Clinical Support Worker - Community Residential Resources

Responsibilities

• Provide person-centred care to adults with learning disabilities, enabling them to live in their own homes and within their local communities.
• Apply NHS Forth Valley’s six core values and uphold an ethos of dignity and respect in all interactions.
• Participate actively in a small staff team, sometimes working independently and in unsupervised capacities.
• Support service users with daily living and life‑style activities through a keyworker system.
• Adopt flexible working patterns, including shift work, weekend duties, and sleep‑over assignments, with additional allowance paid.
• Travel across the service area (Falkirk, Stirling & Dunblane) as required.
• Attend staff meetings and in‑house training; additional hours may be required on occasion.

• SVQ Level 2 or 3 Health & Social Care (or evidence of equivalent study) – training will be provided as required.
• Registration with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) – a minimum requirement for employment.
• Demonstrated experience in supporting individuals with learning disabilities (preferred).
• Ability to work flexible hours and to adapt to changing care needs.

Shift‑work allowance for weekend and sleep‑over duties; additional hours are available if requested. From 1/4/26 the full‑time working week on the Agenda for Change schedule will reduce from 37 to 36 hours, with a corresponding increase in hourly rate to maintain pay levels.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce, eliminating unlawful discrimination, and ensuring that our workforce is truly representative. NHS Forth Valley provides an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria and offers reasonable adjustments to assist applicants and interviewees where needed. For more information, contact NHS Scotland or NHS Forth Valley recruitment.