Care Support Scotland

We are a charity with decades of experience supporting people across Scotland, providing those who need us with support that ranges from Mental Health, Learning Disability and Neurodiversity, Youth and Adult homelessness and Older People services.

Why work with us?

We have the following benefits to help attract and retain the best talent, ensuring we provide high quality care to those we support, this includes:

• 6% employer pension contribution
• Death in benefit cover (2 times salary)
• Enhanced Sick Pay
• Fully funded qualifications
• Career development and progression opportunities

Who we are looking for:

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of others through Positive Behaviour Support and Trauma-Informed Practice? Care Support Scotland is looking for a dynamic individual with a proven track record in social care to lead and inspire our team.

The ideal candidate will have prior experience as a registered manager of an adult social care service, along with expertise in staff management and service development. Strong ICT skills and the ability to articulate and implement service improvements are essential.

Join us in our commitment to promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion. We seek someone dedicated to our mission and values, who can bring innovative ideas for service delivery, staff development, and business development. If you have the experience and drive to support and expertly supervise our talented team while enhancing service delivery, we want to hear from you. Be a part of something meaningful and help us grow and develop our services to better serve our community across Edinburgh and the Lothians.

Responsibilities of the Service Manager include:

(please read the full job description attached for more information on the role)

Service Delivery

• Offer and maintain a comprehensive, procedurally correct, high standard and forward-thinking service, which meets health and social care standards requirements; Provide vision, creativity and a multi-disciplinary approach to service delivery. Manage the selection process for all applicants, supervise the management of each tenancy support / care package’s delivery ensuring collaboration with all relevant parties and facilitate regular reviews;

Service Management

• In collaboration with finance team, ensure the Service’s invoice management is timeous and effective. Ensure all support delivery provided by staff, including direct support, indirect support, group work, cancelled support, travel, third party notes and telephone calls is accounted for administratively and systematically. Ensure the provision of support is monitored, analysed and reported on a weekly basis, and that any contract variations are reported timeously.

Participation and Integration

• Facilitate the people you support lifestyle choices, rights and communication needs. Develop participatory methods to enable the opportunity for people we support to be involved in the overview, development, and evaluation of their Service and Care Support Scotland. Enable access to independent advocates

Service Development

• Develop services in partnership with the Developments Team by pursuing local growth through Spot Purchase of non-core care at home and supporting people, trusts / grants or block grant. Support and lead key elements of service development, this could include the opening of new services, or the expansion of current services.

Staff Management

• Manage, lead and motivate staff by ensuring an innovative and dynamic support service; Work in partnership with People and Culture to ensure best practice in the application of people policies and in leadership add management. Facilitate training that is either statutorily required or required to ensure the positive development of staff.

Essential Skills and Attributes:

• A relevant practice qualification (at least SCQF level 9 or above) recognised by the SSSC, in the category of managers of a Housing Support Service
• A relevant management qualification (SCQF level 9 or 10) recognised by the SSSC, in the category of managers of a Housing Support Service.

Additional Notes:

Shift work, weekend work and sleepovers may be a requirement of this role, sleepovers attract an additional payment. Flexible working arrangements are also available. These can be discussed at your interview.

PVG scheme membership and SSSC registration are requirements of this post.

LCIL is a user-led organisation providing a range of services that enable Disabled People to live independently in the community of their choice.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our team and help shape and develop our work with disabled people across Edinburgh and the Lothians.

The FMS Administrator will contribute to the effective delivery of the Financial Management Service supporting disabled people, their carers and families who are in receipt of, Self-directed Support (SDS).

The role is fast paced and every day is different so it is a great opportunity for someone to join us that is looking for a chance to help Disabled People live independently.

Please refer to the job description and personal specification for further information.

If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Heather Colville via HR@lothiancil.org.uk

Post Objectives:

The postholder will contribute to the effective delivery of the Independent Living Service supporting disabled people, their carers and families who are considering, or are in receipt of, Self-directed Support (SDS).

The Independent Living Officer will provide independent advice, information, and one-to-one support to help disabled people understand SDS, empowering service users to identify and implement person-led independent living opportunities.

The service offers flexible support ensuring disabled people, their carers and families can access help in ways that work for them. As part of this, the postholder will undertake outreach including home visits, where these best fit the needs of service users. The postholder will work across Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian and West Lothian as needed.

LCiL implements a rights-based approach to strategy and service delivery. Our advice, information and support services proactively promote and work to protect the human rights of disabled people and their carers. By working alongside others, we increase the ability of those with responsibility for fulfilling rights to recognise and know how to implement those rights, and make sure they can be held to account.

The Independent Living Service also works in partnership with VOCAL to deliver the Support in the Right Direction-funded service, supporting carers and supported people at all stages of their social care journey in Edinburgh and Midlothian. As part of this work, LCIL supports carers and the cared for person to become employers, providing practical support and training to help them build their knowledge and confidence in this role.

The overarching purpose of these services is to facilitate person-centred access to advice and information and rights-based support. The postholder is not required to have specialist knowledge Self-Directed Support at application. We can provide training, learning and development in this area.

We want you to succeed with your application to join LCiL.

To help you, we will provide the interview questions in advance to all shortlisted candidates.

We want to hear about all of the skills and experience you can bring to this role. The ability to 'think on your feet' can be useful but it is not always a primary function of a role. We believe it helps to be able to sit with information and take the time you need to think through your responses, examples, your skills and experience, so you can bring the best of yourself to your LCiL interview.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a part time worker in Carr Gomm’s team of Specialist Link Workers. Primarily based in the Rivers Centre in Edinburgh city centre but expected to travel throughout Edinburgh and the Lothians.

The successful candidate will work with colleagues to ensure that people, usually with a diagnosis of complex PTSD and / or a history of childhood abuse are supported in a person-centered way and in line with Carr Gomm’s values to identify their aims and put them into effect.

Whilst reporting to the Project Manager the Specialist Link Worker will support individuals to achieve practical tasks and arrangements as well as their ambitions.

“We will demonstrate and grow the Carr Gomm DNA to build identity, appropriate recognition and sustainability within the social care sector in Scotland and across the globe.”

The role:

This is an exacting role in an unusual environment, working with individuals who experience complex and various needs. You will therefore have the skills and leadership abilities to meet the demands of this post, and team. As well as experience of working in communities and of partnership working, and of supporting and engaging with people in difficult circumstances

Who we are looking for:

We are seeking a proactive learner, one with a flair for engaging with, and relating to people, who are enthused by our work and share our values. Creative, patient, positive and motivated with a wide range of skills to draw on. A natural communicator at all levels and in multiple formats so you can both build networks and links with our stakeholders and managers.

About Carr Gomm

Carr Gomm is a leading Scottish social care and community development charity. We provide person-centered support to over 4500 people every year so they can live their best possible life.

Our services are based on our values and reflect the choices and aspirations of each individual and community we work with. Our qualified staff work with people in their homes and communities, supporting people in their day-to-day lives and making plans to achieve their hopes and dreams in the future. Carr Gomm also fundraises to tackle isolation and loneliness in our communities through projects and activities across Scotland.

Benefits

• 35 days’ holiday per year, increasing to 40 days with length of service.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, and sick leave
• A Defined Contribution pension scheme, with incremental employer contributions
• Membership to Telus; employee well-being and perks platform.
• Access to the Carr Gomm App, which includes online access to physiotherapy, personal training and counselling.
• Membership of a credit union
• Cycle to work scheme

If you would like to discuss this role further, please contact Helena Richards helenarichards@carrgomm.org