Play Worker
- Part time
- £23,088 – £24,642 pro-rata
- On site: 43-45 Canaan Lane, Edinburgh
- Closing 12th September 2024
- Advertised from 23rd August 2024
- 20 hours per week
Role
Kidscene is an after school and holiday club for children from the schools in the Morningside area, children from the Royal Blind School and who have additional support needs as well as a vision impairment.
We ensure all the children who attend Kidscene feel safe and included. We encourage the children to choose from an array of interesting activities. We provide a safe, quality play and care club, within the framework of the club’s policies and procedures.
In this role you will start the day with the team having a 5-minute meeting to discuss what the plans are for the day, you will then head out to the surrounding schools to collect the children from their teachers. Once you are back at the club, its snack time then the children go off to play. Staff will assist the children and young people throughout the session as they head off to various areas within the site. Towards the end of the day, you will greet parents and carer’s as they come in to collect the children and take on duties to help with the clean and preparation for the next day.
Within this role you will be able to take part in training courses such as emergency first aid, gastrostomy, manual handling, epilepsy and safeguarding both online through the LearnPro portal and in person.
You will also have supervisions and development discussions for the purpose of helping you to progress in your role.
We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic person who can assist with the planning and delivery of play opportunities, provide comprehensive care for the children, provide snacks and refreshments whilst ensuring health and safety and hygiene standards are met, assist children with personal care, administer first aid, supporting and implementing good communication within the team and other colleagues within the organisation as well as parents and outside agencies, help with club administration and keeping the work environment healthy, safe and secure.
- Have an appropriate SVQ Level 2 or equivalent qualification, as per SSSC requirements or willingness to work towards
- Be registered or in a position to register with the SSSC
- Understand the varied needs of children and their families
- Have experience of working with children and be willing to learn new skills in relation to working with children with additional support needs and vision impairment
- Have an understanding of the issues involved in the delivery of quality play care for all children including those with additional support needs
- Provide and facilitate safe and creative play
- Have the ability to adapt to change and respond positively to non-routine situations
- Have good communication skills
- Be able to work as part of a team
- Undertake appropriate and relevant training
- Have an understanding of the issues of equal opportunities
Disclosure and PVG are required for this role.
Application notes
Contact
people@sightscotland.org.uk or Kidscene Club Manager louise.graham@sightscotland.org.uk
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Our Services
We are looking to recruit employees for our Edinburgh Services located in Edinburgh: Oxgangs, St Johns Hill and Lauristion In Leith.
Our services provide twenty four hour per day, seven days per week supported accommodation to individuals who are homeless and have complex and multiple support needs. These individuals may have experienced trauma, exclusion and stigma in their lives.
The Role
As a Support Worker, you will:
- Have a person centred and trauma informed approach
- Be skilled at building trusting relationships
- Have a compassionate and non-judgemental approach
- Be the first point of contact for people when they are looking for support as our services are staffed twenty four hours a day, seven days a week
- Be required to contact external agencies and advocate on someone's behalf
- Support individuals to attend appointments, provide emotional support or respond to health emergencies
You Will
- Have a positive, flexible attitude and be committed to our values and the work we do
- Have good communication skills, both written and verbal
- Be confident and assertive in your approach as these posts will involve some level of lone working
- Be provided with all relevant training to succeed in the role
- Possess an SVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care, or have the willingness to undertake study to achieve this
- Be required to obtain registration with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) within 6 months of taking up the post
About the Benefits
- Excellent sleepover payment - Currently £108.00 a night
- Fully paid Induction and shadow shifts
- Death in service scheme - three times your yearly salary
- Cycle to work scheme - 12% - 39% savings
- Tech scheme - 12% savings on laptops and computers
- Supportive management - committed to supporting personal and professional development
- Comprehensive health and wellbeing packages.
Please note that Hillcrest Futures do not hold a licence to sponsor any visa applications at present.
Operated by ENABLE Glasgow, Fortune Works is one of Scotland’s largest social enterprises which provides meaningful opportunities for people with a learning disability within Glasgow and surrounding areas. The service combines accessible social and enterprising activities with individualised support for people to make a positive contribution to their community.
The Support Assistant duties will include supporting positive person-centred activities which support people with a learning disability to play a worthwhile economic role as a valued member of the local community.
The successful candidate will provide a high quality of care and support for service users with a range of learning disabilities and will encourage participation in group activities to support people to gain skills and confidence. They will also play a part in the effective operation of a busy service. Most importantly they should have a positive and empowering approach to supporting people with learning disabilities.
Please note: We currently have one full time Support Assistant Post available (35 hour pw).
As indicated sessional hours are also available.
The shift pattern for the full time Support Assistant role is Monday to Friday 9am - 4 pm with a 30-minute lunch. 20 days holiday to start, and 13 Public Holidays.
Successful Candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme.
ENABLE Glasgow Branch strives to apply equal opportunities and diversities principles in all aspects its work.
Support Workers & Relief Support Workers
- Part time
- Sessional
- On site: Edinburgh
- Closing 6th September 2025
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.
- Relief/ Casual pay rate- £12 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 paid 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
If you’re looking for a new challenge with job satisfaction that will be hard to beat then you better keep reading! We have an opportunity to work within our Pitkerro Court Outreach Service supporting adults with a variety of additional support needs such as mental health issues, learning disability, autism, ADHD and alcohol issues
The Role
As a support worker you will:
- Be helping people with all aspects of daily life ,including personal care (which may include intimate personal care).
- Support with all aspects of medication.
- Support with cooking, cleaning, budgeting, and shopping.
- Some of the people we support need assistance and guidance with emotional, behavioural and personal safety support.
- Emotional support and support with recovery process
- Promotion of positive mental health and developing constructive coping strategies
- Social support including accessing community based resources and planning for leisure so that life is interesting and enjoyable
- Exploring opportunities for meaningful employment
In this role you have the brilliant opportunity to give new experiences to the people you are supporting.
You should
- Be cheerful, caring and reliable. You will smile a lot, be able to chat about a wide range of topics and be able to make a positive difference to someone’s day.
- You should have a good sense of humor.
- Have good communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Work as a part of a team and be required to carry out sleepover and waking night shifts.
- Undertake a key working role that includes administrative tasks and IT skills
- Be able to show transferrable skills relating to care
- Hold an SVQ2 in Health and Social Care, or have the willingness undertake study to achieve this
- You will be required to obtain registration with Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) within 6 months of taking up the post.
About the Benefits
- Excellent sleepover payment - Currently £108.00 a night
- Fully paid Induction and shadow shifts
- Death in service scheme - three times your yearly salary
- Cycle to work scheme - 12% - 39% savings
- Tech scheme - 12% savings on laptops and computers
- Supportive management - committed to supporting personal and professional development
- Comprehensive health and wellbeing packages.
All successful candidates will be required to obtain registration with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) within 6 months of taking up the post.
Please note that Hillcrest Futures do not hold a licence to sponsor any visa applications at present.
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