Support Practitioner - Glasgow, United Kingdom - Cornerstone Community Care

Cornerstone Community Care

Verified Company

Glasgow, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Passionate about making a difference and ready for a change? Then we are looking for you

At Cornerstone, we don't recruit on experience and qualifications; we're more interested in what you as a person will bring to our team We'll pay you for your training and give you all the practical skills you'll need to build an amazing career within the Health & Social Care sector.

We'll even fund your SVQ qualification too

We're now on the look out for understanding and motivated *female colleagues who really want to make a difference to the lives of others to join our busy Community Support team in Knightswood.

The Role

You will be joining a small, dedicated team of
Support Practitioners providing support for two women within their own homes in the Knightswood area.

The role will involve a combination of lone-working and 2:1 support.

As a
Support Practitioner, you will play a crucial role in assisting the people we support with all aspects of daily living, including helping to prepare meals, providing personal care, shopping, domestic tasks and helping the women we support to get out into the community.

Our teams adopt a person-centred approach to provide the highest quality support to enable the people we support to achieve their goals and aspirations, with a focus on maintaining and improving independence.

To be a great
Support Practitioner, you will be:

great listener with a warm, friendly personality

- non-judgemental and have a naturally caring nature
- able to demonstrate exceptional communication skills
- able to build and maintain positive, respectful relationships with lots of different types of people
- competent in the use of technology to enhance the support you provide
- creative and proactive with a positive, can-do attitude
- reliable and flexible to meet the needs of the people we support

Shift Patterns

Your normal hours of work will be between 9.00 am and 8.00 pm, Monday to Sunday, and will be a mix of split shifts, shorter shifts and longer blocks of support. You will be expected to work early mornings, evenings, weekends, sleepovers and public holidays as part of your rota.
Do you have any questions? To find out more, please contact

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Eleanor Burling-Brown on
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For this position, female is an Occupational Requirement as defined by the Equality Act 2010.

If you're successful in joining our team, you will be expected to join the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme and must be willing to work towards a SVQ in Social Services and Healthcare as required for SSSC registration.

We will need you to register with the SSSC within 3 months of starting your employment with us.