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Workshop Relief, Corbenic Camphill Community, £12.80

Employment Type

Casual - Zero hour

Application Start Date

14-02-2025

Application End Date

31-03-2025

Location

Corbenic Camphill Community

State/County

Dunkeld

Zip Code

PH8 0DY

Country

Trochry

Work Style

On-site

Industry

Care

Category

Healthcare

Position

Social service

Experience

1 year working with adults with learning disabilities

Education

None

Description

 

Please note: We are currently not providing sponsorship at this time.

About Us

Our community has been a home for individuals with social, emotional, intellectual, and learning disabilities since 1978, offering both day and residential care in the beautiful surroundings near Dunkeld, Perthshire. Corbenic is a Scottish registered charity where individuals live and work together in healthy social relationships, based on mutual care and respect.

Why We Are Different

We are an independent charity, part of the worldwide Camphill family, providing a holistic residential environment that meets the social, physical, emotional, and economic needs of its residents. We offer a diverse range of workshop opportunities, including day service, bakery, craft, pottery, estate, gardens, woodwork, horses, and farm.

Job Description

Title of Post: Workshop Relief

Contract Type: Relief (Zero hours contract – work is on an ‘as and when required’ basis)

Working Hours: Between Monday and Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (as and when required)

General Responsibilities:

  • Support adults with learning disabilities in engaging with various workshop tasks, including in the bakery, craft, pottery, woodwork, and more.
  • Encourage residents to develop their skills, work on projects, and participate in group activities within the workshops.
  • Assist in creating a safe, inclusive, and supportive environment where individuals feel valued and able to contribute.
  • Help residents with navigating their daily workshop tasks, offering guidance, support, and encouragement.
  • Work collaboratively with the workshop team to maintain a positive and productive atmosphere.
  • Support residents in attending community events or outings as needed, helping them to engage with wider experiences outside the workshops.
  • Contribute to ensuring the smooth running of workshop operations by assisting in setup, clean-up, and other necessary tasks.
  • Maintain accurate records as required for activities and participation in the workshops.

Requirements:

  • A compassionate and adaptable approach with a genuine interest in supporting people with learning disabilities.
  • Previous experience in a similar setting is beneficial but not essential.
  • A friendly and proactive attitude, with the ability to support people in a workshop environment.
  • Willingness to work collaboratively as part of a team.
  • Ability to engage in a range of activities and support people with different abilities.
  • 7% Company pension (3% employee contribution)
  • 10% shop and cafe discount
  • Free On-site parking
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Health & wellbeing programme
  • Free flu and covid jabs
  • Enhanced Sick pay
  • Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
  • Relaxed dress
  • Free bakery food, tea, coffee
  • Company events
  • Annual pay review
  • 7.5 hour shifts (7am - 3pm and 1pm - 9pm in most areas)
  • Refer a friend scheme
  • career advancement opportunities
  • Free meals when on shift
  • Free tea and coffee on or off shift in our Dunkeld High Street Cafe

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Your CV and subsequent application form for any position with Corbenic Camphill Community will be used during the recruitment process to short-list suitable candidates who will be invited to proceed to the interview stage, and to select the final candidate that the role will be offered to. We sometimes use third-party job application platforms to publish and receive applications for roles at Corbenic Camphill Community.

When you apply through these portals the organisation’s privacy information will be available to you. We only work alongside other organisations in this way if we are satisfied that they will keep your information safely and use it only in the same legal ways that we would.

During the recruitment process, we will perform some checks on your identity, your right to work in the UK, your eligibility to work with vulnerable people and your past employment references.

Corbenic Camphill Community follows the Scottish Social Services Council Safer Recruitment through Better Recruitment framework. Appointments to all posts are subject to membership of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme for Children and Adults. If your application is successful, this information will then form part of your personnel file. Having a criminal conviction is not necessarily a bar to employment with Corbenic. We will make decisions on a case by case basis.

We delete the personal information of unsuccessful applications 6 months after the application process ends in case there are follow-up queries about the process, or should further opportunities arise, unless a candidate requests that we keep their details for longer.

Statistical information like ethnicity, sexuality and disability is kept to ensure that our recruitment processes are inclusive and not discriminatory, but this is completely anonymised. If we are required by law to share your information, (for example; in response to a warrant or court order), we will do so.