Relief Support Worker - Oakfield
| Posting date: | 05 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £12.60 per hour |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 04 September 2025 |
| Location: | Kelty, Fife |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Capability Scotland |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | CS31070253 |
Summary
Relief Support Workers - Oakfield Day Service.
Can you help us with our ongoing mission?
At Capability Scotland, our mission is to deliver the highest quality services, tailored to the individual needs of disabled people. We work in partnership to create innovative solutions which enable our people to achieve their goals. We put our customers and learners at the heart of everything we do and will make sure their voices are heard loud and clear.
We love what we do here and are looking to recruit a team of Relief/Bank Support Workers for our Oakfield (daycentre) service based in Kelty.
The role – Support Worker
We support people with a variety of complex disabilities in our spacious, adapted house, daycentre setting. This intimate setting for a small group of adults offers; sensory, kitchen and craft spaces along with a wonderful garden for our customers to enjoy.
You will be supporting our customers on either one-to-one or group care; your day will include helping them with their personal care, dressing, medication, communication, mobility, mealtimes, daily transport and participating in their chosen activities such as; assistive technology and interactive sports sessions.
We are particularly interested in hearing from candidates with a skill or passion to share such as sports, music or photography – if you love it, this will shine through to the people you support, giving them a taste of new experiences whilst learning new skills.
What you need to know
Hours: Relief/Bank - to cover staff holidays and service growth. (our services hours are Mon-Fri 9.30am-3.30pm, so you will need to have availability to cover this on bank basis)
Location: 11 Oakfield Street, Kelty, KY4 0BX
Job Description: Support Worker (Day Service)
Don’t let concerns over experience or availability hold you back. We have several growing services across Scotland and are happy to consider any availability – apply now and see if we can work with yours!
Drivers preferred but not essential, whilst we welcome applications from drivers, we can consider non drivers. If you do need to go out and about with our customer for that dinner and cinema trip, your costs are covered.
Capability Scotland’s benefits:
A generous hourly rate of £12.60 per hour
We offer a fully funded SVQ – a qualification which is yours for life.
Most services offer, set 2, 3, 4 and 6 weeks rolling or monthly rotas so you always know when you are working and can plan life outside of work.
32 days' holidays per year, increasing to 37 with service.
Free PVG checks throughout your employment.
Up to 8% company contribution pension scheme.
Up to 3 x annual salary death in service.
Perks at Work – shopping discount scheme.
Cycle to work scheme.
24/7 employee assistance programme.
Working for us means you would qualify for Blue Light & Concert for Carer discounts
We are One Voice, One Charity, One Spirit, #OneCapability.
Want to be part of this? Apply now
Capability Scotland is committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued, and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.
A copy of Capability Scotland’s Equality and Diversity Policy is available upon request from the HR Team.
Due to the high volume of applications expected, we advise that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Thank you for your interest and for taking the time to apply to work with us.
***Please note that our vacancies do not qualify for Skilled Worker Visa Sponsorship, if you require this to commit to this role long term, please do not apply. If we are in a position to offer sponsorship in the future our adverts will be updated to reflect this***
Can you help us with our ongoing mission?
At Capability Scotland, our mission is to deliver the highest quality services, tailored to the individual needs of disabled people. We work in partnership to create innovative solutions which enable our people to achieve their goals. We put our customers and learners at the heart of everything we do and will make sure their voices are heard loud and clear.
We love what we do here and are looking to recruit a team of Relief/Bank Support Workers for our Oakfield (daycentre) service based in Kelty.
The role – Support Worker
We support people with a variety of complex disabilities in our spacious, adapted house, daycentre setting. This intimate setting for a small group of adults offers; sensory, kitchen and craft spaces along with a wonderful garden for our customers to enjoy.
You will be supporting our customers on either one-to-one or group care; your day will include helping them with their personal care, dressing, medication, communication, mobility, mealtimes, daily transport and participating in their chosen activities such as; assistive technology and interactive sports sessions.
We are particularly interested in hearing from candidates with a skill or passion to share such as sports, music or photography – if you love it, this will shine through to the people you support, giving them a taste of new experiences whilst learning new skills.
What you need to know
Hours: Relief/Bank - to cover staff holidays and service growth. (our services hours are Mon-Fri 9.30am-3.30pm, so you will need to have availability to cover this on bank basis)
Location: 11 Oakfield Street, Kelty, KY4 0BX
Job Description: Support Worker (Day Service)
Don’t let concerns over experience or availability hold you back. We have several growing services across Scotland and are happy to consider any availability – apply now and see if we can work with yours!
Drivers preferred but not essential, whilst we welcome applications from drivers, we can consider non drivers. If you do need to go out and about with our customer for that dinner and cinema trip, your costs are covered.
Capability Scotland’s benefits:
A generous hourly rate of £12.60 per hour
We offer a fully funded SVQ – a qualification which is yours for life.
Most services offer, set 2, 3, 4 and 6 weeks rolling or monthly rotas so you always know when you are working and can plan life outside of work.
32 days' holidays per year, increasing to 37 with service.
Free PVG checks throughout your employment.
Up to 8% company contribution pension scheme.
Up to 3 x annual salary death in service.
Perks at Work – shopping discount scheme.
Cycle to work scheme.
24/7 employee assistance programme.
Working for us means you would qualify for Blue Light & Concert for Carer discounts
We are One Voice, One Charity, One Spirit, #OneCapability.
Want to be part of this? Apply now
Capability Scotland is committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued, and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.
A copy of Capability Scotland’s Equality and Diversity Policy is available upon request from the HR Team.
Due to the high volume of applications expected, we advise that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Thank you for your interest and for taking the time to apply to work with us.
***Please note that our vacancies do not qualify for Skilled Worker Visa Sponsorship, if you require this to commit to this role long term, please do not apply. If we are in a position to offer sponsorship in the future our adverts will be updated to reflect this***
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
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.