Support Worker - Fife Services

Capability Scotland; Scotland; On-site; GBP 35,818,000 - 41,328,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £13.45 per hour

Fully funded SVQ

32 days holidays

PVG checks

Pension up to 8%

Death in service 3x

Perks at Work

Cycle to work

EAP 24/7

Discounts for Blue Light & Carer

Job summary

Capability Scotland is recruiting Support Workers to help disabled people live independently across Fife. You will support customers in one-to-one or group settings, assisting with personal care, dressing, mobility, mealtimes and participation in daily activities and outings.

We offer a nurturing environment with a generous pay rate of £13.45 per hour, up to 36 hours per week, and a range of benefits including funded SVQ, holidays, pension, PVG checks, and staff discounts.

Qualifications

• Experience in caring for disabled people preferred, with focus on dignity and respect.
• Ability to work in one-to-one or group care settings.
• Driver preferred but not essential; costs covered for outings.

Responsibilities

• Support customers with personal care, dressing and mobility.
• Assist with mealtimes and daily activities.
• Carry out activities in line with individual care plans and preferences.

Skills

Personal care

Mobility support

Dressing assistance

Activity engagement

Job description

Can you help us with our ongoing mission?

At Capability Scotland, our mission is to deliver the highest quality services, tailored to the individual needs of disabled people. We work in partnership to create innovative solutions which enable our people to achieve their goals. We put our customers and learners at the heart of everything we do and will make sure their voices are heard loud and clear.

We love what we do here and are looking to recruit Support Workers for our Fife Housing Support & Care at Home Services.

The role - Support Worker

We support people with a variety of complex disabilities to live independently in our bright, fully adapted, residential settings based in Fife. In these beautiful settings, each individual has their own bedroom, private or jack & jill bathrooms and shared communal spaces.

You will be supporting our customers on either one-to-one or group care; your day will include helping them with their personal care, dressing, medication, mobility, mealtimes and participating in their chosen activities for that day. Such as; fun community based activities including, going shopping, to the football, the cinema or having a giggle at our games or themed days.

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What you need to know

Hours

Up to 36 hours per week. Working a mix of dayshift and backshifts and a rotational basis - Relief, Nightshift & weekend only posts are also available.

Location

Various locations throughout Fife

Job Description: Support Worker (Res Resp)

Don't let concerns over experience or availability hold you back. We have several growing services across Scotland and are happy to consider any availability.

Drivers preferred but not essential , whilst we welcome applications from drivers, we can consider non drivers. If you do need to go out and about with our customer for that dinner and cinema trip, your costs are covered.

Capability Scotland's benefits:

• A generous salary of £13.45 per hour
• We offer a fully funded SVQ -a qualification which is yours for life
• 32 days' holidays per year, increasing to 37 with service.
• Free PVG checks throughout your employment.
• Up to 8% company contribution pension scheme.
• Up to 3 x annual salary death in service.
• Perks at Work - shopping discount scheme.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• 24/7 employee assistance programme.
• Working for us means you would qualify for Blue Light & Concert for Carer discounts

We are One Voice, One Charity, One Spirit, #OneCapability.

Capability Scotland is committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued, and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense - this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.

A copy of Capability Scotland's Equality and Diversity Policy is available upon request from the HR Team.

Due to the high volume of applications expected, we advise that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Thank you for your interest and for taking the time to apply to work with us.