Living Rent is looking for an organiser to join our organisation in Glasgow. This organiser will join a growing team of organisers in Glasgow.

You will work closely with Living Rent’s members in Glasgow, with the ACORN team throughout the UK and will focus specifically on organising tenants in Glasgow.

The role will entail organising outreach events (doorknock, stalls, community meetings), supporting the creation of neighbourhood/block organising teams, supporting the actions of tenants to achieve their demands, and organising local events. The organiser will be working with existing volunteers and newly recruited members.

We are looking for someone keen to work with a young organisation and passionate about member-run and diverse organisations. Experience in recruitment, training delivery, community education or campaigns is welcome; however enthusiasm, willingness to learn and commitment to social justice are more important than previous experience as training will be provided. This role may suit someone with experience in sales, street fundraising or other customer facing work, and wishes to move into organising or campaigning. We are very excited to continue growing our organisation and hope this job is for YOU!

Living Rent is looking for a casework coordinator to join and support our organisation in Glasgow. This casework position will join and support a growing team of organisers in Glasgow.

You will work closely with Living Rent’s members in Glasgow, with the ACORN team throughout the UK and will focus specifically on supporting members organise to address housing issues through the member defence team process. The role will entail coordinating in a supportive capacity the Glasgow’s member defence team, coordinating training for members and delivering administrative duties such as email sign-posting, website updates, and measuring and reporting Living Rent’s casework impact. This post supports member-led actions and decisions to support one another. You will be working with existing volunteers and newly recruited members.

We are recruiting a Glasgow-based versatile casework coordinator. We are looking for someone keen to work with a young organisation and passionate about member-run and diverse organisations. Experience in case-work, training delivery, community education, website management, constituency relationship management and administration are welcome; we will further consider enthusiasm, curiosity, willingness to learn and commitment to social justice. This role may suit someone with experience in secretarial duty, adult education, or other customer facing work, and wishes to move into a role which empowers and trains members and strengthen Living Rent as a member-led union. We are very excited to continue growing our organisation and hope this job is for YOU!

Scottish Book Trust is a national charity that believes books, reading and writing have the power to change lives. A love of reading inspires creativity, improves employment opportunities, mental health and wellbeing, and is one of the most effective ways to help children escape the poverty cycle.

Do you want to transform lives through reading and writing? Scottish Book Trust, a national charity, is looking for a creative and highly effective communicator to take forward the marketing and promotion of our programmes, help grow our audiences and share the impact of our work.

You’ll be an experienced PR professional and will bring a strong track record of planning and delivering marketing campaigns, preferably in the arts, charity or education sectors.

You’ll have a positive, flexible approach and your passion for your work will shine through. Experienced at leading a team, you’ll also be an enthusiastic team member, who enjoys working with colleagues to achieve shared objectives.

As a key part of the marketing team, the post holder works with staff across all our programmes to promote and deliver our work.

Do you want to take the opportunity to become part of the leadership team of CrossReach Perinatal Service? This role offers the chance to make a meaningful difference to families’ lives: reducing perinatal stigma and isolation and increasing innovative perinatal counselling and support.

We’re looking for a creative, can-do person with significant counselling experience and a keen interest in supervision and training too. A reflective team player who knows how to use their management skills and work well under pressure.

The Deputy Manager role is a varied and dynamic role where you have responsibility for the day to day running of the counselling service and allocation of clients. You will carry your own small caseload, assist with recruiting and training staff, and be involved with raising the service profile and fundraising activities.

What’s more, you will be part of one of Scotland’s largest voluntary social work organisations. At CrossReach, we offer quality care and counselling to a wide range of people in need. But the real story of CrossReach is the work that our staff do: reaching out and making a real difference to the lives of others. If you’d like to join them, we look forward to hearing from you. Job share applications considered.

Applicants are required to have a Christian faith and be able to work within and uphold our Christian Ethos. This post is subject to PVG Membership.

The successful candidate for this position must have experience of working with children and young people. Qualified to a degree level or minimum SVQ3 or equivalent in childcare, education, health or playwork.

Richmond’s Hope will provide a comprehensive induction and training programme which will include training in the methodology of Richmond’s Hope. Working as part of the staff team of Richmond’s Hope (Edinburgh) they will provide bereavement support to children and young people aged from 4 to 18 years.

Applicants should have enthusiasm and vision for the work of the organisation, excellent interpersonal skills and be able to work as part of a team.

A DRIVING LICENCE AND USE OF CAR IS ESSENTIAL

The idea at the heart of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is simple: anyone with a desire to perform and a venue willing to host them is welcome. No individual or committee determines who can or cannot perform at the Fringe.

It all began in 1947 with eight companies – six of them from Scotland – taking a risk, turning up uninvited and performing on the ‘fringe’ of the inaugural Edinburgh International Festival. Over 70 years later, the Fringe has grown to become the greatest platform for creative freedom in the world, second only to the Olympics in terms of global ticketed events. In 2018, 3,548 shows took place in 317 venues across Edinburgh.

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society is the charity that was established by artists to act as the custodian of the Fringe. We exist to support, advise and encourage everyone who wants to participate in the Fringe, provide information and assistance to audiences, and promote the Fringe and what it stands for all over the world.

We are seeking to appoint a dynamic and engaging individual to the position of Development Assistant, who will support the Fringe Society’s Development team and act as the first point of contact for members of our Friends of the Fringe scheme.

As a registered charity, the Fringe Society relies on the financial support of several different funding streams, including our Friends of the Fringe membership scheme, corporate giving, sponsorship, major donors, trust funding and individual giving. This role will provide the administrative function of this work, ensuring that deadlines are met, and accurate customer records are maintained.

You will have first class administration skills, be good at organising yourself and other people, and have high standards of customer service. An excellent communicator, you will be able to respond to customer enquiries confidently and with positivity and warmth. The role requires a flexible, detail-focused problem solver who is enthusiastic about supporting the wider aims of the Development team.

Reporting to the Development Manager, the role sits within the wider Marketing and Development team, which is responsible for promoting the Fringe year-round to key stakeholders (including the media, participants and audience members), and generating public, financial and political support for our charitable activities. The department has a broad portfolio, including pulling together the annual Fringe marketing campaign, production of the Fringe Programme, website, app, managing Street Events, fundraising, and the Friends of the Fringe membership scheme.

We have a vacancy for 2 Full Time Lead Practitioners, based in Edinburgh for a fixed term of 12 months.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference to people’s lives.

You will:

• Lead a small number of teams delivering person centred support to a wide range of people living in their own homes.
• Work alongside people we support to plan and create great support plans focused on what really matters to them.
• Support teams to think creatively about all aspects of working with the people we work alongside so they have great lives.
• Be able to provide teams with strong leadership which motivates and delivers your passion for really high standards of support. You’ll be able to provide effective coaching and also to give strong direction when required.
• Set up new services and support the creative use of personal budgets to support people to have great lives.
• Provide individual supervision to your staff, facilitate regular Practice Development Group meetings, and set clear objectives for all your staff.
• Have 3 years’ experience in supporting people with disabilities, working in a person centred way, facilitating groups and ideally managing teams, together with excellent organisational and IT skills.

In return we can offer you the following:

• A highly attractive work environment in our brand new, award winning offices.
• Structured support and supervision from your line manager and a supportive team of peers.
• A structured development programme including support to achieve a professional qualification if required and ongoing development with our internal leadership development programme.

Some of our other staff benefits include…..

• a contributory pension
• childcare voucher scheme
• The “Refer a Friend Scheme” which pays £150 for every successfully recruited person that a staff member recommends.
• Free access to the Thistle Gym.
• FREE membership* of the HSF Health Plan which gives, amongst other things,
• money back for everyday healthcare costs,
• a GP advice line,
• shopping discounts.

*This membership can be extended to cover immediate family members after completion of a satisfactory probationary period.

A driving licence is essential for this role.

Thistle Foundation is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Successful applicants will be subject to a PVG check, which will be paid for by Thistle.

For an informal chat about this vacancy please contact Jackie Deans, Lynn Spence or Andrew Smith or 0131 661 3366

BTA (Bruce Tait Associates) are delighted to be working with Tailor Ed Foundation in their search for a Fundraising Manager.

Tailor Ed Foundation is a service provider for families raising a child with autism, supporting them with the day to day challenges they experience. Currently working across Edinburgh, the charity supports around 150 families a year to live their lives to the full, working with them on targeted support with communication, personal care, daily stresses and life events. There is also an early years’ service which is a 12 month supported programme which includes parent training and ‘learning to learn’ for the children, helping them to develop vital listening and play skills.

“Our wish is to see children with autism and their families empowered and included, able to live the lives they want to and access all the day to day experiences that other families take for granted.” Tailor Ed Foundation

The Fundraising Manager will be responsible for researching and cultivating relationships with funders, across all pipelines, with a particular focus on Trusts and Statutory funders as well as exploring the corporate income stream potential. Producing high quality applications and maintaining strong relationships with all supporters will be key to success in this role.

You will be a strategic thinker with the ability to manage multiple projects and relationships. There are no direct reports with this role but you will be able to develop the volunteer base to support with fundraising activities in the community and at corporate events.

If you have experience of developing and delivering a fundraising strategy, are a dynamic and self-motivated manager with a passion to work in a small but ambitious organisation then this is your chance.

This search is being conducted exclusively on behalf of Tailor Ed Foundation by BTA.

Funding for this post comes from a successful application to the UK Government's Tampon Tax Fund to create a mental health and wellbeing service. The aim of the Wellbeing Service is to offer a free support and counselling service for those most in need to enable them to better manage their mental health and minimise the impact on their well-being. This service will be accessed on-line, text chat, face to face and in a group setting.

The post holder will be a member of a multidisciplinary team providing support for single parent families and their children.

The post holder will be responsible for the overall management of OPFS Therapeutic Support, including partnership and volunteer management, collaboration with OPFS Digital to produce online content and communications and development of OPFS Health & Wellbeing Training Services.

Scottish Women’s Aid is Scotland’s leading voluntary sector organisation working to prevent domestic abuse and promote effective policy and practice responses for women, children and young people who experience domestic abuse. We are the umbrella organisation for 36 autonomous Women’s Aid groups delivering direct services to women, children and young people across Scotland.

SWA has a unique relationship with its 36 autonomous Women’s Aid member groups that provide specialist domestic abuse services to women, children, and young people across Scotland. This post is an exciting opportunity for you to lead the work to deliver a programme of training, learning and good practice events for our members and to implement the Women’s Aid in Scotland National Service Standards. You will also be responsible for supporting a portfolio of Women’s Aid groups to review and develop good practice models by delivering a range of tailored support services.

We are looking to recruit someone who will be able to positively engage with our members and has excellent skills to manage and co-ordinate projects.

Funding for this post comes from a successful application to the UK Government's Tampon Tax Fund to create a mental health and wellbeing service. The aim of this service is to offer a free support and counselling service for those most in need to enable them to better manage their mental health and minimise the impact on their well-being. This service will be accessed on-line, text chat, face to face and in a group setting.

The post holder will be a member of a multidisciplinary team providing support for single parent families and their children.

The Family Support Worker will be responsible to the Local Family Support Service Manager for the provision of 1:1 support and group programmes for single parents which, adopting a psychoeducational approach, will improve outcomes for their families.

Referrals to the service will be from within the OPFS team, other professionals and self-referrals.

We are looking for an experienced leader with a support/HR/employability or similar background to continue the development and growth of the highly successful “WeCanWork” National Disability Internship Programme, which we deliver with funding from Scottish Government. The programme creates and supports paid internship work placements for disabled people across a variety of employers, offering learning to both intern and employer.

Inclusion Scotland is a rapidly expanding organisation with a strong reputation for influencing public policy, and for developing disabled people as leaders and change makers in employment and civic participation. You will lead the Programme, including the delivery of the main established (voluntary, public and political sectors) internships, and will line manage the Employment Officer who is leading on the development and delivery of a recent private sector expansion to the programme. You will also line manage the Employment Worker who supports the programme. You will be supported and managed by a Team Manager with whom you will work to secure the longer term future of the programme.

Interviews are to be held in Edinburgh on Wednesday 20th February. If needed we can offer options for remote participation (e.g. Skype).

Inclusion Scotland welcomes applications from and values the experiences of disabled people and people who have other or multiple protected characteristics. Please let us know if you need the application pack in another format, assistance, or reasonable adjustments. We have experience of making a wide variety of adjustments, so please do not hesitate to discuss your access needs with us.

RE:SET - Revising Youth Mindset - is a key component in Apex Scotland’s delivery of effective and time appropriate services with young people experiencing difficulty in, and outside of, the school setting. Using the key pillars of Getting It Right For Every Child (GIRFEC) and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) our innovative practice supports national policies and local strategy to ensure young people have equal access to opportunities and positive experiences, regardless of their social context or personal needs. We engage with young people, often with complex needs and vulnerabilities, to help all children and young people overcome the barriers they face.

This initiative is funded to work alongside the school to equip pupils with the motivation and skills required to engage in a formal learning environment; reduce exclusion; raise aspiration; tackle ingrained behaviour; attitudes; improve family relationships and increase attainment and attendance, contributing to more young people entering positive destinations when they leave school.

We now have an opportunity for the right candidate to lead on the delivery of the RE:SET service which is currently run in schools within Fife and Edinburgh.

This is a hybrid post made up of 21 hours Team Leader and 14 hours RE:SET Mentor where you will be required to cover front line delivery of the service within our school based units which are currently situated in Fife and Edinburgh.

Job share applications will be considered

This post is initially funded for 13 months with the possibility of extension.

The successful candidate will be a self-starter who can demonstrate excellent leadership, management and networking skills.

You will report to the Schools Development Manager who is responsible for the development and running of the overall service. You will have operational responsibility for the successful day-to-day delivery of the service, including line management responsibility for staff in each school. You will be responsible for supporting programmes to ensure that the RE:SET service meets its strategic goals and performance targets. You will also be responsible for building working relationships with schools and other partner agencies.

You will have excellent communication skills, supervisory or management experience, with the ability to motivate staff and engage with young people. Part of each week will be spent in the school setting working with young people.

You will have experience and/or understanding of working with socially excluded young people and be able to develop and deliver a training programme that identifies and meets the needs of individuals. Experience of delivering group work and one to ones to young people overcoming multiple barriers are essential for supporting participants to achieve their potential. The ability to work with a range of other disciplines is also essential. As this post is school based, staff will be required to take annual leave during school holiday periods and not during school term time.

We are expanding the staff team for our Scottish Trans Alliance project to improve gender identity and gender reassignment equality, rights and inclusion in Scotland.

The general Policy Officer half time post will include developing trans equality policy and good practice guidance with various service providers and employers, and campaigning to improve trans equality, rights and inclusion in Scotland.

Please download the Application Pack below or from our website for further details about this post.

We are expanding the staff team for our Scottish Trans Alliance project to improve gender identity and gender reassignment equality, rights and inclusion in Scotland.

The Justice Policy Officer half time post is focussed on developing trans equality policy and good practice guidance in regard to hate crime, trans people in custody and other aspects of Scotland’s justice sector.

Please download the Application Pack below or from our website for further details about this post.

We are looking to employ an enthusiastic and motivated Fundraising and Events Assistant to work as part of the Fundraising and Communications team. The Fundraising and Events Assistant will focus primarily on working with the team to achieve income targets through events, community, individuals and partnerships, researching new community funding opportunities, assisting with promotional and awareness raising activities and providing administrative support to the Fundraising and Administration Teams.

We are particularly interested in applicants who can meet the following key aspects of the role:

• Production of content for social media channels. We’re looking for someone who is inquisitive, has attention to detail, can work across the various Rock Trust teams, and who is social media savvy within a professional context.
• Lead on the development of our Challenge Events and look after our volunteers. We’re looking for someone who is a self-starter, big on problem solving, who is confident and personable – we need to you to welcome a range of supporters and make them feel like family.
• Lead on community fundraising and engage with community organisations such as schools and churches. We need someone who can communicate to a range of audiences, big and small, young or old.
• Look after our donors and oversee the day to day fundraising admin. We’d like someone who is organised, pro-active, and creative and who has very good written skills.

If you think you meet the above, then we’d love to hear from you.

We are seeking to appoint a well-organised and creative individual to write, source and edit compelling content for a range of key stakeholders, including audience members, artists, the media and Friends of the Fringe. An excellent communicator with an eye for a story, you will be equally at home writing ad copy for the Fringe marketing campaign, drafting an online news story, blog post or e-bulletin update, tailoring content for a press release, or interviewing a member of the local community for an audience Q&A.

The role will involve writing long- and short-format copy for a range of on and offline channels, as well as sourcing and editing content from our key stakeholders (including audience members and artists with access requirements, participants in our Fringe Days Out scheme, and Fringe venues and artists). The successful candidate will also proofread a significant amount of outward-facing communications material, from marketing collateral to official guides, reports and ‘how to’ documents.

Working closely with colleagues in the Marketing, Media and Digital teams – in particular the Digital Production Officer – you will play a key role in developing and delivering a year-round content plan for the Fringe Society which engages key audiences and raises awareness of our charitable objectives. You will have excellent editing and proofreading skills, be good at organising yourself and other people, and have an ability to spot opportunities to repurpose content across a variety of channels.

Reporting to the Marketing Manager, the role sits within the wider Marketing and Development team, which is responsible for promoting the Fringe year-round to key stakeholders (including the media, participants and audience members), and generating public, financial and political support for our charitable activities. The department has a broad portfolio, including pulling together the annual Fringe marketing campaign, production of the Fringe Programme, website, app, managing Street Events, fundraising, and the Friends of the Fringe membership scheme.

* Excellent training and development opportunities

* Great job satisfaction

* Good team-working

* Excellent benefits package

Here at Morlich House in Edinburgh, we don’t just see those we work with as older people. They’re someone’s parent. Someone’s grandparent. For us, providing the best quality of care is hugely rewarding and our goal is to ensure that every one of our residents enjoys the best possible quality of life.

Something as simple as a smile can make the world of difference to our day, and theirs. If you share our belief, this is your opportunity to join our close-knit and supportive team. It can be pretty challenging at times and priorities can change quickly so you will definitely need to be a patient and understanding individual. We work closely together as a team though – there’s always someone to talk to and we all help each other out wherever we can.

While an SVQ 3 qualification in Social Care would be ideal, it’s not essential as we’ll support you to gain it. In fact, we’ll make sure that you have all the training and development you need, not only so you can do a great job, but to help you build your career with us too.

You can also look forward to an excellent benefits package that includes an employer contributory pension and generous holiday allowance.

What’s more, you will be part of one of Scotland’s largest voluntary social work organisations.

At CrossReach, we offer quality care and counselling to a wide range of people in need. But the real story of CrossReach is the work that our staff do: reaching out and making a real difference to the lives of others. If you’d like to join them, we look forward to hearing from you.

As we do our work in Christ’s name you must be respectful of our Christian Ethos and be able to work within it. You do not need to share our faith. These posts are subject to PVG Membership.

The successful candidate for this position must have significant experience of working with children and young people. We are looking for someone who has an good understanding and experience of the therapeutic benefits of play and either experience of working with bereaved children or skills that are transferable to bereavement support.

Richmond’s Hope will provide a comprehensive induction programme which will include training in the methodology of Richmond’s Hope. As lead bereavement support worker the postholder will carry our supervision, support and training for our bereavement workers in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Working as part of the staff team of Richmond’s Hope (Edinburgh) they will provide bereavement support to children and young people aged from 4 to 18 years.

Applicants should have enthusiasm and vision for the work of the organisation, excellent interpersonal skills and be able to work as part of a team.

A DRIVING LICENCE AND USE OF CAR IS ESSENTIAL

THE ROLE

FetLor Youth Club is a place of activity, adventure and fun for all young people where they can try new experiences and learn new skills. FetLor Youth Club supports young people to reach their full potential, grow their dreams and achieve their goals.

We are looking for someone who can deliver this aspiration for Edinburgh’s young people and who shares the following values:

• Is a positive role model for young people who believes and recognises young people’s potential
• Has positive and “can do” attitude
• Is committed to a culture of continuous improvement, evaluation and self-reflection
• Is willing to go the extra mile to ensure great provision for young people
• Believes in the value & importance of relationships.

THE PURPOSE

To assist the Youth Work Manager in the development and delivery of an exciting programme of activities which will engage young people aged 7 – 17 years at FetLor Youth Club. To ensure that evaluation criteria are being met and adequate evidence is being gathered during youth work provisions to allow the Club to meet funders reporting requirements. To ensure the safe use of all spaces in the FetLor Youth Club building, including playing a role in the management and general looking after the building. To support and encourage young people to express themselves, explore issues and facilitate personal development. You will be responsible for the continuous improvement of the delivery and inputting towards the strategic delivery plan for the Club.

We are expanding the staff team for our Scottish Trans Alliance project to improve gender identity and gender reassignment equality, rights and inclusion in Scotland.

The Community Engagement Officer full time post will include informing, equipping and supporting transgender people to engage with equality organisations, government policy makers and other employers and service providers.

Please download the Application Pack below or from our website for further details about this post.

The Service

Edinburgh Young Persons' Service comprises two elements - a visiting housing support service and a supported accommodation service (Positive Transitions Project). Both services adopt a psychologically informed approach to support and work in partnership with a wide range of statutory and voluntary sector agencies to ensure that the needs of individual service users are fully met.

Both elements of the service were awarded 6 (excellent) in our two most recent inspections by the Care Inspectorate (2016, 2018).

Visiting Housing Support

The housing support service delivers visiting support to vulnerable young people between 16 and 25 across Edinburgh. The service provided is person centred, flexible and responsive to the changing needs of the individual service user. Support is provided to access, establish and maintain an appropriate tenancy and can be practical, social or emotional in nature. Once a tenancy is established, support is provided to develop independent living skills & strengthen social and family networks, including identifying and accessing appropriate education/training or employment.

The service works with between 200 and 250 young people each year, with a particular focus on those in temporary accommodation. Support is tailored to meet the needs of individual service users in terms of frequency and content.

Positive Transitions Project

This project is funded by the Big Lottery and is a supported accommodation project for young people with a background of local authority care. Based on a core and cluster model, It consists of 10 self-contained flats, all located in close proximity to a central hub which is staffed flexibly 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It aims to provide a stepping stone from local authority care to independent living by providing intensive support to enable young people to develop the skills needed to successfully maintain their tenancies.

The Job

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Support Worker to join our Edinburgh Young Persons’ Service.

As a senior practitioner, you will work with a range of service user groups including complex and varied key-working issues, co-ordinate complex support arrangements and support the leadership of the service. You will have line management responsibility for a number of support workers to whom you will provide regular support and supervision. You will also be responsible for completing the performance management review process with all the support workers you line manage.

You will have full knowledge of multi-agency working, housing support / care at home systems and extensive knowledge of diversity of service user groups which you will use to establish and maintain respectful and empowering relationships with service users so that they feel valued and supported and in control of their own lives. You will be responsible for carrying out assessments of new service users and for reviewing existing service users on a regular basis.

In your role you will also offer practical, emotional and social support to people in their own homes to assist them to maintain their tenancy. You will need to develop warm and effective relationships with service users supporting them to cope with their lives in a positive and planned way so that they can make informed choices and take responsibility for their actions.

A significant part of the role involves using technology to help deliver the best service we can to the people we support. You will embrace technology by using LinkLiving's IT equipment to help drive efficiency and provide a quality assured service.

What you will need

• Willingness to work towards and achieve an appropriate qualification recognised by SSSC
• Ability to build equal and empowering relationships with colleagues and service users
• Demonstrate an understanding of working with people to include them and tackle exclusion
• Demonstrate the ability to provide effective guidance and support to team members
• Meet the requirements of registration with Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme check
• Flexible, practical and proactive approach

Successful applicants will be required to register with SSSC within 6 months of their start date.

For a comprehensive list of the essential and desirable criteria required for this post, please refer to the Job information pack

The Deal

Link is a group of eight social enterprise companies which provide a wide range of services in 26 local authority areas across Scotland. We have more than 10,000 customers and have ambitious plans to make more of our services available to people who need them most.

LinkLiving offer up to 38 days annual leave pro rata, a wide-range of benefits including flexible working arrangements and access to a generous contributory pension scheme. Working within a supportive environment you can expect a range of training and development opportunities

This post is subject to Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme registration.

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS), based in Edinburgh, is the umbrella organisation providing support to Citizens Advice Bureaux (CAB) across Scotland.

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS), our member Citizen Advice Bureaux (CAB), the Citizen Advice consumer service, and the Extra Help Unit, form Scotland’s largest independent advice network. Advice provided by our service is free, independent, confidential, impartial and available to everyone. We are champions for both citizens and consumers and in 2016/17 the Citizens Advice Service in Scotland helped over 309,000 clients in Scotland deal with over one million issues overall.

This is a great opportunity for a part or fully qualified Accountant to join the CAS Finance team. The Accountant will use their financial expertise to support budget holders across CAS, as well as undertaking a central Finance role covering a wide range of functions and controls.

You will be a financial expert who is able to break down the complexities of management accounting to support budget holders across CAS who have a differing range of skills, using your communication and negotiation skills to aid this process.

You should have a methodical approach to work, able to plan and prioritise your workload to ensure that your role in supporting the central Finance function is balanced against support for budget holders.

You will need to ensure that your work will stand up to the scrutiny of senior managers and the Board, as you will often be required to support the Head of Finance in providing Financial reports and management account information to be presented at senior management or Board level.

An understanding and awareness of the unique challenges and requirements of working in Finance within the voluntary sector is desirable.

CAS Benefits

CAS offers excellent terms and conditions, including a total of 40 days leave and a pension scheme with an 8% employer contribution. We have a flexi-time scheme which enables our staff to work flexibly in line with organisational requirements, and as an inclusive employer we are happy to consider other flexible working arrangements where appropriate. For more details of some of the other benefits on offer to our employees, please download the CAS Benefits document in the application pack at the bottom of this page.

We are looking for a client-focused individual with experience of advice work with a specific focus on housing issues, money and debt and welfare benefits to join us as an Adviser and provide vital advice to our clients in the Edinburgh area.

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.

Our advice and support Hubs located in Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen and Edinburgh provide a range of services, including money and debt advice and legal advocacy and representation. There are also support services in Glasgow, Dumfries and South Lanarkshire delivering housing support for vulnerable people and families who are homeless and a dedicated service working with Young Runaways in Tayside. In addition, we have services focussing on specific client groups such as prisoners, older people and veterans, as well as a free telephone helpline. This particular role is based at our Edinburgh hub.

The Service

Edinburgh Young Persons' Service comprises two elements - a visiting housing support service and a supported accommodation service (Positive Transitions Project). Both services adopt a psychologically informed approach to support and work in partnership with a wide range of statutory and voluntary sector agencies to ensure that the needs of individual service users are fully met.

Both elements of the service were awarded 6 (excellent) in our two most recent inspections by the Care Inspectorate (2016, 2018).

Visiting Housing Support

The housing support service delivers visiting support to vulnerable young people between 16 and 25 across Edinburgh. The service provided is person centred, flexible and responsive to the changing needs of the individual service user. Support is provided to access, establish and maintain an appropriate tenancy and can be practical, social or emotional in nature. Once a tenancy is established, support is provided to improve independent living skills, develop & strengthen social and family networks, including identifying and accessing appropriate education/training or employment.

The service works with between 200 and 250 young people each year, with a particular focus on those in temporary accommodation. Support is tailored to meet the needs of individual service users in terms of frequency and content.

Positive Transitions Project

This project is funded by the Big Lottery and is a supported accommodation project for young people with a background of local authority care. Based on a core and cluster model, it consists of 10 self-contained flats, all located in close proximity to a central hub which is staffed flexibly 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It aims to provide a stepping stone from local authority care to independent living by providing intensive support to enable young people to develop the skills needed to successfully maintain their tenancies.

The Job

We are keen to recruit a Service Manager who will join LinkLiving's management team at an exciting point in the organisation's strategic direction.

As Registered Manager you will use your knowledge of social care practice and processes to lead, motivate and develop the Edinburgh Young Persons’ Service, ensuring that objectives and targets are achieved and all statutory regulations and standards met. Your knowledge and experience of the sector will enhance and develop relationships with funders and commissioning bodies.

You will participate in a range of external networks for the benefit of service users, acting as an ambassador for the whole organisation internally and externally, and, with the Head of Services and Development, will negotiate effectively with external funding partners to secure funding for service consolidation and development.

You will manage a complex budget of funding from Health, Local Authority, Scottish Government and others including grant making trusts, and manage a complex and extensive range of stakeholders.

Leading by example, the Service Manager will respond to a review of needs, gaps and best practice, maximise service user involvement and choice, and oversee support services to service users in line with service delivery and regulatory standards requirements. You will also be required to participate in an on-call rota.

What you will need

• SSSC recognised qualification (e.g.SVQ4 Health & Social Care or equivalent)
• Proven track record of leading or being part of a management team leading a care / support service.
• Experience of managing resources and performance effectively with clear objective setting
• Current knowledge of the social care / housing support sector and issues affecting service users
• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with voluntary and statutory agencies

For a comprehensive list of the essential and desirable criteria required for this post, please refer to the Job Specification in the Job information Pack.

The deal

Link offers excellent terms and conditions, and as an Investor in People and Healthy Working Lives Gold Award holder, we aim to provide a wide range of development opportunities and healthy living initiatives. We offer a wide range of development opportunities. You'll work with colleagues who offer support to ensure our customers' expectations are met. In return, we are looking for applications from people who will contribute to our aims and work to the highest professional standards.

This post is subject to Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme registration. Should you be successful in securing a post with Link it will be expected that you will meet the registration cost.

We are currently looking for a Caseworker to join the Extra Help Unit (EHU) on a fixed-term basis for 12 months.

The Extra Help Unit provides support to vulnerable domestic consumers and micro-businesses with their energy and post complaints. This service is telephone based and covers the whole of Great Britain. The Unit has statutory duties to deal with cases where the consumer’s energy supply has been disconnected or is at risk of imminent disconnection. The Extra Help Unit also has statutory powers to support vulnerable consumers.

As a caseworker you will be the first point of referral for vulnerable consumers and responsible for investigating energy and post complaints on their behalf. A person may be deemed to be a vulnerable consumer due to personal circumstances, the complexity of their complaint or where they are at risk of having their energy supply disconnected.

You will be able to demonstrate strong empathy with the needs of disadvantaged or vulnerable consumers and possess highly developed interpersonal skills. You will be able to work in a busy and pressurised environment with varying workloads. You will be responsible for managing your own caseload, whilst supporting your colleagues. You will possess excellent negotiation and influencing skills in order to achieve the best outcome for consumers. Within your role as a Caseworker you will be expected to identify any trends or policies causing disadvantage to vulnerable consumers.

A background in providing advice over the telephone and letter writing is essential. A working knowledge of the energy industry is desirable.

This role offers the opportunity to make a real difference to consumers’ lives, particularly those who are vulnerable.

For more information, please refer to the Application Pack which can be downloaded below.

Employee benefits

Citizens Advice Scotland offers excellent terms and conditions, including a total of 40 days leave (including public holidays) and a pension scheme with an 8% employer contribution. We have a flexitime scheme which enables our employees to work flexibly in line with organisational requirements, and as an inclusive employer we are happy to consider other flexible working arrangements where appropriate. For more details of some of the other benefits on offer to our employees, please see the section on Employee benefits in the Application Pack.

• Support the development of our fundraising strategy based on our strategic plan 2019-2021
• Develop and implement a balanced, sustainable and diverse range of income streams
• Support the lead volunteer to promote fundraising resources and opportunities at a local level

Please download the Application Pack below for further information about this role.

This is a great opportunity to play a vital role in an influential organisation that campaigns for a fairer Scotland where people are empowered and their rights respected.

We are currently looking for a Quality of Advice Assessment Coordinator to join the Quality Assurance team to effectively coordinate the Quality of Advice assessment programme ensuring its successful delivery and development where appropriate.

All Citizens Advice Bureau in Scotland must comply with the Scottish Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux Membership Scheme which sets out the quality assurance standards to which all bureaux are expected to operate. The Citizens Advice Scotland Quality Assurance team are responsible for auditing all bureaux against these standards and reporting to the Association’s Membership Standards Committee. The audit process consists of two parts:

• Quality of Advice Assessment which assesses the quality of advice and information provided by bureaux at the point of delivery and ensures that all bureaux in Scotland meet a minimum standard of service, in terms of the process of advice giving, and the actual technical accuracy of that advice
• Organisational Audit which examines the written policies and procedures provided by the bureau together with other evidence gathered through interviews with bureau paid staff, volunteers and governing body representatives

The Quality of Advice Assessment Coordinator role will involve coordination of Citizens Advice Scotland staff and local bureaux to enable effective delivery of the quarterly Quality of Advice monitoring schedule, as well as supporting the Citizens Advice Scotland Quality Assurance team by providing specialist administrative support.

The successful candidate will have a strong administrative background, with proven ability of successfully coordinating projects or programmes. You will also have a great practical knowledge of advice and case work in a generalist service across a variety of topic areas and excellent communication skills.

Employee benefits

Citizens Advice Scotland offers excellent terms and conditions, including a total of 40 days leave (including public holidays) and a pension scheme with an 8% employer contribution. We have a flexitime scheme which enables our employees to work flexibly in line with organisational requirements, and as an inclusive employer we are happy to consider other flexible working arrangements where appropriate.

We believe in children – at the Barnardo's Caern Project we deliver a variety of quality services for young people with learning disabilities and/or autism. We have done this for over forty years.

You will support young people with learning disabilities and/or autism and their families/carers to achieve positive outcomes.

Working primarily in the residential setting you will promote the happiness, safety and welfare of the young people during short breaks.

Ideally you will have experience working with young people and the required qualifications for full registration as a residential child care worker with the SSSC or willingness to work towards them.

Shifts are 10 hours per night. 10pm to 8am shifts will be allocated on a rota basis.

Shifts are 10 hours per night. 10pm to 8am shifts will be allocated on a rota basis.

It is anticipated that Residential Project Workers (Nights) will work either 1, 2 or 3 nights per week including weekends.

(Posts of 1, 2 or 3 nights per week will be considered.)

These posts are subject to an enhanced check through Disclosure Scotland - PVG Scheme.

Please see the attached job and person profile for the essential criteria for this role.

If you wish to have an informal conversation about this post please contact Ewen Lanyon or Isabel McLaren on 0131 339 8840

V-Inspired: Jack Kane Community Centre

Putting the V in Victory: Inspiring young people whilst volunteering

Are you an outstanding, confident and self-motivated individual who is passionate about creating social change for individuals and communities? If so, then we want to hear from you!

V-Inspired is an innovative youth volunteering project, based within the Jack Kane Community Centre in Greater Craigmillar, Edinburgh. Originated by young people, for young people, this project aims to work alongside those

14-18 years of age to bring about positive change through volunteering activities.

Through providing amazing volunteering opportunities, the successful candidate will be responsible for leading, implementing, developing and evaluating a supportive, progressive and targeted volunteering project for participating volunteers. All interactions are aimed towards encouraging young people to realise and achieve their dreams and aspirations, whilst assisting others.

Working alongside young people, existing staff team members and partners, the successful candidate will be responsible for the recruitment, volunteer placement, training and on-going support of young volunteers through utilising one to one, group work and other innovative approaches.

Youth Scotland, Scotland’s national charity for the support and delivery of community based youth work, would love you to come and join our dynamic team

We are at an exciting stage in our organisational development with a growing membership of youth groups and plans in place for significant growth in our support for youth work, youth groups and young people. We have identified the need for a new role which will suit a communications professional who is passionate about telling the story of the impact of youth work on young people’s lives. If this is you then we want to hear from you!

Your role will be to support and enable congregations as they engage with the message of Christian Stewardship, which is a way of living in which we recognise that everything belongs to God, and that all resources are for the holistic growth of the Kingdom. This exciting and dynamic role involves a wide range of tasks, which includes implementing our strategy, presenting at meetings, conferences and workshops, sharing our narrative and supporting people and churches in their journey following Jesus towards living generous lives.

An understanding of the Christian faith, together with excellent organisational, presentation and communication skills, as well as a comprehensive knowledge of social media and web based engagement. Confident and inspirational, you should be a team player, have a talent for enabling others and a strong passion to see people and churches empowered. A current driving licence and the ability to work evenings and weekends are essential.​

Your role will be to support and enable congregations as they engage with the message of Christian Stewardship, which is a way of living in which we recognise that everything belongs to God, and that all resources are for the holistic growth of the Kingdom. This exciting and dynamic role involves a wide range of tasks, which includes implementing our strategy, presenting at meetings, conferences and workshops, sharing our narrative and supporting people and churches in their journey following Jesus towards living generous lives.

An understanding of the Christian faith, together with excellent organisational, presentation and communication skills, as well as a comprehensive knowledge of social media and web based engagement. Confident and inspirational, you should be a team player, have a talent for enabling others and a strong passion to see people and churches empowered. A current driving licence and the ability to work evenings and weekends are essential.​

This is a full-time fixed-term contract for two years, creating a new specialist role to build connections between the Edinburgh Festivals around their community engagement and knowledge sharing projects. We would welcome job-share proposals as well as individual applications.

This new role will help the festivals to engage with more communities and creatives, sustaining Edinburgh's leading festival city position locally and globally, by:

• mapping the community engagement opportunities of all the festivals, creating easy to access information to increase awareness of their offers, and extending connections with new areas and new partners across Edinburgh
• increasing knowledge sharing on festivals management with creative professionals across Scotland through networking, peer support, information and advice

Key areas of activity:

(i) Community engagement co-ordination and promotion (70% of time)

• Develop and maintain up to date shared data covering all festivals’ community and schools engagement initiatives, grouping opportunities for similar audiences, ages and stages to make them clearer and more accessible
• Collaborate to pool data into a structured geographical information system being developed with city partners that can help inform strategic decisions about targeting engagement with schools and communities
• Build understanding and shared purpose with targeted cultural, educational and community partners across Edinburgh; research and document their activities, interests and needs; and share intelligence with festivals and other relevant partner organisations
• Create an online promotional resource to provide a clear overview and signposting to schools and community opportunities available through each festival, and raise awareness of opportunities through partner channels
• Identify areas with concentrations of activities and under-served areas, and provide information and advice to help broker new partnerships and opportunities
• Work with city partners to develop a programme of activities for community and schools contacts to share interests and needs with festivals to identify areas of potential collaboration
• Provide information and advice to prospective partners to help them understand the festivals and help the festivals to identify new prospective partners in particular beyond the culture sector

(ii) Professional knowledge sharing & support network (30% of time)

• Work with festivals and partners such as Edinburgh Performing Arts Development, Creative Edinburgh, Event Scotland and Federation of Scottish Theatre to research knowledge and skills needs across festivals and wider culture sector nationwide
• Identify gaps in existing provision and priority needs that the festivals could help to address for mutual benefits
• Map festivals’ current offers in professional skills development, raise awareness through partner channels, and identify scope to increase opportunities for Scottish creatives to participate
• Develop a programme of open knowledge sharing sessions based around Festivals Edinburgh working group meetings, featuring internal and invited speakers
• Organise at least 12 knowledge sharing opportunities annually on festival management themes, and one annual nationwide networking event each year in 2019 and 2020
• Create online formats such as interactive webcasts and podcasts, based on selected content of the knowledge sharing programme, to widen access to knowledge sharing nationwide

Person Specification:

You will have a minimum of three years’ experience in cultural project management and/or the management of engagement programmes, and a good knowledge of the cultural, educational and community sectors in Edinburgh and Lothians. You will be an energetic and enthusiastic professional who combines a natural flair for collaboration with highly developed organisational skills. We are looking for an excellent communicator who has an ability to make everything happen on time, on brief and on budget.

For full details, please visit our website - edinburghfestivalcity.com/about/jobs

• Excellent training and development opportunities

• Great job satisfaction

• Good team-working

• Generous benefits package

Here at Queens Bay in Edinburgh, we don’t just see those we work with as older people. They’re someone’s mum. Someone’s dad. Someone’s grandparent. For us, providing the best quality of care is hugely rewarding and our goal is to ensure that every one of our residents enjoys the best possible quality of life.

Something as simple as a smile can make the world of difference to their day and yours If you share our belief, this is your opportunity to join our close-knit and supportive team. It can be pretty challenging at times and priorities can change quickly so you will definitely need to be a patient and understanding individual. We work closely together as a team though – there’s always someone to talk to and we all help each other out wherever we can.

While an SVQ 3 qualification in Social Care would be ideal, it’s not essential as we’ll support you to gain it. In fact, we’ll make sure that you have all the training and development you need, not only so you can do a great job, but to help you build your career with us too. For the permanent position, you can also look forward to an excellent benefits package that includes an employer contributory pension and generous holiday allowance.

What’s more, you will be part of one of Scotland’s largest voluntary social work organisations. At CrossReach, we offer quality care and counselling to a wide range of people in need. But the real story of CrossReach is the work that our staff do: reaching out and making a real difference to the lives of others. If you’d like to join them, we look forward to hearing from you.

As we do our work in Christ’s name you must be respectful of our Christian Ethos and be able to work within it. You do not need to share our faith. These posts are subject to PVG Membership.

Are you passionate about improving the lives of LGBTI young people in Scotland? Do you have experience of delivering training? Do you have a background in education or experience of working with schools? Are you a great communicator and skilled in developing partnerships? If yes then submit your application today! We are looking for a new Education Capacity Building Officer to join our National Programmes Team who will be responsible for supporting innovation and improved practice in LGBTI inclusive education. The post will be based in Edinburgh or Glasgow with travel expected across Scotland.

We are looking to recruit a full-time Development Worker to work with Girlguiding Edinburgh to grow youth provision in targeted areas of the city by opening new Girlguiding units for girls age 10+.

We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic and proactive to develop, support and deliver area-specific growth plans which will focus on recruiting and placing new adult and young members You’ll also support pathways for girls to move through Girlguiding’s sections. You will also support existing Guide (10-14) and Ranger (14-18) units to expand the opportunities they are able to offer through the promotion of CashBack Grow and other Girlguiding funding programmes.

Tiphereth is a Camphill community in Edinburgh based around supported accommodation, social enterprises and day services for adults with learning disabilities and other support needs.

We have three vacancies in our day service for Co-Workers supporting adults with learning disabilities and autism to improve wellbeing, confidence and skills through meaningful work and activity.

Post 1 – 3 days, Wednesday – Friday

Based in our Pentland Group. You would be working as part of a team supporting adults with learning disabilities in meaningful work that produces woodwork, green woodwork and outdoor estates work. Experience of supporting behaviour that may present challenges is essential for this post.

Post 2 - 5 days, Monday – Friday

Based in our Garden Group. You would working as part of a team of 6 supporting adults with learning disabilities in gardening activities, as well as supporting our social enterprise through the green waste collection and firewood and compost deliveries to customers. A full clean driving licence and willingness to drive our tipper truck is essential for this post.

Post 3 – 3 days Monday, Tuesday, Friday – Male worker required

Based in our arts and crafts group, The May. You would be working as part of a team supporting adults with learning disabilities to participate in craft activities including weaving, felting, papercrafts. Experience of supporting behaviour that may present challenges including an understanding of autism and including one-to-one support is essential. The ability to attend some Thursday afternoon team meetings is also required. This post is for a male co-worker because of some care and support needs.

Whilst we look for people who bring knowledge and experience of the work activity, it is possible for the right staff to learn this in the role. What is most important is the capacity to support people, being motivated by Camphill values and demonstrating a willingness to learn.

We offer:

• Competitive terms and conditions including 36 days holiday
• Excellent continuous professional development opportunities
• Opportunity to contribute to a growing service
• Beautiful work setting on the edge of the Pentland Hills
• Opportunity to belong to a Camphill community which has residential houses, supported living, and social enterprises alongside a growing day service.

• Build strong, direct relationships with your clients and team

• Gain valuable experience working in a social care environment

• Great job satisfaction

At Eskmills and Threshold Edinburgh in East Lothian and Edinburgh we value each person for their individual worth, qualities and capabilities. We help adults with learning disabilities to maximise their abilities and be part of society.

Something as simple as a smile can make the world of difference to our day, and theirs. If you share our belief, this is your opportunity to join our close-knit and supportive team. It can be pretty challenging at times and priorities can change quickly so you will definitely need to be a patient and understanding individual. We work closely together as a team though – there’s always someone to talk to and we all help each other out wherever we can.

While an SVQ 3 qualification in Social Care would be ideal, it’s not essential as we’ll support you to gain it. In fact, we’ll make sure that you have all the training and development you need, not only so you can do a great job, but to help you build your career with us too.

For the permanent positions, you can also look forward to an excellent benefits package that includes an employer contributory pension and generous holiday allowance.

What’s more, you will be part of one of Scotland’s largest voluntary social work organisations. At CrossReach, we offer quality care and counselling to a wide range of people in need. But the real story of CrossReach is the work that our staff do: reaching out and making a real difference to the lives of others. If you’d like to join them, we look forward to hearing from you.

As we do our work in Christ’s name you must be respectful of our Christian Ethos and be able to work within it. You do not need to share our faith. These posts are subject to PVG Membership.

We are seeking to employ an enthusiastic person to develop & manage the BHBF programme for Home-Start Leith & North East Edinburgh. The successful candidate will recruit, train and support volunteers to work with families to create a positive home learning environment.

This is a fixed term 12 months contract and the post involves regulated work with children and/or protected adults. PVG Scheme registration is essential.

Primary Care Improvement Portfolio (3 posts available)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for three experienced, enthusiastic and positive individuals to join the Primary Care Improvement Portfolio, part of Healthcare Improvement Scotland’s ihub.

We are at a key stage in the implementation of our workplan, with the focus over the next few years on supporting improvement across primary care settings including health and social care. This work will be innovative and complex and these roles will be instrumental in engaging with a variety of health and social care organisations to deliver this programme of work.

Successful candidates will demonstrate expertise in the design and delivery of improvement programmes and knowledge in the application of improvement methodology in a variety of care settings.

Candidates should be educated to Masters level, or have equivalent training in an aspect of implementation and improvement science or extensive practical experience of supporting implementation and improvement programmes.

Strong communication, interpersonal and project management skills are essential to effectively manage change. Candidates should also have the ability to develop others through a range of teaching approaches including coaching, mentoring and consulting.

This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in national programmes that have a direct impact on patient care and outcomes.

We’re looking for a motivated, proactive individual to join our team at this crucial time in our 40 year history. We’re moving into an exciting new period and we need an experienced and skilled fundraising and development officer to help us to provide holistic support for children and young people.

You’ll be responsible for achieving set targets year or year. In the first instance we’d like you to build our portfolio of small grants and trusts (under £10,000) in order to contribute to our core costs, and latterly to begin to build connections with communities, high end donors, large trusts and grants through events, fundraising packs and any other activities as developed. It is expected that by year two, you’ll be launching some of these new channels and will be bringing in funding through these new activities.

We offer great terms and conditions, including an 18.2% pension contribution, flexible working, and training and development opportunities.

Our values are to be fun, child and young people led, trustworthy, empowering and nurturing and we work towards living these values in everything we do. If you’d like to join a friendly and buzzing team making real change for children and young people- get in touch!

We believe in children – Barnardo's Caern Project deliver a variety of quality services for young people with learning disabilities and/or autism. We have done this for over forty years.

You will support young people with learning disabilities and/or autism and their families/carers to achieve positive outcomes.

Working primarily in the residential setting you will promote the happiness, safety and welfare of the young people during short breaks.

Ideally you will have experience working with young people and the required qualifications for full registration as a residential child care worker with the SSSC or willingness to work towards them.

The full-time posts are 37 hours a week. Shifts will be allocated on a rota.

It is anticipated that Residential Project Workers Days will work these hours over five days each week including weekends, early mornings and evenings.

We would also encourage applicants that are interested in part-time work.

These posts are subject to an enhanced check through Disclosure Scotland - PVG Scheme.

Please see the attached job and person profile for the essential criteria for this role.

If you wish to have an informal conversation about this post please contact Ewen Lanyon or Isabel McLaren on 0131 339 8840

Citizens Advice Scotland is the advocate for citizens and consumers in Scotland. We work over a range of areas covering social justice, financial health, communities and people first markets, undertaking research, policy and advocacy.

Citizens Advice Scotland uses the extensive data from our advice network, and other research, to inform our policy and advocacy work. This virtuous circle of advice and advocacy helps to deliver real change for people. As well as our general advocacy role we are levy-funded to carry out advocacy work in the energy, post and water sectors.

Water Policy Officer plays a vital and active role, initiating research projects, writing a wide range of policy papers and engaging with external industry, political and government stakeholders.

Water Policy Officer also plays an important part in our work to improve outcomes for consumers.

The successful candidate will have a demonstrable knowledge and understanding of relevant policy areas across the UK and Scotland, including any associated regulations. You will also have a great ability to to effectively interpret quantitative and qualitative data as well as excellent analytical, written and oral communication skills.

Employee benefits

Citizens Advice Scotland offers excellent terms and conditions, including a total of 40 days leave (including public holidays) and a pension scheme with an 8% employer contribution. We have a flexitime scheme which enables our employees to work flexibly in line with organisational requirements, and as an inclusive employer we are happy to consider other flexible working arrangements where appropriate.

LinkLiving's Edinburgh Mental Health Service is a visiting housing support service, delivered by teams which work across Edinburgh. As well as enabling people affected by mental health problems to live as independently as possible in their own homes, we engage with a range of statutory and voluntary organisations to ensure the people we work with get the support they need.

Visiting housing support

We deliver visiting housing support to around 180 people in Scotland's capital who experience a variety of mental health problems. Our support includes:

* Engaging with people and professionals who have an interest in their welfare.

* Equipping people with skills and tools to help them manage their mental health

* Creating personal support plans to help the people achieve the outcomes they desire

Recovery-based approach

We work from a recovery-based perspective, which means we enable the people we support to live a good life - as defined by them - with or without symptoms.

We use conversations and plans to help people identify their long-term ambitions and short-terms goals and develop strategies for achieving them.

We recognise the importance of the home as the base from which people can work towards recovery. We provide support in all aspects of maintaining a home, with an emphasis on developing people's skills to look after and sustain their home independently.

The role of communities

We also recognise the role which communities can play in recovery. We connect the people we work with appropriate sources of local support and with networks and organisations which deliver social benefits, including a sense of belonging, community and purpose.

Putting people at the centre

We appreciate that the mental health problems experienced by the people we work with can sometimes have a significant adverse impact on their lives, so we take time to help them to recognise, understand and manage their symptoms.

At all times, our support is flexible, person-centred and responsive to the changing needs of the people we work with.

The job

We have an exciting opportunity for ambitious and motivated Support Workers to join our team and improve the lives of people supported by our Edinburgh Mental Health Service.

In this role, you will develop effective relationships with people affected by a range of mental health problems, supporting them to cope in difficult times and working towards recovery and a good life. You will provide emotional, practical and social support to enable people to live as independently as possible and make informed choices in all aspects of their lives.

Working in partnership

Multi-agency working is an important part of the job. You will develop positive relationships with a range of partners, including the NHS (in the community and in hospitals), social work and voluntary organisations. By understanding the assistance they offer and maintaining strong links with partner agencies, you will extend the breadth and quality of support available to the people we work with.

You will work as part of a team while managing your own workload and being a key worker for some of the people we support. You will take part in regular team meetings and receive regular support and supervision. You will participate in a range of learning and development opportunities to enhance your experience and skills and improve the quality of our service.

Using technology to deliver the best service

You will embrace technology to help deliver the best service we can to the people we support. You will be given a laptop and smart phone to access Carista, our integrated social care management system. You will use Carista to create support plans and risk assessments, record support, monitor outcomes and gather feedback from the people you work with.

Your working hours

Your core days of work will be Monday to Friday, while you will work around one in six weekends. Occasional flexible working will be required, as and when needed, to meet the needs of the people we support and our service.

What you will need

- Willingness to work towards and achieve an appropriate qualification recognised by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) - for example, SVQ Social Services and Healthcare at SCQF Level 6.

- Ability to meet the standards of care set out in the national Health and Social Care Standards.

- Ability to meet the requirements of membership of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups scheme.

- An approach which is flexible, practical, proactive and reliable.

Successful applicants will be required to register with the SSSC within six months of their start date.

For a comprehensive list of the essential and desirable criteria required for this post, please refer to the Job Specification in the Job information Pack available on our online recruitment portal.

About us

LinkLiving is a not-for-profit organisation and a Scottish charity. We have been providing specialist services to support health, wellbeing, independence and community inclusion for over 25 years.

We are dedicated to making a positive difference to the lives of the people we work with and are recognised as a leader in responding to and delivering on individual needs.

We provide accommodation, care, employability and support services to over 1000 people each year in Clackmannanshire, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Fife and North Lanarkshire.

LinkLiving is part of the Link group of award-winning social enterprises.

Annual leave and benefits

LinkLiving offer up to 38 days annual leave pro rata, a wide-range of benefits including flexible working arrangements and access to a generous contributory pension scheme. Working within a supportive environment you can expect a range of training and development opportunities

This post is subject to Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership

We believe in children – at the Barnardo's Caern Project we deliver a variety of quality services for young people with learning disabilities and/or autism. We have done this for over forty years.

We are looking to recruit Senior Residential Workers to manage and support a team of staff who provide care and support for children and young people with learning disabilities and/or autism to enable them to achieve positive outcomes.

You will be a resilient and committed worker.

You will have knowledge and understanding of best practice in the fields of disability, autism and residential care.

Working primarily in the residential setting you will promote the happiness, safety and welfare of the young people during short breaks.

Ideally you will have experience working with young people and the required qualifications for full registration as a residential child care worker with supervisory responsibilities the SSSC or the willingness to work towards them.

The full-time posts are 37 hours a week. Shifts will be allocated on a rota.

It is anticipated that Senior Residential Project Workers will work these hours over five days each week including weekends, early mornings and evenings.

Applications for part-time posts may be considered.

These posts are subject to an enhanced check through Disclosure Scotland - PVG Scheme.

If you wish to have an informal conversation about this post please contact Ewen Lanyon or Isabel McLaren on 0131 339 8840

LinkLiving's Comely Green Health Service is a visiting housing support service, delivered by teams which work across Edinburgh. As well as enabling people affected by mental health problems to live as independently as possible in their own homes, we engage with a range of statutory and voluntary organisations to ensure the people we work with get the support they need.

Visiting housing support

We deliver visiting housing support to around 180 people in Scotland's capital who experience a variety of mental health problems. Our support includes:

* Engaging with people and professionals who have an interest in their welfare.

* Equipping people with skills and tools to help them manage their mental health

* Creating personal support plans to help the people achieve the outcomes they desire

Recovery-based approach

We work from a recovery-based perspective, which means we enable the people we support to live a good life - as defined by them - with or without symptoms.

We use conversations and plans to help people identify their long-term ambitions and short-terms goals and develop strategies for achieving them.

We recognise the importance of the home as the base from which people can work towards recovery. We provide support in all aspects of maintaining a home, with an emphasis on developing people's skills to look after and sustain their home independently.

The role of communities

We also recognise the role which communities can play in recovery. We connect the people we work with appropriate sources of local support and with networks and organisations which deliver social benefits, including a sense of belonging, community and purpose.

Putting people at the centre

We appreciate that the mental health problems experienced by the people we work with can sometimes have a significant adverse impact on their lives, so we take time to help them to recognise, understand and manage their symptoms.

At all times, our support is flexible, person-centred and responsive to the changing needs of the people we work with.

The job

We have an exciting opportunity for ambitious and motivated Support Workers to join our team and improve the lives of people supported by our Edinburgh Mental Health Service.

In this role, you will develop effective relationships with people affected by a range of mental health problems, supporting them to cope in difficult times and working towards recovery and a good life. You will provide emotional, practical and social support to enable people to live as independently as possible and make informed choices in all aspects of their lives.

Working in partnership

Multi-agency working is an important part of the job. You will develop positive relationships with a range of partners, including the NHS (in the community and in hospitals), social work and voluntary organisations. By understanding the assistance they offer and maintaining strong links with partner agencies, you will extend the breadth and quality of support available to the people we work with.

You will work as part of a team while managing your own workload and being a key worker for some of the people we support. You will take part in regular team meetings and receive regular support and supervision. You will participate in a range of learning and development opportunities to enhance your experience and skills and improve the quality of our service.

Using technology to deliver the best service

You will embrace technology to help deliver the best service we can to the people we support. You will be given a laptop and smart phone to access Carista, our integrated social care management system. You will use Carista to create support plans and risk assessments, record support, monitor outcomes and gather feedback from the people you work with.

Your working hours

Your will be required to work five evenings per week. Occasional flexible working will be required, as and when needed, to meet the needs of the people we support and our service. You will also be required to work public holidays.

What you will need

- Willingness to work towards and achieve an appropriate qualification recognised by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) - for example, SVQ Social Services and Healthcare at SCQF Level 6.

- Ability to meet the standards of care set out in the national Health and Social Care Standards.

- Ability to meet the requirements of membership of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups scheme.

- An approach which is flexible, practical, proactive and reliable.

Successful applicants will be required to register with the SSSC within six months of their start date.

For a comprehensive list of the essential and desirable criteria required for this post, please refer to the Job Specification in the Job information available on our online recruitment portal.

About us

LinkLiving is a not-for-profit organisation and a Scottish charity. We have been providing specialist services to support health, wellbeing, independence and community inclusion for over 25 years.

We are dedicated to making a positive difference to the lives of the people we work with and are recognised as a leader in responding to and delivering on individual needs.

We provide accommodation, care, employability and support services to over 1000 people each year in Clackmannanshire, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Fife and North Lanarkshire.

LinkLiving is part of the Link group of award-winning social enterprises.

Annual leave and benefits

LinkLiving offer up to 38 days annual leave pro rata, a wide-range of benefits including flexible working arrangements and access to a generous contributory pension scheme. Working within a supportive environment you can expect a range of training and development opportunities

This post is subject to Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership.

This is a science communication role of both formal and informal Learning programmes where you will play an active role in the delivery and further development of our Learning Programme and associated Public Engagement and Outdoor Learning activities.

In the main you will deliver different elements of the established Learning Programme in our dedicated learning spaces. You will also contribute to the development of our Earth and Environmental Science school related programmes, the production of supporting educational materials and the sourcing of teaching equipment and resources. The current development focus for our schools programme is around digital learning and making so relevant skills and an interest in this area would be advantageous.

In addition, you will assist in the delivery and development of the Outdoor Learning Programme and play a key delivery role in Public Engagement activities. This includes in-house delivery as well as supporting outreach activity in locations across Scotland.

You will be an integral member of a small but dynamic team where you will work, in part, to a determined schedule and in part on projects where self-management is required.

A full Job Description is available for download below,

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Do you have what it takes to make a difference?

ENABLE Scotland is a dynamic and vibrant organisation dedicated to improving the lives of people with learning disabilities and we are looking for motivated and driven individuals to join us in striving to ensure they have the same opportunities as everyone else.

We have an exciting opportunity within our Edinburgh services for a dynamic and motivated individual with experience of providing support within stressed and distressed behaviour services.

It would be desirable for you to have experience taking on a leadership role within a social care setting. You must have the passion and drive to lead teams of frontline staff to support individuals to achieve their personal outcomes and live the life they choose. This mangement role will include being regularly present within the services and providing support to people we support and staff teams.

You should be ready to grasp excellent opportunities to develop knowledge and skills in Positive Behaviour Support.

Sound good so far?

Successful applicants will be able to demonstrate the following:

· Experience working with individuals with learning disabilities, autism and stressed and distressed behaviours.

· Experience in using person centred planning to deliver and lead excellent practices within the teams.

· Strong facilitation skills to support and encourage staff teams to take ownership and responsibility for the quality of support they deliver.

· The ability to effectively communicate with the people we support, staff teams, families and external care professionals.

· Creating and delivering robust service designs, support strategies and risk assessments.

· Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise your workload whilst working under pressure.

· SVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent desirable.

· Full driving licence with access to your own vehicle for business use is desirable.

What’s also great about ENABLE Scotland is that we believe in developing all our staff and provide an extensive training programme, combined with a commitment to create career development opportunities.

Remember this is #morethanajob – it’s the first step to you making a difference and beginning your career with an award winning charity with its values at its core.

The candidate

The ideal candidate will be a natural leader with excellent communication skills. They will bring real energy and drive to a role that requires flexibility, working with volunteers and developing and securing fundraising opportunities in their community.

Context

Community is the heartbeat of MRF and this role is key to ensuring MRF is part of every community. You will develop our profile, build partnerships and strengthen our work with volunteers to ensure they have the skills and opportunity to raise funds on our behalf.

Purpose

• To support, develop and inspire volunteers, community fundraisers and key supporters, utilising these networks to raise funds that enable MRF to achieve a world without meningitis and septicemia
• To ensure individuals and families affected by meningitis and septicaemia have the support, guidance and information they need
• To raise the public profile of the MRF with families and key stakeholders in the community
• To deliver the agreed community fundraising strategy, implementation plan, targets and income growth

The National Parent Forum of Scotland, hosted and co-managed by Children in Scotland are looking to employ an information assistant to join the team to channel communications effectively.

NPFS represents Parent councils across Scotland and aims to represent parents in pursuit of maximising every pupils’ potential.

This post holder will have good communication skills, organisational skills and understanding of social media and websites.

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Do you have what it takes to make a difference?

ENABLE Scotland is a dynamic and vibrant organisation dedicated to improving the lives of people with learning disabilities and we are looking for motivated and driven individuals to join us in striving to ensure they have the same opportunities as everyone else.

We have an exciting opportunity within our Edinburgh services for a dynamic and motivated individual with experience managing teams within the Social Care sector. You must have the passion and drive to lead teams of frontline staff to support individuals to achieve their personal outcomes and live the life they choose.

Sound good so far?

Successful applicants will be able to demonstrate the following:

• Experience working with adults and children with learning disabilities, epilepsy, autism and physical support needs.
• Experience in using person centred planning techniques in addition to delivering and leading excellent support practices.
• Strong facilitation skills to encourage staff teams to take ownership and responsibility for the quality of support they deliver.
• The ability to effectively communicate with the people we support, staff teams, families and external care professionals.
• Creating and delivering robust service designs, support strategies and risk assessments whilst managing individual budgets.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise your workload whilst working under pressure.
• SVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent.
• Full driving licence with access to your own vehicle for business use.

What’s also great about ENABLE Scotland is that we believe in developing all our staff and provide an extensive training programme, combined with a commitment to create career development opportunities including SVQ Level 4.

Remember this is #morethanajob – it’s the first step to you making a difference and beginning your career with an award winning charity with its values at its core.

Purpose of the organisation:

Community development work seeks to actively engage communities in making sense of the issues which affect their lives, setting goals for improvement and responding to problems and needs through empowerment and active participation.

The Community One Stop shop is a local community project established in 2003 which is home to CHAI Advice Provision, Employability Services, Broomhouse Food Bank and various other services. We are now seeking to employ a part time finance officer who will be able to take the project to new levels and help best meet our financial requirements and responsibilities.

This part time post will be focused on the monitoring and overseeing of all financial transactions within the project.

• Payment of invoices and recoding of all payments and transactions
• Payroll including pension and tax payments
• Bank account reconciliation
• Income scheduling, recording of grant payments
• Prepare OSCR returns
• Contribute to annual budget preparations
• Direct Debit and annual payment management
• To maintain staff HR files
• Review staff annual leave and pay reviews
• To ensure all incoming payments are received
• To prepare bi monthly reports for management committee
• Any other work as directed by Project Manager

The successful candidate should have the following skills and attributes:

• Relevant financial qualification
• Knowledge of third sector
• Experience of a similar role
• Excellent numerical and written skills
• Excellent IT skills
• Proactive approach
• Imaginative work practices
• Ability to work as a team player
• Excellent organisational skills
• Innovative with good problem-solving skills
• A “can do” attitude

We have a vacancy for an HR Project Manager to join our friendly team at our National Office in Edinburgh. Working closely with colleagues, the post holder will set-up and embed efficient and effective procedures for HR record-keeping. The successful candidate will be computer literate and have previous experience of working in an office environment. S/he will have excellent interpersonal skills, coupled with the ability to work as part of a team. An understanding of mental health issues would be an advantage.

Supported by the Big Lottery Fund, ‘Creative, Connected, Community’ is an exciting 3 year programme that will use Creative Placemaking to deliver a lasting, transformational, community-led change for Wester Hailes.

Pivotal to the success of this approach is an innovative new Creative Placemaking role. The postholder will work with local residents in the different neighbourhoods of Wester Hailes to develop and deliver a programme of regular creative activities, one-off events, and participatory public art installations that respond to local assets and aspirations.

This is a 36 month project which started in September 2017. The post holder will be taking over from someone who has been in post since the start of the project. Handover time with the current post holder will be built into the induction for the new post holder.

To find out more about this post, please see our website.

We are looking for a person to join our team and provide one-to-one support with a man with learning difficulties to help him be included in ordinary life. Your work will involve you providing tailored support based on the persons, and families, wishes and desires also ensuring that the needs of the person are being met positively on a daily basis. The day will involve supporting the person to access and attend educational and leisure opportunities, develop and maintain friendships for the person and also develop volunteer and work opportunities in the community.

The successful candidate for the role will need to have the following qualities.

• Be able to work as part of a small team.

• Be able to demonstrate compassion, empathy and enjoy working with people.

• Have excellent communication and motivation skills.

• Be creative and have the ability to develop new opportunities for people whilst promoting choices.

• Have the ability to commit to the organisations ethos of person centred support and ensuring each person is treated as an individual.

Benefits include

• SVQ 3 qualification opportunities.

• Contributory company pension scheme.

• Training and development opportunities.

• Working as part of a small, well established and respected organisation.

• 32 days paid annual leave per year. (Part-time positions are pro-rata).

• Daytime week day working.

• Staff supervision and support.

Relief

(possibly leading to permanent)

£8.75 per hour

Various daytime hours Monday to Friday

Car driver not essential but desirable for certain posts

and the ability to use own car is also desirable

We are looking for people to provide one-to-one support to men and women with learning difficulties to help them be included in ordinary life. You would work with the person helping them to access educational, social, leisure and work opportunities in the community throughout the Edinburgh area.

Benefits include

• Optional contributory pension scheme

• Ongoing support, training and development opportunities

• Daytime Monday to Friday working (Between the hours of 8am and 5pm)

• Working for a well-established small organisation where person-centred values are at the core

A satisfactory PVG disclosure check is required for this post.

Do you enjoy organising training events?

Would you enjoy working for an organisation that promotes healthy sleep for children and adolescents?

Do you enjoy a bit of travel in order to oversee training events?

Are you competent in IT skills including Microsoft Office?

If this sounds like something you would enjoy, read on.

Our courses are becoming more diverse and increasingly popular, therefore we are seeking another Training Administrator to join the team to help organise, run and promote Sleep Scotland training courses. This position will be based at the Sleep Scotland offices in Liberton. Occasional travel and overnight stays elsewhere in the UK will be required but planned in advance.

The successful applicant for this post will require a basic disclosure

Please note this post works 42 weeks out of 52 with the fixed holidays predominately following the school holidays.

The salary below is pro-rated across the year.

Salary - £10,828 – Qualified at HNC/SVQ 3 level

Salary - £9,625 – Qualified at NC/SVQ 2 level

The Early Years Practitioner is responsible for providing safe and stimulating care and play provision for children aged 0-5 years within our early years setting.

The Service

Oxgangs Project is a 24/7 temporary supported accommodation service located in Oxgangs Street, Edinburgh. Our 17 service users are male homeless individuals with a variety of support needs including substance misuse and mental health issues. The building consists of 7 service user shared flats and a staff resource.

The Job

Our main aim is to move service users on from the project and resettle them in the community in a permanent housing option suited to their needs. This is achieved by building supportive relationships with service users and assisting them to tackle the issues that led to their homelessness. The post involves working to a rota that involves backshifts and weekend working.

The Candidate

You should be confident in dealing with a homeless client group and have compassion and understanding for the issues homeless people face. You should also either hold an SVQ2 in Health and Social Care or have the willingness to undertake study to achieve this.

All successful candidates will be required to obtain registration with the SSSC within 6 months of taking up the post. For more information about registration please visit sssc.uk.com/registration

Blackwood currently have a vacancy for a Reactive Maintenance Delivery Leader based within our Head Office in Edinburgh.

We are looking for a highly skilled and enthusiastic professional with at least 3 years’ experience of working in a reactive maintenance capacity for an affordable housing provider. You will have demonstrable experience of managing a team and the ability to deliver responsive maintenance and adaptations services.

You will work closely with the Planned Maintenance Delivery Leader and ensure a coordinated approach in the successful delivery of responsive maintenance and adaptations are progressed within agreed timescales. It is key that you prioritise a customer-focussed approach, bringing best possible value through effective quality control of contractor performance during the programme’s implementation.

The successful candidate will provide financial control across Blackwood’s assets, providing budgetary assistance to the Property Investment Manager to deliver our Asset Management and Aids and Adaptations strategies. With line management responsibility of our Property Assistants, the Reactive Maintenance Delivery Leader will also build good relations with our Estates Officers, Assets Officers and regional teams to achieve our strategic goals.

Customer-oriented and with excellent communication, planning and IT skills, you will work within service standards and ensure compliance and implementation of statutory and regulatory requirements, understanding an awareness of the needs of disabled people and how these may best be met through design, technical and other solutions.

We currently have a vacancy for a part time Property Assistant based in our Head Office in Edinburgh. This is a part time position working Monday – Friday 9am – 1pm.

The Property Assistant will be responsible for the daily processes to assist and support the Asset Management team. You will be the first point of contact for our customers and will carry out a range of duties including repairs diagnostics, creating and issuing works orders and other administrative duties.

Key tasks and responsibilities for this role include:

• Deliver a high quality of service for customers for all aspects of maintenance
• Maintain property systems and databases, including reactive, servicing, planned cyclical and adaptations, producing monitoring reports for Asset Managers
• Develop and maintain a high level of awareness of the needs of disabled people in respect of access to and use of buildings and of how these may best be met through design, technical and other solutions.

The successful applicant will be customer focussed, with a ‘can do’ attitude and have strong administrative, computer, organisational and communication skills.

Get paid to meet people in your community and carry out important studies including the Scottish Health Survey, Growing Up in Scotland and the Scottish Crime & Justice Survey.

As a ScotCen interviewer you’ll visit people in their homes to ask them about all sorts of interesting topics.

What you find out will ultimately contribute to future social policy in Scotland.

We offer full training with a competitive rate of pay and travel expenses. We normally offer you work three months in advance.

What we offer:

High quality initial training with ongoing support

Flexible working hours

Competitive rates of pay, including a bonus scheme, travel expenses and holiday pay

Opportunity of pay progression

Opportunities to develop your skills and work on a wide variety of surveys

What you need:

Internet broadband at home

Able to work at least 6 hours a day, including evenings and weekends, for at least 3+ days a week.

You need to be available for a minimum of 20 hours per week including weekdays/evening and weekends

Use of a car is essential

Documents to verify your identity and to show you’re eligible to work in the UK

Comfortable with using computer equipment

Salary: £17,544 FTE (£9/hour) for unqualified staff

£19,317 FTE (£9.91/hour) for SVQ 2 qualified staff

£19,857 FTE (£10.18/hour) for SVQ 3 qualified staff

Are you passionate about helping others? Are you looking for a new role in social care, or a career change? Would you like to work for an organisation committed to providing high-quality care?

If so, Visualise Scotland are currently looking to recruit caring and compassionate individuals for Support Worker positions. With posts available in our Housing Support Services, you would be supporting amazing yet vulnerable adults with profound disabilities to achieve their maximum potential.

In exchange for your motivation, commitment and care, we pay £9.00-£10.18 per hour (dependent on qualification level) and provide excellent training and development opportunities.

Good interpersonal skills and a willingness to learn are essential. Experience of working with people with disabilities is desirable but not essential as full training and support will be provided.

If you would like an informal discussion about these posts, please contact us on 0131 475 2337.

Each year the Edinburgh International Science Festival delivers one of Europe’s largest science festivals, a primary school education programme across Scotland, a careers event for secondary school pupils and a variety of international programming activities and projects. We believe in inspiring, encouraging and challenging people of all ages and backgrounds to explore and understand the world around them.

About the role:

As part of our Development (Fundraising) team, you will seek out, identify and secure financial support from a range of sources including companies, trusts and individuals with a focus on developing giving circles across funding streams. You will also develop and strengthen relationships with existing funding partners, delivering the highest level of service.

About you:

With experience in a fundraising, sponsorship or sales environment, you will have experience of making funding applications and hold a good working knowledge across all funding streams. You will be pro-active, enthusiastic, target driven and play a key role in delivering the organisation’s fundraising targets.

You will have a flexible and creative approach, excellent interpersonal and organisational skills and the ability to prioritise and multi task while working under pressure.

We are looking for candidates who have experience of working with women with complex social needs. You will be working as part of Another Way, a service that works with women involved in sex work. This role will have a focus on providing outreach to women who are street-based and working indoors (saunas), and providing one-to-one support.

You must have experience of providing assertive outreach to ‘hard-to-reach’ groups, as well as an excellent understanding of the support needs of women involved in sex work. You will need to be an effective communicator, highly organised and have effective casework management skills. It is essential that support provided is non-judgmental and respects the wishes of the women we engage with.

You will work closely with other partners and agencies and be expected to ensure the continued development of good partnership working. Experience of working with women involved in sex work is desirable.

Membership of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme is a requirement this post.

*For the purposes of the Equality Act 2010 it is an occupational requirement that this post is filled by a woman.

Sacro provides high quality services and plays a key role in influencing government policy and legislation.

We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated and proactive individual to develop learning and digital initiatives and co-ordinate provision across Sacro.

The post-holder will be responsible for identifying development needs including designing and delivering training, as well as developing material for Sacro’s e-learning system. You will coordinate the programme for the annual staff conference and manage the continuation of the SVQ programme and other qualification requirements across Sacro.

The post-holder will also undertake work in connection to Sacro’s Volunteering Strategy including the process for Investors in Volunteering (IiV) and facilitating Volunteer Supervisors Forums.

Experience of designing, delivering and evaluating training is essential as is knowledge of other learning solutions. Candidates should be educated to at least SCQF level 7 or equivalent and hold a professional training qualification. Experience of managing an SVQ programme, or other qualification programme, is desirable.

If you would like an informal chat about the requirements of the role, please telephone Joti Singh, Head of HR & OD on 07773 573 599.

In this role, you will provide personal assistance to the employer, a young man with a physical disability, who is a wheelchair-user. This is to enable the employer to pursue their interests and live as independently as possible. Hours of work include 1pm to 6pm on Sundays with additional shifts available if desired.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist the employer to eat, drink and prepare food.

• Assist the employer with brushing hair, teeth and basic hygiene.

• Drive the employer’s wheelchair-accessible vehicle.

• Assist the employer to attend various social and leisure activities.

• Assist the employer with domestic tasks, errands and administrative matters.

Skills and Experience

• Excellent communication skills and enthusiasm is essential.

• Understanding and patient attitude is essential.

• Previous experience supporting someone with a disability is essential.

• Full driving license, valid in the UK, is essential.

• Candidate will undergo a Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) check.

Do you remember the excitement and adventure of moving into your own house for the first time?

Do you have what it takes to make a difference in someone’s life?

Maybe you are already working in social care and want to join an organisation with relationships and community at its heart.

This is a great opportunity to be part of a new team supporting this man, where every member will become a specialist in him!

We are looking for inspiring, enthusiastic and experienced support workers to join a new team at Tiphereth providing focused person centred support to one of our members. The young man likes to be active and enjoys many activities both in and away from his new home.

Your Role will be to:

• Develop a relationship with the young man.

• Become a part of a dynamic support team

• Support him in his own home and within his community.

• Help him to build on his independence and confidence in his new environment.

• Help overcome challenges of moving into a new home.

• Utilise your experience of working with young people with autism and behaviours that may challenge.

We have several permanent posts working a variety of shift patterns per week. These contracts require full flexibility, the majority being from 4.45pm to 10.00pm during Monday to Fridays, and throughout the day at weekends (not every weekend) .Sleepovers are not a requirement of this role.

Tiphereth Supported Living Service are looking for a motivated and experienced support worker to join our team. The successful candidate will have extensive practice experience in working with people who have Autism. As well as a proven track record in developing and implementing positive behaviour support strategies.

The post will require the successful candidate to develop and lead a small team of co-workers in providing consistent, robust and committed support to a member of our community through demonstrating best practice. This is a great opportunity to be part of a new team supporting this man, where every member will become a specialist in him!

Ideally you will:-

• Have extensive experience of supporting people with Autism

• Have experience in challenging behaviour/Behavioural Support

• Ability to lead a small team to ensure consistent approach is maintained

• Be able to be innovative with a can do attitude

• Enjoy the outdoors, having fun and be self-motivated

• Be able to be a supporter to members, even when things are difficult

• Confident and able to think on your feet

• Flexible and able to respond to change

• Someone who is resilient and believes in people

• Able to build a positive relationship with members and his family

• Have the ability to work on your own initiative and consistently as part of a team

• Have excellent communication skills with IT skills

• Patient and able to show empathy

• Passionate and dedicated

• Able to do shift work including weekends, evenings and some bank holidays.

These contracts require full flexibility, the majority being from 4.00pm to 10.00pm during Monday to Fridays, and throughout the day at weekends (not every weekend) .Sleepovers are not a requirement of this role.

Be part of something different!

Following a review of ministry requirements to complement traditional parish ministry, The Ministries Council of the Church of Scotland is pleased to be able to recruit for this role.

Main Purpose of post: - To take a lead in developing young people’s work on Sundays -To facilitate the development of a ministry of family inclusion within the congregation and parish - To develop and nurture engagement with children and young people in the church and community groups who use the church - To train, encourage and support young adult and young volunteers in working alongside young people

This role is varied and will allow you to use your gifts, skills and experience to make a difference to the lives of people in our parishes and communities.

The Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance (SIAA) is the only national organisation with a remit to promote, support and defend independent advocacy. We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our small team.

SIAA successfully led the campaign to include a right of access to independent advocacy in the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 and we have made many other significant advances in influencing legislation and policy. We are looking to recruit a Development Manager to support the development and growth of independent advocacy across Scotland.

We are looking for an resilient, self-motivated, mature and professional individual who will help make change happen.

The post may be suitable for secondment with agreement from your employer.

SIAA wants a society where anyone who needs independent advocacy is able to access it.

The Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance (SIAA) is the only national organisation with a remit to promote, support and defend independent advocacy. We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our small team.

SIAA successfully led the campaign to include a right of access to independent advocacy in the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 and we have made many other significant advances in influencing legislation and policy. We are looking to recruit a Development Manager to support the development and growth of independent advocacy across Scotland.

We are looking for an resilient, self-motivated, mature and professional individual who will help make change happen.

The post may be suitable for secondment with agreement from your employer.

SIAA wants a society where anyone who needs independent advocacy is able to access it.

The post aims to promote, support and develop independent advocacy across Scotland.

The post holder will be responsible for delivering an inclusive and varied programme of group events, working closely with LGBT people to ensure that delivery is responsive to the needs of LGBT individuals and communities.

Join us if you are passionate about the issues faced by LGBT people in Scotland, are committed to community development, and want to help us to deliver our ambitious vision for LGBT health, wellbeing and equality in Scotland.

Do you want to be a part of an award winning team? We have a vacancy for a dynamic, enthusiastic and organised individual to join our Systemic Family Counselling Team in Midlothian. This post is funded by for 12 months initially with likelihood of continued funding being finalised. The post holder will be responsible for managing referrals, assessing the needs of the whole family and supporting families with agreed strategies for change. You will be expected to work across Midlothian, visiting families in their own homes. Having access to a car for business use is essential.

Venture Trust works with people experiencing complicated life circumstances. Through the provision of wilderness-based personal and social development programmes, we equip them with the confidence, motivation and core life skills that they need to make positive changes in their lives.

We’ve an exciting opportunity for skilled trainers and employability workers with experience of working with disadvantaged groups within a welfare-to-work and employability focussed environment, to join our team in the roles of Employability Worker (East). The successful candidate will support the planning and lead the delivery of employability programmes for participants in their third stage of a Venture Trust programme, and for participants referred directly to our employability programmes. They will develop and manage external referral networks, ensuring efficient running of recruitment for programmes. Sessions will have a practical focus on group work, job search, skills acquisition and ongoing pastoral support to identify and remove barriers to employment and broker employability opportunities with external stakeholders.

Key to success in this role will be strong communication and relationship building skills, not only to deliver client work, but to liaise effectively with Outreach Worker colleagues to tailor session content to client need and seek and provide updates on progress. Strong organisational and prioritisation skills are essential to ensure thorough and accurate records are kept. Experience of development training and/or informal education and a degree in an appropriate field would also be advantageous, as would an SQA assessor qualification or experience in delivering the SQA Employability Award.

We offer a range of generous benefits including 28 days annual leave and 9 public and bank holiday days, flexible working and a joint contributory pension scheme.

Venture Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity in employment, and follows an equal opportunities policy.

This is a key role for the organisation, supporting the parent /carers of children and young people living with learning difficulties by providing information, advice and 1:1 support. The service may also be provided to young adults up to the age of 25. The role involves telephone and email contact as well as face-to-face meetings and liaising with professionals on behalf of families. From time to time it will be necessary to attend meetings in support of families. This post may occasionally require weekend and/or evening work.

This is a key role for the organisation, supporting the parent /carers of children and young people living with learning difficulties by providing information, advice and 1:1 support. The service may also be provided to young adults up to the age of 25. The role involves telephone and email contact and may include liaising with professionals on behalf of families. This post may occasionally require weekend and/or evening work.

It’s all about the people.

• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Great job satisfaction
• Good team-working
• Excellent benefits package

Here at The Elms in Edinburgh, we don’t just see those we work with as older people. They’re someone’s parent. Someone’s grandparent. For us, providing the best quality of care is hugely rewarding and our goal is to ensure that every one of our residents enjoys the best possible quality of life.

Something as simple as a smile can make the world of difference to our day, and theirs. If you share our belief, this is your opportunity to join our close-knit and supportive team. It can be pretty challenging at times and priorities can change quickly so you will definitely need to be a patient and understanding individual. We work closely together as a team though – there’s always someone to talk to and we all help each other out wherever we can.

While an SVQ 3 qualification in Social Care would be ideal, it’s not essential as we’ll support you to gain it. In fact, we’ll make sure that you have all the training and development you need, not only so you can do a great job, but to help you build your career with us too. For the permanent positions, you can also look forward to an excellent benefits package that includes an employer contributory pension and generous holiday allowance.

What’s more, you will be part of one of Scotland’s largest voluntary social work organisations. At CrossReach, we offer quality care and counselling to a wide range of people in need. But the real story of CrossReach is the work that our staff do: reaching out and making a real difference to the lives of others. If you’d like to join them, we look forward to hearing from you.

As we do our work in Christ’s name you must be respectful of our Christian Ethos and be able to work within it. You do not need to share our faith. These posts are subject to PVG Membership.

ESS is based in Edinburgh and works with the third sector and funders so they can measure and report on their impact.

The post leads ESS’s finance and administration functions. You should have strong experience of book keeping, budgeting and financial reporting and be able to use (or quickly pick up) QuickBooks. You will have experience of supporting a small office to run smoothly including database and IT management. You enjoy working flexibly and collaboratively in a small team.

It’s all about the people.

• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Great job satisfaction
• Good team-working

Here at Queen’s Bay in Edinburgh, we don’t just see those we work with as older people. They’re someone’s mum. Someone’s dad. Someone’s grandparent. For us, providing the best quality of care is hugely rewarding and our goal is to ensure that every one of our residents enjoys the best possible quality of life.

As part of our close-knit and supportive team you will effectively manage the running of the unit, leading and directing other staff members on the shift. To succeed you’ll have experience of care work and an HNC in Social Care or SVQ Level 3 as well as effective decision making skills and ideally experience of supervising other staff. In return we offer every support for your professional development and an excellent benefits package that includes an employer contributory pension and generous holiday allowance.

What’s more, you will be part of one of Scotland’s largest voluntary social work organisations. At CrossReach, we offer quality care and counselling to a wide range of people in need. But the real story of CrossReach is the work that our staff do: reaching out and making a real difference to the lives of others. If you’d like to join them, we look forward to hearing from you.

Libertus Services are currently recruiting for a Head Cook to run our small but busy kitchen within our Day Care Service providing wholesome and nutritional meals suitable for older people. The role include maintaining high standards of hygiene to current regulations and responsibility for stock control and CookSafe record keeping.

The successful candidate will hold a current NVQ 3 cookery skills certificate or equivalent and an Intermediate Food and Hygiene certificate and should have a minimum of two years-experience in a similar position.

This is a part time post 25 hours worked from Monday – Friday (days.)

This post is subject to satisfactory PVG checks with Disclosure Scotland.

To assist in the planning and delivery of daily activities for older people within a well-established Day Centre team.

The successful candidate will hold either SVQ3 Health and Social Care or HNC in Social Care, with a minimum of 2 year experience in the sector.

This is a part time post 16 hours per week, 11am to 3pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

This post is subject to satisfactory PVG checks with Disclosure Scotland.

Gender is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010.

“Much more than just a job. It’s the way that you do it that matters.”

• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Great job satisfaction
• Good team-working

Here at The Elms in Edinburgh we don’t just see those we work with as older people. They’re someone’s mum. Someone’s dad. Someone’s grandparent. For us, providing the best quality of care is hugely rewarding and our goal is to ensure that every one of our residents enjoys the best possible quality of life.

Something as simple as a smile can make the world of difference to our service users and our staff. If you share our belief, this is your opportunity to join our close-knit and supportive team. It can be pretty challenging at times and priorities can change quickly so you will definitely need to be a patient and understanding individual. We work closely together as a team though – there’s always someone to talk to and we all help each other out wherever we can.

While an SVQ 3 qualification in Social Care would be ideal, it’s not essential as we’ll support you to gain it. In fact, we’ll make sure that you have all the training and development you need, not only so you can do a great job, but to help you build your career with us too. You can also look forward to an excellent benefits package that includes an employer contributory pension and generous holiday allowance.

What’s more, you will be part of one of Scotland’s largest voluntary social work organisations. At CrossReach, we offer quality care and counselling to a wide range of people in need. But the real story of CrossReach is the work that our staff do: reaching out and making a real difference to the lives of others. If you’d like to join them, we look forward to hearing from you.

As we do our work in Christ’s name you must be respectful of our Christian Ethos and be able to work within it. You do not need to share our faith. These posts are subject to PVG Membership.

“Much more than just a job. It’s the way that you do it that matters.”

• Work with a friendly, supportive team
• Contribute to a positive environment
• Be an important part of our daily lives

Here at Queen’s Bay Lodge in Edinburgh, we don’t just see those we work with as older people. They’re someone’s mum. Someone’s dad. Someone’s grandparent. For us, providing the best quality of care is hugely rewarding and our goal is to ensure that every one of our residents enjoys the best possible quality of life.

Your job is important here and it’s something that everyone notices right from the start. You’re definitely be working as part of a close-knit team where your positive approach to maintaining a good standard of housekeeping will be valued.

If you’ve worked in a care setting before that’s great, but we’re more interested in how you’d help us continue to make our residents lives as pleasant as possible. And if you’re interested, we’ll make sure that you have all the training and development you need, not only so you can do a great job, but to help you build your career with us too.

You can also look forward to an excellent benefits package that includes an employer contributory pension and generous holiday allowance.

What’s more, you will be part of one of Scotland’s largest voluntary social work organisations. At CrossReach, we offer quality care and counselling to a wide range of people in need. But the real story of CrossReach is the work that our staff do: reaching out and making a real difference to the lives of others. If you’d like to join them, we look forward to hearing from you.

As we do our work in Christ’s name you must be respectful of our Christian Ethos and be able to work within it. You do not need to share our faith. These posts are subject to PVG Membership.

Four Square has been a major provider of services for homeless and other people facing challenges in Edinburgh for 40 years. Four Square manages a wide range of services throughout Edinburgh, aimed at providing assistance and opportunities that will enable homeless and other people to develop the self-confidence and skills necessary for positive and sustainable independent living.

Our Stopover project provides emergency accommodation with support to up to 16 young people who are homeless or at risk.

Our Number Twenty project offers temporary supported accommodation for up to 6 young women who are homeless.

Our Training Flat scheme provides temporary accommodation with support for young people who are homeless.

Are you passionate about making a positive difference to young people’s lives?

Are you passionate about leading a dedicated team in offering a high level of support?

If the answer is yes, then joining Four Square as our Residential Services Manager could be the opportunity for you.

As our Residential Services Manager you will ensure that the services and operational management at Stopover, Number Twenty and Training Flats Scheme are of the highest possible professional standards and are in line with Four Square agreed policies and procedures. In return you will receive a competitive salary, company pension scheme, additional on-call allowance and the opportunity to develop within the organisation through our eLearning programme.

Main purpose of Job

• To ensure that the services and operational management at Stopover, Number Twenty and Tenancy Training Flats Scheme are of the highest possible professional standards and are in line with Four Square agreed policies and procedures.
• To review these services on a regular basis.
• To ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements and service contracts
• To contribute towards the development of new services for young homeless people.
• To assist the Social Care Manager in ensuring the maintenance of appropriate financial and administrative systems; in particular, ensuring the adherence to agreed project budgets.
• To bring to the early attention of the Social Care Manager any issues affecting the overall management and development of the projects

As an award-winning innovative care provider, we support the elderly and people living with physical disabilities and long-term conditions across Scotland. We pride ourselves on our knowledge and passion for delivering complex care, making sure that our customers receive high quality care services that can range from visiting a few hours a week to several daily visits.

We deliver our vision of helping our customers live their life to the full through the hard work and dedication of our Support Workers who provide our customers with a wide variety of assistance such as personal hygiene, dressing, medication prompts and light household chores in line with their personal support plans.

Blackwood are currently looking for Support Workers to join our Care Services teams to support our customers living in their own homes in the community and/or in our Care Homes. We operate care services in Aberdeen, Dundee, Perth & Kinross, Edinburgh, Stirling, Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Ayrshire and Inverclyde.

Don’t worry about having any previous care experience, we provide comprehensive training and development opportunities to help you become a great carer!

Our main priority for this job role is to find people who can show our values and behaviours. These are:

• Taking responsibility
• Being open and honest
• Keeping our promises
• Having respect and understanding

The ideal candidate must have:

• A commitment to delivering high quality care
• Strong communication, interpersonal and IT skills
• An ability to work independently in the community and as part of a team
• A relevant qualification (SVQ2), this is not essential as training will be given
• Flexibility to work on a rota basis, including early mornings, evenings and weekends.

…Could this be you?

Blackwood offers a range of employee benefits, including:

• Travel expenses and paid travel time between customer visits
• Fully funded SVQ training on completion of probationary period
• Company sick pay scheme on completion of probationary period
• 34 days’ holiday per annum, pro rata for part-time hours
• Company mobile phone
• Company pension scheme and other benefits
• Payment of PVG and SSSC registration
• Recruit both drivers and walkers on care at home runs
• Fully paid induction and shadowing with experienced carers.
• EE Perks – discount packages for family and friends.

The Supported Housing Worker role requires assisting in the management of the development thus ensuring the tenants are able to enjoy an acceptable standard of living in an environment which is clean, safe and friendly. You will be responsible for overseeing the wellbeing of the tenants and for assisting them in maintaining their independence.

As housing care worker your role will involve working with our tenants to ensure they receive the support and personal care identified in their care plans. You will directly support tenants in their homes by providing individual advice, practical housing support assistance and personal care.

Both roles are to ensure that we are able to offer the best service to our tenants and make it possible for our tenants to continue enjoying as much independent living as they’re able.

As well as a competitive annual salary, our valued team also benefits from:

competitive hourly rates of £8.70 - £9.25 per hour;

guaranteed rota hours working between 7.30 am & 10pm

generous annual leave entitlement;

a choice of pension scheme with employer contributions;

flexible working policies;

access to extensive paid training and development opportunities; and

a supportive and inclusive culture.

We also have opportunities with our Trust Staff Agency - for employees who want to work across different locations, in various roles, with highly flexible hours to suit family commitments - it's a great opportunity with the same training and development that our other roles benefit from.

Previous experience working in social care or the housing sector would be an advantage but this is not always necessary. Our ideal candidate is someone with enthusiasm, a caring nature and willingness to learn as full training, support and ongoing development will be provided.