Care Assistant

Fife Council; Cupar; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Fife Council is looking for motivated individuals to join their care home team, providing essential support and care to older people within the community. Candidates must work towards the required qualifications for SSSC registration and must be flexible and creative in meeting the needs of service users.

Qualifications

• Must work towards required qualification for SSSC registration.
• Ability to provide care meeting Health and Social Care standards.
• Need to collaborate with other services for effective support.

Responsibilities

• Provide positive support for older people's choice-making.
• Enable service users to access activities and achieve personal outcomes.
• Support social inclusion and maximize personal independence.

Skills

Motivation

Collaboration

Flexibility

Creativity

Education

SSSC benchmark qualification

Job description

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Older People’s Services has 8 residential services across Fife, with a team based in each service. You can view each of the service locations, listed at the top of this advert, and will be asked to provide your location preference at interview.

The successful candidate will work on a rota basis within the care home, which includes early shifts, late shifts, and a period of night duty. Unsocial hours will be paid at the basic rate plus 1/3 hourly rate.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for skilled and enthusiastic individuals to join our care home team in Fife Council’s Residential and Day Services.

We are looking for motivated and driven individuals with good values and a genuine interest in the care and support of older people within the care homes. This will involve providing positive support and encouragement for people to make their own choices and decisions in all aspects of their daily lives, as well as providing flexible support to enable the service users to access activities and achieve their personal outcomes. This will involve promoting social inclusion by working with people to maximise their personal independence, health, wellbeing, and access to service opportunities in their local communities.

The care homes in Fife provide ongoing care and support to vulnerable older people. The care home also supports a respite, STAR unit, and a day service.

Fife Council is committed to delivering services which are responsive, reliable, efficient, and effective.

A link to the role profile is included at the bottom of the advert. You will find out more about the job and the type of person we are looking for.

The Person

• Must have or be able to work towards the required qualification as specified by the Scottish Social Services Council. Within the set timeframes at registration, once qualified, it is the person's responsibility to inform the Scottish Social Services Council accordingly.
• Provide care and support that meets the Health and Social Care standards.
• Must be able to collaborate with other Council services and partner agencies to support effective planning and delivery of care and support within our service.
• You should be able to work flexibly and creatively within a dynamic and ambitious team.
• To ensure registration with the SSSC as part of the Older People’s Residential and Day Services requirement, you must apply for registration within 3 months of your start date. To maintain your registration, you must hold or work towards the SSSC benchmark qualification for the role, complete the required Continuous Professional Learning (CPL), and submit an annual declaration via MySSSC. More details about qualifications and timeframes are available in the role profile. If you do not currently hold a benchmark qualification, your registration will be granted on the condition that you achieve the required qualification within the timeframe defined by SSSC.

As this role requires SSSC registration, the successful applicant will have three months to apply for registration.

If appointed, you must start your application as soon as possible to be registered within the required six months. More details are included in the role profile.

Before confirming your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme.