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Relief Practitioner | Care at Home Service

Aberdeen Cyrenians

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Job summary

Aberdeen Cyrenians is seeking a Relief Support Practitioner for their Care at Home Service. The role involves delivering person-centered care to vulnerable individuals, requiring compassion, effective communication, and relevant qualifications. Flexible working hours are available, alongside comprehensive training and a commitment to continuous development.

Benefits

Comprehensive training

Living Wage Foundation accredited employer

Opportunities for career progression

Mileage covered at national rate

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

Minimum qualification of N/SVQ3 or equivalent in Adult Health and Social Care.
Proven track record in a similar role.
Ability to use smartphone and basic computer applications.

Responsibilities

Provide high-quality person-centered care to service users in their homes.
Communicate effectively with multi-disciplinary teams and service users.
Maintain safe and enabling living environments.

Skills

Communication

Compassion

Team Collaboration

Person-Centered Approach

Education

N/SVQ3 in Adult Health and Social Care

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About Us

Aberdeen Cyrenians have provided front-line services and care in the North East for over 50+ years, empowering vulnerable and socially excluded people, to overcome their personal challenges, make informed choices and move towards positive outcomes, promoting dignity, inclusiveness and equality throughout communities.

Our organisation exists to support anyone and everyone who is facing difficulty and we provide a wide range of life-changing services including support to people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, have experienced abuse, are at risk of violence, are at high financial risk, struggling with mental health issues, struggling with substance addiction, social exclusion or involved in the justice system.

You can find out more about our organisation and our impact at www.weareac.org

Position:

Job title: Relief Support Practitioner | Care at Home Service

Responsible to: Team Leaders and Service Manager

Hours of work: This role offers flexible working including mornings, evenings and weekends

Salary: £12.60 per hour plus annual leave allowance

Location: Field-based working across all three localities of Aberdeen City (base office is Bridge of Don)

Number of Vacancies: 2

Main Responsibilities: Lead and participate in the provision of a high standard of person-led care and support for service users in their own homes, in line with individual care plans and risk assessments, organisational policies, national standards, codes of practice and legislation.

Communicate effectively with service users, families and multi-disciplinary teams, record appropriate care notes and create a safe, positive and enabling environment.

Job Purpose

Our Care at Home team is looking for caring, compassionate and motivated people to join their growing team. The role offers agreed flexibility in your hours of work. We will offer you extensive training to support your development in your role to enable a great sense of job satisfaction.

Requirements:

Job activities

To understand the physical, emotional, cultural, and social needs of the service users, including a wide range of needs, illnesses and disabilities
To provide a wide range of domiciliary care including personal and continence care, managing medication, household tasks and meal preparation as agreed in individual care plans
An understanding of palliative and end-of-life care
An understanding of working with vulnerable elderly people
Working to a person-centred and enabling approach
To observe and promote the service user’s choice, independence, dignity, privacy, fulfilment and other rights
To actively support other Support Practitioners
To undertake the tasks detailed in the service user’s care and support plan using trauma-informed practices
To encourage the independence and motivation of the service user and foster improved levels of self-sufficiency
To provide input into the care and support plans alongside the service user
To use manual handling equipment safely and correctly
To take responsibility for the safe handling of property and equipment belonging to the service user
To establish and maintain good communication and develop effective working relationships with service users, families and multi-disciplinary teams
To ensure as safe as possible the living environment for the service user, whilst respecting the service user’s choice and rights

Essential

A minimum qualification of N/SVQ3 in Adult Health and Social Care, or equivalent professional qualification (nursing etc) (or equivalent professional experience and a willingness to work towards SVQ3)
Literacy and numeracy at a level to maintain all the appropriate paperwork and report writing.
Able to use a smartphone app and computer applications such as Word
Proven track record in a similar role

Systems

Maintenance of records – Utilisation of PASS to record all information in relation to Service User Case Management
Team meeting attendance
Office 365 and IT Platforms

Quality Standards

Working to the appropriate Care Inspectorate standards
Working to the appropriate Scottish Social Services Council standards
Working to the appropriate Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator standards
Working to the appropriate Aberdeen Cyrenians standards and working in partnership with the commissioner.
Working to the appropriate Environmental Health standards

General Terms of Reference

In carrying out the above activities, the Home Care Support Practitioner will:

Work on their own and as part of teams, both within Aberdeen Cyrenians and with partnership organisations
Maximise their own performance and contribution
Ensure they comply with internal and external regulations, procedures and other requirements pertaining to the service
Maintain the good reputation of the organisation
Keep abreast of developments and legislation relevant to the service’s range of activities
Seek to improve their knowledge and skills by both formal and informal means
Carry out other relevant work commensurate with the post as required

Aims, values and behaviours

To be respectful of and work in accordance with the core values and behaviours of the organisation.
To respect and work in accordance with our Equality and Diversity Policy and ensure its promotion in the course of your daily work
Have a duty to take care of your own health and safety and that of others who may be affected by your actions at work.
Co-operate with employers and co-workers to help everyone meet their legal requirements.
Raise any specific queries or concerns you have regarding your workplace with your line manager or health and safety representative.

Other information:

You can expect the following working for us:

Comprehensive training through our online Learning Management System
Opportunity to pursue on the job qualifications and career progression
Online timesheets and expenses
We are a Living Wage Foundation accredited employer - pay is reviewed annually each April
Benefits including Bike to Work Scheme and an Employee Assistance programme
A warm and friendly team environment where everyone is valued.
Mileage paid at the national rate.

It's important to us that we recruit people who share our values and who want to make a difference. Our interview process is designed to get to know you better and to find out why you want to work for us. If you are nervous, please don't be - there are no right or wrong answers.

Because we work with vulnerable people, we have a responsibility to safeguard them. We undertake background and reference checks, and it is a term of employment with us that all employees register with the Protecting Vulnerable Groups ("PVG") scheme operated by Disclosure Scotland.

We guarantee an interview to candidates who have lived experience within the areas of society and the issues that we support and those who are care experienced, subject to meeting the minimum criteria for the role.

We're an equal opportunities employer and value diversity - exclusion has no place in our workplaces. If you need us to make reasonable adjustments to allow you to attend an interview with us, just let us know.

We regret that due to current Home Office rules, we are not able to sponsor applicants for this role, so you must be eligible to live and work in the UK without sponsorship.

The closing date for this position is Tuesday, 8th July 2025.

We review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early should sufficient applications be received.

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