Job Detail
Job Description
Location: Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, EH8 9LD
Salary: £10.90 – £11.25 per hour, DOE
28 days holiday entitlement
£0.30 of travel allowance
- Enhanced overtime
- Your own Buddy and access to our Mentorship Programme
- Health and Wellbeing Activities
ABOUT THE JOB: To provide emotional and physical support to individuals and their families. To facilitate independence by working in a dignified and respectful way.
YOUR KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
- 2 years or more experience in a similar role
- SVQ 2 or equivalent in Health or Social Care
YOU SKILLS
- Basic – Knowledge of health and safety.
- Basic – Understanding of health & social care best practice.
- Good – Attention to detail.
- Good – Time management, and planning.
- Good – Ability to work independently with initiative.
- Good – Communication across different audiences
- Excellent – Compassionate, trustworthy, and reliability
WHAT WE OFFER: People are at the heart of everything we do, so we continue to invest in our staff to ensure they are happy, motivated, well-trained and supported.
- Enhanced overtime
- Travel expenses
- Guaranteed hours
- Competitive salary
- 28 days paid holidays
- Great employee benefits
- Your own Buddy to support you
- Access to our mentorship program
- Opportunities for career development
- Employers contribution into your pension
- Participation to social occasions and events
- Access to education and learning resources
- On-going support with paid specialist training
RESPONSIBILITIES
Supporting service users, including assisting with:
- Advocacy and being a Key Worker.
- Catheter care, moving and assisting.
- Promotion of equality and people’s rights.
- Social visits, meal preparation and shopping.
- Reporting incidents, accidents, or complaints.
- Medication, washing dressing, continence promotion.
Managing personal workload, including:
- Logging into and out of every visit.
- Attending and contributing to meetings.
- Updating electronic records such as daily notes.
- Keeping updated with care legislation and SCA policies.
- Attending all relevant training and development programs.
If you are interested in this role, please click here to apply.