Senior Support Worker

Salary: £27,600 per year

Senior Support Worker – Immediate start

Location: Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, EH8 9LD

Salary: Up to £27,600 per year

Contract: Full time, Permanent

Senior Support Worker – Benefits:

• A clear career pathway

• Support from SVQ to Degree

• Your own Buddy and access to our Mentorship progress

• Full training

• Travel expenses

• Guaranteed hours

• Competitive salary

• 28 days paid holidays

• Great employee benefits

• Your own Buddy to support you

• Access to our mentorship program.

• Opportunities for career development

• Employers’ contribution into your pension

• Participation to social occasions and events

• Access to education and learning resources

• On-going support with paid specialist training

Social Care Alba are looking for Senior Support Workers who will be responsible for the day-to-day care, delivering personalised and outcome-based care, allowing customers to live full an active life.

Note: We will consider visa sponsorship for those already in the UK who have a relevant care qualification and experience, please do not apply if you are not resident in the UK.

The Role:

To provide emotional and physical support to individuals and their families. To facilitate independence by working in a dignified and respectful way, including: cleaning, washing and dressing, providing meals and maintaining community links.

You may also assist people with continence promotion, catheter care, stoma care, peg feeding, administering medication, oral health and moving and assisting.

Senior Support Worker – Responsibilities:

Supporting new team members, including assisting with their:

• Learning & Development

• Induction and being a Buddy

• Mentorship & sharing of skills and knowledge

Supporting service users, including assisting with:

• Advocacy and being a Key Worker.

• Catheter care, moving and assisting.

• Promotion of equality and people’s rights.

• Social visits, meal preparation and shopping.

• Reporting incidents, accidents, or complaints.

• Medication, washing dressing, continence promotion.

Managing personal workload, including:

• Logging into and out of every visit.

• Attending and contributing to meetings.

• Updating electronic records such as daily notes.

• Attending all relevant training and development programs.

• Keeping updated with care legislation and SCA policies

Senior Support Worker – Candidate specification:

• 2 years or more experience in a similar role

• SVQ 3 or equivalent in Health or Social Care

• Good – Knowledge of health and safety.

• Good – Understanding of health & social care best practice.

• Good – Attention to detail.

• Good – Time management, and planning.

• Good – Ability to work independently with initiative.

• Excellent – Communication across different audiences

• Excellent – Compassionate, trustworthy, and reliability

How to apply:

Simply click “” to be directed to our site to complete our application process; this takes just a few minutes, and we’ll give you a quick call to proceed. It’s as easy as that!

No agencies please.