Support Practitioner

3 weeks ago

Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom Sense Scotland Full time
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Looking for a rewarding career in Social Care?

At Sense Scotland, we take immense pride in our work and are currently seeking new talent to join us in supporting individuals with their everyday lives. Our vision is to help those we support lead fulfilling and happy lives, enabling them to achieve their own ambitions. We prioritise strong values, fostering warm relationships, and creating positive experiences. We value input from all staff members, ensuring meaningful outcomes through the commitment to our core values.

Join us in making a real difference and embark on a fulfilling journey at Sense Scotland.


About the Role

Being a Support Practitioner involves working directly with adults and supporting them with all aspects of their life including developing life skills such as communication, social skills, and encouraging independence.

The area of Housing Support means you will work with people within their own homes supporting them with their personal care such as bathing and toileting, medication administration, meal preparation, inspiring a healthy life style, and household tasks such as cleaning and laundry.

Other areas include encouraging the involvement of activities such as seeing friends, taking part in social gatherings, long drives, walks and swimming, fly cups and picnics, and when the weather is not so good arts and crafts, indoor games or pamper sessions.

Available hours

We are recruiting now for Support Practitioners within the Ellon and Cruden Bay areas of Aberdeenshire. On offer is a variety of weekly hours;

  • 15 hours
  • 20 hours (night shift only)
  • 30 36 hours
  • Relief

Due to the location, we are looking for people with a UK driving licence who can drive a manual work vehicle. However, this is a desirable quality and not essential for the role.

Shift Patterns

Day and Mid Shift: Times can vary but the main hours are between, 7am - 9:30pm and 7.5hour mid shifts. It should be noted start and finishing times are dependent on the activity for the day.

Night shifts hours: 9:15pm - 7:15am. Night shift is lone working you will be on duty to assist and support any of the individuals throughout the night. Duties will include, personal care, household cleaning, light cooking, medication and paper work duties.

About the services

Set in the lovely village of Ellon, Sense Scotland support two young men who like to be as active as they can and two ladies who love to live life to the fullest. With a vast array of interests and activities there is always something going on and no two days are the same.

The Cruden Bay service is highly specialised and offers huge reward in personal development and career opportunities. Our supportive team have a breadth of expertise in communication, health and wellbeing and promoting positive behaviour.

What we can offer you

Along with our extensive list of benefits you will receive the best possible support while you navigate your way through your first weeks and beyond. On offer is one-to-one on the job training; in-house classroom style training with our experts; opportunities to expand your skills and knowledge via our e-learning packages and we can look at offering full support in gaining additional qualifications through our own SVQ centre.

About you

At Sense Scotland what is important is that all our staff have a genuine passion to make a difference in the life of someone with additional support needs.

What you will need to succeed

Good team-working skills and a positive attitude are essential qualities
Ability to communicate effectively and use your own initiative
Strong work ethic and organised to support routines
Able to prioritise and manage workloads
Eager to develop
A genuine passion for caring for others
Patience and understanding

If you value the power of a smile and want to make a positive impact by helping those, we support engage in activities they love, this role is for you. Whether you have experience in health and social care and seek a better work-life balance or are considering a career change to start in social care, we want to hear from you

Don't forget, join our Webinar on Tuesday 20th August at 10.30am or 7pm - to register click here

Working for us

We offer a rewarding role with the opportunity to develop your skills and future career in an enriching environment, some of these include:

Retention payment of £500 we reward our people
100’s of discount options to use at high street stores, events, cinemas, restaurants and more
Earn £250 by referring a friend
Training and development opportunities to expand your skills and knowledge via our e-learning packages and so much more
Generous annual leave entitlement 24 days annual leave plus 12 Public Holidays which increases with length of service
Pension scheme to help you save for the future
Access to our Employee Assistance Programme which offers practical, impartial support on issues impacting your life
Cycle to Work scheme and HSF Health Plan, your health and wellbeing is important to us.

Our full list of benefits can be found here.

Please note that Terms and Conditions and/or qualifying criteria apply to the benefits listed above.

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