plans to ensure a consistent approach is essential. Staff will be able to learn different forms of communication and adapt to working with varying needs. Staff provide the people we support with the assistance to complete a structured daily planner. This includes support with:

• Personal care


• Medication


• Maintaining their homes


• Physical fitness


• Attending a variety of activities

At both services, the supported individuals regularly display challenging behaviour as follows:

• Repetitive and/or negative speech


• Targeting property


• Verbal abuse directed at staff


• Physically targeting of staff


• Self-injurious behaviour

Experience supporting intellectually disabled adults with behaviours that challenge is essential. Working with the people we support is incredibly rewarding. You will be part of a supportive, responsive and friendly team. We have an attrition rate of less than 10%, which is excellent for the sector and a reflection of what a good place this is to work.

Shift Pattern and Working Hours

One of the services we are recruiting for receives sleepover shifts which are 1:1 support. This service has both male and female staff. The shifts are 24 hours and run from 3pm - 3pm, broken down as follows:

• 3pm - 11pm back shift


• 11pm - 7am sleep night


• 7am - 3pm day shift

Our other service is a 24-hour service with a waking night. This service has male-only staff. The shifts are broken down as follows:

• 8am - 3pm day shift


• 3pm - 10pm back shift


• 10pm - 8am waking night

Experience working with adults with intellectual disabilities is essential. Experience of working with challenging behaviour is essential. An enhanced Adult PVG is required for this role.

Benefits and Rewards

• 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


• Mileage paid at 35p per mile at flat rate up to 10,000 miles per year

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

Values and Skills

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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Support Worker Glenrothes Outreach Full time and Part time positions available £12.60 per hour When was the last time you had the chance to make a real difference to someone's life and be there when it really counted? About the role: At Real Life Options we support our service users to live their life the way they choose, we have a strong emphasis on person centred care to enable our service users to live as independently as possible. We are recruiting for experiences support workers to support two men who have behaviours that challenge. These individuals live in their own homes and receive 1:1 support throughout the day. The adults we support have intellectual disabilities which affect them in different ways and to different degrees. The ability to follow detailed support plans to ensure a consistent approach is essential. Staff will be able to learn different forms of communication and adapt to working with varying needs. Staff provide the people we support with the assistance to
complete a structured daily planner. This includes support with: Personal care Medication Maintaining their homes Physical fitness Attending a variety of activities At both services, the supported individuals regularly display challenging behaviour as follows: - repetitive and/or negative speech - targeting property - verbal abuse directed at staff - physically targeting of staff - self-injurious behaviour Experience supporting intellectually disabled adults with behaviours that challenge is essential. Working with the people we support is incredibly rewarding. You will be part of a supportive, responsive and friendly team. There is a huge amount of knowledge and experience in our staff team. We have an attrition rate of less than 10%, which is excellent for the sector and a reflection of what a good place this is to work. Shift pattern and working hours One of the services we are recruiting for receives sleepover shifts which are 1:1 support. This service has both male and
female staff. The shifts are 24 hours and run from 3pm - 3pm, broken down as follows: 3pm - 11pm back shift 11pm - 7am sleep night 7am - 3pm day shift Our other service is a 24 hour service with a waking night. This service is male only staff. The shifts are broken down as follows: 8am - 3pm day shift 3pm - 10pm back shift 10pm - 8am waking night Experience working with adults with intellectual disabilities is essential. Experience of working with challenging behaviour essential. An enhanced Adult PVG is required for this role. Benefits and Rewards 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 Mileage paid at 35p per mile at flat rate up to 10,000 miles per year 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 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.