Support Assistant - Occupational Therapy

Job Description

Deliver support, guidance and assistance to colleagues, service users and other stakeholders in order to assist with the promotion and integration of the Council’s key objectives in relation to those identified within the East Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnerships Strategic Plan and the Council’s Community Plan.

 

Requirements

The duties of the post involve Regulated Work with children and/or protected adults, as specified in the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007.  Successful applicants for such posts will be required to become a Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme member in respect of Regulated Work with either or both of these groups as appropriate, or if they are already a Scheme member, be subject to a PVG Scheme Record Update, before any formal offer of employment can be made by East Ayrshire Council.

Please note:- PVG members' records are constantly updated with any new vetting information that arises.  Any information that is disclosed on a PVG Scheme Record or Scheme Record Update, if relevant to the post being applied for, will be discussed with the applicant prior to any formal offer of employment being made.

 

Employment References

We follow the national guidance in relation to pre-employment checks namely “Safer Recruitment Through Better Recruitment”.  With regards to requests for references and in line with this guidance, during your application process you should provide details of a minimum of two appropriate and relevant references, one of which should be from your current or most recent employer.  It is also a requirement that the reference from your current or most recent employer is from an appropriate senior manager and it is not a reference from a former peer operating at the same level.

 

Additional Information

This is a full time, permanent post based within Localities Health & Care.

Annual Salary - £29,939 - £32,542

Hours of work - Mon-Thu 9am-5pm, Fri 9am-4pm

The workstyle for this post is ‘Mobile’ - 20-49% of time is office based.  Able to work at home, or another location, or travel directly from home to other locations and client visits out in the field.

The admin base for this post is Rothesay House, Cumnock. 

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