Are you looking for a role where you can make a difference to people with care support needs, in your local community?

About Our Service

Capability Scotland is a well-established and respected provider of community-based facilitation services throughout Dumfries and Galloway. In the past three years we have grown from a small but very well established and respected service to that of a major contributor to the provision of care and support across Dumfries and the wider region. We pride ourselves on our creativity, flexibility, and willingness to think outside the box with the support we offer.

Within Dumfries & Galloway we provide:

• Self-Directed Support brokerage
• Payroll Service
• Wrap-around rehabilitation service for people with an Acquired Brain Injury
• Community facilitation service for people with physical disabilities

We currently have a vacancy for an SDS Link Practitioner within our brokerage service.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to join our busy SDS brokerage team as an SDS Link Practitioner. Following confirmation of funding from The Scottish Government, Support in the Right Direction initiative we are looking forward to further developing our service to deliver our agreed self-directed support outcomes.

Our service will focus on:

• Providing self-directed support information and advice through a variety of approaches.
• Providing accessible information around SDS rights and legislation.
• Providing practical and informed support around SDS outcome planning, at the earliest opportunity.
• Providing informal advocacy.
• Supporting people to get the most out of their care.
• Championing SDS within the local community and empowering individuals to make informed decisions around their care needs.
• Providing practical support around becoming an employer to personal assistants.

We are looking for someone who is keen to promote the benefits of Self-Directed Support, who will implement national policy into practice at a local level, while maintaining a positive environment and high-quality service. This role is ideal for someone who wants to put their values and vision into practice.

What our staff say about this role:

• “It’s rewarding and fulfilling”.
• “Every day is different and new challenge”.
• “I feel valued and happy in my role. Capability Scotland provides me with flexibility that suits my life and the people we support”.

What our the people who use our service say:

• “The team are great very helpful and nothing a bother”
• Good service that is much appreciated, I particularly like that it is local and staff are good at getting back to me

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.

We are looking for a Senior Autism Practitioner to join our South West team. This is a brilliant opportunity for a creative and forward-thinking leader to manage a fantastic service that transforms autistic people’s lives for the better. Prior leadership experience is required for this role.

As the Senior Autism Practitioner, you’ll ensure the successful delivery of our services in South West Area Services. Leading a team of dedicated Autism Practitioners and you will inspire them to provide a high-quality support service to individuals with Autism and complex needs. You’ll coach and mentor them to ensure they perform to the best of their ability.

Using your outstanding communication skills, you’ll collaborate with agencies, multi-disciplinary teams, and families to implement support plans to help individuals to succeed in their day-to-day lives.

Actively involving yourself in the recruitment process, you’ll always be on the lookout for talented individuals who could make the team even stronger.

This is a superb opportunity to undertake exceptional training and lead a hard-working team to success.

We need people who share the following values with Scottish Autism:

Our Values are:

• Collaboration – we work with others and value their opinions
• Compassion – we work with each other and our service users with care and kindness
• Change Makers – we never stand still; we move positively forward always focussed on quality and being the best
• Contribution – we love what we do, we never lose sight of our purpose and the difference we make in society
• As part of your role, you will be required to undertake shift work, including weekends, evenings and required for on-call, so flexibility towards working hours is key.

This post is subject to a PVG Disclosure check. All new employees must have applied to register with the Scottish Social Services Council within 3 months of starting in post and be registered within 6 months. Scottish Autism cover all the costs of PVG membership and SSSC Registration for employees.

The Clannalba service is recruiting a Senior Autism Practitioners to join their fun and friendly team. Situated in the small village of Lamington, near Biggar, this residence is set in the beautiful countryside with farmland all around. Prior leadership experience is required for this role.

Using your outstanding communication skills, you’ll collaborate with agencies, multi-disciplinary teams, and families to implement support plans to help individuals to succeed in their day-to-day lives. Actively involving yourself in the recruitment process, you’ll always be on the lookout for talented individuals who could make the team even stronger.

This is a superb opportunity to undertake exceptional training and lead a hard-working team to success.

As part of your role, you will be required to undertake shift work, including weekends, evenings and required for on-call, so flexibility towards working hours is key.

We need people who share the following values with Scottish Autism.

Collaboration – We work with others and value their opinions.

Compassion – We work with each other and our service users with care and Kindness.

Change Makers – We never stand still, we move positively forward always focussed on quality and being the best

Contribution – We love what we do, we never lose sight of our purpose and the difference we make in society.

“I love my workplace; the organisation values are displayed on the walls which promotes a positive working environment.” Staff member.

Scottish Autism offers you:

Staff wellbeing is priority, and we strive to ensure all colleagues feel valued and supported at work. We provide an excellent benefits package which includes a competitive salary and a personalised learning pathway for all. We keep it simple with 3 pay points. You progress at your pace as you develop. We benchmark regularly to ensure the rates are competitive.

• 32 days holiday pro rata (which increases with your length of service)
• Sector leading training from day one, including fully funded support to complete your necessary SVQ
• Non-contributory life assurance scheme
• Workplace Pension (Employer matched up to 9%)
• Discount platform
• Employee Assistance Programme.

This post is subject to a PVG Disclosure check. All new employees must have applied to register with the Scottish Social Services Council within 3 months of starting in post and be registered within 6 months. Scottish Autism cover all the costs of PVG membership and SSSC Registration for employees.