Social Care Worker - Hillcrest LRU - SOA11101

South Ayrshire Council; Girvan; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

South Ayrshire Council seeks a dedicated frontline worker to assist in providing a high standard of care for service users. This part-time role involves flexible hours and offers various benefits, including generous leave entitlement and well-being initiatives.

Benefits

Generous annual leave entitlement

Wellbeing initiatives and Occupational Health services

Healthy work-life balance environment

Car leasing scheme

Discounts on supermarkets and retailers

Cycle to Work Scheme

Responsibilities

• Assist in providing flexible care to ensure service users' well-being.
• Maintain standards of care and practice across all settings.

Job description

Salary: £22,573 - £24,278 per year

Contract Type: Permanent

Position Type: Part Time

Hours: 30 hours per week

JOB DESCRIPTION

To assist in providing a flexible model of care to ensure the well-being of service users by maintaining recognised standards of both care and practice across all settings that responds to the needs of service users in a way that is person centered, improves outcomes, and provides appropriate care.

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RESPONSIBILITIES

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ABOUT US

South Ayrshire is at the heart of historic Ayrshire, with a wealth of local heritage and culture, first class leisure amenities, world-wide travel links, diverse landscapes and thriving communities.

Making a difference for our communities is at the heart of what we do and working with us means, you can use your skills, knowledge and experience to help us do just that. We currently employ around 6000 people to serve a population of more than 112,000 people located across a diverse area that includes the towns of Ayr, Girvan, Maybole, Prestwick and Troon as well as small rural villages, coastline and farmland.

We are an ambitious Council, and we aim to place people at the centre of everything we do as we look to deliver the best possible outcomes. We are ambitious for our communities too and our new Council Plan is based on priorities and outcomes that we believe will have the greatest impact on the wellbeing of our communities, our local economy, and our environment.

BENEFITS

Here’s what we can offer!

• Generous annual leave entitlement and enhanced leave scheme (purchase of up to 2 weeks’ holidays)
• Wellbeing initiatives and Occupational Health services
• A healthy environment supportive of work-life balance and caring responsibilities
• Car leasing scheme
• Discounts on major supermarkets and retailers, cinemas and gym memberships (including Council leisure facilities)
• Purchase of white goods and more via salary sacrifice
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Scotwest Credit Union

REQUIREMENTS

This post is considered to be Regulated Work with children and/or protected adults as specified in the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) (PVG) Act 2007. Accordingly, the preferred candidate will be required to become a member of the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme update if already a Scheme member, prior to any formal offer of employment being made. If you wish further information on the PVG Scheme you can visit the Disclosure Scotland website at www.disclosurescotland.co.uk .

Please note you may be required to meet PVG costs.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The grade of this post is Level 5.

The work style for this post is Frontline worker.

The work pattern is: 2x 12-hour shifts and 1x 6-hour shift per week.