Support Worker
Red Rose House (Respite Service)

Salary: £12 per hour
Requirements: Female Only*
Hours: 39 hours per week
Location: Boglemart Street, Stevenston, KA20 3JX

Red Rose House is our eight-guest room respite service offering short breaks for our visitors within the North Ayrshire area. The atmosphere at Red Rose House is vibrant, friendly and welcoming. Our visitors usually enjoy outings such as adapted go-karting, cycling, cinema, nature walks as well as more relaxing activities such as game nights.

The successful applicant will join our dedicated and friendly team, who support the health care needs of our customers as well as supporting them to enjoy their break in a way which reflects their individual choices, interests, wishes and aspirations. We ensure our visitors are given an opportunity to achieve all they can and make full use of resources within the community while staying at Red Rose House.

Flexibility to work a rota that includes days, evenings, nights, and weekends is essential for this post. Shift patterns are day shift - 8am to 9pm and night shift - 9pm to 8am.

Other essential criteria for the post include:

• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Basic IT skills
• Excellent people skills, good team worker and problem solver
• An enthusiastic attitude to developing skills in Social Care
• The ability to accept peoples’ differences and treat everyone as equals
• The ability to support people in a person-centred way to offer choice and promote inclusion.
• An enthusiastic attitude to developing skills in Social Care
• Work in line with Hansel’s values with the ability to accept peoples’ differences and treat everyone as equals
• The ability to support people in a person-centred way to offer choice and promote inclusion.
• An enthusiastic attitude to developing skills in Social Care
• The ability to attain registration with regulatory bodies
• Candidates must be 18 years old or over for insurance purposes

The following criteria are also desirable but not essential:

• Experience working with people with additional needs
• Experience of supporting people with complex health, mobility and communication support needs
• Understanding of social care legislation and best practice
• Experience of contributing effectively to support plans and risk assessments
• A Social Care qualification or equivalent

These posts are considered to be Regulated Work with Adults as specified in the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) (PVG) Act 2007. Accordingly, the preferred candidate will be required to become a member of the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme Record Update if already a Scheme member prior to any formal offer of employment being made.

Hansel is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all who believe they fit the essential requirements for the job.

*Qualifies under the Equality Act 2010

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