Community Living Assistant - Dundee

Capability Scotland; Dundee; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

32 days holidays

8% pension contribution

Refer a friend £600

Cycle to work

SVQ funded

Nightshift premium

PVG checks

Employee assistance

Carer discounts

Job summary

Capability Scotland is recruiting Community Living Assistants for our day centre and community living services in Dundee. You will support children and adults with complex disabilities in accessible facilities and in customers' homes, helping with personal care, meals, activities, and community outings.

We offer 32 days annual leave (rising to 37 with service), a pension up to 8%, and other benefits. Shifts include early, late, night/sleepover and weekends.

Qualifications

• Experience in care settings preferred.
• Patience and empathy when supporting disabled people.
• Good communication and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Support customers with personal care, dressing and meals.
• Assist with medication and daily living activities as required.
• Provide one-to-one or small-group care in day centre and community settings.
• Work across a mix of early, late and night shifts, including weekends.
• Support customers in their own homes and community activities.

Job description

Can you help us with our ongoing mission?

Community Living Assistant – Adult & Childrens Services / Various shifts 30 hours per week | £21,038.49 per annum

***Benefits: 32 days annual leave, rising to 37 with service, up to 8% pension contribution, perks at work, £600 refer a friend and much more! ***

At Capability Scotland, our mission is to deliver thehighest quality services, tailored to theindividual needsof disabled people. Wework in partnershipto createinnovative solutionswhich enable our people toachieve their goals. We put our customers and learnersat the heartof everything we do and will make sure theirvoices are heard loud and clear.

We love what we do here and are looking to recruit Community Living Assistants for our daycentre and community living services based in Dundee.

The role – Community Living Assistant

We support children & adults with a variety of complex disabilities in our spacious, fully accessible hub setting, which offers sensory, kitchen, craft and adapted independent living skills spaces. It’s central location also helps our customers enjoy what the city has to offer.

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, mealtimes and participating in their chosenactivities for that day.

You will also support our customers in their own homes & community. You will assist with their daily living routines, care needs and facilitating their attendance at school, college, appointments & social events. We are particularly interested in hearing from candidates with a skill or passion to share such as baking, music or photography – if you love it, this will shine through to the people you support, giving them a taste of new experiences whilst learning new skills.

What you need to know

Hours: Our growing service has a number of opportunities, 30 hours per week & relief/bank roles). Working a mix of early, late and night/sleepover shifts, including working 2-3 weekends out of 4 on a rotational basis.

Location: Our Community Hub, Unit 10 City Quay, Dundee, DD1 3JA and our Customers own homes & wider community in Dundee.

For more information on this role, you can call Mark on 01382 737 238 using reference CS240926

Drivers preferred but not essential, whilst we welcome applications from drivers, we can consider non drivers. If you do need to go out and about with our customer for that dinner and cinema trip, your costs are covered

Capability Scotland’s benefits:

• A generous salary of£13.45 per hour - £21,038.49pa /FTE
• A nightshift premium rate of £14.12 per hour
• We offer a fully funded SVQ –a qualification which is yours for life.
• Set 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.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• 24/7 employee assistance programme.
• Working for us means you would qualify for Blue Light & Concert for Carer discounts

*Benefits are subject to contractual terms.*

We are One Voice, One Charity, One Spirit, #OneCapability.

Capability Scotland is committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued, and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.

A copy of Capability Scotland’s Equality and Diversity Policy is available upon request from the HR Team.

Due to the high volume of applications expected, we advise that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Thank you for your interest and for taking the time to apply to work with us.

***Please note that our vacancies do not qualify for Skilled Worker Visa Sponsorship, if you require this to commit to this role long term, please do not apply. If we are in a position to offer sponsorship in the future our adverts will be updated to reflect this***