Homecare & Reablement Assistant, Uist (6560)

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Homecare & Reablement Assistant, Uist (6560)
21 hours per week, permanent post
£17,457 – £18,125 per annum ( inclusive of £1,701 Distant Islands Allowance )

The Home Care and Reablement Service is looking for care staff who are caring, compassionate and reliable to join our team of skilled staff to support people living in our communities and enabling them to continue living at home. The service aim is to ensure a very good or excellent standard of care and support is provided at all times, based on person centred planning, compassion, dignity, respect and trust. If you would like to make a difference in the lives of people living in your local community this post could be for you. This is an extremely rewarding role and is highly valued by the recipients of the service and the wider community.

The post requires a qualification at SVQ 2 in Health and Social Care or equivalent qualification to enable registration with SSSC (Scottish Social Services Council).

New staff into the service will be supported to gain the qualification required within a short defined timescale to allow for career progression to the post of Home Care and Reablement Worker (£32,610 - £35,639 per annum, pro rata) inclusive of Distance Islands Allowance.

A full UK driving licence is essential. The wearing and use of PPE is essential in this role.

This post is subject to membership of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme in respect of regulated work with Adults.

Salary for the above post is inclusive of Distant Islands Allowance. Appointment to the post will be on the first point of the grade.

 

It is vital you read the attached job description and person specification, in your Experience statement please detail how you meet each of the essential criteria we ask for in the person specification.

Interviews will be conducted in person, providing candidates with the chance to personally meet the team and experience our work environment.

 

Closing Date: Monday 4 May 2026

Tha Seirbheis Cùram san Dachaigh agus Ath
chomasachd a’ sireadh luchd-obrach-cùraim a
tha bàidheil, truasail agus earbsach gus a dhol
an lùib an sgioba ealanta againn gus taic a
chumail ri daoine a tha a’ fuireach nar
coimhearsnachdan gus an tèid aca air fuireach
aig an dachaigh. ’S prìomh amas na seirbheis
cùram aig ìre àrd no shònraichte a thoirt
seachad fad an t-siubhail, stèidhichte air
planadh cùraim phearsanta, truas, urram agus
earbsa.

Ma tha thu airson piseach a thoirt air beatha
dhaoine nad choimhearsnachd, dh’fhaodadh gu
bheil an dreuchd seo freagarrach dhut. ’S e
obair a bheir toileachas mòr a tha seo agus tha
luchd-cleachdaidh na seirbheis agus a’
choimhearsnachd a’ cur luach mòr air.

Feumar teisteanas SVQ 2 ann an Slàinte agus
Cùram Sòisealta no teisteanas co-ionann gus an
urrainnear clàradh leis an SSSC (Comhairle
Privacy Sheirbheisean Sòisealta na h-Alba).
Thèid taic a thoirt do luchd-obrach ùr gus an
teisteanas a tha dhìth fhaighainn ann an ùine
ghòirid, a leigeas leotha gluasad gu dreuchd
Neach-obrach Cùraim Dhachaigh agus Ath
chomasachd (£30,369 - £33,186 gach
bliadhna, pro rata), a’ gabhail a-steach
Cuibhreann Eileanan Iomallach. Feumar cead
draibhidh RA slàn airson na dreuchd seo. Tha
cleachdadh còmhdach-dìon PPE riatanach san
obair.

San dreuchd seo, feumaidh tu ballrachd de
Sgeama Dìon Bhuidhnean So-leònta (PVG) a
thaobh a bhith an sàs ann an obair riaghlaichte
le inbhich.

Tha tuarastal na dreuchd a’ gabhail a-steach
Cuibhreann Eileanan Iomallach.
Tha e riatanach gun leugh thu an cunntas
obrach agus an sònrachadh pearsanta ‘s gun
toir thu iomradh air mar a tha thu a’ coilionadh
gach slat-tomhais air a bheilear a’ toirt
iomraidh anns an t-sònrachadh-phearsanta
nad aithisg eòlais.

Thèid agallamhan a chumail an làthair gu
pearsanta, a’ toirt cothrom dha tagraichean
coinneachadh ris an sgioba agus beachd
fhaighinn air ar àrainneachd obrach