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This is an exciting opportunity to join our established Children 1st Service in West Lothian. As part of our Family Group Decision Making Team, you will be involved in empowering families to support children and young people currently accommodated to return to their community and enable families to create plans that support children at risk of accommodation.

Family group conferencing draws on the strengths of the wider family and friends in deciding how best to care for a child, giving families the opportunity to participate in the decision making processes and find their own solutions to difficulties.

We are looking from someone with the experience and skills that are able to get alongside families and their children at really difficult times to support them in creating positive plans that ensure the safe care of the children. We are looking for someone with experience in Family Group Conferencing, or who has relevant experience working collaboratively with families, alongside a range of professionals and with a sound understanding of child protection.

You should be an experienced professional with a Social Work, Community work or other appropriate qualification.

This is a fixed term, full time, 35 hour post, funded initially until 31 March 2021. Hours to be worked flexibly to suit the needs of the service, evenings and weekends as required.

Those who are homeless experience some of the worst health outcomes possible, with signicant numbers experiencing serious health conditions and high rates of early morbidity.

Cyrenians has secured funding to take forward a new Pathways project within Edinburgh. The project will be delivered by a multidisciplinary team working closely with staff from the Royal Infirmary and Western General to ensure early identification of patients who are homeless. A considered discharge plan and coordinated package of care will include access to accommodation and support for ongoing recovery and resilience, to ultimately improve health outcomes.

The Service Manager will be responsible for implementing the project, coordinating activity, managing the community-based support team, and over-seeing the external evaluation. You should have experience of implementing new pieces of work, a track record in partnership working, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to continuous learning and improvement. You should also have the ability to demonstrate Cyrenians values of Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Innovation in the work that you do.

Midlothian Young Peoples Advice Service (MYPAS) promotes the health and wellbeing of young people and currently focuses on working in the areas of mental health and substance use. MYPAS is a community-based organisation with charitable status and based in Dalkeith, Midlothian. MYPAS has been successful in gaining funding from Midlothian and East Lothian Drug and Alcohol Partnership (MELDAP) to provide young people’s drug and alcohol support services in East Lothian. This is an exciting new initiative and the first time MYPAS will provide services within East Lothian.

MYPAS will recruit two Project Workers to develop and provide young people focussed, needs-led, friendly, confidential and non-judgemental drug and alcohol service for:

• Young people (aged 12 to 19) in East Lothian

The new service will offer:

1. Individual support for young people
2. Group work programmes in all East Lothian schools
3. Staff training
4. Support for families

There is no specific qualification required; however, the post holder will be expected to be educated to degree level. This should be in a relevant field such as Health, Community Education, Social Work or Education, but significant equivalent experience will also be considered. The post holder will work within a multi-disciplinary service and work effectively with other agencies in partnership settings. This post will require regular evening and occasional weekend work.

Place of work: The administrative base is in Dalkeith. Travel throughout East Lothian, including operating from other venues, will be required.

Special conditions:

• The Project Worker posts are funded for an initial 2 years. Further 2 year continuation funding is dependent on the progress of the initial 2 year pilot.
• The posts will involve regular evening and occasional weekend working.
• Post holders must be able to travel across East Lothian. The full time post holder will require a driving license and it is essential that they have access to their own vehicle.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a team working alongside children, young people and their families in East Renfrewshire who are experiencing emotional distress to offer early help and build strong relationships.

As a member of the East Renfrewshire Family Wellbeing Service, you will offer whole families space and time to tell their stories and with them agree on how we can best help. You will embrace our relational and restorative approach to practice to help families make sense of their difficulties and help life feel better. Working closely with families, colleagues and partners in the local community relationships will be at the heart of everything you do.

If you have experience of working with children and their families and have a professional qualification in a relevant area such as Social Work, Teaching or equivalent in Child Care/Social Care or related area, accredited counselling qualification, or other relevant qualification at SCQF level 9 or higher then we want to hear from you.

This is a fixed term, full time post of 35 hours per week until 31 May 2022. Hours to be worked flexibly to suit the needs of the service and families (regular evening and occasional weekend work as required).

We have an exciting opportunity to positively impact on the lives of children, young people and their families by working alongside them, building strong relationships and empowering individuals to meet the various challenges they face.

Working as part of the Glasgow Supporting Families Team, you'll provide a range of emotional and practical supports to both children and parents, individually and by working with the family as a whole.

If you have experience of working with children and their families and have an SVQ level 3/HNC or equivalent in Child Care/Social Care or related area, accredited counselling qualification, or other relevant qualification at SCQF level 7 then.... we want to hear from you.

This is a fixed term, full time post of 35 hours a week initially funded until 30 June 2020. Hours to be worked flexibly to suit the needs of the families (evenings and weekends as required).

Closing date: 01 Nov 2019 at 5pm. It is anticipated that interviews will be held on either the 21 or 22 of November 2019.

Those who are homeless experience some of the worst health outcomes possible, with signicant numbers experiencing serious health conditions and high rates of early morbidity.

Cyrenians has secured funding to take forward a new Pathways project within Edinburgh. The project will be delivered by a multidisciplinary team working closely with staff from the Royal Infirmary and Western General to ensure early identification of patients who are homeless and develop a considered discharge process that will include access to accommodation and support ongoing recovery and resilience, to ultimately improve health outcomes.

We are looking for Key Workers excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to establish trusted relationships with people. You will be a strong advocate for the needs and rights of those you support, and be able to develop relationships and referral routes with a range of community based organisations and accommodation providers. You should also have the ability to demonstrate Cyrenians values of Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Innovation in the work that you do.

Change Grow Live South West Edinburgh Recovery Service provides recovery focused psychosocial interventions to service users experiencing drug and alcohol related issues. We work within a hub model with partners who include NHS Lothian, CEC Social Work and other voluntary agencies to ensure individualised packages of care to enable service users to achieve their recovery goals.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our team, providing the high-quality delivery of recovery focused interventions to service users in South West Edinburgh. The service will be delivered from our main base in Wester Hailes Healthy Living Centre and on an outreach basis in a variety of venues across the locality. Support is provided in a one to one and groupwork setting.

The successful candidate will have an excellent understanding of drug and alcohol issues and experience of working within a related field. Also necessary is a commitment to multi-agency working, excellent communication skills, experience of working within an outcomes-focused approach and a practical approach to facilitating service user involvement.

Change Grow Live are committed to creating an inclusive environment, which celebrates difference and allows our staff and service users to flourish. We recruit the very best staff from a wide range of backgrounds, ensuring service users benefit from our diverse skills and expertise. We always work to the principles of fairness and equality of opportunity in all our recruitment processes.

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS Check.

We also expect an assertive approach to ensuring the safety and well-being of all children, young people and adults, and applicants to these posts will need to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to best safeguarding practice.

Service:West Lothian Assertive Outreach Service

Change Grow Live provides a fully integrated recovery service across West Lothian and aims to provide high quality one to one and groupwork opportunities to people wishing to recover from addictions. Making recovery visible and easily accessed is a key driver for the West Lothian Recovery Service.

The successful candidate will have an excellent understanding of drug and alcohol issues and have experience of addiction and recovery. Candidates should be able to demonstrate an understanding of the difficulties and challenges faced by those in recovery and be willing to learn how to plan recovery journeys and will be trained in how to facilitate group work sessions.

Some of the work you will be trained to engage in includes:

Providing a range of motivational and supportive interventions to enable service users to build recovery capital and to remain motivated to achieve recovery with support from others in the West Lothian Recovery Service Team.

Help develop and grow the recovery community in West Lothian within CGL and other partners

Supporting service users to develop appropriate coping skills/support networks to increase positive recovery outcomes.

To be a point of contact for peer-led support and initiatives supporting the increase of visible recovery across West Lothian

Change Grow Live are committed to creating an inclusive environment, which celebrates difference and allows our staff and service users to flourish. We recruit the very best staff from a wide range of backgrounds, ensuring service users benefit from our diverse skills and expertise. We always work to the principles of fairness and equality of opportunity in all our recruitment processes.

In return for hard work, professionalism, dedication, and enthusiasm, we will offer excellent terms and conditions including support in gaining an SVQ level 2, a comprehensive career development plan and the support you will need to really make a difference to the lives of people in recovery.

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS Check.

Eidyn Care is searching for the next Home Carer to join their, Award-Winning Team!

As we at Eidyn Care say since day one, "We care about our Team as we care about our Clients".

You will be providing exceptional care assistance to help them continue living in their own home.

About You:

• Being reliable and working autonomously is no problem for you.
• Have a real passion for supporting people in their own home.
• Had a recent experience of providing care, including, personal care for an adult friend or family member OR previous professional Care experience ( 6 months / 1 Year minimum ) with or willing to work towards SVQ qualification.

Main tasks:

• Focus on the wellbeing and needs of the client is the 1st and foremost important day-to-day task!!
• Moving and handling
• Provide a smooth and comfortable running of the house and some cooking, cleaning.
• Monitor and prompt client medication.
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We can offer you:

• Possibility of joining an award-winning team that considers you a person and not a number,
• Induction at Eidyn Care and Introductions to your client,
• Ongoing training and development with support to complete SVQ Qualifications,
• A dedicated care team leader who knows your client,
• Discounts and Benefits Portal,
• National Living Wage ( £9 to £11.25, depending on experience),
• Holiday Pay,
• Access to free Employee Assistance Programme,
• 14/7 365 support from an on-call experienced care team member,
• Pension Scheme,
• Positive Working Environment

About us:

Besides telling you that we are a family-owned business that thrives for Quality in the care we provide, we aren't good selling ourselves - As advertisers been telling us- we prefer to let others speak about us.

Have a look, indeed.co.uk/cmp/Eidyn-Care/reviews