Care Practitioner

**Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 04 March 2024**

**Closing Date: Sunday 25 February 2024**

**Contract Type: Permanent (20 hour post) Temporary until 30 September 2024 (16 and 24 hour post)**

**Salary: FC5 £25,829.49 - £28.251.00 (Pro-Rata)**

**Working Pattern: 16 hours (Kirkcaldy) or 24 Hours per week (Cowdenbeath) Both Temporary or 20 hours per week (Cowdenbeath) Permanent**

**Location: Brunton House, Cowdenbeath or Kirkcaldy area.**

**Supporting Statement**

**Job Details**

The role will include keeping accurate records of outcomes focused support planning and review for the people whom you support, ensuring changes in service user health and wellbeing, support plans, risk assessments etc. are recorded and communicated across the team.

You will work as part of a team liaising with colleagues to ensure an integrated, multi-disciplinary approach to service delivery.

Service users may expect their keyworker to plan with them ways of meeting their individual needs, keeping accurate records of outcomes focused support planning and review for the people whom you support.

By choosing to work as a Care Practitioner for Fife Council, you will earn a competitive salary and have access to a full range of benefits, including:

- £13.76 per hour to start with, plus extra payments for shift work, including weekends.
- A generous pension scheme.
- Access to and support with a range of training opportunities and qualifications that you will need for the job.
- Local and national discounts including supermarkets, restaurants, and retail

In return, you will be part of a team who can provide 24 hours support to people in their own homes both single tenancies, group homes and core and cluster services. accordance with the National Care Standards shift work.

The role of the Care Practitioner can be physically and emotionally demanding.

A link to the role profile is included at the bottom of the advert. You will find out more about the job and the type of person we are looking for.

**The Person**

If you are caring, compassionate, want to make a difference in people lives that you support, have a sense of fun, and enjoy working with people with disabilities, mental health. Please apply.

Must have or be willing to achieve in the first period of registration, the Social Services and Healthcare SCQF level 6/7 (equivalent to SVQ3) or equivalent to meet Scottish Social Services Council registration.

Duties include all aspects of personal care and have the ability to undertake all moving and handling tasks including the pushing and pulling of wheelchairs.

You are required to register with Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) within 6 months of taking up employment in this role and to complete the required Post Registration Training and Learning (PRTL) over the first registration period.

**Before confirming appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme **.

**You will save money on your SSSC fees as these will now be paid for all roles and grades by the Scottish Government.**

**Further Information**
- **Role Profile - **When preparing your supporting statement, review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteria Role Profile
- **How We Work Matters - **Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the workplace. See our How We Work Matters behaviour framework for more information.
- **Employee Benefits - **Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services.
- **Directorate Information - **Council Department information