Social Care Worker - Practitioner - Overtonlea Care Services - SIC09082

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

Benefits offered by this job

Distant Islands Allowance

LGPS

Flexible working

Training opportunities

Employee benefits

Job summary

The Shetland Islands Council invites applications for a Permanent Part Time Social Care Worker in Community Care Resources at Overtonlea Care Centre, Levenwick. You will provide direct support, promote independence and dignity, and work with a team to deliver high-quality care and meaningful activities for adults with identified care needs.

Role requires PVG clearance and registration with the Scottish Social Services Council.

Qualifications

• Experience providing direct support to individuals.
• Ability to work as part of a team to deliver high-quality care.
• Demonstrates respect, dignity and empowerment in line with SSSC values.
• Willingness to undertake PVG checks and SSSC registration.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct support to individuals in various settings.
• Maintain high standards of care to maximise independence and dignity.
• Support people with varying abilities and complex needs to achieve goals.
• Work with the team to deliver daily living skills, training and meaningful activities.
• Evidence commitment to SSSC core values: Respect, Participation & Dignity, and Empowerment.

Skills

Direct care

Teamwork

Communication

Listening

Job description

‘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!

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

This vacancy is being advertised as a

Career Graded post, which is a career development opportunity. This means that the Council is committed to supporting the successful candidate to obtain the necessary skills, abilities and knowledge to become fully competent in the role. Please see the

Career Grade document attached to this advert that outlines the entry level requirements for the job and the expected career progression route. The successful candidate will be supported to become fully competent in the role and progress through the career grade. Where there is a requirement to achieve a qualification, this will be

fully funded by the Council.

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

Additional Information

• The grade of this post is I
• This post is career graded - your salary and career progression will depend on your experience and qualifications.
• Rate of pay shown in the advert is inclusive of Distant Islands Allowance of £1.5523 per hour
• Permanent Part Time post for 35.0 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
• 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 Overtonlea Care Centre, Levenwick, Shetland.

For further details relating to this post, please contact: Angela Milsom, Team Leader - 01595 745032 - [e-mail]

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

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.