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Project Worker – Adult Carers

  • Full time
  • £27,449
  • South West Edinburgh
  • Closing 4th December 2022


  • Advertised from 11th November 2022
  • 36 hours per week, 5 days. Post funded for 12 months with possibility of extension.
  • Pension: 5% Employers contribution. Annual Leave: 32 days in year 1 increasing to 37 days in year 2. This includes some set public holidays and 2 week closure over Christmas.

Role

Space are seeking to recruit a suitably experienced and skilled Project Worker to join our Adult Carers service in South West Edinburgh.

The post-holder will work as part of our growing Carers team to improve the health, wellbeing and personal development of carers in the South West of Edinburgh.

This post holder will support and empower carers to access person centred support for their caring role including signposting, working in partnership with other carers services and wider community support organisations.

We work closely with the Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership Integrated Carers Team and health professionals from the Carer Support Hospital Discharge Team to ensure personal outcomes and support needs of carers are met.

The candidates will need to have suitable qualifications and experience of working with adult carers, with at least three years proven experience in a role including delivery of individual and group work.

About Space

Space & Broomhouse Hub is a Scottish award-nominated charity organisation working to improve the happiness, mood & mental wellbeing of our community members; enhancing physical health, developing skills & job opportunities, whilst growing the confidence of the residents of our area and beyond in South West Edinburgh. We do this by nurturing, supporting and inspiring people of all ages so that lives are fuller, potential is fulfilled and community connections flourish.

In 1991, at a time of depression and recession, community activism and a refusal to accept Broomhouse deserved anything less than other communities – local residents campaigned to turn a row of six shops into one centre. The Broomhouse Centre.

30 years on, and still with local community groups and trustees at the core, Space at the Broomhouse Hub has a new state-of-the-art community building housing a community training café. We have grown and now deliver 17 projects, with 60 staff and over 250 volunteers. We deliver diverse services supporting young people, families, older people and carers amongst others, engaging with local people more than 34,000 times last year.

Whilst holding the integrity of Space at our core, we are a values-led organisation that is:

Welcoming - Nurturing relationships & kind experiences that enable people to smile, flourish & be resilient

Fun - Passionate, non-judgmental & friendly people, developing an inclusive community

Creative - Initiating and embracing challenges, innovation, opportunities and new ideas

Bold - Ambitious, aspirational and determined to have a lasting impact

Trustworthy - Open, honest, holistic, professional and transparent – continually improving our effectiveness

PVG: This post requires membership of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme

Application notes

To apply, please return your completed application form and a covering letter detailing how your skills and experience meet each required area of the person specification for the role.

Email your completed application pack to admin@spacescot.org by Sunday 4th December 2022

Interviews: Friday 16th December 2022


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