Social Care Worker (Predominantly Nights) – Overtonlea Care Services
Community Care Resources provides a range of person‑centred services to adults with identified care needs through the provision of Day Care Services, Care at Home and Residential Services.
What You’ll Be Doing
* You will be responsible for providing direct support to individuals in a variety of settings.
* You will play a key role ensuring that individuals receive high standards of care and support to help maximise their independence and dignity throughout their lives.
* You will support people with varying abilities and complex needs, enabling them to achieve their goals, identified priorities and personal outcomes.
* You will work as part of a team to provide the highest quality of care. This may include intimate personal care, developing daily living skills, training, social activities and other meaningful activity in accordance with individual needs and wishes, whilst supporting individuals, as far as possible, to avoid danger and harm.
* You must evidence that you can demonstrate the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) core values of:
* Respect
* Collaboration
* Participation, Dignity and Empowerment
Benefits
* Excellent salary and conditions
* Distant islands allowance
* Generous holiday allowance
* Local Government Pension scheme
* Flexible working and family‑friendly policies
* A varied and interesting workload
* Excellent training and development opportunities
* Various other employee benefits
Values and Expectations
* Providing an excellent level of service, by making sure you understand, meet and manage our service users’ needs.
* Working in an open and honest way, reflecting on your performance and looking for opportunities to improve and develop.
* Having a positive attitude by being open‑minded, fair, respectful, trustworthy and honest.
* Taking your responsibilities as an employee of the council seriously.
Additional Information
* The grade of this post is G/H
* Rate of pay shown in the advert is inclusive of Distant Islands Allowance of £1.4808 per hour
* Permanent part‑time post for 20.0 hours per week, 52.18 weeks per year
* Preferred candidates will be required to join the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update
* The successful candidate will have to complete registration with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) when they begin in post
* This vacancy does not meet Home Office rules for UK visa sponsorship. Please only apply if you do not require UK visa sponsorship.
* A relocation package does not apply to this post
* We will pay interview expenses from within Shetland
* We are happy to talk flexible working
* This post is working predominantly nights
Location and Contact
The post is based at Overtonlea Care Centre, Levenwick.
Overtonlea Services also provides social care, domestic support and meals on wheels in the wider South Mainland Community setting along with a day support service open 4 days per week which enables vulnerable & frail members of the local community to remain as independent as possible, at home.
Mission statement: “To provide a high quality and person‑centred service to every individual using our locally provided care services.”
For further details relating to this post, please contact: Claire Rendall, Senior Social Care Worker Supervisor on 01595 745032 or e‑mail claire.rendall@shetland.gov.uk. If you have a disability which prevents you from applying online, please call 01595 744032.
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