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Join Capability Scotland as a Support Worker at our Tayview service in Perth. This role involves supporting individuals with complex disabilities to live independently. Enjoy a generous salary, funded SVQ qualification, and an inclusive workplace that values diversity. Apply now to be part of our dedicated team.
Position Type: Full Time, Part Time, Supply/Casual/Relief
Hours: 37 hours per week
Can you help us with our ongoing mission?
At Capability Scotland, our mission is to deliver thehighest quality services, tailored to theindividual needsof disabled people. Wework in partnershipto createinnovative solutionswhich enable our people toachieve their goals. We put our customers and learnersat the heartof everything we do and will make sure theirvoices are heard loud and clear.
We love what we do here and are looking to recruit Support Workers for our Tayview service based in Perth.
The role – Support Worker
We support people with a variety of complex disabilities to live independently in our bright, spacious, purpose-built residential setting, with idyllic grounds and amazing facilities such as a hydrotherapy pool, rebound therapy and an accessible gym. It’s an exciting time to join and help us shape our big plans for our brand new facilities, which are coming soon.
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, mealtimes and participating in their chosen activities for that day. These include arts and crafts, games days on campus or trips to the cinema, shopping, or football.
What you need to know:
Hours: Up to 37 hours per week. We are a 24/7 service, meaning we have a variety of shifts available on a 3 week rotation. Shifts may include early shifts, dayshifts and/or backshifts. A 17-hour nightshift post is also available. We can consider relief, part time and full-time applications for various hours. Apply now to discuss our shift patterns with our team.
Location: Upper Springland Campus, Isla Road, Perth, PH2 7HQ.
Social care experience essential. Please refer to our careers page for roles which do not require experience.
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.
***This role DOES NOT qualify for skilled worker shortage visa sponsorship***
Capability Scotland’s benefits:
We are One Voice, One Charity, One Spirit, #OneCapability.
Want to be part of this? Apply now
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
***Please note that our vacancies do not qualify for Skilled Worker Visa Sponsorship, if you require this to commit to this role long term, please do not apply. If we are in a position to offer sponsorship in the future our adverts will be updated to reflect this***