Community Support Worker (Bespoke) - MOR12226 in Buckie

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within a small team supporting a lady with complex health needs to live as independently as possible in her own tenancy with her own dedicated support team to meet her specific needs.

Working within our team will give you the opportunity to support a fun lady with a great sense of humour. Part of the role includes supporting her with different activities and for her to be included in all aspects of independent living skills within her own home.

Some of her hobbies include going out for walks, visiting attractions in the local area and visiting places in her car. She also enjoys attending local clubs and activities so she can socialise with her friends and the people she knows well in the local community.

She would want you to have great communication skills, be confident, flexible, show initiative, as well as working well within a team and to have a good sense of humour.

Please note that female is a genuine occupational qualification as defined by the Equality Act 2010 and we can only accept applications from female candidates who also have a valid UK driving licence and access to their own car.

Requirements:

• To promote the independence and develop skills for individuals.
• Provide assistance and guidance/training to individuals in all household tasks.
• Assist individuals to manage all areas of finance, bank account, benefits, budgeting.
• Enable individuals to develop social skills and integrate as fully as possible into their Community.
• To work in different locations and services within Moray Council.
• To uphold social work values, to ensure good working practice including understanding and awareness of health and safety.
• To work positively with other agencies, parents, carers, and other services to ensure a quality provision of care for service users.
• Develop and contribute to the maintenance of individual’s records and support plans and act as a key worker when required.

General Duties:

• To participate in regular and ongoing training and team meetings relevant to the needs of the individuals.
• Be aware and follow the Health and Safety guidelines at all times.

The Individual:

• Experience which would give insight into working with adults with a learning disability, Mental Health or Challenging Behaviour.
• Ability to demonstrate a satisfactory level of literacy and numeracy.
• Mandatory SSSC registration for new and existing staff.
• Willingness to undertake SVQ qualification.
• Budgeting skills.
• Ability to undertake household skills to a required standard.
• Ability to record information accurately.
• Self confident and self motivated.
• Active listening and verbal communication skills for effective interaction with individual and staff at all levels.
• Ability to resolve problems and cope with day to day pressures.
• Flexible and adaptable.
• Ability to work independently and/or as part of an effective team.
• Confident approach to challenging situations.
• Ability to encourage and enable individual.
• A positive and supportive attitude to individuals.
• Effective organisational skills including time management.
• Full Driving licence, you will be expected to travel efficiently and effectively between various work locations within Moray to meet the operational requirements of the service.
• Calm, patient and non-judgemental attitude.
• Appreciation, acceptance of and a commitment to the importance of confidentiality.
• Must be physically able to undertake a range of movements when carrying out personal care and domestic tasks.
• Must be able to handle equipment/people in accordance with moving and handling regulations.
• Flexibility to meet the needs and demands of the service.

This post is considered to be a 'Regulated Role' under the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020. Under the Act it is a legal requirement for an individual undertaking a regulated role within children or protected adults to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme. Therefore the successful candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check prior to any formal offer of employment being made by Moray Council.

Closing Date: 2 October 2026

Starting Salary: £27,671 (£14.68 per hour)

Contract available: 36.25 hours per week over 52 weeks on a 4 shift on 4 shift off working pattern.

For further information contact: Wendy Davidson 01343 563043 - 07929826306