Within South Lanarkshire Council we are committed to providing a high quality service to people in our community and are seeking enthusiastic people who are flexible, willing to undertake delegated tasks as part of a team.
You should be committed to promoting service users independence, rights, choice, individuality and be available to work one of our shift rosters.The successful candidate will ideally hold a SVQ in Social Care Level 2 o 3 or a HNC in Social Care or be willing to work towards gaining these qualifications.
In addition, candidates are required to be registered with SSSC or in the process of registration.
Registration will be required within 6 months of commencing employment.If you are interested in a role within care you should try SSSC resource called 'A Question of Care' which will help you think about the type of work involved and give you feedback on your responses to typical situations faced in working life.
You can access the resource at 37 hours (temporary), 30 hours (permanent) and 22.5 hours (permanent) posts availableVacancy: Permanent and temporary posts availableSalary: £14.43 - £14.55 per hourView the Social Care Assistant job profileWhen completing the application process please ensure that you cover the following areas:Please study the job profile and detail you current and / or previous experience of providing care and welfare for older people.
Please also include any other information that you feel is relevant to your application e.g.
personal qualities, achievements at work, non related or voluntary work experience.This role involves working as part of a wider team delivering both individual and service goals.
Please provide an example of a time when you worked as part of a team to complete a task within a social care environment.
Detail what role you played?Detail an example of where your caring and communication skills have helped you provide an excellent service to a client group.Describe the key strengths you can demonstrate as a Social Care Assistant.
Provide an example of when you feel these key strengths helped you to a successful outcome with an older person?What skills do you feel you need to further develop and consolidate?Please Apply online - All correspondence will be via your email address.Please note we do not accept CVs, any submitted will be disregarded.
If you require to submit additional information to support your application, please upload this under supporting documents.
Legislative InformationThis post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions) Order .This post is considered Regulated Work with adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act, .
Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with adults.