Housing Care Worker

Role: Housing Care Worker

Salary: £26,000 per yearplus sleepover allowance

Location: Livingston, EH54 6QH

Job type: Part Time (Maternity Cover Contract)

Trust Housing Association Ltd has an exciting opportunity for a Housing Care Worker to join our team based in Livingston on a part time 24 hours per week, maternity cover contract.

Trust Housing Association is a national housing, support and care provider, offering a range of accommodation and support services. Primarily serving older people in our communities we also provide housing for families and individuals. We have over 2,500 households across the length and breadth of Scotland, from the Highlands and Islands all the way down to the Borders.

Housing Care Worker, £26,000 per year, 24 hours per week plus 1 sleepover

To ensure that we are able to offer the best service to our tenants we are looking to recruit a temporary Housing Care Worker to make it possible for tenants to continue enjoying as much independent living as they’re able. Our housing care service at Livingston provides housing support, personal care and meals service delivered by our dedicated staff team. You’ll be working with our tenants to ensure that they receive the support and personal care identified in individual care plans.

As one of our Housing Care Worker you will be required to work 24 hours per week on a rolling rota system with alternate weekends and one sleepover per week. The hours are as follows

Week 1, Monday 8 -1pm, Tuesday 1.30 -9pm, Saturday 8am – 2.30pm, Sunday 3.30 -10pm with sleepover

Week 2, Monday 8-1.30pm, Wednesday 3.30-10pm with sleepover, Thursday 8 -1.30pm, Friday 2.30-10pm

It’ll be rewarding looking after those who rely on the support and dedication you’ll bring to this important role. Ideally, you will have an appropriate qualification in Health and Social Care and previous experience of working with older people or other vulnerable members of a community, so you will understand their needs and know how to meet these. If you are successful in joining our team we can provide you with fantastic opportunities to develop your experience or enhance your career in social care and assist with your ongoing continued personal development.

To apply for our post of Housing Care Worker please obtain a copy of our job pack which includes the full job description and person specification. This post will only be available to view on our website until the at 12 noon.

Your application must include a personal statement detailing how you meet the criteria for this post and outline your personal qualities, skills and experience as well as why you’d like to work with us.

Applications need to be completed no later than 12 noon on 28th August 2015.

If you feel you have the skills and experience to become our Housing Care Worker and you’d like to work with a prestigious and well established company working in a person-centered culture that puts people at the heart of all we do, then please apply to be redirected to our website for further details as we’d like to hear from you.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Trust Housing Association is a Registered Scottish Charity- SC009086