- Advertised from 27th April 2023
- 37 hours per week. Permanent
Role
Want to support people who support others? We’ve got the role for you.
Capability Scotland is undertaking its largest ever project in Perth to create an exemplary new service called Bertha Park. This project is ambitious and aspirational for our customers and will result in the creation of a sector leading service that will be in the heart of the community.
About the Role
We are looking for an experienced Co-Production Leader to ensure at each key stage of the project that our customer views, and those of their family, are fully considered and that their best interests are being met. You will take a lead role in the preparation, delivery and oversight of the work keeping our customers at the heart of everything we do.
Key Tasks
Develop an annual Co-production delivery plan to engage with our customers and their families to help them express their views and wishes for the Project.
Develop a Customer Engagement plan and as associated Communication strategy that ensures all customers and families are fully involved and able to contribute to the Project.
Identify appropriate external parties (e.g. advocates) and engage with them to support our customers and their families to meaningfully contribute to the Project.
Produce independent information in a range of accessible forms for Customers and families to ensure they understand the work that is being undertaken and the implications for them.
Conduct events and one-to-one meetings with Customers and their families to engage them with the project work, to understand their priorities, their requirements and the reasons for these.
Will similarly engage with staff groups and individuals to ensure that they have a meaningful opportunity to contribute to the Project with both their views as to what they need and what they think will help the customers.
Capture and summarise the views and wishes expressed in a narrative report and will present their findings to the Project Board and other parties as required.
Throughout the implementation stages, will monitor progress against the agreed plan and ensure that the substantive requirements of the customers and their families and being reflected in practice.
Location – Isla Road, Perth, PH2 7HQ. (With travel to attend meetings in Edinburgh & Central/East Scotland, as required, to meet the needs of the project)
Hours – 37 hours per week, generally Mon-Fri 9am-5pm – (flexible to meet needs of the project)
Experience/qualifications/key skills required
Candidates should be experienced in co-production, project work or alternatively have experience in working with adults with physical and learning disabilities and communication work. You should have strong interpersonal & leadership skills, with the ability to work as part of a team and on your own initiative.
Working with Capability Scotland brings you lots of benefits:
- Competitive salary - £29,535.75 (£15.31 per hour).
- 32 days holidays per year, increasing to 37 with service.
- Free PVG checks throughout your employment.
- Up to 8% company contribution pension scheme.
- Up to 3 x annual salary death in service.
- Perks at Work – shopping discount scheme.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- 24/7 employee assistance
- Working for us means you would qualify for Blue Light & Concert for Carer discounts
We are One Voice, One Charity, One Spirit, #OneCapability.
Applying to Capability Scotland
Applying to join Capability Scotland is easy. At the bottom of this advert, you can submit your CV and a covering letter directly to the hiring manager. You’ll then hear from us within three weeks of the noted closing date. We’ll invite successful candidates to an interview so we can learn more about what makes each other tick, in a safe and secure way.
You can keep a track of your application in your profile management settings.
A full job description of this role is available by clicking here: Co-Production Leader
For more information on this role, you can contact Erin Wilson at Erin.Wilson@capability.scot using reference CS211013.1
Application notes
To find out more and apply please visit our website
Closing date: 12th May 2023
We reserve the right to close or extend this vacancy dependent on the number of applications. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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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
Top job! Operations Manager - Highland & Islands
- Full time
- £46,102
- Hybrid: Covering Highlands, Moray and Perth and Kinross (hybrid, with travel across all areas)
- Closing 11th January 2026
As a leader at Enable Works, you'll be at the forefront of our mission to deliver exceptional employability services for disabled people across Scotland. You will be responsible for leading partnerships and programmes across Highland, Moray and Perth and Kinross and will play a pivotal role in driving our organisation forward.
You will have overall accountability for strategic development of your programmes and region, leading on performance management; financial and contract management and developing opportunities for new business, allowing us to grow our impact.
You'll have significant oversight of operations and staffing for the region, as well as managing and leading key external stakeholder relationships, ensuring smooth and efficient functioning of the services in your remit.
This is a hybrid role with some office time and travel expected. A driving license and access to a vehicle is essential for this role.
While regular travel will be required across all 3 areas, a significant proportion of work takes place in Highlands, where you will be responsible for leading our 'All in Highlands' partnership. Therefore a consistent presence is expected in Inverness and across the Highlands.
What will you do?
Setting and upholding high standards - you will be accountable for leading a team of Performance Managers, Team Leaders and Employment Coordinators, ensuring services meet and exceed expectations.
Ensuring compliance and performance excellence - you will be accountable for all quality and compliance for services in your region, ensuring robust processes are in place that align with contractual expectations.
Guiding a high performing team -as a leader you will be responsible for mentoring Performance Managers and Team Leaders, fostering their growth as leaders to provide effective mentoring and management for your team.
Strategic engagement - building relationships with both local and national funders and stakeholders will be second nature to you, ensuring seamless contract delivery and long lasting partnerships.
Pioneering opportunities - you will be responsible for proactively identifying and cultivating new business opportunities, staying up to date with emerging trends and policy changes to ensure your services can respond to local and national priorities.
About You
We really need you to have these:
- An understanding of employability and skills structures and systems in Scotland
- An understanding of national employability policies such as No One Left Behind
- Experience of leading a performance focused team
- Ability to effectively coach and motivate developing leaders to deliver high performance within your team
- Experience of successfully managing and forecasting performance profiles Experience of writing impact reports
- Ability to work autonomously, fully accountable for managing and driving the services in your area to achieve excellence
- Self-management skills and the ability to prioritise competing deadlines effectively
- Effective project management skills and ability to think strategically to achieve long-term goals
- A natural, professional relationship builder with the ability to partner and negotiate with stakeholders
- Experience of creating and managing budgets, delivering on financial expectations and forecasting change
- Strong attention to detail with professional presentation and personality
- Experience working in rural areas
- Confident communicator with experience of public speaking
- Role model who will demonstrate our values, leading by example
- IT proficient with experience of competently using Microsoft packages, and CRM systems
- A full driving licence and access to a car, as travel is required in this role
We would love it if you had these:
- Experience of working in employability out with Scotland
- Experience of business development including bid writing
- Experience of working with people who have multiple/complex barriers
- Experience of leading managers and working with geographically dispersed teams
More information about the Operations Manager role, is included in our Job Pack.
Please ensure you include a detailed personal statement, outlining how you meet the requirements. We want to hear why you are a good fit for this role and what skills and experience you can bring to our organisation, so please take the time to clearly outline this in your application statement.
About Us
At Enable we believe in developing all our staff and we provide an extensive learning programme together with in-house career development opportunities.
We also have an excellent range of staff benefits on offer including but not limited to:
- Health cash plans providing a wide range of health benefits to help people cover the cost of their everyday health care.
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme*
- Season Ticket Loans*
- Blue Light Card
- Where required, Enable will fully fund SVQ Health and Social Care qualifications – required for SSSC registration
*Terms and Conditions Apply
Starting a career with Enable is the first step towards making a real difference in our award-winning charity’s mission to help create an equal society for every person who has a learning disability.
Enable is an equal opportunities employer and our recruitment, selection and assessment process is based entirely on values, skills and competencies required of the specific roles.
The cost of PVG is paid upfront by the organisation and deducted from your wage if successfully appointed.
Enable reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. Please submit your application as early as possible if this vacancy is of interest.
Note: The successful applicant will be required to register with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) within 3 months of their start date.
Employment Coordinator - East Dunbartonshire
- Full time
- £27,990
- On site: East Dunbartonshire
- Closing 28th December 2025
Do you have a passion for helping people?
Do you have excellent communication and customer service skills?
Do you want to work for one of the best employability providers in Scotland?
Would you like to help someone with barriers to work find their dream job?
Then come and work for Enable Works.
Your role, as an Employment Coordinator is to provide support to people who have barriers to work to make progress towards and achieve well paid, sustainable employment.
Enable Works are the leading specialist provider of employability services for people who have barriers to work. We believe that every person in Scotland has the right to work in a job that is high quality and well paid.
Enable Works supports over 7000 people every year across 30 Local Authorities to learn skills for work.
We partner with thousands of employers to create inclusive cultures and improve the diversity of Scotland's workforce.
We are incredibly proud of our smart, capable, and motivated colleagues across Scotland and following a period of significant growth we are looking to grow our team.
We offer a generous salary, excellent benefits, and opportunities to develop and grow in your role.
We offer flexible working practices that promote a strong work/life balance so that when you are at work you can be the best version of you.
Values are more important to us than qualifications or experience, so if you don’t think you meet every requirement that’s ok, we still want to hear from you.
Please make sure you include a detailed personal statement in the ‘More about you’ section of the application to tell us how you are suited to the post.
About You
We really need you to have these
- The drive, energy and commitment to support people to obtain high
- quality, well paid jobs
- Ability to manage your own workload and prioritise as needed
- Confident communicator
- Strong attention to detail
- Professional presentation and personality
- Some knowledge of the local community
- Ability to work with people at any age who have challenging barriers to employment
- IT literacy
- Comfortable working towards targets
- A natural, professional relationship builder
- A full driving licence
Why?
Our vision is that every person in Scotland is able to access the support they need to find a high quality job that pays them well and your drive and commitment to this job will help them get there. You will recognise each clients individual skills and aspirations and work with them to find a job that they love.
Our culture is autonomous so that means we trust you to make the right decisions for your clients, therefore you need to manage your work load well and be accountable for your time. Attention to detail is important as it means you can work accurately and follow instructions.
About Us
At Enable we believe in developing all our staff and we provide an extensive learning programme together with in-house career development opportunities.
We also have an excellent range of staff benefits on offer including but not limited to:
- Health cash plans providing a wide range of health benefits to help people cover the cost of their everyday health care.
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Season Ticket Loans
- Blue Light Card
- Starting a career with Enable is the first step towards making a real difference in our award-winning charity’s mission to help create an equal society for every person who has a learning disability.
Enable is an equal opportunities employer and our recruitment, selection and assessment process is based entirely on values, skills and competencies required of the specific roles.
The cost of PVG is paid upfront by the organisation and deducted from your wage if successfully appointed.
Enable reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. Please submit your application as early as possible if this vacancy is of interest.
Join GCIL and Make a Difference!
At the GCIL (Glasgow Centre for Inclusive Living), we empower disabled people with the information, skills, and support they need to lead independent lives and participate fully in society.
As a disabled-people-led organisation, we centre lived experience and pride ourselves on delivering high-quality services that make a real impact in our communities. Communication and connection sit at the heart of everything we do.
Why Work With Us?
- Meaningful Impact: Your work will make a tangible difference, helping disabled people of all ages to lead independent, fulfilling lives.
- People-Focused: You’ll spend a significant amount of your time communicating — one-to-one, in groups, in the community, and online. If you love engaging with people, this is the role for you.
- Varied Outreach: From delivering training sessions to hosting workshops, events, and drop-ins, you'll be out in the community building understanding and trust.
- Autonomy and Responsibility: Manage your own caseload and represent GCIL confidently through regular verbal and digital communication.
- Professional Growth: We’ll support your development, including your communication, training delivery, and community engagement skills.
As a Support Services Team Leader you will:
- Manage our team and our resources effectively, including staff deployment, supplier negotiations and process improvements.
- Support individuals to manage their own care arrangements and make informed choices about available options.
- Assist with safe recruitment, payroll setup, and contingency planning for those employing personal assistants.
- Provide guidance on good employment practices and refer to appropriate resources when needed.
- Deliver accessible information and liaise with relevant organisations for referrals.
- Facilitate stakeholder engagement through forums, training, and feedback to social services.
- Promote continuous learning and professional development within the team.
- Maintain accurate financial, statistical, and case records; prepare reports for funders and committees.
- Ensure compliance with confidentiality, equality, diversity, health and safety, and other organisational policies.
- Represent the organisation confidently at events and build professional networks to support service development.
In order to be successful in this role, you must have:
- Strong communication, interpersonal, and facilitation skills.
- Proven organisational and team leadership abilities.
- Creative problem-solving, networking, and negotiation skills.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, email, internet, and social media tools.
- Experience delivering support and training to individuals and groups with diverse needs.
- Understanding of Independent Living philosophy and the Social Model of Disability.
- Knowledge of self-directed support services, personal assistance, finance, and employment law.
- Ability to manage resources, staff teams, and satellite offices effectively.
Personal Attributes
- Self-motivated, flexible, and able to work under pressure.
- Enthusiastic and capable of motivating others.
- Willingness to work occasional unsocial hours.
- PVG membership required.
We would ideally like you to have experience and knowledge of Self Directed Support services but this is not essential.
We Actively Welcome Disabled Applicants
As a disabled-people-led organisation, we are especially keen to hear from disabled people, including those with lived experience of navigating support systems or barriers in society.
We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive. If you have lived experience of disability, we strongly encourage you to apply.
If you need adjustments during the application or interview process, just let us know — we're happy to support you.
We guarantee interviews for all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria outlined in the job description.
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