Information and Advocacy Worker (one year contract)

Role

Are you searching for a job where you can make a difference? Do you have direct experience of supporting a child with additional support needs? Kindred supports families of children with the most complex medical needs in Scotland. As an Information and Advocacy Worker, you will be providing information and emotional support to parents. We’d like someone to come and join our friendly, energetic team, based at our office in central Edinburgh.

Please re-name the completed Application Form with your name.

Interviews will be held on Wednesday 19th March 2025 in central Edinburgh.

Are you interested in supporting people to maximize skills, confidence, and independence and working in a beautiful place? Then we might just have the job for you!

At Tiphereth-Camphill in Edinburgh, we are seeking a Full-Time co-worker to support adults with learning disabilities and autism who live within our Supported Living Service, grow their independence, and be part of our vibrant community.

Previous experience of working with adults with learning disabilities is desirable but not essential. What is most important is that you have a real desire to support people to maximize their independence, have a belief in supporting people to make their choices, and to do the things they want to do. The post will involve supporting personal care and safe people handling, experience of which would be desirable.

We are a Camphill community based on the edge of the Pentland hills in Edinburgh supporting adults with learning disabilities and autism in a range of day services, supported living, residential care, and social enterprises.

Alongside a beautiful, supportive, and inclusive working environment, we offer:

• A competitive salary – starting at £25,126.56 rising with time served annually over 6 to £27,068.44
• Sleepovers paid in addition - £12 per hour (sleepover hours normally from 10pm to 7am)

Employee benefits include:

• 36 days annual leave (Pro-rata), rising with time served to 40 days (Pro-rata)
• Private Medical Insurance (on successful completion of probation)
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to save from source with Capital Credit Union
• Extensive training and development programme and career progression

If you would like to learn more about the role and Tiphereth, full details and specific requirements are available at tiphereth.org.uk.

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 8 am and 5 pm Monday to Friday
• We have various permanent and casual vacancies available.
• Relief/Casual pay rate- £12 per hour

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

Are you an experienced Social Care Team Leader?

Do you want to work for a charity with excellent employee benefits such as generous annual leave and pension contributions, whose values are wholly embedded in the very fabric of the organisation?

At Upper Springland, we support adults with physical disabilities, learning disabilities, sensory impairment, and complex health conditions to live independently within their private accommodation on site, as well as providing care and support within Housing Support and Care at Home in the community. We have a Day Opportunities service on site which residents and members of the community access.

We have 2 exciting opportunities for experienced social care leaders to line manage our team of Support Workers within one of our residential services (full-time) & our Housing Support, Care at Home, and Day Services (part-time) all based in Perth.

Our close-knit team of Team Leaders help our support staff to provide 24-hour support 7 days a week, and they require a motivated and enthusiastic leader to join the team.

About the role:

You will be required to co-ordinate and supervise a team of support staff in delivering a high standard of social care practice, using a person-centred approach that reflects individual customer's aspirations and outcomes. As a Team Leader, you will occasionally work on the floor delivering direct care including medication administration, personal care, and moving and assisting. Meaning it’s not all about paperwork; you still get some hands-on practice!

A key part of this role is to coach, monitor, mentor, and develop the skill base within the staff team. You will do this by displaying leadership skills such as role modelling, decision-making, being an effective communicator, having a positive attitude, commitment, and confidence in your role.

As a Team Leader, you will be responsible for:

• Maintaining a clear and calm manner whilst managing risk through assessment, planning, customer knowledge, and de-escalation, as required.
• Helping to recruit, induct, and train colleagues and junior members of staff in all aspects of their work, including supervision, mediation, and personal development.
• Managing customer activities
• Health and Safety
• Compiling and checking care and support plans
• Management of medicines procedures
• Liaising with families, health and care professionals, and social workers
• On-call support

What you need to know:

Full-time vacancy - we have a set shift pattern, 37 hours per week, 4-week rolling rota, so you always know when you are working. Working a mix of early, back, and late shifts, as well as weekends and on-call, which are planned in advance, enabling you to plan life outside of work responsibilities.

Part-time vacancy - 22.5 hours per week. Example Shifts - Monday – Friday: 7.5 hours, 09:00-16:30 – three days a week, On-call Support – 24 hours a day – including weekends, roughly one in four. Please note: This post is female only, due to customer choice for intimate, personal care support. (Genuine Occupational Requirement)

Location – (full-time) Isla Road, Perth, PH2 7HQ / (part-time) Isla Road, Perth, PH2 7HQ & Perth Community

Working with Capability Scotland brings you lots of benefits:

• Competitive salary - £32,391/ £19,697.18 per annum (£16.79 per hour).
• We offer a fully funded SVQ – a qualification which is yours for life.
• 32 days holidays per year, increasing to 37 with service.
• Free PVG checks throughout your employment.
• Up to 8% company contribution pension scheme.
• Up to 3 x annual salary death in service.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• 24/7 employee assistance programme.
• Working for us means you would qualify for Blue Light & Concert for Carer discounts.

Enable, a visionary charity and leader of social care and employability services to people with a learning disability across Scotland, requires an in-house Paralegal with demonstrable commercial contracts experience to join its Legal and Corporate Governance function.

This role’s main purpose is to provide commercial contract support to the Legal and Corporate Governance Team which seeks to ensure all aspects of contractual and organisational compliance. We seek someone who can work autonomously, to lead on various contractual matters and who can work closely with procurement and operational colleagues on new and existing business. Additionally, the Paralegal may be required to support with ad-hoc projects and any commercial matters which may arise.

At Enable, we believe in an equal society where everyone has the right to live, work, and participate as an active and respected citizen in the community of their choice.

What We're Looking For:

• Excellent interpersonal and teamworking skills
• Excellent attention to detail and strong prioritisation and organisational skills
• Professional presentation and personality
• Demonstrates core values of integrity, care, and collaboration
• Willingness to enhance skills and professional development

Your experience and any relevant qualifications must be gained and or completed in Scots Law.

About You:

• Relevant Paralegal certifications with demonstrable experience in private practice or commercial team or in-house legal environment
• Strong knowledge of relevant commercial contract legislation
• Exceptional verbal and written communication, drafting, and report writing skills
• Strong analytical and numerical skills
• Strong ability to prioritise a high workload and meet strict deadlines
• Strong PC skills, in various packages, particularly Microsoft Word and Excel

Some knowledge and understanding of:

• Third sector/local authority legislation (health and social care) and contracts
• Public Contracts Scotland

About Us:

What’s also great about Enable is that we’re passionate about developing all our staff and provide an extensive training programme, combined with a commitment to create 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*

Remember, this is an exciting opportunity to join a group that is shaking up the social care sector in Scotland and making a real difference to people’s lives. Don’t miss the chance to help shape this journey.

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.