Reporting directly to the Befriending Programme Manager, the part-time Volunteer Coordinator will be working closely with the ESOL Coordinator, 'Welcoming a Greener Future' (WAGF)team, and other Project Coordinators to ensure best volunteer management practices across the association.

Please note that you must already be eligible to work in the UK to be employed by The Welcoming Association.

The post aims to improve health outcomes for vulnerable members of the Polish community living in Edinburgh.

The post holder will be employed by Health All Round, a community health initiative which aims to improve the health and wellbeing of people living in the South West area of Edinburgh.

Taking a person centred approach, the post holder will support Polish people referred by statutory and voluntary sector colleagues to: identify issues affecting their health & wellbeing; identify personal outcomes and priorities; overcome barriers to achieving goals; support access & engagement with local and national agencies & services.

(The post is essentially a mixture of community development and crisis management).

The post of Team Facilitator is an exciting and rewarding role which encapsulates ENABLE Scotland’s vision towards building and supporting more autonomous personalised support teams.

Primary Job Purposes

The role of Team Facilitator is highly customer focused on the people we support, their families and the team members who support them. You will be part of a management team and have leadership responsibility for a designated number of individual services working with all stakeholders.

As an effective Team Facilitator, you will demonstrate a sound understanding of the Personalisation agenda, Self Directed Support and the concept of choice and control. You will understand the need to keep decision making as close to the individuals we support as possible, whilst being clear on the level of decision making appropriate to your own role. You will develop an in-depth understanding of each person and use this to support people to achieve enhanced lifestyles and the pursuit of clear identified outcomes.

Through building the capacity of direct support teams; you will be responsible for ensuring the development and quality of service designs and supporting strategies, for monitoring and review and ensuring associated processes are in place.

You will take responsibility for the design, and facilitative management of each person’s team to support the achievement of individual outcomes. You will demonstrate and model a high standard of practice whilst monitoring and supporting the development of direct support team members.