After 25 years of dedicated service at Turning Point Scotland, Lorna Adams has decided to begin her retirement. Lorna left the organisation in April as an experienced Service Manager working for many years at Learning Disability services in Dumfries and Galloway. In her own words Lorna shares some thoughts on [...]
Turning Point Scotland’s new Service Manager, Rebecca Queen, is navigating a busy month after starting a job while finalising her preparations to run the Edinburgh Marathon this weekend. Rebecca credits organisational values and a tour of Learning Disability service, Hera Grange, as two significant reasons for her decision to join [...]
Turning Point Scotland regrets to announce that Rosies Social Enterprises will close at the end of June. Due to a significant decrease in available funding, it is not possible to continue operating the service. For over 25 years, Rosie’s has been an important part of the Aberdeen community. The service [...]
On Thursday 14th May, TPS Connects hosted its first West Coast Social Event. People we support, alongside staff from South Ayrshire, Inverclyde, Renfrewshire, Dumfries and Galloway, and North Lanarkshire Learning Disability services, came together for a day of socialising, activities and meaningful discussions about how Turning Point Scotland can continue [...]
The greatest reward of nursing for Joan Sands is seeing the positive impact her work has on overall health of the people supported by Turning Point Scotland. Joan has worked for the social care charity for more than a decade and is currently the Lead Nurse at the Glasgow Alcohol [...]
Workshops for an innovative pilot project by Turning Point Scotland, in partnership with Fife Council, have reached the halfway mark. Work began on the Ask and Act Committed pilot at the beginning of the year and will continue until December to test the implementation of new Ask and Act duties. [...]
Senior Nurse, Alison Robertson-Brown has dedicated her career of more than 20 years to caring for people supported by Turning Point Scotland’s Alcohol and Other Drugs services. Working at the Glasgow Alcohol and Drug Recovery Residential Stabilisation Service (GADRRS), “no two days are the same”, according to Alison. One moment [...]
The nursing expertise within Turning Point Scotland that arguably sets the services of the social care charity apart from peers, is led by Head of Clinical and Care Governance, Mandy Ramsay. Mandy came to work for Turning Point Scotland after learning the organisation was looking at governance and clinical management [...]