Providing a home for up to 20 people affected by homelessness, the Village was founded by Social Bite who partnered with Cyrenians to provide the on-site housing support. Cyrenians pioneered community living almost 50 years ago and our model and values-led ethos is still relevant today.

The purpose of the village is to offer a person-centred approach that supports Community members to live, learn and develop together.

This role and requires a highly motivated and dynamic individual who has experience of supporting people who have been directly affected by the tough realities of homelessness. You will be passionate about enabling potential and supporting residents to identify key goals on a journey towards positive change and independent living.

We are looking for an extremely personable individual who has the ability to create a positive environment which encompasses a range of engagement opportunities. You’ll remain calm in a crisis and positively influence others. You’ll be highly organised with the ability to manage a busy workload and varied responsibilities. You should have staff management experience and be able to demonstrate Cyrenians values of compassion, respect, integrity and innovation in the work that you do.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to play a leading role in an important new project working with veterans and their families in Scotland. Live Life is a partnership project with the specific purpose of Tackling Serious Stress in Veterans, Families and Carers. Initial two year funding has been provided by the Armed Forces Covenant Trust Fund and we hope this will be extended.

Cyrenians, NHS Lothian and Veterans’ organisations (Veterans First Point, Fares4Free, Rock2Recovery, Coming Home Centre, Horseback UK, Stand Easy Productions and Lothians Veterans Centre) have agreed to work together to deliver the Live Life project in Scotland. By using our collective expertise, in areas such as mental health, mediation, coaching, drama, horsemanship, conflict resolution, advice and employability, along with shared values, we aim to ensure that the objectives of Live Life are delivered to a high standard.

We are looking for an experienced individual with excellent interpersonal, negotiation and organisational skills, ideally someone with experience of being a veteran or the family member of a veteran. You should have a strong track record in building and managing relationships with multiple partners in order to deliver common aims. You will be a confident decision-maker and an innovative problem-solver; and also be able to demonstrate Cyrenians values of compassion, respect, integrity and innovation in the work that you do.

Venture Scotland offers an outdoor-based personal development programme which empowers vulnerable young people aged 16-30, who face complex and difficult challenges in their lives and want help to change.

We build the confidence, resilience and skills of young people and work with them to make lasting changes to their lives and play a positive role in their communities focusing on their physical, mental and emotional wellbeing.

We are seeking a volunteer co-ordinator to help recruit, train, organise and support new and existing volunteers to help them support the delivery of our outdoor-based personal development programme.

The job will also include building a network of referrers, meeting and presenting our programme to young people interested in joining our course and other administrative duties.

Want to work in a supportive small team of people who really care about the young people we are helping? Do you want to work in an organisation who listen, value everyone views and care about the health and wellbeing of their staff? Do you understand the transformative effect of the outdoors? Are you passionate about #ChangingYoungLives?

You will be a socially confident and engaging person with a passion for designing and delivering memorable and participative training sessions. You will work collaboratively with Team Managers and the Casual and Volunteer Coordinator to identify and respond to training and development needs across the casual and volunteer workforce; and encourage and oversee open learning and online training as required.

You will be responsible for delivering ‘first day’ induction sessions in partnership with the Casual & Volunteer Coordinator; as well as facilitating evening and weekend training sessions as necessary to fit around the needs of our teams. A key part of the role is the organisation and delivery of weekly Practice Development sessions for our casual support workers, which will take place on a rotational basis across the 4 Action Group offices in Edinburgh, Haddington, Dalkeith and Livingston.

You will be committed to maintaining and updating your knowledge, skills and understanding of training delivery methods and best practice within the social care arena; and share The Action Groups values – especially regarding our commitment to confidentiality.

We are a Safer Recruiter, and so all positions are subject to satisfactory PVG (which we will pay for), health and reference checks.

About the job

The Citizens Advice network in Scotland is the largest independent advice service in the country. Citizens Advice Scotland is a charity within this network – we act as a national organisation supporting and representing the service as a whole and the interests of citizens.

We are currently recruiting for a full time Development Officer to join our Development Team on a permanent basis.

Based in Glasgow much of the post holder’s time is spent out in bureaux working with volunteers and paid staff. The successful post holder will be working with local Citizens Advice Bureaux in Glasgow and West Scotland and Citizens Advice Scotland colleagues to develop the advice service in Scotland locally, regionally and nationally. Development Officers also assist Citizens Advice Bureaux in providing a high quality, accessible and well managed service by advising and supporting their boards of directors and managers.

You'll bring an understanding and awareness of the voluntary sector, experience of working with Boards as well as managing or developing services and projects. All this will be backed up with excellent communication skills, including the ability to persuade and influence key stakeholders. The job holder will travel extensively within Edinburgh and South East Scotland and throughout Scotland as required and will need to be flexible to attend occasional evening or weekend meetings.

Employee benefits

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

About the job

The Citizens Advice network in Scotland is the largest independent advice service in the country. Citizens Advice Scotland is a charity within this network – we act as a national organisation supporting and representing the service as a whole and the interests of citizens.

We are currently looking for a full-time Policy Officer to join the Impact team in our Edinburgh offices. The position is offered on a permanent basis.

The Impact team at Citizens Advice Scotland seeks to achieve positive change through two main routes:

· Informing and empowering individuals to take action through information, education and campaigning

· Changing policy, practice and law

We work with governments, regulators and business at a UK and Scottish level on improving areas of particular detriment, undertake research and deliver awareness and education campaigns.

The Policy Officer will be responsible for supporting the delivery of projects within the Citizens Advice Scotland Impact Workplan across different areas but will initially focus on working on Social Justice.

The successful candidate will have demonstrable knowledge and understanding of relevant policy areas across the UK and Scotland, including any associated regulations. Ideally, you’ll have good understanding of Social Justice issues such as social security, employment and/or housing. You will also have a great ability to effectively interpret quantitative and qualitative data as well as excellent analytical, written and oral communication skills.

This role offers an exciting opportunity to work at the heart of supporting Scotland's largest independent advice network.

For more information, please refer to the Job Pack which can be downloaded using the links below or on our vacancies page.

Employee benefits

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

This post is a critical one to the future development of Four Square. You will lead and manage support services across Four Square, including our housing support, housing advice and employability services. Working with the Residential Services Manager and the Head of Services, you will work to deliver on our contracts while also developing and improving services. This is a great opportunity for someone committed to support people out of homeless services. You’ll need the vision and passion to lead staff and the energy and enthusiasm to make this a first class service.

A full Job Description is available for download below.

Cyrenians, in partnership with Rock Trust, will be delivering an exciting new Early Intervention Partnership (EIP) project thanks to funding from The National Lottery Community Fund. The project will raise awareness and help prevent youth homelessness, through mediation, training and support to young people, their families and relevant organisations and services across Edinburgh.

Working with guidance teachers, youth workers and other professionals in Edinburgh’s public and third sector, the EIP will aim to ensure young people aged 12-25 aware of the realities of youth homelessness and of the services available to them. It will support professionals in schools and the third sector to identify young people at most risk of becoming homeless, and ensure they get help before it’s too late.

When there is a risk of a young person becoming homelessness due to relationship breakdown Cyrenians’ Mediators and Family Outreach Workers will provide a tailored service for each family, our aim is to find a way forward together that works for everyone.

The role of the Family Outreach Worker is to work in partnership with our Mediators, playing a key-role in supporting families to access mediation as well as providing other important elements of support. This will differ depending on each family’s needs but may include one-to-one practical support around education and work, increasing young people’s confidence in communicating their needs to others, community engagement, developing anger management skills and understanding how relationships work.

The successful candidate will have experience of working with families and young people, particularly those who have multiple and complex needs. They will also have a strong understanding of the causes and consequences of homelessness.

Working Hours: Part-time, 30 hours per week (Job share would be considered).

Organisation Profile:

Cyrenians is a charity working towards a society that truly values and includes all. Our Vision is of an inclusive society in which we all have the opportunities to live valued and fulfilled lives. We work to make that vision a reality through our mission to support people excluded from family, home, work or community on their life journey.

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

We are looking for someone who has great skills in administration and a passion for helping people. Youth Scotland supports over 1,400 youth groups across the country which provide youth work opportunities for more than 65,000 young people. These young people are supported by over 8,000 youth workers including 5,000 volunteers. This post will support our member groups and play a key role in administering our new small grants programme. If you have the skills and experience to make a difference supporting our members then we want to hear from you!

About us

Ecas is an Edinburgh based charity, established over 100 years ago to improve the quality of life of physically disabled adults in Edinburgh and Lothian. It achieves its aims by organising therapeutic, learning and social activities and providing a befriending service for socially isolated disabled people. We also provide financial assistance to individuals to help meet the additional costs associated with disability.

Role

The outreach officer will develop and build strong, sustainable relationships with relevant agencies in both the statutory and voluntary sector, as well as reaching out to young physically disabled people aged 18-25. The post-holder will also be responsible for facilitation of training and learning programmes and providing one to one support in assisting disabled people to prepare and implement their Personal Action Plans using strengths based approaches.

This is a new innovative service funded by Ecas from its own resources. Applicants should be able to demonstrate a sound understanding of barriers faced by young disabled people, have experience of providing one to one support in the context of person centred planning and be wholly committed to empowering young disabled people to have choice and control over their lives.

The post is subject to Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Record or Update. Ecas will pay for the Membership/Update fee.

Cyrenians is a charity working towards a society that truly values and includes all. Our Vision is of an inclusive society in which we all have the opportunities to live valued and fulfilled lives. We work to make that vision a reality through our mission to support people excluded from family, home, work or community on their life journey.

Website: cyrenians.scot

Housing First is a model of helping people who are homeless and who have multiple and enduring support needs by providing a permanent home and flexible support. Supported by the Housing First Scotland Fund, Cyrenians is leading the delivery of Edinburgh’s Housing First Programme in a consortium alongside Barony, Bethany Christian Trust, Gowrie, Rock Trust, Streetwork and Turning Point. The Consortium Manager will be employed by Cyrenians but will work on behalf of all partners in this initiative.

The post holder will coordinate activity across the consortium, liaising closely with partners within the local authority homeless services, and with housing providers to ensure that the service meets its objectives.

This exciting role will require someone who is committed to addressing homelessness through innovative practice. The post holder will have excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to establish and manage relationships with a range of stakeholders. You should also be exceptionally well organised and highly competent in the management and analysis of data, and have the ability to demonstrate Cyrenians values of compassion, respect, integrity and innovation in the work that you do.

The post of Senior Quality and Improvement Manager is integral to achieving Changeworks’ ambitious strategic goals and objectives. This exciting time in our development sees renewed focus on excellence, quality and improvement in our mission to deliver low carbon living for everyone in Scotland.

We’re looking for an enthusiastic individual with the drive to ensure Changeworks is an outstanding, quality driven organisation operating as a role model in our field.

Reporting to the Deputy Chief Executive, you’ll have a proven track record for identifying, developing and delivering quality improvement initiatives and embedding business process improvements across organisations. You will lead the measurement and continual improvement of our environmental impact, deliver digital improvement strategies, oversee Data Protection compliance and co-ordinate the attainment and maintenance of quality and environmental accreditations across the organisation.

Working at all levels across Changeworks, you’ll have exceptional communication and facilitation skills, strong attention to detail, and the ability to see the big picture.

This is a unique opportunity to lead a team with a clear remit to drive performance improvement across the organisation. In addition to career development, we offer an excellent employee benefits package and pension.

Changeworks is Scotland’s leading environmental charity delivering solutions for low carbon living. We help people and organisations across Scotland take meaningful, urgent action to tackle climate change. We do this by sharing ways to improve energy efficiency, reduce fuel poverty, prevent waste and scale up low carbon behaviours.

EFI is one of the largest second hand furniture stores in Scotland. As a social enterprise, the store provides an independent income stream to the wider homeless charity; and offers volunteering and training opportunities for people using our services. We are looking for a creative, dynamic store manager who can combine good people and business skills with an eye for design and an entrepreneurial approach. We want to make EFI a flagship for the re-use economy and build a sustainable social enterprise that will integrate and support the wider charity as we progress towards our vision of supporting everyone to have a home and their place in the community. Retail experience and people management skills are essential.