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Contract

Support Worker (Balerno)

Application Deadline:
8 May 2023 at 08:00:00

Location

Edinburgh

Full-time or part-time

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We have full-time, part-time and casual vacancies available

About the Role

We are looking for staff to support a young lady to live independently in her own home as she embarks on this exciting journey in life

Salary

  • £22,165 – £22,999 per annum, pro rata and based on 39-hour work week

  • Casual hourly rate: £10.90 per hour

  • Sleepover payment of £87.20. Sleepovers are not counted as part of your contracted hours, and are paid in addition to your regular salary

Requirements

You will be supporting a young lady with her (very busy) daily schedule with work and social activities such as, attending her volunteer job on Friday’s gardening at the local Church, cooking, baking and attending more of our day service activities, as well as domestic and personal care tasks.


You will work as part of a dynamic, hardworking and fun team of people who are committed to supporting people to lead fulfilling lives.


We are looking for people who are caring, fun, motivated, creative and are skilled at problem solving. This young lady would like workers who are friendly, practically minded and great communicators (ideally you have some storytelling skills!).


The right candidate will share The Action Group’s values of inclusion and equality and will have a person-centred approach to providing support. Paid training is provided.

Applying Information

Benefits

To apply, please read the job description and complete the application form.

 

Do you have questions before applying? Send us an email to recruitment@actiongroup.org.uk.

 

Please send your completed application, self-declaration and equal opportunities forms to recruitment@actiongroup.org.uk.

Pension

Good annual leave entitlements

24/7 employee assistance programme, with access to free legal advice and counselling

TAG Rewards – our exclusive discounts and savings programme

Travel time payable where applicable

Ongoing support, training and development opportunities

Mileage allowance where applicable

Equality Network, Diversity and Inclusion Events

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

The Action Group is an Investors in People Platinum Award winning organisation, and we demonstrate our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion by being a Disability Confident Leader and a proud Stonewall Diversity Champion.

Disability Confident Leader

We particularly welcome applications from disabled candidates, who will be invited to interview if they meet the minimum criteria for the job.  If you feel that you fit this criteria, then please make us aware of this in writing when you apply.

Stonewall Silver Employer 2022

To ensure our workforce reflects the diversity of our clients as well as the communities in which we live and work, we encourage and welcome applications from everyone regardless of sex, sexual orientation and gender identity. We are an organization which values people of all faiths, religions, disabilities, ages and ethnicities and believe our differences are our strengths.  For more information, please contact our Equality Network: equality@actiongroup.org.uk.

*Equality

Some posts are covered by exemptions listed in schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010.

Privacy

We value the privacy of our job applicants.  To find out more, please read our privacy statement.

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