Support Worker: Sponsorship Available

Summary

The Role:
We are currently looking for new Full Time Support Workers to join our Stirling team to provide high-quality person-centred care at home service.

You will work as part of the team ensuring a high quality care and support with a focus on maximising the independent living skills of older people and maintaining a safe and comfortable environment for the service users.

Hours of employment: minimum of 40 hours per week, with shifts organised on a rota basis. We provide flexible working patterns.

If you are invited to attend an interview, we will discuss your availability, however, the shifts you are likely to be expected to work are:
7:00am – 2:00pm, including a 30 minutes break
4:00pm – 10:00pm, including a 30 minutes dinner break

We offer:

• Current Care Assistant hourly rate: from £12.82 to £13.00 per hour
• Visa Sponsorship (COS)
• Excellent holidays each year
• Long Service Awards
• Family Friendly Policies
• Opportunities to receive support and funding to help you achieve a vocational qualification if you don’t already have one

Role Requirements include:

• Permission to work in the UK
• Awareness of the needs and rights of older people in a care at home setting
• Ability to provide one to one care – to provide care and support so enabling a service user to feel valued and respected as an individual
• Ability to work without continual supervision
• Genuine interest in, and, an open flexible approach to, the promotion of excellent standards of care for older people
• Ability to work over a shift rota including days, evenings and weekends

We would like you to have:

• Full UK Drivers Lisence
• Previous experience of Care and Support (beneficial but not essential as we provide full training)
• 2 references (one for current or most recent employment & one for character)
• SVQ 2 or willingness to complete this
• The willingness to complete free training programmes and e-learning courses
• The willingness to register with PVG scheme
• The willingness to register with SSSC
• Good written and spoken English

Language:

• English (required)

Licence/Certification:

• UK Drivers Licence (preferred)