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Specialist Support Worker

  • Dumfries & Galloway
  • Permanent
  • Up to £14 per hour + Sleepover £126/per night
  • Carer for Alfie
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Job Overview

We are looking for Specialist Support Workers to join a newly established dedicated team to work with Alfie, a young man who is leaving residential care to live in his own home in Dumfries.

This is a unique opportunity to work for an organisation who is a leading provider of personalised care and support.

You will need to be someone who is active, resilient, can hold boundaries but is also compassionate. There are both day shifts and waking nights.

As a Specialist Support Worker, you will be part of a bespoke team supporting Alfie on new adventures, whether this be navigating daily life in his new home or trekking exciting new landscapes.

The start of a journey may seem the hardest but once you take the first step, you've overcome the first hurdle. Alfie is soon to start his journey to independance, could you be by his side supporting him to overcome any obstacles and experience new opportunities?

Contract: Full time and Part time

Date Applications Close: 01/05/2025

Ref: LG/BC

This is a challenging time for Alfie as he navigates a newfound independence, getting used to his new home and making everyday decisions about his life in general. You must be able to adopt a compassionate and nurturing approach and be someone who genuinely wants to support him on this journey. His success will be your success.

Benefits:

  • We reward our staff with competitive salaries
  • We offer an Award Winning Pension Scheme
  • We have a company sick pay scheme
  • Excellent annual leave allowance, including top up pay
  • Critical Illness cover, reassurance when you need it the most
  • Life Insurance, reassurance for your family when they need it the most
  • A really good mandatory induction
  • Ongoing high quality training
  • Career development opportunities
  • A real chance to make a difference to someone's life.

"No Sponsorship available for this role"

We are committed to recruiting candidates who share our commitment to safeguarding, and therefore we apply robust recruitment and selection procedures to ensure that the people selected are right for the job, and that all candidates are appropriately screened prior to appointment, including obtaining references and PVG (Protection of Vulnerable Groups) clearance. A PVG check will be requested in the event of the individual being offered a position with Beyond Limits, the cost of which will be to the employee, however, this will be returned after successful completion of probation period (6 months).