Overview
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Jewel House Care Home
Salary: £24,796 - £25,041 (pro-rata for part-time)
Hours: up to 36 per week, 52 weeks
Social care is a challenging and rewarding career. Our domestic staff work with some of Edinburgh's most vulnerable residents. Working in Adult Social Care is a way to make a real difference to the lives of adults and it is extremely rewarding.
You don’t need previous experience in Adult Social Care to apply for the role of Domestic Support Assistant. Whether your employment background is in retail, tourism, manufacturing or any other industry and you fancy a career change, all you need are the right values.
The roles available cover a variety of working patterns and shifts as well as full-time and part-time opportunities. If this fits in with what you are looking for then we would like to talk to you and see how we can support you in finding a rewarding career. We can offer you excellent training, good rates of pay, excellent holiday entitlement, a generous pension scheme and range of staff benefits.
This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.
Salaries will be in accordance with the Scheme of Salaries and Conditions of Service for Teaching Staff in School Education.
We’re committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.
As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.
You can find out more on Our Behaviours page: Our Behaviours - The City of Edinburgh Council
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View Domestic Support Assistant Job Description
Responsibilities
* Support staff and residents within the care home environment as part of Adult Social Care.
* Participate in a variety of working patterns and shifts, including full-time and part-time opportunities.
* Engage with training opportunities and utilise the benefits provided (holiday entitlement, pension, etc.).
* Comply with pre-employment checks including PVG Scheme and Overseas Criminal Record Check where applicable.
Qualifications
* No previous experience in Adult Social Care required; the right values are important.
* Willingness to join the PVG Scheme and undergo required checks.
* Flexibility to work different patterns/shifts.
Other
* This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007.
* We’re committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.
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