Support Practitioner - Caithness

Support Practitioner

Vacancies: Full-Time, Part-Time and Relief Vacancies

Locality: Caithness

Salary: £21,704 - £23,007 (pro rata) per annum / £11.10 - £11.77 based on qualifications, skills and experience

Additional Benefits:

• 35 days’ holiday per year (pro rata)
• Time and a half payment for any time worked over 37.5 hours per week
• Carr Gomm will reimburse the SSSC fee for all new workers applying for SSSC registration
• Anti-social hours enhancement of up to £1042 per annum
• Recommend a Friend Scheme (T&Cs apply)
• Additional mileage contributions of 45p per mile
• Fully funded SVQ qualification with support from a dedicated team
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, and sick leave
• A Defined Contribution pension scheme, with incremental employer contributions
• Membership to Lifeworks; employee well-being and perks platform
• Membership of a credit union
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounts with leading hotels; and more!

Would you relish the opportunity to work with vulnerable people living in various settings in your local community and make a real difference to their lives?

Looking for an exciting, fresh start? Real people person and enjoy the opportunity to form relationships?

Why not join our Respite team in Caithness with various, flexible shifts on offer, gaining valuable experience within different settings?

The Caithness Home-Based Respite Service provides short term relief for primary care givers; this is usually in blocks of 2-4 hours and to provide greater flexibility to work around your other commitments. Sleepovers and waking night shifts also available; waking night shifts include an additional payment of £4 per shift.

Maybe you don’t have any experience and working in Social Care is new to you? Don’t be put off! We’d love to hear from you!

We are interested in what you are like as a person, and what values you can bring. If they match ours, we are convinced that our training and ongoing support will make you into an excellent Support Practitioner. Of course, if you have experience in a similar role, we will value that experience.

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