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Have you got a positive and fun nature?

Do you like animals and enjoy being around cats and dogs?

We’re looking for a dedicated team of caring and committed people to support a young lady with life-changing injuries live her life to the full. Based in Bridge of Earn, you’ll provide a highly individualised service, respecting the needs and wishes of this lady in her own home.

Putting the preferences of this lady at the heart of everything you do, you will support her to become more independent. In particular you should be a motivated person who can support this lady with all aspects of daily living, including intimate care tasks and moving and positioning. You will also provide social and emotional support, help with daily living tasks, help with looking after her pets and help her become physically stronger so that she can get out more and reach goals and aspirations towards a more active life.

Full Time, Part Time & Bank contracts available.Varied shift patterns to suit the needs and support requirements of the individual. This will include day, evening and overnight support.

You must be eligible to register with the SSSC. Any position offered will be subject to PVG check and suitable references.

*Section 7(2b) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 applies that there is a genuine occupational requirement for female staff for these positions.

About You

Having an upbeat positive manner is essential as well as having a genuine passion for supporting people to become a part of their local and wider community. You will bring creative ideas to encourage the young lady to live as independently as possible. It would be desirable that you have a good range of experience supporting people.

You will receive all person specific training necessary for this role and a comprehensive company induction, as well as the opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge further to enhance a worthwhile and rewarding career in care. We offer a competitive hourly rate, development opportunities and discount schemes.

You must be eligible to register with the SSSC. Any position offered will be subject to PVG check and suitable references.

We provide a comprehensive induction and training programme.

Our ideal Support Worker will be:

• Self-motivated with energy and drive
• Reliable, friendly and caring to support the people we support to achieve their everyday goals (including personal care)
• Able to support in house activities and hobbies
• Confident and inspire the person we support to achieve more
• Able to help manage some behaviours that may challenge the norm – we provide training and guidance to enable you to do this
• Comfortable using basic IT systems that are required within the role - training can be offered to support this area

You will also have an appropriate Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) required qualification, as determined by your SSSC registration, or a willingness to work towards this.

It is also important that you share our company values which are at the heart of everything we do and ensure that we deliver high quality, consistent care and support.

Working for Us

In return, we offer you a rewarding role with the opportunity to develop your skills and future career in a rewarding and enriching environment.

We also offer the following;

Comprehensive induction and commitment to on going learning and development

Holiday purchase scheme (up to 5 days)

Contributory pension scheme

Retail discounts

Leisure savings

Holiday and travel discounts

Employee of the month and other recognition schemes

We will also pay for your PVG

The Village of Renton Community Integration Project

Cordale Housing Association work in a group partnership with Caledonia Housing Association. Cordale Housing Association is a registered charity that provides affordable housing in Renton, West Dunbartonshire and has had an active approach to community development to achieve wider regeneration. As part of this wider role, the Association has secured Big Lottery Funding for the transformation of underused open space as a Community Garden to provide communal growing and event space to benefit tenants and the wider community. The aim is to use the garden as a catalyst for wider regeneration to offer opportunities to bring people of all ages and backgrounds together, to enhance wellbeing, to promote skills and confidence and enable access to affordable healthy food produce. The Association have consulted with and secured the support of a range of organisations including schools and care providers that are keen to be involved in development and use of the garden.

The Association is now seeking to employ a Community Garden Project Co-ordinator with suitable skills and experience in horticulture, community food growing and community development. This post holder will lead the development and delivery of the Community Garden and all associated programmes to engage local people and groups in set up and ongoing use of the space and ensure the garden is well maintained, attractive and productive. The aim is to use the Garden as a catalyst for wider change and a community learning approach will be needed to increase the skills and capacity of local people to establish a community gardening group to make best use of the space and manage the day to day running of the Garden on a self-reliant basis.

We want to create opportunities for local people from a wide range of ages, abilities and background to come together and build stronger village integration and social relationships. Our new community integration project in the village of Renton will help local people have more access to opportunities to improve their lives and will help to tackle loneliness & isolation. The project will improve community integration and intergenerational growth through the provision of new opportunities for the local people to come together; and will provide new volunteering opportunities which will enable local people to take part in physical and social activities.

If you are the person who can deliver on all our objectives in this project we would like to hear from you.

As an award-winning innovative care provider, we support the elderly and people living with physical disabilities and long-term conditions across Scotland. We pride ourselves on our knowledge and passion for delivering complex care, making sure that our customers receive high quality care services that can range from visiting a few hours a week to several daily visits.

We deliver our vision of helping our customers live their life to the full through the hard work and dedication of our Support Workers who provide our customers with a wide variety of assistance such as personal hygiene, dressing, medication prompts and light household chores in line with their personal support plans.

Blackwood are currently looking for Support Workers to join our Care Services teams to support our customers living in their own homes in the community and/or in our Care Homes. We operate care services in Aberdeen, Dundee, Perth & Kinross, Edinburgh, Stirling, Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Ayrshire and Inverclyde.

Don’t worry about having any previous care experience, we provide comprehensive training and development opportunities to help you become a great carer!

Our main priority for this job role is to find people who can show our values and behaviours. These are:

• Taking responsibility
• Being open and honest
• Keeping our promises
• Having respect and understanding

The ideal candidate must have:

• A commitment to delivering high quality care
• Strong communication, interpersonal and IT skills
• An ability to work independently in the community and as part of a team
• A relevant qualification (SVQ2), this is not essential as training will be given
• Flexibility to work on a rota basis, including early mornings, evenings and weekends.

…Could this be you?

Blackwood offers a range of employee benefits, including:

• Travel expenses and paid travel time between customer visits
• Fully funded SVQ training on completion of probationary period
• Company sick pay scheme on completion of probationary period
• 34 days’ holiday per annum, pro rata for part-time hours
• Company mobile phone
• Company pension scheme and other benefits
• Payment of PVG and SSSC registration
• Recruit both drivers and walkers on care at home runs
• Fully paid induction and shadowing with experienced carers.
• EE Perks – discount packages for family and friends.