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Our Lanarkshire Houses (Carluke & Lanark) service are growing every day; these rewarding job opportunities offer lots of job satisfaction & job security in these worrying times.

The role – Support Worker

We support people with a variety of complex disabilities to live independently in our unique care home setting, where our adult customers live in their own spaces, either alone or with flatmates, it really feels like their own homes.

You will be assisting our customers with their 24 hour care needs on either 1-1 or 2-1 support; your day will include helping them with their personal care, dressing, medication, communication, mobility, mealtimes and participating in their chosen activities for that day. Activities range from supporting our customers on social outings with family to shopping or cinema trips. All community activities are based on our customers interests.

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What you need to know

We have full time and relief vacancies in our unique Care Home Services based in Carluke (ML8 4EZ) & Lanark (ML11 7PX)

We operate in 12 hour shifts (days or nights). Full time 36 hours x 3 days per week (alternate weekends) which offers an excellent work life balance. We can consider part time applications of 1 or 2 days per week.

Don’t let concerns over experience or availability hold you back. We are happy to consider any availability – why not apply to see if we can work with yours!

Don’t drive? – don’t let that put you off, whilst we welcome applications from drivers, our roles are based at our care home or wider community (which has great transport links). If you do need to go out & about with our customer for that dinner and cinema trip, costs are covered at no expense to you!

If successful, you will register with the SSSC and will be supported by us to complete your SVQ 3 in Health and Social Care.

Capability Scotland’s benefits:

• A generous salary of £21,473 - £22,022 FTE / £10.56ph - £10.83ph (dependent on qualifications & length of service)
• A generous night shift rate of - £11.08 - £11.37 (dependent on qualifications & length of service)
• We recognise and reward qualified employees offering £10.83ph for those qualified at SVQ3 or above.
• To help you achieve this qualification, we offer fully funded SVQ – a qualification which is yours for life.
• Most services offer, set 2, 3, 4 & 6 week rolling rotas so you always know when you are working and can plan life outside of work.
• 32 days holidays per year, increasing to 37 with service.
• Free PVG checks throughout your employment.
• Fully funded SVQ – a qualification which is yours for life.
• Up to 8% company contribution pension scheme.
• Up to 3 x annual salary death in service.
• Perks at Work – shopping discount scheme.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• 24/7 employee assistance programme.
• Working for us means you would qualify for Blue Light & Concert for Carer discounts

We are One Voice, One Charity, One Spirit, #OneCapability.

Want to be part of this? Apply now

Capability Scotland is a disability confident & equal opportunities employer. Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification or job requirement. At Capability Scotland we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification/requirement in the job description/advert, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

General Information

• Capability Scotland is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and which promote equality of opportunity. We are happy to consider job-share applications.
• Capability Scotland is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable people and conducts thorough pre-employment checks on all preferred candidates.
• A copy of Capability Scotland’s Equality and Diversity Policy is available upon request from the HR Team.