Residential Worker – Chestnut Wynd
- Full time
- £26,318
- On site: Chestnut Wynd, Granton, Edinburgh
- Closing 10th September 2024
- Advertised from 27th August 2024
- + Overtime Opportunities + Sleep-ins (£43.00 per night). 37 hours per week.
Role
Dean and Cauvin Young People’s Trust is one of Edinburgh’s oldest and established charities, providing residential group living and community, family and group work support to children, young people and families. We are committed to implementing The Promise and building strong and caring relationships with our young people rooted in our values of Care, Perseverance, Acceptance and Hope. We provide a scaffolding of love and support around them as they take their first steps towards a confident and independent future.
Role:
This is an exciting opportunity to come and join our team as a Residential Worker based in our new Chestnut Wynd house for young people. Situated in West Granton, our newly-built house provides a safe and nurturing home for up to five young people aged 15-21 and a range of modern facilities and wellbeing spaces designed to help them grow, develop and make a successful transition to young adulthood.
As part of a team you will work closely with the young people we live alongside to provide the daily care and support they need and the advice and guidance to manage their health and wellbeing, independent learning and living skills, education and training needs. Our house staff also work closely with our community-based team to provide additional 1:1 and group supports to young people and to further develop their social and community connections. We work together with families, social work, health services and other colleagues to keep the strengths, aspirations and voice of the young person at the heart of all we do while ensuring their safety and welfare is always maintained.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone to be part of our team as we adapt our services to #KeepThePromise. We are looking for skilled individuals who are passionate about working with young people building strong relationships with them. This role will suit someone who understands child development, trauma-informed practice and is skilled in planning and delivering robust assessment and interventions with young people, as well as being positive and thoughtful, and rights focused.
A residential worker is a hugely important role for us. As a key part of our team you contribute to creating a culture of nurture and care for our young people while also ensuring the house is maintained and resourced to meet the needs of young people and staff.
We are looking for someone who is:
- An individual who is skilled in planning and delivering a range of 1:1 and group-based practice approaches with young people.
- Values-led and rights focused.
- Able to have honest and courageous conversations
- Passionate about working alongside children, young people and families.
- Able to build strong and effective relationships with young people, their family and professional and social support networks.
- Works in a way that that is rooted in an understanding of child and young people’s developmental needs, trauma-informed and restorative approaches.
- Can undertake assessment and care-planning processes for young people to ensure a focus on positive outcomes.
- Flexible, creative and fun!
This role involves a shift pattern over a six-week rota and therefore requires weekend working, and sleep-ins.
We are committed to the development of all our staff and the successful applicants will have access to:
- Regular support and supervision
- Continuous Professional Development
- Training and learning opportunities.
- Discounted access to our holiday caravan
- Our Employee Assistance Scheme
If you are someone who can make a difference for young people and have relevant experience with social work, youth/community/family work or other relevant experiences then we want to hear from you!
Application notes
The successful applicant will be required to register with the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme and the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC). The minimum educational requirement for this post is SCQF Level 7.
To apply please visit our website: deanandcauvin.org.uk/jobs to download and complete the application and equal opportunity forms.
Completed forms should be sent to recruitment@deanandcauvin.org.uk by 012:00pm on the 10th September 2024
For further information or an informal discussion please contact us at recruitment@deanandcauvin.org.uk
Community Outreach Development Worker
- Full time
- £27,568
- On site: Edinburgh
- Closing 11th November 2024
About Simon Community Scotland
People are at the heart of who we are and what we do. We tailor our support to what people need. We offer consistent and informed support so that people can exploreoptions and take ‘the next step’ towards a positive future. We welcome people with a wide range of skills and experiences to our team – including those who have lived through homelessness. To make a difference we need to work flexibly, with everyday-leadership, humour and a ‘can do’ attitude. We want to make it easy, make it right, and make it happen.
The Simon Community is Scotland's leading homeless charity. We are creative and innovative. We get things done with care and compassion that make a difference to our community, being true to our values. We form a community; of staff, volunteers and the people that we support.
Job Summary
Simon Community Scotland is working collaboratively with the University of Edinburgh to recruit 400 people from sites across Scotland to the Phoenix for severe and multiple disadvantage study. You will be working in various sites across Edinburgh to support the research team and the people we support that are participating in the study.
We are looking for someone with a non-judgemental approach that will be embedded in one of our new exciting projects: Beggars and Choices or Creating Safer Communities. These projects engage with people who are homeless, roofless or street begging across the city. The work will take place wherever people are at; on the streets, in services or community settings as required.
Job Purpose
- Support people rough sleeping, begging and or engaged in harmful street lifestyles to access the services and support they need
- Offer assertive outreach to people facing homelessness and rooflessness
- Offer trauma informed care offering a holistic healthcare model
- Bring services to people that are unable to engage in building based services
- Identify eligible participants to the study and liaise with the research team regarding this
- Conduct face-to-face interviews with participants supporting the research team
- Reduce barriers for people that are facing multiple marginalisation through offering a person centred, trauma informed relational model of care
Support Worker – Housing Support Fife
- Part time
- £26,699 – £28,801 pro-rata
- On site: Fife
- Closing 18th November 2024
Housing Support Fife is a service providing housing support in the Levenmouth, Glenrothes and North East Fife area. Bethany Christian Trust is looking for a support worker to be part of this team. The successful post holder will work as part of a team delivering flexible and creative support to vulnerable people to meet their housing needs and help them maintain their tenancies.
You will have a proven record as a team player with excellent communication skills; you will have experience and knowledge of the service user group and their surrounding issues. We would welcome applicants with lived experience of these issues. Competence in the use of Microsoft office tools is essential. An SVQ 3 in Social Care, Promoting Independence or equivalent as listed by SSSC as appropriate for a ‘Housing Practitioner’ is desirable; the willingness to work towards this is essential.
As Bethany is a Christian organisation, this post carries an Occupational Requirement in line with Equality Act 2010. Please note that one reference must be from your church minister or leader to endorse your live and active Christian faith and commitment.
Successful applicants for this post will require membership of the PVG scheme and registration with the SSSC.
Support Worker: Edinburgh Support Hub
- Full time
- £23,400 – £25,094
- On site: Edinburgh
- Closing 8th November 2024
he Simon Community is Scotland's leading homeless charity. We are creative and innovative. We get things done with care and compassion that make a difference to our community, being true to our values. We are a community of staff, volunteers and the people that we support.
We are looking for someone who is passionate about changing expectations and experiences of people we support, many of whom have experienced significant trauma, exclusion and stigma. They often engage in risk taking behaviours that put their physical and mental health, and their lives at risk. Despite the challenges they face they have incredible resilience, survival skills and a wicked sense of humour. They know what a good, and not so good service looks like.
As part of our Hub team in Edinburgh you'll be working with people experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness in an awesome environment alongside our partner agencies.
We work to support people in securing accommodation and to live well.
This support can include housing advice, applying for benefits, accessing health care - or veterinary care for their pets! - whilst being compassionate, sharing a laugh and sometimes a cuppa too!
Support Worker: Residential Services (North Lanarkshire)
- Full time
- £23,400 – £25,094
- On site: North Lanarkshire
- Closing 11th November 2024
About Simon Community Scotland
Simon Community Scotland is the largest provider of homelessness services in Scotland.
Our vision is for everyone to have a safe place to live with access to the support they need. Every day we help make positive things happen for people facing extremely difficult circumstances.
Everything we do is about and for people: the people we support, our staff, our partners and everyone affected by homelessness.
Our values are built into every area of activity and tell the story of how people remain at the heart of the Simon Community.
Job Summary
The Simon Community is Scotland's leading homeless charity. We are creative and innovative. We get things done with care and compassion that make a difference to our community, being true to our values. We are a community of staff, volunteers and the people that we support.
We are looking for someone who is passionate about changing expectations and experiences of people we support, many of whom have experienced significant trauma, exclusion and stigma. They often engage in risk taking behaviours that put their physical and mental health, and their lives at risk. Despite the challenges they face they have incredible resilience, survival skills and a wicked sense of humour. They know what a good, and not so good service looks like.
As a residential support worker you will:
- support the development of life skills and homemaking in preparation for a tenancy,
- provide emotional support,
- help to reduce harm caused by homelessness and trauma.
There is a rolling rota including night shifts and / or sleepovers.
Job Purpose
As a support worker it will be your job to work with a team to:
- Help people in our community to manage and recover their mental health
- Support people who use drugs and alcohol to do so as safely as possible
- Support people who choose to reduce or stop their drug and alcohol use to do so safely
- Help people in our community to build a positive network of connections that will help them to gain and sustain their own housing
- Provide emotional and practical support to our community
- Any other duties directed by your service lead
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