Support Practitioner (Female Only)

Cornerstone Community Care; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid training

SVQ funding

PVG/SSSC fees funded

Career progression

No uniform

Job summary

Cornerstone Community Care is seeking a caring and enthusiastic individual to join our Inchbrae team in Aberdeen on a permanent, full-time basis (39 hours per week). You’ll support three residents with learning and physical disabilities in a warm, home-like setting, helping with daily life and activities they love.

No prior care experience is required; we value who you are. We offer fully paid training and fund an SVQ, with PVG/SSSC fees reimbursed, to help you grow in your career.

Qualifications

• No prior care experience required; we value who you are.
• Fully paid training provided to build your skills.
• We fund your SVQ (SCQF Level 6/7) and reimburse PVG and SSSC fees.

Responsibilities

• Support three residents with learning/physical disabilities in a shared home.
• Help with daily living activities and enable residents to enjoy supported activities.
• Assist with administration and record keeping as needed.

Skills

Caring

Team player

Communication

Organisational skills

Positive attitude

Creativity

Administration

Water confidence

Computers

Education

SVQ in Social Services and Healthcare

Job description

Looking for a job where you can genuinely make a difference and go home knowing that you've helped someone have a great day? Our amazing #TeamInchbrae in Aberdeen are on the lookout for a new female colleague to join them on a permanent, full-time (39 hours per week) basis.

If you're caring, positive and enjoy spending time with people, this could be the rewarding career move you've been looking for. Meet the people you'll support You'll join a friendly, welcoming team supporting three amazing people (two ladies and a gentleman) who all have learning and physical disabilities and live together in their own shared home. It's a lovely, homely environment, complete with a dedicated sensory room, and you'll quickly become part of a close-knit team where every day is different. Alongside supporting with all aspects of daily life, you'll help the people we support to enjoy the things they love and make the most of their lives. Their interests include:

• Swimming
• Arts & crafts
• Baking
• Music
• Movies
• Shopping trips
• Days out and enjoying their local community

Whether you're joining them for a swim, helping with some baking, heading out shopping or simply spending time together at home, you'll be helping create moments that matter. About you You don't need previous care experience, we're more interested in who you are than what's already on your CV.

We'll provide you with fully paid training and all the practical skills you need to build a rewarding career in Health & Social Care.

And there's more...

We'll fund your SVQ (SCQF Level 6/7) qualification and reimburse your PVG and SSSC registration fees, helping you develop your skills and progress your career while you're making a difference to others.

We're looking for people who are:

• Caring, compassionate and genuinely interested in helping others
• Team players who enjoy working collaboratively
• Good communicators with organisational skills
• Positive, enthusiastic and willing to learn
• Creative and always looking for ways to improve the lives of the people they support
• Comfortable with administration and record keeping
• Confident going in the water, as swimming is a regular activity
• Comfortable using computers

Shift Patterns

As we're dedicated to providing the best support, tailored to the needs of each individual the shifts will fall into patterns of early mornings (from 0700 hours), days and evenings. Weekends, waking nights, sleepovers and public holidays will also form part of your work schedule on a rotational basis. When working a sleepover, the sleep part of your shift isn’t included in your contracted hours. You receive £107.60 per sleepover worked.

What makes Cornerstone a great place to work

• You'll have a meaningful job doing things that you enjoy - it often doesn't feel like work
• Your job actually changes and improves lives - you'll make a difference in your local community
• We have a culture of empowering our colleagues and teamwork
• No uniform - we wear our own casual clothes
• We fund up to £500 towards driving lessons
• Access to funded qualifications through our SQA approved, award winning Training Academy
• Ongoing continued professional development and career progression opportunities
• Recommend a colleague bonus scheme
• Long service awards
• Access to a 24/7 independent employee assistance helpline
• 26 days annual leave (rising by 5 days after 5 years) plus 4 paid bank holidays
• Family friendly leave options, including family, parental, bereavement and special leave
• Access to lots of discounts, including the cinema, gym memberships, holidays and shopping to name a few

So if you're looking for a career where you can be yourself, develop new skills and make a real difference to people's lives, we'd love to hear from you.

We are looking to fill this vacancy as soon as possible and hold the right to close our advert early if we find a suitable candidate before the closing date. Successful candidates will be required to join the Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme and be committed to working towards an SVQ in Social Services and Healthcare with the support from our Training Academy. If you’re successful in joining our team, we will need you to register with the SSSC within 3 months of starting your employment with us.

If you have spent more than 12 months out with 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.

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.