Job Description

Hourly rate: 12.94
Support Worker Required!
Macduff and surrounding areas.
Zero hour contracts available, offering an increased hourly rate 12.94 an hour.
We are looking for an enthusiastic Support Workers, who are passionate about making a different to a person life? Would you like the opportunity to provide an individual with a better quality of life?
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 homecare and deliver a high standard of Care Services providing personal care to over 20,000 people a year, enabling older and disabled people to continue living in their own homes.
About the Role:
We are looking for enthusiastic Support Workers to join our team based in Macduff. Due to the nature of the role and the rural locations, it would be preferred for the successful Support Workers to hold a UK driving license.
The successful Support Workers will be focused on Person Centred Care and put the service user at the centre of all you do. The forefront of our delivery is to put the service user first and allow them to have their own independence. You will support them out in the community, going to clubs, activities, appointments and much more.
What can you expect:

• Day trips out
• Supporting with hobbies and activities
• Fishing
• Clubs
• Part time work
• Social trips to restaurants and Pubs
• Shopping trips
• Arts and Crafts
• Sports games; Football, Rugby etc
• Gardening
• Supporting with personal care needs
• Supporting with daily chaos

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 they all deserve to be treated as such.
Key Criteria:

• Enthusiasm
• Passion
• Compassion
• The ability to show dignity and respect to our service users

All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears- does not currently offer visa sponsorship.
Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant PVG/Security checks either before or upon commencement of employment.
Benefits:

• Cost of PVG covered
• 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.

Apply below or to discuss your application further; contact: Vickie Rudge (Vickie.Rudge@mearsgroup.co.uk)
If you need any help with your application process, we are here to support you. We will be accessible every step of the way.
At Mears Group, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, we are a Disability Confident employer, valuing individuality and ensuring equal opportunities for all.
We proudly support the Armed Forces Covenant and are honoured to have achieved the Gold Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) to coincide with this, we hold an Endorser Award for the Career Transition Partnership, recognising our commitment to veterans transitioning into civilian careers.
In our continued effort to promote social mobility, we invite applicants to voluntarily share their background information during the application stages to help us better understand the diverse experiences of our candidates. This is to ensure we are committed to improving social mobility. We use the Social Mobility Index to assess and enhance opportunities for individuals from diverse backgrounds. These questions are optional and will not impact your ability to apply.