Social Care Worker

NHS Ayrshire & Arran; Seaforth; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider is seeking a Social Care Worker for a permanent part-time position at Seaforth House Care Home in Ontario, Canada. The role involves leading shifts, administering medications, and supporting care staff to ensure residents' needs are met. Candidates should have previous experience in a social care setting, ideally holding an SVQ 3, or be willing to achieve it. The position focuses on delivering high-quality, person-centered care to promote independence among service users.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a social care setting is essential.
• Knowledge and experience of support planning and reviewing process.
• Willingness to achieve SVQ 3 in Social Care for registration.

Responsibilities

• Lead the shift and administer medication.
• Support and guide care staff to meet residents' needs.
• Provide flexible and responsive care to service users.

Skills

Previous experience in a social care setting

Knowledge of support planning

Ability to undertake risk assessments

Education

SVQ 3 in Social Care

SVQ 2 in Social Care

Job description

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

Highland Health and Social Care Services help people from all walks of life, as well as their families or carers. Health and Social Care in Highland provides help and assistance in many situations arising due to illness, disability, old age or poverty.

A career opportunity has arisen for a suitably experienced Social Care Worker at Seaforth House Care Home in Golspie.

This post holder will be responsible for leading the shift, administration of medication and supporting and guiding other care staff to meet the needs of the residents. You will undertake a key working role within the service so should have knowledge and experience of Support Planning and the reviewing process and Risk Assessing in relation to older people.

The post holder will adopt a person centred approach to deliver a high standard of flexible and responsive care to service users within the care home and will provide support and assistance to service users to enable them to remain as independent as possible promoting their own abilities, independence and skills.

Previous experience in a social care setting is essential and ideally you will hold an SVQ 3 in Social care or at a minimum hold SVQ 2 with a willingness to achieve an SVQ 3 in Social Care to enable registration with the SSSC as a Practitioner in a Care Home Service for Adults.

This is a permanent part-time post of 29.5 hours working as per service requirements.

Informal enquiries to: Tina Mitchell, Manager; Tel: [phone] email: [e-mail] or Marina Brennan, Deputy Manager Tel [phone] e‑mail [e-mail]

This role does not meet the eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa or a Health and Care Worker visa. NHS Highland is unable to provide candidates with a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS).

Resourcing Team can be contacted by e‑mail [e-mail]