Contract Type
Casual
Hours
ad hoc casual shifts
Salary
£13.33 per hour
Location
95 Panmure Street, Glasgow, G20 7SJ
Casual Support Worker
About the role
We are recruiting for Casual Support Workers for our Supported Accommodation programme in Glasgow.
Supported Accommodation Glasgow provides 24-hour support and accommodation for Glasgow’s young people. We offer a safe environment for 26 young people, many of whom have experienced significant tough times in their lives.
Shifts are offered on an ad-hoc basis, allowing you to work around other commitments. This is a great way to build your knowledge and experience.
Main duties and responsibilities will include:
- Develop positive, respectful and compassionate relationships with all support staff, wider staff teams and those we support, focusing on their strengths and aspirations as individuals.
- Have a high standard of professional integrity with colleagues and other professionals.
- Establish clear professional boundaries with staff and those we support.
- Have a high standard of professional integrity with colleagues, the people we support and other professionals.
- Ensuring person centred planning and unconditional positive regard is undertaken by staff.
- Taking a Psychologically Informed Environment (PIE) approach.
- Ensuring support needs of the people we support are being met.
- Ensuring risk assessments are completed and updated.
The full job & person specification can be downloaded below.
What we expect from you
Our values make us who we are and define our actions and behaviours every day. We’d expect the post-holder to uphold and represent our organisation in a way that reflects our values and person-centred way of working.
If you have gained experience in a similar role or if you are studying a Social Care qualification and you are keen to gain practical experience we would love to hear from you.
What you can expect from us
- The hours we offer you will be ad hoc and infrequent. You will work for Right There at times and on days to be agreed between you and Right There.
- Your core place of work will be 95 Panmure Street, Glasgow, G20 7SJ
- You may be required to work from such other place as the organisation may reasonably require from time to time.
- In accordance with the Working Time Regulations, you are entitled to be paid for annual leave. You are entitled to 6 weeks in a full annual leave year. Payment for annual leave is calculated based on 13.04% of your total pay in a pay period and will be paid in addition to wages accrued for that month. This includes if you leave your position at Right There part way through a pay period.
- Legally, Right There must enrol workers into a pension if their earnings reach the criteria for 3 consecutive months.
Interested in applying?
Send us your cv and cover letter, telling us why you would like to work with us and how you will fulfil the duties outlined in the job & person specification.
Send your application to recruitment@rightthere.org
Thanks and good luck!