Support Worker - Children's Residential

Overview

Children's Support Workers - Join Our Team!

We are seeking experienced social care professionals to join our residential services in Lanark. If you are passionate about supporting children and young people with complex disabilities and want to make a real difference in their lives, we would love to hear from you.

The role - Support Worker, 35 hours per week & relief/bank (Children & Young People).

Stanmore House Residential acts as both a boarding element to Stanmore House School and a residential and respite service for the children of Scotland. The young people we support are aged between 5 & 20 with a variety of complex disabilities. You would support them to live independently in our bright, fully adapted campus based in the outskirts of Lanark.

Our 4 bungalows can host up to 16 young people in total. You will be supporting our customers on either one-to-one or group care; your day will include helping them with their personal care, dressing, medication, mobility, mealtimes, attending school & appointments and participating in their chosen recreational activities for that day.

Building Based:
This is where our young people meet with peers on site and take part in planned, structured activities, developing their own independent key living skills.

Community Access: we support young people in accessing community activities, such as attending music, drama, or dance classes.

Respite: we provide respite to meet our young peoples needs we also use this as an opportunity to develop someone s own key living skills.

We benefit from a great rural setting of lush, green countryside with extensive gardens on campus. We have a fantastic indoor pool for a splash about or some hydrotherapy, a rebound therapy room, sensory experiences and stories, an on-site cinema and beauty salon, and we love getting involved in our local community at Lanark, too.

What you need to know

Hours:

up to 35 hours per week full time, part time, night shifts and relief available. Working a mix of dayshift (7.30am-3pm), backshifts (2.30pm-10pm) and night shifts (9.45pm-8.45am). Contact us to discuss.

Location:

Stanmore House Residential, Stanmore Road, Lanark, ML11 7RR

Job Description:

Support Worker (Children)

Drivers essential, as our team are required to drive our manual adapted vehicle/bus.

For more information on this role, you can contact Karen.

Grahamt using reference CS060126

We reserve the right to close or extend this vacancy dependent on the number of applications. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Capability Scotland s benefits:

• A generous salary of £22,993.74 (£12.60 per hour)
• Where night shifts are available, we offer a generous rate of £13.23 per hour.
• To help you achieve this qualification, we offer a fully funded SVQ - a qualification which is yours for life
• Most services offer, set 2, 3, 4 and 6 weeks rolling or monthly rotas so you always know when you are working and can plan life outside of work
• 32 days holidays per year, increasing to 37 with service
• Free PVG checks throughout your employment
• Up to 8% company contribution pension scheme
• Up to 3 x annual salary death in service
• Perks at Work - shopping discount scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• 24/7 employee assistance programme
• Working for us means you would qualify for Blue Light & Concert for Carer discounts

We are One Voice, One Charity, One Spirit, #One Capability.

• Support children and young people aged 5–20 with complex disabilities to live as independently as possible.
• Provide personal care, dressing, medication support, mobility assistance and assistance with mealtimes.
• Support attendance at school and appointments and participate in daily recreational activities (one-to-one or group care).
• Assist in on-site activities in Building Based settings and in Community Access activities (e.g., music, drama, dance classes).
• Contribute to respite services and development of individuals  key living skills.
• Work across different shifts (days, backshifts, nights) as required.
• Drive required manual adapted vehicle/bus as needed.

• Experience as a social care professional in residential services or similar…