Support Practitioner

Turning Point Scotland; Dundee; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Family friendly policies

Extensive training

Career development opportunities

Further education support

Job summary

Turning Point Scotland in Dundee seeks a Support Practitioner to assist adults with learning disabilities. The role may be full-time, part-time or relief hours, with a permanent contract and salary of £25,879–£26,843. Training provided and SSSC registration supported within 6 months.

IT skills are required and a compassionate, inclusive approach is essential. You will work to help individuals stay safe, access education and employment, and participate in daily activities, with modern training

Qualifications

• No previous working experience required; full training will be provided.
• Values of respect, compassion, inclusion and integrity are important to join the team.
• IT skills are required for all vacancies.
• Willingness to register with the SSSC within 6 months of start date.

Responsibilities

• Provide practical and emotional support to adults with a range of needs.
• Work 1:1 or as part of a team to help service users achieve personal outcomes.
• Encourage daily living activities, community involvement and wellbeing.
• Support service users with personal care and home life as required.

Skills

Compassion

Respect

Inclusion

Integrity

IT skills

Job description

Full and Part Time available & Relief Hours

Job Description

Post: Support Practitioner

Service: Learning Disabilities

Based: Dundee

Hours: Full and Part Time & Relief Hours available

Salary: £25,879 - £26,843

Contract: Permanent

If you live your best life, support someone to live theirs!

Do you have a passion for helping vulnerable people enjoy as much fulfilment as they can and feel included in their community? If compassion, care and inclusiveness are an important part of who you are, our opportunities to work away from the routine in a demanding, challenging but emotionally rewarding role could be for you.

Our Turning Point Scotland Services in Dundee are looking for people like you to help provide individualised support to adults with a wide range of needs, either on an individual 1:1 basis or alongside others and as part of a team.

Turning Point Scotland - Dundee Service

Turning Point Scotland‘s Dundee service provides support to individuals with a variety of support needs including learning disability, physical disability, autism, mental health illness and community justice. We provide supported living services, housing support and day opportunities to promote independence and choice to individuals in order to enable them to access everyday life experiences including access to education, employment and social activities. We will also provide support with developing relationships and maintaining a home. We work in partnership with service users, their families, health teams, social work teams and advocacy.

The support we provide is always person centred, we do this by involving people who know the person well, this includes family and friends, other health and Social Work professionals, Advocacy services and our own staff members.

No previous working experience is needed;full training will be provided to you. We believe having the right values of respect, compassion, inclusion and integrity is all you need to join our team! We would offer you full support in completing your application.

As a Support Practitioner, you will work with individuals who have a wide range of support needs, providing them with practical and emotional support and encouraging them to achieve their own personal outcomes in all aspects of their daily lives e.g. keeping safe, meaningful activities, community involvement, physical health, relationships, emotional health and wellbeing.

We value lived experience, read more about our views.

We welcome applications from all candidates who are eligible to work in the United Kingdom. However, we are not able to sponsor visas.

Turning Point Scotland offers a Salary Matching opportunity within the pay points of the role and based on experience.

Please note that IT skills are required for all our vacancies.

Where applicable, successful candidates will be required to register with the SSSC within 6 months of start date

Turning Point Scotland have Platinum accreditation in Investors in People. Our staff are our most important asset, therefore we offer extensive training and impressive personal and career-focused development opportunities. You could be part of an organisation that not only offers excellent careers but makes a real difference to thousands of People’s lives and achieve your own personal fulfilment.

• 123 Learning and development courses
• 29 eLearning courses
• Funded qualification – SVQ Social Services and Healthcare, work basedassessment
  
• Your Career Pathway, we promote from within and advertise internally all jobs
• Pension Scheme, employer contribution 4%
• Wide range of family friendly policies
• 35 holiday/public holidays days' per year.

Does this position require a valid UK driving licence and access to a vehicle? No

Does the post include personal care? Yes

Does the post include cooking and housekeeping skills? Yes

Will the service users be involved in this process? Yes

If you would like to chat about any aspect of the role, please call our Recruitment & Engagement Team on 0808 1643100.