Around since 1923, SAMH is Scotland’s national mental health charity.

SAMH has represented the voice of people most affected by mental health problems in Scotland for more than 90 years.

Today, in over 60 communities we work with adults and young people providing mental health social care support, services in primary care, schools and further education, among others. These services together with our national programme work in See Me, respectme, suicide prevention and active living; inform our policy and campaign work to influence positive social change.

SAMH is dedicated to mental health and wellbeing for all: with a vision of a society where people are able to live their lives fully, regardless of present or past circumstances.

For Scotland’s Mental Health

Thrive Edinburgh is about thinking big and thinking differently. We should have big ambitions and long-term strategic aims when it comes to mental health. We have made it our goal to promote mental health and protect our citizens’ resiliency, self-esteem, family strength and joy and reduce the toll of mental illness on individuals, our communities and our city.

This is an exciting new role to support three SAMH services and implement the new Edinburgh Thrive approach within SAMH. You will be responsible and accountable for maintain high quality standards across Edinburgh Support Services, Redhall Walled Gardens and SAMH staff within the South West Welcome Team.

We are committed to providing care and support to our service users and are looking for a Service Manager who is equally dedicated to the provision of outcome focused person centred care.

As an experienced manager, you will provide positive leadership and management whilst demonstrating and evidencing the following;

• Leading and managing teams to ensure safe and effective provision of support to those people who use the service through the promotion of outcomes focused person centred approaches.
• Reporting and evaluating of operational service delivery demonstrating delivery and development
• Experience establishing effective partnerships with key stakeholders.
• Compliance with relevant, legislation, contracts and service specifications, SAMH policies and ensuring practice reflects current research findings.
• Effective and efficient management of all resources.
• Contributing to the wider work of SAMH to support the achievement of SAMH strategic objectives.

The working pattern is predominantly Monday to Friday; however you may be required to work out with this in line with service needs. There is a requirement to participate on the management on call rota out with working times.

We will expect you to establish strong and sustainable relationships in the community which will increase awareness and engagement of the project and promote building resilience to enable behaviour, culture and community change around stigma and discrimination.

To be successful in this post you will meet the essential criteria, core competencies behaviour and skills listed in the role profile and be able to demonstrate a proven track record of delivering outcomes for vulnerable adults; and knowledge and experience of working in the field of mental health and wellbeing.

The Money Advice Support Worker will work alongside advisors, assisting clients undertaking a variety of practical steps that are required to maximise their income, manage their finances, and access formal debt solutions. The Worker and Adviser will agree individually tailored support plans to ensure that support provided meets the needs and requirements of each service user. Support will be case-centred, and the Worker will be expected to recognise and assist with referrals to an appropriate service when a the client has additional support needs.

We strongly encourage applications from candidates from the local community and possibly with lived experience of money advice, welfare and/or needing extra support.

To find out more about the role, please download the Job Description below.

We have an exciting opportunity to join Alzheimer Scotland as an Assistant Accountant. This is a part time, 21 hours, permanent position.

Alzheimer Scotland is Scotland’s leading dementia charity, offering specialist support services, community activities, information and advice at every stage of the dementia journey, from over 60 locations across Scotland, from Shetland to the Borders.

We are seeking applications from individuals with at least 4 years’ experience of working in a varied finance role within a complex organisation and who possess the skills to take on the tasks outlined in the job description

The Business Process Manager will be responsible for day-to-day oversight of Inspiring Scotland’s fund processes. This includes management of different processes for fund development, monitoring, reporting and payment, charity and stakeholder engagement to ensure high quality delivery of fund management across the organisation.

They will work closely with the rest of the core operational team to support the Head of Funds and Head of Development and Partnerships deliver the annual operating plan.

The role is office based for contractual purposes however you may be expected to travel for some meetings.

Inspiring Scotland is a family friendly and flexible employer looking to ensure a work home life balance for all employees.

March 2021: The Inspiring Scotland office is currently closed due to COVID-19 restrictions and all staff are working remotely from home. We will continue to follow all guidance and open the office when it is safe to do so.

Position one: 37.5 hours per week, permanent. Hours to be worked flexibly to meet the needs of the service.

Position two: 25 hours per week, fixed term until 1 February 2022, Hours to be worked flexibility to meet the needs of the service.

LinkLiving is a Scottish health and wellbeing charity that supports people of all ages to overcome the negative impacts of trauma, mental health, inequality, and isolation. We deliver our support to service users through a range of models including:

• Personal development and employability programmes
• Self-help coaching
• Supported accommodation
• Care at home
• Housing support
• Befriending
• Social cafes

At LinkLiving, our values are at the heart of everything we do and we put the people we support first. It is important to us to find people with the right values, behaviours and attitudes to match our own. Our values 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)

The Older Persons Service promotes social inclusion opportunities for isolated and lonely vulnerable older people by providing 1:1 support in people’s own homes. The regular contact that this service will bring will make a real difference to an older person’s life. Older people will ideally benefit emotionally through shared interests and experiences with their matched staff member and also through practical assistance, such as help with transport to Health Services including GP, dentist and hospital appointments, collection of prescription, support to attend appointments, shopping trips and social outings.

The Job

The purpose of the Assistant Project Workers role is to work closely with the project workers and volunteers to support the people who receive our services to become engaged and included within their communities. The Assistant Project Workers will develop relationships with relevant agencies and other services to maximise opportunities for the people we support.

Assistant Project Workers are responsible for providing one to one support to the older people, dealing with any issues they may have by providing advice or signposting, seeking advice where necessary. The post holder will assist the Team Leader and Project Workers to deliver community initiatives including social cafes and groups for older people. In addition, the Assistant Project Workers will develop good relationships with other agencies in the communities in which they work to promote the services and to identify opportunities for service users.

To find out more about a career in care, the following video provides an insight into what you can expect - aquestionofcare.org.uk

About You

In order to be considered for this role it is essential that you can demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of the issues affecting older people and be able to build equal and positive relationships with people.

Due to the requirement of the Assistant Project Workers to update records it is essential that you have good personal computer skills and the ability to use technology efficiently to maintain and update these records.

You must be able to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of local community initiatives and projects and have an ability to work openly and honestly within a team setting.

Further Information

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

The role of the Fundraiser is to research grant-makers, develop funding proposals, report back to grant making Trusts and Foundations, and grow a Fundraising team. Edinburgh City Mission’s vision is “to help create a mission movement by stimulating and strengthening the church’s mission in Edinburgh.” The Fundraising Manager will play a key role in furthering this vision by maximizing Trust and Foundation income for Edinburgh City Mission projects.

This position reports to the CEO (or the management team in his absence) who can make changes to the Job Description to fit the requirements of the organisation, in discussion with the post-holder. The position is self-administering and requires an element of flexibility in terms of the shape and direction of the role. It also requires working some evenings and weekends (with time off in lieu).

We are looking for a passionate and committed individual to join Corra Foundation’s Learning and Development Team.

The post holder will work as part of the Learning and Development Team to design and deliver monitoring and evaluation across all Corra’s work providing administration and logistical support to assist this, and support teams to develop their own evaluation activities. The role involves working closely with colleagues across the organisation, reporting to the Head of Learning and Development.

The successful candidate will be an active listener, kind and compassionate, inqusitive, has strong analytical skills, and is willing to challenge the status quo.

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

LinkLiving is a Scottish health and wellbeing charity that supports people of all ages to overcome the negative impacts of trauma, mental health, inequality, and isolation. We deliver our support to service users through a range of models including:

• Personal development and employability programmes
• Self-help coaching
• Supported accommodation
• Care at home
• Housing support
• Befriending
• Social cafes

At LinkLiving, our values are at the heart of everything we do and we put the people we support first. Our values 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)

Our main aim for this job role is to find people with the right values, behaviours and attitudes to match our own. An understanding of the issues affecting service users is also an essential requirement of the role.

The Job

The purpose of the job is to deliver an exciting new project which is supported by the Scottish Government’s Survivor Support Innovation and Development Fund and Action 15 from Fife’s Health and Social Care Partnership.

Better than Well supports adults who have experienced childhood trauma in Fife, including those who have found it difficult to engage with other services. Better than Well will offers up to 8 one to one coaching sessions to individuals who have experienced childhood trauma stay safe and stable using a cognitive behavioural therapy approach. There will be an additional effort to engage with people who have also experienced homelessness.

The postholder will provide a person-centred service which responds flexibly and quickly to the mental health needs of adults who have experienced trauma in childhood, enabling people to recognise, understand and manage the symptoms. You will support people to identify their personal outcomes by undertaking baseline and exit assessments of the people we support, using appropriate clinical measures and agreeing a schedule of support sessions. In addition to conducting face to face sessions, the post holder will also be expected to carry out sessions using remote platforms. - either telephone or digital platforms. Due to current restrictions as a result of Covid-19, sessions will take place remotely initially. However, a blended model of face to face/ remote sessions will be made when conditions allow.

You will also be expected to develop positive partnerships with agencies which are relevant to support for adults who have experienced trauma and raise awareness of Better than Well through giving presentations. Coaches will receive training in facilitating Trauma Informed training courses to partner organsiations.

About You

You will be educated to Higher Education level with experience of self-help techniques and CBT approaches and come with knowledge of issues affecting people who are excluded and marginalized.

Experience of using a person centered approach is fundamental to this role as well as knowledge of mental health self help resources and a commitment to their use. You will have empathy, active listening skills and be sensitive and responsive to people’s emotional and social health.

As the postholder is required to develop positive partnerships with agencies and participate in relevant network meetings, good communication skills are essential to the role.

Salary scale LSB5 step 1 = £23,113.00 to step 6 = £25,546.00. You will start at either step 1 or 2 of the scale whilst developing in the role and have ample opportunity for salary progression though ongoing development.

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.

Further Information

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

What’s in it for you?

LinkLiving offers excellent terms and conditions, and as an Investor in People and Healthy Working Lives Gold Award holder, we aim to provide a wide range of development opportunities and healthy living initiatives. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities.

You will work with colleagues who share our objectives – our employees, volunteers, funders, and our project partners. In return, we want people who are passionate, caring and dedicated, committed to our vision and values and will work to the highest professional standards.

As a LinkLiving employee, you'll benefit from generous annual leave entitlements, a wide range of learning and development opportunities, highly competitive employer pension contribution rates, discounts on shopping, restaurants and other services via Westfield Rewards, enhanced maternity and sick pay entitlements, employee support and counselling service and occupational health services.

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

In our Day Service at Orwell Arts, Edinburgh we currently have the following vacancy:

Workshop Support Worker – Glass Studio

We are seeking a creative and experienced individual to work with our members and support them to develop skills and fulfil their potential.