Care Assistant
| Posting date: | 22 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £25,885 to £28,175 per year, pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 10 August 2025 |
| Location: | Cowdenbeath, Fife |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Fife Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 20087 |
Summary
Job Details
Adult Accommodation and Support provide support to people in their own homes across Fife.
Supporting adults with learning disabilities within their own homes and to access their local community.
This role includes day shifts, late shifts, sleepovers and nightshifts, all applicants must be able to do all shift patterns. This may be in a shared tenancy or on a one-to-one basis where successful applicants will be lone working.
Successful applicants with be provided with all necessary training such as Moving and Handling, Dysphagia and CALM where required.
The Person
Must have or be willing to achieve in the first period of registration, the Social Services and Healthcare SCQF level 5 (equivalent to SVQ2) or equivalent to meet Scottish Social Services Council registration.
Communication skills, organisational skills, ability to manage and prioritise workload, ability to work with minimal supervision, team working skills, literacy skills, basic IT skills.
Ability to provide support to individuals with personal care needs, medication administration, budgeting, cooking and cleaning, moving & handling, ability to undertake physical tasks e.g. being able to comfortably kneel on beds and floors and able to rise without difficulty
Adult Accommodation and Support provide support to people in their own homes across Fife.
Supporting adults with learning disabilities within their own homes and to access their local community.
This role includes day shifts, late shifts, sleepovers and nightshifts, all applicants must be able to do all shift patterns. This may be in a shared tenancy or on a one-to-one basis where successful applicants will be lone working.
Successful applicants with be provided with all necessary training such as Moving and Handling, Dysphagia and CALM where required.
The Person
Must have or be willing to achieve in the first period of registration, the Social Services and Healthcare SCQF level 5 (equivalent to SVQ2) or equivalent to meet Scottish Social Services Council registration.
Communication skills, organisational skills, ability to manage and prioritise workload, ability to work with minimal supervision, team working skills, literacy skills, basic IT skills.
Ability to provide support to individuals with personal care needs, medication administration, budgeting, cooking and cleaning, moving & handling, ability to undertake physical tasks e.g. being able to comfortably kneel on beds and floors and able to rise without difficulty
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About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.