SWRK 859 - Social Care Assistants (Meldrum Gardens)

Within South Lanarkshire Council we are committed to providing a high quality service to people in our community and are seeking enthusiastic people who are flexible, willing to undertake delegated tasks as part of a team. You should be committed to promoting service users independence, rights, choice, individuality and be available to work one of our shift rosters.

The successful candidate will ideally hold a SVQ in Social Care Level 2 o 3 or a HNC in Social Care or be willing to work towards gaining these qualifications. In addition, candidates are required to be registered with SSSC or in the process of registration. Registration will be required within 6 months of commencing employment.

If you are interested in a role within care you should try SSSC resource called 'A Question of Care' which will help you think about the type of work involved and give you feedback on your responses to typical situations faced in working life. You can access the resource at www.aquestionofcare.org.uk

Hours: 37 hours (temporary), 30 hours (permanent) and 22.5 hours (permanent) posts available

Vacancy: Permanent and temporary posts available

Salary: £14.43 - £14.55 per hour

View the Social Care Assistant job profile

When completing the application process please ensure that you cover the following areas:

• Please study the job profile and detail you current and / or previous experience of providing care and welfare for older people. Please also include any other information that you feel is relevant to your application e.g. personal qualities, achievements at work, non related or voluntary work experience.
• This role involves working as part of a wider team delivering both individual and service goals. Please provide an example of a time when you worked as part of a team to complete a task within a social care environment. Detail what role you played?
• Detail an example of where your caring and communication skills have helped you provide an excellent service to a client group.
• Describe the key strengths you can demonstrate as a Social Care Assistant. Provide an example of when you feel these key strengths helped you to a successful outcome with an older person?
• What skills do you feel you need to further develop and consolidate?

Please Apply online - All correspondence will be via your email address.

Please note we do not accept CVs, any submitted will be disregarded. If you require to submit additional information to support your application, please upload this under supporting documents.

Legislative Information

This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 2003.

This post is considered Regulated Work with adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act, 2007. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with adults.

Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to a formal offer of employment being made.

Please refer to http://www.disclosurescotland.co.uk for further information about the disclosure process and best practice.

Foreign Police Check

Candidates should be able to detail any gaps in employment and provide a foreign police check where applicable for any periods living or working abroad.

Equal Opportunities and Armed Forces Community Covenant

South Lanarkshire Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and encourages applications from all members of the community. As a user of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum competency/behaviour requirements for the position.

South Lanarkshire Council is committed to providing support to members of the armed forces, veterans and their families which is set out in the Armed Forces Community Covenant. Veterans are guaranteed an interview who meet the minimum requirements for the position.