Support Practitioner

Overview

We’re now looking for new future stars to join our fantastic #Team Moray in Elgin as Support Practitioners on a part-time (20 or 25 hours per week), permanent basis.

At Cornerstone, the support we provide is centred around helping individuals identify and work towards their goals. We work with individuals to develop personal plans that reflect their choices, needs and capabilities. You’ll support individuals to manage their own homes, increase and maintain their independence, and encourage and support them with personal care and their social, health and wellbeing needs. You’ll help people access leisure activities, engage in meaningful activities, and take part in hobbies and interests that are important to them, both at home and in the local community.

Being a Support Practitioner is more than just a job; there’s no better feeling than knowing you’ve made a positive difference in someone’s life after each shift.

Support individuals to identify and work towards their goals; help develop and implement personal plans; support home independence and daily living; encourage participation in social, health and wellbeing activities; enable access to leisure and community activities; maintain respectful, person-centred support.

You don’t need experience in care or qualifications to start. We’re more interested in who you are as a person. We’ll invest in you by providing paid training and we’ll fund your SVQ (SCQF level 6/7) qualification and yearly SSSC registration fees too.

• Great communication skills
• A positive attitude with a solution-focused approach
• Good team-working skills
• The ability to work on your own initiative
• Willingness to learn and use new systems and technology
• Ability to apply good administrative and numeracy skills to ensure clear, accurate records
• Understanding of the importance of keeping to routines and guidelines

Shift patterns involve early mornings, days and evenings. Weekends, public holidays and sleepovers will form part of the rota on a rotational basis. The sleep portion of a sleepover is not included in contracted hours; you will receive an additional payment for £100.80 per sleepover worked.

• A meaningful job that you often don’t feel is work
• The role changes and improves lives in your local community
• A culture of empowering colleagues and teamwork
• No uniform – casual dress
• Up to £500 towards driving lessons
• Reimbursement of yearly SSSC registration fees
• Access to funded qualifications through our SQA-approved Training Academy
• Ongoing professional development and career progression opportunities
• Recommend a colleague bonus scheme
• Long service awards
• 24/7 independent employee assistance helpline
• 26 days annual leave (rising by 5 days after 5 years) plus 4 paid bank holidays
• Family-friendly leave options (family, parental, bereavement and special leave)
• Access to discounts on cinema, gym memberships, holidays and shopping

Successful candidates will be required to join the Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme and to work towards an SVQ in Social Services and Healthcare with support from our Training Academy.

Please note:

If you have spent more than 12 months outside the UK (with some listed exceptions) within the last 10 years while over 18, you may be asked to provide a criminal record certificate as part of 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 employment.

We are looking to fill these vacancies as soon as possible and reserve the right to close the advert early if suitable candidates are found before the closing date. Cornerstone welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively seeks to increase diversity in our workforce.

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