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As part of the Scottish Government’s Support in the Right Direction Initiative, Carr Gomm’s Community Contacts provides a helping hand with Self-Directed Support (SDS). Working across communities in Argyll & Bute and Highland Council areas, Community Contacts’ two teams offer information, advice and person-centred support to assist people throughout the SDS process. The Role As our Project Manager for Community Contacts, you will lead two small teams of home based Specialist Project Workers to raise the profile of SDS across all Argyll & Bute and Highland Council areas. Managing Specialist Project Workers to build and maintain relationships and networks within communities across both areas will be a central part of the role. Equally, you will develop your own expertise in SDS to enable your teams to deliver accurate advice and information to assist people and their families with making decisions around social care support. Putting people and their wishes at the heart of your work is key to enabling you to lead teams which put the human rights ethos of SDS into practice. Equally, you are a realist who will support your teams to offer the best possible service within the resources available. You will have an appreciation of the complexities and challenges people face when living with disability, long-term health conditions or as a carer and you will have experience of working creatively to address these. An ability to build rapport and to communicate with all sorts of people in different settings is essential. Equally you will have energy to drive forward the ambitions of the Scottish Government’s SDS plans to enable people more choice and control with their social care support in line with Carr Gomm’s values. The Candidate For Carr Gomm, successful Community Project Managers can come from different backgrounds and have a range of work and life experiences, but all have a flair for engaging with and relating to people, a desire to make things happen, an ability to plan, implement and react effectively as ideas progress. In our eyes, the best Project Managers are self-motivated diplomats, whose analytical skills enable them to see the bigger picture and suggest next steps, in a collaborative way, to support dynamic progress. You will be as focussed on what your teams require to function at their best as you are on the needs and interests of people we all support. You will be an excellent reporter, who uses stories and statistics to demonstrate the successes of Community Contacts with a range of audiences. For more information about this role please see the attached job description Closing date: 11/05/2023 Interview dates: 19/5/23 (part 1) 24/5/23 (part 2)- shortlisted candidates may be required for both dates

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