We are looking for people of all ages, male and female to join our Care at Home Team.
If you are passionate about care and delivering services of the highest quality, we offer variety, development and career opportunities and the potential to make a difference to the lives of others.
We have permanent vacancies throughout South Lanarkshire, full-time and part-time.
The grade for these posts is Grade 2 level 3 - £17.04 to £17.51 per hour. As this is a shift working post, you will receive an additional 1 or 2 increment (depending on your shift pattern) and this will be consolidated into your salary. This role will require flexible evening and weekend working. For all shifts, the morning shift can start between 7am and 8am, and backshift can end between 9pm and 11pm.
We offer employees the training opportunities to develop skills in a supported and professional environment to make a real difference to the lives of others.
There is a responsibility for the post holder to demonstrate a commitment to quality service delivery through continuous improvement for the benefit of the Service and the Organisation.
You will be promoting service users' rights and choices.
Requirements
You must have SVQ Level 2 in Social Care, or equivalent, to fully meet SSSC registration requirements of the post. You must provide proof of your qualifications when applying for this post as part of your application.
You will be required to demonstrate your ability to work at SVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care as a minimum standard and be willing to work towards achieving this qualification if you do not already hold this qualification/equivalent or greater.
You will be required to work in accordance with a roster shift pattern.
Hours: Various hours available
Salary: £17.04 to £18.45 per hour dependent on shift pattern
Vacancy: Permanent
Applying for a Home Carer Position
When applying for a position of Home Carer we want you to include the following:
1. Provide examples of your work or other activities which demonstrate your ability or aptitude to undertake the duties of the post.
2. Provide an example of a time when you had to deal with a situation, where you had to act quickly, assess the risks, and use your initiative and judgement to deal with this. Tell us about what happened, what the risks were, how you used your skills to assess and mitigate the risks, and what was the overall outcome for the service user.
3. Please provide your thoughts on what you feel would be important to the people you would be providing a service to, how you would approach this, and how you would support people while assessing risks.
4. Provide examples of how you would be flexible to meet individual needs, and include details of a variety of situations from your own work experience that demonstrate this.
5. Provide an example of a situation where you identified risks for an individual service user, describe what concerned you, why, what your actions were and what the overall outcome was for the service user.
When completing your application, please select one preferred location to work in from the following options:
1. Care at Home - Rutherglen/Cambuslang
2. Care at Home - Clydesdale
3. Care at Home - East Kilbride
4. Care at Home - Hamilton
5. Home Carer (Home Assessment Team) - Hamilton
6. Home Carer (Home Assessment Team) - East Kilbride
7. Home Carer (Home Assessment Team) - Clydesdale
8. Home Carer (Alert)
Benefits of working for us
As an employee of South Lanarkshire Council you will benefit from excellent terms and conditions of employment.
Not only will you receive an excellent rate of pay you will also benefit from:
1. Flexible working hours, up to 33 days annual leave, 10 public holidays.
2. Our employee discount scheme, discounted leisure membership, cycle to work scheme, physiotherapy, financial advice, employee counselling, complementary therapies, eye tests and occupational health support.
3. Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme and the credit union.
Please Apply online - All correspondence will be via your email address.
Please note we do not accept CVs, any submitted will be disregarded. If you require to submit additional information to support your application, please upload this under supporting documents.
Legislative Information
This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 2003.
This post is considered Regulated Work with Children and adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act, 2007. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children and adults.
Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to a formal offer of employment being made.
South Lanarkshire Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and encourages applications from all members of the community. As a user of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum competency/behaviour requirements for the position.
South Lanarkshire Council is committed to providing support to members of the armed forces, veterans and their families which is set out in the Armed Forces Community Covenant. Veterans are guaranteed an interview who meet the minimum requirements for the position.
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