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Reading is Caring Trainer

  • Part time
  • £23,000 – £28,349 pro-rata
  • Edinburgh
  • Closing 17th January 2024


  • Advertised from 22nd December 2023
  • Salary: Grade 3 (£11,500 – £14,175.50 pro rata) Status: Part time & 12 month fixed term contract

Role

Scottish Book Trust is a national charity that believes books, reading and writing have the power to change lives. A love of reading inspires creativity, improves employment opportunities, mental health and wellbeing and is one of the most effective ways to help break the poverty cycle. We work towards a Scotland where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive through literacy.

Are you a highly experienced trainer? We are looking for someone with a caring, supportive approach to deliver training for our Reading is Caring programme. We would love to hear from you.

What we offer

  • Part time, fixed term role
  • Competitive salary
  • Flexible hybrid working between home and our Edinburgh City Centre Office, with great access by train, bus, and tram
  • Generous holiday entitlement
  • Company Sick Pay
  • Pension with additional 5% employer contributions
  • Death in service benefit
  • Free access to employee assistance programme

Reading is Caring is an established, free course that provides guidance to professional and family carers around adapting their day-to-day practise to create personalised shared reading experiences specifically designed for individuals living with dementia.

This is an excellent opportunity for you to support Scottish Book Trust and our Reading is Caring programme. This programme offers an established, free course delivered by members of Scottish Book Trust’s Reading Communities team. It provides guidance to social care professionals and family/ friends who provide care, supporting them to create personalised, shared reading experiences specifically designed for individuals who are living with dementia.

Scottish Book Trust believes that personalised shared reading is a tool which can help the person with dementia and their carer to maintain their relationship, help the carer to find ways to join their loved one on their unique dementia journey; and, through specifically personalised, tailored shared reading techniques, find some respite from the stress that can be caused by their caring responsibilities.

The Reading is Caring Trainer will deliver a range of Reading is Caring training workshops online and in person to individuals and small groups of people who are caring for those living with dementia. The trainer will assist with ongoing development of the training programme and accompanying support activities and will help inform the marketing of the training to both family care partners and social care professionals.

Application notes

To apply go to: scottishbooktrust.com/about/vacancies

Closing date: Midnight 17/01/2023


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