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 [...]
Turning Point Scotland continue to ensure employees are valued and our anti-discriminatory practices are emphasised in our culture. We have no gap in pay between men and women. Our mean gap is 1% and our median gap is 0%. The figures and the accompanying written statements can be read in [...]
Turning Point Scotland has released Five Asks of the next Scottish Government, which if actioned, the leading social care charity believes would transform the delivery of social care services. Turning Point Scotland provides high-quality services like this across the country in the sectors of Alcohol and Other Drugs, Homelessness and [...]
Turning Point Scotland South Ayrshire Learning Disability Service is entering an exciting new phase of growth and is inviting members of the local community to consider joining its dedicated team. As Scotland’s leading social care provider, Turning Point Scotland has a long and proud history of supporting people to live [...]
Our Alcohol and Other Drugs staff recently came together at The Social Hub for an inspiring staff event, built around the theme “Empowering Our Unique Practice.” The day provided an opportunity to connect, reflect, and celebrate the skills that make our people valuable. Through a lively speed networking session to [...]
Turning Point Scotland is a leading social care charity operating 42 services across Scotland. We are currently looking for an agency or a small number of agencies to provide agency worker services for Clinical & Care (support practitioners, lead practitioners and nurses), administrators and ancillary (security, maintenance, cleaning, catering) and [...]