MOMENTUM Scotland is a national not-for-profit organisation working in partnership to enable and empower disabled and excluded people throughout Scotland to identify and achieve their goals.

We have a vacancy for a Job Coach to help support individuals with health conditions and disabilities into work through the Fair Start Scotland programme. The successful candidate will have experience of supporting individuals to overcome barriers and move closer to the labour market. They will cover mainly Inverness/Elgin, as well as the general Highlands & Islands area.

The successful candidate should have experience of:

Working with disabled, and/or disadvantaged people accessing employment focused programmes

Undertaking jobsearch activities, confidence building, and training where appropriate.

Engaging with employers to help find suitable jobs, as well as being able to support the individuals in work.

Working to targets is crucial to the post and equally important that you are able to ensure all funder expectations for quality and compliance are met including data input and file completion.

It is desirable that the post holder would be qualified to HN, (SCQF Level 7), but relevant experience will be considered of greater weight. A full driving licence is essential.

#morethanajob

Do you have what it takes to make a difference?

ENABLE Scotland is a dynamic and vibrant organisation dedicated to improving the lives of people with learning disabilities and we have an exciting opportunity within our Aberdeen/Moray services for a dynamic and motivated Services Manager. This role will be based in either our Inverurie or our Elgin office and will cover either our Aberdeen City and Shire or Moray services pending where the successful candidate is based.

You must have the passion and drive to take a lead role in continuing to improve the quality of the services we provide to the people we support and to effectively lead and support local Team Facilitators to manage our frontline support staff.

This role is pivotal to the success of our mission and ambition to support people with a learning disability to lead the lives of their choosing; lives that are full, meaningful and inclusive. A successful Services Manager will lead their teams to develop and maintain good relationships and communications with the family and Social Care professionals involved in the lives of the people we support.

Sound good so far?

Successful applicants will be able to demonstrate the following:

• Significant experience of leading and managing Supported Living Services.
• Experience of managing teams with knowledge of culture change.
• A commitment to the inclusion of people with a learning disability.
• An in-depth understanding of the Self Directed Support Act and its principles.
• SVQ level 4 or the ability to work towards the relevant qualification required for your SSSC registration.
• A clear understanding of the need to build and sustain partnerships with stakeholders, commissioners and other third sector providers.
• The ability to lead our business strategy at a local level whilst promoting ENABLE Scotland with an emphasis on growing our business.
• Full driving licence with access to your own vehicle for business use.

What’s also great about ENABLE Scotland is that we believe in developing all our staff and provide an extensive training programme, combined with a commitment to create career development opportunities including SVQ Level 4.

Remember this is #morethanajob – it’s the first step to you making a difference and continuing your career with an award winning charity with its values at its core.