Jobs in Aberdeen

Gen+ is a charity organization that aims to build meta-skills capacity for every pupil and their teacher in Scotland. Our mission is to equip young people with timeless and transferable skills that will help them learn, lead, and thrive in any area of learning, work, and life. With a focus on developing communication, collaboration, initiative, organization, resilience, and leadership skills, our world-leading digital platform engages learners with fun and interactive lessons to unlock their full potential. Teachers lead pupils through the digital platform in a blended learning model, and also benefit from Gen+ Teach, which provides transformative and innovative teacher professional development to support, equip and inspire our leaders of learning.

We are now expanding our current reach from 11 schools this year, and are now embedding the Gen+ Leaders programme within schools in the North East, Angus and Perth regions. We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced individual to join our team as a School Liaison Coordinator for the Aberdeen region so that schools in the North East, Angus and Perth can become Gen+ schools of excellence.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for training teaching staff in the region, and acting as the on-the-ground liaison between school staff and the Gen+ team.

You will also be responsible for gathering high-quality feedback from pupils and staff, to support the programme’s evidence and impact work on the ground. In addition, you will train teachers and teach lessons to model best practices for how teachers can deliver the programme. You will also support the embedding of Gen+ Teach within schools' CPD plans.

If you are enthusiastic, innovative, and committed to making a positive impact on young people's lives, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity to transform Scottish education.

Key Responsibilities

• Training of teaching staff
• Manage and run the Gen+ Meta-Skills Leaders Programme
• Act as the on the ground liaison between school staff and the Gen+ team
• Responsible for gathering/ensuring the completion of feedback from pupils and staff
• Implement a cohesive and consistent system for feedback collection and collation
• Gather case studies
• Support the programme evidence and impact work on the ground
• Teaching lessons to model how teachers can deliver the programme
• Support the embedding of the Gen+ programme
• Ensuring visibility of Gen+ across the schools within the buildings and digitally
• Collecting and sharing success stories to be developed as digital stories for social media
• Connect and build relationships with DYW and SDS coordinators and other organisations TBD to collaborate where appropriate
• Create social media content to amplify Gen+ school activity
• Support the embedding of Gen+ teach within schools’ CPD plans, this inludes helping to deliver webinars and in person events and stimulating peer and school to school networking
• Coordinate and support testing of new materials and programmes
• Assist in the collection of data for programme reporting
• To carry out other such appropriate duties that maybe reasonably required to successfully carry out the role
• Support the wider team as and when required

Skills & Experience required

• Previous experience of working in a youth/school/learning and development setting
• Experience in project management or coordination – ability to manage a range of tasks concurrently
• Admin – data collection, collating information, report writing
• Minimum three years’ work experience
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft 365
• Good interpersonal and communication skill
• Excellent organisational skills
• Good literacy and numeracy skills
• Able to effectively develop and deliver content to a diverse group of people
• Able to work as part of a team
• Able to work effectively under pressure and prioritise workload
• Able to use own initiative and work flexibly
• Suitable to work with children, young people & vulnerable adults

What’s in it for you

• 30 days holiday rising with length of service
• Company car
• Employee discounts & lease cars options through the PV Cares scheme
• High Flyer Incentives – would you like to win a trip to Vegas?
• Generous Colleague Referral Scheme
• Free uniform provided
• Lunch on us - complimentary lunch once a week
• Pension & Life Assurance
• Enhanced maternity & paternity leave
• Access to the PV Wellbeing Centre – MOT & In house counselling services
• Colleague events – Family Fun Day, Annual ball, Christmas party - yes we like to have fun!

Every day people with chest, heart and stroke conditions are leaving hospital scared and alone. You can be part of our mission to make sure that there is no life half lived in Scotland.

By joining Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) as a Community Support Services Manager you can be the difference between people just surviving and really living.

You will be part of Scotland’s leading charity providing support to people with chest, heart and stroke conditions to live life to the full again. Our Hospital to Home services form a nationwide network of local support groups, nurses, volunteers and one-to-one support teams helping families adjust to life with a heart or lung condition or after a stroke.

We offer vital advice, support and information to those with chest, heart, stroke and long covid conditions so that they can live their best lives, manage their condition and influence public policy to ensure that people get the services that they need. Our renewed ambition is to become Scotland’s leading organisation for person-centred, user-led community support for people with our health conditions.

The purpose of this role is to lead the delivery and ongoing development of CHSS community-based support services in the North of Scotland, with a focus on enabling people with our conditions to live with and beyond their new reality and self-manage their condition.

The postholder will manage a team of Community Support Coordinators across Grampian, Highlands and Islands and will be a visible and vocal advocate for the charity to maintain our position as the key 3rd sector partner within geographic systems of health and social care.

The postholder will demonstrate the impact of our services and develop and maintain local and national relationships to ensure the long-term success of the charity and the delivery of our No Life Half Lived Strategy.

Please see the role profile to view the key accountabilities, key challenges and required skills and experience.

CHSS employees enjoy a variety of organisational benefits including: Company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance, company sick pay, employee welfare support and life assurance.

CHSS also supports flexible recruitment through Working Families and we are “Happy to Talk Flexible Working”.

In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a Basic Disclosure check. CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. We therefore aim to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.

Do you have a good understanding of how the housing emergency is affecting people in Scotland and experience of working with people who are experts through their lived experience of homelessness or bad housing? Then join Shelter Scotland as a Lived Experience Coordinator and you could soon be playing a vital role in helping us to deliver our strategic plan.

About Shelter Scotland

A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet over a million people in Scotland struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change, with individuals, in communities, across society, and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

At Shelter Scotland we are united by our purpose to defend the right to a safe home. Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. We believe that to win that fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement for change. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent.

We have committed to combat racism both within and outside Shelter Scotland and welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.

About the role

As a Lived Experience Coordinator, you’ll be key in providing the lived experience evidence needed to deliver the objectives in our strategic plan. Building on the learning from our recent Time for Change work, we’ll rely on you to ensure that lived experience is at the heart of all our work. You’ll also be responsible for seeing that our approach is consistent and underpins and supports the strategy and that our Lived Experience work better represents the diverse range of people affected by the housing crisis in Scotland. In short, you’ll make sure that every interaction, every real story, every breach and every event counts in our fight for people’s right to a home.

About you

To succeed, you’ll need relevant experience that includes having developed a plan for service activity or experience of service design. You’ll also need to be used to working with a variety of internal and external stakeholders and the communication skills to present information and arguments in a clear and compelling way. The ability to listen to, engage and empower individuals is essential too, as is a flair for solving problems creatively and enthusiasm for delivering workshops and presentations. Comfortable collaborating with people from other teams, you have a flexible approach, plus great time management skills when tackling a range of tasks with varied responsibilities. Last but not least, you’re proficient using Microsoft Word, Excel, e-mail and internet.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter Scotland helps over half a million people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help.

To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter Scotland please visit our website. Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Safeguarding is everyone’s business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Do you have strong administrative and office IT skills, plus proven experience of experience of planning and coordinating events logistics across a whole event’s lifecycle, including providing on-the-ground event support? Then join Shelter as a Corporate Volunteering Administrator and you could soon be playing a vital support role within our Corporate Volunteering team.

About Shelter

A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change, with individuals, in communities, across society, and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

At Shelter we are united by our purpose to defend the right to a safe home. Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. We believe that to win that fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement for change. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent.

We have committed to combat racism both within and outside Shelter and welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.

About the team

Part of our Equity, Inclusion & Culture Directorate, the Volunteering team is passionate about the positive impacts of volunteering for both individuals and organisations. Collaborative and supportive, we believe that volunteers are a vital part of our growing movement for change. Corporate Volunteering is key to helping us win and maintain high value partnerships. We have successfully developed and extended long-term, sector-leading partnerships with companies including HSBC UK, B&Q, M&S and Network Rail across England and Scotland. And, in 2022, around 300 corporate volunteers contributed 1,000 hours as part of our fight against the housing emergency.

About the role

We are delighted to introduce this brand-new role, which will be integral in supporting the growth of corporate volunteering due to significant new partnerships, by providing general administrative support across the Corporate Volunteering Team. Among your challenges will be the need to co-ordinate the operational elements of corporate volunteering, including supporting the delivery of a range of corporate volunteering opportunities such as shop challenges, pop-up shops, mentoring, home makeovers and skill-sharing workshops. This will also involve coordinating the end-to-end delivery of volunteering activities, working with colleagues to plan and organise volunteering opportunities, setting up the volunteering database to manage volunteering activities, liaising with corporate volunteers to sign them up to opportunities and creating and delivering briefings to volunteers. In short you won’t be short of interest and variety.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

About you

Strong administration skills, excellent attention to detail and great people skills are essential to this role. We welcome applications from people who have not worked in the world of volunteering previously, as we’re happy to support your learning in this area. Comfortable taking ownership of processes and confident in your ability to introduce new ideas, methods or processes, you have great project coordination skills and work well in a fast-paced environment where handling multiple demands, planning ahead and prioritising your workload is key. A proactive approach, lots of initiative and a flair for applying logic and creativity to problem solving are all important too. So are excellent customer service and relationship building skills and the ability to drive communication to ensure timely delivery. Proficiency using Microsoft Office applications such as Word and Excel, SharePoint, Outlook is also required, together as is experience of using a database.

We understand that job security is a top concern for many people when considering their next career move. That's why we want to make sure that you know the full extent of the benefits that come with this fixed-term contract.

Although the contract offered currently has a set end date, we are committed to providing our employees with the same level of support and benefits that we offer our permanent staff. This includes access to training and development opportunities, a competitive salary and benefits package, and a supportive and inclusive work environment. Furthermore, you would be eligible for internal redeployment opportunities should the contract not be extended beyond its end date.

In fact, we are proud to say that our fixed-term employees often take advantage of the opportunity to gain valuable experience and build their skills in a dynamic and fast-paced environment. We are committed to helping our team members succeed and grow, and we believe that this commitment extends to all of our employees, regardless of their length of tenure.

So, if you're looking for a role that offers the benefits and support of a permanent position, along with the excitement and opportunity of a fixed-term contract, we encourage you to apply.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

Are you passionate about creating excellent volunteer experiences? Are you looking to use your skills in volunteer communication, training and engagement to make a difference? Then join Shelter as a Corporate Volunteering Experience Officer and you could soon be playing a vital role within our Corporate Volunteering team.

About Shelter

A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change, with individuals, in communities, across society, and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

At Shelter we are united by our purpose to defend the right to a safe home. Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. We believe that to win that fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement for change. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent.

We have committed to combat racism both within and outside Shelter and welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.

About the team

Part of our Equity, Inclusion & Culture Directorate, the Volunteering team is passionate about the positive impacts of volunteering for both individuals and organisations. Collaborative and supportive, we believe that volunteers are a vital part of our growing movement for change. Right now, we’re busy building a new Corporate Volunteering Team that sits within the wider Volunteering Team. We work closely with our High Value Partnerships team, which is responsible for generating income through partnerships with corporate organisations. Successes to date include developing and extending long-term, sector-leading partnerships with companies including HSBC UK, B&Q, M&S and Network Rail across England and Scotland. This is your opportunity to be part of our future success.

About the role

As a Corporate Volunteering Experience Officer, you’ll be instrumental in ensuring a quality corporate volunteering experience that equips volunteers and connects them with our cause. Day-to-day, you’ll be responsible for cohesively managing corporate volunteering journeys so that each volunteer is enabled to deliver. Indeed, we’ll rely on you to manage all resources and communications that directly support the corporate volunteer experience, including training delivery. That will involve managing a planned approach to updating and improving resources, as well as developing new resources and methods of engaging with volunteers. And, with an exciting expansion of our partnership with HSBC accompanied by ambitious volunteer engagement plans, you’ll be key to putting a training programme in place for HSBC volunteers too. Supporting an innovative volunteer mentoring offer, managing the recruitment, onboarding and ongoing support of volunteer mentors and developing and expanding mentoring opportunities – all are part of this exciting new role.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

About you

To succeed, you’ll need a background in supporting the implementation of best practice approaches to volunteering, particularly in volunteer induction, engagement, communication and learning and development. You’ll also need experience of designing and developing learning content, planning and delivering presentations and facilitating training and workshops. Confident and creative using a range of communication methods, you’re used to using the written word to engage audiences across different comms platforms too. What’s more, you have a proven ability to plan and coordinate projects and prioritise your workload, plus an innovative, solutions-focussed approach. You’re also comfortable working both on your own initiative and collaboratively and have the proficiency using Microsoft Office applications it takes to create engaging resources.

We understand that job security is a top concern for many people when considering their next career move. That's why we want to make sure that you know the full extent of the benefits that come with this fixed-term contract.

Although the contract offered currently has a set end date, we are committed to providing our employees with the same level of support and benefits that we offer our permanent staff. This includes access to training and development opportunities, a competitive salary and benefits package, and a supportive and inclusive work environment. Furthermore, you would be eligible for internal redeployment opportunities should the contract not be extended beyond its end date.

In fact, we are proud to say that our fixed-term employees often take advantage of the opportunity to gain valuable experience and build their skills in a dynamic and fast-paced environment. We are committed to helping our team members succeed and grow, and we believe that this commitment extends to all of our employees, regardless of their length of tenure.

So, if you're looking for a role that offers the benefits and support of a permanent position, along with the excitement and opportunity of a fixed-term contract, we encourage you to apply.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

and alone. You can be part of our mission to make sure that there is no life half lived in Scotland.

By joining Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) as a Community Stroke Nurse you can be the difference between people just surviving and really living.

You will be part of Scotland’s leading charity providing support to people with chest, heart and stroke conditions to live life to the full again. Our Hospital to Home services form a nationwide network of local support groups, nurses, volunteers and one-to-one support teams helping families adjust to life with a heart or lung condition or after a stroke.

The role of the Stroke Nurse is to facilitate a smooth transition from hospital back into the community, for people who have had a stroke and their families. The Stroke Nurse helps them adjust to the changes associated with the stroke, through the provision of information, advice and support.

We are seeking an enthusiastic individual who is organised and motivated, with good communication skills. Candidates must have a first level general nursing qualification and have a minimum of 3 years post-registration experience in either a hospital or community setting. Experience working with people affected by stroke is desirable.

CHSS employees enjoy a variety of organisational benefits including: Company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance, company sick pay, employee welfare support and life assurance.

For an informal discussion please contact Dawn Manders, CHSS Lead Stroke Nurse, Grampian, on 07918723772 or email: dawn.manders@chss.org.uk

CHSS also supports flexible recruitment through Working Families and we are “Happy to Talk Flexible Working”.

In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a Basic Disclosure check. CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. We therefore aim to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.

About Us

Camphill Estates (CRSE) is a Scottish charity (SC01265) which owns the land and property of five independent Camphill charities in Aberdeen City and Shire: Beannachar, Camphill School Aberdeen, Camphill Wellbeing Trust, Simeon Care for the Elderly and Tigh a’ Chomainn. The Fundraising Team provides the fundraising function to the first 4 charities in the list.

About Camphill:

Camphill is a worldwide movement with over 100 independent sustainable charities (often referred to as 'communities') that support individuals with additional support needs to lead meaningful lives.

The Role:

We are seeking a pro-active and highly motivated, results orientated fundraising professional to drive forward our corporate partnerships, community & events fundraising as well as supporting the wider fundraising function. You will work as part of a team helping to implement an effective fundraising strategy with innovative approaches and tried and tested techniques required to bring in funds from corporate partnerships, community, individuals and events. This is a new role in an established and growing Fundraising Team with significant capital fundraising ambitions and a strong track record of success.

The Opportunity:

This role offers an exciting challenge to be part of a high achieving, dynamic and fast paced team that supports multiple charities and is continually responding to new projects. We work with opportunities ranging from a few thousand pounds to a few million.

Each day is different with a range of new challenges to tackle with the ability to shape the direction and success of your portfolio. We have an open minded and inclusive culture that embraces new ideas and works collaboratively towards a common goal, sharing and celebrating successes together.

We are based on Murtle Estate, which leads the way on third sector sustainability practices. The beautiful Estate is set over 28 hectares, which includes a herd of Alpacas! We also often join various community events and festivals, really getting involved in the ethos of the Camphill movement.

By being based onsite and regularly traveling to each charity, you get to know and build relationships with the people you are supporting and can see first hand the real and lasting difference our funding makes. We are very fortunate to be able to physically show people what we do and not just talk about it – one of our greatest assets.

A full Job Description is available for download below.

Are you looking for a varied, interesting and rewarding role?

If you are, you may have found it!

Sunrise Partnership offers a free, confidential service in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire for children and young people up to age 18 who have been affected by loss and bereavement.

We are looking for an area manager to continue to develop and deliver Sunrise Partnership’s presence across North and Central Aberdeenshire, along with the other part time Area Manager. You will require a relevant professional qualification (eg social work, teaching, nursing, psychology) along with the appropriate skills and experience to work directly with bereaved children and young people. This will include one-to-one and group sessions. Excellent inter-personal and leadership skills are essential, as are a dynamic and self-motivated outlook.

This is a part time role (17.5 hours per week).

Are you passionate about tackling the climate emergency? Changeworks, Scotland’s leading environmental charity, is looking for a talented individual to join its industry-leading Technical Support Team.

The Role

Reporting to the Quality Assurance Manager you will work within the Technical Support Team to support the delivery of domestic retrofit projects, primarily being delivered in the Moray and Aberdeenshire local authority area. You will be responsible for carrying out site inspections on energy efficiency measures, low carbon heat and renewable installations. In this field-based role, you will be an expert in ensuring compliance with building standards, and accustomed to liaising with external stakeholders.

You will be a good communicator, used to working with both internal and external teams. You will be confident in working individually and have strong organisational and time management skills. You will provide a high level of customer service at all times and be comfortable offering energy advice to householders.

Benefits

Changeworks is a great place to work. We hold Investors in People Platinum accreditation (something only a few organisations in Scotland have), and we were nominated for employer of the year by the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce this year. Our staff overwhelmingly would recommend us as an employer too.

The Climate Emergency has resulted in ambitious national targets to reduce carbon emissions from the built environment and reduce rates of fuel poverty. This has driven a significant increase in the number of pilot and large-scale interventions delivered by Changeworks and external organisations in this area. These include area-based domestic energy efficiency retrofit and decarbonisation projects and programmes.

We are a growing organisation, and this role is crucial to the delivery of our ambitious objectives. We want to decarbonise homes in Scotland on a massive scale, and that needs talented individuals like you to help us deliver on our objectives.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits including flexible working, bike to work scheme, an excellent pension scheme and 26 days paid holiday plus 9 public holidays per year.

At Changeworks, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone.

Are you interested in utilising your nursing skills to provide specialist palliative nursing care to babies, children and young people within our CHAS at Home Service in Scotland’s national children’s hospice service?

We have a fantastic opportunity for a staff nurse to join our existing CHAS at Home team. The team are based in Aberdeen although work in the families homes providing the highest level of family centered care to support the needs of babies, children and young people with life shortening conditions and their families.

As a registered nurse with experience in paediatrics this is a great time to join our homecare team, not only because the Care Inspectorate reviewed us as an ‘Excellent’ service, but because we are currently expanding our CHAS at Home work to meet an increased need for families with a child who has a life shortening condition. We are looking for a nurse who is motivated, forward thinking and likes to have fun.

As a Staff Nurse within CHAS you will bring valuable experience to the team and be involved in providing specialist palliative care, end of life care for children and respite for the whole family. You will support families in making the most of the short time they have together. As well as managing a wide range of complex conditions, you’ll help create precious memories through play, arts and crafts and new experiences. You will have the opportunity to use your current knowledge and develop new skills by working alongside a highly motivated and skilled team, becoming part of an organisation where everyone is passionate about the work they do.

Role Responsibilities

• Provide specialist, person-centred palliative nursing care to children and young people

• Adapt care plans to meet complex needs of each individual.

• Provide nursing care at end of life and bereavement support.

• Provide emotional and practical support to the child and their family, ensuring contact is maintained between visits and that the wishes of the family are delivered.

• Mentor the Nursing Support Worker Team, students and nursing support volunteers.

• Participate in quality assurance and practice development activities with the view of achieving the organisational goals and objectives in the CHAS Strategic Plan.

Location

The post is based in Aberdeen.

Benefits of a Career at CHAS

• 35 days annual leave and progressively to 40 days after 5 years’ service. For applicants coming to CHAS from an existing NHS post, your accrued annual leave entitlement will be honoured.
• Free parking at all sites.
• Employee Referral Scheme.
• Essential Car User Allowance for certain job roles.
• Enhanced sick pay and progression to 26 weeks full pay. Twenty six and a half weeks, after 6 years.

Still have questions? For an informal chat regarding this post, please contact Michelle Henvey, Senior Charge Nurse for Chas at Home on 01577 866068.

Can you engage and inspire young people?

Do you have a creative facilitation style that leaves a lasting impression?

Then being a MyBnk Education Officer might be for you…

Background

MyBnk is the largest, specialist financial education charity for children and young people. We work in partnership with schools, youth organisations and local authorities and, increasingly, directly with young people, in-person, virtually and online. Our mission is to empower young people to take charge of their future to make money choices themselves. We are about ‘doing something that works’ not just ‘doing something’ and we are committed to the strongest evidence of impact.

Together with young people, we have created innovative, high impact and high energy workshops that bring money to life, covering topics such as saving, budgeting, debt, independent-living, and student finance. Under the Money Twist, Money Works and The Money House brands we build money knowledge, mind-sets and habits and embed skills to survive and thrive. We leverage our expertise in content and training to support partners and to create systemic change. We are the winners of the 2021 London Homelessness prevention award. Three quarters of our work is with young adults most in need.

Since 2007 we have helped over 290,000 young people. From this strong base, we have entered an exciting period of growth, taking our in-person programmes national, and adding online services accessed directly by young people.

MyBnk’s financial education is focused on Need:

• Young adults in the greatest need – Who cannot afford mistakes.

• School children with low financial capability – who need help most

The best times to make a difference:

• The very young – When habits are set.

• All young adults entering independence – Making choices now.

• Aged 11-16 increasingly engaging with money – Preparing for the future.

And on influencing key stakeholders:

• Government, commerce, partners

The Role

You will organise and deliver MyBnk’s programmes in youth organisations . While not geographically restricted, we envisage a majority of delivery to happen in Aberdeen City & shire, with some work reaching further afield. Programme delivery will be centred around supporting more in need young adults aged 16-25.

• Delivering MyBnk’s financial education programmes to a diverse range of young people aged 16-25 in youth settings across Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire. Effectively engaging learners with a style that is clear, concise, energetic and relevant
• Building and maintaining relationships with individual youth organisation, booking in programmes for you and others to deliver
• Delivering MyBnk programmes to a high standard, meeting the MyBnk quality standards and following the MyBnk education ethos
• Marking and internally verifying qualification work booklets
• Committing to become an expert in finance education by having excellent subject knowledge and continuing your professional development.

A full Job Description is available for download below.

An exciting new project where P2B will be working across Aberdeen City primaries with several position available.

As a Mental Health Practitioner/Counsellor, you will effectively manage all aspects of the Place2Be provision in partnership with the school ensuring that the children and young people are provided with therapeutic and emotional support, high quality clinical practice and delivery of a full and effective service in Place2Be schools. This includes undertaking clinical assessments and formulations.

Our teams provide a range of services in our partner schools to build resilience early in life through a range of universal and targeted interventions:

• therapeutic and psychoeducational group work
• brief structured one to one work
• digital platforms in partnership with external providers
• online and face to face parenting training and advice
• consultation with school staff

You will also undertake one to one or clinical or group work with children and/or young people and provide Place2Be services such as Place2Talk, Place2Think and Parent Partnership interventions as agreed with the Area Manager and school leadership team.

What difference will I make, working as a Mental Health Practitioner/Counsellor at Place2Be? - Watch our video to see how you can change the lives of primary and secondary school children all across the UK

You'll ensure high quality clinical practice and delivery of a full and effective service in Place2Be schools, by undertaking clinical assessments and formulations, identifying and delivering appropriate clinical interventions for children and young people, establishing positive, active and effective relationships with the school and Place2Be management team and actively participating in staff meetings to share best practice and develop clinical thinking, knowledge and learning.

Diversity and Inclusion

Place2Be is committed to equal opportunities and anti-discrimination practices and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. We are particularly interested in attracting applications from applicants from diverse groups.

Additionally, for our clinical roles we are particularly keen in attracting male candidates to reflect the diversity of the partner schools and communities we work in.

All successful applicants to clinical roles will be asked to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure from the DBS/PVG.

We are an organisation that is fully committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults and take this responsibility seriously.

About You

The successful candidate:

Will have a recognised counselling or therapy qualification with substantial post-qualifying experience, along with a good knowledge of the school environment. Most important of all is your approach; we are an exciting, dynamic organisation doing amazing work so we're looking for people with the enthusiasm and commitment to match our own.

You will:

• Hold a recognised clinical qualification (in counselling, psychotherapy, clinical psychology, Art/Dance/Drama/Music Therapy)
• Hold a recognised membership of a relevant professional body (e.g. BACP/UKCP/NCS/BPS/HCPC)
• Experience in a clinical role with experience and understanding of working with children, young people and schools
• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of the importance of embedding Assessment and Formulation in clinical practice
• Experience of safeguarding child protection procedures and policy and commitment to safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults
• Show an understanding of how to run an effective school based mental health project and managing and accounting for overall caseload
• Have previous experience in developing project plans into sensible, timely actions that meet the expectations of the school and more senior colleagues

We welcome applications from qualified counsellors who feel that although they may not meet all the requirements for this role, they have an energy and passion for working with young people in other settings. Demonstrating a willingness and enthusiasm to learn are key components and each application will be looked at individually.

Recruitment process

we have an ongoing requirement for Mental Health Practitioner/Counsellor's in Aberdeen, currently accepting applicants until June 2023 and interview will be arranged as application come through.

1st Interview date: to be arranged via Video call Teams or Zoom

Please feel free to contact the area manager Sophia.sives@place2be.org.uk if you have any questions about this role; or if you have any questions about the application process, please feel free to contact the recruitment team via jobs@place2be.org.uk

In return we offer you a range of fantastic benefits including:

• Enhanced Annual Leave entitlement
• Robust Learning and Development Programme
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance, 4x Annual Salary
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mobile Phone Discounts (EE Network)
• Cycle purchase and season ticket loan schemes
• Extended Maternity/Paternity Pay

If you share our core values of perseverance, integrity, compassion and creativity and have the counselling skills and patience to support some of the UK’s most vulnerable young people and families, we would love you to join us. It’s sensitive and demanding work – but hugely rewarding and fulfilling - you will be helping to give young people a brighter future.

Please view/download the full Job Description and Person Specification on our website for further details.

About Us

Place2Be is the leading children's mental health charity providing in-school support and expert professional development to improve the emotional wellbeing of children and young people, families, teachers and school staff. The charity currently provides an embedded mental health service in 500 UK primary and secondary schools supporting a school community of around 243,000 children and young people.

Our teams provide a range of services in our partner schools to build resilience early in life through counselling, creative work and play and support a child’s ability to engage in school life. Our work, focused on early intervention, is part of the comprehensive CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) system.

Through our professional development programme, we are training around 1,200 Counsellors on Placement each year who build their mental health and counselling skills and experience through practice in our partner schools. We also provide a range of professional development programmes on mental health and wellbeing for school leaders, teachers and other professionals who work with children and young people, so we can help to build ‘mentally healthy’ schools and communities where all children can thrive and flourish.

We continue to pilot, trial and explore new ways in which we can develop our practice as well as share learning, expertise and findings from the robust evidence and evaluation we gather. HRH The Princess of Wales is our Royal Patron and Place2Be is one of the founding charity partners of Heads Together. We also work collaboratively with a range of charities and expert organisations to leverage best-in-class knowledge and expertise to inform, develop and improve outcomes for the children, families and schools we support. We ask our staff team to share our core values of perseverance, integrity, compassion and creativity, and to have the skills and patience to support some of the UK’s most vulnerable children and families.

Our values:

We believe that how we approach our work is as important as the work itself. Our four key values shape everything we do:

Compassion– We bring empathy and kindness to all we do, to better understand and meet the needs of children and young people, colleagues and other stakeholders.

Integrity– We demonstrate sound ethical values in all our work, and we are honest, transparent, courageous and authentic.

Perseverance– We have the courage to continue in the face of adversity and do this with determination to find effective solutions.

Creativity – We bring an open-minded approach and flexibility to our thinking and actions and enable others to do the same.