Support Workers (Extra Care Housing)

Caring for older people in the Borders is extremely important to Eildon.

Are you committed to delivering excellent service provision for older people, and can you support our tenants to stay connected to their local community and help them to find creative solutions to the challenges they may face?

Our Support Workers play an important role in the team at Eildon’s Extra Care Housing (ECH) service for older people at Wilkie Gardens in Galashiels. We have varying shift patterns, over 7-days, so when submitting your application let us know how many hours you would prefer to work, whether that be WEEKENDS only, or that you can only manage morning or late shifts we are really keen to hear from you then if they fit with our service requirements, we can discuss this during the interview process.

You will assist in the provision of the Extra Care Housing Service, by ensuring tenants are provided with the means to maintain independent tenancies in a warm, friendly, and safe environment, directly supporting tenants in their homes by providing individual advice, practical housing support assistance, direct personal and emotional care.

To ensure that tenants are provided with the means to maintain independent tenancies in a friendly and safe environment, with a vibrant social hub, you should have experience of supporting older people living within their own home, ideally in a supported housing environment.

You should ideally have an SVQ3 in Health and Social Care. You will need good ICT skills and be able to use MS Office 365 as well as care, staff, and housing management software, with a positive approach to learn and use new tools as they become available. Most importantly you should be able to demonstrate a clear understanding of Eildon’s vision and values.

In return Eildon offer a competitive reward package and a range of benefits. This role requires membership of the Disclosure Scotland PVG Scheme and SSSC Registration.

If you would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact our Extra Care Housing Manager, Mandy Johnstone – 07721 109796.

Our preference is for you to register and complete your application online. Once registered simply click on the 'Apply' button and complete the application form giving as much information as possible. If you wish to attach any supporting documents this can be done after submitting your application. If you have any issues with this, please contact the HR Team by phone 01750 724050.

We are aware of an issue with our online application portal if you are using an apple device/safari browser. Our developers are working on this. We would advise you try from a computer or laptop and if there are still issues then call for an application pack.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 15-37.5 per week

Salary: £22,523.00-£23,555.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Flexitime
• Free parking
• On-site parking

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Night shift
• Weekend availability
• Weekends only

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 30/04/2023
Reference ID: 106