At Tiphereth we currently have an exciting opportunity for a Day Service Co-Worker in our Compost and Firewood Social Enterprise.

Tiphereth is a Camphill community in Edinburgh offering supported accommodation, social enterprises and day services for adults with learning disabilities and other support needs.

The post is based in the Day Service group that is part of a social enterprise involving producing and delivering compost and firewood including a new venture in Milling wood for use in furniture making and other applications. The group also collects the green waste from the local area weekly. Together with our members with support needs we aim to support work within our own community as well as in the wider Colinton area community.

You will provide support and motivation to people with learning disabilities and other support needs to participate in meaningful work within the group. You will be enthusiastic and positive about the potential of people to participate, learn and grow. You will bring experience of support work and outdoor work. You need to work well as part of a team, have good communication skills and be motivated by Camphill’s values and ethos.

We offer:

• 36 days annual leave (Pro-rata), rising with time served to 40 days (Pro-rata)

• Private Medical Insurance (on successful completion of probation)

• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme

• A contributory pension scheme

• Extensive training and development programme and career progression

At Tiphereth we currently have an exciting opportunity for a Day Service Co-Worker in our Peregrine group.

Tiphereth is a Camphill community in Edinburgh offering supported accommodation, social enterprises and day services for adults with learning disabilities and other support needs.

The post is based in the Day Service group that carries out ground maintenance and conservation work within the community with some collaboration projects around Edinburgh. Together with our members with support needs we aim to support work within our own community as well as in the wider Colinton area community.

You will provide support and motivation to people with learning disabilities and other support needs to participate in meaningful work within the group. You will be enthusiastic and positive about the potential of people to participate, learn and grow. You will bring experience of support work and outdoor work. You need to work well as part of a team, have good communication skills and be motivated by Camphill’s values and ethos.

We offer:

• 36 days annual leave, rising with time served to 40 days
• Private Medical Insurance (on successful completion of probation)
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• A contributory pension scheme
• Extensive training and development programme and career progression

We are currently looking to recruit support workers to join our small team within Inclusion Alliance. The role involves supporting people with learning disabilities to be included in the community and lead an ordinary life. Your work would involve helping people to access educational, social, leisure and work or volunteering opportunities in the community.

No experience or formal qualifications are necessary for the role although a caring nature, positive attitude and a sense of fun are important characteristics to have. New staff will receive paid training and undertake shadow shifts with experienced staff members during induction. We want new staff to feel ready and able to work prior to working on their own for the first time.

We have various vacancies available including part time and relief/casual positions in various locations throughout Edinburgh.

• Working hours are based between the hours of 8am and 5pm Monday to Friday

• We have various permanent and casual vacancies available.

• £21,239 - £21,567 per annum, pro rata based on a 35 hour working week

• Relief/ Casual pay rate- £11.67 per hour

Candidates must be caring, motivated and have excellent communication skills whilst being committed to working in a person-centred way ensuring that support is built around the supported person’s wishes and needs.

Benefits include

• Employer contributory pension scheme

• Funded SVQ 3 qualification and learning opportunity

• Paid annual leave entitlement

• Regular paid supervision sessions

• Regular training and development opportunities

• Daytime Monday to Friday working

• Working for a well-established small organisation where person centred values are at the core.

• Free 24/7 access to employee support app

About the role:

We seek a part-time (21 hours per week) Learning Coordinator to promote and deliver Lead’s Aberdeenshire Employability Project. This is a learning service for disabled people and carers aged 16 to 67 who experience barriers to work and education.

The successful applicant will be committed to:

1) Engaging and supporting disabled people and carers to overcome barriers and embark on personalised learning journeys, making positive, sustained transitions into their chosen progression routes and positive destinations.

2) Being an active part of the Lead Scotland team as we develop new, exciting learning opportunities in Aberdeenshire.

3) Work from your home base for online and hybrid elements of the role and a full driving licence and access to a car is essential to travel to homes and communities across this rural area.

It involves regulated work for which a satisfactory PVG will be required. Lead Scotland has a Recruiting People with Convictions Policy.

About you:

You will be passionate about the transformative power of adult learning, have excellent communication skills, and a flexible and creative approach to problem-solving.

You will have great organisational skills and previous experience of supporting disabled people experiencing a range of barriers, of working one-to-one with learners, and of designing and delivering learning programmes. You will hold an Assessors Award or be willing to work towards this.

Applications from disabled people:

Lead has Disability Confident status, and we encourage applications from disabled people. All disabled people meeting the minimum requirements will get a guaranteed interview. Information about our commitment to recruit disabled people is available on our website. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in the online form. This will in no way disadvantage you in the recruitment process. All job application information can be made in alternative formats on request including braille, large print and audio and people can make applications in alternative formats.