Advertisement Details The purpose of the job is to actively provide person-centred care in accordance with relevant legislation and guidelines. The postholder will attend to the practical, social and emotional needs of the service users in their care to enable people to live in the community as independently as possible. Depending on the service, the post holder will be required to support service users in their own homes and/or in residential or supported accommodation, this will include either Older people, including those with needs associated with dementia; Children and young people, including those with special needs; Adults with learning disabilities; Adults with physical disabilities; or Adults with mental ill-health More detail is provided in the Job Profile, Person Specification and Conditions of Service Summary attached to the bottom of this advert. Please follow the link(s) below for further information – Additional Information The grade of this post is D Rate of pay shown in the advert is inclusive of Distant Islands Allowance of 1.1172 per hour Employees on the first point of grade D will be paid a Scottish Living Wage supplement of 0.03 per hour. The hourly rate will therefore be 10.19 per hour. 3 x Permanent Part Time posts for 25, 15 & 10 hours per week each , 52.18 weeks per year Preferred candidates will be required to join the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update prior to a formal offer of employment being made A relocation package does not apply to this post We will pay interview expenses from within Shetland The successful candidate will be subject to satisfactory Pre-Employment Medical screening with our Occupational Health provider During the application process you are required to give the names of two persons not related to you, who we can contact to provide a reference to support your application. This post is based at Independent Living Centre, Gremista For further details relating to this post, please contact: Muriel Forbes, Team Leader, onor email If you have a disability which prevents you from applying online, please call . If you’re a kind, compassionate person who’d like to make a difference to people’s lives, then social care could be the right career for you. Take the quiz!