Scheme Assistant

Job ref: FEB20233299
Job Title: Scheme Assistant
Location: Canal Street PERTH
Contract: 6 month fixed term
Hours: 24 per week (4 week shift pattern 6 hours per shift)
Salary: £10.90 per hour
Closing Date: 5th March

Interview Date: 17th March 2023

Come and join us!

Caledonia Housing Group - Housing Association of the Year award and Social Housing Developer of the Year 2021.

Caledonia Housing Association has the vision of providing “Homes and Services that make life better” and we have ambitious goals to revolutionise the customer service we provide. By streamlining processes and procedures we aim to improve the customer experience of tenants and service users across the Group. We operate across 8 local authorities and manage over 5,200 affordable homes and offers services to around 2,000 private owners. We are committed to tackling inequality and housing needs across the Highlands, Tayside, Perthshire and Dunbartonshire.

Benefits

As a Caledonia Housing Group employee you will enjoy a fantastic range of benefits including:

• Ongoing investment in your personal development with access to internal and external training qualifications
• Annual Leave entitlement starting at 33 days per year (increases with length of service)
• We promote work-life balance and operate a flexi-time system
• Generous contributory pension scheme
• Health benefit of up to £300 per year which includes a gym membership, fitness equipment or health insurance
• Wellbeing services offering support and confidential advice for you when you most need it including counselling and in-house mental health first aiders
• Volunteering opportunities

As an inclusive employer, we’re open to having a conversation with you about flexible working.

About the role

• Do you have a good understanding of, or prepared to learn, about the needs of older people?
• Are you interested in working locally within a small dedicated team?
• Do you feel passionate about supporting older people to remain independent in their own homes?

If this sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you!

We currently have a vacancy for a Supply Scheme Assistant to join our team at Canal Street, Perth. Our Perth service is registered with the Care Inspectorate to provide housing support to enable older people, and people who have conditions which would normally be associated with ageing, to live independently in their own homes.

As part of your role, you will regularly liaise with tenants, their families and other Health and Social Care Teams so patience, empathy and understanding are required along with excellent people and verbal and written communication skills and an understanding of the importance of confidentiality.

You will be responsible for writing, reviewing and updating tenant’s support plans, carrying out risk assessments and a variety of other administrative and housing tasks so good basic IT skills and the ability to record information clearly, concisely and legibly are essential.

The team are responsible for the health, safety and wellbeing of the tenants, staff and visitors in the building so carrying out fire, health, safety and security checks will be a regular part of your duties as will some domestic tasks.

You will be responsible for serving meals to those of our tenants who attend the communal dining room at lunch and teatime and you will also organise or take part in social activities for our tenants.

Hours of work will be as required and will include evenings and weekends. Rotas are issued 4 weeks in advance. We will always try to give you as much notice as possible when we call you but as this post is to cover sickness as well as annual leave, some shifts may be offered at short notice.

As this is a registered service, the successful candidate must be prepared to;

• Join the PVG (Protection of Vulnerable Groups) scheme run by Disclosure Scotland. Caledonia Housing Association will meet the cost of this.
• Register with the SSSC (Scottish Social Services Council) within the appropriate timescale. Caledonia Housing Association will refund the cost of your registration which requires to be renewed annually.
• Registration with the SSSC requires that the holder of this post either holds or will undertake a SVQ level 2 in Care within an agreed timescale. Caledonia Housing Association will provide the training and support required to complete this award and will meet the cost of you completing this qualification.

Closing date for applications is Tuesday 28th February. We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. Suitable candidates will be interviewed during the recruitment campaign.

If you would like to be part of a supportive and flexible work environment, while being part of an organisation committed to making a difference please click on the ‘Apply’ link or visit the ‘Join Us’ section of our website www.caledoniaha.co.uk

A registered charity no: SCO 13988. Caledonia strives to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. A Registered Scottish Charity No SCO13988