Community Living Assistant – North Lanarkshire Skilled Worker Visa Sponsorship available now!

Are you a driver with your own vehicle, searching for your dream social care role that offers a Skilled Worker visa?

Do you live in or within a reasonable commuting distance to North Lanarkshire?

If not, could you relocate to the historic county of North Lanarkshire, bordering Glasgow, Scotland?

If so, keep reading…

Capability Scotland is a registered charity with a 77 year history of delivering high quality support services tailored to the individual needs of disabled people across Scotland. With services across Perth, Edinburgh, Lanarkshire, Glasgow, and Fife, we are now actively looking to recruit for a range of roles within our services.

These positions in Motherwell, Wishaw, Bellshill and Shotts (ML1, ML2, ML4, ML7) offer 37 contracted hours per week working a mix of day shifts and back shifts, with the possibility of additional hours and sleepovers. You will be assisting the people we support, who have complex support needs, with either one-to-one or two-to-one care; in their own homes and the local community. Your day will include helping them with their personal care, dressing, medication, communication, mealtimes, and participating in their chosen activities for that day. You will assist with their daily living routines, care needs and facilitating their attendance at college, appointments, recreational activities and social events.

As an approved Skilled Worker Visa Sponsor, we are actively seeking experienced and kind individuals currently residing in the UK to join our team. If you currently have a valid UK visa and are now looking for a new employment sponsor then please contact us.

Please note we are only able to consider applicants who meet the minimum requirements below:

• Demonstrable experience of working in care in the UK

• References reflecting your recent care experience

• A strong standard of English, both written and verbally

• That you share our values of kindness, inclusivity, honesty, aspiration, and creativity

• That you meet the government requirements for a skilled worker visa – https://www.gov.uk/health-care-worker-visa

Please note that candidates must meet the current UK visa requirements, and you will be responsible for the costs associated with your application.

What we can offer you:

• A generous salary of £24,524 FTE / £12.06 per hour (or £12.35 per hour, dependent on qualifications)

• We recognise and reward qualified employees offering £12.35 per hour for those qualified at SVQ3 or above.

• To help you achieve this qualification, we offer a fully funded SVQ – a qualification which is yours for life.

• We offer 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

Applying to Capability Scotland

Applying to join our family is easy. At the bottom of this advert, you can submit your CV and a covering letter directly to our hiring service. You’ll then hear from us within three weeks of the noted closing date. We’ll invite successful candidates to an interview so we can learn more about what makes each other tick, in a safe and secure way.

You can keep a track of your application in your profile management settings

Closing date 13/09/2024.

For more information on this role, you can call Siobhan on 01698 372003 using reference CS050924SVW

• Due to high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted, we have the right to amend or extend the closing date to meet organisational needs.

General Information

Capability Scotland is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and which promote equality of opportunity. We are happy to consider job-share applications.

Capability Scotland is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable people and conducts thorough pre-employment checks on all preferred candidates.

A copy of Capability Scotland’s Equality and Diversity Policy is available upon request from the HR Team.