Support Worker

Hawick, Scotland, gb

Outreach Support Worker

£12 per hour

Part time role (16 hours) 

Working hours are between 8am-10pm. Working 5 days over 7

The Role

Do you want a rewarding role and have the chance to make a real difference to other people’s lives? We will support you along your career path to learn, develop and grow.
You will be supporting individuals with daily living skills and encouraging and promoting service users independence with tasks which include: meal preparation, household tasks, shopping, medication, personal care, attending medical appointments and activities in the community. You will be enabling people to live independently within their own homes.

We support a diverse group of individuals with complex needs. Our support workers are person centred in their delivery of care which makes our service very flexible and adaptable to each individual’s requirements. We support people to make their own choice, no matter how small and believe everyone should feel empowered to have choice and control over their lives.

This job can be very rewarding and you can support people to reach goals, achieve outcomes and be part of their community. 

Having experience of supporting individuals with additional needs is desirable but not essential as training will be given.

Driver is not essential for this role but you must be willing to walk between houses within the Hawick area.

An enhanced PVG is required for this role.

Benefits and Rewards

A minimum of 28-days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff)
Accredited training giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first rate job
An employer contributory pension scheme
Mileage paid at 35p per mile at flat rate up to 10,000 miles per year
In addition to the above you also have access to the following great benefits:
Health Cash Plan (for full/part time contracted hours)
£10,000 Life cover
A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face-to-face counselling, debt, financial and legal information)
A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services
Cycle to Work Scheme
A financial wellbeing scheme
Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus (terms and conditions apply)
Recognition Initiatives

Real Life Options are an equal opportunities employer. We seek to recruit, train and promote the best person for the job, to make full use of the talents and resources of all our people and to craft a working environment free from unlawful discrimination, victimisation and harassment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect.

If you have a disability, a learning difficulty, a medical condition or individual need that you believe may affect your performance in selection, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes to enable you to perform at your best so please do let us know.