Post: Assistant Service Co-ordinator
Service: Glasgow Mental Health & Huntington's
Based: 69-71 Aberdalgie Road, Glasgow G34 9HJ
Hours: Full Time - 37 hours
Salary: £30, - £33, (£15.62 - £17.23 per hour)
Contract Permanent
Ready to take the next step in your care career?
If you’re an experienced Support Worker looking to move into a leadership role, this is your opportunity to make a real difference every day.
At Turning Point Scotland, we support people with complex and enduring mental health conditions and Huntington’s disease to live more independent, fulfilling lives and we need passionate people like you to help lead our team.
As an Assistant Service Co-ordinator, you will work with individuals who have a wide range of support needs, providing them with practical and emotional support and encouraging them to achieve their own personal outcomes in all aspects of their daily lives e.g. keeping safe, meaningful activities, community involvement, physical health, relationships, emotional health and wellbeing.
What you’ll do
1. Support individuals using a person-centred, trauma-informed approach
2. Take the lead on shift and guide your team
3. Help with staff supervision, coaching and development
4. Contribute to support plans, risk assessments and reviews
5. Work alongside families and health professionals
6. Support people through challenging or crisis situations
What we’re looking for
7. Experience in mental health or complex needs support
8. Confidence to lead and support a team
9. Strong communication and organisational skills
10. Understanding of safeguarding and professional boundaries
11. IT skills for recording and support planning
Glasgow Mental Health & Huntington’s Service
We are committed to offering a trauma informed approach supporting individuals to find their own strengths & having the confidence in themselves to cope with life’s challenges- We want individuals we support to have a true sense of belonging, a positive identity, feel valued & build a network of positive supportive relationships. We work very closely with partners in the Glasgow HSCP in supporting people who may be in crisis and in offering interventions to maximise their safety. Staff are creative and compassionate with a positive can-do attitude.
To do this - support is tailored to an individual’s needs/wishes & reflected in their personalised support package and may range from a few hours per week to support accessible 7 days per week, and you may be required to do sleepovers for which you will be financially rewarded. There is an expectation you may have to work evenings and weekends on a rotational basis.
We welcome applications from all candidates who are eligible to work in the United Kingdom. However, we are not able to sponsor visas.
Turning Point Scotland offers a Salary Matching opportunity within the salary scale points and based on experience.
Please note that IT skills are required for all our vacancies.
Where applicable, successful candidates will be required to register with the SSSC within 6 months of start date
Interviews will be held on 28th April
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