Residential Support Worker - Perth

Make a Difference Every Day – Join Capability Scotland

Support Worker – £25,947.00 per year (pro-rata)

Up to 37 hours per week | Various shifts available

Location: Tayview - Upper Springland Campus, Isla Road, Perth, PH2 7HQ

Empowering Lives. Building Independence. Creating Possibility.

At Capability Scotland, our mission is to deliver the highest quality services, tailored to the individual needs of disabled people. We work in partnership to create innovative solutions which enable our people to achieve their goals. We put our customers and learners at the heart of everything we do and will make sure their voices are heard loud and clear.

We love what we do here and are looking to recruit Support Workers for our Tayview service based in Perth.

The role – Support Worker

We support people with a variety of complex disabilities to live independently in our bright, spacious, purpose-built residential setting, with idyllic grounds and amazing facilities such as a hydrotherapy pool, rebound therapy and an accessible gym. It’s an exciting time to join and help us shape our big plans for our brand new facilities, which are coming soon.

You will be supporting our customers on either one-to-one or group care; your day will include helping them with their personal care, dressing, medication, mealtimes and participating in their chosen activities for that day. These include arts and crafts, games days on campus or trips to the cinema, shopping, or football.

What you need to know:

Hours: Up to 37 hours per week. We are a 24/7 service, meaning we have a variety of shifts available on a 3 week rotation. Shifts may include early shifts, dayshifts and/or backshifts. We can consider relief, part time and full-time applications for various hours. Apply now to discuss our shift patterns with our team.

Location: Upper Springland Campus, Isla Road, Perth, PH2 7HQ.

Drivers preferred but not essential, whilst we welcome applications from drivers, we can consider non drivers. If you do need to go out and about with our customer for that dinner and cinema trip, your costs are covered.

***This role DOES NOT qualify for skilled worker shortage visa sponsorship***

Capability Scotland’s benefits:

• A generous salary of up to £25,947 pa / £13.45 per hour
• A nightshift premium rate of £14.12 per hour
• We offer a fully funded SVQ – a qualification which is yours for life.
• Most services offer, set 2, 3, 4 and 6 weeks rolling or monthly rotas so you always know when you are working and can plan life outside of work.
• 32 days' holidays per year, increasing to 37 with service.
• Free PVG checks throughout your employment.
• Up to 8% company contribution pension scheme.
• Up to 3 x annual salary death in service.
• Perks at Work – shopping discount scheme.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• 24/7 employee assistance programme.
• Working for us means you would qualify for Blue Light & Concert for Carer discounts

We are One Voice, One Charity, One Spirit, #OneCapability.

Click Apply Now to submit your CV.

Closing Date: 20th August 2026

For more information contact View email address on myjobscotland.gov.uk quoting reference CS0508267

Important Information

We reserve the right to extend or close this vacancy early, therefore we would encourage you to apply without delay.

Capability Scotland is committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued, and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.

Due to the high volume of applications expected, we advise that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Thank you for your interest and for taking the time to apply to work with us.

This post is subject to membership of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme and a satisfactory PVG Scheme Record/Update. The successful candidate will be required to undergo the appropriate Disclosure Scotland vetting checks prior to appointment.