Support Practitioner

Cornerstone; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A community-focused care organization in Scotland is seeking flexible relief colleagues for 2026. You'll play a crucial role in supporting individuals with disabilities in their daily living activities. No experience is necessary, as comprehensive training will be provided, including funding for SVQ qualifications. The role requires a caring attitude, teamwork, and the ability to work alone. Enjoy meaningful work with personal and professional development opportunities, flexible shifts, and attractive perks.

Benefits

Access to funded qualifications

Ongoing professional development

Recommend a colleague bonus

Long service awards

26 days annual leave plus paid bank holidays

Discount opportunities

Independent employee assistance helpline

Responsibilities

• Provide excellent care and support during times of absence.
• Support individuals with disabilities in daily living activities.
• Assist individuals to reach goals and participate in local communities.

Skills

Caring and compassionate attitude

Teamwork

Confidence to lone work

Great communication skills

Organisational skills

Positive attitude

Willingness to learn

Creative drive

Confidence in use of computers

Education

Willingness to work towards SVQ in Social Services and Healthcare

Job description

Are you looking for a new flexible job for 2026 that gives you lots of job satisfaction?

Look no further, we are now on the look out for our new future stars!

We've now got relief job opportunities in Milngavie & Lennoxtown.

The great thing about our relief contracts is they give you flexibility; you tell us when you're available and we try to give you shifts to fit.

The Role

Our relief colleagues play an incredibly important role within our teams. As a relief colleague, you will step in to make sure that we still provide excellent care and support during times of annual leave, training or absence.

No two days are ever the same, you'll play a HUGE part in making a difference in the lives of the individuals we support.

You'll support individuals with disabilities and/or additional support needs with all aspects of their daily living, including medication, housework, finances, preparing food, cooking and personal care. You'll also support them to reach their goals, participate in their hobbies and activities and play an active part in their local communities.

About You

You don't need experience to start your career with us; we recruit on values and transferrable skills and will give you all the paid training you'll need if you're successful. We'll even fund your SVQ (SCQF level 6/7) qualification and yearly SSSC registration fees too!

All we'll need you to bring is:

• A caring and compassionate attitude
• The ability to work well in a team
• Confidence to lone work
• Great communication and organisational skills
• A positive attitude with a willingness to learn
• A creative drive to improve the lives of the individuals you support
• Confidence in the use of 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, evenings, weekends, sleepovers, waking nights and public holidays.

What makes Cornerstone a great place to work

Along with hosting annual Star Awards to celebrate and recognise the impact and dedication of our colleagues and the achievements of the people we support, there's some other great perks that'll you receive when you join our team:

• 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
• We reimburse your yearly SSSC registration fees
• 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

Sound interesting? What are you waiting for? Apply today, we can't wait to hear from you!

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.

We are looking to fill these vacancies as soon as possible so reserve the right to close our advert early if we find suitable candidates before the closing date. Please apply early to avoid disappointment.

Please note - 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.