Relief Care Assistant

Fife Council; Scotland; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Fife Council recherche des candidats motivés et engagés pour des postes dans les services de soins aux personnes âgées. Les candidats devront fournir un soutien et des soins adaptés, tout en favorisant l'indépendance et l'inclusion sociale des usagers. Les personnes intéressées doivent être prêtes à obtenir un SVQ 2 et à s'engager dans un environnement de travail collaboratif.

Qualifications

• Doit obtenir un SVQ 2 conformément aux exigences du Scottish Social Services Council.
• Assurer des soins et un soutien conformes aux normes de santé et de services sociaux.
• Capacité à travailler en collaboration avec d'autres services.

Responsibilities

• Fournir un soutien positif pour aider les utilisateurs de services à faire leurs propres choix.
• Promouvoir l'inclusion sociale et l'indépendance personnelle des usagers.
• Travailler de manière flexible au sein d'une équipe dynamique.

Skills

Motivation

Flexibilité

Créativité

Education

SVQ 2

Job description

Social network you want to login/join with:

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 relief / casual basis within the care home which includes, early shifts, late shifts and a period of night duty, unsocial hours will be paid at 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 service users 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 SVQ 2, as required by the Scottish Social Services Council. Within the timeframes set at point of registration, once qualification achieved it is the person's responsibility to inform Scottish Social Services Council accordingly.
• Provide care and support which meets the Health and Social Care standards.
• Must be able to work with other Council services and partner agencies to support the 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.

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.

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 so you're registered within the required six months. More details are included in the role profile.