Relief Social Care Worker Nightshift
Relief Social Care Worker Nightshift
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Job Description
Proposed Interview Date: Interviewswill be ongoing throughout the advertising period
Closing Date: Wednesday 14 May 2025
Contract Type: Casual
Salary: 15.72 per hour an unsocial hour element will also be paid in addition to the basic rate.
Working Pattern:Casual Following a rota which includes nightshift only on a casual/relief basis
Locations: Fife Wide (Location preference will be discussed at interview stage)
Supporting Statement
As part of your application you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information check out the How to Applysection of our Career Site.Without a Supporting Statement your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked upload resum. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV.More information is available on our Career site at Details
Older Peoples Services has 8 residential services across Fife with a team based in each service. You can view each of the service locations listed at the top of this advert and will be asked to provide your location preference at interview.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a skilled and enthusiastic individual to join our care home team in Fife Councils Residential and Day Services (East) on a casual basis for the position of relief social care worker (night shift).
We are looking for a motivated and driven individual with good values and a genuine interest in the care and support of Older People; with experience of care within a highly complex yet rewarding environment.
The residential care homes in Fife provide ongoing care and support to vulnerable older people: the care homes also supports a STAR unit respite and day service.
The successful candidate will undertake the keyworker role this will involve creating monitoring and reviewing care plans and keeping accurate records of support planning as well as ensuring the service user is being offered the opportunities experience and the care and support within their care plan.
Fife Council is committed to delivering services which are responsive reliable efficient and effective.
Interviews are being conducted face to face.
A link to the role profile is included at the bottom of the advert. You will find out more about the job and the type of person we are looking for.
The Person
- Must have or be able to work towards: SVQ 3 as required by the Scottish Social Services Council. Within the timeframes set at point of registration once qualification achieved it is the persons responsibility to inform Scottish Social Services Council accordingly.
- To ensure you achieve registration with the SSSC as part of theOlder peoples residential and day services requirementwithin 6 months of starting in a new role you mustapply for registration within 3 months of your start date on the register. To maintain your registration you must hold or work towards the SSSC benchmark qualification for the role complete the required Continuous Professional Learning (CPL) for the role and submit an annual declaration via MySSSC. The benchmark qualification for this role includes SVQ 3 or more details about qualifications and timeframes go to If you do not currently hold a benchmark qualification your registration will be granted subject to the condition that you achieve the required qualification within the timeframe defined by SSSC
- Provide care and support which meets the Health and Social Care standards.
- Must be able to work with other Council services and partner agencies to support the effective planning and delivery of care and support within our service.
- You should be able to work flexibly and creatively within a dynamic and ambitious team.
As this role requires SSSC registration the successful applicant will have three months to apply for registration.
If appointed you must start your application as soon as possible so youre registered within the required six months. More details are included in the role profile
Before confirming to your appointment you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme.
Further Information
- Role Profile When preparing your supporting statement review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteriaRole Profile
- How We Work Matters Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the our How We Work Mattersbehaviour framework for more information.
- Employee Benefits Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services.
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For further information please contact: Natasha Clarke at
Employment Type
Hourly
