Support Worker
Part time - 35hrs / relief positions available
Salary: £13.10 per hour
Location: Beechwood- Cupar Area North East Fife Services
Would you like to enjoy going to work and make a positive impact on someone else’s life?
With Real Life Options you have the chance to use your caring, kind and happy nature to support individuals in your community.
About the role:
You would be guiding and supporting individuals with day to day tasks such as: - following a daily planner, helping with financial expenditure, personal care, domestic support and administration of daily medication.
One of the best parts of the role is spending time in the community with the people we support. The activities that you will be involved with include going to the gym, swimming and using public transport. You will be continuously encouraging independence and integration in social settings.
Shifts include;
Working days - 8am to 3pm and 3pm to 10pm
Waking nights and sleepovers - 4am to 11am and 7.30am 2.30pm
Pay;
£13.10 per hour Mon - Fri
£16.80 per hour Sat - Sun
Sleepovers will be paid at an hourly rate of £12.60 per hour
Fife Council through Fife Health and Social Care Partnership have introduced an hourly rate enhancement until the end of March 2026.
Previous experience is desirable for this position although full training will be provided.
An enhanced PVG will be required for this role.
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
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
Mileage paid at 35p per mile flat rate up to 10,000 per year
We are keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us to ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do these are:
Respect – Honesty – Responsibility – Excellence
If you can circle 6 or more of the skills below, then you could be the person we are looking for:
Honest - Good Communicator - Strong Values – Flexible - Passionate - Self Motivated - Reliable - Caring - Inclusive
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.
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