Share Scotland is the Care Sector’s best kept secret. This is your opportunity to join an innovative, family-led
organisation. Working as part of a dynamic and supportive team, you will be an enthusiastic person who can bring
their own unique skills, interests and ideas to the role.
For almost 30 years, Share Scotland has worked with adults with complex disabilities to provide individually tailored
care, supporting our service users to actively pursue their chosen lifestyle within their own home and local
community.
If you have the right personality and attitude, we can provide you with expert training to do the job. If you have
experience or a relevant qualification, even better!
We are looking for Support Workers in the Glasgow, Govan/Ibrox area and Relief Support Workers in Alexandria,
supporting our service users in their own homes.
Support Worker Benefits -
- Scottish Living Wage Employer, starting salary £9.30 rising to £9.91** with length of service and
qualifications
- £9.30 per hour standard for sleepovers – where required
- Access to fully funded
SVQ training after initial assessment period
- Generous 32 days annual leave, rising incrementally after 5
years to a limit of 42 days
- 4% employer contributory pension (above minimum legally required)
- No
experience needed as full training provided
- Parent led organisation
- Supportive and Friendly
Teams
- Investors in people (Silver) employer
- Regularly awarded 6 stars from the Care
Inspectorate
- Up to 35 hours per week
- Death in service insurance (2 x annual
salary)
- Critical illness insurance (lump sum payment if diagnosed with certain critical
illnesses)
- Opportunities for progression with our active succession policy
Key Responsibilities may involve -
As a Support Worker you will be supporting a person with such things as looking after their home, preparing and
perhaps eating a meal, budgeting and shopping, as well as exposing them to new experiences and opportunities and
assisting them to pursue the social life of their choosing.
- Supporting a person with the day to day management of the house, household tasks such as washing and ironing and
domestic health, safety and security measures.
- Finding out what is available in the community, and
supporting a person to make full use of local mainstream facilities, amenities and
services.
- Communicating with a person in their preferred manner and helping others to do
so.
- Supporting a person to maintain the relationships they have with those who are important to them and
helping them to develop new friendships.
- Occasionally accompanying a person on a short break or holiday
if necessary.
*This post is exempt from the Equality Act 2010 (Schedule 9, Part 1) which provides for the application of a genuine
occupational requirement.
**Progression to final salary scale is dependent on successfully gaining SVQ3
The successful candidate will be subject to a PVG check and registration with SSSC must be made within 6 months of
employment commencing.
Share is actively working to promote equal opportunities for all
Share Scotland is a Recognised Charity SC 008220