Support Worker - Bathgate, United Kingdom - Real Life Options

Real Life Options

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Bathgate, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Support Worker - Bathgate, West Lothian

Part Time (16 hours) or Relief postions only

Varied shift patterns

£10.90 per hour

House of multiple occupancy - not care home.

Are you empathetic and have experience in looking after other people's needs?

Also available are flexible part time hours and weekend roles.

The Role

You will be supporting 2 men and 2 women live an ordinary life with bespoke levels of support in various areas in Uphall, Livingston.

Our Support Workers provide a person centred approach in providing quality support, which makes our service very flexible and adaptable to each individual's needs.

We support people to enhance their quality of life at home and within their community.

Staff may work with individuals with a learning disability working in the person's own home ensuring opportunities to reach their full potential are available.

Support needs can range from:

enabling a person to participate in their personal care, medication, emotional support, daily living activities, social support and sleepover cover.

The role of a Support Worker is integral to the quality of support provision and can be rewarding and inspiring.

You will support people to Identify and work towards meaningful outcomes and to participate in their community and develop new and maintain existing relationships.

Hours of work are flexible to meet the needs of the people we support and we are able to offer our staff flexible working hours to support with work/life balance.

You will work as part of a team, as well as, independently and using your own initiative whilst ensuring the needs of the person you are supporting, are met.

The team offer support with personal care for two ladies and two gentleman with learning disabilities, epilepsy and Dementia. Support is required to provide medication, dietary needs, appointments and maintaining their home and finances and social support.

An enhanced PVG is required for this role.

Benefits and Rewards

A minimum of 28days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (prorata 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 facetoface 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

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.