You’ll work closely with Day Service Managers to oversee daily operations, supervise staff, and plan creative, therapeutic activities that directly impact the lives of our members.
What we're looking for:
* Commitment to supporting individuals with learning disabilities
* Experience in management or supervisory roles
* Excellent organisational and IT skills
* Ability to lead and inspire teams
* Desirable: Experience in arts, crafts, or artistic therapies, and a clean driving licence
What we offer:
* Holidays: 7 weeks, including public holidays
* Sick Pay: Up to 3 months’ full pay
* Pension: 7.2% employer contributions
* Life Cover: 3x salary after 12 months
* Training Opportunities: Personal and professional growth
* Employee Assistance Programme: Confidential support
Join us in making a difference!
Empowering individuals | Building a vibrant community
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Garvald Edinburgh is committed to equality, inclusivity, and safe recruitment practices.
Are you interested in supporting people to maximise skills, confidence and independence and working in a beautiful place? Then we might just have the job for you!
At Tiphereth-Camphill in Edinburgh, we are seeking a Full-Time co-worker to support adults with learning disabilities and autism who live within our Supported Living Service, grow their independence and be part of our vibrant community.
Previous experience of working with adults with learning disabilities is desirable but not essential. What is most important is that you have a real desire to support people to maximise their independence, have a belief in supporting people to make their choices and to do the things they want to do. The post will involve supporting personal care and safe people handling, experience of which would be desirable.
We are a Camphill community based on the edge of the Pentland hills in Edinburgh supporting adults with learning disabilities and autism in a range of day services, supported living, residential care, and social enterprises.
Alongside a beautiful, supportive, and inclusive working environment, we offer:
* A competitive salary – starting £25,126.56 rising with time served annually over 6 to £27,068.44
* Sleepovers paid in addition - £12 per hour (sleepover hours normally from 10pm to 7am)
* 36 days annual leave (Pro-rata), rising with time served to 40 days (Pro-rata)
* Private Medical Insurance (on successful completion of probation)
* Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
* Opportunity to save from source with Capital Credit Union
* Extensive training and development programme and career progression
If you would like to learn more about the role and Tiphereth, full details and specific requirements are available at tiphereth.org.uk.
Are you an experienced Social Care Team Leader?
Do you want to work for a charity with excellent employee benefits such as generous annual leave and pension contributions, whose values are wholly embedded in the very fabric of the organisation?
At Upper Springland, we support adults with physical disabilities, learning disabilities, sensory impairment, and complex health conditions to live independently within their private accommodation on site, as well as providing care and support within Housing Support and Care at Home in the community. We have a Day Opportunities service on site which residents and members of the community access.
We have 2 exciting opportunities for experienced social care leaders, to line manage our team of Support Workers within one of our residential services (full time) & our Housing Support, Care at Home and Day Services (part time) all based in Perth.
Our close-knit team of Team Leaders help our support staff to provide 24-hour support 7 days a week, and they require a motivated and enthusiastic leader to join the team.
About the role:
You will be required to co-ordinate and supervise a team of support staff in delivering a high standard of social care practice, using a person-centred approach that reflects individual customer's aspirations and outcomes. As a Team Leader, you will occasionally work on the floor delivering direct care including medication administration, personal care, and moving and assisting. Meaning it’s not all about paperwork, you still get some hands-on practice!
A key part of this role is to coach, monitor, mentor, and develop the skill base within the staff team. You will do this by displaying Leadership skills such as role modelling, decision making, being an effective communicator, having a positive attitude, commitment, and confidence in your role.
As a Team Leader you will be responsible for:
* Maintaining a clear and calm manner whilst managing risk through assessment, planning, customer knowledge, and de-escalation, as required.
* Helping to recruit, induct and train colleagues and junior members of staff in all aspects of their work, including supervision, mediation, and personal development.
* Managing customer activities
* Health and Safety
* Compiling and checking care and support plans
* Management of medicines procedures
* Liaising with families, health and care professionals, and social workers
* On-call support
What you need to know:
Full time vacancy - we have a set shift pattern, 37 hours per week, 4 week rolling rota, so you always know when you are working. Working a mix of early, back, and late shifts, as well as weekends and on-call, which are planned in advance, enabling you to plan life outside of work responsibilities.
Part time vacancy - 22.5 hours per week Example Shifts - Monday – Friday: 7.5 hours, 09:00-16:30 – three days a week, On-call Support – 24 hours a day – including weekends, roughly one in four. Please note: This post is female-only, due to customer choice for intimate, personal care support. (Genuine Occupational Requirement)
Location – (full time) Isla Road, Perth, PH2 7HQ / (part Time) Isla Road, Perth, PH2 7HQ & Perth Community
Working with Capability Scotland brings you lots of benefits:
* Competitive salary - £32,391/ £19,697.18 per annum (£16.79 per hour).
* We offer a fully funded SVQ – a qualification which is yours for life.
* 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.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* 24/7 employee assistance programme.
* Working for us means you would qualify for Blue Light & Concert for Carer discounts.
Are you searching for a job where you can make a difference? Do you have direct experience of supporting a child with additional support needs? Kindred supports families of children with the most complex medical needs in Scotland. As an Information and Advocacy Worker you will be providing information and emotional support to parents. We’d like someone to come and join our friendly, energetic team, based at our office in central Edinburgh.
We are currently looking to recruit support workers to join our small team within Inclusion Alliance. The role involves supporting people with learning disabilities to be included in the community and lead an ordinary life. Your work would involve helping people to access educational, social, leisure, and work or volunteering opportunities in the community.
No experience or formal qualifications are necessary for the role although a caring nature, positive attitude, and a sense of fun are important characteristics to have. New staff will receive paid training and undertake shadow shifts with experienced staff members during induction. We want new staff to feel ready and able to work prior to working on their own for the first time.
We have various vacancies available including part time and relief/casual positions in various locations throughout Edinburgh.
* Working hours are based between the hours of 8am and 5pm Monday to Friday
* We have various permanent and casual vacancies available.
* Relief/ Casual pay rate- £12 per hour
Candidates must be caring, motivated and have excellent communication skills whilst being committed to working in a person-centred way ensuring that support is built around the supported person’s wishes and needs.
Benefits include:
* Employer contributory pension scheme
* Funded SVQ 3 qualification and learning opportunity
* Paid annual leave entitlement
* Regular paid supervision sessions
* Regular paid training and development opportunities
* Daytime Monday to Friday working
* Working for a well-established small organisation where person-centred values are at the core.
* Free 24/7 access to employee support app
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