Service Development Facilitator

Thistle Foundation; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Thistle Foundation is seeking a Service Development Facilitator in Craigmillar to help design and develop support for people with disabilities in Supported Living teams. The role focuses on delivering person-centred support, working across multi-disciplinary teams and improving practice within our services.

You will intensively support new and established teams to embed excellent person-centred practice, respond to a rapidly changing environment, and help people achieve what matters most to

Qualifications

• Experience delivering person-centred support.
• Ability to work across multi-disciplinary teams.
• Commitment to Supported Living values.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop support for people with disabilities within Supported Living teams.
• Intensively support new and established teams to embed person-centred practice and respond to changing environments.

Skills

Person-centred support

Multi-disciplinary teams

Supported Living

Collaboration

Job description

Service Development Facilitator

Location: Craigmillar

Salary: £39,016 FTE, plus generous benefits package.

Vacancy Type: Permanent, Full Time (39 hours per week)

Thistle aims to support individuals, families and communities to maximise their potential and achieve the best possible quality of life.

Contributing to the design and development of support for people with disabilities whose behaviour may often be labelled as “difficult” or “challenging”, successful candidates will be skilled in delivering excellent person-centred support, collaborative working across multi-disciplinary teams and supporting the development of excellent person-centred practice within Supported Living teams.

Working within Thistle's Service Development Team your role will be to intensively support new and established Supported Living teams to embed excellent person-centred practice, to be responsive in a rapidly changing environment, and to support people with disabilities to achieving the things that matter most to them in their lives.

Closing date for receipt of completed applications 3rd November #removed#pm

Stage 1 of the recruitment process will take place on week beginning 9th November 2026

Stage 2 of the recruitment process will take place on week beginning 16th November 2026