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Are you a compassionate and adaptable Care Support Worker looking for a unique, high-earning contract opportunity? We are seeking experienced care professionals for 3-month assignments supporting remote communities across the Scottish Islands (including Shetland, Orkney, the Western Isles, and Argyll & Bute).
This role offers guaranteed high volume work in stunning locations, making it ideal for workers who want to maximize their earnings while making a meaningful impact in isolated communities.
Contract Overview & Pay
- Pay Rate: £21.00 per hour (Umbrella)
- Weekly Hours: High-volume work (45+ hours per week)
- Contract Duration: 3 Months Minimum
- Locations: Deployments across various Scottish Island communities
- Schedule: Flexible shift patterns across mornings, evenings, and weekends (typically 5-6 days per week)
Key Roles & Responsibilities
As an Island Care Support Worker, you will deliver person-centered care and daily living assistance to vulnerable individuals-primarily older adults and individuals with complex care needs-within their own homes or local community settings:
- Personal Care: Provide dignified, respectful support with personal hygiene, dressing, grooming, washing, and mobility support.
- Medication Administration: Prompt and assist service users with prescribed medications, ensuring accurate record-keeping on MAR charts.
- Moving & Handling: Safely assist service users with transfers and mobility using recommended equipment (hoists, slide sheets, stand-aids) following individual care plans.
- Daily Living Support: Assist with meal preparation, basic household tasks, shopping, and ensuring a safe, clean living environment.
- Lone Working & Autonomy: Deliver high-quality care independently in community settings, showing strong initiative, clear judgment, and confidence.
- Observing & Reporting: Monitor service user health, well-being, and mood changes, maintaining accurate daily notes and reporting any safeguarding or medical concerns promptly.
Essential Candidate Requirements
- Care Experience: Minimum 1 year of UK-based care experience (care-at-home, residential, or community support).
- Driving: UK Driving License and access to a personal vehicle are strongly preferred/required for community visits.
- Core Competencies: Confident in delivering personal care, medication administration, and safe moving and handling unsupervised.
- Safeguarding: Active Adult PVG scheme membership (or willingness to update).
- Adaptability: Full flexibility to work varied shift patterns and a willingness to live and work in remote island locations for the duration of the contract.
How to Apply
If you are ready for a rewarding 3-month contract exploring the Scottish Islands, please remail with your updated CV or contact our recruitment team on 0131 240 0887 today!
Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.
Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.
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