Social Care Worker (Older People Services) - GLA14179
| Posting date: | 29 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £33,858.03 to £37,845.32 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 September 2025 |
| Location: | City Wide Glasgow, G1 1LH |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL AND ARMS LENGTH ORGANISATION |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | GLA14179 |
Summary
Job Description
Role - Social Care Worker (Older People Services)
Location - Hawthorn House (G22 5HE), Meadowburn (G53 5AQ), Orchard Grove (G42 0LB) Riverside (G40 3JD)
Salary – Starting hourly rate of £18.55 - see attached further breakdown
Hours and Shift Pattern – 12 hour shifts - see attached further breakdown of shifts, both full-time 35 hrs and part-time 24hrs posts available
If you are looking for a career which makes a positive difference, then being a Social Care Worker in one of our care homes for older people could be for you.
Our Glasgow City Care Homes provide care and support in enabling surroundings to our residents 24/7 where you would work 12 hour shifts.
Previous experience of working with vulnerable adults / older people is essential. You will work as part of a team with direction from Senior staff to provide direct care and support to older people living within our residential care homes. You will work collaboratively with residents, finding out what matters to them, in order to create and deliver a plan of care that is enabling and person-centred. Other duties include supporting, organising and deploying staff to provide direct care to residents.
You must be able to work without direct supervision. You should hold values which promote the wellbeing of older people, have a desire to support others with compassion, kindness whilst respecting their rights and choices within their daily lives.
You must be competent in English both written and spoken and be conversant with Health and Safety at Work legislation. Applications are welcome from ethnic minorities and fluent speakers of other languages – Cantonese, Hakka, Punjabi, Urdu.
This post will require you to have or to have the ability to undertake and attain a SVQ Level 2 qualification in Health and Social Care or equivalent, to meet the requirements of registration to the Scottish Social Services Council. Glasgow City Council will provide support and meet the cost for undertaking this qualification.
Membership of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme will be essential on taking up appointment along with SSSC Registration. Please note successful candidates for the above position will be required to pay for their PVG Membership/or Scheme Check. Please note as part of the local government pay deal, local authority staff are currently not required to pay SSSC fees.
Registration to the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) is an essential requirement for this role. You must either be already registered or have applied within 3 months and be registered within 6 months from your start date.
These posts are excepted under Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Order 2013 (as amended).
Interviews for the post will take place week beginning 15th September.
If you would like to find out more about the role before applying, you can contact Evelyn Downie, Service Manager at Riverside Care Home by email evelyn.downie@sw.glasgow.gov.uk
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GCC Website and GCC Conditions of Service
Application Packs
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Further Information
Please note that Glasgow City Council is currently completing a Job Evaluation exercise and introducing a new pay and grading structure which may impact on current salaries quoted in job adverts, see
GCC Job Evaluation
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