Support Practitioner - 495124

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

Benefits offered by this job

Salary Matching

Job summary

Turning Point Scotland's South Ayrshire Learning Disabilities Service is seeking Support Practitioners to join their team in South Ayrshire. This permanent role offers full-time and part-time hours and a salary pro-rata of £25,878–£26,931 per annum.

You will support people with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, and mental health needs in home and community settings, with shift patterns including sleepovers. IT skills are required and visa sponsorship is not offered.

Qualifications

• Full UK, Clean, Manual Drivers Licence.
• Genuine care and commitment to helping people live their best lives.
• Flexibility to work on a rota basis.
• Demonstrate respect, compassion, inclusion and integrity.

Responsibilities

• Help the people we support to access local resources, make friends and explore opportunities to work.
• Provide personal care with dignity, comfort and wellbeing at heart.
• Work together as part of a dedicated team, shaping the support around each person and the agreed goals.
• Encourage the people we support to learn new skills, grow in confidence and get the most out of life.

Skills

Driver's Licence (UK)

Empathy & patient care

Tools

IT skills

Job description

Post: Support Practitioner

Service: South Ayrshire Learning Disabilities Service

Based: South Ayrshire

Hours: Full Time & Part Time Available

Salary: £25,878 - £26,931 (pro-rata)

Contract: Permanent

Join our Team!

Turning Point Scotland's South Ayrshire Learning Disabilities Service, is looking for Support Practitioners to join their team.

South Ayrshire is a unique 24/7 Service, offering at home support and community supports to people with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, on the autistic spectrum & mental health issues.

The hours are varied to meet the needs of each person and will include sleep over shifts (paid at a rate of £107.60 per sleepover!)

What we're looking for

• We need you to have a Full UK, Clean, Manual Drivers Licence
• Bring genuine care and commitment to helping people live their best lives.
• Flexibility to work on a rota basis
• Demonstrate you can work with respect, compassion, inclusion and integrity

What you'll do

• Help the people we support to access local resources, make friends and explore opportunities to work.
• Provide personal care with dignity, comfort and wellbeing at heart.
• Work together as part of a dedicated team, shaping the support around each person and the agreed goals.
• Encourage the people we support to learn new skills, grow in confidence and get the most out of life

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