Social Care Worker - Mental Health Community Support Services - SIC09081

Shetland Islands Council; Lerwick; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Distant islands allowance

Local Government Pension scheme

Flexible working and family friendly

Excellent training and development

Job summary

Shetland Islands Council in Lerwick is seeking a Social Care Worker for Mental Health Community Support Services. This entry level post focuses on compassionate, person-centred support to adults with care needs, aiming to promote independence and dignity in daily life.

You will join a supportive team, deliver direct care in various settings, and follow the PVG scheme requirements and SSSC values of Respect, Participation and Empowerment. Flexible working options may be discussed.

Qualifications

• Personal values and attitude are the most important attributes.
• Demonstrates the SSSC core values of Respect, Participation & Dignity and Empowerment.
• Willingness to travel across Shetland; a full driving licence is highly desirable.
• PVG scheme checks will be required prior to formal offer.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct support to individuals in a variety of settings.
• Help individuals maximise independence and dignity in daily living.
• Support people with varying abilities and complex needs to achieve goals and personal outcomes.
• Work as part of a team to deliver high-quality care, including personal care and activities.

Skills

Compassionate

Respectful

Empathetic

Good listener

Patient

Tools

Driving licence

Job description

Social Care Worker - Mental Health Community Support Services - SIC09081

‘Are you looking for an opportunity to make a positive difference to someone’s life?’

Can you show us how you would treat the people we support, with the dignity and respect they deserve? Are you kind, caring and compassionate and a good listener who is patient?

If caring comes naturally to you and you find reward in supporting people, this could be the perfect job for you!

No qualification? No Problem! Although experience and qualifications are always desirable, for Entry Grade Social Care Workers your personal values and attitude are the most important attributes. We are looking for thoughtful, caring and inspiring people to join our team!

Community Care Resources – what we do:

Community Care Resources provides a range of person centred services to adults with identified care needs through the provision of Day Care Services, Care at Home and Residential Services.

What you’ll be doing:

As a Social Care Worker in Community Care Resources:

• You will be responsible for providing direct support to individuals in a variety of settings.
• You will play a key role ensuring that individuals receive high standards of care and support to help maximise their independence and dignity throughout their lives.
• You will support people with varying abilities and complex needs, enabling them to achieve their goals, identified priorities and personal outcomes.
• You will work as part of a team to provide the highest quality of care. This may include; intimate personal care, developing daily living skills, training, social activities and other meaningful activity in accordance with individual needs and wishes, whilst supporting individuals, as far as possible, to avoid danger and harm.
• You must evidence that you can demonstrate the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) core values of;
• Respect,
• Participation & Dignity and Empowerment

What’s in it for you? Following a review of responsibilities and reward for social care worker roles across Council services, it was recognised that an uplift in salary was required. In this respect, you’ll be undertaking

valuable work in more than one way! Your benefit package includes:

• Excellent Salary and Conditions
• Distant islands allowance
• Local Government Pension scheme
• Flexible working and family friendly policies
• A varied and interesting workload
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Various other employee benefits

More detail is provided in the Job Profile, Person Specification and Conditions of Service Summary attached to the bottom of this advert.

Please follow the link(s) below for further information -

Do you share our values?

In Shetland Islands Council,

Excellent service is at the heart of everything we do. We provide

taking personal responsibility and

working well together.

It is important that you share our values and would demonstrate this by:

• Providing an excellent level of service, by making sure you understand, meet and manage our service users’ needs.
• Working in an open and honest way, reflecting on your performance and looking for opportunities to improve and develop.
• Having a positive attitude by being open-minded, fair, respectful, trustworthy and honest.
• Taking your responsibilities as an employee of the council seriously.

Social Care Workers shall provide care in a variety of settings including within the community. Therefore the worker will, in the majority of cases, be required to travel to undertake their duties. An ability to drive with a full driving licence is therefore highly desirable and may be essential depending on the demands of the service. The travel requirements of each post will be made clear through the recruitment & selection process.

Above all else we’re looking for someone who’s compassionate, respectful, empathetic and honest, with a values and integrity to make a very real and positive difference to the people we support.

For further details relating to these posts, please contact:

Find out more about:

• Social Care careers in Shetland:

here

• Values for a career in Social Care:

here

• Living and working in Shetland:

here

• The Shetland Islands Council:

here

• The grade of this post is G/H
• Rate of pay shown in the advert is inclusive of Distant Islands Allowance of £1.5523 per hour
• Permanent Part Time post for 32.0 Hours per Week, 52.18 weeks per year
• Preferred candidates will be required to join the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update prior to a formal offer of employment being made
• The successful candidate will have to complete registration with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) when they begin in post
• This vacancy does not meet Home Office rules for UK visa sponsorship. Please only apply if you do not require UK visa sponsorship.
• A relocation package does not apply to this post
• We will pay interview expenses from within Shetland
• You must have the ability to travel throughout Shetland at short notice and where public transport is limited
• We are happy to talk flexible working

During the application process you are required to give the names of two persons not related to you, who we can contact to provide a reference to support your application.

This post is based at Annsbrae House, Lerwick, Shetland.

For further details relating to this post, please contact: Muriel Forbes, Team Leader - 01595 744344 - [e-mail]

If you have a disability which prevents you from applying online, please call 01595 744032

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Information about Shetland

Shetland is an archipelago in the north of the British Isles where you'll find freedom, wildlife and wild beauty, but also a rich culture and dynamic, forward-looking society. The Islands have a thriving and diverse economy full of opportunities and offer residents the ideal work/life balance. Shetland combines stunning coastal landscapes and wide open spaces with friendly, bustling island communities. Factor in Shetland's impressive modern amenities, highly regarded schools and the Islands offer a work life balance rarely found elsewhere.