Community Living Assistant - Riccarton

We’re looking for bold and remarkable people who care. Can you make a difference to the lives of disabled people?

We support people with a variety of complex disabilities in our bright, spacious, purpose built daycentre setting which has a wonderful garden for green fingered activities.  

You will be supporting our customers to access its fantastic sensory rooms, adapted kitchen for regular cooking & baking, science & tech, re-bound therapy, music and arts & crafts spaces.  

Our customers require either 2-1 or group care; your day will include helping them with their personal care, dressing, medication, communication, mobility, mealtimes and participating in their chosen activities. 

We are particularly interested in hearing from candidates with a skill or passion to share such as baking, music or photography – if you love it, this will shine through to the people you support, giving them a taste of new experiences whilst learning new skills. 

This link explains all – make yourself a cuppa and take a few minutes to see what we are all about Community Living Assistant: Yara - YouTube 

About the Role

If you are someone who is passionate about assisting others to live full and happy lives, we want to hear from you!

While experience is great, we are really looking for people with the right values. You should have excellent communication skills and be flexible and empathetic.

Our positions are 9am - 3pm Monday - Friday (with weekend respite hours available), up to 30 hours per week - just speak to us about your availability. Overtime is available in our Short Break Respite service.

*Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for these roles due to the limitations of available hours. Sponsorship is available in other services throughout the organisation. 

Working with Capability Scotland brings you lots of benefits:

• A generous salary of £24,524 FTE / £12.06 ph (or £12.35 per hour, dependent on qualifications) 
• We recognise and reward qualified employees offering £12.35 per hour for those qualified at SVQ3 or above.
• We offer a fully funded SVQ – a qualification which is yours for life.
• 32 days' holidays per year, increasing to 37 with service.
• Free PVG checks throughout your employment.
• Up to 8% company contribution pension scheme.
• Up to 3 x annual salary death in service.
• Perks at Work – shopping discount scheme.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• 24/7 employee assistance programme.
• Working for us means you would qualify for Blue Light & Concert for Carer discounts

Applying to Capability Scotland

Applying to join our family is easy. At the bottom of this advert, you can submit your CV and a covering letter directly to our hiring service. You’ll then hear from  us within three weeks of the noted closing date. We’ll invite successful candidates to an interview so we can learn more about what makes each other tick, in a safe and secure way.

You can keep a track of your application in your profile management settings

A full job description of this role is available by clicking here: Community Living Assistant

For more information on this role, you can call Liz on 0131-347-1030 using reference CS210502.1.

General Information

• Capability Scotland is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and which promote equality of opportunity. We are happy to consider job-share applications.
• Capability Scotland is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable people and conducts thorough pre-employment checks on all preferred candidates.
• A copy of Capability Scotland’s Equality and Diversity Policy is available upon request from the HR Team.