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Relief Care Worker, Corbenic Camphill Community, £12.80

Employment Type

Casual - Zero hour

Application Start Date

06-12-2024

Application End Date

18-03-2025

Location

Corbenic Camphill Community

State/County

Dunkeld

Zip Code

PH8 0DY

Country

Trochry

Work Style

On-site

Industry

Care

Category

Healthcare

Position

General/other: medical Heath

Experience

Care Experience - 1 Year, Customer Service, Senior Care, Medication Administration, Care Plans

Description

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

About Us

Our community has been a home for people with social, emotional, intellectual and learning disabilities since 1978, providing day and residential care in beautiful surroundings near Dunkeld, Perthshire. Corbenic is a Scottish registered charity where individuals live and work with others 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 it’s residents.
  • We offer an exciting and varied range of workshop opportunities including day service, bakery, craft, pottery, estate, gardens, woodwork, horses & farm.
  • We have international volunteers who come each year for 12 months to live, and share their lives with the Residents, bringing with them an energetic & multicultural vibe.
  • As in all Camphill Communities the cultural life is strong, and it is often centered around the Festivals which are celebrated throughout the year.

Job description

Title of Post: Relief Care Worker (This is a Zero hours contract and work is on an 'as and when required' basis). This gives flexibility to work the hours that suit around existing commitments.

The shifts can vary between morning shifts, late shifts, short or long shifts. Don't let anything stop you from applying!

General Responsibilities will include:

  • Personal care, including assisting in washing, dressing, undressing, using the toilet, changing sanitary products, bathing and so on
  • Cooking and serving meals to residents, assisting with feeding where necessary.
  • Administer high quality and person-centred care to adults with a variety of learning disabilities ensuring their wellbeing at all times.
  • Assist with daily activities according to the wishes and needs of the resident, including transporting and accompanying them to health appointments.
  • Count and administer medication and contributing to strict record keeping
  • Provide care for residents on outings and holidays on a one to one or group basis
  • Contributes towards assessments, care plans and attends resident reviews when required.
  • Works towards achieving SVQ3 in line with SSSC qualification and registration requirements

This post will require PVG membership and SSSC registration.

The Management of Offenders Act (Scotland) 2019 (Exclusions and Exceptions) applies to this role.

  • 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 two years 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.