Epilepsy Community Outreach Worker

Quarriers; Scotland; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An outreach service provider in North Aberdeenshire seeks a compassionate Epilepsy Community Outreach Worker. In this full-time role, you will provide support to people living with epilepsy and their families. Responsibilities include liaising with clinics and monitoring care services. Excellent problem-solving and communication skills are essential. The role offers generous holiday entitlement and opportunities for SVQ qualifications.

Benefits

Generous holiday entitlement

Training and development

24/7 Employee Assistance programme

Workplace Pension

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Able to support people in their day-to-day lives.
• Must have a full driving license and access to transport.
• Experience in working with individuals is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Create a clinical liaison service with epilepsy clinics and GP practices.
• Monitor primary and community care services.
• Engage with clinics to improve service delivery.

Skills

Compassion and kindness

Enthusiasm and self-motivation

Excellent problem solving

Good IT & communication skills

Resilience and reliability

Job description

Overview

Do you have a passion for supporting people living with epilepsy, their Carers and families? Do you want to be apart of making a difference to people’s daily lives? If so we have an excellent opportunity for you to be apart of our Quarriers Epilepsy Outreach service!

Your new opportunity

Quarriers Epilepsy outreach service is currently recruiting for a full time Epilepsy Community Outreach Worker across in North Aberdeenshire. The successful candidate will work closely with people who are living with epilepsy as well as their friends and families, providing daily support on an individual basis.

You will be required to create a clinical liaison service with identified epilepsy clinics & GP practices, as well as care managers and key workers in the area and monitor primary and community care services, with the aim of raising standards of health and social care for people living with epilepsy.

This full time (37 hours) temporary role until at least April 2026 and will be based within the North Aberdeenshire area. It will involve some travel around Aberdeenshire and beyond with paid expenses.

You will work from home with the support of a small team of motivated and knowledgeable professionals and will have access to office space. This role involves general office hours with occasional evenings and some weekend work where required.

Full training will be given to the successful candidate.

This is a funded post which we have provided for the last 4 years, we believe this role should be extended past April 2026.

Responsibilities

• Work from home with a small team to support people living with epilepsy and their families.
• Create a clinical liaison service with epilepsy clinics, GP practices, care managers and key workers.
• Monitor primary and community care services to raise standards of health and social care for people living with epilepsy.
• Travel around Aberdeenshire and beyond as required, with paid expenses.
• Engage with identified clinics and practices to improve service delivery.

What you will need to bring to the role

• Compassion and kindness to support people in their day to day lives.
• Enthusiasm and self-motivation.
• Able to apply transferable life experience and skills to support and enable individuals.
• Excellent problem solver who is driven by positive outcomes.
• Resilient, reliable and an excellent listener.
• Good IT & communication skills.
• A full driving license and access to your own transport is essential.

What’s in it for you?

• Opportunity to gain SVQ qualifications via our SVQ accredited centre.
• Generous holiday entitlement, 29 annual holiday days + 4 public holidays for support staff, rising to 34 days annual leave and 4 public holidays after 5 years.
• Training, support, learning and development.
• Opportunity to make a difference to someone’s life.
• Family friendly working policies and procedures.
• HSF Health Cash Plans.
• 24/7 free and confidential Employee Assistance programme.
• £500 refer a friend scheme (t&c’s apply)
• Life Assurance Benefit.
• Workplace Pension.
• Registered with Concert for Carers.
• Access to health services free of charge (physiotherapy & occupational health)
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Christmas saving scheme.

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

Where applicable, successful candidates will be required to register with the SSSC within three months of start date.

Quarriers have Investors in People Platinum accreditation.