Care at Home Assistant – Garnock Valley – NAY Job at Full Time NEW

Position: Care at Home Assistant – Garnock Valley – NAY17138

Job Summary

We may conduct our interviews in person or using Microsoft Teams for video calling. All you need is a device with a camera and access to the internet. We will provide guidance and instructions on how to use this method if your interview is being held virtually.

We are a disability confident leader and we support reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process – for more information click important-information-for-applicants ()

We are looking for motivated and compassionate Care at Home Assistants to join our team and support individuals to live independently within their own homes. These positions are based within North Ayrshire, specifically within the noted locations:
Kilwinning, Kilbirnie, Dalry, West Kilbride/Fairlie, Largs. You will assist with all aspects of personal care as described in the role profile. For more information see the attached Role Profile below.

Successful candidates will be required to register with the SSSC within 3 months of commencing in post.

Before you apply, find out a little bit about us and why we are a Great Place to Work.

Staff Values & Behaviours

North Ayrshire Council uses behavioural based approach throughout the recruitment process. Our staff values of Focus, Passion & Inspiration will be explored for this vacancy.

Further information on our Staff Values and how to complete behaviour based application form questions is available on the Staff values and behaviours ().

Additional Information

References

For your information if this post requires references you will be notified of further details if you are successful in gaining an interview. Not providing relevant references when requested may delay the outcome of the interview process.

PVG (both)

This post is considered Regulated Work with Children and Protected Adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act, 2007. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children or protected adults

Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to confirmation of employment being made by North Ayrshire Council. Please note, successful candidates will be expected to meet the cost of the relevant PVG check (£59 or £18), which will be deducted from your salary following commencement of employment. For further information on the PVG Scheme please visit https://(Use the “Apply for this Job” box below).

For further details on North Ayrshire Council’s policy please visit Pre-employment checks ().

Please note if you are the successful candidate your name and email address will be entered into the Disclosure Scotland PVG system to generate your PVG form which will be issued to your email with an enclosed link to complete.

Our Work styles

As an employer of choice, North Ayrshire Council has identified four different Work styles. Each post in the council has been allocated one of these styles:

Mobile – More than 90% of time spent primarily working on a mobile basis across multiple Council facilities and out in the community. There may be some limited opportunity to work from home.

This post has been allocated the workstyle:
Mobile

More information on our work styles can be found in our HR Guide – Work styles (). . If you have any questions on the allocated Workstyle for this post, please ask at interview.