Clinical Support Worker

Overview

We seek to recruit enthusiastic and motivated individuals as Support Workers within our community residential services for adults with a learning disability across Forth Valley, providing a range of supported living services.

• Act as an integral member of a team providing person‑centred care and support to the highest possible standards.
• Understand and demonstrate an ethos of dignity and respect, supporting service users to live independently in their own homes and to realise their ambitions.
• Participate in a Keyworker system and support service users in all aspects of daily living and lifestyle activities.
• Work flexibly, including shift work, weekends and sleep‑over duties, with additional allowances paid for such hours.
• Attend staff meetings, in‑house training and, when required, extra hours to meet individual support needs.

• Desirable: SVQ Level 2 / 3 Health & Social Care, or evidence of relevant training such as values‑based training.
• Required:
  
  SVQ Level 2 Health & Social Care – the minimum requirement of the Scottish Social Services Council.
• Registration with the Scottish Social Services Council is required.
• Ability to work effectively either as part of a small team or independently in an unsupervised capacity.

• Positions are available across Falkirk, Stirling & Dunblane.
• Shift work, weekend and sleep‑over duties with appropriate allowance.
• Additional hours may be required on occasion; additional hours are available if requested.

• Agenda for Change: full‑time weekly hours will shift from 37 to 36 hours, with a corresponding increase in hourly rate to keep pay unchanged.
• Participation of service users in interview and selection procedures, if they wish.

The duties of this post require the successful candidate to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme.

NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society. NHS Forth Valley is committed to offering interviews to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job and providing reasonable adjustments to assist applicants with their application and interview.