Support Worker

£500 Retention Payment!!

You will receive £500 if you are successfully appointed with Hillcrest Futures

£250 on successful completion of your 6 month probation period

£250 on successful completion of 12 months service

Our Services

Queen Mary Avenue provides twenty four hour, seven days a week residential support to eight female individuals, who have a variety of support needs, including mental health and addiction issues. All individuals have previously been homeless or have been threatened with homelessness. We are recruiting for *Female Only Support Workers for this service.

*Please Note - this post is exempt under section 7 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, therefore only female candidates will be considered.

Portman Street is a twenty four hour, seven days a week emergency supported accommodation based in Glasgow south side for thirty men who are homeless. We are a registered housing support service.

The individuals we support in our services have a wide variety of support needs including, but not limited to, mental health issues, substance misuse and learning disabilities.

The Role

As a Support Worker, you will:

• Work with individuals to build positive relationships to assist them to tackle the issues that led to their homelessness
• Provide support for individuals focused on recovery, daily living skills and moving into their own tenancies
• Need to arrange crisis intervention due to the complex nature of the client group

You Will

• Be confident in dealing with a homeless client group and have compassion and understanding for the issues homeless people face
• Hold an SVQ2 in Health and Social Care or have the willingness to undertake study to achieve this
• Be required to register with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) within 6 months of taking up the post

Company Benefits

• Savings Scheme
• Pension Scheme
• Flexible Working Patterns
• Generous Holiday Entitlement
• Comprehensive Health and Well-being Package
• Free access to online discounts for well-known retailers
• Death in Service Benefit (up to three times your salary)
• Cycle to Work Scheme (great savings of up to 39% on bikes and accessories)
• Tech Scheme (great savings of up to 12% on a range of over 5,000 products including tablets, televisions, fitness trackers, phones, games consoles and kitchen appliances)