About the Role
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As the successful Support Worker you will be working with a gentleman who has been diagnosed with Learning disability, Autism, Pica and also suffers from eczema.
You will support him in his daily activities, with all elements of personal care and support in household tasks and maintenance of house. Provision of preparing and serving nutritious meals.
Support with professional appointments and anything else our service user requires.
If you are passionate about making a different to a person life, this is the role for you! ?
About Them:
Our Service user has Learning disability, Autism, Pica and also suffers from eczema.
You must be physically fit, strong minded and patient for this role. Our service user is 26 year old male, who weighs 26 stone, we are looking for Support Workers who will not be intimidated by this! He is unable to go on public transport but he owns a mobility van, that you will have access to drive to take him out.
He is very routine orientated so we need a Support Worker that can match that and support him.
He requires support with all personal care, but does not tolerate anyone in his personal space.
What can you expect:
1. Supporting with hobbies and activities
2. Supporting with personal care needs
3. Supporting with daily chaos
4. Management of behaviour which challenges in accordance with pro active and reactive strategies.
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.
Benefits:
5. Cost of PVG covered
6. Up to £20,000 life cover
7. Enrolment onto SVQ level 2 after successful completion of your 6 month probation.
8. Care Worker of the Month financial award
9. Refer a friend scheme (total award up to £1000)
10. Excellent training
11. Pension scheme
12. Cycle to work scheme
13. Eye test vouchers
14. Employee Assistance Programme (Access to Free counselling service)
15. Wellbeing service (Access to trained mental health & wellbeing advisors)
16. Mears Annual Family Fun Day for you and your family to places like Blairdrummond Safari Park, M&Ds Themepark, fully paid for including lunch
17. Mears Rewards - A performance recognition platform whereby you can be rewarded in high street vouchers
18. Family friendly policy to include enhanced maternity/paternity leave and much more.
19. 20K free life cover
Role Criteria:
20. Enthusiasm
21. Passion
22. Compassion
23. The ability to show dignity and respect to our service users
24. Physical fitness (not extreme!)
25. 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!