Top job! Head of Operations (Scotland)
- Full time
- £58,568 – £67,725
- Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Closing 20th February 2023
Transforming the lives of those to whom all of us owe an enormous debt.
Combat Stress has been in existence since 1919 and, without doubt, provides a life-changing and, on occasion, life saving service.
For more than a century it has provided support to veterans from every service and every conflict. On average, it takes a veteran 13 years to ask for help after leaving their job and, for many, it is their darkest hour and they’re in a crisis situation. Combat Stress offers specialist support to deal with mental health conditions like post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression. It offers a range of services and therapy programmes across the UK. In Scotland, it offers residential and community-based care, together with online services, delivered by multi-disciplinary teams working across Scotland.
The charity is at an exciting time of its growth and is seeking a Head of Operations for Scotland who will provide forward thinking and inspirational leadership throughout this period and beyond.
You must be a registered professional, perhaps in occupational therapy, social work, mental health nursing, or clinical or counselling psychology, who can provide the highest quality strategic and operational leadership for Combat Stress in Scotland. The post holder will be the senior manager responsible for both representing and promoting Combat Stress across the country and build positive and productive relationships with statutory and third sector colleagues.
Combat Stress is looking for someone with the skills, experience and drive to support the Deputy Director of Operations to build on its current achievements and develop excellent quality services and support across Scotland.
The successful candidate will have considerable senior operational management experience delivered within a multi-disciplinary context; you should be strategic, have significant understanding of, and experience in, the field of mental health, have a robust understanding of the Care Inspectorate scrutiny framework and a desire for high quality and continuous improvement.
This is a role with considerable breadth and will exert change both within the charity and at a national level. You will have the opportunity to influence Scottish Government policy, represent Scotland at UK wide events and contribute to the growth and development of a national organisation. In addition, you will gain experience and expertise in the delivery of trauma-informed focused services, provide leadership for a multi-site national service ensuring regional equity, and provide high quality, effective and evidence-based care to Scotland’s veterans.
If you want to be part of the senior team at Combat Stress, providing specialist treatment and support for veterans with complex mental health issues; if you want to be part of the life-changing and unique work the charity provides and you’re able to demonstrate commitment to their values, then please contact us for the Candidate Pack today. In return, you will know that your daily endeavours are transforming the lives of those to whom all of us owe an enormous debt.
Are you looking progress your social care career?
Do you want an opportunity to make a genuine and positive difference to people’s lives?
Then Autism Initiatives wants to hear from you!
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Support Worker to join our Edinburgh Outreach Services which provide dynamic outreach services across the Lothian’s within the community, in people’s own homes and within resource centres.
The Senior Support Worker (SSW) will support the management team in developing and maintaining the organisation’s standards relating to autism specific and person centred practices. Liaising with the organisation’s practice support team, the SSW will assist in the preparation of support and communication plans, ensuring consistent practices throughout support networks.
Benefits of working with us include:
- Competitive Salary
- Sleepover rate paid at £10.50 per hour
- 31 days Annual Leave Entitlement, including bank holidays
- Your birthday off every year, to treat yourself!
- Ongoing Learning & Development throughout your Senior role
- Opportunity to undertake relevant qualification for the role
- Career Progression Opportunities
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Auto-enrolment pension scheme
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Medicash Healthcare Plan
- Eligibility to become a Blue Light Card Member for online & high street discounts
The Senior Support Worker will assist in the supervision and direction of the staff in both teams and in maintaining the high standards of support in line with the organisation’s quality standards and mission statement. Knowledge of current legislation and regulations relating to the social care sector and the requirements of the Care Inspectorate is essential for this role. The post holder will also be expected to commit to on-call duties.
Given the nature of this role, the successful applicant must register with the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme and Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) or equivalent regulatory body.
This is a truly rewarding role, with the opportunity for you to develop your skills and knowledge and fulfil your career aspirations.
MacMillian ICJ Practitioner
- Part time
- £26,575 pro-rata
- Midlothian GP Practices
- Closing 5th February 2023
Thistle are looking to recruit an ICJ practitioner to join the Wellbeing Team on a fixed term period (up to end April 2025)
Are you a health and social care practitioner with proven experience of supporting vulnerable people to explore managing health, wellbeing and difficult life situations?
Do you believe people are experts in their own lives and with the right support people can tap into their own strengths and resilience to improve their lives?
Do you thrive working autonomously in the community setting with vulnerable people presenting with potentially high levels of distress?
Based within Thistle’s Wellbeing Team that serves people living in Midlothian, the Macmillan ICJ Practitioner will support people’s non-clinical needs following a cancer diagnosis, as part of a new Lothian-wide service called ‘Improving the Cancer Journey (ICJ), funded by Macmillan Cancer Support. The Macmillan ICJ Practitioner will help to promote self-management and address people’s holistic needs during and after cancer treatment and work across organisational boundaries with partners to ensure the best possible outcomes for people affected by cancer.
The post holder will:
- Provide self-management support to people affected by cancer, including family and carers.
- Carry out an initial Holistic Needs Assessment (HNA).
- The HNA will help the post holder to negotiate and agree with the person their personal outcomes (PO) and a Care and Support plan (CSP)
- The CSP will include actions the person is confident to do themselves alongside additional supports such as ongoing referrals, signposting to information, advice and supports including Welfare Benefits, local physical activity programmes and access to Thistle’s 1-1 and group based self-management support.
- The holistic needs assessment (HNA) will be continually monitored and reviewed to ensure the best outcomes for each individual are achieved
- Develop their competence and practice to support people to achieve their personal outcomes using person centred, solution focused and collaborative strengths based approaches.
- Support the eventual integration of HNA into the wellbeing service by sharing the approach across the wellbeing team.
Work normally takes place on the premises of community-based partner organisations, but at the current time, is most likely to be required to work virtually, e.g. from home where the use of telephone and on-line remote platforms including NHS Near Me options may constitute a significant portion of the working day.
Employee Benefits
- Fantastic training (on full pay)
- This includes enhanced learning in person-centred practice, leadership skills, IT and other bespoke training courses.
- Contributory pension scheme
- Non-contributory death in service benefit scheme
- 35 days of annual leave
- Free Thistle Gym membership
- Membership of the HSF Health Plan*
- Refer a Friend scheme, paying £250 for successfully referring someone to work with us
*This membership can be extended to cover immediate family members after completion of a satisfactory probationary period.
Support Workers and Relief Support Workers
- Full time or Part time
- Sessional
- Muir of Ord
- Closing 28th February 2023
Hours: Various hours available up to 35 hours per week
Hourly Rate: Induction Grade - £10.50 per hour
Main Grade - £11.00 per hour
Sleepover hourly rate - £10.50 per hour
Who are we?
At Key we support people living in their own home, in their family home or in their community. We start by seeing the person first. The support we offer can range from just a few hours a week, a few hours a day to 24-hour support, including overnights.
Could you be Key?
If you are caring, reliable, flexible and passionate about getting alongside people providing support to achieve the life they want then...you could be Key!
What we offer you...
In return you will be part of a supportive, local team and will receive:
- 31 days annual leave inclusive of public holidays Public holidays are paid at double time Company sick pay
- Full training provided
- Fully funded SVQ qualification with support given to achieve this
- Paid PVG Membership
- Eligible to apply for Blue Light Card/Blue Light Ticket Schemes offering discounts and savings
- Registered with Concert for Carers
- Eligible to register for a Costco Membership
- Credit Union Membership
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Pension Contributions
What do we need from you?
No experience necessary! Full training will be provided and support will be given to help you reach your full potential.
Applicants must be able to work flexibly as part of the team to meet the needs of the people we support. This will include evening, weekend and sleepover work. Waking nights may also be required.
If you would like to get involved in support work but cannot commit to a contract due to other commitments, we also have opportunities for you to complement our existing workers by joining our Relief Register of bank support workers. This means you can work flexibly to suit your current commitments. Please specify this within your application
Support Workers and Relief Support Workers
- Full time or Part time
- Sessional
- Conon Bridge
- Closing 28th February 2023
Hours: Various hours available up to 35 hours per week
Hourly Rate: Induction Grade - £10.50 per hour
Main Grade - £11.00 per hour
Sleepover hourly rate - £10.50 per hour
Who are we?
At Key we support people living in their own home, in their family home or in their community. We start by seeing the person first. The support we offer can range from just a few hours a week, a few hours a day to 24-hour support, including overnights.
Could you be Key?
If you are caring, reliable, flexible and passionate about getting alongside people providing support to achieve the life they want then...you could be Key!
What we offer you...
In return you will be part of a supportive, local team and will receive:
- 31 days annual leave inclusive of public holidays Public holidays are paid at double time Company sick pay
- Full training provided
- Fully funded SVQ qualification with support given to achieve this
- Paid PVG Membership
- Eligible to apply for Blue Light Card/Blue Light Ticket Schemes offering discounts and savings
- Registered with Concert for Carers
- Eligible to register for a Costco Membership
- Credit Union Membership
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Pension Contributions
What do we need from you?
No experience necessary! Full training will be provided and support will be given to help you reach your full potential.
Applicants must be able to work flexibly as part of the team to meet the needs of the people we support. This will include evening, weekend and sleepover work. Waking nights may also be required.
If you would like to get involved in support work but cannot commit to a contract due to other commitments, we also have opportunities for you to complement our existing workers by joining our Relief Register of bank support workers. This means you can work flexibly to suit your current commitments. Please specify this within your application
Support Workers and Relief Support Workers
- Full time or Part time
- Sessional
- Isle of Skye
- Closing 28th February 2023
Hours: Various hours available up to 35 hours per week
Hourly Rate: Induction Grade - £10.50 per hour
Main Grade - £11.00 per hour
Sleepover hourly rate - £10.50 per hour
Who are we?
At Key we support people living in their own home, in their family home or in their community. We start by seeing the person first. The support we offer can range from just a few hours a week, a few hours a day to 24-hour support, including overnights.
Could you be Key?
If you are caring, reliable, flexible and passionate about getting alongside people providing support to achieve the life they want then...you could be Key!
What we offer you...
In return you will be part of a supportive, local team and will receive:
- 31 days annual leave inclusive of public holidays Public holidays are paid at double time Company sick pay
- Full training provided
- Fully funded SVQ qualification with support given to achieve this
- Paid PVG Membership
- Eligible to apply for Blue Light Card/Blue Light Ticket Schemes offering discounts and savings
- Registered with Concert for Carers
- Eligible to register for a Costco Membership
- Credit Union Membership
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Pension Contributions
What do we need from you?
No experience necessary! Full training will be provided and support will be given to help you reach your full potential.
Applicants must be able to work flexibly as part of the team to meet the needs of the people we support. This will include evening, weekend and sleepover work. Waking nights may also be required.
If you would like to get involved in support work but cannot commit to a contract due to other commitments, we also have opportunities for you to complement our existing workers by joining our Relief Register of bank support workers. This means you can work flexibly to suit your current commitments. Please specify this within your application
Support Workers and Relief Support Workers
- Full time or Part time
- Sessional
- Inverness
- Closing 28th February 2023
Hours: Various hours available up to 35 hours per week
Hourly Rate: Induction Grade - £10.50 per hour
Main Grade - £11.00 per hour
Sleepover hourly rate - £10.50 per hour
Who are we?
At Key we support people living in their own home, in their family home or in their community. We start by seeing the person first. The support we offer can range from just a few hours a week, a few hours a day to 24-hour support, including overnights.
Could you be Key?
If you are caring, reliable, flexible and passionate about getting alongside people providing support to achieve the life they want then...you could be Key!
What we offer you...
In return you will be part of a supportive, local team and will receive:
- 31 days annual leave inclusive of public holidays Public holidays are paid at double time Company sick pay
- Full training provided
- Fully funded SVQ qualification with support given to achieve this
- Paid PVG Membership
- Eligible to apply for Blue Light Card/Blue Light Ticket Schemes offering discounts and savings
- Registered with Concert for Carers
- Eligible to register for a Costco Membership
- Credit Union Membership
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Pension Contributions
What do we need from you?
No experience necessary! Full training will be provided and support will be given to help you reach your full potential.
Applicants must be able to work flexibly as part of the team to meet the needs of the people we support. This will include evening, weekend and sleepover work. Waking nights may also be required.
If you would like to get involved in support work but cannot commit to a contract due to other commitments, we also have opportunities for you to complement our existing workers by joining our Relief Register of bank support workers. This means you can work flexibly to suit your current commitments. Please specify this within your application
Support Workers and Relief Support Workers
- Full time or Part time
- Sessional
- Easter Ross
- Closing 28th February 2023
Hours: Various hours available up to 35 hours per week
Hourly Rate: Induction Grade - £10.50 per hour
Main Grade - £11.00 per hour
Sleepover hourly rate - £10.50 per hour
Who are we?
At Key we support people living in their own home, in their family home or in their community. We start by seeing the person first. The support we offer can range from just a few hours a week, a few hours a day to 24-hour support, including overnights.
Could you be Key?
If you are caring, reliable, flexible and passionate about getting alongside people providing support to achieve the life they want then...you could be Key!
What we offer you...
In return you will be part of a supportive, local team and will receive:
- 31 days annual leave inclusive of public holidays Public holidays are paid at double time Company sick pay
- Full training provided
- Fully funded SVQ qualification with support given to achieve this
- Paid PVG Membership
- Eligible to apply for Blue Light Card/Blue Light Ticket Schemes offering discounts and savings
- Registered with Concert for Carers
- Eligible to register for a Costco Membership
- Credit Union Membership
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Pension Contributions
What do we need from you?
No experience necessary! Full training will be provided and support will be given to help you reach your full potential.
Applicants must be able to work flexibly as part of the team to meet the needs of the people we support. This will include evening, weekend and sleepover work. Waking nights may also be required.
If you would like to get involved in support work but cannot commit to a contract due to other commitments, we also have opportunities for you to complement our existing workers by joining our Relief Register of bank support workers. This means you can work flexibly to suit your current commitments. Please specify this within your application
Support Workers and Relief Support Workers
- Full time or Part time
- Sessional
- Golspie
- Closing 28th February 2023
Hours: Various hours available up to 35 hours per week
Hourly Rate: Induction Grade - £10.50 per hour
Main Grade - £11.00 per hour
Sleepover hourly rate - £10.50 per hour
Who are we?
At Key we support people living in their own home, in their family home or in their community. We start by seeing the person first. The support we offer can range from just a few hours a week, a few hours a day to 24-hour support, including overnights.
Could you be Key?
If you are caring, reliable, flexible and passionate about getting alongside people providing support to achieve the life they want then...you could be Key!
What we offer you...
In return you will be part of a supportive, local team and will receive:
- 31 days annual leave inclusive of public holidays Public holidays are paid at double time Company sick pay
- Full training provided
- Fully funded SVQ qualification with support given to achieve this
- Paid PVG Membership
- Eligible to apply for Blue Light Card/Blue Light Ticket Schemes offering discounts and savings
- Registered with Concert for Carers
- Eligible to register for a Costco Membership
- Credit Union Membership
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Pension Contributions
What do we need from you?
No experience necessary! Full training will be provided and support will be given to help you reach your full potential.
Applicants must be able to work flexibly as part of the team to meet the needs of the people we support. This will include evening, weekend and sleepover work. Waking nights may also be required.
If you would like to get involved in support work but cannot commit to a contract due to other commitments, we also have opportunities for you to complement our existing workers by joining our Relief Register of bank support workers. This means you can work flexibly to suit your current commitments. Please specify this within your application
Support Workers and Relief Support Workers
- Full time or Part time
- Sessional
- Fort William
- Closing 28th February 2023
Hours: Various hours available up to 35 hours per week
Hourly Rate: Induction Grade - £10.50 per hour
Main Grade - £11.00 per hour
Sleepover hourly rate - £10.50 per hour
Who are we?
At Key we support people living in their own home, in their family home or in their community. We start by seeing the person first. The support we offer can range from just a few hours a week, a few hours a day to 24-hour support, including overnights.
Could you be Key?
If you are caring, reliable, flexible and passionate about getting alongside people providing support to achieve the life they want then...you could be Key!
What we offer you...
In return you will be part of a supportive, local team and will receive:
- 31 days annual leave inclusive of public holidays Public holidays are paid at double time Company sick pay
- Full training provided
- Fully funded SVQ qualification with support given to achieve this
- Paid PVG Membership
- Eligible to apply for Blue Light Card/Blue Light Ticket Schemes offering discounts and savings
- Registered with Concert for Carers
- Eligible to register for a Costco Membership
- Credit Union Membership
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Pension Contributions
What do we need from you?
No experience necessary! Full training will be provided and support will be given to help you reach your full potential.
Applicants must be able to work flexibly as part of the team to meet the needs of the people we support. This will include evening, weekend and sleepover work. Waking nights may also be required.
If you would like to get involved in support work but cannot commit to a contract due to other commitments, we also have opportunities for you to complement our existing workers by joining our Relief Register of bank support workers. This means you can work flexibly to suit your current commitments. Please specify this within your application