Service Co-ordinator

Job Description

**Service: Dumfries & Galloway Learning Disability Services**

**Based: Dumfries & Lockerbie**

**Hours: 37 hours Full-Time**

**Salary: £34,484 - £37,566 (£17.92 - £19.53 per hour)**

**Contract: Permanent**

**Step Up and Shape the future with TPS**

Are you ready to take on your next challenge on the management ladder?

At Turning Point Scotland, we have an opportunity for a Service Coordinator to help make a positive impact for people, encouraging them to fulfil their lives with exciting and fun activities, pursue their hobbies and passions & creating memorable experiences.

**About The Role**

This is an exciting opportunity for a Service Coordinator with Turning Point Scotland where no two days are the same
- Be responsible for both directly undertaking initial and on-going assessments of people we support and of overseeing team members to do so.
- Provide informal and formal support, feedback, induction, engagement period reviews, appraisal and supervision to staff.
- Devise, review and update support plans, record events and observations and keep appropriate records as required in the service both directly and managing staff to do so.
- Provide leadership to staff to support people in accordance with their support plan, the principals of citizenship and to maintain records correctly.
- Assist the service manager to prepare information and the service for inspections/ audits or similar and to contribute to these processes.

**About You**

You will have a genuine commitment to use your skills and experience to support people to live their best lives. You will be supported by an incredibly approachable management team, allowing you to expand on your existing knowledge whilst developing new skills. You will have flexibility to work on a rota.

**Dumfries & Galloway Learning Disability Services**

At our services we work in partnership with people to enable them to live as independently as possible which includes maintaining their own homes, connecting with their local community and building positive relationships. The service supports people who have complex health needs including learning disability, mental health, autism and acquired brain injury.

If you are dedicated, compassionate, and enthusiastic about making a difference in the lives of vulnerable adults, we would love to hear from you.

Due to the location of services, a driving license and car are essential.

Turning Point Scotland offers a Salary Matching opportunity within the salary scale points.

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Benefits package
Turning Point Scotland have **Platinum accreditation** in **Investors in People**. Our staff are our most important asset, therefore we offer extensive training and impressive personal and career-focused development opportunities. You could be part of an organisation that not only offers excellent careers but makes a real difference to thousands of People’s lives and achieve your own personal fulfilment.
- Comprehensive Induction
- 123 Learning and development courses
- 29 eLearning courses
- Funded qualification - SVQ Social Services and Healthcare, work based assessment
- Your Career Pathway, we promote from within and advertise internally all jobs
- Pension Scheme, employer contribution 4%
- Wide range of family friendly policies
- 38 holiday/public holidays days' per year.
- Additional information

Due to the location of services, a driving license and car are essential.

Travel expenses from your base and in the course of your business will be paid at 45p per mile.
- Does this position require a valid UK driving licence and access to a vehicle?
Yes
- Does the post include personal care?
Yes
- Does the post include cooking and housekeeping skills?
Yes
- Will the service users be involved in this process?
No
- Contact name & details
If you would like to chat about any aspect of the role, please call our Recruitment & Engagement Team on 0808 1643100.