The Richmond Fellowship Scotland makes a real difference in supporting people with their everyday lives. We have an exciting opportunity to join our Downfield Street service as Support Practitioner on a full-time basis.
Due to the nature of this role, we can only accept applications from male candidates. A full manual driving licence with access to a car is highly desirable but not essential.
The role:
You will be supporting a male service user, on a 2:1 ratio, with an acquired brain injury. Our supported individual wants to experience and enjoy life and visit places of interested.
As well as an acquired brain injury, the service user has complex needs and behaviours of concern. Therefore, we are ideally seeking candidates with experience of these aspects. CALMS training will be given as part of this role, as well as being supported by the TRFS positive behaviour support team.
To be an amazing Support Practitioner, we'll need you to:
Have an empathetic and caring nature
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
IT literate
Be able to work well in a team environment and on your own
Good organisational skills
Shift Patterns:
Our dedicated team provide tailored support 24/7 and shift patterns include working days, evenings, sleepovers, wakened nights, weekends and bank/public h...