Relief Support Worker

Relief Support Worker– Inverurie @ £10.30 per hour – Driver Essential (with the ability to drive standard and automatic vehicles)

Come and work for Real Life Options and you’ll start your day knowing that you’re making a difference by supporting greater independence and creating more opportunities for people with learning disabilities and autism.

You’ll have a really rewarding role working with a great team of people and the chance to make a real difference to other people’s lives. We will support you along your career path to learn, develop and grow.

The role

We deliver creative, dynamic and person-centred services providing a range of individualised support to adults and children living in their own homes. This includes personal care, domestic support, following daily planners, medication administration, guidance with budgeting and encouraging social integration.

Experience with support work and complex needs would be an advantage but not essential as full training will be provided. All applicants must hold a full clean driving UK license and be willing and able to drive both automatic and manual cars.

You must have good communication skills, be able to use your own initiative and be aware of care standards and SSSC requirements.

An enhanced Adult and Child PVG is required for this role.

Real Life Options offers flexible employment opportunities. Shift patterns can vary and may include day support, evening, sleep ins and waking nights.

Benefits and Rewards

• A minimum of 28-days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff)
• Accredited training giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first rate job
• An employer contributory pension scheme
• Mileage paid at 35p per mile flat rate up to 10,000 mile per year

In addition to the above you also have access to the following great benefits:

• Health Cash Plan (for full/part time contracted hours)
• £10,000 Life cover
• A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face-to-face counselling, debt, financial and legal information)
• A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• A financial wellbeing scheme
• Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus (terms and conditions apply)
• Recognition Initiatives

Please note that initial contact with applicants will usually be by email, so please check all of your email folders regularly, including your junk mail folders.

Real Life Options are an equal opportunities employer. We seek to recruit, train and promote the best person for the job, to make full use of the talents and resources of all our people and to craft a working environment free from unlawful discrimination, victimisation and harassment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect.

If you have a disability, a learning difficulty, a medical condition or individual need that you believe may affect your performance in selection, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes to enable you to perform at your best so please do let us know