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From 1st April 2026, our pay rate starts at £13.45 per hour ((£27,277 per annum full-time) for supported living roles, with a generous benefits package. You can find out more about working with us here.
Many of our supported living vacancies are personalised - written with the person we support. Because of this, you’ll see quite a lot of vacancies in our list below.
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Thistle Academy is currently recruiting too! We’re looking for people returning to or looking for a career in social care. Find out more about our fully paid 4-week training programme, here.
Thistle holds a UKVI sponsor license but is not currently considering new applicants requiring sponsorship as part of the recruitment process. Thistle has a limited number of certificates of sponsorship available and we are currently prioritising existing employees.
Applicants whose eligibility to work in the UK expires within the first 12 months of their expected start date will be required to confirm how they intend to demonstrate their ongoing right to work in the UK beyond their visa expiry date.
For applicants sponsored by another employer required to work full-time for their employer, Thistle will only consider these applicants for Pool/Bank shifts. This is not applicable to applicants whose employer has had their sponsor license revoked and who have had notification that their visa will be revoked.
Location: Midlothian GP Practices
Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time
Closing Date: 12 July 2026
Salary: £30,356 full-time
Overview:
We are looking for a full time Practitioner to join Thistle’s Wellbeing teams located in Midlothian GP Practices.
- Are you a health and social care practitioner with experience of supporting people living with Long Term physical and mental Health Conditions to self-manage?
- Do you cope well supporting vulnerable people who experience significant psychosocial barriers and health inequalities?
- Do you believe people have strengths, are resilient and are experts in their own lives?
- Do you thrive working autonomously in the community setting?
- Do you have good solution focused coaching and group facilitation skills?
If you do, then we would like to hear from you!
For further information please view the role profile here.
Job Ref: HWBP263
Location: Craigmillar
Contract Type: Permanent - Part Time
Closing Date: 01 July 2026
Salary: From 1st April 2026, starting salary £13.45 per hour (£27,277 per annum (FTE)) rising to £13.55 per hour (£27,479 FTE)).
Overview:
About this opportunity
We are looking for people to fill a variety of roles. This can include personal care, driving, and sleepovers/waking nights. We are looking for several part time staff who can work flexibly, creatively and can use their initiative to seek out different opportunities to enable people to live their best life. There are various hours available between 10hrs -20hrs per week.
If you’re passionate about what matters to people and to supporting someone to live a good life, we’d love to hear from you.
Applicants must have or be willing to work towards a qualification meeting the standards required for registration with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC)
Please click here for the full job description.
Job ref: PA251
Location: Craigmillar
Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time, Permanent - Part Time
Closing Date: 01 July 2026
Salary: From 1st April 2026, starting salary £13.45 per hour (£27,277 per annum (FTE)) rising to £13.55 per hour (£27,479 FTE)
Overview:
Job Details
Are you patient, understanding and passionate about making a difference?
Nicola is looking for dedicated and compassionate support staff to help her transition from living with her parents into her own home, a truly exciting and significant milestone in her life.
About this opportunity
Nicola is a happy, friendly and energetic young person who will be finishing school at the end of June and beginning an important new chapter. She is developing her independence and, with the right support and encouragement, can achieve great things.
Nicola enjoys a range of activities, including:
- Swimming
- Trampolining
- Baking
- Eating out, especially at a carvery
She can be very independent with some support, but benefits from regular encouragement to help her build confidence and try new things.
If you would like an informal chat about this vacancy, please contact
Please click here for the full job description.
Job ref: NS261
Location: Muirhouse
Contract Type: Permanent - Part Time
Closing Date: 01 July 2026
Salary: From 1st April 2026, starting salary £13.45 per hour (£27,277 per annum (FTE)) rising to £13.55 per hour (£27,479 FTE)).
Overview:
About this opportunity
Join a team supporting two creative people who love getting out and about and going places. They enjoy chatting and having a laugh whilst going out to their favourite café’s for lunch, supermarket trips and visits to yoga and dance classes. Support at times requires arranging and attending medical appointments, arranging social meet ups with friends as well as housing support and cleaning tasks.
They love a laugh and a chat so work well with people who can share that with them.
You would be joining a small, personalised team and you would be expected to take part in the additional responsibilities that come with this, such as rota planning, attending meetings and planning sessions, supporting the siblings to achieve their outcomes, and carrying out a share of admin tasks for the team as required. Time for these tasks is built into your contracted hours
If you would like an informal chat about this vacancy, please contact melanie.caplan@thistle.org.uk
Job Ref: LKKC261
Location: Prestonfield
Contract Type: Permanent - Part Time
Closing Date: 05 August 2026
Salary: Salary: From 1st April 2026, £13.45 per hour
Overview:
Job Details
We are looking for a lively and positive female* to join the team of a wonderfully vibrant, funny, and highly sociable woman. She is a natural conversationalist who loves to crack jokes and finds immense joy in feeling connected to the people and community around her. Guided by her favourite personal motto "there’s only one way and that’s forward" she approaches life with infectious optimism.
This woman is highly family orientated and loves spending quality time with her sisters, her daughter and her grandson. She enjoys shopping, eating out at cafes, cooking hearty meals, tackling crosswords, watching game shows and singing karaoke. She also loves a bit of friendly competition and regularly plays Scrabble with her support team.
About this opportunity
This role is all about companionship and helping this individual to live her life to the absolute fullest.
The ideal team member will be a person who is social, who genuinely enjoys engaging with others and who cares about being connected to community life. It is the small moments that matter to her for example, striking up a good conversation and cracking a joke with members of the public whilst waiting on a bus.
*Exemption under Equality Act 2010
Job Ref: DM262
Location: Craigmillar
Contract Type: Permanent - Part Time
Closing Date: 01 July 2026
Salary: From 1st April 2026, starting salary £13.45 per hour (£27,277 per annum (FTE)) rising to £13.55 per hour (£27,479 FTE)).
Overview:
About this opportunity
This gentleman has a great sense of humour, loves being out and about, working and socialising. He currently works part time, so his team support him there as well.
He is very passionate about technology and his car. It is essential that his team members are drivers.
If you would like to be part of a team that would work together to enable this gentleman to lead a good life, this role could be for you.
If you would like an informal chat about this vacancy, please contact
Please click here for the full job description.
Job Ref: SD261
Location: Morningside
Contract Type: Permanent - Part Time
Closing Date: 01 July 2026
Salary: From 1st April 2026, starting salary £13.45 per hour (£27,277 per annum (FTE)) rising to £13.55 per hour (£27,479 FTE)).
Overview:
About this opportunity
Please note that a full clean driving manual licence is essential for this position.
We are looking for an exceptional Female* Wellbeing Practitioner who is willing to join a Team which is dedicated to supporting a woman who loves her own home and has an active and fun-filled community life which she requires careful support to enjoy to the full. Therefore, we are looking for a person who is flexible, resilient and creative to support her to build her life. You will join a dedicated and committed small team who work in shifts on a 24/7 basis to ensure that the lady in question receives the highest quality of support. The team also cover each other’s annual and sick leave as required. An on-call system is also in place to ensure that the woman always has her own staff if someone is suddenly off sick. There is a payment attached to this.
If you would like an informal chat about this vacancy please contact: Jackie.Deans@thistle.org.uk
Please click here for the full role profile.
Job ref: KL261
