Background

PKAVS is a leading charity in Perth & Kinross, enhancing lives and connecting communities through diverse services in the areas of Carers, Mental Wellbeing, Minority Communities, Third Sector support and Volunteering. Every year, PKAVS enhances the lives of over 5,000 local people, helping them to overcome barriers and achieve their goals. PKAVS is also the Third Sector Interface for Perth & Kinross, supporting and developing the Third Sector and enhancing the Sector’s role in Community Planning.

With over 80 staff and 100 volunteers, PKAVS is a growing organisation with core infrastructure provided by PKAVS Business and Organisational Development teams, comprising Organisational Support (Third Sector Organisations & Social Enterprises), Internal Business Support and external Business Support functions.

Role

PKAVS offers respite and support to unpaid carers through a number of different means. These include administering the Time to Live respite pots awarded to us from Shared Care Scotland and Perth & Kinross Health & Social Care partnership (H&SCP) and occasionally through the Carers Trust. Similarly PKAVS has become the Respitality (local carers centre work in partnership with hospitality providers who wish to donate breaks to carers) provider for unpaid carers in Perth & Kinross as well as being the organisation that helps develop and deliver the complementary therapies offered to carers. However it is equally as important that the information that is on the Carers Hub website is kept up to date and relevant and as many carer organisations as possible are encouraged to put their details on this website.

The post-holder will be expected to administer the areas of respite and support detailed above but will also be encouraged to develop these and other respite opportunities that will support unpaid carers in Perth & Kinross. This will include developing a bank of gift donator’s for the Respitality scheme and matching these gifts with carers, completing pre and post break evaluations for those carers granted funds from the Time to Live pot and assessing the impact these breaks have made, finding new ways to offer respite to carers that as yet we may not know are available.

Offers will be made subject to satisfactory references and eligibility to work in the UK.

As part of The Bike Station administrative team you will provide clerical, administrative and financial support to the organisation. You will assist with coordination and implementation of office procedures and take responsibility for specific projects and tasks as may be requested from time to time.

As an award-winning innovative care provider, we support the elderly and people living with physical disabilities and long-term conditions across Scotland. We pride ourselves on our knowledge and passion for delivering complex care, making sure that our customers receive high quality care services that can range from visiting a few hours a week to several daily visits.

We deliver our vision of helping our customers live their life to the full through the hard work and dedication of our Support Workers who provide our customers with a wide variety of assistance such as personal hygiene, dressing, medication prompts and light household chores in line with their personal support plans.

Blackwood are currently looking for Support Workers to join our Care Services teams to support our customers living in their own homes in the community and/or in our Care Homes. We operate care services in Aberdeen, Dundee, Perth & Kinross, Edinburgh, Stirling, Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Ayrshire and Inverclyde.

Don’t worry about having any previous care experience, we provide comprehensive training and development opportunities to help you become a great carer!

Our main priority for this job role is to find people who can show our values and behaviours. These are:

• Taking responsibility
• Being open and honest
• Keeping our promises
• Having respect and understanding

The ideal candidate must have:

• A commitment to delivering high quality care
• Strong communication, interpersonal and IT skills
• An ability to work independently in the community and as part of a team
• A relevant qualification (SVQ2), this is not essential as training will be given
• Flexibility to work on a rota basis, including early mornings, evenings and weekends.

…Could this be you?

Blackwood offers a range of employee benefits, including:

• Travel expenses and paid travel time between customer visits
• Fully funded SVQ training on completion of probationary period
• Company sick pay scheme on completion of probationary period
• 34 days’ holiday per annum, pro rata for part-time hours
• Company mobile phone
• Company pension scheme and other benefits
• Payment of PVG and SSSC registration
• Recruit both drivers and walkers on care at home runs
• Fully paid induction and shadowing with experienced carers.
• EE Perks – discount packages for family and friends.