Our North Ayrshire Community team are on the lookout for compassionate and creative individuals with a positive attitude to join them as Support Practitioners.
This is a full time post consisting of 37.5hrs per week.
This team covers services in Irvine, Stevenston, Saltcoats, Kilbirnie and Largs.
You don't need experience in care to start your career with us; we recruit on values and transferrable skills. We'll give you all the training you need to be an amazing Support Practitioner including a fully funded SVQ.
However, due to the needs of the service we can only accept applications from female candidates with a driving licence and access to their own cars.
The Role
As a Support Practitioner, you will assist individuals living in their own homes with disabilities and/or additional support needs in all aspects of their daily lives, including support with medication and finances, housework, meal preparation, cooking and personal care.
The people we support have a variety of different hobbies which we'll be looking to you to take an active interest in, from going out for a tasty bite or catching the latest movie to a gym session or group activity, the list is endless.
To be part of our team, we'll need you to:
Have an empathetic and caring nature.
Good observation skills.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
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