North Ayrshire Carers Gateway Young Carer Officer UNITY
Location:2 xNorth Ayrshire school clusters (Garnock & Largs)
Permanent:Part Time, 25 hours per week, including some occasional weekend and evening work (plenty notice is given beforehand)
Salary:£17,301.43 per annum (FTE £24,222) + 5% employer pension contribution
21 HSC are proud to announce that we have been exclusively retained on behalf of Unity to recruit a Carers Gateway Young Carer Officer.
Unity is a highly regarded and long-established charity that provides a range of services to support vulnerable and disadvantaged people across the West of Scotland. In North Ayrshire, they have supported unpaid carers for more than 20 years and have been contracted by the local Health and Social Care Partnership to introduce a vastly enhanced service. The new North Ayrshire Carers Gateway model will help more people, in more places and in more ways than ever before.
The purpose of the role is to improve the health and wellbeing of young carers in North Ayrshire. Working in schools and other community settings they identify young people aged between 8 and 18 who have caring responsibilities and support them to access a range of services and activities. The Officers raise awareness of the challenges faced by young carers ...