Lead Practitioner

Turning Point Scotland; Dundee; On-site

Job description

Use your skills in a career that cares

At Turning Point Scotland, we have opportunities for Lead Practitioners to support a young man to live in his own home, encouraging him to fulfil his life with exciting and fun activities, pursue his hobbies and passions, and create memorable experiences.

Embark on a rewarding journey and apply today!

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity for a Lead Practitioner; with Turning Point Scotland, no two days are the same!

Our Lead Practitioner role will include:

• Helping to provide individualised support to a young man with a wide range of needs while working in a team environment.
• Supporting the person within the community and engaging with their hobbies and interests, empowering him to develop skills and independence, promoting their overall growth.
• Attending various community groups and accompanying him to attend activities he enjoys. He has his own car, so being able to drive would be an advantage.
• Assisting with personal care, ensuring his comfort and all areas of wellbeing.
• Celebrating achievements and milestones, both big and small, to create a rewarding and positive environment.

About You

You will have a genuine commitment to use your skills to support people to live their best lives. You will be supported by an incredibly approachable management team, allowing you to expand on your existing knowledge while developing new skills. You will have flexibility to work on a rota.

A level of previous working experience in care is needed; in addition, full training will be provided to you.

We believe the experience you have is further enhanced by having the right values of respect, compassion, inclusion, and integrity in order to join our team!

About Us – Dundee

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 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.

Where there is a requirement for sleepover shifts, you will receive, on top of your £12.19 p/h, an additional £96.00 for every sleepover shift you work!

If you are dedicated, compassionate, and enthusiastic about making a difference in the lives of vulnerable adults, we would love to hear from you.

Turning Point Scotland offers a Salary Matching opportunity.

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 the start date.

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Turning Point Scotland has Platinum accreditation in Investors in People. Our staff are our most important asset; therefore, we offer extensive training and impressive personal and career-focused development opportunities. You could be part of an organisation that not only offers excellent careers but makes a real difference to thousands of people’s lives and achieve your own personal fulfilment.

• 123 Learning and development courses
• 29 eLearning courses
• Funded qualification – SVQ Social Services and Healthcare, work-based assessment
• Your Career Pathway, we promote from within and advertise internally all jobs
• Pension Scheme, employer contribution 4%
• Wide range of family-friendly policies
• 35 holiday/public holidays days per year.