Top job! Director of Delivery
- Full time
- £71,000
- Scotland (Office or Hybrid)
- Closing 22nd November 2022
- Advertised from 4th November 2022
- Hours per week: 36.25
- Director of Delivery
Role
Are you an experienced Health & Social Care leader who is on the lookout for an exciting and fresh new challenge? Look no further as our Executive Leadership team are looking for someone like you to join them as our new Director of Delivery.
This is a rare and exciting opportunity to join a fast paced, dynamic and dedicated Leadership Team, leading and supporting our organisation to achieve our Strategic ambitions and Purpose.
Our Director of Delivery can be based in any of our offices across Scotland or as part of our hybrid working model. We will also need you to have flexibility to travel across Scotland when required.
The Role
Working as part of our Executive Team and reporting to Hazel Brown, our CEO, you will be responsible for leading on our operational activities and objectives across Scotland which include:-
⦁ Implementation of our strategic objectives
⦁ Quality & Performance
⦁ Client Happiness
⦁ Demonstrating and upholding a culture of coaching and mentoring
⦁ Partnerships with regulators, commissioners and other significant funders
⦁ Ensuring that we deliver the highest quality of care and support to the individuals we support across Scotland.
Bringing a sense of stability and structure to our organisation, you’ll work as part of our Executive Leadership Team, external stakeholders and colleagues throughout the organisation to deliver our Strategic Plan 2021-2025, Future-proofing Cornerstone.
For a full list of key responsibilities and person specification, please see our Role profile attached to this advert.
About us
With over 40 years’ experience delivering great care and support across Scotland, Cornerstone provides tailored, individual packages of care which focus on enabling people with a variety of needs, including learning disabilities, physical disabilities, autism and complex care needs, to live the best possible life.
Our strategic aims
1. To become an expert provider of services to people with learning disabilities, autism and complex care needs.
2. To be the best employer in social care in Scotland.
3. To achieve stability and sustainability which supports future developments.
If you’re up for the challenge and think you have what it takes, apply today with your CV and cover letter. We're waiting to hear from you. Your cover letter should be uploaded to the 'Supporting Documents' section within our online application.
Have any questions? If you'd like to find out more, please contact Hazel Brown, our CEO at hazel.brown@cornerstone.org.uk
Application notes
To find out more and apply please visit our website
Closing date: 22/11/2022
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to take part in our selection day on 29th or 30th November 2022 at our Glasgow office.
GAMH are commissioned by Glasgow Carers Partnership to deliver support to unpaid Carers living within the North East of the city. Our service offers inclusive and holistic support to Carers to help maintain their quality of life and improve their health and wellbeing.
The primary focus of this post will be to work with unpaid Carers and Young Carers delivering a range of supports so Carers will have the ability to manage their caring responsibilities whilst also maintaining their own wellbeing. In return GAMH offers an attractive salary, excellent terms and conditions and a fantastic package of additional benefits. The successful candidate will also benefit from a full supportive induction programme as well as a comprehensive and effective learning and development programme.
All applicants must be able to work flexibly; early morning, evening and weekend working may be required.
GAMH aims to promote equality of opportunity in service delivery as well as in employment practice. To achieve this, we positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. Accordingly, if you have any requirements regarding your application please contact Laura Middell, Central Resources Director, on 0141 552 5592.
This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. An offer of work with Glasgow Association for Mental Health will be subject to the outcome of this check being satisfactory.
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Deputy Service Manager – Hawick Services
- Full time or Part time
- £37,000
- Hybrid: Hawick
- Closing 4th January 2026
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated, compassionate, and experienced leader to join our team as a Deputy Service Manager at Streets Ahead – Hawick Services.
If you're passionate about person-centred care, thrive in a varied role where no two days are the same, and enjoy supporting teams to provide high-quality care to individuals with Learning Disabilities, we’d love to hear from you!
About the Role
You will bring strong organisational skills and experience in leading staff teams across multiple sites and within the community in Hawick. Working closely with the management team across both our West and East services, you will take the lead on key areas including:
- Quality assurance
- Care planning
- Risk management
- Change management & continuous improvement
You’ll inspire, motivate, and support your team to embrace new ways of working and implement improvements identified through our quality assurance programme.
Work–Life Balance
At Streets Ahead, we truly value the wellbeing of our staff. We want you to enjoy a positive work–life balance, which is why we offer:
- Hybrid working options
- Flexible working days and times to suit your lifestyle while meeting service needs
Key Benefits
Joining Streets Ahead means access to a generous range of rewards and opportunities:
- Hybrid Working Policy
- Company pension scheme with 6% employer contributions
- Pay review on completion of the probationary period
- 30 days annual leave
- Free PVG registration
- Company sick pay scheme
- Long service awards
- Opportunity to gain SVQ Level 4 in Health & Social Care and Care Service Leadership & Management, plus further development opportunities
- Free access to wellbeing, health, counselling & legal support for you and dependants under 18
- Death in service scheme
- Bike to Work scheme
- Shopping & services discounts
- Workplace wellbeing app
Support Workers & Relief Support Workers
- Part time
- Sessional
- On site: Edinburgh
- Closing 3rd October 2026
We are currently looking to recruit support workers to join our small team within Inclusion Alliance. The role involves supporting people with learning disabilities to be included in the community and lead an ordinary life. Your work would involve helping people to access educational, social, leisure and work or volunteering opportunities in the community.
No experience or formal qualifications are necessary for the role although a caring nature, positive attitude and a sense of fun are important characteristics to have. New staff will receive paid training and undertake shadow shifts with experienced staff members during induction. We want new staff to feel ready and able to work prior to working on their own for the first time.
We have various vacancies available including part time and relief/casual positions in various locations throughout Edinburgh.
Working hours are based between the hours of 8am and 5pm Monday to Friday
We have various permanent and casual vacancies available.
Relief/ Casual pay rate- £12.65 per hour
Candidates must be caring, motivated and have excellent communication skills whilst being committed to working in a person-centred way ensuring that support is built around the supported person’s wishes and needs.
Benefits include
- Employer contributory pension scheme
- Funded SVQ 3 qualification and learning opportunity
- Paid annual leave entitlement
- Regular paid supervision sessions
- Regular paid training and development opportunities
- Daytime Monday to Friday working
- Working for a well-established small organisation where person centred values are at the core.Free 24/7 access to employee support app
Project Workers
- Full time or Part time
- Sessional
- On site: Edinburgh sites (St Margarets House and Links House)
- Closing 19th December 2025
We are currently recruiting Project Workers to work within our Edinburgh services. You will be joining our dedicated team supporting adults with learning disabilities and autism to reach their individual goals and ambitions.
Rate:£12.60 per hour
Working Hours: 10:00 – 16:00, Monday – Friday, with full time hours at 30 per week
Contract Type:Permanent, Full Time & Part Time: we’d love to hear from all applicants interested in part time or full time work, however we won’t be able to consider applicants looking to work less than 2 days per week.
Holiday:30 days pro rata, enhanced at 3 years’ service by an additional day (pro rata) per year thereafter, up to a maximum of 5 days. Upmo regularly closes during the Christmas/New Year period.
About the role
As a Project Worker, you will be part of an enthusiastic and creative team who provide daily support to adults with learning disabilities and autism as they participate in workshop activities of their choosing within our site-based services, and café sites.
This role includes supporting students on a 1:1 basis, facilitating workshops, and supporting people with personal care tasks throughout the day such as assistance with eating and drinking, toileting needs, and other private hygiene needs.
For this vacancy, we are particularly interested in hearing from individuals with musical and performance skills, but will consider those with all round skills for our services, which run varied workshops throughout the week which involve the following areas: art & crafts, IT, music, drama, dance, cooking, gardening, and outdoor activities.
While previous experience in care or support is highly advantageous, it is not required as we provide full training and ongoing support to our staff team.
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