Senior Home Support Worker

Job Description

Closing Date: 26 September 2024
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £12,081 - £12,817
Hours: 15 hours

An opportunity has arisen for an Out of Hours Senior Support Worker within our Care at Home teams.  Our team members work to agreed outcome support plans providing a re-ablement approach to individuals living in their own homes within their communities.

The work schedule spans two weeks: the first week includes Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday, while the second week includes Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, with work hours from 17:15 to 22:15. The post holder would deal with any emergencies and take appropriate actions. The requirement for the post is SVQ level 3 in Health and Social care and a qualification in leadership and management as required for registration (or the ability to achieve this with in a time scale). You would also have to conduct 1 to 1 supervisions with front line staff. 

The post holder will work as part of Health & Social Care Partnership. You would be expected to undertake care tasks and also support people in their daily living tasks and promote self-care of long-term medical conditions when required in an emergency. We are looking for someone who can be responsive, flexible and work in a professional manner.

If you’ve got the right skills for the job we want to hear from you. We encourage applications from the right candidates regardless of age (restrictions apply to Modern Apprenticeships), disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief or race. 

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Please note, if you are a Stirling Council employee you will be taken to Single Sign On. If you are an external applicant you may need to register and complete your details on our new Recruitment System - Oracle.

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Salary Additional Info (6).pdf

Stirling Info March 2024 (2).pdf

The Benefits 

• 30 days annual leave plus 7 public holidays (rising to 35 after 5 years continuous service)
• Flexible working including hybrid office/work from home arrangements. Our colleagues are encouraged to work flexibly as we know that busy lives don’t always fit around a traditional working pattern, if you need flexibility to complete your role just let us know and we will do our upmost to help you to invest in your career with us while balancing other aspects of your life.
• Biennial incremental progression until top of your payscale is reached
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme. For further details visit https://www.scotlgpsmember.org/about-the-lgps/
• Up to 6 months full sick pay and 6 months half pay dependent on length of service
• Carers Leave
• Up to 4 weeks paid Paternity Leave
• Access to Health & Wellbeing support
• Ongoing opportunities for Learning & Development
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Lift share Scheme
• Car Lease Scheme
• Technology Benefit Scheme

Requirements

The successful candidate will be required to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme (PVG) for Adults. If your application is progressed after the interview, you will be asked to complete the form and have your details verified.