Support Worker

Hourly rate: £13.72

Support Worker

Location: West Lothian

Contract: Zero hour

Hourly Rate: £13.72 an hour

Due to a new contract win in West Lothian, we are continually looking for Support Workers to join our growing team!

This is a beautiful brand-new, purpose-built building to eventually house 16 service users, in their own individual flats.

This service will offer a number of 24-hour packages for our service users. This role is to cover a 24hr shift rotation and you will be specifically required to support and assist the Service Users with specific care packages. Shifts to include 08:00am - 20:00pm and 20:00pm - 08:00am, some flexibility may be offered.

We can offer some flexibility on these shifts, as well as part time and full-time hours, zero hour and contracted hour contracts.

You don’t need to have previous experience in this field, nor do you need qualifications – we’re happy to work with you to help you become an excellent care worker. Above all we want someone that shares in our values.

Role Criteria:

• Support staff or service users in any way needed.

• Prompting with general hygiene

• Encourage healthy eating

• Offer support where needed

• Monitor building and service users within the building

Benefits:

• Cost of PVG covered

• Enrolment onto SVQ level 2 after successful completion of your 6 month probation

• Incentive payment for experienced care workers (£370)

• Care Worker of the Month financial award

• Refer a friend scheme (total award £1000)

• Family friendly policies include enhanced maternity/paternity leave and more

• 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