- Advertised from 29th September 2021
- Reports to: Senior Welfare Rights Officer & Head of Employability & Anti-Poverty. Hours: 35 hours per week
- Ref WRO/2021
Role
Location: Initially home-based; partial return to office at Templeton Business Centre envisaged; potential for in-person engagement at community venues, subject to COVID-safety protocols. Potential home visits where required to support member engagement – subject to enhanced Disclosure and GDA’s lone working policy.
Outline of the Role
We are looking for a confident, flexible and multi skilled individual who is proactive, collaborative and an excellent communicator. The successful candidate will join GDA at an exciting and dynamic time and alongside an experienced Senior Welfare Rights Officer to co-ordinate and deliver the welfare rights advice service to maximise income of disabled people across Glasgow.
The main role of the WRO is to work alongside GDA staff to engage disabled people, and to provide independent and accessible welfare benefits information, advice and representation over the phone, online using video platforms during COVID where beneficial to the person; and when it is safe, via face-to-face, during home visits and through outreach in the community.
The post holder will be dedicated, skilled and enthusiastic, committed to human rights, with experience of welfare benefits and advice services as well an understanding of community led approaches and issues affecting disabled people.
The successful candidate will be digitally confident and skilled with the ability to deliver Digital Supports to disabled people with little or no digital skills, alongside other Project staff.
Application notes
Please complete your application form and send it back to us together with the Equality Monitoring Form and Rehabilitation of Offenders Form (if required by the job).
These forms should be returned by Monday 18th October at 5pm.
By email to: tressaburke@gdaonline.co.uk
Please use the subject heading:
“Private and Confidential: Ref WRO/2021”
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Top job! Senior Support Worker
- Full time
- £31,774
- On site: Esmond Street Service, Glasgow
- Closing 30th October 2024
The successful candidate will play a senior and supervisory role in the operation of our Esmond Street Service: a 22 place supported living project for older people with learning disability and/or complex needs. The successful applicant will have experience of support planning and review systems, and will be in a position to work on a shift-rota basis. She/he will have experience in a supported living setting, the ability to work on their own initiative, and have a positive, empowering and flexible approach to the support of people with learning disabilities. The post requires the successful candidate to be involved in the supervision and development of the staff team; including training, developing systems, mentoring and auditing. She/he should also possess an appropriate qualification, or be willing and able to achieve this within an agreed timescale.
Support Workers
- Part time
- Sessional
- Remote: Edinburgh, the Lothians, Glasgow, Isle of Wight
- Closing 30th May 2025
Working in Care and Support Services
Would you like to make a difference to a person’s quality of life? Would you like to learn BSL while being paid? We are looking for caring and motivated staff to support deaf BSL users to join our team. Could that be you?
Who are we?
Deaf Action is a deaf-led charity, supporting and celebrating deaf people. We were established in 1835 and work with deaf people across Scotland and the South of England. Our work is geared towards empowering all deaf people to achieve their potential and fully participate in society, with equality of rights, access, and opportunity.
You can find out more about us at deafaction.org.
About you
We are looking for people who are caring, fun, motivated, willing to learn and show initiative. The people we support want our team to be friendly, reliable and practical.
If you have experience in supporting people in their own homes, tenancies, or a care home setting, that is beneficial. If you do not, we can provide training. We always provide on the job and formal training, and our workers often go on to complete formal qualifications in social care. If you already have knowledge of BSL that is a bonus, however we can provide training if you do not.
The ideal candidates will be fully committed to our values, which can be found on our website.
The role
We have varied roles within our Care and Support Services such as Care at Home support worker, Outreach Support worker in our services in Edinburgh, the Lothians and Glasgow; as well as Care and ancillary positions at our Care Home at Isle of Wight.
You will be delivering a person-centred service supporting deaf people within our services. This will enable them to fully participate in the decisions affecting their lives, ensuring that wherever possible, service users benefit from informed choice, control, and independence. This will include both activities in the care home, in their own home and within the community which will promote independence and social inclusion.
What do we offer?
- Living Wage Employer - £12 per hour
- Occupational pension scheme with employer contributions
- Generous annual leave entitlement
- 24/7 access to an Employee Assistance Programme provided by Health Assured. Access to the Cycle to Work Scheme and IT Voucher Scheme
- Ongoing support for learning and development through our PDR process
- Training to learn British Sign Language at Level 1 and 2
- Death in service benefit.
Glasgow Association for Mental Health is one of the principal providers of community mental health services in Greater Glasgow. We are commissioned by Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership to deliver a Compassionate Distress Response Service (CDRS) for people in distress who do not require a medical or clinical intervention. We would like to recruit for our Out of Hours Pathway for Emergency Services, First Responders, the Mental Health Assessment Units etc. The OOHs service operates 7 days a week Monday through to Sunday 5pm -2am.
The service operates from our GAMH Head Office -, St Andrews by the Green, 33 Turnbull Street, Glasgow G1 5PR.
Key Skills:
You will work alongside the Project Leader & Team to ensure that the practice is delivered in accordance with the contractual agreement, and is compassionate, consistent, safe and effective.
Glasgow Association for Mental Health is one of the principal providers of community mental health services in Greater Glasgow. We are commissioned by Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership to deliver a Compassionate Distress Response Service (CDRS) for people in distress who do not require a medical or clinical intervention. We would like to recruit for our Out of Hours Pathway for Emergency Services, First Responders, the Mental Health Assessment Units etc. The OOHs service operates 7 days a week Monday through to Sunday 5pm -2am.
The service operates from our GAMH Head Office- Glasgow by the Green.
Key Skills:
Good communication skills to be able to work effectively with referrers and individuals using the service. Compassionate listening, be able to alleviate individual’s feelings of distress. Be highly resourceful in supporting individuals i.e., identifying coping strategies, self-management techniques and onward referral where appropriate. Be confident and competent to apply risk assessment, safety planning, and escalation processes where appropriate. SVQ 3 or equivalent or willingness towards achieving this qualification is essential.
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