Leading health and social care charity launches recruitment drive in Fife

The service supports adults and children with a physical or learning disability, as well as families facing poverty, family breakdown and disadvantage.

The roles on offer within it include support workers, autism practitioners and team leaders across a range of services.

Alistair Dickson, director of people and technology, believes that the ongoing pandemic has raised awareness of the important role of social care staff.

He said: “Covid-19 has been a challenging time for everyone, and this was definitely the case for the social care sector.

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“We value the skills and experience of people in retail, hospitality or call centre roles who are unable to work or have been furloughed. Individuals looking to apply should not be deterred if they do not have experience within the sector as full training will be provided.

“We’re offering people the chance to ‘dip their toe in the water’ to see if a career in care is right for them. We’re confident that Quarriers can offer a fulfilling social care career combined with training and support throughout.

Quarriers is an accredited Scottish Living Wage employer, and Mr Dickson believes this is key in attracting and retaining the best staff.

He added: “Everyone has varying commitments, and to accommodate this we offer a variety of contracted hours as well as family-friendly and flexible working policies and procedures, allowing you to achieve a good work-life balance, whether that be alongside family life, further study or home schooling.”

Quarriers’ vacancies can be found at https://quarriers.org.uk/taster. To apply text JOIN to 82222.

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