Charity registered in Scotland SC024115
Dundee Carers Centre is a thriving and innovative local charity providing information and support services for disabled people and carers.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our Self-directed Support Team supporting people in Dundee.
As a Self-directed Support Advisor, you will work to empower people to have genuine choice and control over the way in which they lead their lives, ensuring that they have comprehensive advice, information, and support.
You will have a good standard of education, experience of working with people in an outcome focused way and be committed to working in a co-productive manner.
Find out more about SDS atSDS Dundee and Angus Website
The postholder will undertake a senior managerial role within the organisation, with responsibility for managing service delivery and a wider remit for working with the Senior Management Team to provide leadership and strategic direction to the Centre.
This role will specifically oversee the strategic direction and management of the Carers Support Team including Community-Based Carers Support, Young Carers, Carers Involvement & Participation and Carers Learning & Development. The role also oversees the management and development the centre’s Volunteer Service and Counselling Service.
The post is funded by Dundee Health & Social Care Partnership.
Dundee Carers Centre is a thriving and innovative local charity providing information and support services for disabled people and carers.
We have an established provision enabling people accessing services through SDS across Dundee and Angus.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our team.
As a Self-directed Support Advisor, you will work to empower people to have genuine choice and control over the way in which they lead their lives, ensuring that they have comprehensive advice, information and support to enable them to purchase their own care and support services in Angus.
You will have a good standard of education, experience of working with people in an outcome focused way and be committed to working in a co-productive manner.
The post is funded by the Scottish Government & Angus Health & Social Care Partnership
Make a difference to the lives of carers and disabled people in Dundee and join our Board of Trustees.
We aim to make a difference to the lives of carers of all ages and disabled people in Dundee, ensuring their rights are promoted and upheld. You can help influence how we do that by joining our Board of Trustees.
To support you to explore this exciting and worthwhile opportunity, a member of our Board of Trustees would be delighted to speak with you.
The Dundee Carers Centre is an independent organisation with charitable status and has been working with carers, young carers and disabled people for over twenty-five years. The Centre is proud of its reputation for demonstrating innovation and in supporting people to achieve their aspirations for the future. While it looks back on its record with pride, there are challenges ahead. The number of adults in need of care is expected to increase 30% by 2026 as our population ages. The financial strain on local authorities to be able to support carers and their families is going to become even more challenging meaning that the expectation on families to do more could present a limited quality of life for carers and the people they are caring for.
Research has found that 32% of carers state that caring has a negative effect on their health, and carers providing more hours of care are less likely to state that they have good or very good health. Carers Scotland found that many carers start experiencing health problems when they begin caring, and that pre-existing health problems amongst carers can become worse. Commonly carers suffer from lack of sleep, poor diet and physical injuries, particularly back injuries as well as mental health issues.
In short, the need for Dundee Carers Centre’s services can only increase and their mission become even more important. The very long-standing CEO, Lucinda Godfrey, is leaving shortly to take up a new post and the Board of Trustees is looking for an exceptional individual to take her place.
You will need to have many personal qualities as well as the right skills, knowledge and experience to be a success in this role. The Board is not necessarily looking for an experienced CEO as they have the willingness and ability to support and develop someone who is ready to step up into the Lead Officer position. However, you would need a minimum 3 years’ experience in a senior management position in a similar organisation with significant strategic and financial management acumen. You should have a deep understanding of the national policy landscape, especially self-directed support, and experience of securing income for your organisation. In terms of your personal attributes, the Centre prides itself on the caring and nurturing environment for staff as well as carers and their families. The next CEO will need to be collaborative rather than directive and be very interested in staff welfare and development.
This is a special organisation that is looking for that someone special to lead it. In return, you will get support from a high calibre and very committed Board of Trustees and staff team.
The successful applicant will assist the Carer Support team in running groups for carers of all ages, including development and delivery of group programmes.
Participation & Involvement Worker
- Part time
- £27,205 – £30,077 pro-rata
- Dundee
- Closing 22nd August 2022
The successful applicant will have responsibility for working alongside unpaid carers of all ages and disabled people to ensure that they are key partners in service planning and improvement in Dundee.
This will include supporting individuals and groups to work in partnership with key agencies in Dundee such as third sector, schools, community groups and statutory partners to improve outcomes for carers and their families.
Development Worker – Participatory Budgeting
- Full time
- £27,205 – £30,077
- Dundee
- Closing 15th May 2022
The postholder will work with carers of all ages, disabled people, the Carers Centre, locality teams and the wider community to test a participatory budgeting approach in localities. Part of a team providing specialist support to the wider Carer Support Team to support and enable carers to effect change in their own lives, communities and services.
Funding: This post has fixed term funding to the end of March 2023 with a commitment from the organisation to seek future funding beyond this point if successfully evaluated.
This is an exciting new opportunity to join Dundee Carers Centre supporting the Team Manager to provide leadership and support to the Self-directed Support Team. The SDS Team provides advice and guidance to disabled people and carers across Dundee & Angus who are going through the SDS process, empowering them to have genuine choice and control over the way in which they lead their lives and in the purchase of their own care.
Find out more about Self-directed Support here:
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Funding: This is a permanent post with funding secured to March 2023 through Dundee Health & Social Care Partnership & Angus Health & Social Care Partnership with a commitment from the organisation to secure funding beyond this.
Development Worker – Participatory Budgeting
- Full time
- £26,671 – £29,488
- Dundee
- Closing 25th April 2022
The post holder will work with carers of all ages, disabled people, the Carers Centre, locality teams and the wider community to test a participatory budgeting approach in localities. Part of a team providing specialist support to the wider Carer Support Team to support and enable carers to effect change in their own lives, communities and services.
Post holders will be required to join the PVG Scheme
The successful applicant will provide one to one and group support to unpaid carers of all ages. Learning, training, accreditation, trips and residentials also contribute to the broad range of support opportunities the successful candidate will be involved in providing. This will include delivering support in partnership with other agencies such as schools, community groups and statutory partners.
The successful applicant will provide one to one and group support to unpaid carers of all ages. Learning, training, accreditation, trips and residentials also contribute to the broad range of support opportunities the successful candidate will be involved in providing. This will include delivering support in partnership with other agencies such as schools, community groups and statutory partners.
Participation & Involvement Worker
- Part time
- £26,671 – £29,488 pro-rata
- Dundee
- Closing 11th April 2022
The successful applicant will have responsibility for working alongside unpaid carers of all ages and disabled people to ensure that they are key partners in service planning and improvement in Dundee. This will include supporting individuals and groups to work in partnership with key agencies in Dundee such as third sector, schools, community groups and statutory partners to improve outcomes for carers and their families.
This post has fixed term funding to the end of March 2023 with a commitment from the organisation to seek future funding beyond this point if successfully evaluated.
Development Worker (Participatory Budgeting)
- Full time
- £26,671 – £29,488
- Dundee
- Closing 2nd February 2022
The postholder will work with carers of all ages, disabled people, the Carers Centre, locality teams and the wider community to test a participatory budgeting approach in localities. This post is part of a team providing specialist support to the wider Carer Support Team to support and enable carers to effect change in their own lives, communities and services.
Funding: This post has fixed term funding to the end of March 2023 with a commitment from the organisation to seek future funding beyond this point if successfully evaluated.
Participation & Involvement Worker
- Part time
- £26,671 – £29,488 pro-rata
- Dundee
- Closing 10th January 2022
The successful applicant will have responsibility for working alongside unpaid carers of all ages and disabled people to ensure that they are key partners in service planning and improvement in Dundee. This will include supporting individuals and groups to work in partnership with key agencies in Dundee such as third sector, schools, community groups and statutory partners to improve outcomes for carers and their families.
Funding: This post has fixed term funding to the end of March 2023 with a commitment from the organisation to seek future funding beyond this point if successfully evaluated.
This is an exciting new post, supporting the Team Manager to provide leadership and support to a multi-disciplinary team of staff and volunteers working with carers of all ages to effect change. As part of the Carer Support Team but working across the Centre and the wider Carers Partnership you will create, develop and support partnerships in localities – supporting carers to progress and effect change through participation and engagement, learning and development and volunteering opportunities.
Funding: This is a permanent post with funding secured to March 2023 through the Carers Partnership, with a commitment from the organisation to secure funding beyond this.
The postholder will work with carers of all ages, disabled people and the community to deliver a rights-based programme; ‘The Rights Way’, including:
• Guided self-assessment and goal setting
• Rights and responsibilities
• Money
• Self-Advocacy skills Inc. Communication and assertiveness skills
• Understanding and navigating the system
You will work as part of the Short Breaks Team to provide leadership and support to a multi-disciplinary team of staff and volunteers. Ensure the effective development and delivery of the Short Breaks Service. Creating and developing partnerships in localities with carers, voluntary and statutory partners, sharing learning and providing leadership and line management for front line staff.
Funded through Dundee Health & Social Care Partnership.