Senior Residential Support Worker for Special Needs

Are you an experienced Residential Support Worker for adults with special needs, with a ‘can do’ attitude and excellent people skills keen to embrace the opportunity to work in a small team making a difference to our community?

Are you ready for the adventure of living in a beautiful, fascinating and unique country?  If so, look no further than this advertisement…

The Community Support Team in the Falkland Islands has an excellent opportunity for a Senior Residential Support Worker to be part of and coordinate a small team of support workers who care and support adults with special needs, this may be within their own homes or in a specially adapted residential environment.

The Community Support Team is part of the Falkland Islands Health Service, who provide care and support for vulnerable people across the community in their own homes, in sheltered accommodation and in other adapted residential environments. We are also in the process of building and developing an extra-care facility due to open in 2025.

As part of the Community Support Team’s ‘Vision & Values’ we strive to promote and continually develop individual person-centred care, at every stage of a person’s life, whilst enabling that person to maintain their individuality.

The Person

The successful applicant should:

• Have at least 5 years’ experience supporting people with learning disabilities or other special needs
• Hold a level 3 qualification in Health and Social Care (or equivalent)
• Be in possession of GCSEs in English and Maths at grade C or above (or equivalent)
• Hold a manual driving licence
• Have a good understanding of person-centred planning

The Package

• Fixed Term Contract, up to 4 years.
• Starting Salary £24,450-£30,206 per annum (depending on qualifications and experience) with on call and unsocial hours allowances payable.
• Eligibility for a 25% Gratuity (taxable).
• 41 days paid leave, 30 days paid annual leave plus 11 government and public holidays.
• Relocation Allowance, to help with moving costs.
• Flights Package for you and any recognised dependents residing with you at post both at the beginning and end of contract, along with additional annual return flights contingent on the duration of the contract.
• Government Housing for rent and a starter pack to help you settle in.
• A stimulating and supportive setting to work in and a unique and beautiful setting to live in.

For more information on the KEMH and the opportunities available due to the uniqueness of the roles within the service please view the recruitment video at https://youtu.be/MBqyXBasSVc

How to Apply

Interested candidates can download the job description and view further information from our online vacancy page. 

For further information regarding the position please contact Mhairi Henry, Community Support Manager by emailing MAHenry@kemh.gov.fk or by calling (+500) 28048.

To apply, please complete our online application form from our vacancy page www.jobs.gov.fk, by clicking on 'Apply Now' and completing the form. 

Timetable for Recruitment and Selection Process

Closing Date for Applications – 20^th January 2025

Shortlisting week commencing – 27^th January 2025

Interviews commencing – 3^rd February 2025

Health & Social Services Department

The Health and Social Services Department is one of the Directorates of the Falkland Islands Government (FIG) which offers a range of fulfilling job opportunities across the full spectrum of public services. Working in the Health and Social Services means that the successful applicant will be able to work in a team providing a wide range of care and support to our community.

Exciting developments in the Community Support Service is the development and building of a 45 bedded extra care facility known as Tussac House which is due to open early in 2025.

Falkland Islands Government (FIG)

The Falkland Islands is a British Overseas Territory, with full internal self-government.

As the largest employer in the Falkland Islands, we offer many unique and fulfilling job opportunities, across the full spectrum of public services. Our responsibilities include those typically managed by central government – taxation, legislation and policy, as well as those usually managed on a local level such as town planning, health and social services, and education. FIG also provides services specific to the needs of the Falkland Islands, such as fisheries research, power generation and the Government Air Service, FIGAS.

For more information about working for Falkland Islands Government, take a look at our recruitment microsite: www.jobs.gov.fk

The Falkland Islands

Set in the South Atlantic Ocean, around 400 miles east of South America and 8000 miles south-west of the UK, the Falkland Islands are a small, thriving community with a British way of life, benefiting from good local services, a varied social calendar and an absence of traffic jams!

The Falkland Islands’ stunning natural environment provides an unspoiled landscape and amazing wildlife to observe and explore, including penguins, whales and dolphins, all seen from the shore.

For those with a sense of adventure, it provides opportunities which are hard to match anywhere else in the world