Job Description

Hourly rate: 12.94
Support Worker
Peterhead
We are offering an hourly rate of 12.94
Are you passionate about making a difference to a person's 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 supported living and deliver a high standard of Care Services.
About the Role:
We are looking for enthusiastic Support Workers to join our team to cover shifts for a specific service user based in Peterhead.
The successful Support Workers will support in a range of tasks such as; household tasks and maintenance of tenancy, personal care, support with medication, nutrition and activities. Our service user likes to complete activities such as.....Outdoor activities including horse riding and walking Watching TV

About Them:
Our service user is young male with learning Disabilities, he is non-verbal but can use Makaton and iPad for communication.
Can display signs of challenging behaviour, so experience with dealing with this would be prefeed, but all training will be given. Staff must always follow the behaviour support plan to ensure both staff and service user are safe.
Shift times are variable and sleep cover is a possibility.
For continuity of our service user this is the shift pattern we are offering.
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
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.