Support Practitioner
7 months ago
Job Description 1
**Service: Renfrewshire Learning Disabilities Service**
**Based: Johnstone**
**Hours: Full & Part-Time Available**
**Salary: £12.00 per hour**
**Annual: £23,088 (pro rata) (cost of living award pending)**
**Contract Permanent**
**Could you care in your community?**
Our Turning Point Scotland Services in **Johnstone** are looking for Full and Part-Time Support Practitioners.
Our individual flats are home to vibrant, lively males and females who have a zest for live but need a little support. It might be helping out with the everyday tasks that we all require to do such as managing finances, prompting, encouragement and administer medication as well as help around the home and with personal care. When the daily chores are done our Service Users like to relax and would love you to accompany them on a trip to the cinema, a concert or to go support their local football team, or to just stay at home and enjoy a good meal and a gaming session. You may even have the opportunity to accompany them on a lovely holiday, You will work with individuals who have a wide range of support needs, providing them with practical and emotional support and encouraging them to achieve their own personal outcomes.
Could you make someone’s day in Johnstone a little easier? The Service Users need support 24 hours a day. This will require you to be available for various shifts and sleepovers. We work a 37-hour working week, not a 40-hour week. We appreciate your time so we pay an additional £96.00 per sleepover shift. A driving licence is not essential but, if you use your car for work purposes, we pay you for your work travel time and the costs for public transport or if you have a car, we pay 45p per mile.
Being the largest learning disability services provider in Scotland with a large staff team allows us the pleasure of implementing our award-winning family friendly policies allowing us to offer flexible working to suit you work/life balance. We are happy to discuss flexible working arrangements. Coupled with our generous annual leave package you can enjoy an excellent work/life balance.
Our services in **Johnstone **are well regarded and we have a waiting list for people to be supported by us. Why? Because we retrain our staff and have numerous benefits including a staff discount card, a welcome gift and 35 days annual leave including public holidays and statutory days. We have numerous family friendly policies and forums that support our staff.
**About You**
No previous working experience is needed; full training will be provided to you. We believe having the right values of respect, compassion, inclusion and integrity is all you need to join our team
Full details of this role can be viewed on the attached Job Role Profile. Click here
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- Does this position require a valid UK driving licence and access to a vehicle? 1
No
- Does the post include personal care? 1
Yes
- Does the post include cooking and housekeeping skills? 1
Yes
- Will the service users be involved in this process? 1
No
- Contact name & details 1
If you would like to chat about any aspect of the role, please call our Recruitment & Engagement Team on 0808 1643100.
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