Activity Worker / Driver

Sight Scotland Veterans; Livingston; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Sight Scotland Veterans in Livingston is seeking a compassionate support worker to join our team. You will help support colleagues and the Leadership team, welcome veterans into the centre, run skills or art classes, and assist with our events.

A PVG scheme check or criminal records check, and a clean driving licence, are required. We value individuals who enjoy working with people and creating services where everyone can participate, contribute and belong.

Qualifications

• SVQ2 qualification in health, social care, community work, or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge of visual impairment, sensory loss, or veterans' services.
• Experience collaborating with volunteers, community groups, or external partners.
• Experience developing activities with participants and frontline teams.

Skills

Visual impairment knowledge

Volunteer collaboration

Activity development with participants

Education

SVQ2 in health, social care, or equivalent

Job description

You will be part of a fun team providing support to your team and the Leadership team Sight Scotland veterans’ services. No two days are the same. One moment you might be supporting a colleague, welcoming a new veteran into the centre, running a skills or art class or even preparing for one of our unique Events. The current duties of the role require a criminal records check or membership of the PVG scheme through Disclosure Scotland for the protection of adults and children and clean driving licence.

We are looking for someone who genuinely enjoys working with people and believes in creating services where everyone can participate, contribute and belong.

• A SVQ2 qualification in health, social care, community work, or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge of visual impairment, sensory loss, or veterans' services.
• Experience collaborating with volunteers, community groups, or external partners.
• Experience developing activities with participants and frontline teams.

You don’t need to meet every single requirement to be a great candidate. Most people learn parts of the job once they’re in post, so if a role interests you and you believe you could grow into it, we’d love to hear from you.

We’re committed to fair, accessible recruitment. If you need any adjustments, like extra time, a different format, or other support, at any stage of the process, just let us know.

About us

For more than 230 years we've been supporting and empowering people with sight loss to live fulfilling lives. We’re proud of what we’ve achieved, but we want to do more. We will build on our rich history to create an organisation which is prepared for the future, and ready to respond to the needs of people impacted by vision loss.

Our vision is bold. We want to be at the leading edge of positive societal change by:

• Investing our funds in the support that makes the biggest difference
• Putting our community at the heart of what we do
• Campaigning for change
• Accelerating prevention and treatment of eye conditions
• Fostering a collaborative culture of innovation and learning

We're determined that no-one should face sight loss alone. We're committed to improving, diversifying and growing our services to make sure we can reach many more people with sight loss - when and where they need us.

Our organisational values - Transform, Unite and Thrive - underpin all the work we do at Sight Scotland and Sight Scotland Veterans.