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Ref no:
CAS00301
Published:
09/09/2021
Closes:
30/11/2021
Location:
Capability Scotland - Tayview, PH2 7HQ
Rate:
£9.87 per hour
Contract Type:
Permanent
Position Type:
Full Time, Part Time
Hours:
27 hours per week

We’re obsessed with providing the best possible care and support to people with disabilities. Are you?

Tayview Support Worker 1

You will be an enthusiastic person. We encourage individuals to find a path for their dreams and aspirations, whether you live with us as a customer or work with us as a team member.

At Tayview, we prefer passion in people over experience, new ideas, and we like creative thinking over experience. However, experience is also welcomed!

Tayview staff enable people with a range of disabilities to lead lives to the full, working closely with each other to support and enable people by offering meaningful activities. These promote and encourage life-long learning, self-expressive skills, as well as engagement and inclusion.

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.

Please note, this is a nightshift role.

Working with Capability Scotland brings you lots of benefits:

  • £9.87 per hour exceeding the current Scottish Living Wage!
  • Fully paid, sector-leading learning and development
  • Fully funded SVQ placement – a qualification which is yours for life
  • Excellent annual leave of 32 days per year, increasing with service
  • Generous and enhanced pension schemes and family benefits
  • As a member of our autoenrollment pension scheme, £10,000 provided in the case of Death in Service
  • Access to shopping discounts through the Perks At Work scheme
  • Access to Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Flexible working is available
  • Free 24/7 employee assistance programme
  • Free PVG checks throughout your career.

Applying to Capability Scotland

Applying to join our family is easy. Please visit our website. On our website at the bottom of this advert, you can submit your CV and a covering letter directly to our hiring service. You’ll then hear from us within three weeks of the noted closing date. We’ll invite successful candidates to an interview so we can learn more about what makes each other tick, in a safe and secure way.

You can keep a track of your application in your profile management settings.

A full job description of this role is available by clicking here: Support Worker (Res Resp)

For more information on this role, you can call Stephanie on 01738 632995 using reference CS210517

General Information

  • Capability Scotland is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and which promote equality of opportunity. We are happy to consider job-share applications.
  • Capability Scotland is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable people and conducts thorough pre-employment checks on all preferred candidates.
  • A copy of Capability Scotland’s Equality and Diversity Policy is available upon request from the HR Team.