Support Practitioner Dunoon

Carr Gomm; Dunoon; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

35 days holiday per year

Enhanced mileage payment

Defined Contribution pension scheme

Carr Gomm App access (health coaching,

Blue Light Card discounts

Cycle to Work scheme

Job summary

Carr Gomm is seeking a dedicated Support Practitioner in Dunoon to help people live independently at home. You will support daily routines, assist with meals and personal care, and respond to telecare alarms, making a real difference in people’s lives within their own homes.

Full training is provided, and you’ll work to promote wellness and independence, while traveling across rural areas as needed. A full driving licence is often required to cover geographic needs and offer flexible,

Qualifications

• Compassionate, reliable, and community-minded.

Responsibilities

• Support people with daily activities, including meals, medication, and personal care.
• Build strong, trusting relationships with people and their families.
• Work flexibly across different shift patterns, including days, evenings, and weekends.

Job description

Job Description

Support Practitioner - Dunoon

"If you are looking for job satisfaction, join our fantastic team in Dunoon where we strive to support connections and help people stay in their own homes with contentment, safety and independence." - Elaine, Service Manager

As a Support Practitioner, you'll play a key role in helping people live their best lives. Every day, you'll make a real difference, whether you're supporting someone with daily routines, helping them settle back home after a hospital stay, or responding to telecare alarms. It's a role where every day you help people stay connected, independent, and supported in their own homes.

About Us

Carr Gomm is a leading social care and community development charity, supporting people across Argyll & Bute to live independently, safely, and well in their own homes. We are currently recruiting Support Practitioners for the following services in Dunoon:

Care at Home

Support people with their daily routines according to their individual support plan. This includes meal preparation, medication, personal care, and other practical support to maintain independence and quality of life.

Shift patterns vary depending on people's needs, from 07:00-14:00 and 16:00-22:00.

All Support Practitioners support people to live well in their own homes, building trusting relationships and helping them stay connected to their community. As a Support Practitioner, you will have a diverse role helping to promote wellness and encourage people we support to live their best possible life.

Who We Are Looking For

We are looking for people who are compassionate, reliable, and community-minded. Full training is provided, and you'll be supported to achieve an SVQ in Health and Social Care while you work.

Many roles involve travel across rural communities, so having a full driving licence is required.

You will:

• Support people with daily activities, including meals, medication, and personal care
• Build strong, trusting relationships with people and their families
• Work flexibly across different shift patterns, including days, evenings, and weekends

Being a Support Practitioner with Carr Gomm is a diverse and engaging role, with many exciting opportunities to be involved with. The Move to Improve scheme is a person-centred programme developed with our partners at Health by Science, supporting staff to help the people we support stay active, mobile and independent. Through meaningful, enjoyable movement tailored to each individual, we aim to build confidence, support recovery, reduce avoidable hospital admissions and promote long-term health and wellbeing. It's all about celebrating progress, however small and helping people invest in their health for the future

Contracts

Part-time and full-time contracts are available. If you can't commit to set hours, we also have Relief Support Practitioner roles for greater flexibility. Due to the nature of the service, a drivers licence is required.

Why Join Carr Gomm

You will be part of a supportive, forward-thinking organisation that invests in its people. You will have opportunities to shape how work is done through specialist working groups and the Futures innovation programme, within an organisation that proudly holds the LGBT Charter for inclusion.

As a permanent Support Practitioner, you will also receive:

• Anti-social hours enhancement of up to £1,272 per annum, when undertaking waking night shifts (11pm-7am)
• Enhanced mileage payment of 45p per mile
• 35 days holiday per year, rising to 40 days with service
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, and sick leave
• A Defined Contribution pension scheme, with incremental employer contributions
• Access to the Carr Gomm App , including free physiotherapy, health coaching, and counselling
• A free Blue Light Card , giving access to thousands of discounts
• Credit union membership
• Cycle to Work scheme, and more

"If I didn't have carers coming in I wouldn't be able to stay at home. I would have to go into a care home and I would lose my independence" , Rosemary Person Carr Gomm supports

We welcome applications from any candidates already eligible to work in the UK or those who can apply for a visa granting permission to work in the UK (e.g., dependent visas, ancestry, etc.) that do not require sponsorship from Carr Gomm.