8 Social care / Social services / Housing jobs in Preston, Northumberland

We use cookies on our website to track and enhance your user experience. For more information or to update your cookie settings, please refer to our .Support Worker - Stanmore Residential & LifeskillsLanark£12.60 per hourPermanent, Relief, Full-Time0/relief & 35 hours per weekClosing Date: 15 July 2025Children's Support Workers - Join Our Team!We are seeking experienced social care professionals to join our residential, respite and Lifeskills services in Lanark. If you are passionate about supporting children with complex disabilities and want to make a real difference in their lives, we would love to hear from you.The role - Support Worker, 35 hours per week & relief/bank (Children & Young People)Stanmore House Residential acts as both a boarding element to Stanmore House School and a residential and respite service for the children of Scotland. The young people we support are aged between 5 & 20 with a variety of complex disabilities. You would support them to live

independently in our bright, fully adapted campus based in the outskirts of Lanark.Our 4 bungalows can host up to 16 young people in total. You will be supporting our customers on either one-to-one or group care; your day will include helping them with their personal care, dressing, medication, mobility, mealtimes, attending school & appointments and participating in their chosen recreational activities for that day.Relief/Bank Support Workers are also required in our Life Skills team where we have three elements to the service we provide.Building Based: This is where our young people meet with peers on site and take part in planned, structured activities, developing their own independent key living skills.Community Access: we support young people in accessing community activities, such as attending music, drama, or dance classes.Respite: we provide respite to meet our young peoples needs we also use this as an opportunity to develop someone's own key living skills.We benefit from a great rural setting of lush, green countryside with extensive gardens on campus. We have a fantastic indoor pool for a splash about or some hydrotherapy, a rebound therapy room, sensory experiences and stories, an on-site cinema and beauty salon, and we love getting involved in our local community at Lanark, too.Do you want to be part of these truly rewarding services?What you need to knowHours: 35 hours per week (residential). Working a mix of dayshift (7.30am-3pm), backshifts (2.30pm-10pm) and nightshifts (9.45pm-8.45am). We also have relief/bank positions available in our Residential and Lifeskills services.Location: Stanmore House Residential, Stanmore Road, Lanark, ML11 7RRJob Description:Drivers essential, as our team are required to drive our manual adapted vehicle/bus.Closing date - 15th July 2025For more information on this role, you can contact using reference CS230625We reserve the right to close or extend this vacancy dependent on the number of applications. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.Capability Scotland's benefits:

• A generous salary of £22,993.74 (£12.60 per hour)
• Where nightshifts are available, we offer a generous rate of - £13.23 per hour.
• To help you achieve this qualification, we offer a fully funded SVQ - a qualification which is yours for life
• Most services offer, set 2, 3, 4 and 6 weeks rolling or monthly rotas so you always know when you are working and can plan life outside of work
• 32 days' holidays per year, increasing to 37 with service
• Free PVG checks throughout your employment
• Up to 8% company contribution pension scheme
• Up to 3 x annual salary death in service
• Perks at Work - shopping discount scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• 24/7 employee assistance programme
• Working for us means you would qualify for Blue Light & Concert for Carer discounts