L'Arche-Edinburgh

Deputy Support and Care Leader

Full-time, permanent role, £22,189 – £23,106 L’Arche has been providing support and care services to adults with learning disabilities in Edinburgh for over 30 years. We are a community of around 80 people, part of an international federation of around 150 communities around the world. We provide registered supported living services from 4 locations in the Leith and Restalrig areas of Edinburgh. Read more
What is L'Arche

At L’Arche Edinburgh we celebrate people with learning disabilities and build circles of support around them. We go beyond basic needs to attend to people’s emotional and spiritual lives. Read more
Community life

What makes L’Arche different is the attention we pay to building relationships and creating a sense of belonging within our Communities. Read more
Join us as an assistant

Spend a year as an assistant at L'Arche Edinburgh and we will give you an experience of difference that will change your life. Read more

Building Community with people with learning disabilities in Edinburgh

How we help

Shared living

We have three houses in the Leith and Restalrig areas of Edinburgh where people with learning disabilities and assistants live together.

Independent Living

Four of our core members live in their own flats in Leith, with a team of assistants providing visiting and sleepover support to meet each person’s individual needs.

Join us

Why volunteer

We are always interested in welcoming people who want to participate in the life of the community.

Current vacancies

There are two ways to work in a L’Arche community; either as a residential assistant or a non-residential assistant.

Help support our work

L'Arche is a collaboration of people's gifts, expertise, resources and time. We bring people together who are not prepared to accept the status quo, but instead are inspired to want more for people with learning disabilities, and for society. Please help us to transform lives today.

Vacancies

Deputy Support and Care Leader

Full-time, permanent role, £22,189 – £23,106 L’Arche has been providing support and care services to adults with learning disabilities in Edinburgh for over 30 years. We are a community of around 80 people, part of an international federation of around 150 communities around the world. We provide registered supported living services from 4 locations in the Leith and Restalrig areas of Edinburgh. Read more