Zero-hours Relief Support Worker post in the relief pool for Sense Scotland's Supported Living Services, covering planned and unplanned absences. The work centres on supporting people, mainly deafblind with complex needs, to live in their own homes and take part in their communities, including personal care and medication support. Shifts are chosen around your availability from early and late rotas across a service running 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and some people supported do not communicate verbally.
What the job involves
- Provide personal care
- Support with medication
- Help with meal preparation
- Assist with housework and household tasks
- Help manage finances
- Offer companionship and emotional support
- Support people to attend activities, appointments and social events
- Liaise with families and healthcare professionals to ensure consistent support
- Promote independence in line with Support Plans
- Record daily information accurately
- Build positive relationships with the people supported
- Work collaboratively within the team
What’s required
Skills & knowledge
- Communicate effectively
- Use own initiative
- Organised and able to support established routines
- Comfortable prioritising tasks and managing workloads
- Creativity and patience in communicating with people who do not speak verbally
Other
- Caring, kind and enthusiastic
- Positive team player with a can-do attitude
- Patient, understanding and dependable
- Genuine passion for making a difference to people with additional support needs
- Eager to learn and develop
What’s offered
- Zero-hours flexibility to choose when you work
- Share availability and preferences in advance so shifts match your skills and interests
- Option to offer short-notice availability
- Opportunity to develop skills and a future career
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
