Vacancies in Glasgow and East Dunbartonshire

Driver – Day Care

8 Hours per week worked Mondays and Saturdays
Scale Point GS1 6-8 (£6.79 – £7.22) award pending
Oxford Street Services require an experienced driver to join our Day Care team. You will assist with transporting service users to and from the centre in our converted 14-seat minibus. A full driving license is essential (with Category D1 on it if obtained after 1997) as is a positive attitude to older people with dementia.

We offer a number of benefits including a generous group pension scheme

The successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced criminal records check through Disclosure Scotland.

For an application pack please contact Angi Inch, Alzheimer Scotland, 81 Oxford Street, Glasgow G5 9EP. Tel (0141) 418 3944 or Ainch@alzscot.org

Alternatively you can download an information pack

An application form, guidance notes and equal opportunities form can be downloaded from the Applications page.

Closing date is Friday 25 April 2008.
Interviews will be held on Wednesday 14 May 2008.

Cleaner (2 Posts)

10 Hours per week worked over 5 or 6 days
Scale Point GS3 £6.31 – award pending

The successful candidates will form a team to offer a cleaning service within our building at Oxford Street. Experience of using a buffing machine is desirable.

We offer a number of benefits including a generous group pension scheme

The successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced criminal records check through Disclosure Scotland.

For an application pack please contact Angie Inch, Alzheimer Scotland, 81 Oxford Street, Glasgow G5 9EP. Tel (0141) 418 3944 or Ainch@alzscot.org

Alternatively you can download an information pack

An application form, guidance notes and equal opportunities form can be downloaded from the Applications page.

Closing date is Friday 25 April 2008.Interviews will be held on Wednesday 14 May 2008.

Paisley and Glasgow Services
2 part time posts of Involvement/ Inclusion Officers
One post based in Paisley and one in Glasgow

21 Hours per Week (hours negotiable) - Salary: £21861 - £24201 (pro rata)
These posts are temporary for one year though further funding is being sought.
We will be happy to discuss filling the posts on a secondment basis.

"Change happens when those who do not usually speak are heard by those who do not usually listen".

People are now listening and we are looking for a unique individual who can build on our existing involvement/inclusion work. You would work with people with dementia and their carers to support them to directly influence service delivery and planning, raise awareness, challenge stigma and break down barriers preventing active involvement/citizenship.

This post requires an individual who can work confidently with the current social care and health structures to ensure that statutory and independent organisations include the views of people with dementia in their strategic planning of current and future services and improve their understanding of the needs of people with dementia.

A key focus of this post will include fostering partnership approaches to improve post-diagnostic support of people with dementia, support to groups of people with dementia and their carers and encouragement of inclusion in service design and delivery. Working with our Service Managers you should be able to respond to the information and support needs of people early on in their condition, individually and in peer support groups. You will need to be skilled in recognizing people’s strengths, building self confidence and enabling this to flourish in a range of activities that lead to change.

Excellent networking skills as well as a confident approach to working alongside social and health care professionals are essential. This role will include close work with Community Heath Partnerships, representational groups, and social/health care colleagues across a variety of settings.

As a communicator you will need to be imaginative, innovative but also clear and concise – you will also know when to stand back and let others take the lead.
Ability to work on own initiative and a flexible approach will be necessary.

For information and an application pack contact
Lorna Shand,
Regional Administrator,
Alzheimer Scotland
32 Riccartsbar Avenue,
Paisley
PA2 6BG

Telephone phone: 0141 887 4902 or email LShand@Alzscot.org

Alternatively you can download an information pack and an application form, guidance notes and equal opportunities form can be downloaded from the Applications page.

Closing date for applications is Friday 25th April 2008and interviews will be held on Wednesday 7th May 2008.

Successful applicants for all posts will be subject to a criminal check through Disclosure Scotland.

Glasgow - Support Worker Posts

Throughout the city, although we would hope to place you within a reasonable distance of where you live.

Salary Scale: GS 1 point 6 – 8, (£6.79 to £7.22) per hour
Starting point is dependent on qualifications. Varied hours per week

We are looking for people who can work flexibly and who will integrate with established teams to provide a high standard of care for people with dementia. Successful applicants will provide support and care on a one to one basis for people in Glasgow in their own homes.
Contracts of employment for up to 16 hours a week may be offered to those with sufficient availability and flexibility, but we will also recruit people on a sessional basis.

Relevant qualifications and or experience of working with people with dementia would be an advantage. A comprehensive training package is in place to ensure that service users are given the highest possible level of care and support.

We have paid staff in our organisation aged from 16 to 80. The successful applicants will be subject to a criminal convictions check.

You may also be interested to read an article which originally appeared in Care Appointments Scotland in August 2005. It provides a useful insight into being a care worker with Alzheimer Scotland.
Care Appointments article (pdf, 2 pages, 217kb)

For enquiries or application pack please contact:

Angi Inch
Administrator
Alzheimer Scotland
81 Oxford Street
Glasgow
G5 9EP

Regional Office 0141 418 3930 and Ainch@alzscot.org

Alternatively you can download an information pack and an application form, guidance notes and equal opportunities form can be downloaded from the
Applications page