Support Practitioner - Male Only

ABR International AB; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Support Practitioner to join their Glasgow East Housing Support service. This part-time role involves providing essential support to individuals with autism and personality disorders, ensuring they live their lives to the fullest. The ideal candidate will possess excellent communication skills, empathy, and a caring nature, while also being IT literate. The position offers flexible shift patterns, including days, evenings, and weekends, along with additional pay for sleepover shifts. Join a team that values inclusivity and continuous improvement, and make a real difference in the lives of those you support.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Cash back and discounts at retailers

Paid travel during shifts

Continuous in-house training opportunities

Refer-a-friend scheme

Employee forum for feedback

Free Membership of Glasgow Credit Union

HSF Health Care plan

Qualifications

• Experience with autism and personality disorders is advantageous.
• Ability to work well in a team and independently.

Responsibilities

• Support service users with autism and personality disorders.
• Provide tailored support across the Glasgow East service.

Skills

Empathy

Communication Skills

IT Literacy

Organizational Skills

Job description

The Richmond Fellowship Scotland makes a real difference in supporting people with their everyday lives. We have an exciting opportunity to join our Glasgow East Housing Support service as Support Practitioner on a part-time basis (30 hours per week).

Due to the nature of this role, we can only accept applications from male candidates.

The role:

As a Support Practitioner, you will predominantly be supporting a service user with autism and personality disorder. Therefore, experience in these fields would be advantageous. Our service user wants to live his life to the fullest, so we are seeking someone energetic, with excellent communication skills.

As well as supporting this particular individual, the successful candidate will support other service users across the Glasgow East service.

To be an amazing Support Practitioner, we'll need you to:

1. Have an empathetic and caring nature
2. Excellent verbal and written communication skills
3. IT literate
4. Be able to work well in a team environment and on your own
5. Good organisational skills

Shift Patterns:

Our dedicated team provide tailored support 24/7 and shift patterns include working days, evenings, sleepovers, weekends and bank/public holidays.

The sleepover part of your shift is not included in your contracted hours so for every sleepover you cover you will be paid an additional £99.20.

Benefits:

1. Generous annual leave
2. Cash back and discounts at a variety of high street and online retailers
3. Paid travel during shifts and 45p per mile fuel allowance
4. Continuous in-house training opportunities and chances to further your career in social care
5. Refer-a-friend scheme - £150 reward for successfully referring a colleague
6. Employee forum - for employees to voice their opinions and give feedback which in turn, allows us to continuously improve as an employer
7. Free Membership of Glasgow Credit Union
8. HSF Health Care plan, counselling and life works service

Closing Date: 17/1/25 (we reserve the right to close the advert early)

If you are applying via a job board then please be aware that you must submit an application via our website otherwise we will be unable to contact you!

All successful Support Practitioner applicants will be given a conditional offer- this is subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and PVG; having a conviction will not necessarily debar you from working in this sector. All new colleagues will be required to register with the SSSC within 3 months of their start date.

Schedule 9 Part 1 (1)(1)(a) of the Equality Act 2010 applies to this post.

We encourage applications from diverse backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications irrespective of race, ethnicity or national origin, religion, gender, disability, age, marital, parental status or sexual orientation. Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams.