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Support Worker

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Posting date: 22 April 2024
Salary: £12.95 to £13.57 per hour
Additional salary information: Competitive
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 22 May 2024
Location: Kinghorn, EH42 1RS
Company: Caretech
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 9829

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Summary

Role: Support Worker

Location: Kinghorn

Hours: (Full Time) 36.5 (Part Time) 12.25 - 24.5

Hourly Rate: £12.95 - £13.57 per hour

Shift Patterns: 07:45- 20:00/19:45-08:00

Phoenix Therapy & Care (part of the CareTech Group) pride ourselves on our delivery of excellent, holistic patient and family centred care. Our client group (Adults and Children) have highly complex physical health needs, which we meet in order to support their independence and enable them to lead fulfilling lives at home with their families.

We are looking for Male Support Workers to join our team on either a full or part time basis to help us to support our service users and their families. The needs of our client group vary widely from ventilator support to challenging behaviours. We do cover a 24-hour period so there is an expectation that you would be able to work days and nights and the shift times are individual to each package of care.

The whole of your shift will be spent with one client, so you will get the opportunity to really make a difference.

Full training will be given to meet the individual needs of the client but previous care experience is required.

If you have a positive outlook, professional attitude, are a good team player and are passionate about delivering high quality, safe and compassionate care then we would like to hear from you.

In return the successful candidate will be offered opportunities to develop professionally within a supportive environment and be encouraged to participate in service developments. A supported induction period will be provided.

Benefits:

  • Contract to work with specific service user
  • 28 days paid annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
  • Paid training
  • Full induction training programme with ongoing training and supervision
  • Employee assistance helpline
  • Free PVG check
  • Stakeholder pension scheme

Successful candidates will be required to complete a PVG prior to commencement of employment, this expense will be met by the employer.

About Caretech:

Caretech Community Services established in 1993 has 250 services with continuous growth with new developments/services. CareTech Community Services is a national provider of support for people with complex and challenging behaviours associated with autism, learning disabilities, mental health illness and neurological conditions. We support people to live as independently as possible within their own homes and also in residential care.

We are committed to providing the highest levels of care to those we support. To enable us to do this we need caring and dedicated professionals to deliver first class care.

CareTech Community Services are proud to advise that they are a Disability Confident Leader.

Some of our roles require male or female employees only, where this is indicated it is a genuine occupational requirement, in accordance with the Equality Act 2010

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

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A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

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