Relief Support Worker

Relief Support Worker Blackwood Homes and Care
• 160 Dundee Street

Relief Support Worker

Across the Edinburgh Services

SPONSORSHIP IS NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AT BLACKWOOD

£13.45 per hour (£13.89 per hour if SVQ qualified)

Blackwood are currently looking for a Relief Support Worker to join our Team across Edinburgh.

As an award-winning innovative care provider, we support people living with physical disabilities and long-term conditions and are committed to helping our customers live their life to the full. We have been exceptionally proud of our care teams during the pandemic and this is your opportunity to be part of a team that works hard to deliver positive outcomes for customers.

Our services based across Edinburgh, supports customers within the shared service team. Your day will involve delivering a wide variety of assistance such as personal care & hygiene, moving and handling, social support, housework, cleaning/laundry, meal preparation, medication assistance, going to appointments and being responsive to both planned and ad-hoc customer care needs.

As a Support Worker and to enable our customers to live comfortably, safely and independently, you will work closely with our managers and teams and support our customers with some of the following examples of personal care services:

• Personal hygiene (bathing, showering, shaving, oral hygiene)
• Continence management (toileting, catheter care)
• Food and diet (assisting with eating and preparation)
• Simple treatments (medication assistance application of creams)
• Personal assistance (with wheelchairs, mechanical/manual aids and help with dressing & getting in/out of bed)
• Immobility problems

Don’t worry about having any previous care experience, we provide comprehensive training and development opportunities to help you become a great carer although previous experience is desirable.

The ideal candidate must have:

• A commitment to delivering high quality care
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills as our carers might be the only contact our customers have each day
• Basic IT skills, ability to use apps and devices to support service provision
• An ability to work independently in the community and as part of a team
• A relevant qualification (SVQ2), this is not essential as training will be given

Our employee benefits

• Opportunity to participate in internal support networks such as employee engagement, wellbeing and digital forums
• Payment of PVG and SSSC registration

We ask that all applicants read the Job Pack for further details of the available opportunity. Blackwood are committed to diversity and inclusion and as a Disability Confident Employer, we will interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum requirements for the post.

SPONSORSHIP IS NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AT BLACKWOOD

Full-time