Care Assistant (Hourly or Shift in Glasgow

Hours: 3 x 28hrs and 21hrs per week permanent

Salary / Hourly Rate: £13.80 - £14.27 per hour

Within South Lanarkshire Council we are committed to providing a high quality service to people in our community and are seeking enthusiastic people who are flexible, willing to undertake delegated tasks as part of a team. You should be committed to promoting service users' independence, rights, choice, individuality and be available to work one of our shift rosters.

The successful candidate will ideally hold a SVQ in Social Care Level 2 or 3 or a HNC in Social Care or be willing to work towards gaining these qualifications.

If you are interested in a role within care you should try the SSSC resource called 'A Question of Care' which will help you think about the type of work involved and give you feedback on your responses to typical situations faced in working life.

Please study the job profile and detail your current and/or previous experience of providing care and welfare for older people. Please also include any other information that you feel is relevant to your application e.g. personal qualities, achievements at work, non-related or voluntary work experience.

Please provide an example of a time when you worked as part of a team to complete a task within a social care environment. Detail an example of where your caring and communication skills have helped you provide an excellent service to a client group.

Describe the key strengths you can demonstrate as a Social Care Assistant. Provide an example of when you feel these key strengths helped you to a successful outcome with an older person.

This post is considered a Regulated Role with Adults, in respect of the Disclosure Scotland Act 2020. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with Adults.

An Overseas Criminal Records Check is required where applicants born outside the UK (Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland) or who have lived or worked outside the UK for a continuous period of three months in the past 10 years. Applicants are responsible for providing evidence of the Overseas Criminal Record Check. The check must be translated into English and should come from the police, judicial authority, government department or home embassy of the country or countries concerned. The check must include an official statement confirming that the applicant does not have any history of or pending criminal record proceedings.

The Council is committed to fostering equality, diversity and inclusion in its workforce. Therefore, we welcome applications from all sectors of the community, including under-represented groups within our workforce. We are keen to receive applications from candidates who have a disability, who are from a care experienced background, who are from a black, Asian or minority ethnic background, from a military service background and from those who are new Scots.

As a Disability Confident employer, we guarantee an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria as outlined in the job profile for this position.

As proud holders of the UK Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award, the Council is also committed to supporting members of the armed forces community, including service leavers, veterans, reservists and their families.

Enrolment in award winning local government pension scheme.

To increase the value of their pension pot, Local Government Employees can opt to join the Salary Sacrifice Shared Cost AVC scheme.

Up to 33 days annual leave.

Public holiday entitlement (up to 10 days).

Occupational sick pay.

Family friendly policies - flexible working and leave, maternity/paternity leave enhanced leave.

Employee Discounts – including discounts at the cinema.

Range of benefits to support you (Cycle to Work Scheme, Physiotherapy, Employee Assistance Program which offers practical and emotional support).