Support Practitioner - 483655

Turning Point Scotland; Blairgowrie and Rattray; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary Matching

Full training provided

SSSC registration support

Job summary

Turning Point Scotland is seeking a Support Practitioner to join our Perth and Kinross Service, based in Perth & Kinross including Rattray. Full time, part time and relief hours available, with a permanent contract.

You will provide practical and emotional support to adults with a wide range of needs, helping them to lead fulfilling lives, stay safe, and participate in their community. Full training is provided and no prior experience is required.

Qualifications

• No prior care experience required; full training provided.
• Ability to support adults with a wide range of needs.
• Commitment to inclusion, respect and person-centred care.

Responsibilities

• Provide practical and emotional support to individuals to help them achieve personal outcomes.
• Support with daily living activities, meaningful activities and community involvement.
• Work with individuals 1:1 or in a team, involving families and health/social care professionals.

Job description

Post: Support Practitioner

Service: Perth and Kinross Service

Based: Perth & Kinross, including Rattray

Hours: Full Time, Part Time & Relief Available

Salary: £25,879 - £26,717

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 Perth and Kinross 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.

At Turning Point Scotland Perth & Kinross, we deliver services for people who have a learning disability or autism and unique and complex behaviours which challenge the service: many of the individuals we support have some forensic histories. We support people who live in 24/7 supported accommodation projects and their own homes. We also provide support within our outreach service to people with learning disabilities within the area of Perth & Kinross.

We work in a person centred way tailoring support to meet the needs of the people we support maximising choice and autonomy while assessing and managing risk in conjunction with the Tayside Risk Management Group.

We also offer support through our garden project at the Perth Harbour-side. This offers the chance for people to develop skills for future employment, gain confidence and work with others in a positive and supportive environment.

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, please click here to 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