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Support Practitioner

Job details
Posting date: 02 February 2026
Salary: £24,242 to £25,264 per month
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 15 February 2026
Location: Dudhope Castle, Barrack Road, Dundee, DD3 6HF
Remote working: On-site only
Company: Turning Point Scotland
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 6244

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Summary

Post: Support Practitioner

Service: Learning Disabilities

Based: Dundee

Hours: Full Time & Part Time Available

Salary: £24,242 - £25,264 (pro rata)

Contract: Permanent

If you live your best life, support someone to live theirs!

Do you have a passion for helping vulnerable people enjoy as much fulfilment as they can and feel included in their community? If compassion, care and inclusiveness are an important part of who you are, our opportunities to work away from the routine in a demanding, challenging but emotionally rewarding role could be for you.

Our Turning Point Scotland Services in Dundee are looking for people like you to help provide individualised support to adults with a wide range of needs, either on an individual 1:1 basis or alongside others and as part of a team.

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Turning Point Scotland - Dundee Service



Turning Point Scotland‘s Dundee service provides support to individuals with a variety of support needs including learning disability, physical disability, autism, mental health illness and community justice.  We provide supported living services, housing support and day opportunities to promote independence and choice to individuals in order to enable them to access everyday life experiences including access to education, employment and social activities.  We will also provide support with developing relationships and maintaining a home.  We work in partnership with service users, their families, health teams, social work teams and advocacy.


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The support we provide is always person centred, we do this by involving people who know the person well, this includes family and friends, other health and Social Work professionals, Advocacy services and our own staff members.

No previous working experience is needed; full training will be provided to you. We believe having the right values of respect, compassion, inclusion and integrity is all you need to join our team! We would offer you full support in completing your application.

As a Support Practitioner, you will work with individuals who have a wide range of support needs, providing them with practical and emotional support and encouraging them to achieve their own personal outcomes in all aspects of their daily lives e.g. keeping safe, meaningful activities, community involvement, physical health, relationships, emotional health and wellbeing.

Turning Point Scotland offers a Salary Matching within the pay points of the role.

Please note that IT skills are required for all our vacancies.

Where applicable, successful candidates will be required to register with the SSSC within 6 months of start date.

We value lived experience, please click here to read more about our views.https://turningpointscotland.com/turning-point-scotland-is-committed-to-employing-people-with-lived-experience/

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