- Advertised from 1st October 2024
- 32 hours per week. £26,318 p.a. pro-rata + Overtime Opportunities + Sleep-ins (£43.00 per night)
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 opportunity to come and join our team as a Residential Worker primarily based at Cauvin. Cauvin is our small, residential space that supports up to three mums and babies at any one time.
Our team work closely with mums and their babies to provide the advice and guidance they may need to build their attachment and bond with their child, to support their own individual health, wellbeing and independent living skills and ensuring that their babies own growth and developmental needs are being met. We work together with families, social work, health and other colleagues to ensure the strengths and voices of mums and babies are at the heart of all we do while the safety and welfare of the child is always maintained. We work closely with colleagues across the Trust to ensure we are taking a family and community-based approach to work and to create positive onward transitions for mothers and babies.
To support this, our residential role involves a shift pattern over a four-week rota, that requires weekend working, lone working and sleep-ins. This is an exciting opportunity for someone to be part of our team as we adapt our services to #KeepThePromise. We are looking for someone who is:
• Skilled and experienced in delivering direct work with delivering interventions with parents, babies and families.
• Passionate about working with young people, babies and families.
• Able to build strong and loving relationships.
• Understands child development and trauma-informed practice.
• Is skilled in delivering interventions with parents, babies and families.
• Positive and thoughtful, and rights focused.
We are committed to the development of all our staff and the successful applicants will have access to training and development opportunities as well as other employee benefits.
Application notes
As part of the Dean and Cauvin team, you will also cover shifts at our Chestnut Wynd house when required.
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 and download the application forms. Completed forms should be sent to recruitment@deanandcauvin.org.uk by 29th October 2024 at 12.00pm.
The post holder must be eligible and prepared to register with the Scottish Social Services Council. The minimum educational requirements for this post is HNC/SVQ7 in Social Care or currently working towards this.
For further information or an informal discussion please contact the Administration Team at recruitment@deanandcauvin.org.uk.
Support Worker – Housing Support Fife
- Part time
- £26,699 – £28,801 pro-rata
- On site: Fife
- Closing 6th January 2025
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.
Children’s and Families Worker –St David’s Carrick Knowe Parish Church
- Part time
- £28,815 – £32,575 pro-rata
- On site: Edinburgh
- Closing 20th January 2025
Could you be part of something different? We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to use their gifts, skills and experience to make a difference to the lives of the people in our parishes and communities.
In the new Union of St David’s Carrick Knowe the congregation is very aware of the need to re-establish Children’s and Youth work and are looking for someone to take the lead with this.
The successful candidate will have significant recent experience of setting up, publicising and running events for children and families with strong interpersonal skills to maintain positive relationships. The candidate must be a committed Christian with an active Church connection (Genuine Occupational Requirement in terms of the Equality Act 2010).
Lead Practitioner
- Full time or Part time
- £25,326 – £28,394
- On site: Edinburgh - Leith and Old Town
- Closing 2nd January 2025
Service: North East Edinburgh Recovery Service (NEERS)
CAREERS THAT CARE!
Do you have experience of working with vulnerable people and an understanding of alcohol and other drugs related harm?
If this is you, we have exciting opportunities in North East Edinburgh Service for experienced Lead Practitioners in the field of Alcohol and Other Drugs.
We have 3 different roles we are recruiting for:
- Lead Practitioner - GP primary Care Outreach
- Lead Practitioner - Groupwork
- Lead Practitioner - 1:1 Caseworker
These full and part time roles are working Monday to Friday with the occasional evenings.
About the role
This is an exciting opportunity for a Lead Practitioner, unlike other support roles, with Turning Point Scotland, no two days are the same!
You will be responsible for being the first point of contact carrying out initial assessments, building trusting relationships and ongoing keyworker support with communication an essential part of the role.
You will also be expected to work in a groupwork setting and/or provide Assertive Outreach to individual’s homes, GP practices and across multiple community settings in the North East of Edinburgh. You will be offering harm reduction advice and interventions to some of the most vulnerable and high-risk people who use drugs. These individuals may have had multiple non-fatal overdoses and are not currently engaged with treatment and or support services.
About You
As our Lead Practitioner, you will have knowledge and experience of drug and alcohol related harm. You will be working within the service delivery rota of Monday to Friday. Alongside the Service Manager and the Service Coordinator to direct and manage the day to day support within the Edinburgh Service ensuring advanced level of social care support including responsibility for service delivery and development which includes providing line management support to the staff team.
You will be passionate and committed and be creative in ways of engaging people, including home visits (alongside a colleague) offering support in the community. Making a difference to people’s lives, you will continue providing support until they are able to engage in more structured support within the hub.
About Us – North East Edinburgh Recovery Hub
The North East Recovery Hub offers a full range of drug and alcohol treatment and support services. We are a multi - disciplinary team comprising of Voluntary Sector, NHS and social work staff. We are based with our main office in Leith and working across our satellite location in Craigmillar.
Turning Point Scotland offers a Salary Matching opportunity within the salary scale points and based on experience.
Please note that IT skills are required for all our vacancies.
Where applicable, successful candidates will be required to register with the SSSC within 6 months of start date.
Emotional Support Worker
- Full time or Part time
- £27,813
- Hybrid: oOffice based in Alloa, travel across locations within Forth Valley
- Closing 10th January 2025
Job Purpose: To provide an Emotional Support Service to children and families who have been impacted by childhood abuse.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
To provide emotional support to children and families who have been impacted by childhood abuse
Qualifications and Skills
It is essential to hold a relevant qualification (e.g. counselling, psychology, social care or health, social work) and/or have experience of delivering emotional support work to children and/or families.
You should have experience and/or knowledge of working with children and/ or families who have experienced childhood abuse.
A qualification and/or training in working with trauma and abuse and experience of delivering group work to children and/or adults is desirable.
Reporting to:Team Leader: Children and Families Team
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