Current Opportunities

📍Location: Thornliebank

🕒 Hours: Various, up to 40 per week. Sleepovers and wakened night shift.

💷Salary: £13.45 per hour.

Cosgrove Care is a vibrant Scottish charity with a strong vision and commitment to the very best support for children, young people, and adults with a range of needs. We are a friendly, ambitious, and innovative in our approach, helping the people we support live their very best lives.

As part of our Support Living services, we provide 24-hour, day-to-day support tailored to each individual’s needs. Our dedicated team works closely with people to promote independence, dignity, and choice, while always ensuring safety and well-being. We focus on enabling people to enjoy meaningful lives, take part in activities they value, and feel included in their communities.

We are seeking caring, dependable and enthusiastic Female Support Workers to provide dedicated one-to-one support to two individuals with complex health and support needs. This is a meaningful role where you will have the opportunity to make a positive impact each day by delivering consistent, person-centred care.

Martha enjoys many activities and requires support workers who are confident, outgoing and inclusion focused. She also needs sensitive and proactive support, that can respond to her when things get tough. Martha needs help to get used to living with a new housemate and to  promote her independence in the home and in her local community.

This is an exciting time for Ramona, she is transitioning from her childhood home to her new shared home. Her home has been specifically adapted to ensure it meets her needs and you will support her to get used to living in a new home, living with a new housemate whilst maintaining her usual activities.

About the Role: 

You will be supporting these individuals to live a fulfilling and meaningful life, with dignity, safety, and respect at the heart of everything you do. Your role will include:

• Providing consistent and adaptable support across all aspects of daily living.
• Encouraging positive behaviour and safe risk-taking through a calm, proactive approach.
• Supporting communication needs with patience, empathy, and creativity.
• Delivering personal care and assistance with moving and handling in a safe and respectful way.
• Working collaboratively as part of a support team to achieve a consistent approach.
• Encouraging and joining in with interests such as much, dance, swimming, reading, social activities, exploring nature, keeping fit/sports and enjoying light-hearted TV/films.
• Supporting Ramona and Martha to have a warm, friendly and interactive home.

About You

• We are looking for someone who is:
• Adaptable, empathetic, attentive and confident.
• A good communicator who can respond to both verbal and non-verbal communication.
• Patient, calm under pressure, and able to work positively in challenging situations
• Fun, friendly, outgoing , with a good sense of humour
• Proactive and reflective, always keen to learn and improve support.
• Physically able to assist with moving and handling safely.
• We are looking for a compassionate staff who place dignity, respect, and person-centred support at the heart of everything they do.

Essential Requirements

• Minimum 1 year of experience in care/support work
• Full UK driving licence (Preferred but not essential)
• Confident with moving and handling practices. (training will be provided)

What We Offer

• £13.45 per hour
• Paid training & induction programme
• A shift pattern that maximises your time off and annual leave
• Continued support and career development
• Help with your SSSC registration

If you are caring, reliable, and enjoy bringing positivity and fun into your work, we would love to hear from you!

How to Apply

📞 For more information or to request an application pack, call 0141 620 2500 (select option 5)

📨Or email us at recruitment@cosgrovecare.org.uk.

Closing Date for Applications: 10/04/2026

📌 Location: Arnside, Giffnock

📌 Salary: £29,744 per annum plus on-call allowance.

📌 Hours: 35 hours per week plus the expectation of evening and weekend as required.

Are you looking for your next challenge in social care? Are you experienced in social care service management? 

We are looking for an exceptional individual to lead and manage a supported living service in Giffnock, Glasgow. 

This is a fantastic opportunity to provide leadership, overight and direction to a dedicated team and work with the broader multi-disciplinary, multi-agency team to ensure support, protocols and systems are in place to allow the individuals to live a safe, full life in the community. 

The accommodation comprises of 4 individual flats with up to 4 individuals within the flats. There is a large, committed staff team who would welcome a strong leader who can provide on site leadership and direction to ensure that all supported individuals are receiving the best quality care and support. 

We are looking for a special type of person who can juggle different priorities, while at the same time ensuring that a personal service is being delivered to the supported individuals. If you have the values, the leadership skills, drive and energy – we will support you to make the most of your career in social care, knowing you are making a difference every day.

If you are looking for a hands-on role, to demonstrate your creativity and initiative and can work flexibly as part of a multi-disciplinary team – this is the job for you!

Reporting to the Head of Operations, and in collaboration with your line manager – Operational Manger, you will drive the development of the service, support transitions for people moving to their new home and ensure that the varying health and support needs of individuals are responded to.

You may not feel that you meet the essential criteria of the the role, however we encourage you to apply if you have transferrable skills and experience gained in a different setting. If you have experience of working with people / families, leadership and have enthusiasm for the role, we would love to hear from you!

To request an application pack, contact us on 0141 620 2500 (Selecting option 5) or email us at recruitment@cosgrovecare.org.uk, or if you would like an informal chat about the vacancy, please contact Jane English jenglish@cosgrovecare.org.uk and she will arrange a suitable time to discuss.

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATION FRIDAY 29th MAY 2026

Are you a caring, highly motivated person who would like to work in an environment that enriches the lives of others? If the answer to this yes, then we could provide the solution.

Cosgrove is a leading learning disability charity dedicated to helping with additional support needs to fulfil their ambitions and achieve their goals. We provide a care at home service in Giffnock and surrounding areas. We deliver innovative services, which empower people to increase their independence and improve their opportunities in life.

We are recruiting peripatetic workers who, on a rotational basis will provide support across all our services to ensure that our dedicated staff are getting appropriate meal and wellbeing breaks during long shifts.

Mid-week, the support would be provided between the hours of 11am and 2:30pm and at the weekend, between 11am and 6pm.

As our ideal candidate, you will have wide ranging experience of supporting individuals, ability to work on your own while effectively communicating with a wider team of colleagues. You should have an outgoing and positive personality and be adaptable and responsive with a can-do attitude.

To navigate our estate and get to your services timeously, you will have access to a fleet car, so a full UK driving licence is essential for this role.

The successful candidate will be required to be a member or make an application for the PVG scheme and undertake registration with the SSSC.

📌 Rate of Pay: £13.45 per hour. 

Positions available:

Midweek role – 16.5 hours per week

Weekend role – 14 hours per week

We would consider merging these vacancies and offering a job share post to combine weekend and mid-week working on a rotational basis for the right candidates. 

It is desirable, but not essential that the successful candidate will have: 

• A relevant SVQ2 in Health and Social Care, Promoting Independence (or equivalent) or have the ability to progress to such a qualification.
• Previous experience with supporting adults in a care-at-home setting or adults with additional needs.

If you would like an application pack to be posted or emailed please call 0141 620 2500 or email us at recruitment@cosgrovecare.org.uk

Are you passionate about enriching lives and empowering others to reach their full potential? Join Cosgrove, a leading learning disability charity, where your work truly matters.

We’re looking for dedicated, compassionate Support Workers to join our Adults Outreach Services team. You’ll play a vital role in helping adults with additional support needs explore new opportunities, learn new skills and build meaningful lives based on their own individual goals.

What you’ll do:

• Support individuals to live independently, learn new skills, and achieve personal outcomes.
• Help plan and take part in engaging, meaningful activities that promote confidence and wellbeing
• Be a trusted companion and advocate, making a lasting impact in someone’s life.

What we’re Looking for:

• A person-centred, creative approach to support
• Empathy, patience and great communication skills
• Flexibility to work evenings, weekends and may be asked to support people we support on holiday.

Desirable Skills:

• SVQ3 in Health and Social Care or Promoting Independence (or willingness to work towards it)
• Experience supporting adults or children with additional needs

Job Details:

• Salary: £13.45/ hour
• PVG Scheme Membership and SSSC Registration Award required
• We have a number of flexible contracts to suit your neeeds and can be discussed at interview
• You must have the right to work in the UK and we are not offering sponsorships

How to Apply:

To request an application pack call our head office at 0141 620 2500 or email our Recruitment Team at recruitment@cosgrovecare.org.uk

Salary: £13.45 per hour

Hours: 9.45am-4.30pm Saturday and/or Sunday

Are you enthusiastic, compassionate, creative?  Do you work well in a team? 

If so, this is a fantastic opportunity, and we want to hear from you!

Cosgrove Care is a vibrant Scottish Charity with a strong vision and commitment to delivering the very best support for children, young people and adults who have additional support needs.  We are friendly, ambitious, and innovative in our approach to helping the people we support to live their best lives.

We are looking for support workers to join our group-based programme for children and young people who have additional support needs.

The role involves:

• Providing 1:1 child centered support within a small group setting
• Promoting and supporting different methods of communication
• Accessing a range of varied activities in a safe nurtured environment
• Promoting an active lifestyle with physical activity
• Meeting sensory needs through creative play
• Encouraging choices within activity for child led play
• Adhering to robust infection control measures

Previous experience would be an advantage, however full training and support will be provided. The successful candidate will be required to be a member or to make an application for the PVG scheme and undertake registration with the SSSC.

For informal enquiries please contact Heather Rankin, or to apply please request an application pack on 0141 620 2500 (selecting option 6) or email us at hr@cosgrovecare.org.uk