Support Worker


Company:	Bield Housing and Care
Salary:	£13.66 to £14.07 an hour
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	EH16 4BD
Working pattern:	On-site
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	7 Oct 2026
Closing date:	21 Oct 2026

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Summary

NEW Support Worker Role in Edinburgh!

Are you passionate about making a positive difference in people’s lives?

Join our team as a Support Worker at Castlebrae Glebe and be part of a compassionate and dedicated team committed to providing exceptional care and support to our service users.

As a Support Worker, you’ll make a real difference every day by assisting individuals with daily activities, promoting independence, and helping to create a welcoming and supportive environment. Whether you’re experienced or new to care, we offer comprehensive training and development to support you.

Please note for this role, and for genuine occupational requirement reasons, we are looking to appoint Female Support Workers (exemption under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9).

Hours of employment:

32 hours a week on a shift Rota of 4 days a week.

1 hour unpaid break

The Role

In your role as Support Worker, you will provide care and support to individuals in their own homes including:

- Assisting with household tasks

- Assisting and supporting with personal care, including intimate personal care

- Medication prompting/ administering

About You

You will:

- Have good communication skills, both verbal and written

- Have the ability and initiative to work on a lone working basis

- Have good time keeping, time management and organisational skills

- Hold an SVQ2 in Health and Social Care, or have the ability and willingness to undertake this qualification

- Be required to obtain registration with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) within 6 months of taking up the post

About the Benefits

- Full Induction

- PVG costs paid for employment opportunities, 50% for Casual Workers

- Free core training

- SSSC Registration costs reimbursed for employment opportunities

- Occupational Sick pay

- Family friendly policies

- Company Pension Scheme

- Employee Assistance Programme

Whilst experience in working in care is desirable it’s not essential, we want to recruit people who share our values and want to make a difference to the lives of others. If you have a genuine interest in people and supporting them to lead their best life we want to hear from you.

Sponsorship

Please note that Bield Housing and Care do not hold a licence to sponsor any visa applications at present.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) which means you must disclose all unspent and relevant spent convictions on your application.

Disability Confident

Bield is a proud disability confident accredited employer. As users of the disability symbol, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the vacancy minimum criteria.

In order to help you succeed, we will make all required reasonable adjustments to facilitate your inclusion during our recruitment and selection process. Adjustments will vary from person to person; if you wish to discuss how Bield can support you throughout the recruitment process, please email hr@bield.co.uk and a member of the team will get in touch.

If you require this information in an alternative format please contact us using the details above.

Bield Housing & Care Scottish Charity SC006878 I Property Factor PF000146

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