Make a positive difference in someone’s life by joining The Richmond Fellowship Scotland in our Edinburgh service.
Our fantastic team is on the lookout for compassionate and creative individuals with a positive attitude to join us as Support Practitioners.
You don’t need experience in care to start your career with us; we recruit on values and transferable skills. We’ll give you all the training you need to be an amazing Support Practitioner, including a fully funded SVQ.
We currently have 1x Full-time Waking Night Support Practitioner post.
About Us
The Richmond Fellowship Scotland provides personalised and outcome-focused support to over 2800 individuals in their own homes across Scotland, making us the country's largest provider of social care. We support individuals with a variety of different needs such as physical and/or learning disabilities, ongoing mental health issues, alcohol or substance abuse and autism. Some of the people we support can present challenging behaviour or require a high level of personal care.
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, and we will look to you to take an active interest in activities such as going out for a bite, catching a movie, going to the gym or participating in group activities.
* Have an empathetic and caring nature.
* Experience of supporting individuals with mental health needs.
* Good observation skills.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
* Confidence in using computers.
* Be able to work well in a team environment and on your own.
* Good organisational skills.
* Generous annual leave.
* TRFS rewards scheme (includes cash‑back and discounts at a variety of high street and online retailers).
* Paid travel during shifts and 45p per mile fuel allowance.
* Continuous in‑house training opportunities and chances to further your career in social care.
* Refer a Friend scheme – £150 reward for successfully referring a colleague.
* Employee Forum – for employees to voice their opinions and give feedback which in turn, allows us to continuously improve as an employer and ensure a positive working environment.
* Free Membership of Glasgow Credit Union.
* Counselling & Life Works service.
We’re looking to fill this post as soon as possible and reserve the right to close the advert if suitable candidates are found before the advert closes.
Closing Date: 1/6/26
All successful Support Practitioner applicants will be given a conditional offer – this is subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and PVG. Having a conviction will not necessarily debar you from working in this sector. All new staff members will be required to register with the SSSC within three months of their start date.
We encourage applications from diverse backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications irrespective of race, ethnicity or national origin, religion, gender, disability, age, marital, parental status or sexual orientation. Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams.
We celebrate difference and encourage everyone to join us.
Join us and be part of something bigger!
Schedule 9 Part 1 (1)(1)(a) of the Equality Act 2010 applies to this post.
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