Children’s Support Workers – Join Our Team!
We are seeking experienced social care professionals to join our residential and respite services in Lanark. If you are passionate about supporting children with complex disabilities and want to make a real difference in their lives, we would love to hear from you.
The role – Support Worker (Children & Young People)
Stanmore House Residential acts as both a boarding element to Stanmore House School and a residential and respite service for the children of Scotland. The young people we support are aged between 5 & 20 with a variety of complex disabilities. You would support them to live independently in our bright, fully adapted campus based in the outskirts of Lanark.
Our 4 bungalows can host up to 16 young people in total. You will be supporting our customers on either one-to-one or group care; your day will include helping them with their personal care, dressing, medication, mobility, mealtimes, attending school & appointments and participating in their chosen recreational activities for that day.
We benefit from a great rural setting of lush, green countryside with extensive gardens on campus. We have a fantastic indoor pool for a splash about or some hydrotherapy, a rebound therapy room, sensory experiences and stories, an on-site cinema and beauty salon, and we love getting involved in our local community at Lanark, too.
Do you want to be part of this truly rewarding service?
What you need to know
Hours: 35 hours per week. Working a mix of dayshift (7.30am-3pm), backshifts (2.30pm-10pm) and nightshifts (9.45pm-8.45am).
Location: Stanmore House Residential, Stanmore Road, Lanark, ML11 7RR
Job Description: Support Worker (Children)
Drivers essential, as our team are required to drive our manual adapted vehicle/bus.
Closing date - 24th April 2025
For more information on this role, you can contact Beverley.Graham@capability.scot using reference CS270325
We reserve the right to close or extend this vacancy dependent on the number of applications. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Capability Scotland’s benefits:
A generous salary of £22,008.00 FTE / £12.06 ph (or £12.35 per hour, dependent on qualifications)
We recognise and reward qualified employees offering £12.35 per hour for those qualified at SVQ3 or above.
Where nightshifts are available, we offer a generous rate of - £12.66 - £12.97 (dependent on qualifications)
To help you achieve this qualification, we offer a fully funded SVQ – a qualification which is yours for life
Most services offer, set 2, 3, 4 and 6 weeks rolling or monthly rotas so you always know when you are working and can plan life outside of work
32 days’ holidays per year, increasing to 37 with service
Free PVG checks throughout your employment
Up to 8% company contribution pension scheme
Up to 3 x annual salary death in service
Perks at Work – shopping discount scheme
Cycle to work scheme
24/7 employee assistance programme
Working for us means you would qualify for Blue Light & Concert for Carer discounts
We are One Voice, One Charity, One Spirit, #OneCapability.
Want to be part of this? Apply now
Capability Scotland is committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued, and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.
A copy of Capability Scotland’s Equality and Diversity Policy is available upon request from the HR Team.
Due to the high volume of applications expected, we advise that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Thank you for your interest and for taking the time to apply to work with us.
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