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October 14, 2024
Care Support Scotland
Edinburgh
OTHER & FULL TIME
Support Worker - Horizons Young People's Service
Support Worker at Care Support Scotland
Post: Support Worker Service: Horizons – Young People’s Service Hours:
Full Time Shifts: Various – Rota Basis
Salary: £12.50 p/h
Contract: Permanent
Care Support Scotland
We are a charity with decades of experience supporting people across Scotland, providing those who need us with support that ranges from Mental Health, Learning Disability and Neurodiversity, Youth and Adult homelessness and Older People services.
Why work with us? We have the following benefits to help attract and retain the best talent, ensuring we provide high quality care to those we support, this includes:
As a support worker, you will support people to achieve their ambitions and live as independent a life as possible both at home and in the community.
Horizons' is a tenancy support service that supports young people aged 16-25. Considered as a homelessness prevention service (since 2014), it primarily supports young people to access and maintain stable accommodation, and to develop the skills and confidence for independent living. The support provided includes building a support plan and needs assessment with the young person, including their health and wellbeing, support to effectively manage their home, and to access external personal development opportunities and services in their community. The service refers or signposts young people to services providing specialist support, to overcome issues such as mental health, which may affect their ability to maintain their tenancy and to thrive.
Role and Responsibilities:
Additional Notes
Pay: £12.50 per hour
Expected hours: 36 per week
Benefits:
Application deadline: 24/10/2024
Reference ID: n/a
Post: Support Worker Service: Horizons – Young People’s Service Hours:
Full Time Shifts: Various – Rota Basis
Salary: £12.50 p/h
Contract: Permanent
Care Support Scotland
We are a charity with decades of experience supporting people across Scotland, providing those who need us with support that ranges from Mental Health, Learning Disability and Neurodiversity, Youth and Adult homelessness and Older People services.
Why work with us? We have the following benefits to help attract and retain the best talent, ensuring we provide high quality care to those we support, this includes:
- 6% employer pension contribution
- Death in benefit cover (2 times salary)
- Enhanced Sick Pay
- Fully funded qualifications
- Career development and progression opportunities
As a support worker, you will support people to achieve their ambitions and live as independent a life as possible both at home and in the community.
Horizons' is a tenancy support service that supports young people aged 16-25. Considered as a homelessness prevention service (since 2014), it primarily supports young people to access and maintain stable accommodation, and to develop the skills and confidence for independent living. The support provided includes building a support plan and needs assessment with the young person, including their health and wellbeing, support to effectively manage their home, and to access external personal development opportunities and services in their community. The service refers or signposts young people to services providing specialist support, to overcome issues such as mental health, which may affect their ability to maintain their tenancy and to thrive.
Role and Responsibilities:
- Provide support that positively impacts the person we support’s health and wellbeing
- Contribute and implement support plans
- Be responsible for the delivery of all support and its administration, including personal care, tenancy support, health needs (including assistance with medication), personal development, emotional needs and inclusion.
- Empathetic and Patient
- Compassionate
- Ability to work as part of a team and on your own initiative
- Ability to engage in continuous development, including formal learning
- Qualified to the level required by the SSSC as a support worker in a housing support service and care at home service, or a willingness to work towards and to successfully complete qualification within the SSSC specified timeframe.
- If you’re starting a career in social care, or are already working in social care but don’t have the qualifications just yet, we will support you to gain the appropriate qualifications needed to register without condition with the SSSC.
- We want to encourage our staff and their own personal development. Training will be provided to help you excel in your role. We offer funded SCQF levelled qualifications, such as SVQs and HNCs as part of your development plan.
Additional Notes
- Shift work, weekend work and sleepovers may be a requirement of this role. Flexible working arrangements are also available. These can be discussed at your interview.
- PVG scheme membership and SSSC registration are requirements of this post.
Pay: £12.50 per hour
Expected hours: 36 per week
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Referral programme
Application deadline: 24/10/2024
Reference ID: n/a
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