Support Worker

Support Worker – An Carina Day Service (Polbeth, West Lothian)

Hours: 18 hours per week
Location: Polbeth
Service: An Carina Day Service

Pay Rate: £13.45 per hour

About the Service

An Carina is a day centre based in Polbeth, with plans to develop into a community hub for West Lothian. We currently support people with learning disabilities, both male and female, with a mix of verbal and non-verbal communication styles.

Our service focuses on promoting independence, inclusion, and meaningful daily experiences within both the centre and the wider community.

About the Role – A Day in the Life

As a Support Worker, you will play a vital role in supporting individuals to live fulfilling and independent lives.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting individuals within the day service and out in the community

• Encouraging life skills development and leisure activities

• Promoting social inclusion and participation in the wider community

• Assisting with personal care where required

• Writing and updating support plans and risk assessments

• Providing 1:1 support tailored to individual needs

• Managing behaviours that may occasionally be challenging (verbal or physical)

This role is rewarding but can also be demanding, requiring patience, resilience, and a genuine passion for supporting others.

About the People We Support

You will be supporting adults with:

• Learning disabilities

• Autism

• A range of communication needs (verbal and non-verbal)

• Occasional challenging behaviours

Training & Development

You will receive full training, including:

• Induction programme

• Epilepsy training (including rescue medication)

• First Aid

• Moving & Assistance

• Online learning modules

• Shadow shifts with experienced staff

Shift Pattern

• Day service hours: 9am - 3pm

• Must be available to work any three days between Monday and Friday

Requirements

• Driver preferred (due to limited public transport in the area)

• Willingness to support with personal care

• Ability to work flexibly and as part of a team

Why Join Us?

• A minimum of 28-days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff)
• Accredited training giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first rate job - develop professionally through training, mentoring, and a strong support network
• An employer contributory pension scheme
• Work in a collaborative, values-led environment

In addition to the above you also have access to the following great benefits:

• Health Cash Plan (for full/part time contracted hours)
• £10,000 Life cover
• A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face-to-face counselling, debt, financial and legal information)
• A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• A financial wellbeing scheme
• Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus (terms and conditions apply)
• Recognition Initiative

Don’t miss out – Be Part of Something Bigger – Join a team driven by values, with a mission that matters

Apply today and start making a real impact!

We are keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us to ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do these are:

Respect – Honesty – Responsibility – Excellence

If you can circle 6 or more of the skills below, then you could be the person we are looking for:

Honest - Good Communicator - Strong Values – Flexible - Passionate - Self Motivated - Reliable - Caring - Inclusive

Please note that initial contact with applicants will usually be by email, so please check all of your email folders regularly, including your junk mail folders.

Real Life Options are an equal opportunities employer. We seek to recruit, train and promote the best person for the job, to make full use of the talents and resources of all our people and to craft a working environment free from unlawful discrimination, victimisation and harassment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect.

If you have a disability, a learning difficulty, a medical condition or individual need that you believe may affect your performance in selection, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes to enable you to perform at your best so please do let us know.