Support Worker

Permanent - Full Time

Closing Date: 19/10/2025

**Summary**: Salary: £12.63 per hour raising to £12.88 per hour Location: Broxburn Service: Learning Disability & Neurodiversity Hours: 36 hours per week Shifts: Various

**Care Support Scotland**
- We are a charity with decades of experience supporting people across Scotland, providing those who need us with support that ranges from Mental Health, Learning Disability and Neurodiversity, Youth and Adult Homelessness and Older People services. Guided by our values of _Respect_ and _Compassion_, we empower both the people we support and our colleagues to _Thrive_ every day

**Why work with us?**
- At Care Support Scotland caring isn’t just a job — it’s who we are. Join our dedicated team and help transform lives while growing your own career.
- Pension contributions matched up to 6%
- Financial Flexibility - Access your wages as you earn them with our _Earned Wage Access_ benefit.
- Employee Assistance Programme through HSF
- Contribution to HSF Health Plan - supporting your everyday health needs
- Generous annual leave - 33 days including public holidays, increasing with service
- Supportive absence policies to help when you need time off
- Death in Benefit Cover - 2x annual salary
- Support with funded qualifications
- Career development and progression opportunities

**Who we are looking for**

We are seeking dedicated, enthusiastic, and hardworking support workers to join our expanding team at the Cardross Learning Neurodiversity and Disability Service. If you are passionate about making a real difference in the lives of adults with learning difficulties this is the role for you.

This role involves lone working and group work within people’s own homes, providing hands-on support to help individuals achieve their goals and live as independently as possible.

Previous experience in a support role is desirable but not essential as full training and support will be given.

Most importantly, we are looking for people who share our values, are kind, compassionate, and are committed to creating positive, lasting impact for the people we support

**Role and Responsibilities**:
- Provide support that positively impacts person’s we support health and wellbeing
- Contribute and implement support plans
- Be responsible for the delivery of all support and its administration, including tenancy support to sustain

**Essential Skills and Attributes**
- Qualified to the level required by the SSSC as a support worker in a housing support service/care at home service, or a willingness to work towards and to successfully complete qualification within the SSSC specified timeframe.
- If you’re starting a career in social care or are already working in social care but don’t have the qualifications just yet, we will support you to gain the appropriate qualifications needed to register without condition with the SSSC.
- Ability to work as part of a team and on your own initiative
- Passion for helping people live independently
- Experience or interest in housing, social care, or community support
- Commitment to the values and mission of Care Support Scotland, and to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion

**Desired Skills and Attributes**:
- A practice qualification (at least SCQF level 7 or above) recognised by the SSSC, in the category of support workers in a Housing Support Service / Care at Home service, or willingness to work towards this.
- Understanding of benefits and budgeting support
- Previous demonstrable experience working within an adult social care setting
- Understanding of the Care Inspectorate and its purpose
- Understanding of the SSSC and its purpose
- A Positive Behaviour Support, or Trauma Informed Practice qualification or accreditation.

**Additional Notes**
- Shift work, weekend work may be a requirement of this role.
- PVG scheme membership
- SSSC registration are requirements of this post
- Please note, you will be asked to provide evidence of your eligibility to work in the UK.