Jobs in East Ayrshire

We are currently looking to recruit an enthusiastic and dynamic Recovery Worker to join our team in East Ayrshire covering Kilmarnock and surrounding rural areas.

Recovery Workers in East Ayrshire are responsible for providing 1:1 support and group work for people in recovery, in addition to closely working with our partners.

What we’re looking for

Ideally the successful candidate will have outstanding communication skills and the ability to work effectively as a team player in a collaborative and supportive manner. They will be someone who thrives under pressure, has good time management and prioritisation skills and can work well with others.

In addition they will need to be positive, confident and well organised with experience of working with people in a recovery, health, social care or justice setting.

The successful candidate will be required to deliver services within the community so a driving license is preferable.

Further information

This job is subject to a PVG check and an SVQ Level 3 in Social Services and Health Care is required as a minimum qualification and registration with the SSSC will be required.

This is a permanent full time post for 37.5 hours per week.

The Food, Farming and Horticulture Manager will have overarching and day-to-day responsibility for managing several the Prince’s Foundation’s key education initiatives, including programmes in the subject areas of field and farm to fork, horticulture and nature related wellbeing linked to the subject area.

The post holder will take a strategic and operational lead in the development and implementation of primary and secondary school workshops, short courses, project related education activity, teacher training programmes and public events. They will lead on the development and delivery of programmes related to the wider food education activity and links to wellbeing agenda and work closely with the Farming and Rural Skills co-ordinator to ensure the programme content is in line with strategic aims. They will ensure all programmes link to UN Sustainability Goals as well as linking to UK wide education priorities.

The post holder will be responsible for maintaining and building partner and stakeholder relationships. The post holder will be managing evaluation approaches across the related curriculum areas and be responsible for producing a number of reports in line with funding requirements. The post holder will also prepare and deliver classes and events across a range of ages while managing a small team including the Farm and Rural Skills Co-ordinator and tutors.

Drawing on the experience and knowledge of the Prince’s Foundation and the Harmony approach in delivering education, the post holder will be responsible for assisting in the development of a network of affiliate educational institutions, industry partners, placement providers and supporters and ensuring the delivery of high-quality education courses to students.

A full job description is attached below

Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland (CHSS) is an independent Scottish charity, whose mission is to be the community of support, kindness and challenge where people can help each other, can secure the expert help they need, and collectively advocate for the care that matters to them. We offer vital advice, support and information to those affected so that they can live the lives they want to live 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 main purpose of the post of Assistant Shop Manager is to support the Shop Manager to generate income by managing the Discount shop effectively and commercially, to create a unique Discount shopping experience for customers and donors while maintaining the high standards set by CHSS.

To drive high volume of stock acquisition and lead the team in fast paced working environment in order to deliver high level of stock processing in order to support delivery of financial targets

This is a part time post working 13 hours per week, 10am to 5pm over 2 days.

The Assistant Shop Manager is part of the CHSS retail team and is expected to contribute to the department’s goal of raising revenue to support the work of the charity

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

This role is subject to a Basic Disclosure check. CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity, to following practices, and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. CHSS aims to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.