Support Practitioner (Dalry)

Looking for a role that not only offers you a career but a career packed full of laughter and job satisfaction! If you share our values and live in or around Dalry, this could be the role for you!!

Our fabulous #TeamBessieDunlop are on the lookout for an understanding and motivated colleague with a positive attitude to join their team on a permanent basis as a Support Practitioner on either a full or part time basis.

The Role

It's never a dull moment at Bessie Dunlop and no two days are ever the same. You'll be joining a large friendly and dynamic team providing tailored and person centred support.

As a Support Practitioner, you will support day to day personal needs including meal planning, cooking, housework, support to appointments and prompting with personal care and medication. We are looking for people who'll be enthusiastic about participating and supporting with hobbies and interests including the gym, football, meeting with friends.

Our aim is to enable the people we support to live a fulfilling and valued life, where they can achieve their own personal goals and aspirations. You will participate in the planning and delivery of this person-centred care and encourage the people we support to express their views and wishes. With your help we will enable the people we support to play an active role within their local communities.

About You

To be a great Support Practitioner, we will need you have the following qualities;

• Great communication skills.
• Able to think outside the box.
• Caring attitude and approach.
• Positive approach to learning.
• Able to follow guidelines.
• Confidence in the use of technology.

You don't need experience or qualifications to start your career with us; we recruit on values and transferrable skills. and have our own Training Academy that'll give you all the skills you'll need, including the opportunity to complete your SVQ.

Shift Patterns

We provide flexible, customer-led services that run twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, which include mornings, afternoons, evenings, weekends and public holidays and on a rota basis. So we will need you to be flexible.

Sound interesting? What are you waiting for? Apply today, we can't wait to hear from you!

Have any questions? If you'd like to find out more, please contact Chereen McLaughlan on 07989202291.

Successful candidates will be required to join the Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme and be committed to working towards an SVQ in Social Services and Healthcare with the support from our Training Academy. We will need you to register with the SSSC within 3 months of starting your employment with us.

Cornerstone welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively seeks to increase the diversity of our workforce.