With Kids
Location
Falkirk | United Kingdom
Job description
A fresh challenge doesn’t always mean starting from scratch – come and tell us your experience.
We all need support, at times, with something.
Disabilities and abilities are not too different – they can be visible, and sometimes, they can be hidden. We enablepeople to better manage the challenges they face in their lives, by working with them to recognise and buildupon their strengths. And often we do this by listening to them, really listening, and working out a plan ofsupport to help.
Understanding the role
These roles will involve different aspects of supporting people, including;
• Social Support to ensure people have a valued role in their community
• Medication Support to keep people safe with their prescribed medication
• Personal Care to assist people to maintain their wellbeing, including supporting individuals to maintain theirpersonal hygiene and to manage their personal appearance through assisting them with a variety of tasks such assupport with bathing and assisting with continence care
• Practical Support to helping people to maintain their tenancy by encouraging daily household tasks such as generalhousework, laundry, ironing, cooking, shopping.
Additional Benefits:
• 35 days’ holiday per year (pro rata)
• Time and a half payment for any time worked over 37.5 hours per week
• Carr Gomm will reimburse the SSSC fee for all new workers applying for SSSC registration
• Recommend a Friend Scheme (T&Cs apply)
• Additional mileage contributions of 45p per mile
• Fully funded SVQ qualification with support from a dedicated team
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, and sick leave
• A Defined Contribution pension scheme, with incremental employer contributions
• Membership to Lifeworks; employee well-being and perks platform
• Membership of a credit union
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounts with leading hotels; and more!
If your experience matches our services, why not apply to work as a Support Practitioner with Carr Gomm?
If you are qualified, your starting salary can rise to your experience. Just complete the form on our website.
The best applicants tell us what it is about themselves that make them a good fit for the role!
Who Cares? Scotland is Scotland’s only national independent membership organisation for Care Experienced people. Ourmission is to secure a lifetime of equality, respect, and love for Care Experienced people in Scotland and wecurrently have over 3500 Care Experienced members.
At the heart of Who Cares? Scotland’s work are the rights of Care Experienced people, and the power of their voicesto bring about positive change. We provide individual lifelong relationship-based independent advocacy and abroad range of imaginative participatory and engagement opportunities for Care Experienced people acrossScotland. We work alongside Corporate Parents and communities to broaden understanding and create change. Wework with policy makers, leaders, and elected representatives locally and nationally to shape law, policy, andpractice, working together to build on the aspirations of The Promise and secure positive change.
This unique role offers the opportunity to listen to and work directly with children and young people with experienceof care, in an individual relationship-based advocacy role, and within participation and group activity acrossour North region.
The post-holder will be a key member of the Advocacy and Participation team, supporting young people from across theWestern Isles to ensure their rights are upheld and their voices are heard. In this role you will have theopportunity to provide independent advocacy, children’s rights, and participation opportunities for children andyoung people who are looked after, Care Experienced, or subject to formal processes and structures. The rolewill see you actively participating in child’s plan meetings, children’s hearings, and other formal processes,as well as assisting children and young people to prepare for them. In partnership with professionals, carers,and organisations, you will help to achieve the best outcomes for children and young people by keeping detailedrecords of the work you undertake, writing liaison reports, and monitoring statistics.
As a vital part of the work of Who Cares? Scotland, your role will include facilitating group opportunities for andwith children and young people across the Western Isles. This includes providing engagement and participationopportunities throughout the Who Cares? Scotland local and national network, as well as meeting with careexperienced children and young people to introduce the service in agreement with the local authority. Raisingawareness of Who Cares? Scotland and its services with children, young people, professionals, and carers youwill also be responsible for facilitating training amongst care corporate parents.
The right candidate for this post will be able to form positive relationships with children and young people and havegood interpersonal skills. You will feel confident communicating with individuals and groups, both in writingand verbally, and be able to adapt to a wide range of contexts. Secure in making effective plans, as well asevidencing your work, you can prioritise and meet deadlines. You take enjoyment from working collaborativelywith partners, believing in equal opportunities and inclusive working. Committed to children’s rights, you aresomeone who knows that all young people can make transformative change happen in their lives if given theopportunity. You can demonstrate knowledge of the current structure, developments, policy, and practice inrelation to children and young people experiencing care in Scotland. You are also flexible, given the remit ofthe role, as some evening and weekend work will be necessary, along with a full driving licence and access totransport.
While we would welcome the knowledge gathered through relevant qualifications, we are just as interested in relevantwork experience. We welcome and encourage applications from those with experience of care.
The successful candidate will be joining Who Cares? Scotland and working within the North team at an exciting time,when the voices of those who are in or have experienced care are growing in power, individually and collectively- bringing with them insight, challenge, hope and change.
If this sounds like the role for you, we would love to hear from you.
Bethany House is a resettlement accommodation unit which supports men and women who are homeless.
We are are looking for an addiction worker with prior experience in homelessness and addiction services. The idealcandidate will possess qualifications in counselling and addiction, or be committed to obtaining them.
The job will be based in Bethany House and consists of managing an ongoing case-load of support for clients needingspecialist support and assisting them to set and meet goals leading to resettlement. The post holder will alsorun group work and drop in sessions for the residents of Bethany House and offer training sessions, addictionadvice and general support to staff within the Bethany House team.
At Bethany we are committed to helping our employees flourish personally and professionally. Bethany provides 30 daysof annual leave initially to all contracted staff, rising to a maximum of 40 days depending on length ofservice. We also provide enhanced payments for maternity, paternity, and adoption. Bethany also provides acompany pension scheme and a death in service benefit scheme.
Successful applicants for this post will require an membership of the PVG scheme.
As Bethany is a Christian organisation, this post carries an Occupational Requirement in line with the Equality Act2010. Please note that one reference must be from your church minister or leader to endorse your live and activeChristian faith and commitment.
As a Project Worker, you will be involved in the day-to-day running of a residential unit, providing emotional andpractical support to 16 adult male residents in overcoming addiction, and enabling them to live independentlythrough support planning, assessments and key working and delivering group-work sessions.
As an excellent team player with great communication skills, you will have experience and knowledge of our serviceuser group and their surrounding issues. Competence in the use of Microsoft Office tools is essential. SVQ 3 inSocial Care or equivalent is desirable, coupled with experience in a Residential/Housing support setting.
This post is restricted to male applicants in order to reduce barriers of access for the all-male residents.
We are committed to helping our employees flourish personally and professionally. Below are a few examples of theways we support our employees.
Want to make a Difference? Help Us Change Lives
We have an exciting opportunity in our Edinburgh Visiting Housing Support Service for an experienced LeadPractitioner. We offer either a full time role has the flexibility to work mainly Monday to Friday 9 to 5 theremay be occasions where our service users require support out with these hours.
About Us
Turning Point Scotland is the biggest provider of services to people experiencing or at risk of Homelessness acrossScotland, delivering support to around 2000 individuals on any given day, 4500 per year.
We believe that in many cases, Homelessness is entirely preventable. Where Homelessness is not or cannot be,prevented the experience should be brief and non-recurring.
We provide support to people who are;
Our Edinburgh Visiting Housing Support Service provides Housing Support to people who are at risk of becominghomeless, who are homeless or who have recently experienced homelessness to move to or keep settledaccommodation and gain independent living skills. Your role as our Lead Practitioner will consist of 2 elements,Visiting Housing Support and Preventative Support.
About You
As our Lead Practitioner the support you provide will always be person centred, by involving people who know theperson well, this includes family and friends, other health and Social Work professionals, Advocacy services andyour fellow team members.
Whilst we very much welcome experienced practitioners, no previous working experience is needed; full training willbe provided to you. We believe having the right values of respect, compassion, inclusion and integrity is allyou need to join our team.
About the Role – Lead Practitioner
The support you provide will be varied from bidding on a house through ed index, assisting with budgeting, finances,benefits, supporting people to keeping on top of day to day household activities. You will be provided with allof the training, support and equipment required to successfully fulfil your role.
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