Home Helps - Support at Home Central - SIC08738

The purpose of the job is to actively provide person-centred care in accordance with relevant legislation and guidelines. The postholder will attend to the practical, social, and emotional needs of the service users in their care to enable people to live in the community as independently as possible.

Depending on the service, the post holder will be required to support service users in their own homes and/or in residential or supported accommodation, which will include either:

Older people, including those with needs associated with dementia;
Children and young people, including those with special needs;
Adults with learning disabilities;
Adults with physical disabilities; or
Adults with mental ill-health

More detail is provided in the Job Profile, Person Specification, and Conditions of Service Summary attached to the bottom of this advert.

Please follow the link(s) below for further information -

www.shetland.gov.uk

Additional Information

The grade of this post is D
The rate of pay shown in the advert is inclusive of the Distant Islands Allowance of £1.5523 per hour
3 x Permanent Part Time posts for 35, 33, and 20 hours per week, 52.18 weeks per year
Preferred candidates will be required to join the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update before a formal offer of employment is made
This vacancy does not meet Home Office rules for UK visa sponsorship. Please only apply if you do not require UK visa sponsorship
A relocation package does not apply to this post
We will pay interview expenses from within Shetland
You must have the ability to travel throughout Shetland at short notice, and where public transport is limited
We are happy to talk about flexible working

During the application process, you are required to give the names of two persons not related to you, whom we can contact to provide a reference to support your application.

This post is based at Support at Home Central, Annsbrae House, Lerwick, Shetland.

For further details relating to this post, please contact:

Muriel Forbes, Team Leader on 01595 744344 or e-mail muriel.forbes@shetland.gov.uk

If you have a disability that prevents you from applying online, please call 01595 744032.

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