At a Glance
- Tasks: Support individuals with disabilities in daily activities and promote their interests.
- Company: Join The Richmond Fellowship Scotland, the largest social care provider in the country.
- Benefits: Generous leave, rewards scheme, paid travel, and continuous training opportunities.
- Other info: Inclusive workplace celebrating diversity and offering career growth.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in people's lives while developing your skills in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: Empathy, good communication, and teamwork skills; no prior experience needed.
The predicted salary is between 11.7 - 14.3 £ per hour.
Make a positive difference in someone’s life by joining The Richmond Fellowship Scotland!
Our fantastic team are on the lookout for compassionate and creative individuals with a positive attitude to join them as Support Practitioners.
We are looking for someone to join our team in Inverness as a Waking Nights Support Practitioner. This is a part-time role.
You don't need experience in care to start your career with us; we recruit on values and transferrable skills.
We’ll give you all the training you need to be an amazing Support Practitioner including a fully funded SVQ.
About Us
The Richmond Fellowship Scotland provides personalised and outcome-focused support to over 2800 individuals in their own homes across Scotland, making us the country's largest provider of social care.
We support individuals with a variety of different needs such as physical and/or learning disabilities, ongoing mental health issues, alcohol or substance abuse and autism.
Some of the people we support can present challenging behavior or require a high level of personal care.
The Role
As a Support Practitioner, you will assist individuals living with disabilities and/or additional support needs in all aspects of their daily lives, including support with medication and finances, housework, meal preparation, cooking and personal care.
The people we support have a variety of different hobbies which we’ll be looking to you to take an active interest in, from going out for a tasty bite or catching the latest movie to a gym session or group activity, the list is endless.
To be part of our team, we’ll need you to
- Have an empathetic and caring nature.
- Good observation skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Confidence in using computers.
- Be able to work well in a team environment and on your own.
- Good organisational skills.
- Generous annual leave.
- TRFS rewards scheme (includes cash-back and discounts at a variety of high street and online retailers).
- Paid travel during shifts and 45p per mile fuel allowance.
- Continuous in-house training opportunities and chances to further your career in social care.
- Refer a Friend scheme- £150 reward for successfully referring a colleague.
- Employee Forum - for employees to voice their opinions and give feedback which in turn, allows us to continuously improve as an employer and ensure a positive working environment.
- Free Membership of Glasgow Credit Union.
- Counselling & Life Works service.
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 staff members will be required to register with the SSSC within 3 months of their start date.
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.
We celebrate difference and encourage everyone to join us.
Join us and be part of something bigger!
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