- Advertised from 1st June 2023
- 28 hours per week (Monday to Friday with occasional work in the evenings and at the weekend). Fixed post until 31st March 2024 (may be extended subject to funding) .
Role
About Healthy and Active in East Kilbride
Healthy and Active in East Kilbride support local people to live healthy and happy lives by offering a range of services that promote inclusion, independence, and empowerment.
This is driven by our overall vision ‘To improve the quality of life, mental and physical health, wellbeing, independence and inclusion of people and communities in the East Kilbride locality, by providing relevant services, improving access to other local supports and activities, and by working effectively with a wide range of partners’.
The organisation delivers a diverse range of services including health and wellbeing initiatives, community engagement and development, getting outdoors and connecting with nature, and climate action awareness.
Healthy and Active is also a partner in Connected East Kilbride, a wider community development partnership working to connect local people and organisations, to improve the lives of people in East Kilbride.
The Role
The organization is looking for a dedicated and passionate Project Worker to join our team, with a focus on climate action awareness and health and wellbeing initiatives. The successful candidate will play a vital role in planning, implementing, and evaluating projects related to raising awareness about climate change, promoting sustainable practices, and enhancing community health and wellbeing. This position offers an opportunity to make a significant impact within East Kilbride.
The role will involve working with our Development Worker and the wider team ensuring that projects are delivered timeously and successfully and make a significant impact on both the environment and people’s lives.
The person
To be considered for the role you must be able to demonstrate your understanding of climate action, including at a local level, and an understanding of working with communities and the people within them.
The ability to work with people from a diverse range of backgrounds is important, as is the ability to work effectively on your own or as part of a wider team.
A motivated individual with a ‘can do’ attitude is a must, and a proven track record is required.
Further requirements are included in the Job Specification for the role.
Application notes
If you are driven by a desire to improve communities and have the skills and experience to excel in this role, please apply now by completing the Application Form and Equality and Diversity Form.
Applications should be returned by email to Lesley@healthyandactive.org.uk or posted to Healthy and Active in East Kilbride, Unit 200, Centrewest, East Kilbride, G74 1LL.
Closing date for applications: 14th July 2023 at 5pm.
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Our Activity Centres provide innovative and person-centred services and support to veterans struggling with sight loss. This job exists in order to provide tailored support to veterans carrying out woodworking projects. You will work alongside the veterans to identify abilities, share ideas and plan projects within the activity Centre. You will ensure that the support provided is person-centred, tailored to their needs and is the right support for them. You will support the leadership team to coordinate and manage the activities provided within and from the Activity Centre which will support the overall wellbeing of the veterans and their families. You will work closely with colleagues across the organisation and external stakeholders to ensure that veterans can access the relevant support.
About us
We're one of Scotland's oldest charities - for more than two centuries, we've been supporting and empowering people with sight loss to live fulfilling lives. We're proud of all we've achieved in the past - but we have our sights set firmly on the future.
We're determined that no-one should face sight loss alone. We're committed to improving, diversifying and growing our services to make sure we can reach many more people with sight loss - when and where they need us.
Would you like to make a difference to a person’s quality of life? Would you like to learn BSL while being paid? We are looking for caring and motivated Support Workers to support deaf BSL users to join our team. Could that be you?
Who are we?
Deaf Action is a deaf-led charity, supporting and celebrating deaf people. We were established in 1835 and work with deaf people across Scotland and the South of England. Our work is geared towards empowering all deaf people to achieve their potential and fully participate in society, with equality of rights, access, and opportunity.
As well as our outreach service in Edinburgh, we are expanding our service provision in Glasgow and are looking for people who can make a major contribution to our plans for innovation and growth and who have the commitment and enthusiasm to contribute to the work of our support services to Deaf people throughout Edinburgh and Glasgow.
You can find out more about us at deafaction.org.
About you
We are looking for people who are caring, fun, motivated, willing to learn and show initiative. However, you would need some experience of working in a support service and managing /overseeing a team.
We will provide on the job training with the opportunity to complete formal qualifications in social care. If you have knowledge of BSL, or are a BSL user that is a bonus, however we will provide training if not.
The ideal candidates will be fully committed to our values, which can be found on our website.
The role
You will be leading a team to support *deaf people living in the community. As well as leading a team you will be lone working in the community, delivering a person-centred service supporting deaf people within their own living environment, to enable them to fully participate in the decisions affecting their lives, ensuring that wherever possible, service users benefit from informed choice, control, and independence. This will include both activities at home and within the community which will promote independence and social inclusion.
You will be accountable to the Support Services Area Manager. By working together, you will ensure that a consistent, high quality support service is provided to deaf service users in their own homes, and that staff are supported to develop and maintain such a service.
Due to the nature of this role, its essential that you can drive and have access to a car.
*deaf: this to includes Deaf Sign Language users, deafened, deafblind and hard of hearing people.
You will be asked:
• To actively monitor and develop individual and team performance by ensuring effective supervision and Performance Development Reviews/Reports (PDRs).
• Be responsible for any risk assessments at the service users home as part of your Health and Safety responsibilities.
• To provide clear direction, co-ordination, feedback, and day to day line management for the work of a delegated group of staff. Thus, ensuring their motivation to provide outcome focused, person centred services.
• To assess any new service users for the service and match them with staffs.
• To be involved in recruitment for new staff for the service.
• To take an active role in assessments / recordings and to work with service users to develop their skills and abilities to achieve identified outcomes.
• To assist service users with personal care tasks where appropriate.
• To be involved, as appropriate, with all household tasks, maximising service users’ participation.
• To record the day-to-day finances (where relevant) and household budgets of service users.
• To enable service users to access information to be fully informed of their rights and valid expectations from the service provided.
• To ensure the health, safety and security of individuals and their environment.
What is on offer? What do we offer?
• Occupational pension scheme with employer contributions of 6%.
• 32 days leave pro rata (including bank holidays) pro rata for part time.
• 24/7 access to an Employee Assistance Programme provided by Health Assured.
• In-house Mental Health First Aiders.
• Access to the Cycle to Work Scheme and IT Voucher Scheme.
• Ongoing support for learning and development through our PDR process
• Death in service benefit
The Independent Living team delivers a local information, advice and support service for vision impaired veterans living in Scotland. As an Independent Living Worker you will be expected to work with veterans, their families and carers to assess, plan and review their sight loss needs, in order to create and maintain independent living.
About us
We're one of Scotland's oldest charities - for more than two centuries, we've been supporting and empowering people with sight loss to live fulfilling lives. We're proud of all we've achieved in the past - but we have our sights set firmly on the future.
We're determined that no-one should face sight loss alone. We're committed to improving, diversifying and growing our services to make sure we can reach many more people with sight loss - when and where they need us.
Independent Living Worker (Part time)
- Part time
- £28,296 – £33,277 pro-rata
- Home based (Remote)
- Closing 2nd May 2024
The Independent Living team delivers a local information, advice and support service for vision impaired veterans living in Scotland. As an Independent Living Worker you will be expected to work with veterans, their families and carers to assess, plan and review their sight loss needs, in order to create and maintain independent living.
About us
We're one of Scotland's oldest charities - for more than two centuries, we've been supporting and empowering people with sight loss to live fulfilling lives. We're proud of all we've achieved in the past - but we have our sights set firmly on the future.
We're determined that no-one should face sight loss alone. We're committed to improving, diversifying and growing our services to make sure we can reach many more people with sight loss - when and where they need us.
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