Calling all night owls! We've got a great opportunity for you!
Our amazing #TeamWaterfront in Garelochhead are on the lookout for a caring, understanding and patient colleague to join them as Support Practitioners on a permanent part-time (20 hours) basis.
The Role
Based in Garelochhead, you'll become part of a team who supports individuals with various support needs to live in their own homes within the same complex. As part of our Waking Night team, your main aim will be to ensure that the individuals we support have access to support and assistance during the night if needed. In addition to providing support, your responsibilities will include maintaining a high level of cleanliness, ironing, health & safety checks, managing finances and administrative support.
Our picturesque Waterfront service is a specialist housing complex for individuals with autism and other complex support needs. Our service comprises of five self-contained flats and other shared accommodation and is home to 11 people.
About You
You don't need experience to start your career with us; we recruit on values and transferrable skills and will give you all the training you'll need if you're successful. We'll even put you through your SVQ qualification too!
All we’ll need you to bring is: -
Confidence to lone work
A caring and compassionate attitude
The ability to work well in a team
Great communication and organisational skills
A positive attitude with a willingness to learn
A creative drive to improve the lives of the individuals you support
Good administration skills
Confidence in the use of computers
Shift Patterns
As we're dedicated to providing the best support, tailored to the needs of each individual, your shift pattern would be two waking night shifts per week between the hours of 2200-08000 hours and will include weekend working on a rotational basis.
Although this is a waking night post, we will need you to have flexibility to attend mandatory training during the day and work some day shifts in order to maintain and develop relationships with the people we support. However, we will give you advanced notice of the dates and times.
We are looking to fill these vacancies as soon as possible and have the right to close our advert early if we find suitable candidates before our closing date. Please apply early to avoid disappointment.
Sound interesting? What are you waiting for? Apply today, we can't wait to hear from you!
Have any questions? If you'd like to find out more, please contact Anthony Knight on 01436 640047
Please note - If you have spent more than 12 months out with the UK (excluding France, Germany. Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania or Spain) within the last 10 years while over the age of 18, you will be asked to provide a criminal record certificate from the relevant government/police authority as part of our pre-employment checks.
If you’re successful in joining our team, we will need you to register with the SSSC within 3 months of starting your employment with us.
Cornerstone welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively seeks to increase the diversity of our workforce.
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