Nightshift Support Worker - Dunfermline

Capability Scotland; Dunfermline; On-site; GBP 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading charity as a Nightshift Support Worker in Dunfermline, offering essential support to individuals with complex disabilities. This rewarding role features a flexible 2-week rolling rota, competitive pay, and excellent benefits, including a fully funded SVQ qualification and generous leave entitlements.

Benefits

32 days' holidays per year

Free PVG checks

Up to 8% company contribution pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

24/7 employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Drivers preferred but not essential.
• Ability to support individuals with complex disabilities.
• Willingness to engage in fun activities with residents.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals with personal care, medication, and mobility.
• Engage residents in shopping, sports events, and activities.
• Maintain a warm and supportive environment.

Skills

Personal care

Mobility support

Assistance with activities

Education

SVQ qualification

Job description

Join Our Team as a Nightshift Support Worker – Enjoy a Rewarding Role with a Great Work-Life Balance!

Are you looking for a fulfilling nightshift support role in a care setting that offers an excellent work-life balance on a 2-week rolling rota? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!

At Capability Scotland, our mission is to provide the highest quality services, tailored to the unique needs of disabled individuals. We partner with our people to create innovative solutions that help them achieve their goals. Our customers and learners are at the heart of everything we do, and we ensure their voices are heard and respected.

We are passionate about what we do and are excited to recruit Support Workers for our Fife Housing Support & Care at Home services, based in Dunfermline.

The Role: Support Worker

In this role, you'll be supporting individuals with a range of complex disabilities to live independently in our bright, fully adapted residential settings in Dunfermline. Each resident enjoys their own private bedroom, either a private or shared Jack & Jill bathroom, and access to shared communal spaces.

As a Support Worker, you'll assist our customers with personal care, dressing, medication, mobility, and mealtimes. Your day will also involve supporting them in participating in fun and engaging activities, both individually and in groups. Whether it's going shopping, attending a football match, enjoying a trip to the cinema, or having fun with themed game days, you'll help bring joy and independence to the lives of those you support.

What you need to know

Hours: Up to 31.5 hours per week. Nightshifts 10pm - 7am.

2 week rolling rota, rota pattern is: week 1 - Mon, Tues, Fri, Sat and Sun / week 2 - Wed and Thurs.

***This role DOES NOT qualify for skilled worker shortage visa sponsorship***

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 £21,729.08 pa (£13.23 ph)
• We offer a fully funded SVQ –a qualification which is yours for life.
• Most services offer, set 2, 3, 4 and 6 weeks rolling or monthly 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

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

Want to be part of this? Apply now

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.