About us
Looking for a rewarding career in Social Care?
At Sense Scotland, we take immense pride in our work and are currently seeking new talent to join us in supporting individuals with their everyday lives. Our vision is to help those we support lead fulfilling and happy lives, enabling them to achieve their own ambitions. We prioritise strong values, fostering warm relationships, and creating positive experiences. We value input from all staff members, ensuring meaningful outcomes through the commitment to our core values.
Currently recruiting Support Practitioners for our new service in Peterhead, offering full time and part time hours. This is a 24 hour support service working early and late shifts, sleepover and night shifts, weekends and public holidays via a rota system.
Join us in making a real difference and embark on a fulfilling journey at Sense Scotland.
About the role
We are looking for nurturing and friendly Support Practitioners to join our new service in Peterhead. This is more than a job; this is your chance to make a difference within your community by the work you do by supporting individuals lead the most fulfilling life possible.
You will work directly with adults supporting them to participate in their chosen activities such as going out to lunch, seeing friends, going to the gym/swimming or simply out for a walk. We want you to work closely with individuals to develop their life skills such as communication, social skills, and ultimately their independence. In their homes you will support with personal care, meal preparation, medication administration and household tasks such as cleaning and laundry.
You don’t need experience but you do need the commitment and drive to bring the best part of you every day!
Once you start your journey with Sense Scotland, you will receive the best possible support whist you navigate your way through your first weeks and beyond. On offer is one-to-one on the job training; in-house classroom style training with our experts and the opportunity to expand your skills and knowledge via our e-learning packages.
Available hours and shift patterns:
Current vacancies extend to full time (37 hours) and part time hours.
You will be working various shift patterns including early, late, sleepover and nightshifts, weekends and public holidays via a staff rota to meet the needs of the service.
About you
At Sense Scotland what is important is that all our staff have a genuine passion to make a difference in the life of someone with additional support needs.
What you will need to succeed
• Good team-working skills and a positive attitude are essential qualities
• Ability to communicate effectively and use your own initiative
• Strong work ethic and organised to support routines
• Able to prioritise and manage workloads
• Eager to develop
• A genuine passion for caring for others
• Patience and understanding
If you value the power of a smile and want to make a positive impact by helping those, we support engage in activities they love, this role is for you. Whether you have experience in health and social care and seek a better work-life balance or are considering a career change to start in social care, we want to hear from you!
Working for us
We offer a rewarding role with the opportunity to develop your skills and future career in an enriching environment, some of these include:
• Retention payment of £500 – we reward our people
• 100’s of discount options to use at high street stores, events, cinemas, restaurants and more!
• Earn £250 by referring a friend
• Training and development – opportunities to expand your skills and knowledge via our e-learning packages and so much more
• Generous annual leave entitlement – 24 days annual leave plus 12 Public Holidays which increases with length of service
• Pension scheme to help you save for the future
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme which offers practical, impartial support on issues impacting your life
• Cycle to Work scheme and HSF Health Plan, your health and wellbeing is important to us.
Our full list of benefits can be found here.
Please note that Terms and Conditions and/or qualifying criteria apply to the benefits listed above.
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