Support Practitioner

4 days ago

Inverness, United Kingdom Highland Home Carers Full time

**Reporting to**:Assistant Service Manager
- **Salary/Hourly rate**:£11 per hour
- **Contract**:Permanent
- **Location**:Inverness
- **Hours**:Full/Part-time

Are you looking for a role where you can make a difference to the lives of vulnerable people in your local community?

Can you see yourself working for an award winning employee-owned company?

We currently have vacancies within our Supported Living Services for Support Practitioners offering contracted hours on a Full or Part time basis with the following shifts:

- 9.30pm - 7.30am

**About the Role**

Our Support Practitioners support people within their own homes. Duties involve supporting individuals with varying degrees of learning disabilities and require 24/7 care on a 1 to 1 basis, to enjoy their life to their full potential by supporting and assisting them with personal tasks (personal care, dressing, medication, meal preparation) and enabling them to enjoy a wide range of other activities (visiting family and friends, assisting with shopping, social outings, walks and many more).

**Benefits of Working for Us**
- 6.2 Weeks Annual Leave per year
- Rates of pay from £11.00 per hour plus mileage (where applicable)
- Full Training Provided
- Company Sick Pay Scheme
- 24hour access to our Employee Assistance Program
- Uniform/PPE provided
- Employee Owned
- Profit Share Payments
- Support to gain SVQ Qualifications

**About You**

If you don't have experience, its no problem, we will give you all the training you need to carry out the role of a Support Practitioner. All you need is the right attitude with a willingness to learn. You need to be caring, compassionate and committed to delivering person centred care and support to the people we provide a service to.

**About HHC**

Highland Home Carers (HHC) was founded in 1994. We are a vibrant and forward-looking organisation. We have grown to become one of the major independent providers of home care and support services in Scotland. We currently employ over 350 staff and have a financial turnover of around £8 million. Our company has been owned by our employees since 2004. The business is governed and led by a Board of Directors, made up of four executive directors and three elected employee directors. We are a private limited company, with a strong commercial focus.

We provide a range of services for adults in various locations across the Highlands:

- Care at Home
- Support Work
- Housing Support
- Supported Living Services

As a Support Practitioner you will provide person centred care and support, which includes the delivery of personal care, enabling, maintaining and looking after the general wellbeing of vulnerable people in our communities, always respecting the human rights of the people you work with and behaving in a professional manner.

**Main Duties**
- Work in accordance with Personal Plans through ongoing discussion with, and under the direction of the Assistant Service Manager and designated professional staff; to help meet the individuals’ physical, social and emotional needs.
- Assist/enable people we support with personal activities such as washing, bathing, personal hygiene, taking medication, dressing, shaving, toileting, continence care and meal preparation ensuring their dignity is respected at all times.
- Assist/enable people we support to acquire mobility skills and transferring safely e.g. from bed to chair, always following moving and handling protocols/risk assessments
- Assist/enable people we support with cleaning, laundry, shopping and other household duties as required promoting their independence where possible.
- Using discretion, prompt and support where a person we support is physically able to carry out tasks but due to cognitive, mental health or behavioural issues is unwilling or unable to carry out these tasks.
- Assist/enable and support people we support to comply with their prescribed medication and to maintain records as required.
- Enable people we support to maintain a healthy diet and shop appropriately for the specific needs of the people we support while also respecting their right of choice.
- Ensure that the handling of the people we support’s finances and money is in accordance with HHC policies and procedures.
- Provide support to people we support to ensure that they are able to budget effectively to meet the costs of their chosen social, educational or leisure activities, including all activities of daily living
- Ensure whilst on shift the people we support’s home is kept clean and tidy and that household duties are kept up to date.
- Supporting the individual to maintain their tenancy & reporting any issues to the relevant agency.
- Ensuring that the outdoor space of the individual’s tenancy is maintained and kept tidy.
- Build positive, professional relationships with people we support and other members of the support team.
- Respect confidentiality at all times and clearly explain HHC Policies about confidentiality to people

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