Enhanced Support Worker

Location: Muir of Ord/Conon Bridge

Hours: Up to 39 hours per week

Hourly Rate: £12.10

Sleepover Hourly Rate: £10.50 (Approx £94.50 per night)

A great service for the people we support starts with employing great staff.

Our staff go the extra mile day in, day out to transform the lives of people we support, helping them lead the best lives, in their own homes in our communities.

If you have the right skills, values and want a rewarding and exciting career then we want to hear from you, to join us as an Enhanced Support Worker.

In partnership with NHS Highland, our incredible new service in Muir of Ord will open in summer 2023, and we are looking for you to join our team and help the people we support move in to their first home.

As an Enhanced Support Worker, you will join one of our teams delivering great quality individualised support to adults who have a variety of support needs. You will also take on specifically agreed enhanced responsibilities in relation to assisting with the day-to-day coordination of the service and to support managers with quality assurance checks.

The focus of enhanced responsibilities may include assisting Team Managers with some of the following:

· Support plan reviews

· Support planning

· Finance checks/audits

· Medication checks/audits

· Rota planning

· Peer support

We are looking for flexible, motivated candidates who have experience supporting people have good lives, with a positive attitude to life and a commitment towards making a difference to adults with disabilities and complex needs.

You should have leadership qualities, and the ability to share these with others, as well as a good understanding of the codes of practice and health and care standards, as well as being committed to your own personal and professional development.

In return you will be part of a supportive, local team and will receive:

· 31 days annual leave inclusive of public holidays

· Public holidays are paid at double time

· Company sick pay

· Full training provided

· Fully funded SVQ qualification with support given to achieve this

· Paid PVG Membership

· Eligible to apply for Blue Light Card/Blue Light Ticket Schemes offering discounts and savings

· Registered with Concert for Carers

· Eligible to register for a Costco Membership

· Credit Union Membership

· Cycle to Work Scheme

· Employee Assistance Programme

· Pension Contributions

Key provides excellent professional supervision, support, and training, and this role will enable you to further develop your career in care and support.

Evening, weekend, and overnight responsibilities will be required.

To discuss this role further, or to visit our service, please contact Margaret Amos, Area Manager on 07436 266406

For an application form, job description and copy of our equal opportunities policy, please email: jobs@key.org.uk or telephone: 0141 342 1892 (24 hour answering service).

Key are a Disability Confident Employer and guarantee an interview to any applicant who has a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the role.