Enhanced Support Worker
- Full time or Part time
- TBC
- Muir of Ord/Conon Bridge
- Closing 1st May 2023
- Advertised from 3rd April 2023
- £12.10 per hour. Sleepover Hourly Rate: £10.50 (Approx £94.50 per night) Hours: Up to 39 hours per week
- ESW/MROD/17553
Role
A great service for the people we support starts with employing great staff.
Our staff go the extra mile day in, day out to transform the lives of people we support, helping them lead the best lives, in their own homes in our communities.
If you have the right skills, values and want a rewarding and exciting career then we want to hear from you, to join us as an Enhanced Support Worker.
In partnership with NHS Highland, our incredible new service in Muir of Ord will open in summer 2023, and we are looking for you to join our team and help the people we support move in to their first home.
As an Enhanced Support Worker, you will join one of our teams delivering great quality individualised support to adults who have a variety of support needs. You will also take on specifically agreed enhanced responsibilities in relation to assisting with the day-to-day coordination of the service and to support managers with quality assurance checks.
The focus of enhanced responsibilities may include assisting Team Managers with some of the following:
• Support plan reviews
• Support planning
• Finance checks/audits
• Medication checks/audits
• Rota planning
• Peer support
We are looking for flexible, motivated candidates who have experience supporting people have good lives, with a positive attitude to life and a commitment towards making a difference to adults with disabilities and complex needs.
You should have leadership qualities, and the ability to share these with others, as well as a good understanding of the codes of practice and health and care standards, as well as being committed to your own personal and professional development.
In return you will be part of a supportive, local team and will receive:
• 31 days annual leave inclusive of public holidays
• Public holidays are paid at double time
• Company sick pay
• Full training provided
• Fully funded SVQ qualification with support given to achieve this
• Paid PVG Membership
• Eligible to apply for Blue Light Card/Blue Light Ticket Schemes offering discounts and savings
• Registered with Concert for Carers
• Eligible to register for a Costco Membership
• Credit Union Membership
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Pension Contributions
Key provides excellent professional supervision, support, and training, and this role will enable you to further develop your career in care and support.
Evening, weekend, and overnight responsibilities will be required.
To discuss this role further, or to visit our service, please contact Margaret Amos, Area Manager on 07436 266406
Application notes
For an application form, job description and copy of our equal opportunities policy, please email: jobs@key.org.uk
or telephone: 0141 342 1892 (24 hour answering service).
Or visit; key.org.uk/Jobs/Job?VacancyID=17553&ReturnURL=https://www.key.org.uk/key-jobs
Key are a Disability Confident Employer and guarantee an interview to any applicant who has a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the role.
Could you be Key?
Being a support worker is a role where you can make every day matter. It's a job with challenges that make your heart beat faster, where you can give something of yourself and empower amazing people on their journey through life.
At key we support disabled people of all ages to make every day matter.
We are passionate about being the very best employer we can be, ensuring our staff feel well supported and valued in their roles. As well as being part of a supportive, local team you will be eligible for:
• Hourly rate of £11.00* (Induction rate £10.90) - *pay award pending.
• Sleepover hourly rate of £10.90.
• Competitive annual leave and company sick pay.
• Enhanced pay for work on targeted Public Holidays.
• Paid Membership of Disclosure Scotland’s PVG Scheme.
• Full, in-depth training for your role.
• Fully funded SVQ qualification with support provided to achieve this.
• Employee Assistance Programme offering free confidential counselling, advice and support on a wide range of issues.
• A Workplace Pension.
• Free access to occupational health support.
• Credit Union Membership.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Costco Membership.
• Blue Light Card/Blue Light Ticket registration which offer a range of discounts and savings.
• Concerts for Carers registration.
Join us and make every day matter! Support Workers and Relief Support Workers.
No experience necessary! Training and support will be given to help you achieve your full potential.
If you would like to get involved in support work but cannot commit to a contract due to other commitments, we also have opportunities for you to complement our existing workers by joining our relief register of bank support workers. This will mean you can work in a way that best suits you and fits with your life.
Are you looking for a change of job or career?
Are you passionate about making a positive difference in people’s lives?
Key, are a compassionate and caring social care organisation who have worked in Dumfries and Galloway for around 40yrs. We are based in Dumfries town centre and are committed to providing high quality, flexible, person centred services to people who have a wide variety of support needs including, learning disabilities, autism, young people in transition and people who have mental health support needs.
Due to our services expanding we are looking to recruit a Team Manager.
Top job! Operational Manager
- Full time
- £65,874 – £69,075
- The role is based in Glasgow with responsibility for designated regional services across Scotland and requires regular travel across the locality (On site)
- Closing 29th April 2024
At Key and Community Lifestyles, we provide person-centred support to over 2,000 disabled people, across 17 Scottish local authorities, to enable them to lead full, active lives in their own homes and communities.
We are recruiting a new Operational Manager to join our small senior team with responsibility for our services across Scotland. This role requires an exceptional leader who has a passion for developing high quality, outcome focused, personalised support to disabled people of all ages. You will work alongside local Area Managers, supporting them to develop and deliver great services for people we support. You will also lead on strengthening relationships with commissioners and partners in those areas with a focus on building our reputation for creative, flexible, and reliable support.
You will have substantial experience of management at a senior level in social services, with a proven track record in supporting continual improvement, innovation, and creative service design. Resilience, compassion, and kindness will be hallmarks of your approach, along with a strong focus on people and outcomes.
Are you looking for a change of job or career?
Are you passionate about making a positive difference in people’s lives?
Key, are a compassionate and caring social care organisation who have worked in North Ayrshire for around 30yrs. We have services in Ardrossan, Saltcoats, Stevenston and Kilwinning and are committed to providing high quality, flexible, person centred services to people who have a wide variety of support needs including, learning disabilities, autism, young people in transition and people who have mental health support needs.
Due to our services expanding we are looking to recruit Team Managers.
Full details can be found here.
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