Female Support Practitioner

Make a positive difference in someone's life by joining The Richmond Fellowship Scotland!

Due to continued expansion, our fantastic team are on the lookout for a compassionate and creative individual with a positive attitude to join us as Support Practitioner, based in Cupar and surrounding areas .

You don't need experience in care to start your career with us, we recruit on values and transferrable skills. We'll give you all the training you need to be an amazing Support Practitioner including a fully funded SVQ.

Due to the nature of this role, we can only consider female applicants that hold a full driving licence.

About Us:

The Richmond Fellowship Scotland provides personalised and outcome-focused support to over 2800 individuals in their own homes across Scotland, making us the country's largest provider of social care. We support individuals with a variety of different needs such as physical and/or learning disabilities, ongoing mental health issues, alcohol or substance abuse and autism. Some of the people we support can present challenging behavior or require a high level of personal care.

The Role :

As a Support Practitioner, you will assist individuals living in their own homes with disabilities and/or additional support needs in all aspects of their daily lives, including support with medication and finances, housework, meal preparation, cooking and personal care.

The people we support have a variety of different hobbies which we'll be looking to you to take an active interest in, from going out for a tasty bite or catching the latest movie to a gym session or group activity, the list is endless.

To be part of our team, we'll need you to:

Have an empathetic and caring nature

Good observation skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Confidence in using computers

Be able to work well in a team environment and on your own

Good organisational skills

Requirements:

As a Support Practitioner you could be expected to work day shifts, evenings shifts, weekends and sleepovers.

Benefits:

Generous annual leave

Cash-back and discounts at a variety of high street and online retailers

Paid travel during shifts and ...