Carr Gomm supports all staff with a pay rise of at least 2.5%
Our staff are the heart of Carr Gomm, and we understand the challenging and rewarding job they do to support people across Scotland. To show how valuable our staff are, we are proud to offer all staff a pay rise of at least 2.5% from 1st of April, 2025.
Lucy, Carr Gomm Chief Executive, has been vocal in calls to the Scottish Government to increase the social care wage to appropriately compensate workers for the incredible support they provide to people across Scotland. We are committed to offering fair wages that align with our values. Therefore, we are happy to announce that all Carr Gomm Support Practitioners will see an almost 5% salary increase from the 2024/25 rate and a more than 2% pay rise compared to the Scottish Government’s new adult social care wage.
All new Carr Gomm Support Practitioners will now receive a minimum of £12.90 per hour. At Carr Gomm, we also reward staff loyalty and qualifications, and therefore, experienced Support Practitioners will receive a rate of £13.67 per hour (more than 8% higher than the Scottish Government’s adult social care wage).
In addition to the pay increase, Carr Gomm will continue to offer additional benefits to our Support Practitioner, including time and a half for all hours worked over 37.5 hours per week, 45p per mile claim back for all travel expenses incurred during your work, and enhanced waking hours payments.
At Carr Gomm, we know that none of our work would be possible without the dedication of our office-based staff. From 1 April, all office-based staff will also receive a pay rise of 2.5%.
On top of a pay rise for all staff, we will continue to offer incredible staff benefits to all workers. This includes:
- 35 days holiday per year (increase with length of service) and a sell-back annual leave scheme
- Recommend a Friend Scheme (T&Cs apply)
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and sick leave
- Staff recognition scheme
- Blue Light Card eligibility
- Free online counselling from our in-house Counselling Service
- Free personal training and physiotherapy, accessed through our Carr Gomm App
- Plus more!
Visit our Why Work With Us webpage for more on staff benefits.
In a letter to all staff, Lucy Wren, Carr Gomm Chief Executive, stated:
“We will always strive to be better, as this is in our DNA, but we can only be at our best with your continued commitment, determination, and inspiration. We do this and achieve together, and I want to sincerely recognise your hard work and attention to detail in getting it right for the people, families, and communities that we support. Thank you.”