Care Assistant

Medirest Signature; Cowdenbeath; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A supportive role in adult accommodation and care, focused on aiding individuals with learning disabilities in their homes and community. Responsibilities include providing personal care, assistance with household tasks, and managing medication. Candidates must maintain a flexible schedule for various shifts and acquire the required SCQF level 5 qualification. This role is vital for enhancing the quality of life for the supported individuals while offering personal and professional development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Willingness to achieve SCQF level 5 registration.
• Ability to administer medication and provide personal care.
• Must be capable of performing physical tasks like kneeling and rising effortlessly.

Responsibilities

• Support adults with learning disabilities in their homes and community.
• Work all shift patterns including day, late, sleepover, and night shifts.
• Lone working and providing necessary personal care.

Skills

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Team working skills

Basic IT skills

Education

SCQF level 5 or equivalent

Job description

Job Details

Adult Accommodation and Support provide support to people in their own homes across Fife.

• Supporting adults with learning disabilities within their own homes and to access their local community.
• This role includes day shifts, late shifts, sleepovers, and night shifts. All applicants must be able to work all shift patterns. This may be in a shared tenancy or on a one-to-one basis where successful applicants will be lone working.
• Successful applicants will be provided with all necessary training such as Moving and Handling, Dysphagia, and CALM where required.

The Person

Must have or be willing to achieve, within the first period of registration, the Social Services and Healthcare SCQF level 5 (equivalent to SVQ2) or equivalent to meet Scottish Social Services Council registration.

Communication skills, organisational skills, ability to manage and prioritise workload, ability to work with minimal supervision, team working skills, literacy skills, and basic IT skills.

Ability to provide support to individuals with personal care needs, medication administration, budgeting, cooking, and cleaning. Also, ability to undertake physical tasks, e.g., being able to comfortably kneel on beds and floors and to rise without difficulty.