Support Practitioner - Forth Valley
- Full time or Part time
- £20,531 – £21,763
- Forth Valley
- Closing 12th May 2022
- Advertised from 12th April 2022
- Full-time, Part-time and Relief opportunities available. £10.50 - £11.13 based on qualifications, skills and experience.
Role
Sean’s motto is to live life to the fullest. He teaches us every day that whatever the circumstances - it’s important to live a happy life of your choosing.
At the age of three, Sean moved from home into a large residential hospital to live in an environment that, at the time, was thought to be best for his complex support and care needs.
He continued to have a great relationship with his mum, and was happy. But as the wards got bigger, it became more difficult for Sean to live a life of his choosing, and the support that had been abundant at the beginning, began to ebb and flow.
Moving to Carr Gomm
In 2003, Carr Gomm had just opened a new service in Forth Valley - a spacious new bungalow designed for people with complex support needs. Sean moved here to his new home.
Nearly 20 years later and he is more independent, curious, fun, and above all else, happy. Over the years, our team has worked closely with Sean - getting to know his likes and dislikes. Together, we’ve created support that works for him as an individual.
What’s next?
We truly believe that Sean has some of the best years of his life ahead of him, and we’ll be there (if he wants us) every step of the way.
We can offer you the opportunity to work in one of Scotland’s leading social care and support charities. We know our work is challenging and rewarding, and we require people with a flexible and inspirational approach able to find innovative solutions with people, not for them. Within a dedicated and supportive staff team.
If you’re good at seeing people as unique individuals with their own skills, opinions and dreams for the future; developing professional relationships with a diverse set of people; encouraging people to overcome obstacles and ensuring their voices are heard; if you are an excellent team player, but also value being trusted to work alone then we have opportunities for you to join our team.
We’ll trust you to become an amazing member of our team, to actively listen to people, to develop personalised support plans for people, and we’ll support you by providing a comprehensive induction, ongoing training and regular supervision to ensure you maximise your potential.
We’ll develop your career by helping you register as a professional social care practitioner with the SSSC. We’ll support you in completing your vocational SVQ 2/3 training and we’ll ensure you benefit from continual professional development - many of our Service Managers began with Carr Gomm as Support Practitioners.
Application notes
If you would like to join Carr Gomm as a Support Practitioner to support Sean, and others, on their own journey in a range of posts across Forth Valley, contact forthvalleyrecruitment@carrgomm.org to discuss further.
Alternatively you can apply directly via our website;
recruitment.carrgomm.org/vacancies/120-support-practitioner-forth-valley
Closing date: 12th May 2022.
Lead Practitioner - Edinburgh Visiting Housing Support Service
- Full time
- £23,023 – £25,813
- Edinburgh
- Closing 9th April 2024
We have an exciting opportunity in our Edinburgh Visiting Housing Support Service for an experienced Lead Practitioner. We offer either a full time role has the flexibility to work mainly Monday to Friday 9 to 5 there may be occasions where our service users require support out with these hours.
About Us
Turning Point Scotland is the biggest provider of services to people experiencing or at risk of Homelessness across Scotland, delivering support to around 2000 individuals on any given day, 4500 per year.
We believe that in many cases, Homelessness is entirely preventable. Where Homelessness is not or cannot be, prevented the experience should be brief and non-recurring.
We provide support to people who are;
• Experiencing Homelessness
• At risk of Homelessness; and / or
• Need some support to protect their home
Our Edinburgh Visiting Housing Support Service provides Housing Support to people who are at risk of becoming homeless, who are homeless or who have recently experienced homelessness to move to or keep settled accommodation and gain independent living skills. Your role as our Lead Practitioner will consist of 2 elements, Visiting Housing Support and Preventative Support.
About You
As our Lead Practitioner the support you provide will always be person centred, by involving people who know the person well, this includes family and friends, other health and Social Work professionals, Advocacy services and your fellow team members.
Whilst we very much welcome experienced practitioners, no previous working experience is needed; full training will be provided to you. We believe having the right values of respect, compassion, inclusion and integrity is all you need to join our team.
About the Role – Lead Practitioner
The support you provide will be varied from bidding on a house through ed index, assisting with budgeting, finances, benefits, supporting people to keeping on top of day to day household activities. You will be provided with all of the training, support and equipment required to successfully fulfil your role.
Turning Point Scotland offers a Salary Matching opportunity within the pay points of the role and based on experience.
Are you an experienced manager in community care ready to take the next step in your career? Carr Gomm, a leading Scottish social care and community development charity is hiring an Operations Manager in Mid-Argyll, part of our Rural locality.
About Us:
Carr Gomm is a social care and community development charity; we provide person centred support which enables people to live their best possible lives. Since we supported our first person in 1998, Carr Gomm has grown to be a leading social care charity supporting over 4,000 people in Scotland.
Our services in Mid-Argyll (Oban, Lochgilphead, Tarbert and Campbeltown) are designed to help people thrive in their community. Whether it’s through person centred Care at Home, Mobile Homecare (Reablement), Responders or Housing Support. We are committed to ensuring people receive the right support at the right time, in the right way, guided by our values of Choice, Control, Openness & Honesty, Interdependence, Respect, Kindness and Compassion.
Our Impact:
We take pride in supporting our Rural locality through impactful community projects like the Keep Warm appeal. During the energy crisis, we delivered Keep Warm Kits to help people in Argyll and Bute stay warm. “ Thank you so much for the lovely warm box which was delivered to me today. Very useful and very much appreciated a really lovely gesture from Carr Gomm. Thanks again” – Liz from Campbeltown.
Responsibilities & Success Factors:
Reporting to the Senior Operations Manager for our Rural locality, you will be responsible for leading and managing by working closely with the Service Managers and the Local Management Team. You will ensure that the services are contractually compliant and managed within budget and organisational policies. You will be working within a busy and dynamic team, which requires the flexibility to be reactive to the everchanging environment.
Who we are looking for…
In our eyes, the best Operations Managers are natural leaders who are passionate, logical, and flexible; they have excellent communication and people skills which they use to forge strong, productive relationships; and they have the capacity to deliver.
Principle Duties & Responsibilities
The post-holder will:-
Establish and maintain contact with people affected by homelessness and/or multiple complex needs who use the service. This will necessitate working effectively with people who experience mental and physical ill health, substance dependence, offending, rooflessness and other support needs as appropriate.
Work as part of a team to help deliver an immediate response to individuals seeking assistance with homelessness, benefits, mental health and addiction support and safeguarding concerns, and help alleviate the crisis people are experiencing.
Carry out dynamic and comprehensive assessments of needs with individual clients liaising with, representing and referring to other providers such as homeless casework teams, NHS practitioners, housing, statutory and voluntary services.
Assist with benefits applications and representation at appeals, ensuring clients have access to full benefit entitlement.
Enter into supportive and empowering relationships with clients with the aim of assisting them to tackle the often complex issues in their lives and access the support and services they need to help them at that moment in time and longer term.
Deliver practical support to users of the service (e.g. assisting people with emergency food parcels etc. where required.)
Perform general contact and assessment duties within the service in order to supervise the operation of the service identify needs and communicate with the wider team.
Provide a welcome and assessment of clients coming into the service ensuring health and safety is a priority.
Deliver outreach support to help clients access community-based resources in their own locality.
Attend relevant forums and events and develop sound relationships with other key providers as required.
Monitor and record in a consistent and professional fashion all work carried out on the client’s behalf.
Participate in the ongoing review of service delivery in order to optimize the service's use of resources in order to best meet individuals’ needs.
Carry out any other duties as required by the management of The Marie Trust.
Hours of work: Monday – Thursday (9 am – 5pm, Monday to Thursday, 9.00am to 4.30 pm Friday’s)
This post is subject to the successful candidate to join the PVG Scheme membership for Regulated Work with Adults, provide two satisfactory references and proof of qualifications.
Service Manager
- Full time
- £40,003 – £45,135
- Perth (travel to services within Perth & Kinross area) (On site)
- Closing 5th April 2024
Service: Learning Disabilities
CAREERS THAT CARE!
Do you have a passion for connecting with people to achieve their goals in life, and enjoy the sense of achievement in empowering vulnerable people?
If so, we have a fabulous Service Manager opportunity for you to join our awesome team, leading our Perth & Kinross Learning Disability service. Because People Matter at Turning Point Scotland, why not join us to reach your full potential.
Embark on an emotionally rewarding journey and apply today!
About the role
As a Service Manager, you will work with individuals who have a wide range of support needs, providing them with practical and emotional support and encouraging them to achieve their own personal outcomes in all aspects of their daily lives e.g. keeping safe, meaningful activities, community involvement, physical health, relationships, emotional health and wellbeing.
As Service Manager you will also:
• Maintain the continuing relevance of services to individuals’ needs and purchaser requirements by ongoing planning, monitoring and evaluation.
• Where a need or an opportunity is identified, assist in the development of new services
• Ensure agreed standards of service delivery in compliance with relevant legislation, National Care Standards and purchaser requirements.
• To support the senior management team in the streamlining, promotion and monitoring of quality assurance systems which meets the needs of individual services as well as the overall service delivery in the region.
• Ensure compliance with the Scottish Social Services Council Code of Practice.
• Develop, monitor and implement supervision and appraisal systems for staff.
• Ensure that all Turning Point Scotland policies and procedures are adhered to.
About You
You will have passion and drive to take forward a well-established Service and Team. Be passionate; and committed to the overall aims and objectives of the service and have the belief that people can live fulfilling lives with the right support in place.
You should also have:
• Experience of working with vulnerable people and leading a service delivery team, including managing the provision of a safe operating environment in a relevant context.
• The ability to negotiate with a wide range of internal and external partners and build positive relationships including local authorities and housing associations.
• Excellent planning and organisational skills with the ability to effectively prioritise your own time and workload to meet a number of different and competing tasks in sometimes pressurised environment
About Us
At Turning Point Scotland Perth & Kinross, we deliver services for people who have a learning disability or autism and unique and complex behaviours which challenge the service: many of the individuals we support have some forensic histories. We support people who live in 24/7 supported accommodation projects. We also provide support within our outreach service to people with learning disabilities within the area of Perth, Kinross and Blairgowrie/Rattray.
The support we provide is always person centred, we do this by involving people who know the person well, this includes family and friends, other health and Social Work professionals, Advocacy services and our own staff members.
If you are dedicated, compassionate, and enthusiastic about making a difference in the lives of vulnerable adults, we would love to hear from you.
Turning Point Scotland offers a Salary Matching opportunity.
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