Support Worker - Residential - Johnstone

Capability Scotland; Johnstone; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A charity organization is seeking a dedicated Support Worker to join the team at Wallace Court, providing essential support to individuals with disabilities. The role involves delivering high-quality care, fostering strong relationships, and helping customers lead independent lives. Applicants should possess excellent communication skills and a driving license to support clients with mobility needs. This position offers competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, including professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Generation salary of £25,622 pa / £12.60 per hour

Fully funded SVQ qualification

32 days holiday per year, increasing to 37 with service

Nightshift premium rate of £13.23 per hour

Up to 8% company pension contribution

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• High standards of support to customers.
• Willingness to drive customers' adapted vehicles.
• Experience in both personal care and activity participation.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality support to customers aged 18-65 with disabilities.
• Encourage customers to live independently.
• Engage in personal care and social outings.

Skills

Communication skills

Empathy

Flexibility

Initiative

Job description

Are you looking for your next support worker opportunity?

Wallace Court is a residential and respite service in Elderslie, Johnstone, providing 24 hour support 7 days a week, to customers aged between 18 and 65 with physical and learning disabilities.

About the Role

As a Support Worker, you will be a key member of the team, providing:

• High standards of support to our customers
• A creative and caring approach
• Opportunities to build strong relationships with our customers, their families and other supporting professionals
• Encouragement and support to live as independently as possible
• Both personal care and participation in activities are key tasks for the role, so energy and initiative is vital
• You should have excellent communication skills and be flexible and empathetic.

Having a driving licence and a willingness to drive our customers adapted vehicles is a preferred requirement. This will allow you to support our customers with social outings, medical appointments and accessing their local and wider community.

Hours - 39 and part time contracts available. You will work on a 9-week rolling rota, covering three shifts: 0700-1500, 1400-2200 and 2130-0800.

Location - Main Road, Elderslie, Johnston, PA5 9ES

Capability Scotland’s benefits:

• A generous salary of £25,622 pa / £12.60 per hour
• We offer a fully funded SVQ –a qualification which is yours for life.
• A nightshift premium rate of £13.23 per hour
• 32 days holidays per year, increasing to 37 with service.(pro-rata)
• Free PVG checks throughout your employment.
• Up to 8% company contribution pension scheme.
• Up to 3 x annual salary death in service.
• 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.

***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***