We are looking for enthusiastic people who share our values (Kind, Passionate and Creative) to join our services accommodating and supporting people experiencing homelessness and empowering them to thrive.

The support we provide is always person-centred, trauma-informed and wellbeing focused. As a Support Worker, you’ll work as part of a team in providing safe, secure, supported accommodation for the people who use our services. You’ll do this by providing practical and emotional support and encouraging them to achieve their own personal outcomes in all aspects of their daily lives.

If successful, you will be required to register with the Scottish Social Services Council within 6 months of your start date. After registration, there is a requirement to be qualified and to maintain professional learning, which we will support you to achieve.

Our emergency accommodation service in Glasgow City Centre supports 25 people aged 16 – 35 years old. Sam Dolan, Service Manager will be more than happy to hear from you, if you have any questions about the role.

You can contact Sam Dolan at:

E: SDolan@bluetriangle.org.uk

T: 0141 332 0245

Salary: £13,165 (£22,476,pro rata) per annum

Hours of Work: 20.5 per week

Working Pattern: Four week rolling rota 2/3 Night Shifts per week

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

We are currently seeking to recruit Enhanced Support Workers, who will 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 .

If you have already built your experience in supporting people, t his is an exciting opportunity to develop your role and be part of an expanding team of Enhanced Support Workers in our North Lanarkshire services . Each Enhanced Support Worker will work closely with a Team Manager and the individual support services they are responsible for.

The focus of enhanced responsibilities will be to assist with the following :

• Support plan reviews
• Support planning
• Finance checks/audits
• Medication checks/audits
• Assisting with rota planning
• Peer support

We are looking for flexible, motivated candidates who:

• Enjoy and have experience of working with people
• Have a positive attitude to life and a commitment towards making a difference to adults with disabilities and complex needs.
• Has excellent life skills and the ability to share these with others
• Has good leadership qualities
• Has good literacy and numeracy skills
• Has common sense and can understand and adhere to Codes of Practice and National C are Standards
• Is committed to their own learning and personal development

Key provides excellent professional supervision, support and training and we will have a specific focus on the development needs of this larger team of Enhanced Support Workers . Evening, weekend and sleepover responsibilities will be required.

Who are we?

At Key we support people living in their own home, in their family home or in their community. We start by seeing the person first. The support we offer can range from just a few hours a week, a few hours a day to 24-hour support, including overnights.

Could you be Key?

Are you passionate about the positive differences and opportunities Self Directed Support can bring to each person’s individual journey?

Are you a highly motivated, confident, enthusiastic and experienced health or social care worker, looking for an exciting and challenging personal development opportunity?

Can you work creatively and flexibly in your day-to-day work to provide positive leadership and support to your team effectively?

If the answer is YES… then you could be Key!

What we offer you…

In return you will be part of a supportive, local team and will receive:

• 38 days annual leave inclusive of public holidays
• Public holidays are paid at double time
• Company sick pay
• Full training provided
• Support and funding to achieve an SVQ 3; PDA in Supervision and other professional development awards.
• 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

Accommodation can also be provided (initially for 6 months).

What do we need from you?

In addition to providing direct support to individuals, some of whom may have complex needs, the main responsibilities of the Team Manager role include helping to plan, co-ordinate and monitor service delivery to individuals and to provide support, supervision and leadership to a small group of Support Workers.

Applicants must be able to work flexibly to meet the needs of the people we support. Evening, weekend work and overnight support responsibilities are required as well as some support to workers out with ‘normal working hours’.