Senior Relief Practitioner

Turning Point Scotland; Forfar; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

A supportive organization in Forfar seeks individuals to provide personalized support for adults with varying needs. No prior experience is required, as full training will be provided. Responsibilities include assisting with personal care, engaging individuals in community activities, and promoting independence. Ideal candidates should demonstrate compassion and respect. This role offers a rewarding opportunity to positively impact lives while working flexibly on a rota basis.

Benefits

Full training provided

Flexible working hours

Opportunity to make a positive impact

Qualifications

• No previous working experience is needed; full training will be provided.
• Genuine commitment to support people to live their best lives.
• Basic IT skills required.

Responsibilities

• Provide individualised support to adults with a range of needs.
• Attend community groups and accompany service users on activities.
• Assist with personal care and ensure well-being.

Skills

Compassion

Respect

Inclusion

Integrity

Job description

At Turning Point Scotland, we have opportunities to help make a positive impact for people, encouraging them to fulfil their lives with exciting and fun activities, pursue their hobbies and passions & creating memorable experiences in this support role.

Embark on an emotionally rewarding journey and apply today !

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity unlike other support roles, with Turning Point Scotland, no two days are the same!

Our role will include:

• Helping to provide individualised support to adults with a wide range of needs, either on an individual 1:1 basis or alongside others and as part of a team.
• Supporting individuals within the community and engaging with their hobbies and interests & empowering individuals to develop skills and independence, promoting their overall growth.
• Attending various community groups and accompanying our service users to attend activities they are passionate about, from taking a trip to the cinema, enjoying a morning swim or attending local groups or community projects, accompany on holidays and trips away with the individuals we support.
• Assist with personal care, ensuring their comfort and wellbeing.
• Celebrate achievements and milestones, both big and small, to create a rewarding and positive environment.

About You

No previous working experience is needed; full training will be provided to you. We believe having the right values of respect, compassion, inclusion and integrity is all you need to join our team!

You will have a genuine commitment to use your skills to support people to live their best lives. You will be supported by an incredibly approachable management team, allowing you to expand on your existing knowledge whilst developing new skills. You will have flexibility to work on a rota.

About Us – Angus

Turning Point Scotland’s Angus service provides support to individuals with complex needs including learning disability and autism in their own homes, living in the community and support them with everyday opportunities that promote independence and choice.

We strive to enable people to access everyday life experiences including access to education, employment/volunteering and social activities. We will also provide support with developing relationships and maintaining a home. We work in partnership with health teams, social work teams, community justice teams, police and advocacy.

We believe having the right values of respect, compassion, inclusion and integrity is all you need to join our team! We would offer you full support in completing your application.

Please note that IT skills are required for all our vacancies.

Where applicable, successful candidates will be required to register with the SSSC within 6 months of start date.

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Turning Point Scotland operates a list of approved relief workers who may be contacted by services when there is a need to engage additional workers in order to provide the required support to someone who uses our services. Relief workers are primarily deployed to cover periods of leave, or sickness absence and to provide additional support during periods of peak activity etc.

When there is suitable work available within a service, a manager will contact relief workers offering them a shift/series of shifts. As a relief worker you will be well-placed to fit your work around your existing work or other commitments and you will be under no pressure or obligation to accept work from us if it does not suit you to do so. Once work is offered and accepted by you however, there is an expectation that you will make every effort to attend to undertake that shift. Your reliability in this regard is very important to our services and to the people we support who will be expecting you.

Relief workers submit a time sheet to claim payment for the hours they have worked and are paid on a monthly basis. You will accrue some entitlement to paid holidays and you will be reimbursed for all reasonable expenses incurred in the course of your work for us.

You will be required to undertake a programme of basic training which is primarily designed to enable you to operate safely, but also to meet the organisation’s obligations to you in terms of health & safety legislation.

Relief working at Turning Point Scotland will not normally be suitable for people who have full-time posts with other agencies.

Does this position require a valid UK driving licence and access to a vehicle? No

Does the post include personal care? Yes

Does the post include cooking and housekeeping skills? Yes

Will the service users be involved in this process? Yes

If you would like to chat about any aspect of the role, please call our recruitment & engagement team on 0808 1643100.