The main responsibility of the Community Worker’s post is to provide independent support and advice about Self Directed Support to those who need it; to help people and carers make informed decisions and plans for their social care and to maximise their choice and control over those arrangements.

Further to these key elements, Community Workers will contribute to the ongoing development and implementation of projects within the organisation, as well as playing a proactive role in their own development.

Support Choices began as a partnership between Outside the Box (otbds.org) and the Care and Wellbeing Co-operative in October 2018 and became a SCIO in December 2020. The need for this project was identified from Outside the Box Rural Wisdom work in Highland Perthshire and there will continue to be many links between Support Choices and Outside the Box.

Support Choices provides free independent information, support and advice to people who are looking for social care support for themselves or a family member or friend.

Support Choices complements other sources of information and advice for people in Perth and Kinross. People living in the most rural areas often find it difficult to use advice services based in Perth. This project is working alongside the other advice projects to increase the range of independent advice and information on aspects of social care. The Community Workers role includes developing good working relationships with a wide range of voluntary organisations, community groups and teams in statutory services.

The project also provides training and information to other organisations on Self-Directed Support and social care. We work to influence wider policies and practice - through sharing examples and learning from work with projects and local groups and by contributing to consultations and policy discussions.

Our work is aimed at:

• People who can benefit from the direct support we provide

• Community groups, especially groups led by disabled people and older people

• Policy Makers

• Staff in Councils, NHS and similar bodies who set local policies and practice

• Staff in a range of settings who have contact with people who receive support

• Other voluntary organisations and innovation teams who are developing ideas and working to influence and improve policy and practice in Scotland or in other places.

At the current time we have 6 part-time permanent staff working for Support Choices – 1 Team Manager, 1 Office Manager, 1 Administrator and 3 Community Workers. We also have 3 sessional Community Workers.

More information about the organisation is available from our website: supportchoices.co.uk

About this post

The main responsibility of the Community Worker’s post is to provide independent support and advice about Self Directed Support to those who need it; to help people and carers make informed decisions and plans for their social care and to maximise their choice and control over those arrangements.

A full Job Description and Person Specification is available for download below.

Support Choices is a charity based in Dunkeld, Perthshire. We provide free independent information, support and advice to people who are looking for social care support for themselves or a family member or friend.

Support Choices is delighted to be recruiting a Community Worker to join our small enthusiastic staff team.

Support Choices is charity based in Dunkeld, Perthshire. We provide free independent information, support and advice to people who are looking for social care support for themselves or a family member or friend.

Support Choices is delighted to be expanding by recruiting a Team Manager to join our enthusiastic staff team of 4.