Regional Health & Safety Lead
- Part time
- £31,547 pro-rata
- On site: Edinburgh
- Closing 19th March 2025
- Advertised from 3rd March 2025
- 21 hours per week.
Role
We have an exciting opportunity for an individual to join our Head Office Scotland as Regional Health & Safety Lead.
As Regional Health & Safety Lead you would be responsible for the effective and efficient management of all Health of Safety in Scotland. Ensuring that the services and staff in Scotland are supported to deliver an effective, efficient and safe service through the coordination and management of Autism Initiatives’ property and facilities.
The ideal candidate will have a working knowledge of health & safety, property/facilities management and managing projects, and will be confident liaising with staff and external contacts. The post holder will be expected to travel regularly to our services throughout Scotland to conduct inspections and property visits.
Benefits of working with us include:
• 31 days pro rata Annual Leave, including Bank holidays
• Your birthday off every year, to treat yourself!
• Auto-enrolment pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Medicash Healthcare Plan
• Eligibility to become a Blue Light Card Member for online & high street discounts
The successful candidate must be willing to apply for a Basic Disclosure through Disclosure Scotland. Autism Initiatives will cover the cost of the application.
Application notes
How do I apply?
If you are interested in joining our HOS Team, we’d be delighted to hear from you. For full details and how to apply please visit our website:
autisminitiativesjobs.org/jobs/regional-hs-lead-scotland-502
If you require any support with the application process, or you wish to request an application form be sent to you, please contact Joanna Dickinson by calling 0131 551 7260.
Please note we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
The closing date for completed applications is Wednesday 19th March 2025.
Do you have a wealth of experience of working in health & social care and are you looking for a fresh new challenge in a Leadership role? Then we have the perfect role for you!
We've got a great opportunity for a motivated and experienced social care manager to join us as Branch Leader covering Glasgow & East Dunbartonshire on a full-time, permanent basis.
The Role
Working closely with the branch team of Service Leads, Lead Practitioners and frontline colleagues along with support from the Senior Leadership Team and Business Support Leads you will play a key role in supporting with the delivery and implementation of Cornerstone’s Strategic plan.
The main purpose of your role will be to provide effective leadership to your branch, ensuring it meets organisational Key Performance and quality Indicators. You'll be focused and passionate about the delivery of excellent care in line with us ensuring that we are the expert provider to the people we support. You will always look to maximise local business development opportunities, with key collaborative working partnerships with HSCP’s, housing association and all other MDT’s. In additional you will be first point of contact for referrals and oversee tenancy related matters where appropriate.
What we'll need you to bring:
- Experience of working in health & social care.
- Experience of running a local health & social care business, branch or division.
- An understanding of empowerment and coaching versus management and supervision.
- An understanding of developing an empowered workforce.
- Sound business skills such as planning, tender writing, analysis and reporting, networking and income generation.
- Experience of attracting new customers, securing new contracts and successful bid-writing and presentation.
- Knowledge of the political and strategic environment as it relates to social care.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Demonstrable experience of good financial management.
- An understanding of relevant statutory regulations and good practice.
It would be great if you also have;
- SVQ Level 8/9 in a relevant discipline or equivalent management qualification.
About Us
With 45 years' experience delivering great care and support, Cornerstone provides tailored, individual packages of care which focus on enabling people with a variety of needs, including learning disabilities, physical disabilities, autism and complex care needs, to live the best possible life.
We are always flexible and responsive in meeting the ever changing needs of the people we support and work closely with individuals and families to agree what sort of support will work best for them.
Do you have what it takes? What are you waiting for? Apply today! We'd love to hear from you.
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
Fundraising & Communications Assistant
- Part time
- £24,000 pro-rata
- On site: Edinburgh
- Closing 9th April 2025
Are you searching for a job where you can make a difference? Kindred supports families of children with the most complex medical needs in Scotland.
As a Fundraising & Communications Assistant you will work with our Fundraiser to support our fundraising strategy. This is a wide-ranging post: meeting families, organising fundraising activities and supporting our social media.
ECLO Service Manager
- Full time
- £36,155
- Remote: Homebased - Travel across Scotland is required
- Closing 23rd March 2025
RNIB is pleased to announce this exciting opportunity to join RNIB’s Eye Care Support Services (ECSS) as a Service Manager.
In this role, you will be a vital member of the management team providing operational leadership and line management support to Eye Care Liaison Officers (ECLOs) and manage all aspects of operational delivery in our ECLO Services across Scotland. You will also participate in the strategic and business planning processes, working with key internal and external key stakeholders.
Working with the ECSS Management team, you will support and maintain key relationships across health and social care to ensure that RNIB can reach more people with sight loss earlier. Working across RNIB functions, you will also manage key internal relationships to support the delivery of our service to ensure patients access support at a time which is right for them.
Supporting ECLOs and services across Scotland and other UK services as required, this role will involve regular local and occasional national travel, including occasional overnight stays.
About you
You will have a vocational qualification in management, advice and guidance, or experience in successfully managing information and advice services. In addition to this, you will be capable of influencing and establishing relationships with key stakeholders involved in health and social care.
You will have excellent people management skills and the ability to motivate and manage a geographically dispersed team, demonstrating an open and transparent management style, with a can-do approach to motivate and inspire your team.
You will be experienced in producing reports, delivering presentations, meeting Key Performance Indicators and a proficient user of Microsoft Office packages and CRM systems.
Specialist Knowledge, Skills and Experience
To succeed in this role, you will need:
- Experience of influencing external stakeholders to attract service funding to support projects and service development.
- Experience of developing effective partnerships and managing key internal and external relationships.
- Experience of managing change within teams, driving new service initiatives to demonstrate value of service and engagement across ECLO teams and with key internal stakeholders.
- Demonstrable experience of managing remote teams across multiple locations, demonstrating a supportive and clear leadership style.
- Demonstrable experience of financial and budgetary management.
What We Offer
RNIB prides itself on being a great place to work with a positive, progressive culture. We offer a wide range of benefits including 26 days of holiday per year (plus bank holidays) which rises with service, enhanced family friendly benefits, a contributory pension scheme with an employer contribution of up to 11% and a rewards platform with employee discounts across over 800 retailers.
For more information on our available benefits, please visit our Benefits of Working at RNIB page.
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