About this role

To provide proactive and effective administration and support for the management of aspects of the regulated services.

Lead on checking compliance and quality assurance of documentation for specific designated activities.

Manage a schedule of planned and reactive maintenance.

Provide effective administration and support for all general aspects of L’Arche activities including being a point of contact for enquiries, supporting events and the development community and providing cover as required for other administrative tasks.

Organisation and administration relating to all aspects of the supported living services and community life. This could include liaising with external suppliers e.g. for the collection of waste, supporting the organisation and smooth running of community events and producing newsletters (20%).

Attend Support and Care meetings, provide guidance and advice on administrative requirements, data on compliance and quality and follow up non-compliance or quality issues with the Support and Care Leaders, and update and or escalate to the Support and Care Coordinator (20%).

Update and managea schedule of planned maintenance and health and safety compliance checks. Liaise with external suppliers to obtain quotes and agree work schedules. Arrange emergency or urgent repairs as necessary, liaising with the Houses and external suppliers (25%).

Be a point of contact for general enquiries by phone, email and in person. Line manage the Administration Assistant. Provide cover for all critical administrative tasks (including payroll) during periods of leave (15%)

Provide administration for core member financesand for other financial transactions within L’Arche Edinburgh, liaising as required with banks and the national L’Arche finance team (15%).

Support community and the development of community (5%).

To provide person-centred care and support to people with learning disabilities to enable them to lead the lifestyle of their choice. Also involves to lead, manage and support the assistant team to enable them to provide quality support and care and to work closely with the Support and Care Coordinator (Registered Manager) in fulfilling the requirements to meet service provision standards whilst upholding L’Arche values and the ethos of community living.

Do you have a passion for ensuring people with learning disabilities live fulfilled lives?

Do you want to help lead a community that values people for who they are and what they can do?

L’Arche Edinburgh is a community of more than 80 people with and without learning disabilities. It is a place of belonging where people with learning disabilities can live independent, yet connected lives. We’re looking for someone to join us as our Support and Care Coordinator, a post which requires registration with the Care Inspectorate and Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC). Our services, which support 16 people with learning disabilities, are dual registered under the categories of Care at Home and Housing Support.

You will lead a small supportive team of 3 Support and Care Leaders, working across 4 localities in the Leith and Restalrig areas of Edinburgh. Together you will ensure that we provide and develop high quality person-centred care supporting the practical, social and spiritual needs of those who call L’Arche home. You will be joining us at an exciting time as we’re looking to increase choice for the people we support and explore ways that we can grow as a Community.

L’Arche Edinburgh is an ecumenical Christian community which welcomes people of all faiths and none. We are part of a global network of communities where people with and without learning disabilities live and share in life together, working for a world where we all belong.

Knowledge and experience in care or supported housing is a key requirement for this role, but we’re also looking for someone with an enthusiasm for our values and the ability to inspire others. You might be looking to step up as a manager or to use your management experience in a different way. If you are interested in being part of a mutually supportive and lively community, then we want to hear from you!

At L’Arche we build Communities together with people with learning disabilities rather than doing it for them, and we are committed to mutually transforming relationships in a world where all belong.

Are you inspired to bring your skills, experience and values to support our vision of a more human society?

Please note that we are NOT able to offer visa sponsorship for this role. You MUST already have the right to work in the UK before applying.

Main purpose of the role:

To lead and manage the delivery of training and development, for all employees and volunteers of L’Arche Edinburgh

This role is linked closely with the Assistants’ Coordinator and Volunteer Facilitator roles and there is a shared responsibility for the support and development of employees and volunteers.

The Candidate:

It is essential that the post holder is enthusiastic about L’Arche, its mission and ethos and is able to confidently help people understand its uniqueness. The post holder should be able to use this enthusiasm to help ensure that people who work or volunteer for L’Arche can feel valued and supported by the Community.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Lead on training and development of all employees, including developing and delivering some training programmes.

• Work collaboratively with the Coordinating Team to identify training needs, policy making, decision making and organisational planning

L’Arche has been providing care and support services to adults with learning disabilities in Edinburgh for over 30 years. We are a community of around 80 people, part of an international federation of around 150 communities around the world. We provide registered supported living services from 4 locations in the Leith and Restalrig areas of Edinburgh, in small shared houses and individual flats. Our service is regulated by the Care Inspectorate and SSSC.

The role of Deputy Support and Care Leader is crucial in ensuring that the quality and standard of care and support to people living in our services complies with all requirements and that the assistant team are supported and well led. Promoting good communication is a key aspect of the role, along with ensuring L’Arche values of community and spiritual life are maintained. Family members of the people we support are actively involved and the Deputy Support and Care Leader works in close partnership with them.

L’Arche Edinburgh provides an innovative service that goes beyond the typical boundaries of professional care. We see people not as clients but as equal members of an active community and we support people to live a full and active life in their own homes and within the wider community. L’Arche is committed to providing genuinely person-centred outcomes for each person, and has a model that enables a higher than normal level of support to be provided.

The Deputy Support and Care Leader post holder supports the Support and Care Leader to manage a Care at Home/Housing Support service registered with the Care Inspectorate for 6 core members (service users). The assistant team is made up of a mix of ‘live-in’ and ‘live-out’ support workers (called Assistants in L’Arche) who together provide support between the hours of 7AM to 10.30PM. Occasional sleepovers may be required for this post.

L’Arche Edinburgh is a small charity based in Leith that supports people with learning disabilities. The role will coordinate and support volunteers including their recruitment/orientation and link with local groups and volunteer networks to promote opportunities within L’Arche. You will need to be creative in the identification and development of roles that uses volunteer skills to bring friendship and other benefits to the community.

You will be a confident communicator and networker who is also proficient in MS Office. This post would suit someone who is flexible in their availability to meet with volunteers outside of typical working hours, is driven and accountable for their own workload and has a genuine enthusiasm for development of community.

The post is part-time, 7.5 hours per week which will require some office based hours.

L’Arche Edinburgh is a small charity based in Leith, Edinburgh that supports people with learning disabilities. The role will include all administration and organisation relating to the employee life cycle, such as updating the HR database, preparing information for payroll and organisation of training events. In addition to being the first point of contact for enquiries, the role will also provide administration and support for the day-to-day aspects of the services provided.

You will be proficient in MS Office, experienced in databases (both inputting and reporting from), ideally have some pay or financial processing experience and have a high level of accuracy and numeracy. This post would suit someone who is flexible in their approach to their duties, is accountable for their own workload as part of a small team, is proactive and wants to contribute their ideas and who is welcoming to all.

The post is part-time, 30 hours per week which can be worked over 4 or 5 days (for cover reasons one of the days worked must be a Friday). Office hours are generally 9AM to 5PM but there is some flexibility.

L’Arche has been providing care and support services to adults with learning disabilities in Edinburgh for over 30 years. We are a community of around 80 people, part of an international federation of around 150 communities around the world. We provide registered supported living services from 4 locations in the Leith and Restalrig areas of Edinburgh, in small shared houses and individual flats. Our service is regulated by the Care Inspectorate and SSSC.

The role of Deputy Support and Care Leader is crucial in ensuring that the quality and standard of care and support to people living in our services complies with all requirements and that the assistant team are supported and well led. Promoting good communication is a key aspect of the role, along with ensuring L’Arche values of community and spiritual life are maintained. Family members of the people we support are actively involved and the Deputy Support and Care Leader works in close partnership with them.

L’Arche Edinburgh provides an innovative service that goes beyond the typical boundaries of professional care. We see people not as clients but as equal members of an active community and we support people to live a full and active life in their own homes and within the wider community. L’Arche is committed to providing genuinely person-centred outcomes for each person, and has a model that enables a higher than normal level of support to be provided.

The Deputy Support and Care Leader post holder supports the Support and Care Leader to manage a Care at Home/Housing Support service registered with the Care Inspectorate for 6 core members (service users). The assistant team is made up of a mix of ‘live-in’ and ‘live-out’ support workers (called Assistants in L’Arche) who together provide support between the hours of 7AM to 10.30PM. Occasional sleepovers may be required for this post.

Roles available:

Support Worker £19,827 - £20,404 Live-Out Full-Time 40 hours over 5 days

Support Worker £15,862 - £16,324 Live-Out Part-Time 32 hours over 4 days

Waking Nights £14,870 - £15,303 Part-Time Thursday, Friday and Saturday night

Relief Waking Nights £9.53-£9.81 per hour per 9 or 10-hour shift

“L’Arche houses are brilliantly eclectic and that is a large part of what makes working and living in them so much fun.”

Tom, L'Arche Assistant

We work hard to look after everyone in our community providing a programme of opportunities for professional and personal development including individual and team reflection, retreats and the full range of training that will equip you be an excellent and professional worker in social care, including SVQ qualifications.

L'Arche communities are places where people can take time to explore who they are, not just what they can do. They are places of welcome where people are transformed by the experience of community, relationship, disability and difference.

For 30 years L'Arche has been providing high quality person centred care in Edinburgh, but we're far more than a service provider. We are a community of people with and without learning disabilities living, working and celebrating together. Our vision is a world where all belong.

We're looking for positive, responsible people who want to work as an assistant to help create a community that really tries to value people for who they are and what they can do.

Find out more about L’Arche:

Watch our #AsIAm video series, each based in a different L’Arche Community around the world: youtube.com/watch?v=Mv6Y_ql-TRY

L’Arche has been providing support and care services to adults with learning disabilities in Edinburgh for over 30 years. We are a community of around 80 people, part of an international federation of around 150 communities around the world. We provide registered supported living services from 4 locations in the Leith and Restalrig areas of Edinburgh, in small shared houses and individual flats. Our service is regulated by the Care Inspectorate and SSSC.

You will be an experienced and competent support worker who is keen to develop and take on additional responsibilities or you will already be a senior support worker or supervisor who is looking to join an innovative organisation. As a senior support worker you will work with and, at times, deputise for the Support and Care Leader in ensuring that the quality and standard of care and support to people living in our services complies with all requirements. You will assist the support worker team to provide a quality service.

L’Arche Edinburgh provides an innovative service that goes beyond the typical boundaries of professional care. We see people not as clients but as equal members of an active community and we support people to live a full and active life in their own homes and within the wider community. L’Arche is committed to providing genuinely person-centred outcomes for each person, and has a model that enables a higher than normal level of support to be provided.

L’Arche has been providing care and support services to adults with learning disabilities in Edinburgh for 30 years. We are a community of more than 80 people, part of an international federation of 150+ communities around the world. We provide registered supported living services in 3 localities in the Leith and Restalrig areas of Edinburgh, in small shared houses and individual flats. Our service is regulated by the Care Inspectorate and SSSC.

L’Arche Edinburgh provides an innovative service that goes beyond the typical boundaries of professional care. We see people not as clients but as equal members of an active community and we support people to live a full and active life in their own homes and within the wider community. L’Arche is committed to providing genuinely person-centred outcomes for each person, and has a model that enables a higher than normal level of support to be provided.

The role of the Training and Formation Coordinator is to lead and manage the delivery of all training, development, formation and accompaniment for all employees and volunteers within the community of L’Arche Edinburgh.

The role will lead on induction ensuring essential skills training is provided timeously, will lead on the management of internal and external training provision (including online training) and develop plans to ensure that the training delivered meets the needs of L’Arche Edinburgh and complies with all external regulatory requirements.

The Training and Formation Coordinator will be responsible for ensuring the provision of retreats, reflection opportunities and for formation in the community and spiritual dimensions of L’Arche Edinburgh. The Coordinator will also lead on the organisation and development of the support system of Accompaniment for employees and volunteers.

Please note that L’Arche is not currently able to sponsor a visa application for candidates who are not eligible to live and work in the UK.

L’Arche has been providing care and support services to adults with learning disabilities in Edinburgh for 30 years. We are a community of more than 80 people, part of an international federation of 150+ communities around the world. We provide registered supported living services in 3 localities in the Leith and Restalrig areas of Edinburgh, in small shared houses and individual flats. Our service is regulated by the Care Inspectorate and SSSC.

The role of Support and Care Leader is crucial in ensuring that the quality and standard of care and support to people living in our services complies with all requirements and that the assistant team are supported and well led. Promoting good communication is a key aspect of the role, along with ensuring L’Arche values of community and spiritual life are maintained. Family members of the people we support are actively involved and the Support and Care Leader works in close partnership with them.

L’Arche Edinburgh provides an innovative service that goes beyond the typical boundaries of professional care. We see people not as clients but as equal members of an active community and we support people to live a full and active life in their own homes and within the wider community. L’Arche is committed to providing genuinely person-centred outcomes for each person, and has a model that enables a higher than normal level of support to be provided.

The Support and Care Leader post holder manages a Care at Home/Housing Support service registered with the Care Inspectorate for 4 core members (service users) for The Skein and for 2 core members who live in their own flats. The assistant team is made up of a mix of ‘live-in’ and ‘live-out’ support workers (called Assistants in L’Arche) who together provide 24 hour support, including waking nights. Occasional sleepovers may be required for this post. The role comprises direct support and management and administration that needs to be worked flexibly according to service needs.

Please note that L’Arche would be unable to sponsor a visa application for candidates who are not eligible to live and work in the UK.

“L’Arche houses are brilliantly eclectic and that is a large part of what makes working and living in them so much fun.”

Tom, L'Arche Assistant

L’Arche UK is part of an international federation of intentional communities where people with and without learning disabilities live together, working for a world where all belong.

We work hard to look after everyone in our community providing a programme of opportunities for professional and personal development including individual and team reflection, retreats and the full range of training that will equip you be an excellent and professional worker in social care, including SVQ qualifications.

L'Arche communities are places where people can take time to explore who they are, not just what they can do. They are places of welcome where people are transformed by the experience of community, relationship, disability and difference.

For 30 years L'Arche has been providing high quality person centred care in Edinburgh, but we're far more than a service provider. We are a community of people with and without disabilities living, working and celebrating together. Our vision is a world where all belong.

We're looking for positive, responsible people who want to work as an assistant to help create a community that really tries to value people for who they are and what they can do.

Find out more about L’Arche:

Watch our #AsIAm video series, each based in a different L’Arche Community around the world: youtube.com/watch?v=Mv6Y_ql-TRY

Please note: We are interested in all applicants. Please DO NOT send just your CV without a cover letter. We would like to know what attracts you to the job. To be appointed to the post of Support Worker (Live-Out) you need to be eligible to work and live in the UK. Under the UK Government current rules, L’Arche is unable to sponsor applicant’s for this post who requires a visa. L’Arche UK is able to sponsor visa applications for some applicants for Live-In posts, please visit the L’Arche UK website for further information.

We welcome applications from those interested in full-time or part-time employment and also those interested in night work, work on a relief basis and Live-In Support Worker positions.