Managed Alcohol Programme (MAP) :- Health Care Support Worker
- Full time
- £22,474 – £24,660
- 17 Carmyle Avenue, Glasgow, G32 8HL
- Closing 18th December 2022
- Advertised from 21st November 2022
- 37.5 hours per week.
Role
People are at the heart of who we are and what we do. Day-by-day, person-to-person, we tailor what we offer to what people need. We’re here to provide consistent, friendly and informed support so that people can explore options and take ‘the next step’ towards a positive future. We welcome people with a wide range of skills and experiences to our team – including those who have lived through homelessness. To make a difference we need to work flexibly, with everyday-leadership, humour and a ‘can do’ spirit. We want to make it easy, make it right, and make it happen – not only for the people we support, but also for each other. Our #OneTeam ethos is core to who we are, and it means caring for and supporting each other regardless of our role, service or location. This is how we roll. We want people who share these values to join us and become a part of the Simon Community Scotland family.
Aims of The Managed Alcohol Programme (MAP) Glasgow :
To provide a new unique type of Housing Support service for Scotland to match the unmet needs of alcohol dependent rough sleepers including 10 homeless men in Glasgow. The service will provide unique personalised care and housing support in specially designed accommodation. We will develop a multi agency HUB collaborating with specialist inreach services. Our new trauma informed approach will seek to engage and enable recovery. We aim to support residents to live a life off the streets facilitating controlled alcohol consumption reducing harm and promoting healthier, happier living, preventing premature deaths and improving community connectivity.
Job Summary
This MAP Health Support Worker role is to provide the highest quality care and housing support that is strength and asset based. You will help develop a highly personalised trauma informed harm reduction programme which will be shaped by each individual. Uniquely your role will involve working as part of a multidisciplinary team and directly with external Nursing and healthcare professionals monitoring harm, intoxication levels and helping administering planned quantities of alcohol to residents. You will jointly screen, assess, review and record each service user journey. This will involve key working and leadership in developing group work activities and connecting with community assets.
Job Purpose
MAP Health Support Workers will play a critical role in developing professional relationships with each complex service user. Building trusting open honest relationships will be essential to our unique service delivery. You will provide dynamic flexible support with care and compassion. You will often be the first point of contact celebrating happy moments and dealing with crises, incidents, keeping everyone safe and secure. A key part of the role will be early identification of health risks, potential conflicts, providing harm reduction advice and information.
Personal Leadership and Coaching skills will be required as part of a one team approach. All Support workers will have key working responsibility for each individual. You will be both life coach and recovery champion. A key purpose of this role will be to record accurately our support and recovery plans on our cloud based Database each time updating personal plans enabling residents to set SMART goals supporting users to realise their full potential.
You will support and enable residents and empower them to take control over their own lives providing the right level of intervention to reduce harm and provide a safe and secure home for life. Your support will be based on positive relationships and trauma informed care principles. You will as part of the team develop a whole person approach, reducing poverty by maximising income and providing energetic support and advice to meet service users needs.
This will include encouraging improvements in lifestyle, health and personal care, developing community links, supporting researchers, partners and residents to reduce the harm associated with their homelessness and alcohol/drug consumption. You will enable service users to access their alcohol responsibly minimising harms supporting them to regularly access their beverage of choice within agreed limits within an agreed timeframe, preventing withdrawal and promoting personalised recovery.
You will report to the MAP Service Lead and work in harmony with volunteers, recovery champions, partners and collaborators, and will look outwardly to develop your practice area in partnership with the multidisciplinary team using SCS training resources. Continued professional development is a key aspect of your own personal responsibilities as part of the MAP team.
Application notes
An application pack is available for download below.
All applications should be sent to jobs@simonscotland.org
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Junction 12 is a youth project based in the east end of Glasgow which strives to build long term relationships that support young people through the challenges of growing up. We have identified a gap for an effective male role model to further our work with teenage boys to enable them to live lives characterised by safe and healthy choices, while introducing them to the difference Jesus makes.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and pastorally sensitive Christian with experience of working with young people in a school and/or community context. The successful candidate will have good communication skills and be able to work in a team and with other organisations.
It is also an Occupational Requirement (Equality Act – part 1, schedule 9), that the post holder is male and a committed Christian. PVG Scheme Disclosure and Full Driving Licence are required.
Junction 12 is unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to remain and work in the UK. For more information, visit: ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Support Worker – Housing Support Fife
- Part time
- £27,399 – £29,521 pro-rata
- On site: Fife
- Closing 25th April 2025
Housing Support Fife is a service providing housing support in the Levenmouth, Glenrothes and North East Fife area. Bethany Christian Trust is looking for a support worker to be part of this team. The successful post holder will work as part of a team delivering flexible and creative support to vulnerable people to meet their housing needs and help them maintain their tenancies.
You will have a proven record as a team player with excellent communication skills; you will have experience and knowledge of the service user group and their surrounding issues. We would welcome applicants with lived experience of these issues. Competence in the use of Microsoft office tools is essential. An SVQ 3 in Social Care, Promoting Independence or equivalent as listed by SSSC as appropriate for a ‘Housing Practitioner’ is desirable; the willingness to work towards this is essential.
As Bethany is a Christian organisation, this post carries an Occupational Requirement in line with Equality Act 2010. Please note that one reference must be from your church minister or leader to endorse your live and active Christian faith and commitment.
Successful applicants for this post will require membership of the PVG scheme and registration with the SSSC.
Community and Transition Support Worker
- Full time
- £26,318
- On site: Edinburgh
- Closing 28th April 2025
Dean and Cauvin Young People’s Trust is one of Edinburgh’s oldest and established charities, providing residential group living and community, family and group work support to children, young people and families. We are committed to further developing the Trust as ‘a place of hope’ for care-experienced children, young people and families rooted in our values of Care, Perseverance, Acceptance and Hope. By building strong and caring relationships we #KeepThePromise by providing a scaffolding of love and support around children, young people, and families as they take their first steps towards a confident, positive future.
Role:
This is an opportunity to come and join us as a support worker in our Community and Transition team. Based in our St. Johns Road Wellbeing Hub, our team provide a range of practical, social and emotional 1:1, group and whole-family support to children, young people and families who have experiences of care to help them:
• Move on from residential living to independent life and living in the community
• Develop healthy relationships, connections and mental wellbeing
• Build confidence, education, skills and training
We work together with families, social work, health services and other colleagues to keep the strengths, aspirations and voice of children, young people and families at the heart of all we do while ensuring their safety and welfare is always maintained.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone to be part of our team as we develop our services to #KeepThePromise.
We are looking for someone who:
• Is skilled in delivering a range of 1:1 and group interventions and supports,
• Can work in a values-led and rights focused way
• Has an understanding of the difficulties faced by young people who are or have recently been ‘looked after’ in a care setting.
• Is passionate about working alongside children, young people and families
• Is able to build strong and effective relationships with young people who can be under-represented.
• Can develop and implement support that actively engages young men in community activities.
• Is able to deliver new ways of working including working mornings/evenings and weekends.
• Can foster a supportive and inclusive environment that encourages young people's participation and can support our young people to participate fully and influence the delivery of the service.
• Is committed to delivering The Promise.
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Our Community and Transition team work closely with our residential house teams, young people who live with us and their families and young people who have lived with us who are now requiring support in the community or supported living in one of our community flats.
In the coming year, our primary focus will be on engaging with the young men we support as well as children, young people and families from the wider community. We will also be prioritising young people's participation by developing:
• Tailored Support : Develop opportunities specifically designed to meet the interests and needs of the young men we support. This could include sports, technology, or vocational training.
• Community Events: Organise events that bring together young people, their families, and the wider community.
• Feedback Mechanisms: Support young people to voice their opinions and suggestions through our participation groups and that will feed back to our newly developed Young Person Committee
We are committed to the development of all our staff and the successful applicants will have access to:
• Regular support and supervision
• Continuous Professional Development
• Training and learning opportunities.
• Discounted access to our holiday caravan
• Our Employee Assistance Scheme
If you are someone who can make a difference for young people and have relevant experience with social work, youth/community/family work or other relevant experiences then we want to hear from you.
We are looking for several trustees who can play an integral role in the governance of our charity.
You do not need to have been a Trustee before, nor hold a senior position elsewhere. What we are looking for is people with an interest in supporting our organisation to develop through contribution of their own skill sets, a passion for ensuring high quality care and support is provided to those in our services, and a desire to play an active role in our governance.
We would particularly like to speak to individuals with a background in:
- Finance
- Social Care / Social Work / Health
- Legal
- Governance
- Risk
- Entrepreneurship / social investment
- Housing.
However, if you have a background in an alternative area, but are interested in the work of Care Support Scotland and believe you could bring energy and value to our organisation, please do get in touch.
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