You will be helping disabled people feel unstoppable. As Family Support Team Lead in the North of Scotland you will
be delivering vital support to families affected by spina bifida and hydrocephalus.
You will be the person who will empower them to reach their potential, offering one to one support and coordinating
chances for people to get together, make friends and build their support network.
You will be the person that raises awareness of spina bifida and hydrocephalus within the community and with service
providers to ensure that no one affected by our conditions feels alone.
What Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Scotland can offer you
Flexibility – We offer flexible working, including the opportunity to work from home or around
caring responsibilities.
Motivated and supportive colleagues – Staff scored SBH Scotland as 9 out of 10 for motivation and a
supportive work environment.
An opportunity to express yourself – Staff scored SBH Scotland as 8 out of 10 for being supportive
in taking risks with new ideas.
We also offer: Workplace pension scheme, salary sacrifice scheme, death in service benefit,
childcare voucher scheme, 30 days annual leave entitlement and 4 days Public Holidays.
Role reports to: CEO
Key duties and responsibilities:
To be as unstoppable as the people we support.
- To coordinate the delivery of engaging social groups for our children, young people, adults and their
carers.
- To provide one to one support to people with spina bifida and hydrocephalus and their families –
offering specialist information and advice.
- To work with families and people with spina bifida and
hydrocephalus to help them advocate for services and support.
To be a team player who unifies people around our cause.
- To liaise and work in partnership with other statutory and voluntary organisations to respond to and develop
resources to meet the needs of service users.
- To manage and motivate a small team of sessional workers
and recruit volunteers.
- To work with fundraising and communications colleagues in identifying stories
that can promote the work of the charity and motivate our service users, supporters and staff.
A commitment to continuous learning and improvement.
- To provide regular analysis of the service’s impact.
- To ensure that reporting and recording of all service user intervention is accurate, up to date and secure.
- To gather data and feedback to learn from failures and apply learning to improve processes and service delivery.
- To ensure all Safeguarding disclosures and regular updates are notified and recorded as per current SBH Scotland guidelines.