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Carers Engagement Officer

  • Part time
  • £23,639 – £25,135 pro-rata
  • On site: Paisley
  • Closing 31st October 2025


  • Advertised from 10th October 2025
  • Contract length: 31 August 2028 Hours : 17.5/week (Monday all day, Tuesday all day and a half day on Friday)

Role

Having successfully secured multi-year funding from the National Lottery Community Fund, we are delighted to continue our Carers Engagement work until the 31 August 2028. We are now looking to recruit a Carers Engagement Worker to join our successful team.

We want Renfrewshire to be a Carer friendly community where we work in partnership with Statutory, Third Sector, Private and Community organisations to ensure:

• Carers have a voice and are involved in shaping the services offered

• Carers are listened to and valued in their role

Main Duties

· To ensure the effective representation of Carers and Carers’ issues within local and National forums

· Develop the Carers forum to be representative of Carers in Renfrewshire. Keep comprehensive, accurate and accessible records and reports

· To ensure effective lines of communication between Carer representatives and Carers

· To support Carers representatives to be more confident, influential and involved in decision making processes

· Develop opportunities for collective support mechanisms for Carers representatives.

· To enable the sharing of information between carers representatives by establishing and supporting the Carers forum

· Manage own workload on a day-to-day basis and use initiative and judgment to make decisions regarding workload, priorities, to meet changing deadlines.

· Undertake additional duties as may be required to ensure the development and success of the Carers Centre.

· To train and support carers in their role as Carer representatives

· Occasional evening and weekend work may be required.

Application notes

To apply for this position, please send a copy of your CV to fionahr@renfrewshirecarers.org.uk

Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term contract

Contract length: 31 August 2028

Hours : 17.5/week (Monday all day, Tuesday all day and a half day on Friday)

Benefits:

• Casual dress

• Company pension

• Life Assurance

• EAP

• Free parking

• On-site parking

• Referral programme

• Sick pay