North Ayrshire Women’s are looking to recruit a Women’s Aid Worker to provide practical and emotional support to women with experience of domestic abuse. Candidates should have a good understanding of working with people who have experienced trauma, have experience in providing direct support and have excellent communication skills.
The successful applicant will have at least SVQ Level III or equivalent level of qualification in social care or other relevant subject, or equivalent experience and willingness to work towards a qualification.
North Ayrshire Women’s Aid is a feminist organisation and strives to be a supportive and empowering employer offering competitive terms and conditions.
Membership of Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme is a requirement for this post.
Please note: The post is initially funded until July 2021 in line with tendered contract. NAWA will reapply for tender in due course.
The Best in You Brings Out the Best in Me
ENABLE Scotland is a dynamic and vibrant organisation dedicated to improving the lives of people with learning disabilities and we are looking for a dynamic and motivated Service Manager to join us in ensuring they have the same opportunities as everyone else.
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 Service 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.
About You
Successful applicants will be able to demonstrate the following:
• Significant experience of leading and managing Supported Living Services and Care at Home and Housing Support 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.
About Us
At ENABLE Scotland we believe in developing all our staff and we provide an extensive learning programme together with in-house career development opportunities. These include, but are not limited to:
- Person Centred approaches, planning and thinking
- Introduction to autism
- Epilepsy awareness
- Moving and Handling
- Adult support and protection
- Child support and protection
- First Aid
- Positive Behaviour Support
Starting a career with ENABLE Scotland is the first step towards making a real difference in our award-winning charity’s mission to help create an equal society for every person who has a learning disability.
ENABLE Scotland is an equal opportunities employer and our recruitment, selection and assessment process is based entirely on values, skills and competencies required of the specific roles.
Note: The successful applicant will be required to register with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) within 6 months of their start date.
This role has a starting date of 1st April 2021
The Best in You Brings Out the Best in Me
ENABLE Scotland is a dynamic and vibrant organisation dedicated to improving the lives of people with learning disabilities and we are looking for motivated and driven individuals to join us in ensuring they have the same opportunities as everyone else.
Are you a driven and motivated individual who enjoys new and unique challenges daily? Do you have the passion and drive to lead a team of frontline staff to support individuals to achieve their personal outcomes, live the life they choose and become an inclusive member within their own community? If so, there has never been a better time to apply!
About You
Successful applicants will be able to demonstrate the following:
• Experience working with adults and children with learning disabilities, epilepsy, autism and physical support needs.
• Experience in using person centred planning techniques in addition to delivering and leading excellent support practices.
• Strong facilitation skills to encourage staff teams to take ownership and responsibility for the quality of support they deliver.
• The ability to effectively communicate with the people we support, staff teams, families and external care professionals.
• Creating and delivering robust service designs, support strategies and risk assessments whilst managing individual budgets.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise your workload whilst working under pressure.
• SVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent.
• Full driving licence with access to your own vehicle for business use.
About Us
At ENABLE Scotland we believe in developing all our staff and we provide an extensive learning programme together with in-house career development opportunities. These include, but are not limited to:
- Person Centred approaches, planning and thinking
- Introduction to autism
- Epilepsy awareness
- Moving and Handlin
- Adult support and protection
- Child support and protection
- First Aid
- Positive Behaviour Support
Starting a career with ENABLE Scotland is the first step towards making a real difference in our award-winning charity’s mission to help create an equal society for every person who has a learning disability.
ENABLE Scotland is an equal opportunities employer and our recruitment, selection and assessment process is based entirely on values, skills and competencies required of the specific roles.
Note: The successful applicant will be required to register with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) within 6 months of their start date.
The Carrick Centre is located in Maybole at the heart of North Carrick. The Board of Directors is recruiting two new posts to support the work of this thriving, local community hub which serves to benefit everyone across North Carrick.
Based in the Carrick Centre this is an exciting opportunity to lead and shape an innovative youth work programme for young people across North Carrick. We are looking for a dynamic youth practitioner with a passion to support young people to develop in life and thrive.
The purpose of the role is to promote the personal and social development of young people and work with local partners, services and volunteers. This role is about caring, engaging, and empowering young people across North Carrick.
You will be joining an inspiring team of staff and volunteers, Board and partners. This role will suit someone who enjoys a flexible dynamic and fulfilling work life and wants to build better opportunities for young people in and around where they live.
The Carrick Centre is located in Maybole at the heart of North Carrick. The Board of Directors is recruiting two new posts to support the work of this thriving, local community hub which serves to benefit everyone across North Carrick.
A busy thriving local community hub which works in partnership with key organisations and groups to provide a wide range of services to people across North Carrick. The Carrick Centre has provided a vital role in the COVID social response providing services, including community meals, to those who need it most.
This is an exciting new post created to manage and develop new and existing community projects and activities in the Centre, including a training kitchen, and activities for people of all ages to become engaged with their community. The post will play a dynamic role in the highly motivated teams of staff, volunteers, Board and partners.
The post holder will need to be passionate about working with local people to create improved opportunities and activities, and supporting volunteers and trainees. You will need to be able to work on your own initiative as well as within team, and be resilient and confident to break through barriers, and make things happen.
Thank you for your interest in the role of Chair of Irvine Housing Association. Our mission is Transforming Lives, Revitalising Neighbourhoods and we know that the homes and services we provide, and engagement we have with our customers, gives us the opportunity to do this on a daily basis.
During the summer of 2020 we approved our new and ambitious Corporate Plan. Its themes are People, Homes and Place and, over the next three years we aim to build 300 new homes, invest over £2m per annum in improving our existing homes, continue our move towards greater digitalisation of services, provide new services aimed at tackling homelessness and helping customers sustain their tenancies, and support place-making in the communities we serve.
Our approach to delivering these outcomes combines commercial acumen with our social purpose – we are a business with a charitable heart. In 2011 we entered a partnership with Riverside. We are a direct subsidiary operating with a high degree of autonomy. Being part of a larger group allows us to use shared services meaning we can drive efficiency through the business and use the resulting increase in capacity to deliver better outcomes for our customers. Being part of Riverside also gives us access to considerable capital funding putting us in a strong position to deliver new homes and regenerate our existing portfolio.
We’re now looking for a new Chair of the Association to lead our governing body as we take on the opportunities and challenges of the next few years. Our ideal candidate will lead the Board in a collegiate way, optimising the talent we have; will be a strong advocate of the Association, promoting our business externally; will interact effectively with Riverside, being part of the Group’s wider governance community and will have a strong working relationship with the Association’s management team.
We believe this is an exciting opportunity. If you think so too and have the skills, energy and enthusiasm for the role then we’d love to hear from you.
The Centre Manager will play a key role in ensuring the management and smooth running of the ‘Skills and Play’ centre. An important aspect of the job is to develop the business, utilise the facilities available and identifying new opportunities by means of effective marketing, networking and innovative solutions.
The role will involve working closely with Social Services, parents/careers, children and young people, local 3rd sector originations and services as well as local council health and social care partnerships, to ensure that the Centre is a vibrant, well-managed facility that operates for the benefit of all centre users.
The Manager will be given a high degree of autonomy, will should be self-motivated to carry out the role of development manager in an initiative manner in line with the organisations wider plans for development and growth.
The main duties and responsibilities of the Manager are:
- To manage the Centre and its staff in accordance with the parameters set by the organisation
- To develop and implement procedures for the effective management of the Centre.
- To promote the use of the Centre locally, regionally and nationally, maintaining the Centre’s website, maximise publicity opportunities via local and national media & social media.
- To develop services and facilities in accordance with the vision of the organisation
- To develop positive working relationships with families and link with strategic partners to seek compatibility of activities and delivery of innovative joint ventures.
- To develop the services and facilities of the Centre in an entrepreneurial manner.
- To set appropriate charges and terms and conditions of use of the centre and in line with any new initiative service developed.
- To ensure the Centre has an up to date User Induction Pack and procedures for using the facilities.
- To investigate and apply for external funding and grants.
- To maintain an overview of the financial position of the Centre - including billing, premises maintenance payments and returns and reports to statutory bodies.
- To liaise with all staff and users to ensure the smooth running of the Centre and its activities.
- To ensure, in conjunction with the appropriate, that the building is suitably maintained through day-to-day repairs, maintenance programmes and external service contracts.
- To be responsible for health and safety in the building and, in conjunction with all staff, to make sure the building is safe and secure at all times by ensuring that minor defects are rectified and major ones are repaired as soon as they were noticed.
- To develop and implement constructive working relationships with the staff and volunteers so as to enhance the services provided and to deliver improvements to the Centre.
- To ensure that the services provided in line with Care Inspectorate.
- To prepare monthly reports on centre developments, targets, statistics, evaluations etc. to ensure a heathy annual report can be written.
- To carry out any other duties as may be reasonably expected of the post holder.
For a full list of qualifications acceptable for this post, please visit sssc.uk.com/knowledgebase/article/KA-02523/en-us
This post requires registration with the Protecting Vulnerable Groups PVG scheme please make sure you meet the criteria to gain full disclosure status.
About us:
KO-NEKT ‘skills & play’ Centre is a specially designed childcare centre aimed at children and young people aged 5-18yrs with Additional Support Needs (ASN). KO-NEKT has been created for children and young people who require extra support beyond that provided by existing community, education, family or health service providers. Its launch in 2017 sought to initiate a new future for families whose children have ASN. The centre challenges the traditional ways of supporting children with ASN. It is run by social champions whose values promote community wealth building and a belief that everyone should have access to opportunities to thrive and become confident in their own ability.
Supported Housing and Housing with Care Workers
- Full time or Part time
- £18,860 – £19,793
- Glasgow, Edinburgh, Galashiels, Girvan, Fife, Inverness, Stornoway and more
- Closing 23rd April 2021
The Supported Housing Worker role requires assisting in the management of the development thus ensuring the tenants are able to enjoy an acceptable standard of living in an environment which is clean, safe and friendly. You will be responsible for overseeing the wellbeing of the tenants and for assisting them in maintaining their independence.
As housing care worker your role will involve working with our tenants to ensure they receive the support and personal care identified in their care plans. You will directly support tenants in their homes by providing individual advice, practical housing support assistance and personal care.
Both roles are to ensure that we are able to offer the best service to our tenants and make it possible for our tenants to continue enjoying as much independent living as they’re able.
As well as a competitive annual salary, our valued team also benefits from:
- competitive hourly rates of £9.30 - £9.76 per hour;
- guaranteed rota hours working between 7.30am & 10pm
- generous annual leave entitlement;
- a choice of pension scheme with employer contributions;
- flexible working policies;
- access to extensive paid training and development opportunities; and
- a supportive and inclusive culture.
We also have opportunities with our Trust Staff Agency - for employees who want to work across different locations, in various roles, with highly flexible hours to suit family commitments - it's a great opportunity with the same training and development that our other roles benefit from.
Previous experience working in social care or the housing sector would be an advantage but this is not always necessary. Our ideal candidate is someone with enthusiasm, a caring nature and willingness to learn as full training, support and ongoing development will be provided.