Support Practitioner
Locality: Edinburgh
Type: Full-time, Part-Time, Night shift
On any given day, the organisation may support:
- an older person with dementia to live independently in their own home.
- a dad of young children to reduce his risk of eviction by understanding his responsibilities as a tenant.
- a young family with respite care.
- someone leaving a long-term hospital stay
Salary: £20,531 - £21,763 (pro rata) per annum / £10.50 - £11.13 based on skills, qualifications, and experience.
- The Support Practitioner grade has a three-point salary scale.
- Point 1 (SP1: £20,531pa) £10.50 per hour is the default point for practitioners without a relevant qualification for registration
- Point 2 (SP2: £21,157pa) £10.82 per hour is for all qualified practitioners (What qualifications)
- Point 3 (SP3: £21,763pa) £11.13 per hour recognises qualified practitioners with at least four years' relevant experience.
- Practitioners move to the next salary point as soon as they are eligible and can enhance the above salary utilising the below:
- Time and a half payment for any time worked over 37.5 hours per week
- Sleepover payment £84.00 per sleepover
- On-call payment: £21.22 per on-call shift
Additional Benefits:
- 35 days' holiday per year (pro rata)
- Time and a half payment for any time worked over 37.5 hours per week
- Organisation will reimburse the SSSC fee for all new workers applying for SSSC registration
- Anti-social hours enhancement payment of up to £1042 when undertaking waking night shifts (from 11pm to 7am)
- Recommend a Friend Scheme - up to £1000 for each permanent worker recommended (T&Cs apply)
- Additional mileage contributions of 45p per mile
- Fully funded SVQ qualification with support from a dedicated team
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, and sick leave
- A Defined Contribution pension scheme, with incremental employer contributions
- Membership to Lifeworks; employee well-being and perks platform
- Membership of a credit union
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounts with leading hotels; and more!
Do you want to invest your talent and skills doing something challenging yet rewarding?
Are you motivated by making a positive difference to people's lives? If you are answering 'yes' to these questions then, we'd love to meet you!
You don't need to have experience, but the right values and motivation are essential; honesty, respect, empathy, and compassion are key skills that we value in people who join our teams.
If you are looking for full time, part time, or nightshift work, have great listening and communication skills developed from a previous career in hospitality, retail or other similar sectors, then we have a role for you. We also value applications from people with experience in the social care sector.
If you're good at seeing people as unique individuals with their own skills, opinions, and dreams for the future; developing professional relationships with a diverse set of people; encouraging people to overcome obstacles and ensuring their voices are heard; if you are an excellent team player, but also value being trusted to work alone then we currently have opportunities for you to join our teams in Edinburgh & Lothians.
Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.
Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.
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