Are you an experienced administrator keen to utilise your skills and help make a difference for people living with physical disabilities?

Role overview

Ecas is looking for a part-time (28 hours per week) administrator to join our small team, based in our offices at Norton Park, Edinburgh. The successful candidate will be responsible for the overall organisation and co-ordination of Ecas’ office operations, procedures, and resources to facilitate organisational effectiveness and efficiency. This includes acting as the Health and Safety Officer and administering Ecas’ grants fund.

About us

Ecas is an Edinburgh based charity and was established over a hundred years ago. The charity works to improve the quality of life of physically disabled people in the Edinburgh and Lothians area: promoting equality, choice and participation through our activities, befriending service and grants.

Orientation/induction

After 23 years, our current administrator is retiring. To assist the new administrator in their vital role within our small office team, there will be a handover period to work alongside our current administrator and become familiar with the widely varying tasks and responsibilities.

The Best in You Brings Out the Best in Me

Local Area Coordinators (LAC) build connections, nurture inclusive and self-supporting communities, and support system change and transformation of public services.

Local Area Coordination is an exciting approach that supports people to build and pursue their vision for a good life, and stay strong and resilient. This results in services which are more personal, local, flexible and accountable.

Enable are looking for a new Local Area Coordinator based in East Renfrewshire. We are looking for someone who is:

• an excellent communicator and advocator for the human rights of individuals and families
• has awareness of the local community and the services on offer there, and the ability to think creatively to find solutions.

Please have a look on the East Renfrewshire LAC page of the Enable website for more information on the services the team currently delivery enable.org.uk/enable-communities/what-we-do/local-area-coordination

About You

If you have a passion for improving the lives of all citizens and have the right values, we want to hear from you. We are an organisation based on strong core values and beliefs enable.org.uk/aboutus/who-we-are/vision-mission-values

Local Area Co-ordination is a preventative, asset-based approach to supporting people to connect to their communities and build meaningful lives. The aim of the service is to provide accurate information; build communities that are more inclusive by supporting local people, families, groups and organisations; build individual and collective capacity and enhance lives and communities as a result. The work of the LAC team is underpinned by the core values, principles and practice of inclusion. At the heart of this is the right of disabled people and their families to participate in all aspects of community, private, public and social life.

As a Local Area Coordinator you will:

• Work creatively to help connect people to social networks, community networks and facilities across all spheres of life.
• Be innovative in how you support organisations, individuals and families to challenge and address inequality and social exclusion.
• Use your excellent communication skills to work with disabled people and their families, public service partners, and community groups and organisations.
• Work flexibly across organisational and professional boundaries

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*

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.

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At Sense Scotland our organisational mission is to, “Support individuals and their families to live their best lives by providing innovative and sustainable services.”

We are keen to find a leader to join our team who has a genuine passion to work towards this mission, making a positive and significant difference in the lives of people with additional support needs and complex communication styles who use our services. This role would best suit someone who is enthusiastic and motivated, reliable, adaptable and person centred.

We believe having skilled leadership and management is key to ensuring our staff team members meet the complex needs of the people that we support by building trusting relationships, promoting independence and championing people to achieve their dreams and aspirations. We also believe that staff who feel supported, encouraged, appraised and part of a team are best placed to be able to deliver such practice.

About the service:

This Housing Support/Care at Home Service supports a number of people within their own individual and shared tenancies. The service office is situated within a block where three of the people that we support also have their homes, with the other individuals in different localities in the region.

Each individual has their own complex needs including, but not limited to, Deaf, blind, Visual impairment, Learning and physical disabilities. The all have very different personalities, history and interests. Individuals are supported in every element of their lives within their own homes and out in the community, with a focus on person-centred care. We promote individuals having their voices heard and their choices respected, leading their own formal and informal reviews of their service and enabling a wide range of activities, hobbies and interests via positive risk taking and a “can do” attitude. Promoting independence and a healthy, varied lifestyle is also a consistent goal for each individual with the service we deliver.

About the role:

The Locality Manager role ensures a management presence in the services, taking responsibility for the day-to-day running of operations; overseeing safe rota development and cover in line with risk assessments and assessed need, delivery of commissioned hours, recruiting and skills matching staff and providing them with full inductions, training, support, supervision and, where there is a need, formal performance management.

We are looking for you to become a key player in our team where there is already a breadth of knowledge in communication, health and wellbeing and promoting positive behaviour. This is a role where you can really make a difference. Each person supported is unique and we work in partnership with them, their friends and families and associated health and social work professionals to help overcome everyday challenges and plan for a positive future.

You will work alongside Supervisors and be directly line managed and supported by the Registered Manager who is based in our Regional Office in Kirkcaldy. You will deputise for the registered manager in their absence. You will also work collaboratively with colleagues in different areas to deliver all of this, including shaping practice and enabling team members to lead on initiatives with your oversight.

You will also put a focus on contact and consultation with the people that we support on any topic which is relevant to them; promoting the quality of their lives and ensuring they get what they need from their service.

To be considered for this role you must have;

• SVQ level 3 in Social Care and must be in a position to gain qualification as determined by the SSSC for registration; such as a relevant professional qualification and /or an SVQ 4 in Social Care
• Supervisory or management qualification suitable for a supervisor of a care service with a minimum of 15 credits at SCQF level 7 or above.
• Be able to gain registration with the SSSC within the timescale required

If you are excited by the prospect of leading an excellent person-centred service and are enthusiastic, motivated, creative, like a challenge, are keen to problem solve, and ultimately want to put people at the heart of all that you do, we want to hear from you.

Our Values:

• Be open and honest
• Recognise individual worth
• Build relationships through trust
• Act on the basis of individuals' aspirations and needs
• Be accountable

What you will need to succeed:

• Good team-working skills and a positive attitude are essential qualities
• Ability to communicate effectively and use your own initiative
• Strong work ethic and organised to support routines
• Able to prioritise and manage workloads
• Eager to develop
• A genuine passion for caring for others
• Patience and understanding

We offer a range of staff benefits, including:

• Annual Staff and Volunteer Awards
• Free Blue Light Card Membership
• Cyclescheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Flexible working arrangements and family-friendly policies
• Generous annual leave entitlement (pro-rata) – 36 days (including public holidays)
• Health and wellbeing support
• HSF Health Plan and HSF Perkbox
• Incentive to stay payment
• Life Assurance benefit
• Monthly staff voucher draw
• Pension scheme
• Referral incentive
• Scottish Living Wage employer
• Training and Development – we support social care qualifications via our onsite SVQ centre

Please note that Terms and Conditions and/or qualifying criteria apply to the benefits listed above.

The Best in You Brings Out the Best in Me

Enable is a dynamic and vibrant social care organisation dedicated to improving the lives of people with learning disabilities and we are looking for motivated and driven individuals to join us in ensuring they have the same opportunities as everyone else.

Are you a driven and motivated individual who enjoys new and unique challenges daily? Do you have the passion and drive to lead a team of frontline staff to support individuals to achieve their personal outcomes, live the life they choose and become an inclusive member within their own community? If so, there has never been a better time to apply!

About You

Successful applicants will be able to demonstrate the following:

• Experience working with adults and children with learning disabilities, epilepsy, autism and physical support needs.
• Experience in using person centred planning techniques in addition to delivering and leading excellent support practices.
• Strong facilitation skills to encourage staff teams to take ownership and responsibility for the quality of support they deliver.
• The ability to effectively communicate with the people we support, staff teams, families and external care professionals.
• Creating and delivering robust service designs, support strategies and risk assessments whilst managing individual budgets.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise your workload whilst working under pressure.
• SVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent.
• Full driving licence with access to your own vehicle for business use.

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. These include, but are not limited to:

• Person Centred approaches, planning and thinking
• Introduction to autism
• Epilepsy awareness
• Moving and Handling
• Adult support and protection
• Child support and protection
• First Aid
• Positive Behaviour Support

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*

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.

Note: The successful applicant will be required to register with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) within 6 months of their start date.

*Terms and Conditions Apply