Relief Rehabilitation Assistant - Dumfries - 433527

Medirest Signature; Scotland; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A community care organization in Dumfries seeks a Relief Rehabilitation Assistant to support individuals with acquired brain injuries. The role involves providing flexible, person-centered care and may require physical assistance. Candidates should have experience in a similar role and a relevant qualification or willingness to attain one. This position offers competitive hourly pay and various benefits including a fully funded SVQ qualification.

Benefits

Generous salary of £12.60 per hour

Fully funded SVQ qualification

32 days' holidays per year

Free PVG checks

Up to 8% pension contribution

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience of working in a similar role and environment.
• Willingness to undertake personal development opportunities.
• A full Driving License and access to a car is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide person-centered support to individuals with acquired brain injuries.
• Cover for staff sickness and annual leave as needed.
• Assist with physical activities including pushing wheelchairs.

Skills

Experience in a similar role

Excellent interpersonal skills

Ability to work as part of a team

Knowledge of IT systems

Education

Care related SVQ Level 3 or willingness to gain this qualification

Job description

Relief Rehabilitation Assistant

About Our Service

Capability Scotland is a well-established and respected provider of community-based facilitation services throughout Dumfries and Galloway. In the past three years we have grown from a small but very well-established and respected service to that of a major contributor to the provision of care and support across Dumfries and the wider region. We pride ourselves on our creativity, flexibility, and willingness to think outside the box with the support we offer.

Our service supports people to engage in employment, education, volunteering and activities of their choice in their communities. To do this Capability Scotland provides:

• Wrap-around rehabilitation service for people with an Acquired Brain Injury
• Community facilitation service for people with physical disabilities
• Self-directed support brokerage and payroll service.

We currently have a vacancy within our Acquired Brain Injury Service.

About the role

We are currently looking to recruit a relief Rehabilitation Assistant to provide an innovative, flexible, person-centered approach to people with an acquired brain injury based on individual assessed needs. You will also be required to support our team to cover annual leave and staff sickness, this may be at short notice.

The role involves a degree of physical activity which may include pushing wheelchairs and providing physical support to our customers. This post is on a relief basis and cover may be required between Monday - Thursday 10am-4pm on an ad hoc basis. Our base is in Dumfries and whilst our work is mainly building based there will be a need for a flexible approach to service delivery.

A job description is available here: Rehabilitation Worker

What we're looking for

• Experience of working in a similar role and environment,
• Willingness to undertake any personal development opportunities.
• A care related SVQ Level 3 (or the willingness to gain this qualification in a given timescale).
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to work as part of a team and on your own initiative.
• A full Driving License and access to a car is required due to the flexible approach of for this role.
• knowledge of IT systems will be required .

If you would like to discuss the post, please contact Nicola Ross Team Leader on 07815654562

Interviews will be held wc 4th Aug 2025.

Capability Scotland's benefits:

• A generous salary of £12.60 per hour
• 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.
• Perks at Work - shopping discount scheme.
• 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.

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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***