Support Worker

Step Up are pleased to announce that due to continuous growth we are looking for **full time** Support Workers in both the **Falkirk** and **Alloa** areas - **working a combination of day shifts and backshifts, including every 2nd weekend.**

Here's a summary of the key messages from our recent Care Inspectorate report to give you a flavour of what we’re all about:

- Staff were skilled at developing meaningful relationships with people which helped to improve outcomes
- The service was creative and innovative in the way they met people's needs
- The service model allowed support to be flexible and responsive, which worked well for people using the service
- Priority was given to people's safety and the service promoted an enabling approach to risk assessment
- The service was highly valued by external professionals
- Quality assurance systems were robust
- Leadership at the service was very good and focused on improvement

**We offer a competitive salary of £21,840.00 - £24,765.00 per year, based on a 35 FTE (£12.00 - £13.61 per hour) depending on skills & experience and our benefits package includes**:

- Additional on-call payment (£25)
- Doubled on-call payment for key dates during the festive season
- Increased rates of pay (time and a half) during key dates in the festive season
- Payment of SSSC registration fees
- Annualised hours rota system ensuring your monthly salary is the same each month
- Colleague Referral Scheme (2 x separate payments of £100 each)
- Every 2nd weekend off
- Up to 35 days' holidays FTE based on length of service
- Medicash Health Care Scheme
- Additional staff perks (previously Just Eat vouchers, Spa vouchers & Amazon vouchers)
- Free Employee Counselling Helpline available 24/7
- Company cars for work use
- Mileage rate of 45p per mile (paid on occasions where own car used for business purposes)
- Training and development opportunities
- Generous Pension scheme
- Staff kitchen fully stocked with drinks & snacks at all times (with ‘Filled roll Fridays’)
- Free parking

**The Role**

As a Support Worker you will work with care experienced young people, supporting them to build on their independent living skills to enable them to progress to a mainstream tenancy. This will include being a mentor to specific people and leading on service projects which contribute to company objectives. Mentoring is a key element of the role, promoting a flexible yet consistent approach to engaging in employment, training and/or education, home management, budgeting and building on their social skills and development to achieve their goals in life.

You will be required to offer practical, emotional and social support. A person-centred approach will be adopted to ensure we are meeting the needs of each individual we support.

Enhancing people’s quality of life by providing support in their own home and in the community that will improve and enhance life chances, living environment, and wellbeing, is at the forefront of this role.

**Main Duties & Responsibilities**
- Support the development of person supported skills, confidence and self-esteem.
- Provide and participate in appropriate care planning, review and assessment whilst ensuring people are central to these processes.
- Develop person supported life management and independent living skills.
- Support people to achieve their educational, training or employment options.
- Promote person supported participation in the community and that they are actively involved in the decision making of their day-to-day environment and activities.
- Work in partnership and develop professional, positive working relationships.

**Additional Requirements**
- Willingness to work shifts including evenings and every other weekend. Happy to discuss working patterns at interview stage.
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in written form to satisfactorily perform the job role.
- Full manual driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes.

**PVG scheme membership will be required for these posts.**

**Step Up adhere to 'Safer Recruitment' practices.**

**Please note Step Up do not currently hold a Sponsorship Licence.**

**Job Type**: Permanent

Pay: £21,840.00-£24,765.00 per year

Application question(s):

- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in written form to satisfactorily perform the job role.

**Experience**:

- care: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- manual driving licence and access to your own car? (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: Support Worker - Alloa or Falkirk (please state your location preference)