Carers of West Dunbartonshire is an innovative and value-based charity, which supports those over 18 years who look after a family member or friend due to illness, disability, frailty or addiction.

The successful candidate will be part of our existing, dynamic Carer Support Team. You will be responsible for assisting carers to access a range of support which will help them to manage their caring role.

You will be a highly motivated individual who, ideally has experience in Community Care and a good understanding of the issues relating to unpaid adult carers.

Edinburgh Young Carers is seeking a suitably experienced and qualified applicant to join the service in developing and providing high quality support to young carers in Edinburgh between the ages of 5 and 25 years, focused primarily on our 5-9s service.

The post-holder will work alongside colleagues to raise awareness of young carers and their support needs, identify hidden young carers, and develop and provide support plans to ensure that young carers identified personal outcomes are being met, in accordance with the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 and Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020.

The candidate will need to be suitably qualified and experienced in working with children and young people, with at least three years proven experience in a role including individual and group work.

Organisation Profile

EYC is a voluntary organisation working with and on behalf of young carers throughout Edinburgh. We are one of the largest and most well established independent young carers organisations in Scotland. We have a strong commitment to the rights of children and young people.

Benefits

We take good care of our staff and offer a benefit package including: 27 days’ annual leave plus all public holidays, 6% matched pension, free healthcare through Benenden Health after probation, hybrid working, flexible hours, Cycle to Work scheme and extensive training opportunities. We are also a recognised Carer Positive and Real Living Wage employer.

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Employee discounts
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Referral programme
• Store discount
• Sick pay

Experience:

• Care: 2 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence to drive in the UK (preferred)

Job Purpose:

• Lead and develop a team of Support Workers to provide personalised, responsive, and high-quality care
• Maintain an active practice by continuing to provide personal care and domiciliary tasks that respond to the needs of the carer and the service user that includes all age ranges, conditions, disabilities or illness.
• Enable carers to get a break from their caring responsibilities.
• Meet personal, social, recreational and emotional needs of service user. Supporting them to meet their individual goals
• Continually evaluate standards within the service, working towards meeting organisational outcomes

Main Duties and Responsibilities

First Line Management

In addition to providing direct contact with clients and maintaining the role of a Support Worker, the Senior Support Worker will provide first line management to a small team.

Duties include:

• Leading, coaching and developing the team to provide high quality, personalised care
• Developing, maintaining and reviewing service and individual’s care plans and outcomes
• Providing supervision to team members and associated duties (e.g. identifying training needs, performance management support, reviewing holiday requests, etc.)
• Supporting service co-ordination for new and existing clients and their workers
• Working closely with other Senior Support Workers to meet the needs of the service and respective teams
• Liaise with Care at Home Manager and other staff within the organisation to support the organisational goals
• Assessing and developing client care plans and reviews, ensuring information is accurate, up-to-date, and documentation and related processes are adhered to
• Provide on call assistance

Lanarkshire Carers is recruiting a dedicated Carer Support Worker to join our professional and committed carer led organisation.

The successful candidate will contribute to the delivery of high-quality information, advice, and support services, helping to improve outcomes for carers throughout Lanarkshire.

This is a full-time position (35 hours per week), worked flexibly to include occasional evenings and weekends to meet the needs of carers.

Lanarkshire Carers is a progressive organisation where you will be supported, valued and well rewarded. Carer Support Workers salary is Grade 4, SCP 12-14b, £30,941 - £33,905.

What are we looking for?

If you are a positive, caring, responsive, hardworking and professional practitioner who shares our values and our commitment to providing excellent unpaid carer services and support across Lanarkshire, please read on. The role of a Carer Support Worker is demanding and diverse, requiring an organised and skilled approach to manage different

workstreams, individual caseloads and new referrals on a daily basis. Others including staff and volunteers within the organisation will look to you for ideas, direction, solutions and innovation. This is a direct carer facing role and you will engage with unpaid carers in person, individually, in groups, in communities, in our premises, on the phone and online.

We operate public offices and outreach activities; carers contact us in many different ways.

Lanarkshire Carers is a digitally enabled organisation, and you will be able to demonstrate the required skills in all aspects of your work. We are looking for people who understand the culture and value of this sector and nature of job roles within a carer led organisation.

Who are we looking for?

You will have a relevant qualification in health or social care and preferably some work experience relevant to this post. We will also consider someone who is qualified by work and other experience with demonstrable and relevant skills. You must have a good understanding of the impact of caring and the issues unpaid carers face. You will have experience of providing individual and group work support and case management delivering person-centred, strength based and outcome focused approaches.

Lanarkshire Carers

Lanarkshire Carers is a well-established, award winning carer led organisation built on a vision to work with and for carers to develop and deliver services that make a positive difference to their lives. A value-based organisation, our mission is to ensure that carers in Lanarkshire are identified, well informed, involved, supported, and empowered. We deliver information, advice and direct support services that enable unpaid carers to continue to care, whilst maintaining their own health and wellbeing.

For more information see the job description for the post.

Staff values and benefits

Our Board of Directors is committed to making Lanarkshire Carers a great place to work.

Lanarkshire Carers works flexibly and is a carer positive employer. A generous annual leave and public holiday allocation provides 37 days leave, rising to 42 days with increased length of service. A workplace pension scheme is available along with group life and critical illness cover and other benefits. We offer an Employee Assistance Programme and also Credit

Union Membership. Our staff learning and development programme ensures you have access to continuous professional development, with progression routes across the organisation.

Lanarkshire Carers is an Equal Opportunities employer and all applicants for posts receive equal treatment irrespective of ethnic origin, gender, disability, religion, sexuality, and age.

Additional Information

Please visit our website lanarkshirecarers.org.uk for more information about Lanarkshire Carers where you will also find our annual report for 2023/2024. This provides a good overview of our work and job roles. Our staff team, many of whom are carers themselves, are committed to making caring a positive experience.

Post holders require a countersigned membership of the PGV scheme.

Post holders will be based between our centres in Hamilton and Airdrie, and localities throughout Lanarkshire. Working from home/hybrid working may also be required.

All staff work on an outreach basis in community, health and social care venues across Lanarkshire.