Support Practitioner

Perthshire – Homelessness and Prevention

Service Name Perth Floating Housing Support Service

Type of service Homelessness & Prevention

Job Type Support Practitioner

Hours of work Full time

Job Description

Post: Support Practitioner

Service: Perth Floating House

Based: Perth

Hours: Full Time (37 hours)

Salary: £12.60 - £12.74 per hour

Annual: £24,242 - £24,514

Contract Permanent

Use your skills in a CAREER THAT CARES

At Turning Point Scotland, we have an exciting opportunity for a Support Practitioner to help make a positive impact for people, encouraging them to fulfil their lives with exciting and fun activities, pursue their hobbies and passions & creating memorable experiences.

Embark on an emotionally rewarding journey and apply today

About the Role

As a Support Practitioner, you will:

• Deliver 1-2-1 support to individuals in their own home, enabling them to develop skills required to live independently.
• You will be required to keep accurate notes regarding support visits carried out and also to complete risk assessments, support plans and reviews for each individual that you support.
  • Be an active member of a supportive team, passionate about the work they do.
  • Celebrate achievements and milestones, both big and small, to create a rewarding and positive environment.
  • The service operates Monday to Friday 8am-8pm and Saturday and Sunday 10am-6pm with the core hours being Monday – Friday 9am-5pm. This is a 37 hour per week role.

About You

You will have a genuine commitment to use your skills to support people to live their best lives. You will be supported by an incredibly approachable management team, allowing you to expand on your existing knowledge whilst developing new skills. You will have flexibility to work on a rota.

No previous working experience is needed; full training will be provided to you. We believe having the right values of respect, compassion, inclusion and integrity is all you need to join our team

We believe having the right values of respect, compassion, inclusion and integrity is all you need to join our team.

About Us – Perth and Kinross Housing and Support Service (PKHSS)

Perth Floating Housing Support Service provides support to adults with varying needs within their own homes. The service aims to enable individuals to develop the skills required in order to independently maintain and sustain their tenancies.

Whilst we very much welcome experienced practitioners, no previous working experience is needed. You will be provided with all of the training, support and equipment required to successfully fulfil your role.

TurningPoint Scotland offers a Salary Matching opportunity within the pay points of the role and based on experience.

Please note thatIT skillsare required for all our vacancies.

Where applicable, successful candidates will be required to register with the SSSC within 6 months of start date.

We value lived experience, please click here to read more about our views.

Turning Point Scotland havePlatinum accreditationinInvestors in People. Our staff are our most important asset, therefore we offer extensive training and impressive personal and career-focused development opportunities. You could be part of an organisation that not only offers excellent careers but makes a real difference to thousands of People's lives and achieve your own personal fulfilment.

• 123 Learning and development courses
• 29 eLearning courses
• Funded qualification – SVQ Social Services and Healthcare, work based assessment
• Your Career Pathway, we promote from within and advertise internally all jobs
• Pension Scheme, employer contribution 4%
• Wide range of family friendly policies
• 35 holiday/public holidays days' per year.

Does the post include personal care? No

Does the post include cooking and housekeeping skills? No

Will the service users be involved in this process? No

If you would like to chat about any aspect of the role, please call our Recruitment & Engagement Team on 0808 1643100.