Relief Escort/Care Assistant, Lifestyles Service - ORK09400
| Posting date: | 12 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £14.44 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 June 2025 |
| Location: | Kirkwall, KW15 1LR |
| Company: | Orkney Islands Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | ORK09400 |
Summary
Advert
ORKNEY HEALTH AND CARE
Lifestyles Service
Relief Escort/Care Assistant
Hours are offered on an as and when required basis
£14.44 per hour (including Distant Islands Allowance)
The Lifestyles Service is located in Kirkwall, with bases at the Pickaquoy Centre and St.Colms, providing person centred day services and opportunities for adults with a variety of learning disabilities.
We are seeking to recruit people who are highly motivated towards providing high quality services to adults with learning disabilities attending the Lifestyles Service.
Post holders will be required to assist in the provision of a transport service to meet the needs of service users that attend the Lifestyles Services.
The role will work within a team which is responsible for ensuring transport services are flexible, sensitive and responsive to the individual needs of service users, whilst promoting individuals' rights and maintaining their personal dignity, ensuring effective and professional communication and relationships with service users, their carers and other service providers.
Post holders will assist in transporting service users to and from their homes and various activities within the community, ensuring the safety and wellbeing of service users while on the bus and within the service, following each individual's support plan and medication protocols.
Whilst in the Lifestyles Service you will assist with activities, individuals' personal care requirements and will work collaboratively towards individuals' person-centred outcomes.
Post holders will be required to adhere to the SSSC Codes of Practice for Social Service Workers and the Health and Social Care Standards.
You should be able to travel efficiently and effectively between work locations within Orkney to meet the operational requirements of the Service.
This post is subject to Level 2 Disclosure Check with PVG for working in a regulated role with protected adults.
For an informal discussion regarding the above post, please contact Alison Bews, Senior Lifestyles Co-Ordinator, on 01856 873217 or 886394, or Ross Groundwater, Registered Manager, on 886394 or 01856 873217.
Closing Date: 23:59 on Sunday 29 June 2025
Please note that neither interview nor relocation expenses are payable for this post.
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