The successful candidate will lead a distinctive 24/7 supported living service and help shape its next stage of development. We are seeking an experienced, values-led manager who can inspire a multidisciplinary team, strengthen partnerships and ensure that 22 adults with learning disabilities receive consistently high-quality, person-centred support.

About us

Established in 2015, Esmond Street provides high-quality, 24/7 supported living for 22 older adults with learning disabilities and people with additional complex needs. One of the few services of its kind in Glasgow, it was developed to meet growing demand for specialised, person-centred support that can adapt as people’s needs change.

Esmond Street is part of Enable Glasgow, a membership organisation that provides services for people with learning disabilities across the city. Our work includes supported living, social opportunities, social enterprise activity, advocacy and campaigning. Founded in 1957, Enable Glasgow now supports around 200 people directly and has almost 400 members.

About the Role

Reporting to the Head of Supported Living, the Service Manager will lead Esmond Street through its next stage of development. You will lead and develop the staff team, build strong relationships with family members, external professionals, commissioning authorities and regulatory agencies, and ensure that Enable Glasgow’s values are evident in day-to-day practice and future service development.

We are looking for a manager who shares Enable Glasgow’s commitment to the right of people with learning disabilities to live fulfilling and meaningful lives. You will bring empathy, sound judgement and a genuine commitment to helping each person live the life they choose.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leadership & Management: this role involves managing and supporting a dynamic staff team, including support workers, housekeepers, catering staff and our senior support workers. It also involves conducting regular support and supervision, appraisals, and supporting continuous professional development.
• Service Delivery & Quality Assurance: to coordinate the operational management of the service, ensuring compliance with Care Inspectorate standards, legislative frameworks, and internal policies.
• Safeguarding & Risk Management: to lead on protection inquiries and implement robust risk assessments to safeguard vulnerable individuals.
• Resource Management: to effectively manage allocated budgets, play a role in commissioning appropriate care packages, and allocate resources efficiently to meet local population needs.
• Partnership Working: to collaborate closely with health and social care partners, other third-sector organisations, and family networks, promoting integrated, holistic support.

What We Are Looking For:

You will need to demonstrate the following experience, qualifications and professional requirements. Where a management qualification is not already held, we will support the successful candidate to work towards one.

• Experience: Significant experience in a health or social care setting, including a proven track record in a leadership or supervisory capacity.
• Qualifications: SVQ Level 4 in Health and Social Care (or equivalent professional qualification) alongside a recognised management qualification, or a willingness to work towards one.
• Professional Registration: Active registration (or immediate eligibility to register) with the Scottish Social Services Council.
• Key Skills: Excellent written and oral communication, sound budget handling abilities, and the resilience to manage challenging situations under pressure.
• Background Check: To join the PVG Scheme or to have your membership updated.

Benefits

Employee benefits include:

• 33 days leave (including public holidays) rising to 38 days after five years’ service.
• An enhanced pension scheme.
• Free life cover.
• Free access to counselling and wellbeing services.
• Support for training and professional development.

Enable Glasgow strives to apply equal opportunities and diversities principles to all aspects of its work.

All successful candidates are required to join the PVG Scheme (or to have their membership updated).

Glasgow Disability Alliance (GDA) is a multi-award-winning disabled people’s organisation (DPO) controlled by over 6000 disabled members; the largest groundswell of disabled members in Europe. With foundations in Glasgow, GDA also supports disabled people in surrounding areas and has national reach and influence, frequently partnering with national organisations and acting as a strategic advisor to public authorities such as Glasgow City Council, Glasgow Life, NHS and Scottish Government.

We are seeking an experienced self-motivated, flexible and multi-skilled individual to join our Wellbeing Team. Developed as a result of the pandemic, GDA Wellbeing provides reliable, accessible health and wellbeing information, advice and support to disabled people, responding sensitively, in a trauma-informed, empathetic and kind way to those who access the service.

The successful candidate will be committed to equality and human rights, with experience of providing high quality Wellbeing support. You will also be digitally skilled and confident with the ability to deliver online supports to disabled people as well as telephone and face to face supports.

This post is a ‘Regulated Role’ supporting protected adults and requires the postholder to be a member of the PVG Scheme.

Do you have a passion for helping people?

Do you have excellent communication and customer service skills?

Do you want to work for one of the best employability providers in Scotland?

Would you like to help someone with barriers to work find their dream job?

Then come and work for Enable Works.

Your role, as an Employment Coordinator is to provide support to people who have barriers to work to make progress towards and achieve well paid, sustainable employment.

Enable Works are the leading specialist provider of employability services for people who have barriers to work. We believe that every person in Scotland has the right to work in a job that is high quality and well paid.

Enable Works supports over 7000 people every year across 30 Local Authorities to learn skills for work.

We partner with thousands of employers to create inclusive cultures and improve the diversity of Scotland's workforce.

We are incredibly proud of our smart, capable, and motivated colleagues across Scotland and following a period of significant growth we are looking to grow our team.

We offer a generous salary, excellent benefits, and opportunities to develop and grow in your role.

We offer flexible working practices that promote a strong work/life balance so that when you are at work you can be the best version of you.

Values are more important to us than qualifications or experience, so if you don’t think you meet every requirement that’s ok, we still want to hear from you.

Please make sure you include a detailed personal statement in the ‘More about you’ section of the application to tell us how you are suited to the post.

About You

We really need you to have these

• The drive, energy and commitment to support people to obtain high quality, well paid jobs
• Ability to manage your own workload and prioritise as needed
• Confident communicator
• Strong attention to detail
• Professional presentation and personality
• Some knowledge of the local community
• Ability to work with people at any age who have challenging barriers to employment
• IT literacy
• Comfortable working towards targets
• A natural, professional relationship builder
• A full driving licence

Why?

Our vision is that every person in Scotland is able to access the support they need to find a high quality job that pays them well and your drive and commitment to this job will help them get there. You will recognise each clients individual skills and aspirations and work with them to find a job that they love.

Our culture is autonomous so that means we trust you to make the right decisions for your clients, therefore you need to manage your work load well and be accountable for your time. Attention to detail is important as it means you can work accurately and follow instructions.

About Us

At Enable we believe in developing all our staff and we provide an extensive learning programme together with in-house career development opportunities.

We also have an excellent range of staff benefits on offer including but not limited to:

• Health cash plans providing a wide range of health benefits to help people cover the cost of their everyday health care.
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Season Ticket Loans
• Blue Light Card

Starting a career with Enable is the first step towards making a real difference in our award-winning charity’s mission to help create an equal society for every person who has a learning disability.

Enable is an equal opportunities employer and our recruitment, selection and assessment process is based entirely on values, skills and competencies required of the specific roles.

The cost of PVG is paid upfront by the organisation and deducted from your wage if successfully appointed.

Enable reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. Please submit your application as early as possible if this vacancy is of interest.

East Park provides education and supported accommodation to children and young people with additional support needs and has been a central part of its community in Maryhill, Glasgow since opening in 1874. We are now at an exciting stage in East Park’s journey, where we are looking to significantly grow fundraising to ensure we are always there to support some of Scotland’s most vulnerable children with the most complex needs. Your role will play a critical part in enabling us to grow our income from communities and companies who align with our values and vision, in Glasgow and Scotland-wide.

You will:

• build strong, values-led relationships with corporate and community partners;
• develop, grow and lead our corporate pipeline to deliver high value partnerships;
• develop and lead the delivery of successful cultivation events, volunteering days, proposals and pitches;
• account manage corporate and community partnerships, providing bespoke support to grow income, awareness and goodwill;
• create and manage a rolling calendar of support lead events and activities, providing participants with a high-quality stewardship journey;
• work with colleagues across services to identify opportunities and gather impact stories;
• work collaboratively across the fundraising and communications team to support the overall team strategy.

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

• experience in income generation or working in a target-driven environment;
• experience of pipeline management;
• experience of managing support lead events, such as challenge events;
• excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write concise and engaging fundraising copy and promotional materials;
• the ability to build meaningful relationships with a range of stakeholders;
• strong organisational skills and attention to detail;
• a proactive, collaborative approach and commitment to our values.

Role Summary

Implementation of East Park’s community and corporate fundraising strategy whilst keeping expenditure within agreed limits. Developing strategic and transformational partnerships is critical to growing unrestricted and restricted sustainable income. You will play a key role in securing new partnerships, including charity of choice, and delivering a support lead calendar of activities, developing stewardship journeys to ensure that partners feel valued and understand the impact they are making.

Duties and Responsibilities

Income generation

• Implement the corporate and community fundraising strategy and ongoing delivery of corporate and community partnerships and events to achieve annual fundraising targets.
• Conduct prospect research to grow the corporate partnerships pipeline.
• Support the delivery of cultivation events, proposals and pitches to secure new partnerships.
• Build relationships with organisations that share the charity’s values and meet its ethical policy.
• Create and implement account management plans for each partnership to ensure partnership goals are met and maximise fundraising.
• Represent the charity at partner meetings, networking events and other external events.
• Develop effective relationships with our children, young people and family service colleagues to identify funding opportunities and ensure internal stakeholders are engaged, consulted, and updated appropriately.
• Maintain accurate and up to date records of relationships and activity on Donorfy.
• Write compelling copy for corporate fundraising communications and campaigns.
• Work with the Marketing Officer to ensure materials are on brand.
• Ensure the website is up to date with corporate and community fundraising activity.
• Keep abreast of trends and developments in fundraising, marketing and ECG/Social Value sectors.
• Ensure all activity is run in compliance with the Chartered Institute of Fundraising codes of practice.
• Maintain accurate and up to date records and accept responsibility for the safe and secure handling and storage of confidential information, and in accordance with GDPR and East Park’s own data protection policies.

Other Responsibilities

• To be committed and adhere to East Park’s vision, mission and values.
• To comply with East Park’s child protection and adult protection policies and procedures and with national guidance.
• To comply with East Park’s code of conduct.
• To observe all health and safety requirements.
• To work within and promote policies in relation to equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practices.
• To undertake any other reasonably required duties as instructed by line manager or someone acting on their behalf.