Team Leader

We are looking for a full-time Team Leader to join our dynamic team in Edinburgh.In this position, you will lead a team of Project Workers as they provide support and opportunity to the adults whoattend Upmo.On a day-to-day basis, Team Leaders supervise and coordinate activities on site, provided support to staff, ensureonsite operations are in line with policy and procedure and assist Team Managers with case and site management.We are looking for a confident communicator with excellent leadership skills and the ability to multi-task in afast-paced environment.This Team Leader position is primarily based in our service in Edinburgh, where we offer workshop activities toadults with learning disabilities and autism from Links House in Leith, and St. Margaret's House atMeadowbank.The starting salary for this position is £24,100.No formal qualification is necessary, but experience of working in social care is preferred.Application notesThe deadline for applications is midnight on the 26th April 2024.To apply, submit you completed application and equal opportunities monitoring form to ##### .We are currently recruiting Project Workers to work with Upmo. Join our dedicated team supporting adults withlearning disabilities and autism to reach their individual goals and ambitions.We have vacancies in our teams based at:Leith – Links HouseWe are recruiting for full time staff who can work 30 hours a week, between the hours of 10-16:00, Monday to Friday,however both full time and part-time contracts are available. At this time, we won’t be able to considerapplicants looking to work less than 2 days per week.Upmo is a Living Wage Employer; the rate of pay for this role is £11.00 per hour.As a Project Worker, you will be part of an enthusiastic and creative team who provide daily support to adults withlearning disabilities and autism as they participate in workshops and activities within our site-based services,and café sites.For this role, we are particularly interested in hearing from individuals with skills and expertise in art, IT,music, drama, dance, photography, gardening, and outdoor activities. Or, if you have any other skills, let usknow!This role includes supporting students in workshops of their choosing, working one to one with students, andfacilitating workshops, and supporting people with personal care, as and when required.While previous experience in care or support is highly advantageous, it is not required as we provide full trainingand ongoing support to our staff team. An interest in visual arts, performing arts, cooking, IT, gardening, orsports would be beneficial.Do you want to join a committed and supporting team in raising awareness and changing things for the better foreveryone with Down’s syndrome right across Scotland?We are looking for an individual to run FriendZ Space, our popular, online programme for adults with Down’s syndrome,The ideal candidate would have experience in planning sessions, facilitating groups (in person and online) foryoung people and adults with learning disabilities.Would you like to make a difference to a person’s quality of life? Would you like to learn BSL while being paid? Weare looking for caring and motivated Support Workers to support deaf BSL users to join our team. Could that beyou?Who are we?Deaf Action is a deaf-led charity, supporting and celebrating deaf people. We were established in 1835 and work withdeaf people across Scotland and the South of England. Our work is geared towards empowering all deaf people toachieve their potential and fully participate in society, with equality of rights, access, and opportunity.As well as our outreach service in Edinburgh, we are expanding our service provision in Glasgow and are looking forpeople who can make a major contribution to our plans for innovation and growth and who have the commitment andenthusiasm to contribute to the work of our support services to Deaf people throughout Edinburgh andGlasgow.We are looking for people who are caring, fun, motivated, willing to learn and show initiative. However, you wouldneed some experience of working in a support service and managing /overseeing a team.We will provide on the job training with the opportunity to complete formal qualifications in social care. If youhave knowledge of BSL, or are a BSL user that is a bonus, however we will provide training if not.The ideal candidates will be fully committed to our values, which can be found on our website .The roleYou will be leading a team to support *deaf people living in the community. As well as leading a team you will belone working in the community, delivering a person-centred service supporting deaf people within their ownliving environment, to enable them to fully participate in the decisions affecting their lives, ensuring thatwherever possible, service users benefit from informed choice, control, and independence. This will include bothactivities at home and within the community which will promote independence and social inclusion.You will be accountable to the Support Services Area Manager. By working together, you will ensure that a consistent,high quality support service is provided to deaf service users in their own homes, and that staff are supportedto develop and maintain such a service.Due to the nature of this role, its essential that you can drive and have access to a car.*deaf: this to includes Deaf Sign Language users, deafened, deafblind and hard of hearing people.You will be asked:• To actively monitor and develop individual and team performance by ensuring effective supervision and PerformanceDevelopment Reviews/Reports (PDRs).• Be responsible for any risk assessments at the service users home as part of your Health and Safetyresponsibilities.• To provide clear direction, co-ordination, feedback, and day to day line management for the work of a delegatedgroup of staff. Thus, ensuring their motivation to provide outcome focused, person centred services.• To assess any new service users for the service and match them with staffs.• To be involved in recruitment for new staff for the service.• To take an active role in assessments / recordings and to work with service users to develop their skills andabilities to achieve identified outcomes.• To assist service users with personal care tasks where appropriate.• To be involved, as appropriate, with all household tasks, maximising service users’ participation.• To record the day-to-day finances (where relevant) and household budgets of service users.• To enable service users to access information to be fully informed of their rights and valid expectations from theservice provided.• To ensure the health, safety and security of individuals and their environment.What is on offer? What do we offer?• Occupational pension scheme with employer contributions of 6%.• 32 days leave pro rata (including bank holidays) pro rata for part time.• 24/7 access to an Employee Assistance Programme provided by Health Assured.• Access to the Cycle to Work Scheme and IT Voucher Scheme.• Ongoing support for learning and development through our PDR processWe are currently looking to recruit support workers to join our small team within Inclusion Alliance. The roleinvolves 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 volunteeringopportunities in the community.No experience or formal qualifications are necessary for the role although a caring nature, positive attitude and asense of fun are important characteristics to have. New staff will receive paid training and undertake shadowshifts with experienced staff members during induction. We want new staff to feel ready and able to work priorto working on their own for the first time.We have various vacancies available including part time and relief/casual positions in various locations throughoutEdinburgh.• Working hours are based between the hours of 8am and 5pm Monday to Friday• We have various permanent and casual vacancies available.• £21,239 - £21,567 per annum, pro rata based on a 35 hour working week• Relief/ Casual pay rate- £11.67 per hourCandidates must be caring, motivated and have excellent communication skills whilst being committed to working in aperson-centred way ensuring that support is built around the supported person’s wishes and needs.Benefits include• Funded SVQ 3 qualification and learning opportunity• Paid annual leave entitlement• Regular 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
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