Assistant Service Coordinator

Job Description

**Service: North East Edinburgh Recovery Service**

**Based: Edinburgh - based at the Leith Hub with requirements to work around Edinburgh city centre, Leith & Craigmillar**

**Hours**:Full-Time 37 Hrs**

**Salary: £26,203 - £28,981 (£13.62 - £15.06 per hour)**

**Contract Permanent**

**Step Up - come join our team**:
Do you have a passion for helping vulnerable people enjoy as much fulfilment as they can and feel included in their community? If compassion, care and inclusiveness are an important part of who you are, our opportunities to work away from the routine in a demanding, challenging but emotionally rewarding role could be for you.

Our Turning Point Scotland Services in **Edinburgh** are looking for people like you to help provide individualised support to adults with a wide range of needs, either on an individual 1:1 basis or alongside others and as part of a team.

**About You**

As an Assistant Service Co-ordinator, we expect you to have substantial experience of carrying a caseload, as well as completing risk assessments and care plans. You will be working 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. You will also line manage a small number of staff who will have their own caseload.

**North East Edinburgh Recovery Hub**

The North East Recovery Hub is a one-stop shop which offers a full range of drug and alcohol treatment and support services. We are a multi - disciplinary team comprising of Voluntary Sector TPS, NHS and social work staff. We are based with our main office in Leith, and a satellite location in Craigmillar.

We understand that everybody’s experience is different. When people come to the Hub, we personalise their care to achieve their goals.

The support we provide is always person centred, we do this by involving people who know the person well, this includes family and friends, other health and Social Work professionals, Advocacy services and our own staff members.

Full details of this role can be viewed on the attached Job Role Profile. Click here

Please note that IT skills are required for all our vacancies.
- 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
- 35 holiday/public holidays days' per year.
- Does this position require a valid UK driving licence and access to a vehicle?
No
- Does the post include personal care?
No
- Does the post include cooking and housekeeping skills?
No
- 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 us at the Hub on 0131 554 7516 (option 2) and ask to speak with the duty manager.