Care Support Worker

Description:

Care Support Worker
Location: Working across any of our Housing services across the Glasgow area
Salary: Salary of £12.00 per hour will be backdated to 1/4/24 upon receipt of funding from the local authorities. Salary payable until then is £11.00 per hour.
Contract: Bank and Sessional contracts available
We are acutely aware that these are challenging and uncertain times for everyone.
Aspire more than ever needs caring, compassionate and enthusiastic care workers to allow us to continue to offer the highest quality service to the people we support in communities across Central Scotland.
As our Care Support Worker, you will undertake a wide variety of tasks including delivering and arranging high quality person centered support, care, daily living and personal development opportunities.
Our service is designed to provide emergency accommodation and support to people, many of whom may be going through periods of crisis.
The service will be highly flexible and provide high quality accommodation and support to individuals and potentially couples, who urgently require those provisions at any time (365 days of the year, 24 hours per day).
We are looking for inspiring individuals to become Support Workers based in Glasgow with similar values and whom are keen to fulfil the following support:
* To support and enable individuals to maintain their accommodation; develop budgeting skills, cook nutritional meals and managing their home.
* Signposting and sourcing appropriate services such as Health Care, Housing
Associations, Case Workers, Addiction/Recovery Services.
* To carry out assessments and reviews of support needs as and when necessary due to the changing needs and aspirations of individuals.
* To carry out Risk Enablement Plans as and when necessary due to the changing needs and aspirations of individuals.
* Working with individuals to achieve their desired Support & Development Goals through use of an Outcome Measurement Framework called Better
In order to be successful in this role the following is essential:
* Excellent organisational and time management.
* Strong IT skills.
* Good numeracy, literacy and verbal communication skills.
* Clear understanding of Health & Social Care Standards.
* Ability to work well under pressure and as part of a team in a dynamic and fast-paced homeless accommodation setting.
* At least 1 years’ personal or professional experience in a comparable role with transferable skills is preferred for this post.
It would be great if you had / were:
* Hardworking, flexible, motivated and driven to do the right thing by the people we support;
* SVQ 2 or 3 in Health & Social Care or a commitment to undertake an SVQ; and Registration with the Scottish Social Service Council (SSSC) or a commitment to become registered.
PVG checks will be required for the successful applicant, as are two references; one being from the most recent employer. Required identification will be requested at the interview stage.
If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience to be successful in this role click on “APPLY” today