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- From £12.32 per hour
- Part Time
- Contact: Human Resources
- Reference: REQ0032323
- Posted November, 22, 2024 3:35 PM
Hourly rate: £12.32 Support Worker Portobello/Edinburgh We are looking to cover 14 hours per week to cover Mondays, Wednesdays & Friday, this will equal to 4/5 hours each day, we are paying an hourly rate...
Support Worker
Portobello/Edinburgh
We are looking to cover 14 hours per week to cover Mondays, Wednesdays & Friday, this will equal to 4/5 hours each day, we are paying an hourly rate of £12.32.
Due to a new service user package, we are looking for a Support Worker to join our team based in Portobello for a specific gentleman! We are looking for a energetic and enthusiastic Support Worker to support our service user to complete tasks and enjoy social activities.
About the Role:
We are looking for an energetic, active Support Worker to join our team. You will be required to support a young gentleman in the community attending activities.
The successful Support Worker needs to be energetic and active for this service user.
About Them:
Our Service user has mental health conditions and needs support to go out into the community and attend activities. He is a very active young gentleman who enjoys playing Squash, going for walks, sailing, windsurfing and going to the leisure centre.
Activities he enjoys:
- Squash
- Walking
- Visiting the local leisure centre
- Trips out
- Anything active
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
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.
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