Highland Health and Social Care Services help people from all walks of life, as well as their families or carers. Health and Social Care in Highland provides help and assistance in many situations arising due to illness, disability, old age or poverty.
Do you want to make a difference in the lives of people? Do you want to help people thrive, not just survive? Then this could be just the job you are looking for.
We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our team, who is able to work on their own initiative and as part of the team. The post holder will be responsible for leading the shift, administration of medication and supporting and guiding other care staff to meet the needs of the residents. You will undertake a key working role within the service so should have knowledge and experience of Support Planning and the reviewing process and Risk assessing in relation to older people.
The post holder will adopt a person centred approach to deliver a high standard of flexible and responsive care to service users within the care home and will provide support and assistance to service users to enable them to remain as independent as possible promoting their own abilities independence and skills.
Minimum Requirements:
1. Previous experience in a social care setting is essential.
2. Ideally hold an SVQ 3 in Social Care, or as a minimum hold SVQ 2 with a willingness to achieve an SVQ3 in Social Care within 5 years of appointment to enable registration with the SSSC as a Practitioner in a Care Home Service of Adults.
This is a permanent part time post of 22.2 hours worked on a three week rota consisting of day, back and night shifts. There are enhancements for Evening, Night, Weekend and Public Holiday working.
CLOSING DATE FOR COMPLETED APPLICATIONS: Sunday 26th January 2025.
Short-listed applicants will normally be contacted by email, unless otherwise stated. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.
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