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- Advertised from 17th September 2026
- £13.45 per hour plus company benefits
Role
Hillcrest Futures is recruiting for Flexible Support Workers. Various hours per month are available across our Edinburgh Services.
About the Service
There are vacancies for Flexible Support Workers in our Edinburgh Services; St John’s Hill, Bruntsfield and Oxgangs. We support individuals who are homeless and most likely to have experienced some level of trauma, exclusion and stigma in their life.
About the Role
The role will involve:
- Providing emotional and practical support
- Supporting individuals to develop and maintain independent living skills.
- Support to access community-based services/resources
- Promotion of positive mental health including coping strategies
About You
You will:
- Have a positive, flexible attitude, with an encouraging nature
- Have excellent communication skills including verbal and written
- Be highly organised with the ability to work on own initiative
- Have the ability to react efficiently and effectively in emergency situations
- Be open to attending and maintaining ongoing training needs
- Possess an SVQ 2 in Health and Social Care or have the ability to work towards this qualification
- Have flexibility with shifts patterns including weekend work and evenings.
All successful candidates will be required to obtain registration with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) within 6 months of taking up the post.
About the Benefits
- 32 days minimum annual leave (based on full time hours)
- Option to buy or sell annual leave (subject to eligibility)
- Family Friendly Policies
- Death in Service (three times annual salary or a minimum of £10,000)
- Defined contribution pension scheme available:
- Contributions = 5% Employee and 4% Employer
- Home and Tech Scheme: Spread the cost through salary sacrifice and save up to 8% on thousands of home and tech products at IKEA and Currys (subject to eligibility)
- Cycle to Work Scheme: Spread the cost through salary sacrifice and save up to 47% on bikes and accessories (up to £2,000) (subject to eligibility)
- Enhanced Health Care Package including:
- £50 towards chiropody and podiatry
- £60 towards dental care
- £75 towards the costs of eye related care
- £150 towards Practitioner fees, including physiotherapy
- £200 Birth and Adoption grant (subject to eligibility)
- £200 towards specialist consultations and investigations
- Unlimited access to a 24/7 online GP, mental health support and virtual wellbeing via the WeCare App by Canada Life
- Access to Perkbox: providing a wide range of deals and discounts including Argos, IKEA and many more
Application notes
For further information and to apply, please visit our website.
Outreach Support Worker
- Part time
- Sessional
- On site: Working across the Forth Valley but prominently in Stirling.
- Closing 21st September 2026
At PLUS, our Outreach Support Workers do much more than provide support. They build relationships, discover what matters to each person and create opportunities for children, young people and young adults to try new things, develop confidence, build independence and have fun.
No two days are the same. You could be supporting someone to try a new activity, explore their local community, develop a new skill, meet friends or simply enjoy doing something they love.
We are looking for people who are creative, reliable and compassionate, and who genuinely enjoy working alongside people with disabilities. At PLUS, we are guided by Respect, Compassion, Integrity and Dependability, and we expect these values to be reflected in how we work every day.
Due to the requirements of the role, we particularly encourage applications from people based locally.
Could you be part of a team that puts children, young people and young adults first, and works closely with families to plan and deliver personalised, meaningful support?
PLUS is a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcomes applications from disabled people. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves, contribute and develop.
What families say about PLUS:
“PLUS has become a lifeline for our family.”
“I know they are being cared for to the highest possible standard and we get the respite we need to recharge.”
“Is there a forcefield round this building? I have never seen him go into a group without him wanting me to stay. It is amazing.”
“PLUS is his other safe space after home. He’s really happy at PLUS and looks forward to it.”
Benefits:
• Real Living Wage Employer
• Organisation-wide festive closure (annual leave reserved for this period)
• Access to Bright Exchange staff benefits platform
• Structured induction and ongoing professional development, including SVQ3 in Social Services and Healthcare to meet SSSC registration conditions (supported by the organisation)
• Company pension
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Enhanced mileage allowance for work-related travel of 50p
Enable Glasgow is a community based charity working with adults with learning disabilities and their carers and families in Glasgow. We are currently recruiting for a full time support worker (37 hours pw) at our Balshagray House Service in the Broomhill area of the city. Balshagray is a supported community in the west end of Glasgow which provides 24-hour support and care to adults with learning disability. The project currently supports 17 people, 13 of whom live the main house, with another 4 living in more independent tenancies close by. We provide 24-hour waking support to service users in the main house, most of whom have relatively complex support needs. The people who are supported by Balshagray have close links with the local community, and the project actively links those living at the unit with a local support network.
We are looking for staff members who share Enable Glasgow’s values in promoting the rights of individuals with learning disabilities to live fulfilling and meaningful lives.
Our frontline support workers are incredible, caring and talented individuals whose skills are invaluable to supporting the well-being of some of the most vulnerable people in our society.
You will share our passion and commitment to our service users and demonstrate empathy and a strong desire to assist individuals to reach their own potential through a person-centred approach. In return you will have the reward and satisfaction of making a real difference to individual lives and will benefit from the excellent terms and conditions Enable Glasgow offers its employees. You will receive regular and comprehensive training to give you the tools to do your job and will be supported by a committed management team who strive to promote and support professional development.
Your role will be in supporting individuals with all aspects of everyday life including maintaining health and wellbeing, and assisting individuals with running and maintaining their home. Experience in residential support work is useful but not essential. The successful applicant should also be willing to work towards an SVQ Level 3 Qualification. Must be available to work on a shift rota basis.
Support Workers & Relief Support Workers
- Part time
- Sessional
- On site: Edinburgh
- Closing 3rd October 2026
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- £13.45
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
Top job! Health & Safety Lead
- Full time
- £50,700 – £53,357
- Hybrid: Dundee, Glasgow or Aberdeen
- Closing 11th October 2026
A national role with the opportunity to shape health and safety across Cornerstone.
We have a great opportunity for an experienced health and safety professional to influence practice at a national level.
Working with colleagues across our organisation you'll strengthen governance, improve consistency and develop practical approaches to managing risk.
Based at our Glasgow, Dundee or Aberdeen office, this role offers hybrid working alongside regular travel across our services and locations. You'll work closely with teams across Cornerstone, building relationships and providing visible, practical health and safety leadership.
About the role
At Cornerstone, our purpose is to enable the people we support to live valued lives in their communities.
As our Health and Safety Lead, you'll play a key role in ensuring our approach to health and safety supports this purpose while meeting our legal and regulatory responsibilities.
You'll be Cornerstone’s competent person for health and safety, helping colleagues understand legal requirements, manage risk effectively and embed a positive, proportionate safety culture.
This is a broad and influential role, combining strategic oversight with practical support. You'll help shape and continuously improve Cornerstone’s health and safety framework, providing assurance that our policies, systems and practices are effective, proportionate and compliant.
You'll help translate legislation and good practice into approaches that work in the context of our services and play an important role in using data, audit findings and incident learning to identify risks and drive meaningful improvement.
Key responsibilities
- Act as Cornerstone’s competent person for health and safety, providing expert advice and guidance across the organisation.
- Maintain and continuously improve health and safety policies, systems, procedures and guidance.
- Develop and deliver audit, inspection and assurance programmes, identifying areas for improvement.
- Provide practical advice on risk assessments, safe systems of work and legal compliance.
- Analyse health and safety performance data and produce clear reports, trends and recommendations.
- Support incident investigations, root cause analysis and organisational learning.
- Work with managers to implement effective, proportionate and sustainable health and safety practices.
- Support engagement with regulators, inspectors, insurers and professional advisers.
- Contribute to the development and delivery of health and safety training and capability-building programmes.
What we're looking for
You'llbe an experienced health and safety professional with the knowledge and confidence to balance legal compliance, effective risk management and operational requirements.
We'll need you to be comfortable working at both a strategic and practical level, providing clear advice and building effective relationships with colleagues across a large, multi-site organisation.
Essential qualifications and experience
- Relevant occupational health and safety qualification, such as a NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent (SCQF Level 10).
- Strong knowledge of UK health and safety legislation and regulatory requirements.
- Experience in a health and safety advisory, assurance, compliance or risk management role.
- Experience of audits, inspections, investigations and risk assessments.
- Ability to interpret legislation and translate complex requirements into clear, practical guidance.
- Strong communication, influencing and relationship-building skills.
- Strong analytical skills, with experience using data to identify trends, risks and areas for improvement.
- Experience working across a dispersed, multi-site organisation.
- Experience within social care, health, housing, the third sector or another regulated environment.
Desirable
- Certified or Chartered membership of IOSH or an equivalent professional body.
- Experience working with regulators, inspectors, auditors, insurers or external advisers.
Why Cornerstone
Our values, Caring, Person-Centred, Professional and Pioneering underpin how we work and the services we provide.
This role provides you with an opportunity to influence health and safety practice across a national organisation, strengthen our approach to risk and assurance, and support the delivery of safe, high-quality services across Scotland.
So, if you are an experienced health and safety professional looking for a role where you can use your expertise to influence practice across a large organisation, we would like to hear from you. Apply now!
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