GAMH are commissioned by Glasgow Carers Partnership to deliver support to unpaid Carers living within the North East of the city. Our service offers inclusive and holistic support to Carers to help maintain their quality of life and improve their health and wellbeing.

This is an exciting opportunity for a compassionate, organised person to join an established Carers team. The primary focus of this post will be to source, develop and facilitate innovative training programmes and peer support opportunities for unpaid Carers and their families. In return GAMH offers an attractive salary, excellent terms and conditions and a fantastic package of additional benefits. The successful candidate will also benefit from a full supportive induction programme as well as a comprehensive and effective learning and development programme.

All applicants must be able to work flexibly; early morning, evening and weekend working may be required.

GAMH aims to promote equality of opportunity in service delivery as well as in employment practice. To achieve this, we positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. Accordingly, if you have any requirements regarding your application please contact Laura Middell, Central Resources Director, on 0141 552 5592.

These posts are regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. An offer of work with Glasgow Association for Mental Health will be subject to the outcome of this check being satisfactory.

Are you an adaptable and experienced office manager with great administration and organisational skills? You could be just who we're looking for!

We're now on the look out for a confident and experienced office manager to join our team as our Branch Co-ordinator . This role would be based in our Glasgow hub, however there will be regular travel across our branches in the West of Scotland and Scottish Borders (travel expenses would be reimbursed as set out in Corrnerstone's expense policy with travel reimbursed by HMRC legislation).

The Role

As part of our Branch Management team, you'll support our branches in the West of Scotland and Scottish Borders. You'll be a central point of contact, coordinating all administration and activity within our hubs, ensuring that your team provides a first class, supportive and friendly administrative support to our branches.

You'll lead and manage our Branch Administrators with their responsibilities and support them in their continued development. Working closely with our Admin Lead, you'll also be involved in reviewing and developing administration procedures including archiving, quality checklists and minute taking. You'll also work closely with our Administrative Lead and Branch Co-ordinator in the North/East of Scotland to ensure consistency in our administrative support across the organisation

For a full list of responsibilities, please see our attached role profile.

To take on this role, we'll need you to bring;

• A track record of successfully managing people, tasks and using your initiative
• Proven experience of office-related computer software (e.g., Office 365, MS Teams)
• Creativity, drive, and the ability to implement innovative ideas to improve working practices
• A keen eye for detail with a proven track record of producing high quality work

It would be great if you also have;

• Experience of contractual, statutory & legislative requirements relative to the role, including SSSC Codes of Practice & Care Inspectorate standardsExperience in working in social care or the third sector image library

About Us

Established in 1980, Cornerstone is one of Scotland's largest charities with over 40 years' experience providing great care and support for adults and children with various support needs across Scotland.

We operate over 18 local authorities in Scotland and provide a wide range of services to over 2,000 individuals each year. Our focus is to encourage social inclusion, reduce loneliness, and improve health, independence and wellbeing by working closely with the people we support and their families, setting personal goals with them, and ensuring they receive the care and support they need to live the best life possible.

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.

Our strategic aims

• To become an expert provider of services to people with learning disabilities, autism and complex care needs
• To be the best employer in social care in Scotland
• To achieve stability and sustainability which supports future developments.

If you’re ready for a new challenge and can picture yourself in our fabulous team, what are you waiting for? Apply today! We're waiting to hear from you.

The successful candidate will undergo a standard Disclosure check through Disclosure Scotland.

Have any questions? Contact our Administrative Lead, Sonia Jordan at sonia.jordan@cornerstone.org.uk

Are you an experienced Social Care Team Leader?

Do you want to work for a charity with excellent employee benefits such as generous annual leave and pension contributions, who’s values are wholly embedded in the very fabric of the organisation?

At Upper Springland, we support adults with physical disabilities, learning disabilities, sensory impairment and complex health conditions to live independently within their private accommodation on site, as well as providing care and support within Housing Support and Care at Home in the community. We have a Day Opportunities service on site which residents and members of the community access.

We have 2 exciting opportunities for experienced social care leaders, to line manage our team of Support Workers within one of our residential service’s (full time) & our Housing Support, Care at Home and Day Services (part time) all based in Perth.

Our closeknit team of Team Leaders, help our support staff to provide 24-hour support 7 days a week, and they require a motivated and enthusiastic leader to join the team.

About the role:

You will be required to co-ordinate and supervise a team of support staff in delivering a high standard of social care practice, using a person-centred approach that reflects individual customer's aspirations and outcomes. As a Team Leader you will occasionally work on the floor delivering direct care including medication administration, personal care and moving and assisting. Meaning it’s not all about paperwork, you still get some hands-on practice!

A key part of this role is to coach, monitor, mentor and develop the skill base within the staff team. You will do this by displaying Leadership skills such as role modelling, decision making, being an effective communicator, having a positive attitude, commitment and confidence in your role.

As a Team Leader you will be responsible for:

• Maintaining a clear and calm manner whilst managing risk through assessment, planning, customer knowledge and de-escalation, as required.
• Helping to recruit, induct and train colleagues and junior members of staff in all aspects of their work, including supervision, mediation and personal development.
• Rota management
• Managing customer activities
• Health and Safety
• Compiling and checking care and support plans
• Management of medicines procedures
• Financial management for customers
• Liaising with families, health and care professionals and social workers
• On-call support

What you need to know:

Full time vacancy - we have a set shift pattern, 37 hours per week, 4 week rolling rota, so you always know when you are working. Working a mix of early, back and late shifts, as well as weekends and on call, which are planned in advance, enabling you to plan life outside of work responsibilities.

Part time vacancy - 22.5 hours per week Example Shifts - Monday – Friday: 7.5 hours, 09:00-16:30 – three days a week, On-call Support – 24 hours a day – including weekends, roughly one in four. Please note: This post is female only, due to customer choice for intimate, personal care support. (Genuine Occupational Requirement)

Location – (full time) Isla Road, Perth, PH2 7HQ / (part Time) Isla Road, Perth, PH2 7HQ & Perth Community

Working with Capability Scotland brings you lots of benefits:

• Competitive salary - £32,391/ £19,697.18 per annum (£16.79 per hour).
• We offer a fully funded SVQ – a qualification which is yours for life.
• 32 days holidays per year, increasing to 37 with service.
• Free PVG checks throughout your employment.
• Up to 8% company contribution pension scheme.
• Up to 3 x annual salary death in service.
• Perks at Work – shopping discount scheme.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• 24/7 employee assistance programme.
• Working for us means you would qualify for Blue Light & Concert for Carer discounts

The RSSW is a key role within Fair Deal which has been developed in order to provide skilled direct support to individuals with very complex and varied needs, including behaviour that challenges. The RSSW will work in services where alternatives to traditional models of care may be explored and implemented.

In addition to working directly with individuals with complex and varied needs, the RSSW will play a pivotal role in working in partnership with a multi-disciplinary team, families and those being supported to ensure a robust and outcome focussed support plan and guidelines are agreed and implemented.

Reporting to the Team Leader, the RSSW will provide day-to-day support to people within Fair Deal’s services, ensuring that all support provided is of the highest quality. They have a responsibility for ensuring that they fully understand and are able to deliver support as per the individual’s Support Plan and able to follow and develop robust guidelines and Risk Assessments in collaboration with families and other relevant agencies.

Key Responsibilities:

• To provide direct support to service users with very complex needs who display stress and distressed behaviour/behaviours that challenge.
• To uphold organisational values and to ensure good working practice including understanding and awareness of health and safety
• To promote the independence and develop the skills of the people we support and assist with all tasks necessary to support the person(s) to fulfil potential and have a valued life.
• To work positively with the team, other agencies, parents, carers, and other services to ensure a quality provision of care in line with the national health and social care standards – my support, my life.
• Develop and contribute to the maintenance of records, risk assessments and support plans and act as a key worker when required.
• To ensure that the living environment is safe and appropriate to meet each individual’s needs.
• To participate in regular and ongoing training relevant to the needs of the people we support and maintain SSSC registration.

The Individual:

• Willing to work towards SSSC registration requirements
• Good Practical Skills
• Good Observational Skills
• Flexibility, Empathy and Approachability.
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to reflect on your own practice.
• Ability to form positive relationships with people we support, colleagues, parents, and other professionals.
• Sensitivity and understanding of discrimination and health and wellbeing issues.
• Flexible approach to work patterns.
• Ability to respond appropriately in difficult or challenging situations.
• Ability to work effectively as part of the support team and in multi-disciplinary settings.
• The ability to engage people we support in activities and participation within their home and in the local community.
• Ability to carry out duties that may involve personal care of people we support.
• Ability to carry out duties in line with health and safety regulations and risk assessments.

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Glasgow, Glasgow: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• support worker: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• NVQ Level 2 Health & Social Care (preferred)

Work Location: In person

In addition to a rewarding career, with competitive rates of pay, Fair Deal can offer a wide range of staff benefits including, competitive holiday entitlement, company sick pay scheme, workplace pension scheme and enhanced maternity/paternity benefits.

Please note the post is for permanent night shift however there is an expectation that the post holder will be available for some initial training in daytime hours for the first few weeks in post. There may be a requirement beyond this for occasional daytime training course planned in advance.