Jobs in Leven, West Dunbartonshire
West Dunbartonshire areas with jobs
Top job! Director of Operations and Impact (South of Scotland)
- Full time
- £92,000
- Hybrid: Glasgow, Airdrie, Irvine or Dumbarton
- Closing 29th March 2026
Do you bring a strong track record of strategic leadership in health and social care, coupled with an unwavering commitment to person centred support? If so, this could be the opportunity that shapes the next chapter of your career.
We are looking for an exceptional, forward thinking leader to join us as Director of Operations and Impact (south) on a full time, permanent basis. This is a key role within our Executive Leadership Team, offering the opportunity to shape operational excellence, strengthen organisational impact and influence the future of social care across Scotland.
As Director of Operations and Impact (South), you will hold full accountability for operational performance, service quality and contract delivery across the South of Scotland.
This is a hybrid working role, with an expectation of regular, meaningful engagement across our offices and services. You will therefore ideally be located within reasonable reach of one of our key hubs in Glasgow, Airdrie, Dumbarton or Irvine.
This is an exciting time to join Cornerstone as we deliver our new strategic plan, Improving Lives Together, built around the following organisational priorities:
The Foundation – Digital innovation: empowering everything we do
- Pillar 1 – Voices of the people we support at the heart of all decisions
- Pillar 2 – People: leadership, workforce and culture
- Pillar 3 – Financial sustainability: building for the future
- Pillar 4 – Partnership working: collaboration for greater impact
- The Roof – Quality: evidence based improvement
Purpose of the role
As a key member of our Executive Leadership Team, you will provide strategic, values driven leadership that strengthens Cornerstone’s culture, performance and long term sustainability. You will champion our mission, guide the delivery of our strategic plan and inspire teams across the South of Scotland to deliver exceptional, person centred care.
Central to your success will be the ability to build trusted partnerships, model courageous and authentic leadership, and drive high impact, evidence led improvement.
A detailed overview of responsibilities can be found in the role profile on our website.
What you will bring
- A proven track record of strategic leadership within an organisation of comparable scale and complexity
- Deep insight into the social care landscape, including commissioning, market dynamics and sector wide trends
- A thorough understanding of regulatory frameworks and the wider policy context for social care in Scotland
- Demonstrated success in developing leaders, building organisational capability and nurturing high performing, psychologically safe teams
- Strong financial and commercial acumen, with experience overseeing substantial budgets
- Confidence in championing digital tools to enhance collaboration, insight and operational excellence
If you believe you have the vision, expertise and drive to excel in this role, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Intensive Recovery Support Worker- West Dunbartonshire
- Full time
- £28,251
- On site: Alexandria
- Closing 10th April 2026
Blue Triangle is a social care organisation that empowers people to thrive, by delivering solutions in connected communities which focus on the needs of each individual. We are looking for enthusiastic people who share our values (Kind, Passionate and Creative) to join our services accommodating and supporting people experiencing homelessness and empowering them to thrive.
If successful, you will be required to register with the Scottish Social Services Council within 6 months of your start date. After registration, there is a requirement to be qualified and to maintain professional learning, which we will support you to achieve.
Blue Triangle recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief.
We welcome applications from all sections of the community.
What we offer:
Aside from offering a supportive and friendly environment where our people are valued and appreciated, we’ll see that your hard work and drive to succeed is rewarded.
- Competitive Salary and Pension Options
- Double pay for festive bank holidays
- Long service awards
- Fully funded SVQ3
- Access to our benefits platform with high street voucher and tech discounts and cycle to work scheme to name a few!
- Inhouse training programmes
- Significant Gym discounts
- Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
- 24/7 access to employee assistance programme, including counselling
- A wide range of family friendly policies
- Life Assurance cover of 3 times your salary
- Credit Union
- £200 refer a friend scheme
And many more!
About the Role:
The support we provide is always person-centred, trauma-informed and wellbeing focused. As an Intensive Recovery Support Worker, you’ll work in the community to provide a wide range of flexible intensive support to individuals to encourage independence to maintain and sustain a tenancy and adapt to community life.
Main Responsibilities:
This Intensive Recovery Support Worker role working in the West Dunbartonshire area combines settled housing with person-centred, strengths-based and flexible support. This role involves working 35 hours per week on a rota covering various shift patterns including select weekend work. This role operates across West Dunbartonshire, with an office based at our Alexandria service. The Intensive Recovery Support Worker will:
- To provide trauma-informed, person-centred, and wellbeing-focused support for people with lived or living experience of addiction, helping them to achieve their personal recovery goals.
- To support people transitioning from BT accommodation or other supported accommodation into the local community, helping them to manage their tenancy, to engage with all support services and to connect into organisations and groups that will help them on their personal recovery journey.
- To promote CHIME outcomes by bringing Connections, Hope, Identity, Meaning, and Empowerment to the people being supported.
- To work with local partner organisations to promote and develop a Recovery Orientated System of Care (ROSC) in West Dunbartonshire, working with all ADP partners to do so.
- To be there for people as Mentor, Navigator, Connector, and Advocate to support and equip them to grow in confidence and build recovery resilience.
To find out more about being an Intensive Floating Support Worker, click the link below:
Intensive Recovery Support Worker (West Dunbartonshire) – Role Profile
About You:
- To join us, you need to have a genuine passion for helping people.
- Ideally, possess 1 year of experience of working with vulnerable people and challenging behaviour which can be from personal, voluntary and/or professional experience.
- Demonstrated commitment and ability to undertake care practice in accordance with Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) code of practice, National Care Standards, Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care and the Associations policies and procedures.
- Ability to relate empathetically to people and recognise their right to choice and independence.
- Ability to work flexibly and as a lone worker.
- Able to use Microsoft or equivalent applications competently.
- Ideally hold an SVQ level 3 or above.
We care about one another whilst taking pride in the service we offer. You will be working in a company with a strong identity and with the guidance and support of experienced Managers you will be able to develop in your career.