Support Practitioner (*Female)

Cornerstone; Glasgow; On-site; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team as a Support Practitioner, where your empathy and communication skills will shine. This role offers the chance to make a real difference in the lives of individuals with learning disabilities by providing essential support in daily living activities and companionship. With a focus on promoting independence, you'll engage in their interests and hobbies, ensuring every day is fulfilling and fun. If you're a caring, energetic individual looking for job satisfaction and the opportunity to grow, this position is perfect for you. Enjoy a supportive work environment that values your contributions and encourages personal development.

Benefits

Paid Training

Funding for SVQ

Flexible Shift Patterns

Additional Sleepover Payment

Qualifications

• No previous experience required; training provided.
• Must join the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily living support to individuals with learning disabilities.
• Encourage independence and engage in hobbies with the supported individuals.

Skills

Empathy

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Reliability

Flexibility

Education

SVQ in Social Services and Healthcare

Job description

Passionate about making a real difference and looking for that job satisfaction you deserve?If you share our values and love getting out and about then this might just be the role for you!

Our fabulous #TeamHerries have an exciting opportunity for a creative, caring female colleague who loves a good chat to join our team as a Support Practitioner.

You don't need previous experience in care as a Support Worker or qualifications to start your career with us; we recruit on values and transferable skills. We'll pay you for your training and give you all the skills you'll need. We'll even fund your SVQ (SCQF level 6/7) and SSSC yearly registration fees too!

The Role

You will be joining a small, dedicated team of Support Practitioners providing a twenty-four-hour housing support service to three fun-loving and chatty ladies in Pollokshaws. The people we support have learning disabilities and other complex health and support needs; one of the ladies requires a wheelchair to get around. The service has a charming sensory garden and is situated in a lovely area on the Southside of Glasgow, close to several beautiful green spaces, which the people we support enjoy visiting.

With a focus on maintaining and promoting independence, you will work in a person-centred way to provide support in all aspects of daily living, including personal care, cooking, and helping them take care of their home. You’ll provide emotional support and companionship, and enable them to pursue their hobbies and interests, which include reading, music, anime, karaoke, going to the gym, and swimming. They'd love for you to support them in finding more fun and interesting things to try!

There's never a dull moment with #TeamHerries as the ladies we support are very sociable and enjoy getting out and about, not to mention a tasty bite or a bit of retail therapy.

To be a great Support Practitioner, you will be:

• a naturally empathetic person with a warm, friendly personality
• a good listener with great communication skills
• able to build and maintain positive, respectful relationships with different people
• a problem-solver and able to think on your feet and use your initiative
• upbeat, energetic with a positive, can-do attitude
• reliable and flexible to meet the needs of the people we support

Shift Patterns

Our team provides support twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, following a rolling rota. If you’re successful in joining our team, your rota will include a combination of longer and shorter day shifts and sleepovers; for example, 8.00 am to 4.30 pm, 8.00 am to 8.30 pm, and 8.00 am to 8.00 am sleepover. You’ll be expected to work weekends and public holidays as part of your rota.

Sleepover hours are not included in your contracted hours and you’ll receive an additional sleepover payment of £98.10 per night.

Do you have any questions?To find out more, please contact Alice Sawyer on 07385002097.

If you’re successful in joining our team, you will be expected to join the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme and must be willing to work towards an SVQ in Social Services and Healthcare as required for SSSC registration. We will need you to register with the SSSC within 3 months of starting your employment with us.

Cornerstone welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively seeks to increase the diversity of our workforce.

* For this position, female is an Occupational Requirement as defined by the Equality Act 2010.

Please note - If you have spent more than 12 months outside the UK (excluding France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, or Spain) within the last 10 years while over the age of 18, you will be asked to provide a criminal record certificate from the relevant government/police authority as part of our pre-employment checks.

Please note, due to this position being live over the festive period, successful applicants will be contacted in the New Year and invited forward for interviews at our office in Glasgow.