Jobs in Edinburgh

Fixed Term for 12 months (Career break cover)

Are you passionate about helping people to live a better life? Do you want to work for a charity where your health and wellbeing matter just as much as the people you support? Do you want to be part of a trauma-informed team where you will be supported to develop creative and flexible ways of working?

At LinkLiving, our values and people are at the heart of everything we do including how we recruit our staff. It is important for us to find people who share our values, which are:

• Empathy (listen to and understand an individual’s needs and circumstances)
• Respect (treat others the way they wish to be treated)
• Integrity (be honest and have strong moral principles
• Caring (show kindness and concern for others)

LinkLiving is a Scottish health and wellbeing charity that supports people to manage or overcome the effects of negative life experiences (including trauma, mental health challenges, poverty and inequality) so that they can build on their strengths and aspirations in order to live their best possible lives. We support people through a range of models including:

· Personal development and employability programmes

· Self-help coaching

· Supported accommodation

· Care at home

· Housing support

· Befriending

· Social cafes

The Service

The Link Academy team works primarily with people with complex and chaotic backgrounds. The service works hard and creatively to maintain the early engagement of participants. We support people by offering mental health and wellbeing programmes, independent living skills and a wide range of qualifications to support their progression including employability, tenancy, youth work and leadership award qualifications.

The Job

The purpose of the job is to support people to achieve their goals and aspirations through group work by providing opportunities to enhance their knowledge and skills. You will be responsible for recruiting, training and supporting the programme participants. You will support the achievement of high standards and provide monitoring information in relation to the project’s outcomes.

You will ensure that opportunities are provided to people equipping them with the skills to make a valuable contribution to the service and their wider community. You will support people into a positive destination whether that be re-engagement with education, training or employment. The Project Worker will provide support and offer guidance to programme participants, develop relationships with other agencies and services and actively promote LinkLiving’s programmes and services.

About You

in order to be considered for this role it is essential that you can demonstrate a good standard of education, e.g. standard grade passes (or equivalent) in core subjects such as English and Maths and also hold an SQA Assessor or willing to work towards it.

Experience of co-ordinating, developing and delivering training programmes is essential for this role.

As you will be working with people with complex needs/backgrounds you must have previous experience in this field.

Additionally, you must have the ability to drive and be able to travel between services, as required.

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 above.

What’s in it for you?

As a LinkLiving employee, you'll benefit from:

· A generous annual leave entitlement of 35 days pro rata per annum (including public holidays) rising to 38 days after completion of three years’ service

· Access to a death in service benefits scheme providing 4x salary

· Enhanced company sick and familial pay entitlements

· A Healthcare cash plan for employee and dependents to support health and wellbeing and discounts on shopping, restaurants, and other services.

· A free and confidential employee assistance program and services for employees and their immediate household dependants to support health, mental and financial well-being

· Employer pension contributions starting at 5% and rising to 6% depending on employee contributions

· Access to a savings and borrowing scheme and much more!

This post is subject to Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme registration. Link will meet the cost of any new PVG scheme membership or scheme record update.

Further Information

Interested? If you have any questions about the role, please email jobs@linkhaltd.co.uk and we can arrange for someone from the service to call you for an informal chat.

To find out more about what LinkLiving do, please visit our website at linkliving.org.uk

The Association for Fostering, Kinship and Adoption (AFKA) Scotland is seeking to appoint a Treasurer for our Board of Trustees. The Board meets at 5.30pm one evening (face-to-face) every second month and the Treasurer also meets with the finance subgroup between meetings (via MS Teams). The Board consists of 8 Trustees drawn from a variety of backgrounds including law, health, social work, research, and HR and who have provided oversight and support to the charity for many years.

About Us

AFKA Scotland is a national third sector organisation providing member services to Scotland’s 32 Local Authorities, voluntary and independent organisations to support the provision of Fostering, Kinship and Adoption Services to Children, Young People and Families. We host Scotland’s Adoption Register (SAR) and co-host the Kinship Care Advice Service Scotland (KCASS)

Our services include:

• Advice and guidance to 32 Local Authorities across Scotland.

• Provision of member forums/communities of practice including family placement, medical advisors, independent fostering, kinship and adoption panel chairs and legal advisors.

• Specific Consortia Membership for West and North East Social Work Practitioners.

• Provision of workshops and training.

• Provision of consultancy services using our skilled and experienced Staff and Associates.

• Independent chairing of fostering, kinship and adoption and permanence panels across Scotland.

• Our research team actively contribute to evidence informed practice through our research projects including the longitudinal Permanently Progressing Study.

• We contribute to the development of policy and practice at a local and national level.

Treasurer Role

• Oversight of AFKA financial affairs and ensure they are legal, constitutional and within accepted accounting practices.

• Ensure proper financial procedures and records are in place.

• Monitor and report on the financial health of the charity.

• Oversight of the annual audited accounts.

• Assist with funding bids on behalf of the charity.

• Provide advice to the Board on financial matters and in relation to the risk register.

We are particularly interested in securing a Treasurer with experience in accounting and we welcome people with personal or professional experience of care.

Our Mission

AFKA Scotland is an independent charity that promotes and facilitates evidence-informed best practice in Kinship Care, Fostering and Adoption, through advising, training, and influencing practitioners and policymakers, and supporting them to improve outcomes for children and families.

At the heart is our vision of a future where every practitioner working with children, young people and their families is knowledgeable, skilled, confident, and empowered to support the safe, secure, and loving care to which every child has a right.

At the NSPCC, we’re leading the fight against child abuse in the UK and Channel Islands. We believe that every childhood is worth fighting for. Which is why we’re working harder than ever to protect children at risk, help children who have been abused to rebuild their lives, and find the best ways of preventing child abuse from ever happening.

We work directly with children and families either in their homes or at our local Hubs across the UK and Channel Islands. Each service we provide is evaluated at different stages and from different perspectives so we can learn what works best and improve our provision. We are committed to sharing our evaluations to increase the evidence base of what works in children's services and help keep many more children safe.

We are looking for a dynamic and experienced Social worker to take the post of Team Manager in Scotland.

The NSPCC can offer the right candidate with the potential to grow and develop, fantastic learning opportunities, an improved work / life balance and the experience of working in a well-established charity that sets high standards and expectation on improving the lives of children. The successful candidate will have access to a Team Manager Development Programme alongside service specific training.

The successful candidate will, as a leader in the local team, manage and shape new innovative services within the themes of Sexual Abuse and Prevention, in line with the NSPCC current strategy. They will be an integral part of the management team and will be responsible for the line management of social workers /and non-qualified staff, delivering front line services within neighbouring areas.

The NSPCC are looking for a candidate with excellent communication skills, experience of supporting and developing staff within the safeguarding field as well as skills, knowledge and passion to drive improved outcomes for Children and Families. Candidates need to demonstrate motivation to improve the quality of the work provided by the team, have some experience of delivering supervision that supports good practice that promotes positive values and behaviours and expertise in the field of safeguarding.

An integral part of the NSPCC current strategy is the delivery of innovative, pioneering, evidence based practice across the safeguarding agenda. In addition, the NSPCC is seeking to share this learning to spread the reach and impact of our work. Therefore, the role requires a positive and flexible approach to influencing change and innovation.

About Edinburgh Food Project

Edinburgh Food Project was established in 2012 with the aim of reducing the effects of food poverty in Edinburgh by providing emergency food parcels to those in the community most in need. Over the last three years, we have been transitioning our 7 foodbank centres into “More than Food” hubs to allow our clients to access dedicated support to help them with their immediate and underlying problems to reduce/eliminate their need for food bank assistance and build their financial resilience for the future.

Edinburgh Food Project are now going through a period of change, developing their strategy to reflect the Scottish Government Consultation: Ending the need for foodbanks, and the Poverty Commission’s Report, A Just Capital.

This is a new and exciting Senior Management role. As Edinburgh Food Project go through a period of change, you will be responsible for operational management, planning and compliance of our growing client services.

The successful candidate will be passionate about supporting an organisation that provides all-round support to the community and vulnerable people in need. They will bring significant service management experience at a senior manager level and be experienced at managing a diverse team of people and leading during a time of change. In addition, they will have excellent communication and organisational skills. They will be hands on and proactive and willing to be part of a small but supportive team, working closely with the Director to ensure the sustainability of the organisation.

We're looking for an inspirational people person to join us as an Assistant Manager and work in some of our shops in East Scotland, providing cover in busy periods or for staff absences. You will be pivotal in assisting the Shop Manager in leading and empowering a team of volunteers to engage with the local community on Shelter's cause, maximising the contribution of gifts of time from volunteers, the gifts of products from our donors and the gift of income from our customers.

You will be the ambassador of Shelter on the high street; raising vital money for our cause. If you want to make a real difference to people at risk of homelessness, this is a unique opportunity to do just that.

About Shelter Scotland

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

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

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

About the role

You will assist the Shop Manager in the recruitment, support and development of a strong community focused shop team and empower them to maximise Shelter's income. Representing Shelter in your local community, ensuring that you and your team share your knowledge of Shelter's cause with customers, volunteers, donors and potential Shelter clients will also be important aspects of the role. You will always ensure a safe, clean, bright and happy environment for your team to work in and for your customers to shop in, in turn attracting potential donors and volunteers.

About you

You are a naturally energetic person with an enthusiasm for managing and empowering people. You know how to recruit and develop a team of volunteers and your extraordinary motivational skills will enable you to inspire your team to increase sales and control costs. Above all, you are ready to take on a new challenge and have a keen interest in Shelter's cause.

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

Benefits

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

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

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

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

The Royal College of General Practitioners is the largest membership organisation solely for GPs in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1952, it has over 54,000 members who are committed to improving patient care, developing their own skills and promoting general practice as a discipline. General practice is the largest branch of the medical profession. It provides some 1 million consultations for patients in the UK every working day and deals with 86% of the health problems experienced by the UK population.

RCGP Scotland is looking for a Projects & Initiatives Team Manager with demonstrable experience of leading a team successfully to develop and deliver a range of diverse projects and initiatives.

You will be a self-starter with the ability to work flexibly and on your own initiative, delivering high quality work to tight deadlines with competing demands. You will have the expertise to lead, motivate and develop your team and to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders alike.

You will have proven project management experience from preparation of project proposals through to implementation and completion, with the ability to oversee a range of projects concurrently, making strategic decisions and providing direction to your team.

This is an excellent opportunity to be involved in activities which support GPs at all stages of their career, and which will improve primary healthcare in Scotland.

This role is offered on a full-time basis 35 hours per week and is covering a period of maternity leave until January 2024. This role will involve hybrid working with a minimum of two working days in the Edinburgh office in the city centre. We offer flexible working hours Monday to Friday.

If you’re enthusiastic, driven, and want a role where you can really make a difference to the organisation and your own career, we want to hear from you.

The successful candidate will share our corporate values. In return, the College offers excellent terms and conditions.

Please download the Candidate Pack to view the full job description.

1 x 19 hours or 1 x 16 hours – Counselling & Recovery

£19,875 pro rata

1 x 24 hours – Sunflower Garden Project

£20,754 - £22,110 pro rata

Come and join our Business Support team, providing essential administrative support to our counselling services that make a real difference to children and adults across Edinburgh and the Lothians.

In the Counselling & Recovery roles, you will be one of the first points of contact for our CrossReach Counselling East services that provide a wide range of individual and family therapeutic support and counselling, as well as our Confidential Conversations service for organisations and workplaces. For the Sunflower Garden role, you’ll support our service that helps children and young people affected by parental drug or alcohol use.

In these roles, you will work closely with the rest of our Business Support team to handle phone and email enquiries, provide administrative support and complete health and safety tasks.

A flexible working pattern plus a blend of remote and office work can be discussed at interview. There’s also a benefits package that includes an employer contributory pension and generous holiday allowance.

CrossReach Counselling is recruiting a Counsellor with experience of working with children and young people to join our highly regarded Sunflower Garden team. With multiple opportunities across the service, we’re looking for qualified counsellors to work in school and community settings.

You’ll be part of a close-knit group providing face to face counselling to children and young people in Edinburgh. This role offers the right candidate an outstanding opportunity to focus on what really matters – the clients. It’s a role for a professional, qualified counsellor with excellent communication skills and the specialist experience required to work with children and young people.

At CrossReach, even though we’re one of Scotland’s largest voluntary social care charities – with a 1,600-strong team working across 60 services around the country – we genuinely value the individual. For our clients or services users, that means being treated with respect and care, regardless of the circumstances. For professionals like you, it means being part of a genuinely caring environment where you can contribute ideas, have your needs recognised and help shape your role around your ambitions.

In exchange, as well as a competitive salary, you’ll have a generous pension, health benefits, paid holiday and a range of retail and leisure discounts. In addition, we offer flexible working patterns where possible, access to clinical supervision and a programme of specialist therapeutic training.

Are you a qualified Sexual Relationship Therapist looking for a new challenge in your counselling career?

Would working with a growing charity providing counselling to individuals and couples across Edinburgh and the Lothians appeal to the vocational aspect of your practice?

Our counselling team are self-employed counsellors, qualified to work with individuals and couples. Our services also include Family Therapy and Children & Young People counsellors.

If you are interested in working with a minimum of 6 clients a week for Bright Light, we offer –

• a competitive voluntary sector fee of £25 per session

• personal operational support

• a Zoom license for on-line work

• a comfortable city centre counselling room for face to face

• monthly group supervision

• a free in-house CPD programme

• a network of counsellors to connect with

Bright Light is committed to making affordable counselling available and accessible. We want to better reflect the people who use our services and are actively seeking counsellors from a range of backgrounds and experiences.

Are you looking for a role where every day is different and you work in a team to make a real difference to young people’s lives?

Do you want to work directly with young people in the community rather than being stuck behind a desk?

If so, this role may be the perfect opportunity for you!

About the post

Using an outreach approach, the post holder will provide key work, careers guidance and tailored support to young people identified by their school as at risk of leaving without a positive destination, likely to be struggling to engage with mainstream curriculum and have experienced disrupted attendance.

About you

You should be experienced in working with vulnerable young people, have the ability to build excellent working relationships; and be positive, creative and flexible in delivering support. You should also have the ability to demonstrate our values of compassion, respect, integrity and innovation in the work that you do.

How we’ll support you

You’ll be working independently as part of a team of skilled, experienced keyworkers with a supportive manager.

You will have access to wider Cyrenians support, including our learning and development programme, and staff wellbeing services.

About the service

Cyrenians Key to Potential service provides holistic, person-centred support, to help young people coming up to school-leaving-age to progress into further education, training, or secure employment. This new post is an extension to the Key to Potential project, in response to increasing demand.

About us

At Cyrenians we tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness. We understand that there are many routes into homelessness, and that there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach to supporting people towards more positive and stable futures. That’s why all our work is values-led and relationships-based.

Our values

• Compassion: We believe that everyone should have the chance to change, no matter how long that might take.

• Respect: We believe in tolerance, acceptance, valuing diversity and treating each other as equals.

• Integrity: We are committed to the highest quality of work, grounded in honesty, generosity, sincerity and professionalism.

• Innovation: We are willing to take risks, challenge convention and be creative in our search for new ways of working, in particular by taking account of the environmental impact of our decisions.

Circle is a Scottish charity providing whole family support services to some of the most marginalised children and families in Scotland.

Working with families affected by parental substance use.

Funded by Scottish Government and Corra Foundation, the purpose of the post is to provide individual, peer based and group work support to children and young people affected by parental drug and/or alcohol use. The Children’s Resilience Worker will build upon children’s and young people’s existing strengths, support them to connect with peers and to help build resilience. The post holder will help children to have their voice heard. They aim to minimise the impact of parental substance use and will work alongside parents and carers, the wider team along with statutory and voluntary sector colleagues to enable holistic support at the earliest opportunity.

Applicants should possess a qualification in social work, social care, education or health, and have relevant experience.

Circle is a Scottish charity providing whole family support services to some of the most marginalised children and families in Scotland

We have an exciting opportunity for a committed and enthusiastic individual with lived experience of a loved one’s substance use to join our team.

Offering family peer support across East Lothian to family members who are affected by substance use.

Funded by Scottish Government, and administered by Corra Foundation, our East Lothian Family Peer Support Project aims to identify the rights and needs of families by offering direct provision of family peer support. The post holder will help family members to feel heard, and to inform not only their support, but wider family inclusive practice amongst services.

Applicants should possess a qualification in social work, social care, health, education or childcare and have relevant lived experience.

Circle is a Scottish charity providing whole family support services to some of the most marginalised children and families in Scotland.

We have an exciting opportunity for a committed and enthusiastic individual to join our team.

Families Affected by Substance Use.

Funded by East Lothian Council, our Families Affected by Substance Use Service aims to address the needs of, and improve the safety, health and wellbeing of children, young people and families affected by parental substance use, while promoting their strengths.

Applicants should possess a qualification in social work, social care, health or education, and have relevant experience.

About Aberlour Guardianship Service

Aberlour Guardianship Service supports unaccompanied asylum seeking and trafficked children and young people, who arrive in Scotland without their parents. The children and young people we help in the Scottish Guardianship Service have been through unimaginable traumas. Now, they must they cope with being apart from their families in a strange, new country. They face language and cultural barriers and the welfare and immigration system is very complicated and it can be difficult for them to understand.

We support these young people to understand the asylum and NRM process, stand by the young people's side throughout this process, support them to access the help they need and advocate when needed to ensure their views are clearly listened to. Our guardians support the young people to make informed decisions about their future and to settle into a new life in Scotland.

We are expanding and adapting elements of our existing Service to support unaccompanied Ukrainian children and young people. We will offer family based support services to Ukrainian young people, host families and carers, supporting young people to make sense of and settle into a new life in Scotland. We will nurture safety and wellbeing and social connections. We will work across the third sector to support capacity building within local authorities and to share information and learning.

Could you be the person to support children to navigate and feel empowered throughout these processes? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team.

This post is currently funded by the Scottish Government until September 2023, however we are continuous seeking further funding to allow us to extend these contracts.

What we are looking for....

We are looking to recruit a Guardian, who will be based in Edinburgh. Although this post is based in Edinburgh, this service is Scotland wide and you will at times be required to travel to other Local Authorities. You will work 37.5 hours per week, these hours will be worked in line with the needs of the young people and service and may include evenings and weekends.

We are looking for a candidate who has a relevant professional qualification at SCQF level 8 and has, or is prepared to work towards, the Office of Immigration Services Commissioner Level 2 Registration.

You will have experience of working with young people and children, dealing with child/adult protection issues, experience of advocacy work, inter-agency and partnership working and a good knowledge or experience of the asylum systems.

At Aberlour we want to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team.

What we offer...

As well as a supportive team and excellent training opportunities, we want all our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, an excellent employer pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts across various retailers.

UNICEF ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.

This is a great opportunity to join the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) as our Trusts and Foundations Manager.

The Trusts and Foundations Manager (in Scotland) will join a team of high-performing colleagues, aiming to maximise income and support towards positive outcomes for children. You will do this through building an effective portfolio of grant funders in Scotland and also support the effective management of information and processes within the team.

If you have successfully secured five and six-figure gifts from trusts, foundations or high-net-worth individuals, we want you. You may have done this remotely or in person and have built great essential skills in negotiating. Your hard-won experience in developing and managing high-quality relationships with trusts, foundations, and high-net-worth individuals, will be equally needed, in this role.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Access to Industry’s (AI) team of Passport CashBack staff working with young people within HMP YOI Polmont and in the community. You will be a self-starter who has a passion for engaging one-to-one with young people to progress them into a positive destination. You will be comfortable working both in Polmont and on outreach with young people being liberated across Scotland. You will work well with others to achieve the best support for young people.

We have a great opportunity for the right candidate to join our fantastic Finance team!

We are looking for an experienced, and enthusiastic new colleague to join us to assist our Finance and Payroll teams.

Although this role is “all about the money, money, money” …this job is more importantly all about the people we support. If you want to feel that you do a job that matters to the lives of people with support needs, please join us in making a difference every day to individuals, families and to ourselves too.

Our Finance Team is crucial to the success of the organisation and to the quality of service that we provide internally and externally to colleagues, supported people and customers.

In this role, you will be responsible for a range of tasks including:

• Administration, recording, and processing of financial information and procedures

• Ensuring timely and accurate processing of purchase invoices

• Dealing with invoice queries, liaising with the support team managers and senior managers as needed.

• Producing reports and analysis as required

• Assisting with the development of new financial procedures.

• Assisting with the development and implementation of the organisation’s Quality system within the Finance team

The Action Group is an Investors in People Platinum Award winning organisation, and we demonstrate our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion by being a Disability Confident Leader and a proud Stonewall Diversity Champion. The Action Group is accredited as a Living Wage Employer.

We are a strong, supportive, and forward-thinking organisation. If you are a skilled and experienced Finance Officer, with attention to detail skills please apply to join us.

For more detailed information about the role, please have a look at the job description and person specification.

Benefits include:

• Pension

• 24/7 employee assistance programme, with access to free legal advice and counselling

• Good annual leave entitlements

• Ongoing support, training and development opportunities

• TAG Rewards – our exclusive discounts and savings programme

• Travel time payable where applicable

• Mileage allowance where applicable

The Rapid Re-accommodation Welcome Centre is emergency accommodation for people who are sleeping rough through the winter months.

We require temporary staff who will work constant night shift for 30 weeks (one week on, one week off). You will work in Edinburgh in conjunction with volunteers who provide meals and support from 7.45pm to 8am, with an hour break. Ideally, you will have a good knowledge of the service user group and a working knowledge of MS Office. An SVQ3 in Health & Social Care/Promoting Independence is desirable.

Team Leader hours may become available too.

As Bethany is a Christian organisation this post carries an Occupational Requirement in line with Equality Act 2010. Applicants should have and be able to evidence an active Christian faith and commitment. Successful applicants for this post will require an enhanced disclosure and membership of the PVG scheme.

Right There

For People. At Home. In the Community.

We are recruiting for a Support Worker to join our Your Home programme based at Leith Walk, Edinburgh.

Our Your Home programme provides support to people aged 16+ that are transitioning out of homelessness to longer term accommodation. The team also provides support to those at risk of becoming homeless.

We offer a variety of supports, depending on what each individual person needs, we understand that everyone has had a different journey and we aim to build relationships built on trust to help people build resilience and self-worth.

What does the role look like?

• Actively practicing person-centered support planning, unconditional positive regard and taking a Psychologically Informed Environment (PIE) approach

• Sourcing referrals to the programme to ensure contract outcomes are achieved.

• Arranging and facilitating key work meeting to develop and review support plans in collaboration with the people we support to meet their individual needs

• Developing life skills with the people we support including how to maximise income, budgeting, shopping, cooking, home maintenance & repair and any other skills that aid to independence.

• Assisting the people we support in their transition from temporary accommodation to permanent housing.

• Providing advice on a range of subjects including housing options and welfare benefits.

• Advocating on behalf of those we support

• Assisting the people we support to engage and integrate into the local community and become active citizens

Full details can be found in the Job & Person Specification on our website.

What we expect from you

Our values make us who we are and define our actions and behaviours every day. We’d expect the post-holder to uphold and represent our organisation in a way that reflects our values and person-centred way of working.

Salary: SCP 19-22 (£21,427-£23,194 per annum)

What you can expect from us

We value our staff as our greatest asset and will provide the following working conditions:

• Normal working hours are 35 per week, Monday to Friday

• Your usual place of work will be Your Home, 26 Leith Walk, Edinburgh, EH6 5AA.

You are also required to work in the local community, and you will be paid travel expenses between your usual place of work and appointments undertaken in the course of your duties. Alternatively, you may also choose to work remotely from your home address

Working arrangements must be agreed with your line manager, based on the needs of the service.

Expenses are not payable for travel between your home to your usual place of work

• Annual leave entitlement of 210 hours holiday (equivalent to 6 weeks) pro rata per year in the first year rising to 280 hours (equivalent to 8 weeks) pro rata per year in the second. This includes public holidays

• You will be automatically enrolled into the People’s Pension following successful completion of your probationary period, provided you meet the auto-enrolment criteria

• Ongoing learning and development

• Wellness programmes

• Reflective practise

• Cycle to work scheme

• Buy and sell annual leave

Do you want to help us transform lives through reading and writing?

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 break the poverty cycle. We work towards a Scotland where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive through literacy.

The Marketing Communications Co-ordinator is a key member of the Marketing Team with specific responsibility for marketing communications, advertising, design and print production for the Schools Communities team, in particular the wide range of materials and resources needed for the attainment programmes.

The post is the essential link between the School Communities team and external partners and suppliers. The post calls for a highly organised person with experience in marketing communications and an eye for design and print production.

*The location of the postholder will be based in any one of Link’s 5 area offices (Paisley, Cumbernauld, Bathgate, Falkirk or Edinburgh) with flexibility on work location. However, Link are currently piloting a hybrid working model and so there may be opportunities for home working.

The Role

At Link, people are at the heart of everything we do. Our people have made our award-winning social enterprise the success it is today and as it continues to grow, we want them to be the best they can be and to reach their potential.

Link is looking for an experienced Welfare Rights Officer to contribute to the provision of a high-quality welfare rights advice, advocacy and training service to both internal and external customers throughout the Link Group and to clients of partners.

Working closely with the Benefits Assistants and Housing Officers, the postholder will ensure referrals are managed and progressed and will work in collaboration with housing and money advice staff to provide tenants with budgeting support.

An overall aim of the role will be to minimise rent arrears and maximise rent collection.

About You

You will have previous experience of giving advice in relation to social security benefits and assisting with claims to benefits, experience of all aspects of social security law and will have represented customers at social security appeal tribunals.

As a qualified Welfare Rights Officer, you will come with recent and detailed knowledge of all aspects of the Social Security benefits system and welfare law. Providing information and advice on all aspects of Welfare Rights to both internal and external customers is a key part of the role, therefore you will need knowledge of and commitment to excellent customer care and equal opportunities.

A proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced advice sector role dealing with a range of duties and customers is required, therefore the postholder will need to demonstrate excellent organisational and time management skills.

In return you will be offered the opportunity to enhance your skills and knowledge through employee training and development. You can expect to work in a supportive, trusting and transparent working environment, with the autonomy to offer creative and innovative solutions whilst maintaining Link’ s values; Responsibility, Empathy, Social Impact, Participate, Equality, Challenge and Transparency.

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

What’s in it for you?

As an Investor in People, we strive for continuous improvement through the management and growth of our staff, offering a wide range of training and development opportunities.

As a Link employee, you'll likely benefit from the following:

• A generous starting annual leave entitlement of 35 days (inc. 6 public holidays), increasing to 40 days with length of service (pro-rated for part time employees

• Employer pension contributions starting at 5% and rising to 9% depending on employee contributions

• Access to a death in service benefits scheme providing 4x salary

• Enhanced company sick and familial pay entitlements

• A Healthcare cash plan for employee and dependents to support health and wellbeing and discounts on shopping, restaurants, and other services

• A free and confidential employee assistance program and services for employees and their immediate household dependants to support health, mental and financial well-being

• Access to a savings and borrowing scheme and much more!

You will 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 a Basic Disclosure check.

The Royal College of General Practitioners is the largest membership organisation solely for GPs in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1952, it has over 54,000 members who are committed to improving patient care, developing their own skills and promoting general practice as a discipline. General practice is the largest branch of the medical profession. It provides some 1 million consultations for patients in the UK every working day and deals with 86% of the health problems experienced by the UK population.

The Governance Coordinator will coordinate the governance function of RCGP Scotland, ensuring that the relevant committees and groups are fully supported and operate efficiently and effectively.

We are looking for someone with exceptional organisational skills, attention to detail and a can-do attitude. You will have previous experience of providing full administrative and governance support to committees and groups.

You will:

• organise and provide a full secretariat service for the quarterly Scottish Council meetings and AGM
• provide governance support to all necessary committees and groups
• maintain an accurate register of all RCGP Scotland committee and group members
• ensure the smooth running of the online Scottish Patient Forum
• organise and provide a secretariat service to other meetings as required
• respond to internal and external requests in a timely manner
• organise travel and accommodation where required.

This role will involve hybrid working with a minimum of two working days in the Edinburgh office in the city centre. We offer flexible working hours Monday to Friday.

If you’re enthusiastic, driven, and want a role where you can really make a difference to the organisation and your own career, we want to hear from you.

The successful candidate will share our corporate values. In return, the College offers excellent terms and conditions.

The Edinburgh Tenants Federation (ETF) has an exciting opportunity for a Development Officer to join our team to support tenants across the City to work in partnership with the City of Edinburgh Council.

Edinburgh Tenants Federation is an award-winning, charitable, voluntary organisation that works to ensure that tenants and residents are able to fully participate to shape their housing and wider services. As a membership organisation, we represent the views of our member groups to influence change across the city. The aim of ETF is simple – we want to change social rented housing in Edinburgh for the better.

ETF is seeking a Development Officer to build on the success of ETF to ensure tenants are at the heart of consultation and have a meaningful role in shaping the City of Edinburgh Council’s housing services. The post will be responsible for providing development support, information, and advice to tenants and communities throughout Edinburgh to ensure they have skills and knowledge to participate fully.

The role of Development Officer includes:

• Developing, delivering and monitoring a project work plan in partnership with tenants, communities, and The City of Edinburgh Council to meet the agree aims, objectives, and timescales of the organisation.
• Providing information, training and development support to ETF member groups to provide them with the skills and knowledge to participate fully.
• Empowering and supporting individual tenants, tenant and resident groups, and the wider community to develop digital confidence.
• Supporting the Council, tenants, and communities to develop good tenant participation and scrutiny practices.
• The ideal candidate must have experience of working with groups, knowledge of housing issues, and a commitment to tenant participation, engagement, and scrutiny.

Do you have proven experience of delivering digital communications to engage audiences? As our Digital Marketing & Social Media Executive you could soon be playing an important role at the heart of our Digital & Marketing Communications Team.

About Changeworks

Changeworks’ vision is for a world where everyone is able to live, work and enjoy life with a low carbon impact. We recognise climate change is the most significant threat to the environment and our way of life.

Passion, integrity, innovation, collaboration and empowerment are the values which drive us.

We are Scotland’s leading environmental charity delivering solutions for low carbon living. A trusted expert with over 35 years’ experience. Our current strategy has four goals:

• Accelerate the improvement of energy efficiency of buildings
• Effectively deploy renewable and low carbon solutions
• Deliver an integrated community approach to low carbon living
• Reduce fuel poverty

About the team

Our new Digital & Marketing Communications team has been established to transform the way that Changeworks engages with our audiences and will lead on organisational and service marketing alongside developing our digital presence. The team overall is responsible for evolving our brand, positioning the organisation as a thought leader and expert, increasing our profile and driving more people to adopt a low-carbon life. Changeworks is currently going through a major brand and digital transformation which result in a new website and a fresh, exciting new look. As our Digital Marketing & Social Media Executive you’ll play a major part in these activities.

About the role

You will ensure Changeworks engages effectively with our stakeholders, funders, customers and the general public through increased social media activity and as part of the wider digital marketing function. You will use your excellent communication skills to develop and deliver engaging content that is relevant to our diverse audiences.

This is an exciting opportunity for a creative and driven communicator to take the lead on the paid and organic functions of our social media channels. As Changeworks looks to expand its work and reach, this new role will support us is in building engagement and awareness of Changeworks’ role in Scotland’s environmental sector.

You will drive our digital campaigns both organically, as well as deliver our paid advertising campaigns, and work alongside the wider marketing team to create innovative content to drive increased numbers of stakeholders and customers to the Changeworks website and its different functions. You’ll also have space to focus on automation and optimising our processes to drive performance.

About you

You will have experience of working in social media, including managing paid social campaigns across a number of social platforms. You will have relevant experience of B2C social media community management on behalf of a major brand, media owner or not-for-profit organisation.

You will have experience of placing online adverts via social media, paid search (PPC) and Google Ad campaigns as well as managing Google Grants, optimising performance to ensure we reach our audiences.

You will have experience planning and writing engaging digital content including managing video content creation (directly or through an agency or video producer). You’ll also have extensive experience of developing and delivering engaging social media content and communications across different channels with creative flair.

You will have used social media management and analysis tools to drive performance improvement.

You will be an outgoing and confident individual with excellent communication and organisational skills.

At Changeworks, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone.

Benefits

Joining Changeworks means you become part of an exciting and innovative organisation that really cares about its employees. You’ll receive full training plus coaching and mentoring.

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

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

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

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

At Changeworks, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone.

The role of Systems and Database Officer will work as part of the Corporate Services team to ensure that Corra’s data management systems (including Salesforce and Formassembly) can be utilised to their best potential. You will be expected to lead on a number of specific projects that will help support these aims.

You will ensure the current systems remain fit for purpose, update and refresh protocols and processes to maintain consistency in data management and ensure that Corra staff feel confident and able to make the best use of the data management systems. You will also be expected to liaise with the senior management team and external contractors to prioritise and oversee any additional improvements.

The successful applicant should have excellent communication and presentation skills, and experience of working with users. They will also have experience of working with the proprietary software or show a high degree of transferable skills from using other systems.

As with other Corra staff, there will be the requirement to be flexible and to provide support for other aspects of Corra business as and when required.

The role will be based in Edinburgh or Glasgow, alongside Corra’s hybrid working policy which enables a high degree of flexibility.

As an inclusive employer, we welcome conversations on flexible working and any reasonable adjustments that may be required.

The role offers an exciting opportunity for someone who shares Corra’s vision and is a chance to contribute to real change in Scotland.

As the HR Project Manager within Corra, you will be working with the Senior Management Team and operational line managers to support them through various HR-related matters.

In addition, you will be proactively looking at Corra’s policies and procedures to ensure that they are updated to reflect modern working practices and ensuring that line managers are appropriately trained in updated ways of working.

You will also be responsible for ensuring that all information held within the HR systems is kept up-to-date and accurate.

The successful applicant will have experience of working within HR, and have sound knowledge of relevant legislation, policies and procedures.

You must have (or be working towards) a relevant HR-related qualification and have a minimum 3 – 5 years’ experience.

This role would be suitable for someone who has experience as a HR Manager who has a strong mix of business partnering, good admin skills and the capacity to develop and deliver training sessions.

As with other Corra staff, there will be the requirement to be flexible and to provide support for other aspects of Corra business as and when required.

The role will be based in Edinburgh or Glasgow, alongside Corra’s hybrid working policy which enables a high degree of flexibility.

As an inclusive employer, we welcome conversations on flexible working and any reasonable adjustments that may be required.

The role offers an exciting opportunity for someone who shares Corra’s vision and is a chance to contribute to real change in Scotland.

The purpose of this role is to enable Nourish to use our money and data most effectively in order to further our aim of improving Scotland’s food system. The successful candidate will focus on the following areas of work:

• financial management, including bookkeeping, maintaining financial records, making payments, and liaising with external accountants and payroll

• financial reporting to funders, including working with the team and our project partners to maintain relevant records throughout the grant period

• data management, including helping us to use supporters’ contact details for effective communication, ensuring compliance with data protection law, and maintaining existing systems

• IT management, including managing passwords and access to the online server (with support from external IT consultant)

In time, this role has the potential to expand into new areas of work, such as monitoring and evaluation.

For more information about the post, please see the full job description.

Would you be interested in joining Partners in Advocacy as a board member?

Partners in Advocacy has an exciting opportunity for a new board member with an interest in independent advocacy.

We are seeking a Trustee and a Treasurer who will have good interpersonal and communication skills, a commitment to working as a team, an understanding of and commitment to our charity’s work, a broader knowledge of trends across the third-sector and the application of those to strategic work.

Partners in Advocacy welcomes applications from people with a disability, those with a minority ethnic background, and the LGBTQ+ community.

Barnardo's is the UK's largest children's charity. Each year we help over 50,000 children, young people and their families.

About the service:

Barnardo's 16 + (Edinburgh) has 30 years' experience of delivering quality through care and after care support services to young people in collaboration with the Local authority.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly motivated and experienced team of professionals.

About you:

Ideally you will have experience in working directly with children and young people in a similar setting.

You will hold a relevant qualification- (Community Education Worker -Degree/Diploma, Social Worker -Degree/Dip Social Work or an equivalent qualification) is essential – Plus post qualifying experience of working with young people and the ability to build strong working relationships with partner agencies.

If you feel you have the drive, experience & skills required to support these young people make positive transitions and achieve their potential.

We would really like to hear from you.

Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.

At Barnardo's we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Our safer recruitment processes mean that the safety and welfare of the child is paramount at every stage of the process and therefore, we adopt rigorous scrutiny in our pre-employment checking. This post is subject to a range of pre-employment checks including a Criminal Records Enhanced Disclosure for the successful candidate.

About Barnardo's

At Barnardo's we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.

Barnardo's is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce for staff and volunteers. We actively encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within Barnardo's.

The Project Worker will work as part of the Fife team to develop and deliver housing support to young people aged 16-25 who have experienced homelessness. The focus is on homeless prevention wherever possible, helping young people transition to permanent accommodation, and advising on the skills necessary to sustain a tenancy.

The post holder will be expected to:

• Build trusting, lasting relationships with young people
• Support young people to manage and thrive in their new home
• Provide flexible, person centered, strengths-based support for as long as is required
• Adopt a ‘whatever it takes’ and rights based approach
• Work in a psychologically and trauma informed manner
• Promote and share evaluation, learning and best practice

Project workers will work across the Fife local authority area, and as such access to a car and a full driving license are essential.

Tommy Sheppard is seeking a new Caseworker/Senior Caseworker to advise and assist individual constituents. Members of the public contact him for help in resolving issues they are encountering with government bodies across a wide range of topics, including immigration, welfare, housing and many more. The new member of staff will join an existing experienced team who work with these constituents to help resolve their problems.

Members of this team have helped Ukrainian refugees secure visas, won people their livelihoods back in licensing disputes, and negotiated repairs for tenants who had been waiting for years. This is an opportunity to really improve the lives of people who, in many cases, only approach Tommy after they have exhausted other sources of assistance. The work often involves dealing with people in significant financial, personal or emotional distress.

The role would suit someone with experience of advice and advocacy, for example from the public or third sector. Alternatively, a person who is keen to learn and can demonstrate a motivation for this type of work may be appointed at the more junior level. The role is not party political, though the nature of problems means awareness of government and political structures is often useful.

The successful candidate will be appointed at either Caseworker or Senior Caseworker level, dependent on skills and experience. The post is full-time.

Working arrangements: The normal place of work will be the constituency office, currently in Portobello, Edinburgh (94 Portobello High Street, Edinburgh EH15 1AN).

Start date: As soon as possible.

Security: The successful candidate will be required to comply with the Baseline Personnel Security Standard, undertaken by the Members’ Staff Verification Office.

The Best in You Brings Out the Best in Me

Are you a driven and motivated individual who enjoys new and unique challenges daily?

Do you have the passion and drive to lead a team of frontline staff to support individuals to achieve their personal outcomes, live the life they choose and become an inclusive member within their own community? If so, there has never been a better time to apply!

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

About You

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.

About Us

At ENABLE Scotland we believe in developing all our staff and we provide an extensive learning programme together with in-house career development opportunities. These include, but are not limited to:

• Person Centred approaches, planning and thinking
• Introduction to autism
• Epilepsy awareness
• Moving and Handling
• Adult support and protection
• Child support and protection
• First Aid
• Positive Behaviour Support
• We also have an excellent range of staff benefits on offer including but not limited to:
• Health cash plans providing a wide range of health benefits to help people cover the cost of their everyday health care.
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme*
• Season Ticket Loans*

Starting a career with ENABLE Scotland is the first step towards making a real difference in our award-winning charity’s mission to help create an equal society for every person who has a learning disability.

ENABLE Scotland is an equal opportunities employer and our recruitment, selection and assessment process is based entirely on values, skills and competencies required of the specific roles.

Note: The successful applicant will be required to register with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) within 6 months of their start date.

*Terms and Conditions Apply

Health in Mind’s Counselling Services are looking to recruit a Team Leader. The Team Leader will be responsible assisting the Counselling Services Manager with the day to day management and ongoing development and delivery of Counselling Services which include – North East, South East, Trauma Counselling including Lothian Men, Wellbeing Therapies, Trauma Counselling Line Scotland and Lothian Deaf Counselling (LDCS). LDCS is specifically targeting the following communities: people who are D(d)eaf deafened or hard of hearing.

L’Arche Edinburgh is a small charity based in Leith that supports people with learning disabilities. The role will coordinate and support volunteers including their recruitment/orientation and link with local groups and volunteer networks to promote opportunities within L’Arche. You will need to be creative in the identification and development of roles that uses volunteer skills to bring friendship and other benefits to the community.

You will be a confident communicator and networker who is also proficient in MS Office. This post would suit someone who is flexible in their availability to meet with volunteers outside of typical working hours, is driven and accountable for their own workload and has a genuine enthusiasm for development of community.

The post is part-time, 7.5 hours per week which will require some office based hours.

We are looking to recruit to a new post of Public Affairs Officer to lead and enhance our work in Holyrood and Cardiff Bay. You will be collaborating with colleagues across the team and the wider Salvation Army to advance our public affairs activities, particularly our work around homelessness and addictions.

You will have excellent communication skills and a passion for tackling social justice issues; experience of working in a parliamentary setting and a knowledge of Scottish or Welsh parliamentary procedure and how they can be used to further campaigns.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a collaborative and innovative team and make a tangible difference to the lives of others.

Location: There is no set location for this role. This role will involve some travel across the UK with overnight stays.

For over 150 years, The Salvation Army has worked to see lives transformed and has fought the social inequalities affecting the most vulnerable in our communities. Today, through our network of frontline services and social programmes, we continue to support the most marginalised in society.

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Support Worker who is passionate about supporting individuals. We are looking for a dedicated and committed individual, who has gained experience within a social care setting. worked with people who are alcohol dependent, have complex (often homelessness related) health needs and are prone to challenging behaviour and episodic poor physical and mental health.

As a Support Worker you will be responsible for ensuring that a high-quality person-centered support service is delivered. provide positive, practical, and emotional support to the residents that promotes choice and encourages personal responsibility. To be an effective Team Player in a challenging environment and establish and maintain efficient professional relationships with a range of external services.

You must possess or be willing to work towards a suitable qualification in line with the SSSC Regulatory Requirements.

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

By joining Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) as Content & Digital Marketing Officer you can be the difference between people just surviving and really living.

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

We’re recruiting a content & digital marketing officer to our high-performing communications team to be part of our mission to make sure that there is no life half lived in Scotland.

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

This is great opportunity to use your excellent communications skills to promote the charities services, our chain of charity shops, and our fundraising efforts. You will join a team of four content officers and your focus will be on web, email and social media content.

You will be working with people we support, our staff, volunteers and community fundraisers. We are looking for a creative storyteller with a passion for using digital communications to engage audiences and encourage action.

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

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

SWAN is a dynamic, rapidly growing, unique and ground-breaking Charity. As an Autistic People’s Organisation (APO), we are run by and for autistic people, with autistic staff and volunteers and a majority of autistic people on our Board. We are the only Charity in Scotland focused on autistic women, girls, and non-binary people. *

SWAN is governed by a Board of Trustees, who are responsible for ensuring that the Charity is well-managed, in line with its vision, mission and values, and that it abides by its charitable objectives. Our Board of Trustees is made up of a range of individuals from across Scotland who bring wide perspectives from different sectors of life and ensure that the organisation maintains a clear focus on our strategic objectives and vision.

This year, 2022, is our 10th anniversary and a time of exciting change and growth at SWAN and we are seeking a new Treasurer and a new Secretary to join us on our Board in this next phase of our journey.

The Treasurer’s primary role is to assist and advise the Board in overseeing the finances, ensuring the organisation’s financial viability and that proper financial records and procedures are maintained. SWAN currently has an annual income of just over £150,000, predominantly from grant funding at this time. Day-to-day finances are managed by the CEO, who prepares the budget and income and expenditure reports and works closely with the Treasurer.

Treasurer tasks include:

• being a counter signatory to banking transactions

• liaising with payroll and pension providers

• presenting financial reports, raising issues and answering questions at Board meetings and the AGM

• liaising with the financial examiners for the annual review of accounts

• ensuring statutory returns are made to any relevant regulators

Appropriate financial skills are required, but training on Charity finances will be provided where necessary.

The Secretary’s primary role is to carry out practical administrative tasks on behalf of the Board.

Secretary tasks include:

• convening meetings – sharing dates, times, Zoom link, etc.

• dealing with all board correspondence

• coordinating minute-taking (SWAN Trustees currently share the role of taking minutes on a rolling rota)

• ensuring back-up information is circulated for meetings where the topics to be discussed require it

• ensuring records are up to date with relevant regulators

Board meetings are held via Zoom, currently once every 6 weeks, for around two hours. As we are a small Charity, we do expect Trustees to contribute beyond attending Board meetings, and we sometimes hold extra meetings for Board Development, Strategy Development, etc. The Treasurer would attend additional finance meetings

To maintain our majority autistic Board, in line with our values and our constitution, we prioritise autistic applicants. However, we also welcome non-autistic applicants with the right skills who are interested in supporting our work.

We warmly welcome Trustees from a range of cultures, backgrounds, age and experience. We are currently under-represented on the Board by non-speaking autistic people, as well as people of colour and trans and non-binary people. We strongly value the contribution that people with these characteristics will bring to our Board discussions.

About Scottish Older People’s Assembly [SOPA]

The Scottish Older People's Assembly is a small charitable organisation which exists to give a strong voice to older people about their experiences of life in Scotland, the challenges they face and concerns they have, and to celebrate the positive contribution that older people make to society.

Role:

Are you passionate about the rights of older people? The Scottish Older People’s Assembly is looking for Trustees to join its Board.

As a small charity, SOPA’s Trustees play a valuable role in supporting the organisation to ensure that the voices of older people are heard by those making decisions that affect them. We’re particularly keen to hear from those representing older people with skills and experience that can support SOPA’s work, including those with experience of charity finance, IT, legal, fundraising, marketing and social media and charity governance.

Peoplehood

We have an exciting opportunity for a Volunteering Champions Co-Ordinator to join our Peoplehood team. This key role supports the successful delivery of a new ground-breaking and unique project.

As part of a ground-breaking £12.5 million government funded project, Blackwood is seeking to create neighbourhoods that support people as they age so they can live five more healthy, active years.

Working with partners and co-designing with the local community, these neighbourhoods will combine technology, designing, products and services in a physical and digital environment.

The overall programme will operate across three demonstrator neighbourhoods in Scotland, with industry and academic partners. It addresses five themes:

• Sustaining Physical Activity
• Designing Age-Friendly Homes
• Managing the Common Complaints of Ageing
• Creating Healthy and Active Places
• Supporting Social Connections

The successful applicant will be responsible for the successful delivery of the volunteering programme within the Peoplehood Project across all three neighbourhoods - Charleston (Dundee), Cardonald (Glasgow) and Buckie (Moray). Working closely with the project team – the engagement team and the thematic leads in a Business Partner capacity, this is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is looking for a specialist, front facing, leading and dynamic person centric role right in the thick of things. Regular travel between neighbourhoods and our head office will be expected.

Can you bring this to Blackwood…?

o Demonstratable experience of recruiting volunteers at scale?

o The ability to plan and manage volunteers to support multi-disciplinary teams but clearly define scope of volunteering support?

o Knowledge of volunteering networks?

o Strong people and relationship building skills?

o Strong collaboration skills?

o A flexible approach to ever changing needs as the project evolves?

If you are saying yes, then you might be the candidate we are looking for!

You are a confident, proficient and forward-thinking professional who can motivate, lead and manage a project in this area of speciality.

Also, you can demonstrate competency, experience and success in the areas of Volunteer management, planning and generation required for this role.

Our Employee Benefits package

Our people are our greatest assets and we have been in awe of the fantastic work all our teams have continued to provide to our customers during the Covid-19 pandemic. As a result, we provide:

o Fully paid induction and personal development opportunities

o Company sick pay scheme on completion of probationary period

o 34 days’ holiday per annum, pro rata for part-time hours

o Company pension scheme and Death in Service Benefit

o Flexible and family-friendly policy and procedures

o Access to employee wellbeing support networks such as a 24/7 Employee Assistance Program, Mental Health First Aiders, Wellbeing Hub and employee engagement forum

Seeking a committed and enthusiastic individual to join our Gypsy/Traveller team.

An exciting opportunity to inform and influence the provision of public health messaging to Gypsy/Traveller communities in Scotland. The post holder will work with Public Health Scotland, the Scottish Government and the Gypsy/Traveller community to better understand, and respond to, the public health messaging requirements of the community. You will have demonstrable experience of community-based research and evidence based approaches to inform and influence the ongoing development of policy and practice.

This is a really exciting time to join Children’s Hospices Across Scotland – better known as CHAS. A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Challenge Events Assistant to join the fundraising team.

Key Responsibilities

Working within the culture, ethos and philosophy of CHAS, you will assist the Senior Community and Challenge Events Fundraiser with the management and evaluation of challenge events and the recruitment and stewardship of supporters. Key responsibilities include:

• Assisting with the management of in-person challenge events, including liaising with third party event organisers, suppliers and attendance on the day
• Assisting with the development of the virtual events programme, stewarding participants through social media and answering queries
• Producing copy to promote events for website, social media, press and email
• Assisting with the recruitment of supporters for events in the challenge event calendar, and stewarding them to raise as much as possible for CHAS
• Assisting with event research
• Administration

About You

In order to help CHAS achieve our goal of reaching every family in Scotland that needs us, you will have:

• HNC level qualification or equivalent in either Public Relations, Marketing, Media, Communications, Event Management, Fundraising or related discipline
• Demonstrable working knowledge of Microsoft Office or similar packages
• Demonstrable experience of keyboard skills and maintaining information databases
• Good communication skills to deal with staff, volunteers and general public in an appropriate and effective manner
• Competent on social media
• High level of accuracy and numeracy skills, as this role requires cash handling
• Demonstrable attention to detail
• Planning and organising skills for effective management of event calendar
• Experience in an office and customer services environment

About CHAS

At CHAS, our ambition is to reach every family in Scotland who is living with the heart-breaking prognosis that their child is dying, and offer them our care and support to empower them to make the most of the short time they have together. As a Challenge Events Assistant, you will be instrumental in achieving this vision.

So why are we looking for a new Service Manager

We have a long history of working with children and families and partners in East Lothian. Children 1st along with our partner East Lothian Council share a determination to act upon the recommendations from The Independent Care Review and deliver The Promise to children and young people. We are also determined that the full incorporation of the UNCRC means that children will have their rights respected in all areas of their lives and will have a real say in the way they are supported.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Service Manager who can help meet the holistic needs of children, young people and their families who require support. Our Service supports families in a variety of ways to help ensure that their children can thrive. Our families require a service that is flexible and responsive to their needs and that can help them with challenges they face such as trauma, poverty and unstable family life.

Our Support is varied and includes Early Intervention Family Support, Money Advice for families, School Based Support, support for kinship families and children and Family Group Decision Making.

What kind of person will make a great Service Manager for Children 1st?

• has experience of keeping children safe in their own families
• shares Children 1st belief in the rights of children, young people and families to be heard and have their views taken seriously. Someone who can ensure that the child and family have their voices heard and considered in decision making.
• can work autonomously and develop good, strong working relationships with colleagues from a wide range of partner Agencies and confidently develop our work with families and East Lothian Council.
• can help assess the child’s immediate safety and care needs and ensure children, young people and families receive timely, appropriate support.
• can lead the Team in delivering high quality support to children and families.
• champions participation to ensure that the experience of children and families contribute to our Service learning and evaluation.
• shares the Children 1st vision for holistic, rights based, trauma informed, whole family support that is developed and enhanced by children and families participation and influence.

What kind of leader will you be?

• Knowing our ambition for children, you will be someone who is:
• resilient, skilled and knowledgeable who wants to transform systems as well as children’s lives
• able to build great partnerships and to manage and contribute to courageous conversations
• able to understand, predict and adapt to the landscape
• bringing considerable operational service experience
• a cool head and clear minded at times of pressure
• strategic in decisions and planning and can manage complexity
• inspiring colleagues and teams to be even better
• an amazing ambassador for children and Children 1st

Above all else, the most important thing to us is that you are someone who will do the right thing for children and their families at every turn.

Base

You will be based in one of the local community hubs in Musselburgh, East Lothian and will travel to connect with colleagues and partners across East Lothian and with Children 1st colleagues in other parts of the organisation.

Salary, Conditions, Pension

We will offer you a competitive salary, generous annual leave entitlement (40 days inclusive of 9 public holidays), flexible working opportunities and a contributory pension scheme.

This is a permanent, full time post of 35 hours per week, with flexibility for travel.

Our purpose is to support communities to shape their future with the capacity and resources to deliver it. We believe for every community to thrive, it should be resourced to match its vision and powered by transformative funding. Our ability to combine knowledge, finance and expertise helps them take action, create positive change, and deliver lasting impact in their own communities. As Scotland’s community foundation, we champion this belief.

We are trusted by hundreds of communities across Scotland, and over 400 donors count on our services. More than £150 million has been distributed to charitable organisations, social enterprises, and community groups across Scotland through innovative funding programmes and social investment since the Foundation launched in 1996.

Foundation Scotland is one of 47 community foundations in the UK and part of a global network of over 1800 foundations worldwide, each inspiring change in their communities

The Philanthropy Team

Foundation Scotland’s Philanthropy Team supports our donors to bring their philanthropic interests to life. The team work closely with our donors to understand what matters to them and helps them to shape this passion into giving strategies and grants programmes.

The team manages many high-volume national grant programmes and a large number of smaller, more focused funds. The team works with a broad range of donors, from corporate organisations looking to give back to the communities that support them to individual and family philanthropists looking to impact the cause that means most to them. We help to design and deliver a mix of Foundation Scotland advised funds and donor-advised funding.

Building strong relationships and enabling our donors to make the most significant impact with their giving is at the heart of what we do.

Reporting to the Head of Philanthropy & Quality, the purpose of the role is:

• To manage and support a portfolio of donors from a range of sources such as high net worth individuals, families, corporate donors, charitable Trusts, and Foundations and programmes in partnership with UK Community Foundations (UKCF)
• Provide effective philanthropy advice and develop new and increased business through the cultivation and stewardship of on-going relationships. This is achieved by supporting donors to develop their giving strategies, providing grantmaking programmes and effective ways for them to manage their giving in Scotland.
• Connect with other grantmakers and networks such as the funders’ forums frontline to raise our profile, demonstrate impact and build on learning.

Benefits

• Life Assurance at 3 times annual salary
• Defined contribution scheme with 6% Employers contribution
• MS Office license to use on a personal device whilst employed by FS
• 35 days annual leave [All public holidays need to be taken from this allowance]
• Training and development opportunities
• Working pattern flexibility

Please download the Job Description below for further details about the role.

About the Community Alliance Trust:

Community Alliance Trust (CAT) is a development trust, and is a non-profit distributing organisation set up by the Community Regeneration Forum in 2011 to develop community assets and new social enterprise initiatives in the Craigmillar area and improve the quality of life of the people in the greater Craigmillar area.

Job Summary and Purpose:

We are seeking to appoint a well-organised, self-motivated, and flexible professional, with strong administrative and finance skills, to assist and support the Trust Manager with a broad range of administrative and

financial duties and to support colleagues across the wider organisation.

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring transparent and efficient office administration and financial activities contributing to the achievement of Community Alliance Trust’s overall objectives.

A full Job Description is available in the Candidate Pack which can be downloaded below.

Are you a creative and motivated individual with the passion and drive to support people with a recent diagnosis of dementia to live well in their community?

If so, you can be part of a National Team of Post Diagnostic Support Link Workers (PDS Link Workers) providing high-quality, person-centred support to people living with dementia and their families for a minimum of a year following diagnosis in line the Scottish Government’s minimum guarantee.

The aim of the PDS National Service is to enable people to live well with dementia and is centred around Alzheimer Scotland's 5 pillar model so that people move on to a period of supported self- management.

The model includes understanding the illness and coming to terms with the diagnosis, peer support, connecting and maintaining links with their community along with planning for future care and decision making to develop an outcome focused plan to support their future hopes, desires and aspirations.

The posts will be based within Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership Locality bases. PDS Link Workers are required to be effective team workers and have the skills to build and maintain relationships with colleagues both within Alzheimer Scotland, the NHS, HSCP and other stakeholders.

Skills in using digital platforms are essential as we use a blended approach to support people that involve some virtual meetings and on-line groups.

Applicants must hold a recognised relevant professional qualification, have a good understanding of dementia and how it affects people and their families along with excellent communication skills, a warm flexible approach, combined with skills in empathy and relationship building.

In addition, you should have skills and knowledge at the Enhanced Level of the Promoting Excellence Framework or be able to evidence you are working towards its completion.

This post requires a full driving license and access to a car.

Can be located in either Edinburgh or Glasgow and with access to other Children 1st bases

Children 1st works to keep children safe, loved and well, and together with their families, whenever it is safe to do so. We offer practical, emotional, and financial support to prevent and protect children and their families from harm and to support them to recover from trauma and abuse.

Children 1st has twin aims of delivering high-quality, relationship-based services for children and families and of speaking out alongside children and families on issues that affect them. You’ll join us at an exciting time when Children 1st is piloting Scotland’s first Barnahus (Bairns Hoose) as a test, learn and develop approach and is working alongside children and families and our partner organisations to implement the recommendations set out in The Promise, the report from Scotland’s independent care review.

You will lead the policy work within a dynamic and fast-paced Directorate with the main aim of upholding children’s care, protection, justice and recovery rights. If you are highly committed, skilled and determined, we would love to hear from you.

What kind of person are we looking for?

• Someone who is fiercely passionate about children’s rights

• Someone who thinks it’s a privilege to work with and on behalf of children and families and,

• Someone who is kind and will bring their whole selves to the job: heart and mind

What kind of Policy Manager will you be?

Knowing our ambition for children, you will be someone who is:

• resilient, skilled and knowledgeable about children’s lives and influencing change

• big hearted and courageous

• able to build strong relationships and to manage the tricky conversations

• is compassionate and understanding of trauma

• a cool head and clear minded at times of pressure

• inspiring colleagues and teams to be even better

• an amazing ambassador for children and Children 1st

This is a permanent, full time role of 35 hours per week. The successful candidate can be based in Edinburgh or Glasgow and with access to other Children 1st bases.

We offer a competitive salary, 40 days annual leave inclusive of 9 days public holidays (pro rata) and flexible working opportunities.

Our Partnerships Officer will play a key role in developing the free benefits and services that young people receive using their Young Scot National Entitlement Cards (Young Scot NEC), namely in-person and online discounts and our exciting Rewards opportunities.

What you’ll be doing from day-to-day

• Negotiating local and national in-person and online discounts, and Rewards opportunities with partners.
• Managing relationships with new and existing partners to maintain and enhance their offer to young people.
• Creating digital information and social media content to promote in-person and online discounts and Rewards.
• Working with colleagues to gather insight on young people’s needs and experiences and using this insight to develop services and measure impact.
• Recording activity in Customer Relationship Management system.
• Other relevant duties to support the Programme Development Manager.

A great candidate will have a mix of these skills and experiences:

• Ability to influence, negotiate and generate new business and partnerships.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills.
• Experience of managing relationships and developing partnerships.
• Experience of developing proposals, reports, and presentations.
• Good understanding of the commercial environment
• Excellent organisation and time-management skills

Children 1st have a long history of working with children and families in the city. We have been building a new approach to help children affected by poor mental health and emotional distress. Children 1st along with partners share a determination to act upon the recommendations from The Independent Care Review and deliver The Promise to children and young people. We are also determined that the full incorporation of the UNCRC means that children will have their rights respected in all areas of their lives and will have a real say in the way they are supported.

The post holder will work alongside children and families Social Work Services to support Children, young people and their families to receive the intensive family support that they feel they need using a partnership approach.

As a positive link between social work services, educational establishments and children and families in the community, children’s engagement, attainment and wellbeing will be at the heart of everything you do. You will be responsible for delivering responses to a wide range of need including social, emotional and behavioural issues, nursery/school attendance, additional support needs, parental mental health and wellbeing, poor family relationships, poverty and housing issues or social isolation.

You will be able to demonstrate an ability to use restorative and trauma-informed practice to get alongside children, young people and families and to support team colleagues in developing and delivering such approaches. The successful candidate will be required to work in close partnership with multi-agency partners within GIRFEC Planning processes.

If you have experience of working with children and their families and have a professional qualification in Social Work or other relevant qualification at SCQF level 9 or higher then we want to hear from you.

What kind of person will make a great Project Worker for Children 1st?

Someone who:

• has experience of keeping children safe in their own families

• is fiercely passionate about children’s rights

• thinks it’s a privilege to work with and on behalf of children and families and,

• is kind and will bring their whole selves to the job: heart and mind

Knowing our ambition for children, you will be someone who is:

• resilient, skilled and knowledgeable who wants to transform systems as well as children’s lives

• able to build great partnerships and to manage the tricky conversations

• able to understand, predict and adapt to the landscape

• a cool head and clear minded at times of pressure

• inspiring colleagues and teams to be even better

• an amazing ambassador for children and Children 1st

Why Children 1st?

Because we work to make children safer in their families and communities. Because we believe in providing support to whole families through strong trusting relationships. We don’t “do to” families, we respect that with the right support, families can usually resolve their own difficulties and overcome challenges.

We have local services in communities and national services that stretch across the whole of Scotland that make a lasting difference to children’s lives. Just as important as our community based supports is our work to amplify the voices of children, their parents and carers to ensure they have real influence and power to change how things are done.

Children 1st have a long history of working with children and families in the city. We have been building a new approach to help children affected by poor mental health and emotional distress. Children 1st along with partners share a determination to act upon the recommendations from The Independent Care Review and deliver The Promise to children and young people. We are also determined that the full incorporation of the UNCRC means that children will have their rights respected in all areas of their lives and will have a real say in the way they are supported.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic person to join our existing Dads service within our team in Edinburgh. Our team of staff and volunteers provides a wide range of social, emotional, and practical support to children and families right across the city. We are passionate about building strong, productive relationships with families to promote the wellbeing of children.

The post holder will work alongside children and families providing the intensive family support that they feel they need working with other voluntary and Statutory agencies in a partnership approach.

This role, supported by the William Grant Foundation, is an opportunity to ensure that dads and other male caregivers with children aged 0-3 are supported to be the best parents they can be and fully involved in achieving the best outcomes for their children working with all the family members as part of a whole family approach.

If you have experience of working with children and their families in direct work and group work, especially work that has directly involved and engaged dads/male caregivers as part of a whole family approach and have a professional qualification in a relevant area such as Community Work, Social Work, Child Care/Social Care or related area, or other relevant qualification at SCQF level 9 or higher - we want to hear from you.

What kind of person will make a great Dad and family worker for Children 1st?

Someone who:

• has experience of keeping children safe in their own families

• is fiercely passionate about children’s rights

• thinks it’s a privilege to work with and on behalf of children and families and,

• is kind and will bring their whole selves to the job: heart and mind

Knowing our ambition for children, you will be someone who is:

• resilient, skilled and knowledgeable who wants to transform systems as well as children’s lives

• big hearted and are courageous

• able to build great partnerships and to manage the tricky conversations

• able to understand, predict and adapt to the landscape

• bringing service experience

• a cool head and clear minded at times of pressure

• able to make decisions

• inspiring colleagues and teams to be even better

• an amazing ambassador for children and Children 1st

Why Children 1st?

Because we work to make children safer in their families and communities. Because we believe in providing support to whole families through strong trusting relationships. We don’t “do to” families, we respect that with the right support, families can usually resolve their own difficulties and overcome challenges.

We have local services in communities and national services that stretch across the whole of Scotland that make a lasting difference to children’s lives. Just as important as our community-based supports is our work to amplify the voices of children, their parents and carers to ensure they have real influence and power to change how things are done.

Protecting Children

You will make sure that we are compassionate in our response and accountable to children, families and stakeholders.

Base

You will be based in the Edinburgh Service within our existing dad’s service. Your wellbeing is important to us, we will support you to work in a way that gets the job done but maintains a healthy work life balance.

A new and exciting opportunity to work with us as a Project Lead in our Co-Design Team has arisen. You will play a key role in delivering projects that improve place quality and are effective in supporting people to walk, wheel and cycle for everyday journeys.

As a Project Lead for Co-Design, you will oversee projects such as this example here: showcase-sustrans.org.uk/news/case-studies/residents-key-to-transformation-of-dumfries-neighbourhood as part of our award winning Street Design service and within Pocket Places, where we support communities across Scotland to find simple and quick solutions to improve the look and feel of their streets.

You will work collaboratively across departments as well as building and maintaining strong external relationships, engaging people in community groups, Local Authorities and businesses across Scotland.

You will coordinate multidisciplinary project teams, ensuring innovative and best practice community engagement and urban design which result in truly collaborative projects and concept packages. Some projects will be taken through to delivery by Sustrans and the role of the Project Lead in these cases, will be to ensure continued effective engagement and partnership working, as well as ensuring the success of the projects in liaison with colleagues from our design and engineering teams.

This role will require travel and work at locations across Scotland as necessary to undertake projects on behalf of Sustrans. We offer true hybrid working, a flexible mix of working from home and occasional travel to a nearby office hub in Glasgow or Edinburgh.

About you

You should have experience of leading, motivating and managing a team, in this role you will manage behaviour change and/or engagement officers.

With your excellent communication skills, you will adapt your style to suit your audience, building effective relationships and engaging with key people in community groups, businesses and those within local authorities across the nation.

You will be skilled in project management and your experience in community engagement or collaborative design will be key to being successful in this role. We ask you demonstrate your knowledge of managing budgets and working across multiple projects simultaneously.

We aim to be a truly inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all parts of the community, in particular from under-represented groups. Sustrans has a long-term commitment to being a charity for everyone - reducing inequality, valuing diversity, enabling inclusion and ensuring all people are treated with dignity and respect.

What we offer

In return we can offer true hybrid working to suit individual circumstances and a flexible, supportive and rewarding working environment.

Wellbeing

• 26 days’ leave per annum plus bank holidays for full-time working
• Ability to buy an extra week of annual leave (pro-rata for part-time staff)
• Staff volunteer days
• 24/7 free, impartial and confidential support service
• We are members of the Green Commute Initiative and Cycle Scheme who both offer cycle to work schemes

Financial

• Group Personal Pension scheme with a 4% or 5% of basic salary contribution being matched by Sustrans
• Bike, computer and season ticket loans
• Discount benefits

Family Friendly

• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Flexible Working practices (full time hours are 37.5 per week, Monday - Friday)

Are you looking for a rewarding role?

Do you want an opportunity to make a genuine and positive difference to people’s lives?

Then Autism Initiatives wants to hear from you!

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Support Worker to join our West Lothian Housing Support Services team.

The Senior Support Worker (SSW) based at our services in Bathgate will support the management team in developing and maintaining the organisation’s standards relating to autism specific and person centred practices. Liaising with the organisation’s practice support team, the SSW will assist in the preparation of support and communication plans, ensuring consistent practices throughout support networks.

Benefits of working with us include:

• Competitive Salary
• Sleepover rate paid at £10.50 per hour
• 31 days Annual Leave Entitlement, including bank holidays
• Ongoing Learning & Development throughout your Support Work role
• Opportunity to undertake SVQ Level 3 qualification
• Career Progression Opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Auto-enrolment pension scheme
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Medicash Healthcare Plan
• Eligibility to become a Blue Light Card Member for online & high street discounts

The Senior Support Worker will assist in the supervision and direction of the staff team and in maintaining the high standards of support in line with the organisation’s quality standards and mission statement. Knowledge of current legislation and regulations relating to the social care sector and the requirements of the Care Inspectorate is essential for this role. The post holder will also be expected to commit to on-call duties.

Given the nature of this role, successful applicants must register with the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme and Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) or equivalent regulatory body.

This is a truly rewarding role, with the opportunity for you to develop your skills and knowledge and fulfil your career aspirations.

Are you searching for a position with purpose? A role to make a real difference? Where your time can be transformational? Join an award-winning charity and passionate team dedicated to ensuring the country’s most vulnerable young people are defined by their talent and never their circumstances. Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on mentees in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression. MCR Mentors make and experience a life changing difference.

At MCR, our driving force is simple – that young people who are in, or on the edges of the care system, will have the same educational outcomes, career opportunities and life chances as any other young person.

We have had a transformational impact in schools and local authorities across Scotland and are looking for two Pathways Coordinator to join our regional team in Edinburgh, based at St Augustine's RC High School and Forrester High School AND Leith Academy and Drummond Community High School. In this role, you will be an integral part of the school community, liaising with education colleagues and external stakeholders, and delivering the programme to young people.

Key responsibilities will be:

• Helping build exceptional individual relationships with young people across S1 to S6 and delivering S1 & S2 group work to full year curriculum.
• Helping to drive mentor recruitment. Consistently supporting, actively engaging and motivating mentors from training through the length of their engagement with the programme.
• Actively support MCR young people to set, experience then follow their education and employment pathways.
• Evidence progression, impact and best practice with YP input, quantitative feedback and qualitative case studies.

The successful candidate will be joining our organisation at a time of exciting growth, where we are launching into new local authorities and developing our programme.

Are you passionate about youth work and community development? Can you develop creative workshops for youth groups? Can you provide goal orientated support for young people? If so, we want to hear from you. Join our vibrant team of staff and volunteers delivering high quality youth work services supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex young people right across Scotland.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and innovative person to support the delivery of our youth work services in the West of Scotland.

Based in Glasgow, you will:

• Develop and deliver engaging and informative workshops for LGBTI young people
• Provide one to one support to LGBTI young people through an asset based coaching model
• Work in partnership with key local stakeholders and be responsible for the development of our work with LGBTI young people, groups and networks in the West

This is a fantastic opportunity to be at the forefront of youth work and make a lasting, and sometimes life-saving, impact for LGBTI young people

We want to hear from you if you have:

• A strong foundation in youthwork or CLD
• A passion for supporting young people to achieve their potential
• An understanding of LGBT identities and the key issues facing LGBTI young people, or a willingness to learn this

At CHSS our full-time hours are 32.5 per week so at c. £23,072 the salary equates to £ 26,267 for an equivalent 37-hour week post.

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

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

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

We are looking for a Senior Project Support Officer to join our amazing team. This role will lead and support many of our Business Development Projects. The successful candidate will lead in the planning and delivery of projects, as well as organising and chairing project meetings & producing reports.

The post holder will need to support, coordinate and communicate with teams on multiple projects and will be expected to manage their time effectively.

Candidates do not need to have medical knowledge as training is provided on our health conditions. We are looking for someone with a positive attitude towards people with disabilities and long-term conditions as well as an understanding of the challenges faced by people with chest, heart and stroke conditions.

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

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

The SPSO is the final stage for complaints about organisations providing public services in Scotland. We investigate complaints across a wide range of sectors including councils, the NHS, housing associations, most water and sewerage providers, the Scottish Government and its agencies and departments, colleges and universities, prisons, and most Scottish public bodies.

We also carry out independent reviews of decisions that councils have made on community care and crisis grant applications under the Scottish Welfare Fund.

We have an additional role as the Independent National Whistleblowing Officer, the final stage for the process for those raising whistleblowing concerns about the NHS in Scotland.

We are looking to recruit a new Team Assistant to join our Improvement, Standards and Engagement (ISE) team. The post-holder will play a pivotal role in the effective running of our team by providing administrative support across all functions of the team. The role will involve management of all shared team email inboxes and administration associated with incoming emails. You will also provide important administrative support for work led by colleagues in the ISE team, such as supporting our Child Friendly Complaints project and our Engagement and Communications Team.

To be successful in this role, ideally you will have a minimum of 1 year's general clerical or administrative experience. You will be able to demonstrate an eye for detail, strong administration and organisation skills, accurate data input skills together with excellent interpersonal skills

An exciting role has become available for a Weekend Practitioner to join one of our accommodation projects

The Practitioner's role is vital to help us achieve our aim of ensuring everyone has a home, a place in their community and a network of positive relationships that support them to build the life they want.

Practitioners recognise people's strengths and work alongside them to build their confidence, self-efficacy, resilience, and motivation and help them feel safe and to heal from the trauma they have experienced. Practitioners also support people to develop practical skills, maximise their income, and develop healthier coping skills, problem-solving skills, social skills, and employability skills that will assist them in creating the life they want.

This role will be within one of our accommodation services and will require shift work.

To be a Practitioner within Four Square, you will need:

• To be proactive, highly organised, a problem solver, have a positive outlook, be approachable, friendly, patient, and confident;
• Experience in working within a safeguarding framework working with vulnerable people who may have complex support needs;
• Proficiency in using a range of IT tools to carry out your work, including using case management systems, Microsoft Office applications, the Internet and email;
• Strong personal and professional values that align with our organisational values of integrity, excellence, dignity, and support;
• Excellent interpersonal skills with people who use our services, colleagues, and partners;
• Good understanding of gender-based violence, homelessness, trauma, and adversity and how it impacts life outcomes;
• An understanding of benefits, housing processes and legislation;
• Membership of regulatory bodies required the role and application of the codes and standards to their practice;
• A commitment to your learning and development and putting knowledge and skills into practice;
• Commitment to working in partnership with other organisations and professionals to support people;
• Honest, trustworthy, and respectful to colleagues, people they support, partners, commissioners, and all other stakeholders;
• Keep up to date with and follow and apply policies and procedures, standards, and codes of practice;
• Be creative in your approach to supporting people

Occupational Requirement:Due to the nature and context of the work, there is an occupational requirement for all members of our staff to be women

Our Team

Cash for Kids is the umbrella brand for 22 local children’s charities in the UK. Owned by Bauer Media, we are aligned to the Bauer Radio local radio stations. Radio Forth’s Cash for Kids is a grant-giving charity helping the children that need it most across Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and Falkirk.

Our mission is to improve the lives of disadvantaged children and young people in our communities who are affected by poverty, illness, neglect or have additional needs. We believe that all children should be able to express their individuality, achieve their potential and live life to the full. We work with grassroots organisations that aim to make a difference to young lives, directly supporting families who often have nowhere else to go.

Reporting to the Charity Manager you will be working in the lively and stimulating atmosphere of a busy radio station.

The Role

We are looking for an ambitious self-starter who can communicate with people at all levels and has proven experience in digital fundraising. You should have excellent sales, marketing and presentation skills. The ideal candidate will have experience in building corporate and community relationships and be able to demonstrate how their skills will be beneficial to the charity. You must be passionate about making a difference for local kids who need our help. You will be required to establish relationships with all key stakeholders both internally and externally.

Networking will be a major part of this role in order to recruit companies to adopt Cash for Kids.

Role Responsibility

• Be responsible for your own set of KPI’s and delivering challenging financial targets.
• Assist the Charity Manager to reach agreed business plan targets.
• Develop sustainable partnerships with local businesses, large corporates and high net worth individuals. Identify and develop new fundraising opportunities and areas of potential support.
• Assist in the planning and implementation of campaigns and events.
• Deliver on and off air Cash for Kids activities and events.
• Attend events and support with event coordination.
• Assist with grant applications
• Ensure all funds and expenditure are properly accounted for and accurately recorded.
• Be the lead on digital fundraising and marketing while keeping updated with new practices and trends.
• Provide client management and project co-ordination with colleagues.

The Ideal Candidate

• Organised, accurate and thorough with excellent communication skills, both verbal & written
• Proven track record in a sales/corporate environment and ability to collaborate with key stakeholders.
• Achieve agreed fundraising targets whilst prioritising work effectively with maximum impact on cash growth.
• Have a solid knowledge of all modern social media networking tools and able to use them effectively, together with experience using Microsoft Office, Excel, Outlook & presentation systems.
• develop good working relationships with the charity team, wider radio station teams and national charity team.
• Good administration, presentation and sales skills are essential.
• Have a passion and vision to develop this role.
• Marketing/sales/skills/fundraising and or event management.
• Demonstrate a proven track record and experience of building, developing and managing key relationships.
• A proven experience of working with media to promote the appeal and its fundraising initiatives.
• Good network of contacts.

Package Description

Rewards packages at Bauer Media offer a range of salary sacrifice Benefits, such as our pension scheme and flexible holidays, as well as exclusive Perks like great deals and discounts for everyday life.

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Discounted high street vouchers
• Internal Bauer Academy – Wide range of learning opportunities to support with your Career Development ((4) Bauer Media Group - Academy: Posts | LinkedIn)
• Opportunity to buy additional holiday
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme, tech loan scheme and groups discounts for healthcare insurance
• Discounted subscriptions on Bauer publications (50%)
• Thrive initiatives – Wellbeing at Bauer
• Opportunities to contribute to our Belonging@Bauer and Sustainability initiatives
• Flexible Working

We want to make sure that we find the right people to work in our teams, and we know that the traditional 9-5, five days a week doesn’t suit everyone. So, we would love to hear from you if you feel you’re a great fit for this role and would like to work flexibly. If you are the right person for this role, we’ll find the right working approach for you.

Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it. At Crisis Skylight Edinburgh we have a dedicated team that have a genuine passion to deliver the values of the organisation with the members at the heart of what we do.

About the role

As the Christmas and Events Coordinator you will play a key role in the successful running of our year round calendar of events coproducing these with members where appropriate. You will work closely with the Volunteer Coordinator to support with the recruitment, management and delivery of Crisis at Christmas and other Christmas related activities.

As events coordinator you will be responsible for managing the social media channels, curating content, scheduling regular updates and analysing the data insights to ensure consistency and growth. You will promote members success stories and campaigns etc to showcase what Crisis do locally and nationally by liaising with colleagues and sharing achievements.

This is a fixed term contract for 4 months.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will have proven experience of managing events and on busy projects from beginning to end. You will have experience of managing various social media platforms to engage with different target audiences.

The post holder will have an understanding of the issues faced by homeless people, with the ability to deal with challenging situations and individuals with a range of needs, in order to reach a positive resolution through a calm and confident approach.

You will have excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work successfully with disadvantaged or socially excluded groups and individuals. Effective communication skills, both verbal and written will be key, as well as working collaboratively with key stakeholders. You will have good organisational skills with an ability to deal effectively with conflicting priorities, and a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word/Outlook/Excel).

We believe diversity is a strength, and our aim is to make sure that Crisis truly reflects the communities we serve. We are actively working towards our organisation being a place where everyone can thrive and make their best contribution to our mission of ending homelessness for good. We know that the more perspectives, voices, and experiences we can bring to this work, the better. We particularly welcome applications from people who have lived experience of homelessness, and people from all marginalised groups, communities and backgrounds.

Working at Crisis

As a member of the team, you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

• Interest free loans for travel season ticket, cycle to work, and deposit to secure a tenancy
• Pension scheme with an employer contribution of 8.5%
• 25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days and option to purchase up to 10 additional days leave
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental, and adoption pay
• Flexible working around the core hours 10am-4pm
• And more! (Full list of benefits available on website)

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.

When you join us, you will have the opportunity to join our staff diversity networks, which aim to champion issues across the organisation, enable staff to be their authentic and best selves and contribute to making Crisis a truly diverse organisation.

Department: Client Services

Division: Skylight Edinburgh

Age Scotland is the national charity for older people. We work to improve the lives of everyone over the age of 50 so that they can love later life.

We support and enable hundreds of communities and older people’s groups across Scotland. We provide information, friendship and advice through our free helpline and publications. We tackle loneliness and isolation with our Friendship Line and much more.

We work in Scotland with older people’s groups who provide vital activities and services for older people in their local community. We campaign on the issues that older people tell us are important to them.

Our About Dementia Team are looking for a Resource & Administration Officer to:

• To provide high quality administrative support to the team including managing and maintaining information and data storage systems in line with GDPR.
• To be the first point of contact for enquiries about the project and our events.
• To support the work of the About Dementia team.
• To support the administration of our grants programmes.

The post will be a hybrid blend of office based (in Edinburgh) and home-based work. At least 40% of the working week will be based at our office in Causewayside, Edinburgh.

In return for your expertise and commitment to our values you’ll receive a generous holiday allowance, a range of learning and development opportunities, optional healthcare benefits and a contributory pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 9%.

We are seeking to appoint a Youth & Children Officer to support clergy, youth and children workers, and their congregations in meeting the needs of children and young people, and to support young people directly in their engagement with the church. The postholder will also be responsible for leading the development of youth work within the diocese as part of the larger Mission & Ministry Team.

The Diocesan Office has a small and friendly team of staff in a pleasant office very close to Haymarket, working within a supportive and collaborative environment. We are therefore very keen to get the right personality in the role to work within our team, as well as finding someone with the right skills. If you would like to discuss any aspects of the job before applying you are very welcome to contact The Revd Dr Sophia Marriage, Convenor of the Diocesan Mission & Ministry Committee (sophia.marriage@stmarksportobello.org)

We are looking for someone with:

• Previous training in, and experience of, work with children and young people.
• A strong spirituality which places young people as integral to the life of our church and a vision of the inclusion of young people in our church communities and in social action.
• A Christian faith which welcomes diverse congregational and theological traditions.

Do you have the skills and experience to ensure that individuals with Down’s syndrome can live a full and independent life?

Are you enthusiastic and a good team player? Are you looking for an exciting new challenge?

If you have answered yes to the above questions, we have a fantastic opportunity within our Family Support Service. Down’s Syndrome Scotland is a member-led charity, established in 1982. We are the only charity in Scotland dedicated solely to supporting people with Down’s syndrome and their families and carers.

We are looking for a committed individual to join our Family Support Service Team which offers information and support to families, individuals, and professionals on all aspects of living with Down’s syndrome throughout all ages and stages of life. This is delivered through email, telephone and live chat support, 1:1 online meetings and in person visits, ongoing casework and supporting families at meetings. The team deliver workshops for parents and carers and provide training and consultation support for professionals within Education, Health & Social care and work with Universities and Colleges to help shape the minds and practices of future professionals. Ideally, this role would suit someone with experience of working with children/adults with a learning disability for a minimum of two years preferably individuals with Down’s syndrome but not essential.

At Bield our customers are at the heart of everything we do. We are a non-profit organisation with charitable status committed to providing a wide range of housing, care and support services to enable older people in Scotland to live independent and fulfilling lives.

Our motto is ‘Free to be’ – we strongly believe that older people should be free to make their own choices and be able to live as independently as possible. If you share our values, we’d love for you to join our team and help us on our journey.

We are currently looking to recruit two posts 1) East Scotland (Edinburgh or Dundee) and 2) West Scotland (Glasgow) to join our Customer Service Team as Income Advise Officer on a permanent basis. The working pattern for the two posts is up to 35 hours per week, Monday – Friday.

You will support customer engagement relating to benefits and income advice within a defined geographical area working with internal and external stakeholders and support in the delivery of strategic objectives. The Income Advice Officer will contribute to the continual development of Customer Services policies and procedures and promote good practice across the organisation relating to benefits advice and information.

Person Requirements

• Experience of developing services by supporting individuals and groups.
• Experience of working in social housing and understanding relevant policies and procedures.
• Experience of frontline service delivery and an understanding of different approaches that can be applied.
• Knowledge of welfare rights and the ability to interpret legislative changes and its impact.
• Commitment to working in partnership with internal and external individuals and organisations
• Full UK Driving License and a willingness to drive across Bield’s business areas
• Relevant qualification in welfare rights, Housing, Health and Social Care or an equivalent field at HNC (or equivalent or higher) level.Or, substantial relevant experience and evidence of continuous professional development within the welfare rights and debt advice sector.

Our Benefits

• Competitive salary, reviewed annually
• Car allowance
• Excellent holidays, up to 34 days each year (pro rata for part-time employees)
• Option to buy or sell holidays each year
• A range of learning and development activities including management & leadership programmes, job related training and qualifications to ensure your continuous progress
• Flexible Working Hours Scheme
• Long Service Awards
• Occupational Sick Pay
• Family Friendly Policies
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Career breaks
• Employee Assistance Programme

Colinton Parish Church is looking for a part-time Catering Manager to lead its team of volunteers who staff the Swing Café adjacent to the Church.

The Swing Café is a not-for-profit venture that reaches out to the Colinton community to provide a welcoming environment and friendship to all its visitors. The Swing Cafe has been in operation for over 20 years.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone looking for a part-time role in a lovely setting.

Experience of working with volunteers is desirable. Experience of working or volunteering in a catering environment is essential. It is important that the Catering Manager is someone who will engage with volunteers and community partners, and work using their own initiative and creativity.

Intercultural Youth Scotland (IYS) is rapidly becoming Scotland’s major voice for Black and PoC (People of Colour) children and young people. Established in 2019 as a small youth work organisation oriented towards Black and PoC youths, we have grown as a centre of support, creativity and activism for our community. Our team of around 30 staff members – almost all of us Black and PoC young people ourselves – aim to make IYS a community space, a source of support and a champion for all Black and PoC children and young people in Scotland.

We centre anti-racism and the experiences of Black and PoC young people in schools, at work and in personal lives through our Education, Restless Natives and Youth Work programmes. Our governmental and sectoral advocacy is an extension of these priorities, which focuses on upending the entrenched inequalities and structural exclusion that have cut Black and PoC young people out of decision-making that shapes our lives. When IYS join these spaces of decision-making, we are often the only people present directly engaged and connected into the lives of Black and PoC young people. Our growing presence in Scotland emanates from this unique position – as both an advocacy organisation and community-oriented organisation.

Job Overview

The educator will be able to work independently, teaching the IYS Anti-racist & Pro Black Education modules and supporting assigned partner schools on their anti-racist journey through pupil and staff guidance and consultation. The educator will be a resilient and agile individual with a passion for social change, excellent people skills and confidence in facilitating a group of young people. The educator will support national youth and school community consultations, supporting the team’s efforts towards establishing a youth-led, national reporting racism resource. The Education team works closely together to develop resources and continuously review and refine teaching materials throughout the year. The educator works closely with members of the Education team and indeed to ensure communication and alignment across departments.

We are looking for someone with...

• Excellent knowledge and understanding of race and oppressive power structures (historically & on a societal level)
• Experienced and passionate about working with young people.
• Experienced facilitator with the ability to host workshops and diverse learning opportunities to enable learning particularly for young people.
• Understanding of the working of Scottish secondary schools
• Lived experience of racialisation; identifying as Black, indeginous or a person of colour.
• Passion for youth-led learning, decision making and advocacy.
• Knowledge of learner centred and critical pedagogies.
• Motivated by sharing anti-racist knowledge in communities and schools in an accessible way.
• Desired: an undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline, such as Humanities or Social Sciences.

We value voluntary and paid experiences equally! We understand that people have experiences and skills that can’t be captured in formal job experience or qualifications – no matter what your experience level, if you think you’d be a good fit for the job then please apply! (Training and professional development opportunities will be available to the successful applicant.)

To support children and young people affected by domestic abuse to express, reflect and process their emotions and to make meaning of their experiences through the use of Art Therapy; to enable change and growth through the use of art materials in a safe and facilitating environment.

Carr Gomm is one of Scotland’s leading social care and community development charities; we strive to support people to achieve their individual hopes and dreams every day. We know our work is challenging and very rewarding, and we require people with a flexible and inspirational approach who are able to find innovative solutions with people, not for them.

Responsibilities and Success Factors:

As one of our Marketing & Communication Officers, you will work across Scotland to establish and cultivate relationships with people who share our mission and aim.

You will support the business development team in representing the organisation by liaising with a wide range of people; be it building relationships with commissioners and partners, inspiring others to fundraise, or creating videos featuring our staff and the people we support.

Reporting to Media & Communications Manager, you will be responsible for supporting the team with a wide variety of projects. Examples of your work include supporting the team to:

• research potential development, communication and engagement opportunities

• support communications and marketing projects, within the context of the Strategic Plan and the team’s priorities areas of fundraising, tendering and marketing

• support the creation an extensive photo and video library as part of the organisation’s PR assets

• administer and maintain accurate databases, systems and processes to ensure efficiency and inform decision making

Successful projects officers come from different backgrounds and have a range of work and life experiences. All have a keen eye for detail and a flair for engaging with and relating to people, and all share our values; respect, interdependence, choice, control, openness and honesty. In our eyes, the best officers are focused, creative, tech-savvy, patient, positive, and self-motivated team players who are wonderful ambassadors, analytical thinkers, excellent storytellers, and passionate world changers.

We are looking for unique people who can support younger people living with dementia (under 65), in a variety of environments, personalised to the individual’s needs.

Our support workers provide front line social and therapeutic support. They help people living with dementia to maintain skills and independence by providing company and support to socialise and participate in activities either at home, out in the community or in a day opportunities setting.

Successful applicants will have a positive creative approach to dementia. You will also have good communication skills and a caring attitude. A willingness to learn and participate in training (including SVQ’s) is essential. Relevant qualifications and/or experience of working with people with dementia would be an advantage.

Full driving license and access to a vehicle during working time is essential for this post.

Barnardos Threads Service is partnership with Renfrewshire Social Work is recruiting a Project Worker 2 for our Early Help Service.

This role has been created to provide an alternative to social work intervention for families who are experiencing difficulties which without support, might escalate to require statutory involvement.

Early Help Project Workers will take a strengths-based approach to their work with families, working in partnership to identify and develop strengths and protective factors. Practitioners will focus on achieving:

• More positive family relationships
• Improved family functioning
• More effective parenting
• Improved health and wellbeing for children, young people and parents/carers
• Reduced social isolation and better connections within the local community
• Better connecting families to other sources of community support.

The project worker will have a good knowledge and understanding of the wider supports available from voluntary and community-based organisations and will refer families to these supports where appropriate. This will maximise family engagement with long term community-based support available to them within their local area.

The role activities include assessing and planning, parenting and family support. Outcomes include Improved Family Wellbeing, Reduced Isolation and Community connectedness.

About Barnardo's

At Barnardo's we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.

Barnardo's is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce for staff and volunteers. We actively encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within Barnardo's.

Our basis and values

We are seeking to fill the new role of Finance Manager, to serve the core company finance function of Starcatchers. This person is a key member of the management team and is responsible for the smooth day-to-day financial operations of the company.

This role holds the finance function from ‘top to bottom’, managing the smooth processing of all incoming/outgoing payments through the Quickbooks software, management of the bank accounts and payroll, and supporting staff with their budgets and credit cards. The job involves working closely with the Head of Development & Operations who has overall financial responsibility and works with the Treasurer and Chief Exec to guide the strategic financial plans, set annual budgets and inform income generation and spending decisions.

To assist me, an experienced disabled woman who has just moved to Prestonpans and requires support 24/7 with all aspects of life.

• No experience in care/PA work necessary
• Must be Reliable and conscientious
• If a driver (unfortunately must be over 25 for insurance),
• Good communication in English
• Must be comfortable with cats!

Shifts are worked to allow good work/life balance and account taken of study timetables, childcare, other employment, to best suit everyone. Start/finish times are negotiable. Additional hours relief/cover available, also temporary additional hours available to cover annual leave and the school holidays.

Are you someone with solid advocacy, policy and strategic planning skills? Do you enjoy building relationships and working collaboratively with partners?

If so, then our Senior Advocacy Officer (may also be referred to as Senior Policy Officer) role may be the right step for you.

Transparency International (TI) is the world’s leading independent anti-corruption organisation. We work globally towards ensuring a world where people’s lives, government, business and society are free from corruption. A world where, the health of our institutions is enhanced so they can better support the people they are intended for; a world where we can trust the integrity of those in authority and in business, and a world where there is no impunity for the corrupt.

About the role

As Senior Advocacy Officer you will lead the planning and delivery of TI-UK’s advocacy efforts outside Westminster, with a focus on Scotland.The role is home-based in Scotland but must be able to travel to Holyrood regularly and domestically within the UK semi-regularly.

The role also assists the UK Programme’s wider advocacy work across the UK, on issues such as political integrity, local government planning permission procurement. A key aspect of the role will be establishing a presence in Scotland and being the point of contact for stakeholders in the Scottish Government, parliament and civil society. Other duties include:

• Representing TI in advocacy meetings and in media
• Creating and distributing advocacy materials
• Building relationships and collaborative work with partners
• Keeping up to date with developments on relevant policy issues, and helping the team to plan and deliver relevant advocacy outputs
• Producing and/or inputting to key messaging in external communications to amplify policy recommendations, with e.g. media statements, op eds, blogs, speeches

Your skills

To be successful in this role you will have relevant experience including:

• Advocacy, policy and strategic planning;
• Excellent social and intercultural skills;
• Team working and communicating effectively;
• Engaging multi-stakeholders, making use of prior contacts and networks, stimulating and shaping partnerships, networks and coalitions;
• Working knowledge of political institutions in Scotland, Westminster and elsewhere in the UK;
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to juggle a busy and varied work schedule;
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and be fluent in English
• Desirable: Expertise on the issues of corruption /political integrity /open governance or related issues

TI-UK is a registered charity and therefore politically non-partisan. The successful candidate must be comfortable advocating across the political landscape.

In exchange we will offer you:

• A competitive salary
• 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Up to 5% contributory pension
• Season ticket loan
• Cycle to work scheme
• Enhanced sickness and family friendly policies
• Employee Assistance Programme
• A flexible and friendly working environment, with the opportunity for blended working (more details of this can be found on our website)

Health in Mind is a leader within Scotland offering support and counselling for survivors of childhood trauma. Our trauma services support survivors of childhood abuse and neglect in a variety of ways to live the life they want to live. Our approach is values based and works alongside people, drawing on their personal strengths.

We are seeking an experienced Project Worker to provide emotional and practical support for men and women who are adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse and neglect whilst in care.

Do you have at least two years’ experience working in a role supporting people experiencing mental health difficulties and with survivors of childhood abuse and neglect? Are you a good communicator, resilient and able to use your initiative, as well as being passionate about supporting people? If so, we’d like to hear from you!

Granton Youth Ltd is looking to recruit an experienced counsellor to work with young people who are experiencing emotional difficulties. You will work as part of GY counselling provision and part of a wider mental health and wellbeing collaborative. The postholder will offer young clients guidance and support through talking therapy to help them gain a clearer understanding of themselves and ways of coping with their emotions and stresses in their lives. The job involves working, within a youthwork or schools’ setting, with young people who are experiencing personal issues, to enable them to deal with their problems and to make appropriate changes to their life.

EXPERIENCE /QUALIFICATIONS:

The postholder must have experience of working with young people in a counselling, youthwork, or other similar setting and a minimum of HNC Counselling.

Advanced listening skills, strong verbal and written communication skills are essential, along with a willingness to coordinate/liaise with internal staff and external agencies who may identify or refer potential clients.

This post is funded for three years with a possible extension.

Circle is a children and families charity working at the heart of communities across central Scotland. Our purpose is to improve the lives of children by strengthening families.

Circle’s approach builds on strengths, is solution focussed and uses a whole family approach to create a family environment that promotes healthy development in children.

We have an exciting opportunity for a committed and enthusiastic individual to join our Harbour team and be part of delivering a new service for parents, children and young people affected by parental substance use in Edinburgh.

Funded by Scottish Government, and administered by Corra Foundation, our project aims to develop family inclusive practice and involve families in the development of group opportunities within the recovery community.

The post holder will work alongside families to ensure that their views and experiences inform not only their support, but wider family inclusive practice.

Applicants should be parents and have lived experience of substance use.

Expected to be funded until 31 March 2027

We offer excellent staff benefits including a competitive salary, generous pension contribution, flexible working, an employee assistance programme and generous annual leave.

We are committed to finding the right people for the jobs that we advertise.

Bethany Christian Trust is looking to recruit bank casual staff for their retail operation; offering shifts across many Edinburgh sites.

Are you a people person?

Do you have a passion for customer service?

Do you love creating an environment which looks creative and inviting for customers?

Would you enjoy taking on a challenge where every day brings new and exciting surprises?

Are you looking to work in a fun environment with a diverse team?

Bethany Christian Trust would love to hear from you.

As Bethany is a Christian organisation, interested applicants should be in sympathy with and accept the mission, vision and values of the organisation.

Job Purpose

Assist the Shop Manager as part of a team of staff and volunteers to deliver high levels of customer service, to contribute to the day to day running of Bethany’s shops in a positive manner and to grow the business to support our charitable activities.

Main responsibilities

• Serve customers on the shop floor
• Collaborate with others in a team of staff and volunteers
• Deal with telephone enquiries
• Prepare, price and display stock items for sale as directed
• Competent use of the EPOS system
• Opening up and closing the shop

Full job description attached below

Background information

The Welcoming Association is a charity that works with asylum seekers, refugees and migrants in Edinburgh. We won the 2021 Ashden Award for Greener Communities, and three of our volunteers also won prestigious prizes at the Inspiring Volunteer Awards 2021.

Purpose of the role

The Energy Advice Coordinator will hold overall responsibility for The Welcoming’s Home Energy programme, funded through the Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme. The two-year project aims to tackle and prevent fuel poverty and associated risks by providing free and impartial home energy advice and support to New Scots households in Edinburgh.

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further information.

Additional information

Please note that you must already be eligible to work in the UK to be employed by The Welcoming Association.

The post holder’s base location will be The Welcoming’s office on 20/1 Westfield Avenue, Edinburgh, EH11 2TT. The role will also involve visiting service users’ homes in the Edinburgh area to carry out home energy visits.

Social Work Scotland is the professional body for social work managers and leaders. We exist to promote and support the development of the social work profession, and to inform, influence and improve public policy and social services.

We are excited to be recruiting to our Protecting Children Policy and Practice Advisor. With funding provided by Scottish Government, this post plays a key role in supporting statutory social work to integrate and implement the refreshed national Child Protection Guidance.

The post facilitates connections between the leadership of the profession, Scottish Government, and Child Protection Committees Scotland. It is also part of Social Work Scotland’s contribution to delivery of the protection agenda in national areas such as Equal Protection, the Age of Criminal Responsibility, Barnahus developments and reform of Joint Investigative Interviewing of Children.

Working in partnership with local social work Child Protection leads, Scottish Government Social Work Professional Advisors and colleagues in CELCIS, the post provides both capacity and leadership at the national level. Reporting to our Children and Families Policy and Practice Lead, with direction from our Chief Social Work Officer Group, Children and Families Standing Committee, and Child Protection Sub-Group, the post holder has the opportunity to make a unique contribution around the value of social work in the provision of holistic support for children and families.

At the core of Social Work Scotland is a commitment to assisting the profession be the best it can be for the individuals, families and communities who need social work or social care support; the Protecting Children Policy and Practice Advisor role assists us to deliver on that commitment.

Applicants should have experience of policy development and implementation, and be confident operating at a national level.

We are looking for an individual who can work independently yet as an integral part of the team, bring a collaborative approach to work with partners, and have an ability to identify issues, articulate workable solutions, and build consensus; all with a view to social work values and principles.

The post holder will be a qualified and registered social worker with significant experience in children and families social work.

The Individual Giving Officer will play a key role in delivering an excellent Individual Giving programme; responsible for acquiring new donors, maintaining existing relationships, and growing income. This role will work in conjunction with the Head of Individual Giving and Marketing to deliver an Individual Giving strategy and implement a donor pipeline and stewardship programme.

We’re looking for someone who is great at building relationships and communicating with donors, solutions-focussed, collaborative and a team player. Your key objectives will be to:

• To grow income from low level donors
• To increase number of repeat donors
• To deliver regular communications to all donors
• To implement a strategy and donor pipeline in conjunction with the Head of Individual Giving
• To keep abreast of giving trends

Social Bite Fund (known as Social Bite) is a registered SCIO, SC045232, regulated by the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR)

To provide a high-quality frontline service to victims of domestic abuse, delivering a service to those at highest risk. To work within a multi-agency framework consisting of the MARAC and local partnership responses to domestic abuse.

This post is subject to Adult and Children PVG Scheme checks.

Edinburgh Women’s Aid strives to be an Equal Opportunities Employer. Women only need apply under Schedule 9 (Part 1) of the Equality Act 2010.

INCLUSION ALLIANCE is a person-centred community-based daytime service supporting adults with high support needs to lead ordinary lives in their communities.

Role

Working with the Management Team the Administration Officer will be responsible for providing administrative support to the Manager through general day to day administrative and financial duties of the organisation.

Duties

• Work closely with the Manager to ensure smooth operation of finance matters.

• Responsible for financial records including petty cash, posting and paying suppliers invoices, processing and raising invoices, using SAGE 50 accountancy package on behalf of the organisation, knowledge of Xero software would be beneficial.

• Preparing monthly salaries and expenses on spreadsheet to pass to Accountants.

• Preparing financial reports for the Manager.

• Keeping record of employees’ salary increase dates.

• Negotiating with utility companies.

• Maintaining records in line with data protection requirements.

• Undertaking general office duties including ordering stationery, updating databases, photocopying and any other appropriate office duties.

• General administration relating to AGM and Board Meetings. Recording minutes, preparing, and posting relevant documents to members.

• To assist with other relevant duties required by the management team.

Person Specification

• Competent with Microsoft Office package and Sage 50 Accounts Essentials (or other equivalent software)

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Book-keeping skills

• Able to work under own initiative

• Excel experience

• Ability to work as part of a small team

Benefits include

• Employer contributory pension scheme

• Funded learning and development opportunities

• Paid annual leave entitlement

• Regular paid supervision and support sessions

• Daytime Monday to Friday working

• Working for a well-established organisation where person centered values are at the core.

• Free 24/7 access to employee support app.

Working within the Money Advice Service, the role of Benefits, Budget & Debt Adviser supports clients with a range of debt (and related) issues, providing advice and information in person, via email and on the phone.

The successful candidate will use independent information sources and internal tools available to provide holistic debt and/or benefits advice, reviewing and translating complex information to clients to ensure they understand the options available to them.

To be successful, you will have recent experience of delivering generalist advice on a wide range of topics, such as debt, housing and welfare, in line with the Scottish National Standards. In additional you will excellent communication and IT skills and have the ability to analyse, interpret and record information to the required quality standards.

VOCAL – Voice of Carers Across Lothian - is seeking a Carer Engagement Officer to coordinate and deliver a service supporting carer engagement within mental health services across Edinburgh. This exciting post offers an interesting and varied role for an experienced worker skilled in participatory and engagement practices.

The purpose of the project is to:

• develop supports to mental health organisations interested in better engaging with, and involving their carer constituencies
• consult with, and disseminate feedback from, carers to identify issues they face when engaging with metal health services, enabling them to contribute their views on mental health provision in a way that works for them.

The role will involve project coordination, volunteer management and research skills. The post is funded through the Thrive collaborative. The contract began on 1 December 2020, initially for five years with a possible extension for a further three years.

Applicants will evidence excellent people, leadership and communication skills, with experience in volunteer management, service development and person-centred support work. They will also demonstrate good working knowledge of health and social care services, policy and structures.

Applicants will be digitally competent and effective communicators with professionals, carer groups and partner agencies.

VOCAL - Voice of Carers Across Lothian is seeking an experienced operations manager to join its busy Edinburgh team providing support to carers. The postholder will work to ensure the smooth delivery of quality carer support, consolidating and developing systems, structures and practice.

They will manage a team of senior support practitioners with responsibility for coordination of duty, allocation and casework recording systems to enable effective carer support in a timely fashion.

The successful candidate will have an excellent knowledge of health and social care provision in Scotland, including key legislation and policy affecting carers. This will include working knowledge of supports available to support carers, as underpinned by the Carer (Scotland) Act 2016.

Applicants will evidence excellent people, leadership and communication skills, with experience in staff management, casework and person-centred support work. They will have an understanding of diverse caring situations, the impact of caring on peoples’ lives and barriers carers face at different points of the caring journey. Applicants will be digitally competent and effective communicators with individuals, carer groups and partner agencies.

Bridge Community Cafe Vacancy – Café Manager and Volunteers Co-ordinator

We are looking for a Café Manager / Volunteers Co-ordinator to oversee and lead a team of staff and volunteers serve in our Community Café. The Bridge Community Café is part of the community facing work of Holy Trinity Church located in Wester Hailes, Edinburgh. It is busy, warm and welcoming, and serves great food and drinks to our community.

This post will suit someone who has food business experience, enjoys cooking and baking and sharing this knowledge with others, has experience working with and leading teams of volunteers and who has a heart for serving the people in an area with marked socio-economic deprivation and the associated challenges – demonstrating God’s love in practical ways.

The Community Links Worker programme, funded by EVOC & Edinburgh Health & Social Care Partnership, is delivered in partnership with GP Practices and the 3rd sector to support people to live well through strengthening connections between community resources and primary care.

The Community Link Worker will be employed by Edinburgh & Lothians Greenspace Trust and will work as part of two practice teams (St Leonards and Braefoot) in South East Edinburgh and Ratho Medical Practice to provide 1:1 person-centred and practical supports to people in contact with the GP practice team.

Taking a person-centred approach, you will work with individuals to enable them to identify personal outcomes and priorities for their health and well-being and link them to local, city and national activities and support services.

The postholder must have experience of working with people who are facing complex social and emotional circumstances, a strong understanding of the challenges affecting people living in areas of disadvantage in relation to living well, extensive effective interpersonal skills in working with people on a 1:1 basis as well as experience in networking and relationship building with other professionals and organisations.

PVG: This post requires membership of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. Application will be processed for the successful candidate.

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

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

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

Running store on a Sunday and flexing up to support the store to cover annual leave throughout the year.

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

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

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, creative, and dynamic Project Worker, to be part of our Dignity in School programme team.

The postholder will be engaged in the development, delivery and reporting on a range of adult learning/continuing professional development opportunities across the education system and with allied professionals. The postholder will be located in our Dignity in School team but have connections across Children’s Parliament in terms of our UNCRC implementation capacity building work.

This strand of work is rooted in our practice with children and focuses on raising awareness, instilling confidence and building the capacity of adults and organisations. Passionate about children’s human rights, an excellent communicator and highly organised, the post holder will contribute to our work to support the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and deliver human rights for children.

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, creative and dynamic Project Worker for our Dignity in School project team.

Passionate about children, an excellent communicator and highly organised, the post holder will contribute to our work to support the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and deliver human rights for children, with a focus on the education system.

The postholder will be located in our Dignity in School team but have connections across Children’s Parliament in terms of our UNCRC implementation work.

This strand of work is rooted in our practice with children and focuses on raising awareness, instilling confidence and building the capacity of primary schools and early learning to deliver human rights for children.

As Development Manager, you will join us at a crucial and exciting time, as we look forward to a return to more normal operations, and work to re-engage with audiences, stakeholders and supporters across the city and beyond, to raise the profile of Collective and our new home in the City Observatory.

Following the success of our initial capital redevelopment fundraising campaign from 2013 to 2018, we have now entered a new phase, where ongoing support from trusts and foundations, donations and individual giving will be key to our sustainability. A recent report by Cause 4 indicated that we have significant potential to grow in this area, and the Development and Enterprise Manager will play a key role in supporting this ambition.

The new role will work closely with the Director to generate new income streams for Collective, with an emphasis on growing support from Trusts and Foundations, corporate sponsors, individual giving, and maximising the potential of our trading enterprises.

St Thomas’ is a vibrant and welcoming church located in Edinburgh’s Western suburbs. We are part of the Evangelical Alliance and seek to spread the Good News of the Gospel both within the Church family and to the wider community. It is hoped that the successful applicant will become a regular member of our congregation.

This exciting position will promote the spiritual and emotional welfare of older people both within the church and the wider community, including those living in residential care homes and sheltered housing complexes, and offers support to their relatives and carers.

It is intended that the Chaplain will reach out to all, whether of Christian faith, other faith or none and a feature of the work could be in developing links with many of the clubs where older people gather. An important part of the work will be the development of services of worship adapted to meet the range of needs of those who would wish to participate.

The increasing development of housing for older people in the West of Edinburgh, has led to a realization of the need to train and enable volunteers to support this work. The successful applicant will therefore be able to build, lead and develop a team of volunteers to support them in this ministry. This is a real opportunity for the right person to take God’s Word to the wider community and build a lasting legacy.

The holder of this new position will be an important and integral member of the staff team of St Thomas’ Church. They will meet with our senior pastor at least twice a month and with the staff team every fortnight.

We are also keen to explore building relationship with existing networks in this vital area of caring for older people. One avenue for this might be the ‘Anna Network’ annachaplaincy.org.uk

It is an occupational requirement for the person appointed to be a professing and practising Christian, lay or ordained whose beliefs align with those of our church. (Equality Act 2010.)

Sacro’s mission is to deliver life-changing services that empower people, give hope and protection, and help to build safe communities

Sessional workers are required for our Intensive Support Packages services operating in Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen, Ayrshire, Edinburgh and the Lothians.

To join this team, you will need experience of working with offenders and/or working in a social care setting.

This work is challenging and rewarding. You will need to have a non-judgmental value base, good interpersonal and communication skills, and be flexible to meet the changing needs of our services. You will also need to be able to work as part of a team and to agreed plans.

Hours are sessional, as required, and shifts include evenings and weekends.

A valid driving licence and access to a car are essential for this post.

Membership of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme (PVG) will be a requirement for this post.

We are auticon, an award-winning international technology company with a strong social mission – to create equal employment opportunities for autistic adults. We employ autistic people with technology skills to deliver high-quality projects for our blue-chip clients.

Founded in Germany in 2011, today we operate in 8 countries – Germany, UK, France, Italy, Switzerland, USA, Canada and Australia – and are supported by investors including Richard Branson and Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.

Autistic adults often have exceptional cognitive abilities in areas such as logical reasoning, sustained concentration, attention to detail and accuracy, making their skills uniquely placed in the work environment. Yet, research shows only 1 in 5 autistic adults are employed, many of whom are in roles that do not make good use of their skills and experience.

Your role

We are looking for an outgoing, enthusiastic Recruitment Marketing Specialist to join our Scotland team and help us drive top autistic talent to auticon via targeted recruitment marketing strategies. The ideal candidate will be a creative storyteller full of innovative ideas who knows how to reach and engage with their audience.

If you are looking for a role that makes a social impact, then this is it.

Job responsibilities

• Plan and implement a recruitment marketing strategy to attract high quality candidates in Scotland
• Identify the tactics and platforms that will be most effective in reaching a specified target audience
• Attend graduate recruitment events and form links with university careers advisors
• Plan, promote and run regular recruitment events in Scotland
• Participate in speaker events across Scotland to promote auticon and the value of having a neurodiverse workforce
• Work closely with the UK Marketing Manager to develop creative ways to address recruitment challenges
• Write regular blogs, promoting the work of auticon and the benefits of neurodivergent workers
• Create engaging recruitment promotional material both physical, eg Flyers and digital/social media material
• Keep abreast of marketing and advertising trends in the recruitment industry
• Research the autistic community in Scotland to understand the most effective ways to attract suitable candidates
• Create monthly reports on key recruitment and marketing metrics
• Work with the UK team to suggest new ideas for improving candidate experience and engagement

Additional

• You have a right to work in the United Kingdom
• You are within a commutable distance of Edinburgh to attend events and team meetings
• You can attend occasional auticon events in London

Skills, qualifications, and personality characteristics

Essential:

• Excellent understanding of recruitment processes and candidate selection methods
• Experience of in-house or external recruitment with focus on technology talent
• Ability to manage a portfolio of candidates by remaining in close contact with individuals actively and passively seeking a new position
• A good understanding of the Scottish technology sector
• Excellent presentation and oratory skills
• Ability to multitask and prioritise daily workload to meet competing demands
• Ability to communicate and build relationships at all levels
• Ability to think creatively and innovatively about how to do things better
• Experience using an online conferencing platform such as Microsoft Teams and Zoom

Desirable (but not essential)

• An understanding of the different neurodivergent conditions
• An undergraduate degree in Marketing, Human Resources, PR or similar relevant field
• Previous experience of managing digital advertising campaigns
• Experience of speaking at large conference events
• Knowledge and understanding of IT related skills and technologies

What makes this opportunity special

At auticon, you will meet and work with diverse people who think differently. It is a place where everyone is accepted and celebrated for who they are, a place buzzing with new ideas and creative energy. Most of all, auticon is a place that leads by example as it helps workplaces become diverse, inclusive and innovative.

This is a volunteer-based service and is part of Oxgangs Care Services which provides day support for older people. The post holder will maintain and develop the ‘Oxgangs Care Befriending Service’ for the needs of older people in the Oxgangs area and surrounding communities. This includes, recruitment, training and support of volunteers, managing referrals of potential users of the service and monitoring their experiences of the service. The post holder will promote the service.

We are looking for an experienced youth leader to develop and lead our youth ministry, inspiring and working with volunteers and staff to help young people aged 11-18 within, and beyond the church, to encounter God and engage with Jesus.

More information can be found in the job description below.

To find out more about Ps & Gs Church, visit our website: psandgs.org.uk

Circle is a children and families charity working at the heart of communities across central Scotland. Our purpose is to improve the lives of children by strengthening families.

Circle’s approach builds on strengths, is solution focussed and uses a whole family approach to create a family environment that promotes healthy development in children.

The Fathers’ Worker (as part of our West Lothian Project) will provide support to fathers affected by substance use who have care of or contact with their children, or are looking to establish contact, by:

• enabling fathers and male carers to develop their parenting capacity and relationships with their children

• supporting fathers and male carers to address their substance use and attendant risks

• working with fathers and male carers to promote a safer lifestyle for the family

The post is funded by Corra Foundation and West Lothian Council until June 2025

We offer excellent staff benefits including a competitive salary, generous pension contribution, flexible working, an employee assistance programme and generous annual leave. We are committed to finding the right people for the jobs that we advertise.

A qualification in social care, health, education or social work is desirable, but equivalent experience will also be considered.

Support Workers -£11-£11.17 per hour. Full-time, Part-time and relief opportunities available

Relief Support Workers- £11 per hour.

We are currently looking to recruit support workers to join our small team within Inclusion Alliance. The role involves supporting people with learning disabilities to be included in the community and lead an ordinary life. Your work would involve helping people to access educational, social, leisure and work or volunteering opportunities in the community.

No experience or formal qualifications are necessary for the role although a caring nature, positive attitude and a sense of fun are important characteristics to have. New staff will receive paid training and undertake shadow shifts with experienced staff members during induction. We want new staff to feel ready and able to work prior to working on their own for the first time.

We have full-time, part time and relief/casual positions in various locations throughout Edinburgh.

• Working hours are based between the hours of 8am and 5pm Monday to Friday
• We have full-time, 35hrs per week, part-time and casual vacancies available.
• £20,020 - £20,329 per annum, pro rata based on a 35- hour working week
• Relief/ Casual pay rate- £11 per hour

Candidates must be caring, motivated and have excellent communication skills whilst being committed to working in a person-centred way ensuring that support is built around the supported person’s wishes and needs.

Benefits include

• Employer contributory pension scheme
• Funded SVQ 3 qualification and learning opportunity
• Paid annual leave entitlement
• Regular paid supervision sessions
• Regular training and development opportunities
• Daytime Monday to Friday working
• Working for a well-established small organisation where person centred values are at the core.
• Free 24/7 access to employee support app

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 £10.50 - £10.88 per hour
• guaranteed rota hours working between 7.30am & 10pm
• generous annual leave entitlement
• a choice of pension scheme with employer contributions
• flexible working policies
• access to extensive paid training and development opportunities
• 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.