Jobs in Glasgow

We are seeking to recruit individuals who is highly motivated towards providing high quality services to support adults with learning/physical disabilities, complex needs and ASD. The post holder will be required to undertake tasks as delegated by senior staff, but also need to be able to use their own initiative. The post requires adherence to Care Standards and Codes of Practice as well as a positive attitude towards optimum fulfilment of positive experiences whilst attending Antonine Court for day support opportunities.

Previous experience in social care is highly desirable.

You should hold an SVQ 3 in Health and Social Care, or other relevant qualification, to enable registration with the SSSC as a Support Worker; or achieve this within 3 years of appointment. You must also register with SSSC as a Support Worker when this becomes mandatory.

In addition to learning disability and/or complex need, individuals we support may have physical, emotional, and social needs with associated behavioural challenges, requiring compassionate support to understand, prepare for and manage independent living.

The service follows guidance from the Scottish Government’s Keys to Life Strategy, Health and Social Care Standards (My Support, My Life) and Fairer Scotland Action Plan; with a focus on promoting choice and control and independent living through a healthy life, active citizenship, and inclusion. The service is registered with the care inspectorate and staff are required to register and adhere to codes of conduct of the SSSC and registration when this becomes mandatory.

The fundamental outcome of the service is to promote independence, meet needs and work together to enable a life of choices, opportunities, and participation. This work is very rewarding.

The purpose of the role is to provide person centred care, individualised support, skills building and whole life learning to people with a range of needs. The role can be very physically and emotionally demanding, and a high level of personal resilience and strength and personality is essential to support users of the service, although the rewards are fulfilling.

Activities may include:

• Moving & assisting, intimate care, and other tasks associated with personal care,
• Social skills education, budgeting and all activities involved in successful daily living and citizenship,
• Outdoor and indoor activities that promote a healthy lifestyle,
• Risk assessment, support planning and risk enablement that encourage positive behaviour support.

A set of core strength based approaches, practice and values would be essential in supporting the people who use the service including: Passion, drive, commitment, unconditional positive regard, trust, patience, resilience, innovative thinking and understanding.

More detail is provided in the Job description & Person Specification and Conditions of Service Summary below.

Fortune Works is one of Scotland’s largest social enterprises for people with learning disability. Two Operations Manager posts have been newly created, providing an exciting and rare opportunity to help lead the service in providing meaningful social and economic activity to adults with learning disability in north west Glasgow. Fortune Works is part of ENABLE Glasgow, a long-established member-led organisation which works with people with learning disability and their carers in the city.

Fortune Works supports around 120 people with learning disability to play a full role in the life of the community through providing in-house economic activity and social support, and also in partnership with local community organisations in Drumchapel and north-west Glasgow. Following a recent period of expansion, our Operations Managers will play a lead role in maintaining and developing these partnerships, and in ensuring the smooth running of a very busy service.

We are looking for people who have the drive, initiative, and experience to help us move on to the next stage of our development, and who have a demonstrable commitment to the human rights and inclusion of people who have a learning disability.

Cycling Scotland is the nation’s cycling organisation. Working in partnership with other organisations, with funding from Transport Scotland, we help create an environment for everyone in Scotland to cycle easily and safely. Our vision is a sustainable, inclusive and healthy Scotland where anyone, anywhere can enjoy all the benefits of cycling.

We are currently recruiting for a Development Officer to join our team and help deliver Cycling Scotland’s behaviour change and training programmes, expanding the successful Cycling Friendly Award and Development Grant programme. Reporting to the Behaviour Change Manager, the successful candidate will have lead responsibility for activity in the education setting and manage the development and delivery of Cycling Scotland’s behaviour change and associated projects to get more people cycling.

The post is based in Glasgow. Following Scottish Government guidance, we are currently home working.

Working as a key member of our Scotland Directorate’s communications team you will report to the Communications Manager (Engagement). You will deliver communications activities across a range of channels, mainly focusing on telling the story of our work and the communities we fund through digital and social media.

Developing content will be a key element of your day-to-day work. You will tailor the content you make to different channels and understand what works best for their distinct audiences. Alongside celebrating the amazing stories of the groups we fund, you will create content that helps and encourages people who may apply in the future. You’ll also provide support and advice to help our funding teams reach out to the communities they work with through digital and social media.

You will lead on maintaining and monitoring The National Lottery Community Fund Scotland digital channels. You will plan content to increase engagement, ensuring messages are targeted, have a consistent tone of voice and speak to or grow our audiences.

Although specialising in digital and social media, you will need a broad set of skills (including planning, writing and storytelling) so that you can play an active part in our multi-disciplinary communications team, and pick up other work when required. You will be a flexible worker: comfortable using your own initiative to lead pieces of work, or working collaboratively with colleagues.

You’ll work closely with the press and media team to develop and deliver media campaigns in Scotland across our digital platforms and social media channels.

You’ll also be passionate about uncovering and understanding the needs of our customers. This will help you develop useful and engaging content to help us support both the people applying for our grants, and the groups that have grants from us already. It will also help you understand the barriers people may face in accessing National Lottery funding – whether because of their background, health, disability or other circumstances. Understanding these issues will help you reach these people with targeted communications, and create content that is accessible and relevant to them.

Overview

The Women’s Support Project is a registered Scottish charity, working against violence against women and children (SC021846). Key themes are highlighting links between different forms of male violence and promoting an interagency response to the abuse of women and children. Our work is informed by a feminist approach and an understanding of the links and overlaps between different forms of violence, discrimination, and oppression.

Women’s Support Project is a partner in Labyrinth, a new UK-wide partnership coordinated by Solace Women’s Aid and funded by The Tampon Tax Fund. The Labyrinth partnership aims to support women’s spaces and services to help them, and the women they support, to emerge stronger from the impact of the pandemic.

This Development Worker post is funded through the Labyrinth partnership and will have a particular focus on raising awareness of harmful practices and improving responses to women affected. Applications from women from communities potentially affected by harmful practices are particularly welcomed.

Main work areas:

• To raise awareness of harmful practices
• To map current services in Glasgow for women affected by harmful practices, and map women’s journeys to securing support
• To support capacity building of third sector organisations, women’s groups and community support organisations working with women affected by harmful practices
• To develop a programme of training and awareness raising activity in conjunction with local services and Labyrinth training and capacity building partners
• To coordinate the delivery of the training and awareness raising programme for practitioners and for community members
• To provide opportunities to women to build awareness of rights, reduce isolation, and increase confidence and independence
• To ensure that learning from the project is shared.

Obesity Action Scotland has established itself as the leading advocacy group on overweight and obesity in Scotland. We are at the forefront of campaigning and awareness raising on this issue. We are looking for a Policy and Evidence Manager to join our team.

Obesity Action Scotland is hosted and supported by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

The Role

Reporting to the Policy and Evidence Manager, the Policy and Engagement Officer will be responsible for the implementation and delivery of research, reports and digital communications that support the objectives of Obesity Action Scotland. Our work focuses on preventing overweight and obesity through improved diet and food environments. The Policy and Engagement Officer will be actively involved in the analysis and interpretation of research and policy papers and production of evidence-based briefings and materials. The postholder will co-ordinate the communications activity of Obesity Action Scotland through digital media

The Marketing & Communications Officer is a key role within a small but extremely busy department that delivers strategic marketing and communication campaigns for all Tron Theatre activity.

The Marketing & Communications Officer will work with the Head of Marketing & Communications and across the wider Tron team to find innovative ways to promote all areas of the Tron’s work through on and offline marketing, customer relationship management and public relations and media, driving audience development, engagement and revenue and enhancing the Tron’s reputation as a leading venue nationally, and within the wider UK and international theatre sectors.

This will include being responsible for the development, creation and delivery of day-to-day, targeted and compelling digital content across the Tron’s social media platforms that will inspire and engage existing audiences as well as build new audiences.

The successful candidate will have an excellent understanding of tactical marketing, including the use of digital and new media. Good tech and IT knowledge and proven experience reporting on campaign delivery are key skills for this role. The right person will have the ability to write and source engaging copy for marketing material and be able to manage a range of marketing campaigns in a collaborative and inclusive way. We’re looking for someone who is able to bring enthusiasm, imagination, creativity and initiative to their work.

The No.1 Befriending Agency is a vibrant local social enterprise that works to reduce loneliness and isolation. Part of how we do this is to ensure that older people can thrive in later life. We work with our dedicated volunteers to provide the support that local older people need to live happy, healthy lives. We work to help older people stay connected with their communities, alleviating loneliness, improving health and wellbeing and making communities stronger through volunteering. This includes providing support for them to be as independent as possible using digital technology and accessing virtual events.

We are excited to invite applications for our Operations Manager vacancy. This role is an integral position managing the efficient and effective running of operational services, business administration, monitoring on all income and expenditure matters, HR management, liaison with key stakeholders reporting to the board and funders. You will contribute to the development of operational strategic plans, direction and decision making and proactively work towards the achievement of shared objectives. This includes developing and implementing strategies, key objectives, systems, processes and procedures relating to administration, resources, premises and health & safety.

You will be responsible for managing a multi-disciplinary team which includes Volunteer Coordinators working to support volunteers in different areas in Glasgow and collaborating as a team. You will be joining us at a time of change and growth, when we are expanding our services to meet increasing demand from local older people and developing services as a result of the pandemic. You will be responsible for working with colleagues to ensure we have sufficient volunteers who are supported and engaged in rewarding activity and can deliver our high quality, friendly services. You will also play an essential role in our fundraising and community engagement events and to solicit pro bono professional support from volunteers and the board members.

This role manages a multidisciplinary team that delivers services, events and activities and volunteering in a dynamic and changing environment. You will have experience of working in a similar role, and with sound business operational experience you will be able to communicate effectively at a number of levels as we work towards a new `normal’. You will help ensure that our internal operations run as efficiently as possible, as well as supporting our day-to-day relationships with strategic partners, funders and volunteers working with a highly committed team. As a small organisation we are looking for entrepreneurship, flexibility and imagination as well as accuracy and integrity. If you have the drive to make a difference within an organisation which makes a difference we look forward to hearing from you.

As the Youth and Community Development Officer West, your role will play an important part in helping us deliver our youth work provision services in the West of Scotland. You will also support the delivery of our LGBT Charter programme that is changing the face of Inclusive Education across Scotland through our whole school approach and organisations across the country.

This is an exciting opportunity to provide high quality youth work, through youth groups and one to one support to LGBTI young people, empowering them to achieve their potential. We are looking for a skilled individual who can help us deliver our service provision, ensuring that we are sustaining a safe space for young people.

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

Our aim

We are looking for an experienced person who can (re)start and lead an inclusive youth work programme in Ruchazie to encourage young people in our community to build confidence, skills and achieve their personal goals.

Ruchazie Church

Since re-planting our church in 2018, we have re-established a worshipping community within the parish. We are now a key anchor organisation in Ruchazie with a reputation as a local catalyst for change. Using an asset-based community development model we have a track record of mobilising volunteers to develop ground-breaking initiatives that give practical help, support and hope for local people. Our support is available to anyone without discrimination.

We have a core team of active volunteers and, just before the COVID19 pandemic, we had a congregation of about 50 gathering weekly. As a church we are rooted in the evangelical tradition and our style is informal, friendly and welcoming. Our building is a key community hub. Before lockdown it was a very busy space used by our partners, local groups and other organisations to deliver vital practical help, services and activities.

Ruchazie is an area of significant, multiple deprivation. 41% of the children live in poverty. 67% of those attending our local secondary school have or had male relatives resident in Barlinnie Prison. 36% of the 16-19 year olds are not in any form of employment, education or training. There are many challenges here, but this is not our focus.

There is great community spirit here and we see wonderful, dynamic, creative people made in the image of God. By working together, we empower people to make the changes they want to see for themselves, their families and their community.

Previous Youth Work

Despite building significant momentum with our youth work programme pre-pandemic, lockdown restrictions halted most of our activities. We used to have a mixture of afterschool and holiday time clubs with various creative and performing arts programmes. Some activities were delivered in partnership with other organisations such as GK Experience, Bolt FM and Junction 12 (a local Christian youth project). While some of our young people made a significant contribution during lockdown as volunteers with our emergency response, only a small remnant of our previous youth work programme remains.

Therefore, we are looking for someone to work alongside local people to begin this work again. Our new Youth Worker will take the lead in building a team of volunteers and then relaunching a new youth work programme.

About the Youth Worker

We are looking for someone who can work effectively within our existing Church team to relaunch, develop and lead the youth work programme at Ruchazie Church.

Our ideal candidate will have previous experience of delivering a really effective youth work programme aligned to best practice principles. They will possess well-developed interpersonal leadership skills to recruit and support a team of volunteers and also to collaborate with external partners, networks and community connections. We are looking for someone who can build and maintain trusting, respectful relationships with young people to promote good emotional, physical and mental health. Our Youth Worker will also be able to deliver inclusive programmes and activities that will enable young people to explore Christian spirituality and other themes of faith openly.

We are delighted to be recruiting for a Grants & Development Officer to join our growing team in Glasgow. Working as part of our Affiliate Development Directorate, you will play a key role in enhancing the long-term sustainability and growth of Mary’s Meals. Supporting our National Affiliates and funding relationship managers’ to produce documents for philanthropic opportunities, partnerships, foundations and institutional donors, to meet the needs of our existing donor base and capitalise on opportunities that arise.

Mary’s Meals is a global movement supported by people from all walks of life and we are focused on one goal – that every child receives a nutritious daily meal in a place of education. We continue to change the lives of over 1.8 million children who today will receive Mary’s Meals, in their place of education. We offer so much more than a role, we offer the opportunity to support our movement in a dynamic, inclusive and values driven environment with a real focus on personal development.

Reporting to our Grants & Development Manager, you will be responsible for developing compelling funding proposals and writing reports for a range of major donors. In this fast paced and varied role, you will build strong relationships with our Affiliates across the world, have the opportunity to support grant management and identify and research prospective opportunities for programme funding.

Other key duties include:

• Assisting National Affiliates in establishing a portfolio of long-term partnerships that provide sustainable income for our feeding programmes

• Collating, assessing and relaying key information for reports and proposals

• Managing deadlines for donor proposals, applications and reporting.

• Supporting the development of the Mary’s Meals suite of products and materials that communicate our strategy and attract funding, and promoting their use across the network

• Contributing to the development and coordination of organisational systems and processes for the completion of funding proposals and reports

With strong organisational skills, you will be comfortable working across multiple projects and coordinating contributions across all parts of the organisation and will have relevant experience of designing and developing compelling funding proposals. You will have fantastic writing skills with the ability to tailor your approach to a variety of audiences and bring the impact of our work, and our story, to life. You will be a confident in your communications with the ability to engage in a variety of interactions with colleagues. You will have the opportunity to work closely with colleagues across the organisation and your work will make a tangible difference to the lives of children in some of the world’s poorest communities.

We are a values driven organisation, we believe in the innate goodness of people, respect the dignity of every human being and family life and believe in good stewardship of the resources entrusted to us. In line with our values, Mary’s Meals is fully committed to a culture of safeguarding.

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.

SAMH is currently looking to recruit Support Workers for the Community Directions service based in the Calton area of Glasgow. Community Directions provides medium to long term social care and housing support to men and women aged 18+ with a history of alcohol/substance misuse and complex needs, who are homeless (or at risk of becoming homeless) and who have expressed the view that they will, or are likely to continue to, misuse alcohol/substance often to what is considered to be dangerous levels.

You will provide practical and emotional support and assist service users in daily living and social skills to enable them to sustain their tenancy. The service promotes independent living and supports service users identify goals and aspirations to maximise quality of life and recovery. You will help to encourage and support individuals to re-engage with other agencies such as health and addictions services, and education and employment agencies. The service operates, 365 days a year.

As the position will involve a variety of shift patterns including evenings, weekends you will be flexible in the hours and shifts you are available to work.

This is a challenging and exciting opportunity to make a difference to peoples’ lives and support them to achieve their identified outcomes. You will be able to demonstrate good communication skills and a mature attitude together with adaptability and enthusiasm. Knowledge and experience in supporting people with mental health problems is desirable.

Role:

The Community Development Worker’s main function/responsibility will be to:

• Further strengthen and develop ROSC in the Northwest of the city, ensuring community and individual with lived experience of recovery are at the core of any developments

• Establish and re-establish post Covid, mutually beneficial, encouraging relationships with stakeholders, including Care and Treatment provision, Community & Third Sector organisations, Private Sector

• Establish parameters for collaborative working, be the main point of contact for all relevant stakeholders

• Update the ROSC Strategic Action plan in collaboration with NW Recovery Team Lead & personnel and extend learning and practice to other areas of the city and further afield

• Conduct periodic evaluations to establish additional possibilities for collaboration

• To strengthen and develop the working relationships between GCA and NW Recovery Communities

In return for choosing to work for GCA, the benefits you will receive are:

• Very generous annual leave entitlement: full time employees start with an annual leave entitlement of 37 days (inclusive of 12 bank holidays) which increases to 38 days after 2 years, 40 days after 5 years and 42 days after 10 years length of service.

• 5 duvet days where employees may take time off at short notice.

• Death in service policy of 2 times salary.

• Cycle to work scheme where employees can save money on a new bike and spread the cost.

• Training and development commitment to help employees perform to the best of their abilities.

Organisation Profile:

Glasgow Council on Alcohol (GCA) was founded in 1965 and is the oldest established Council on Alcohol in Scotland. GCA is a voluntary organisation working to reduce the harm caused by alcohol misuse through the provision of a range of high quality advice, information, counselling, support, prevention and education and training services.

GCA works in partnership with North West Recovery Communities, with the current arrangements underpinned by this joint initiative.

We are looking for an experienced, skilled and highly organised self-starter to join us at CELCIS as a Learning and Engagement Officer.

The role would suit candidates who are multi-taskers, with a record of achievement in shaping and delivering different learning and engagement activities and events to meet the needs of our stakeholders.

Do you have significant experience of having worked in public engagement, learning, events, training, knowledge exchange and/or public affairs? Do you also have knowledge of professional development and an interest in improving children’s services? Are you as equally comfortable using online platforms to produce a live webinar with presentations with downloadable materials, invited speakers, and facilitating a Q&A, as you are developing and delivering a two-day in-person conference? If so, this could be the role for you.

As a leading improvement and innovation centre in Scotland, at CELCIS we work to improve the lives of children and young people in need of care and protection, and their families and carers. We do this by supporting people and organisations responsible for their care to make changes in services and in the practices and skills they use, all based on the needs and experiences of children and young people.

This role is ideal for someone with excellent team-working and relationship-building skills who can further enhance our learning and engagement activities by working with colleagues across CELCIS to develop and use different ways to share our learning and knowledge from research, practice and lived experience, online and in person.

Our Learning and Engagement Officer roles are full-time which may require some working outside core business hours of 9am – 5pm. All CELCIS staff are working remotely at home until the University has ensured it is safe and essential to work in the office (we are based in the Curran Building at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow). Flexibility for blended working arrangements (from home, in the office, and travel to work with local partners as required for the role) is available.

Funding for the post: This post is funded for 12 months, with a further 2 years of funding indicated by Scottish Government. CELCIS has received funding in this way from Scottish Government since 2010 where we agree our funding level every year, as well as agree the next two years indicative level.

We are working across the country, at local and national level, to help realise The Promise of the Independent Care Review. Change is happening. Be part of it. Together we can make things better for children, young people and their families and carers.

Informal enquiries about the post can be directed to Emma Dixon, Communications Manager at emma.dixon@strath.ac.uk

Supporting the local community and individuals in Milton, NW Glasgow through the provision of food education alongside improved access to fruit and vegetables, and opportunities to take part in food growing activities. Using community development approaches, develop and maintain local food hub group activities aimed at reducing the impacts of food poverty, improving health and wellbeing and supporting community led responses. Funded by Glasgow Communities Fund.

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

We focus on the physical, mental and emotional wellbeing of our young people, working with them to make lasting changes in their lives and helping them play a positive role in their community.

We are seeking a Volunteer Co-ordinator to support and develop our current volunteer community, while also recruiting, training and inducting new volunteers to support our work. The role will include the day-to-day co-ordination of volunteers, managing our safeguarding system and helping to organise and run our annual Volunteer Development Weekend.

The job will also involve working with and supporting our young Ambassadors Group of graduates who are training to be volunteers.

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

Do you want to become a Trainee Addiction Worker?

Applications are invited from people living in the Edinburgh and Glasgow Local Authority Areas ONLY

“This has been my most special and rewarding year to date and I am grateful to Scottish Drugs Forum for not only giving me the opportunity but being a solid and constant support through it all” – Former Trainee.

We’re looking for people with a history of drug or alcohol problems to take part in a supported Employment programme that will help you take the first steps towards in securing a paid job within the social care field and the opportunity to make a real difference in people’s lives.

Our life-changing Addiction Worker Training Project will support, train, and prepare you to gain a qualification in Social Services and Health Care – whilst paying you for taking part.

As a Trainee Addiction Worker on the programme, you will learn about the addiction field and how to support people who are currently experiencing issues with their substance use. You will then be able to take this knowledge and put this into practice during a placement within Social Care services.

Alongside learning, you will also meet a tight-knit group of peers and future friends who will be on the programme with you, sharing every step together.

We offer £8.91 per hour before deductions with a fixed term contract of 30 hours per week for 39 weeks. Trainees will undertake work placements in social care agencies and will study towards an SVQ 2 in Social Services and Health Care.

At SDF, we believe your experience of drug or alcohol problems is a strength, as it can help you understand some of the issues that someone who is accessing services may face.

Don’t know how to use a computer? – No problem. We will help you learn how to use a computer and provide you with a laptop so you can get the most out of the programme.

“The SVQ class was amazing. Really, really good. The tutor was really good as well. In addition, it was arranged that I got ‘dyslexia support’. Getting the extra support has made me a lot more confident. I still have work to do and hope to continue this after the course.” = Former Trainee

The Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland is an independent Scottish Charity and works with the Scottish Government as a strategic intermediary in health and social care with core funding for that purpose. Our vision is for a Scotland where people of all ages who are disabled or living with long term conditions, and unpaid carers, have a strong voice and enjoy their right to live well, as equal and active citizens, free from discrimination, with support and services that put them at the centre.

The aim of the Links Worker Programme is to support people to live well through strengthening connections between community resources and primary care in deprived areas in Scotland.

We are expanding our Links Worker Programme into new GP practices across Glasgow. We are recruiting for the following posts: Community Links Practitioners

The Community Links Practitioner will provide a person-centred service that is responsive to the needs and interests of a GP practice population. They will support them to identify issues that affect their ability to live well. Working collaboratively with individuals, the post holder will support them through decision making processes to help them decide upon the issues that they would like to address and help them to overcome any barriers to addressing these.

You must have experience of working with people who are experiencing complex social and emotional circumstances, and a strong understanding of the challenges faced by people living in areas of socio-economic deprivation in relation to living well.

PVG Scheme membership is required for this post.

Would you like to make a difference as part of Corra’s grants team?

Our mission is to make a difference with people and communities, by encouraging positive change, opportunities, fairness and growth of aspirations, which improve quality of life.

Cora’s ten-year strategy is a response to the world we live in, and to the one we want to play a part in building. It is long term because making a difference on the big challenges will take time. At its heart is the strong belief that when people find their voice, they unlock the power to make change happen.

Corra delivers its own grant funding programmes, as well as delivering grant programmes and services on behalf of others. We are growing and developing our grants team and now need to recruit a Families and Early Intervention Specialist.

Corra has a number of staff in Specialist roles focusing on particular areas of work, such as drugs and alcohol, international grants and community grant making.

The role of Families and Early Intervention Specialist is a project manager who brings expertise to Corra by having good knowledge of support services provided or required for families and children, good understanding of the benefits and impact of early intervention work; and familiarity with current practices and policies relating to this specialist area. This will enable them to undertake key activities such as:

• Project Management - ensuring that existing grant services and contracts are delivered to the highest possible standard and that programmes or services delivered by Corra on behalf of others are meeting all contractual obligations.
• Design, develop, deliver and review grant programmes which relate to Families & Early Intervention
• Provide essential information to stakeholders, reporting on Corra’s achievements against KPIs.
• Be Corra’s “go-to expert” for accurate information and insights of services for families and early intervention support

We are looking for a person who brings strong skills and experience in resource management; financial appraisal; project management, communication, relationship building and listening.

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 role will be based in Edinburgh or Glasgow, with a flexible approach to carrying out an element of work from home.

Rosemount Development Trust are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Community Engagement Officer to deliver an exciting pilot project, increasing access to cycling and promoting active travel in North East Glasgow.

As the ‘Equality Cycles’ Community Engagement Officer, you will be working in partnership with a skilled Bike Mechanic who will be employed by St Paul’s Youth Forum. Together you will work with local schools and organisations to deliver this rewarding new project which will see the distribution of free bicycles to children and young people. We are looking for an individual with experience in youth work or community engagement who has a passion for cycling, to work with partners to identify young people for participation, coordinate distribution of bikes and manage tracking and reporting. Excellent people skills and a passion for working with young people are essential as you will be required to build ongoing relationships with participants.

Project management experience is preferred, and as this is a new project, we need someone who can take the initiative and who isn’t afraid to get stuck in!

The successful candidate will be based in Royston and will be required to undergo a PVG check.

This position is funded through the Transport for Scotland until 16/08/2022.

For more information please see attached Job Description or contact Gregor Henderson via gregor.henderson@rosemounttrust.co.uk or 01415 521 199 or 07414 516 296

Rosemount Development Trust (RDT) is a local charity set up in 1989 to foster community regeneration and to alleviate poverty and unemployment in Royston, Glasgow.

The Trust manages workspace resources at Rosemount Business Park on a full-time basis, with profits reinvested back into the community via a small grant making system, donations and in kind provision.

As lead organisation of the Royston Strategy Group, RDT is currently engaged in a number of regeneration initiatives, including greening and mural projects, community social enterprises and continual exploration of the community ownership of local assets.

A fantastic opportunity to come and join the Children 1st team in Glasgow

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our Glasgow Supporting Families Team, to positively impact on the lives of children, young people and their families, building empowering relationships to meet the various challenges they face. This is an innovative service, working alongside children and their families within communities across the South of Glasgow, providing early support which is easily accessible and non-stigmatising. We will listen and learn from children and families to develop the service alongside our partners. We are therefore looking to recruit dynamic, experienced individuals who can drive the successful development and growth of this innovative service.

Children 1st along with our 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. If you share this determination, we would love to hear from you.

What kind of people are we looking for?

• 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

What kind of Glasgow Supporting Families team member will you be?

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

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

• determined to support children to stay safely with their own family

• 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

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 Glasgow with access to our service hub in the south of the city and will travel to connect with other parts of the organisation once Scottish Guidelines permit this and it is safe for you and colleagues.

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.

Join the Team

Please join us for an informal chat about what it will mean to be part of our Glasgow Supporting Families Team at an open event on Thursday 05 August at 6pm. To register an interest in the open evening please visit the website.

After you have registered your interest, you will be sent a link to join this event, which will be hosted on Microsoft Teams. If you have any questions, please contact: HR@children1st.org.uk

Further Information

These are fixed term posts, funded initially until March 2023. We have three full time posts of 35 hours per week and one part time post of 17.5 hours a week. Hours to be worked flexibly to suit the needs of the service, some evening and weekend work will be required.

About Us

Merry-go-round Glasgow is a social enterprise and charity in the Southside. We support local families with high quality, low cost children’s goods and through inclusive events and workshops. We have a boutique style shop in Strathbungo selling everything baby, we run an events programme, and we work with over 120 agencies across the city to provide free packs of goods to families in need. We have a skilled and motivated staff team of 13 and are an inclusive and fun place to work. We are a Revolve certified store (revolvereuse.com) which means that we work to high standards, are committed to excellence, improving and seeking opportunities for growth.

The Role

Merry-go-round Glasgow are looking for an enthusiastic and committed person to work in our preloved children’s clothing boutique on Nithsdale Road. Sales assistants are crucial in creating a friendly and welcoming atmosphere for customers and supporting the smooth running of the store.

You will be involved in a wide variety of tasks including sorting stock, merchandising, assisting customers, accepting donations, and ringing through sales - all the while, displaying excellent customer service. This role is supported by the Retail Manager.

A Job Description is available for download below.

The Income Maximisation Worker will provide a holistic advice and support service for single parents to increase household income and maximise benefits. The successful candidates will support the delivery of the OPFS Preventative Income Maximisation Service Pilot Programme. The Income Maximisation Workers will deliver the service alongside the Peer Mentor Support Workers in Glasgow.

Key Tasks

• Provide crisis support to families in need
• Provide a one-to-one service to families from a wide range of backgrounds, maximising household incomes through identifying and claiming additional welfare benefits, local authority benefits, tax credits, charity funding applications and supporting families with all aspects of their advice journey.
• Assist in producing, maintaining and distributing appropriate information materials.
• Actively maintain and manage a client caseload.
• Recording client cases using Advice Pro and Fort Case Management System as required to enable the service to be monitored and evaluated.
• To adhere to all requirements of the organisations systems and processes in accordance with the Scottish National Standards for Information and Advice Providers and comply with the Financial Conduct Authority Regulations pertaining to Money Advice.
• Provide regular reports to the Project Manager on activities against targets and outcomes

The job description is a broad picture of the post at the time of preparation. It is not an exhaustive list of all possible duties, and it is recognised that jobs change and evolve over time.

Personal Specifications

Essential Experience

• Proven experience and or qualification in advice and income maximisation work.
• Current knowledge of the benefits system.
• Experience of managing a caseload and maintaining up to date recording.
• Able to understand wishes and needs of service users and advocate on their behalf.
• Knowledge of single parent issues and the effect of Welfare Reform on single parent families.
• Fully competent in using Microsoft Office 365 and custom database packages.
• Ability to work under pressure, on your own initiative, but also to be part of a team.
• Commitment to working to the organisation’s policies and procedures.
• Excellent organisational, communication and report writing skills.
• An ability to deal with clients and other professionals in a sensitive manner.

Desirable

• Clean driving licence and access to a vehicle
• Understanding of Advice Pro / Fort case management systems

Reports to: Project Manager, Glasgow & Lanarkshire Services

Terms & Conditions

• Confirmation of Appointment: Fixed term contract until 31st March 2022. Confirmation of appointment is subject to satisfactory completion of a 3-month probationary period, references, and receipt of a satisfactory disclosure check.
• Salary: Points 14 £23,795 - for full time pro rata for 21 hours per week is £14,227
• Hours of work: Hours of work will be 21 hours per week, worked flexibly to meet the demands of the job.
• Holidays: Holiday entitlement of 5.6 weeks per annum pro rata to the hours worked. This will include an additional 5 days per year after 5 years’ service. (This will be pro-rated from your start date in the fifth year of service).
• Pension: You will be auto enrolled from your start date. OPFS pays 3% of your salary and you pay a minimum of 7%.
• Training and support and supervision: You will receive induction training and frequent support in the first three months. Thereafter you will receive monthly individual support and supervision and annual appraisals. Regular team meetings will be held, and staff have access to internal and external training.
• Equal Opportunities and Family Friendly Employment: OPFS aims to be an equal opportunity and family friendly employer. OPFS has Investors In People status.

The Scottish Obesity Alliance is an alliance of organisations across Scotland who are passionate and committed to preventative advocacy action. This post is positioned within Obesity Action Scotland and in turn hosted and supported by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

The Role

To act as the lead officer and primary point of contact for the Scottish Obesity Alliance, a Scotland wide alliance of organisations interested in tackling obesity. The Scottish Obesity Alliance has an independent chairperson and an Executive Group who set the policy priorities. Obesity Action Scotland provide line management to the postholder.

Reporting to the Programme Lead for Obesity Action Scotland, for line management purposes, the Alliance Manager‘s role will include:

• Supporting and developing the Scottish Obesity Alliance policy and advocacy work

• Supporting and developing all other activities of the Scottish Obesity Alliance

• Enabling and engaging the membership

• Acting as the primary point of contact for the alliance

Obesity Action Scotland has established itself as the leading advocacy group on overweight and obesity in Scotland. We are at the forefront of campaigning and awareness raising on this issue. We are looking for a Policy and Evidence Manager to join our team.

Obesity Action Scotland is hosted and supported by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

The Role

The Policy and Evidence Manager within Obesity Action Scotland is responsible for the planning, development, presentation and communication of our evidence-based policy positions. Our work focuses on preventing overweight and obesity through improved diet and food environments.

The postholder will report to the Programme Lead. The Policy and Evidence Manager will oversee the following activities on behalf of the Unit

• Gathering, analysing and interpreting data and evidence

• The development of organisational evidence-based policy positions

• Planning and implementation of in-house evidence gathering projects

• Presentation, dissemination and communication of key messages to external audiences

• Influencing policy makers and stakeholders

• Partnership working

Obesity Action Scotland has established itself as the leading advocacy group on overweight and obesity in Scotland. We are at the forefront of campaigning and awareness raising on this issue. We are looking for a Policy Intern on a fixed term basis to cover a busy period of office activity.

Obesity Action Scotland is hosted and supported by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

The Role

To provide research, policy and communications support within Obesity Action Scotland.

The post holder will report to the Policy and Evidence Manager. The Policy Intern will work closely with the team to:

• actively support the analysis and interpretation of research and policy papers

• assist in the production of evidence-based briefings and materials

• assist in the creation and posting of website and digital media content

This post is provided on a fixed term basis to provide temporary support.

GWT was established in 2007 as the Scottish Centre for Intergenerational Practice and became a registered Scottish Charitable Organisation in 2015. GWT’s vision is to live in a Scotland where different generations are more connected, and everyone has the opportunity to build relationships that help to create a fairer society. Our mission is to develop, expand and improve intergenerational practice.

By intergenerational work we mean projects, activities or events where people of different generations who might not otherwise meet each other do things together in positive and creative ways. Intergenerational work includes any activities which remove and break down barriers between the generations.

GWT provides a range of training opportunities, a library of resources, organise events, facilitate 18 local and three thematic networks across Scotland and deliver pilot projects. This support encourages the involvement of volunteers and grass roots projects as well as the more strategic levels of management and government. Importantly we connect individuals and organisations who work across different generations building trust and respect which creates long lasting friendships. Together through intergenerational work the different generations can share their skills and learn new ones identifying solutions on how to address local problems and challenges in their communities.

Overview of Post

The Officer is responsible for the development, facilitation and evaluation of GWT’s learning and development programme and for building professional intergenerational learning networks across Scotland. The postholder will be committed to developing new, exciting, learning opportunities and participation options including digital learning for a range of individuals working across the private, third and public sector.

Responsible to: Chief Executive Officer

Responsible for:

1. Developing, delivering and evaluating a range of training opportunities tailored to meet the needs of individuals, organisations and partnerships.
2. Raising awareness of the benefits of intergenerational practice and supporting this work across Scotland.
3. Driving engagement of participants and supporting learner progression through good communication, promotion and marketing.
4. Leading the growth of GWT’s digital learning channels.

For further details about the post, please download the Job Description & person Specification below.

As Universal Credit & Welfare Officer, you will be the first point of contact for welfare enquiries and will be responsible for managing our tenant’s welfare applications & appeals within the Homes for Good business group.

You will ensure that this is clearly documented through HFG’s reporting systems and will work to your primary aim of ensuring tenancy stability through strategic financial planning, preventing rent arrears and ensuring income maximisation.

You will work alongside colleagues in the Tenancy Support Team to ensure the best service and positive outcomes for our tenants based on their individual needs and to develop innovative solutions to tackle challenges faced by people accessing the benefit system.

The role is fast paced and required a highly professional approach when working with a variety of stakeholders including HFG tenants, landlords, DWP, HMRC, Govan Law Centre and other partner organisations that you will identify to assist our tenants.

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

The Alcohol Counsellor will provide an alcohol counselling, advice and information service for individuals aged 16 and over with problematic alcohol use or affected by other people’s problematic alcohol use. The service will be provided from North Claremont Street Office and community settings.

There may be an opportunity to provide practice supervision to volunteer counsellors.

In return for choosing to work for GCA, the benefits you will receive are:

• Very generous annual leave entitlement: full time employees start with an annual leave entitlement of 37 days (inclusive of 12 bank holidays) which increases to 38 days after 2 years, 40 days after 5 years and 42 days after 10 years length of service.
• 5 duvet days where employees may take time off at short notice.
• Death in service policy of 2 times salary.
• Cycle to work scheme where employees can save money on a new bike and spread the cost.
• Training and development commitment to help employees perform to the best of their abilities.

Organisation Profile:

Glasgow Council on Alcohol (GCA) was founded in 1965 and is the oldest established Council on Alcohol in Scotland. GCA is a voluntary organisation working to reduce the harm caused by alcohol misuse through the provision of a range of high quality advice, information, counselling, support, prevention and education and training services.

GCA has been working with individuals, families and communities across Glasgow and beyond since 1965, tackling the causes and effects of alcohol misuse. We believe that health and wellbeing are vital to individuals, family relationships and communities, and recognise that alcohol is an issue that can affect everyone, regardless of their background.

Counselling Supervisor

GCA is looking to attract an experienced Counselling Supervisor who is BACP/COSCA or BABCP registered. The individual would need to demonstrate at least two years of experience as a Practice Supervisor.

GCA would guarantee flexible hours per month at a rate of £35 per hour. GCA would provide the rooms for supervision and the Supervisor will have access to the GCA training Calendar which counts towards CPD.

GCA is one of the founding COSCA members and adheres to the COSCA ethical framework for good practice in counselling, psychotherapy and counselling skills. We also ensure that all practitioners employed by GCA are members of COSCA and suitably qualified.

You will be responsible for providing clinical supervision to GCA practitioners, ensuring safe and ethical practice and support clinical performance and development of counsellor’s practice. This enables the charity to be effective and efficient in delivering GCA’s core services.

The individuals interested in working with GCA must be registered as an accredited Counsellor/supervisor with COSCA/BACP/BABCP/UKCP and hold a Post Graduate Diploma/MA in counselling/Psychotherapy, as well as a professional qualification in clinical supervision. The individuals should have a minimum of two years’ post registration clinical experience in counselling supervision.

Additionally, the individual will be required to hold a PVG registration and have personal liability insurance.

The No.1 Befriending Agency is a vibrant local social enterprise that works to reduce loneliness and isolation through providing established, quality befriending services. We work with our dedicated volunteers to provide the support that local older people need to live happy, healthy lives. We work to help people stay connected with their communities, alleviating loneliness, improving health and wellbeing and making communities stronger through volunteering.

Purpose:

The main focus will be on delivering Befriending Projects to the community, working closely with service users/ clients and volunteers. The key reasons for this is supporting people experiencing loneliness and isolation, further adopting and expanding our services, providing one to one and group befriending opportunities for communities and individuals; improving people's lives. In this role, the Volunteer Co-ordinator will perform a vital part in supporting existing volunteers, matches and developing new volunteer opportunities; assessing service users and supporting them through the journey.

The candidate:

The successful candidate will have excellent organisational and interpersonal skills as well as a good understanding of the needs and concerns of older people as well as those from hard to reach groups within the community. You will be an excellent communicator and know how to network to gain positive outcomes, be able to build a rapport with a diverse range of people, be appreciative of difference, able to learn from others and challenge if needed. You will have a passion for and strong commitment to social care and community engagement.

Responsible to:Operations Manager

Maryhill Integration Network (MIN) was established to bring asylum seekers, refugees, migrants and the settled inhabitants of Glasgow together. Since 2001, we have been developing projects which support positive social change by investing in communities and providing a welcoming - and much-needed - safe and inclusive space with opportunities for collaboration and connection. Our main services include a user-led weekly programme of activities, which runs alongside regular learning opportunities, community events, advice clinics and outreach partnership projects coordinated across the city.

About the role:

The role will predominantly feed into the Human Rights & Wellbeing themes within our strategy, with the strategic goals to:

• Provide advice, support and advocacy for asylum seekers and refugees, and promote empowerment through confidence building, learning, skills development, and voluntary opportunities, and to;
• Take measures to combat racism and discrimination regarding race, religion, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation in order to promote feelings of safety and belonging.

Additional strategic objectives include:

• Providing opportunities for community participation and active citizenship
• Placing service users’ needs at the heart of project development and implementation
• Create an environment in which asylum seekers and refugees feel safe and supported
• Awareness of the pre-migration trauma and poor mental wellbeing associated within the asylum process, when developing projects and activities
• Build capacity in service users to address recovery from poor mental wellbeing
• Encourage wellbeing through the provision of regular access to activities and opportunities in the outdoors
• Maintain and develop strong community partnerships offering referrals and signposting to appropriate agencies to promote better community wellbeing
• Raise awareness on the impact of multiple discriminations, and provide tailored spaces and activities for service users affected by them.

The postholder will be contributing positively to cross-team working within our vibrant organisation, where all ideas are valued, and innovation is encouraged. We are looking for someone with the interest to develop their skills as we take on new opportunities in fulfilling our strategic plan. The role represents an exciting opportunity for people with a real enthusiasm and commitment to improving wellbeing outcomes for communities in Glasgow.

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.

Glasgow Personalisation covers all of Glasgow and its main office is based at 19 Waterloo Street, Glasgow; providing practical and emotional support to adults with mental health problems. People using our service have access to staff daily, offering support with daily living and social inclusion.

The successful candidates should be able to establish therapeutic relationships with service users who have mental health issues and offer them emotional and practical support to gain independent living skills. Also, should have the ability to demonstrate a mature and caring attitude, with excellent listening and communication skills. Experience of working in the field of mental health or social care is desirable. You must be able to demonstrate a high degree of skill in report writing, assessing client need and developing professional support plans.

You will help to encourage and support individuals to engage/re-engage with other agencies such as health, education and employment agencies.

Previous experience of working in a Support Worker role is desirable as is the possession of an SVQ level 2 in health/Social care or equivalent or the willingness to undertake this.

The project operates, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. There is a staff team support workers and one team leader and one on-site service manager. Staff are also required as part of work force flexibility to provide support to other services within the Greater Glasgow area as and when required.

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, amongst 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.

Responding to training requests the Trainer (Children and Young People) will assist in the development and delivery of mental health workshops, trainings and information sessions to children, young people, school/college, other youth organisation staff and parents/carers.

These trainings and workshops will increase emotional literacy, build knowledge and understanding around mental health and wellbeing; increase self care skills and build the capacity of adults, around the child, to feel confident and competent when having mental health conversations.

Evening and occasional weekend work will be required.

Thenue Communities is a subsidiary company of Thenue Housing Association Ltd based in the East End of Glasgow. The company operates two community facilities, Calton Heritage & Learning Centre and its newly built Netherholm Community Hall.

This post will be based mainly in the Netherholm Community Hall where we are seeking an experienced and skilled Community Development Worker to help develop the centre, its groups and the wider community. This post is externally funded by Glasgow City Council’s ‘Glasgow Community Fund’.

You will be employed by Thenue Communities and in return, we offer an excellent package including a competitive salary, a pension scheme, 24 days annual leave plus 12 public holidays (pro-rata).

The successful candidate will be required to undertake a Basic Disclosure check.

Thenue Communities aims to be an equal opportunities employer.

The Befriending Co-ordinator will be responsible for the day to day planning, co-ordination and delivery of a befriending service to support survivors who access GCA’s wellbeing services across Glasgow and are most at risk from addictions, homelessness, social isolation and poverty. The Befriending Co-ordinator will also recruit and train volunteer befrienders to provide support and encouragement for individuals who use GCA’s wellbeing services, however struggle to stay engaged.

In return for choosing to work for GCA, the benefits you will receive are:

• Very generous annual leave entitlement: full time employees start with an annual leave entitlement of 37 days (inclusive of 12 bank holidays) which increases to 38 days after 2 years, 40 days after 5 years and 42 days after 10 years length of service.
• 5 duvet days where employees may take time off at short notice.
• Death in service policy of 2 times salary.
• Cycle to work scheme where employees can save money on a new bike and spread the cost.
• Training and development commitment to help employees perform to the best of their abilities.

Flexible working, part-time hours, or job-sharing arrangements will be considered for the right candidate. GCA deliver services over 6 days per week.

Organisation Profile:

Glasgow Council on Alcohol (GCA) was founded in 1965 and is the oldest established Council on Alcohol in Scotland. GCA is a voluntary organisation working to reduce the harm caused by alcohol misuse through the provision of a range of high quality advice, information, counselling, support, prevention and education and training services.

Cranhill Development Trust works to provide support to communities and individuals, who are affected by poverty, are socially excluded, are disadvantaged, vulnerable or marginalised. By promoting person centered approach to community development and regeneration. CDT empowers and enables individuals and communities to achieve their potential and sustain change in their lives.

This post was originally advertised in May, however, we were unable to find a suitable candidate. We are looking for someone with previous retail experience to take on the role of Manager in our community shop. ‘The Cabin’ opened in January 2019 to offer quality affordable produce to the local community and beyond and has continued to grow and develop.

We are looking for an individual with retail management experience; knowledge and understanding of sales reporting and stock control using EPOS system and an understanding of working in communities.

The Support Worker (Wellbeing Services) will provide safe, effective tiered support for Survivors and their families who access our services across Glasgow and are most at risk from addictions, homelessness, social isolation and poverty. The service will address health and social wellbeing, while promoting and supporting the development of trauma informed practice; guiding individuals through their healing process, introducing tools to develop coping skills and to live manageable lives.

Flexible working, part-time hours, or job-sharing arrangements will be considered for the right candidate. GCA deliver services over 6 days per week.

Please note; As this post will involve work within a women’s only service, there is a genuine occupational requirement to ensure that we recruit a female Support Worker (Wellbeing Services) and therefore this post is only open to women (exempt under Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010).

In return for choosing to work for GCA, the benefits you will receive are:

• Very generous annual leave entitlement: full time employees start with an annual leave entitlement of 37 days (inclusive of 12 bank holidays) which increases to 38 days after 2 years, 40 days after 5 years and 42 days after 10 years length of service.
• 5 duvet days where employees may take time off at short notice.
• Death in service policy of 2 times salary.
• Cycle to work scheme where employees can save money on a new bike and spread the cost.
• Training and development commitment to help employees perform to the best of their abilities.

Organisation Profile:

Glasgow Council on Alcohol (GCA) was founded in 1965 and is the oldest established Council on Alcohol in Scotland. GCA is a voluntary organisation working to reduce the harm caused by alcohol misuse through the provision of a range of high quality advice, information, counselling, support, prevention and education and training services.

With our upcoming move to a new building, located in the heart of campus, we are looking for a Social Media Coordinator to join our team and share the story of Strath Union across all social media channels.

We are looking for someone who is energetic, friendly and keen to get involved in numerous campaigns, while also being organised and focused.

Experience of creating campaigns that drive up engagement and a firm grasp of the student audience will support the role holder to achieve success in this job.

This is an exciting time to join Strath Union and build connections with students as they return to campus, galvanising them to tell their own stories and contribute to the overall Union community.

We encourage applications from all backgrounds and communities and are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences, and abilities. We particularly welcome applications from disabled candidates, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, and LGB, trans, and non-binary candidates.

To apply please upload your CV and covering letter here hr.breathehr.com/v/social-media-coordinator-17909

Interviews will take place w/c 23rd August 2021.

Glasgow & Clyde Rape Crisis provides support and advocacy services to women and girls from age 13 years who are survivors of any form of sexual violence, abuse or sexual exploitation, no matter when this has happened in their lives. We connect with a range of partnerships locally and nationally and are part of the national network of rape crisis services across Scotland. Our funding comes from a range of central and local government funds and trusts and grants.

We have a gendered definition of all forms of violence against women and girls and this is reflected in our work and in all our policies and protocols. The charity delivers a range of discrete services across prevention and education, as well as core services, and advocacy to enable women to be supported through the criminal justice system, and to navigate available services.

We are currently in a period of exciting change and growth in the organisation, and are looking to recruit an Access & Development Worker as well as identify candidates who could form part of a waiting list for future opportunities later in the year.

Our posts are open to women only applicants as we are a woman only service, covered by the occupational requirement exemption under the Equality Act 2010.

We are looking for women with a commitment to our values and who have the right skills and aptitudes to fit into the organisation. Whilst experience of delivering services to those who have experienced sexual violence is desirable, this is not essential as training will be given. What matters is a real commitment to supporting women, and to creating relationships that enable women to survive abuse, and lead fulfilling lives. We are particularly interested in women who have experience in mental health, advocacy, homelessness, substance use or criminal justice services but are looking to bring their experience into a new field.

The post is Glasgow based in our city centre premises, but some staff are currently working from home some or all of the time. The expectation is that a return to full office-based working will be achieved as Covid restrictions are eased. Some travel around the City of Glasgow and surrounding local authority areas will be necessary. Membership of Disclosure Scotland will be required to work for us.

The Senior Counsellor will provide a counselling, advice and information service for individuals aged 16 and over with problematic alcohol use or affected by other people’s problematic alcohol use. The Senior Counsellor will also manage and co-ordinate a high-quality service within GCA, whilst ensuring staff counsellors, volunteers and students receive appropriate practice supervision, support and guidance. The service will be provided from North Claremont Street Office and community settings.

In return for choosing to work for GCA, the benefits you will receive are:

• Very generous annual leave entitlement: full time employees start with an annual leave entitlement of 37 days (inclusive of 12 bank holidays) which increases to 38 days after 2 years, 40 days after 5 years and 42 days after 10 years length of service.

• 5 duvet days where employees may take time off at short notice.

• Death in service policy of 2 times salary.

• Cycle to work scheme where employees can save money on a new bike and spread the cost.

• Training and development commitment to help employees perform to the best of their abilities.

Organisation Profile:

Glasgow Council on Alcohol (GCA) was founded in 1965 and is the oldest established Council on Alcohol in Scotland. GCA is a voluntary organisation working to reduce the harm caused by alcohol misuse through the provision of a range of high quality advice, information, counselling, support, prevention and education and training services.

The HR Manager (Maternity Cover) will be accountable for HR systems, policies, contracts and other documentation, employment law compliance and fostering company culture.

In return for choosing to work for GCA, the benefits you will receive are:

• Very generous annual leave entitlement: full time employees start with an annual leave entitlement of 37 days (inclusive of 12 bank holidays) which increases to 38 days after 2 years, 40 days after 5 years and 42 days after 10 years length of service.

• 5 duvet days where employees may take time off at short notice.

• Death in service policy of 2 times salary.

• Cycle to work scheme where employees can save money on a new bike and spread the cost.

• Training and development commitment to help employees perform to the best of their abilities.

Organisation Profile:

Glasgow Council on Alcohol (GCA) was founded in 1965 and is the oldest established Council on Alcohol in Scotland. GCA is a voluntary organisation working to reduce the harm caused by alcohol misuse through the provision of a range of high quality advice, information, counselling, support, prevention and education and training services.

Location: Currently all Forum staff are working from home due to Covid-19 restrictions. After restrictions are lifted, there will be a number of days when the role-holder will be required to work from the Scottish Fair Trade Forum office in Glasgow and at other times will be able to work from home or in the office and also some travel around Scotland to attend meetings etc will be required.

The Scottish Fair Trade Forum’s Engagement and Communications Officer plays a key operational role in ensuring the Forum delivers on its commitment to widen and deepen Scotland’s commitment as a Fair Trade Nation. You will work with communities across Scotland initiating and developing new activities and supporting established groups and activities. You will lead on the Forum’s communications with members, supporters, stakeholders and the public.

About MAS

The times we live through are frequently described as unprecedented.

A century pandemic has magnified and entrenched inequality.

But it has also shown that change can happen rapidly and can make a real difference.

We need change. We need new ideas when old solutions cannot solve new problems.

Our plan sets out our approach towards securing a new different at a time when our purpose is more essential than ever.

Money Advice Scotland is Scotland’s money charity. We believe that people in debt deserve to be treated fairly and with dignity.

And we believe we will achieve that by supporting the advice workforce, empowering citizens to get help and support, and advocating for fairer policy.

Role Profile

We’re looking for a communications officer to join our team to support with implementing our communications strategy and building new campaigns. This role is focused on further expanding our communications reach and connecting with the public, money advisers, and policy makers by creating and sharing useful and engaging content and resources.

A full Job Description and Person Specification is available for download below.

St Paul’s Youth Forum are seeking a passionate and committed individual to help us kick-start a cycling revolution in the North East of Glasgow!

As the On Bikes Pilot Project Mechanic you will be working in partnership with a Community Development Worker who will be employed by Rosemount Development Trust. Together you will work with local schools and organisations to deliver this exciting new project. We are looking for an experienced individual who has a passion for cycling, to provide free bikes to young people of school age who can't afford them, so that every child in Scotland leaves school able to cycle safely. Strong communication and people skills are essential for this role as you will be working with young people to set them up to be able to cycle to and from school.

As this is a new project, we need someone who can take the initiative and who isn’t afraid to get stuck in!

This position is funded through the Transport for Scotland until 16/08/2022.

Organisation Profile:

Established in 1997, St Paul’s Youth Forum works with young people and our local community in the north east of Glasgow to provide a wide range of opportunities for their growth and development. We run a wide range of activities from a youth radio station to weekly pizza nights.

Glasgow and Clyde Rape Crisis provides support and advocacy services to women and girls from age 13 years who are survivors of any form of sexual violence, abuse or sexual exploitation, no matter when this has happened in their lives. We are part of a national network of rape crisis centres and connect with a range of partnerships locally and nationally to both deliver services, and to influence policy and practice in this area. Our funding comes from a range of central and local government funds and, to a lesser extent, some trusts and grants.

We believe in a gendered definition of violence against women and girls, this is reflected in our work and in all our policies and protocols. As well as our core support project, and helpline, the charity delivers a range of discrete services including prevention and education work. We have specific programmes for BAME women, and also provide support for women as they engage in the criminal justice system.

We are currently recruiting new Board Members.

We are an ambitious, forward-thinking organisation and our posts are open to women only applicants as we are a woman only service, covered by the occupational requirement exemption under the Equality Act 2010.

We are looking for Board Members with a range of skills who can fully articulate our values, and our fundamental belief that violence against women and girls has at its root, the unjust imbalance of power between men and women, and that this reflects deep rooted and structural inequality in our society.

To support us in achieving our ambitions and as part of our focus on succession planning, we are now looking for enthusiastic and committed women, who share our passion for the community, to join our Board.

As a Board member at GCRC you will be part of a team that is responsible for the overall strategic direction of the organisation together with ultimate control of corporate governance and financial management. In this role you will also help shape the future of the services we provide for survivors. The Board works closely with the Director and the senior management team in setting and achieving the organisations aims and objectives.

This is a great time to join our Board in its next period of change and transformation, necessitated by the learning from the pandemic, and the conclusions of an organisational review last year. You will join us at a time when we have just recruited a new Director and have had the benefit of some interim leadership support, we are now working to reset our strategy, and our approach to services.

The role offers you the opportunity to lead on the strategic direction of a growing organisation, playing a key role in delivering high quality services to survivors, defining goals and targets, and working with our team to scrutinise our performance.

We would welcome applications from women who have skills and knowledge in one or more of the following:

• share our values and the values of the Women’s sector.

• have a genuine commitment to strengthening our local communities.

• have specific experience of finance, health and safety, politics and public policy in Scotland, digital services, strategy development, experience of Human Resources or PR.

• have the confidence and ability to question and challenge effectively.

• have a good understanding of governance and the roles and responsibilities of being a board member.

Board members learn new skills around governance, finance, and strategic planning. Being a Board member can be a rewarding and enriching experience. This role will provide you with the opportunity for personal and professional development. At GCRC, you will learn about the wide range of activities undertaken within a progressive, service focused organisation operating within the Women’s sector, and you will be able to use and develop a wide range of skills, knowledge, and experience.

This is a voluntary unpaid position however appropriate expenses can be paid in line with our Expenses Policy. In terms of time commitment, you would be expected to prepare for, attend and contribute to Board meetings (held Six times a year); ad-hoc sub committees/meetings; have the option to attend an annual Group Strategy event and take part in training sessions. We value commitment and experience as much as qualifications and all Board members will receive a comprehensive induction together with ongoing training and support to assist them with this challenging and rewarding role. Board meetings are currently conducted remotely using Zoom.

Could you be part of something different? We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to use their gifts, skills and experience to make a different to the lives of the people in our parishes and communities.

St. James’ (Pollok) Parish Church is a vibrant Priority Area congregation located in the Pollok area of Glasgow. Working as part of the leadership team you will lead the Youth Ministry team and integrate and participate in the life and work of the congregation. We are not looking for someone who has all the answers, but someone who knows how to ask questions and discover creative outcomes.

Alcohol Focus Scotland (AFS) is Scotland’s national alcohol charity, committed to preventing and reducing harm to individuals, families, communities and Scotland as a whole. We develop and deliver a diverse range of resources, learning opportunities and qualifications, currently including: alcohol licensing qualifications; resources and training for nursery staff, teachers and specialist services working with children affected by parental drinking; and training for employers on alcohol issues in the workplace.

Who we are looking for

We are looking for an enthusiastic, creative and experienced senior learning and development practitioner to join our dedicated and skilled team. You will develop and deliver high quality training to diverse audiences. You will identify and develop innovative and engaging learning events and resources which make a real difference to people’s practice.

We are looking for a candidate with:

• Experience of designing and delivering high quality training, including developing creative resources and tools, to meet the current and emerging needs of stakeholders and to deliver learning outcomes.
• Experience of developing effective collaborative partnerships with a wide range of stakeholders at a strategic level, to effect changes in policy and practice.
• Experience of managing budgets and developing pricing structures for learning and development opportunities and in the design and implementation of monitoring and evaluation processes to evidence outcomes.

This role will form a crucial part of AFS’s work to deliver improvements in policy and practice.

Alcohol Focus Scotland is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

What we offer

• A competitive salary and benefits package that includes a contributory pension plan, generous annual leave entitlement and other benefits.
• A central Glasgow location, close to rail and bus stations.
• Flexible working can be considered and will be accommodated where possible, including the opportunity to mix home and office working.
• A range of formal and informal training and learning opportunities.
• The support of an organisation committed to its operational values.
• The satisfaction of working with a skilled and dedicated team to make change happen.

*Normal place of work: In line with current Government guidelines all AFS staff are working from home. Once restrictions are eased the normal place of work is 166 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, G1 2LW. Travel and occasional overnights may be required to deliver training.

Blackwood Neighbourhoods for Independent Living

We have a new, exciting opportunity for a Workstream Lead -Design for Age Friendly Homes to join our Blackwood Neighbourhoods for Independent Living team. This newly created, 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 take a leading role in building on the existing Blackwood Design Guide which will create a new design standard for accessible new-build homes maximising independent living in Phase 1 of the project and create a new standard for the adaptations, retrofit, and improvement of existing homes maximising independent living in phase 2.

More specifically this role leads in the co-design (working closely with an expert team along with people in the neighbourhoods) of creating homes that are affordable, accessible, beautiful and connected and place-based healthy ageing solutions including parks, outside gyms, urban health and wellbeing courses and facilities that will help deliver 5 more healthy productive years for the people in the demonstrator neighbourhoods. This role has 2 direct reports, and reports into our Programme Lead. Regular travel between neighbourhoods and occasionally our head office (Edinburgh) will be expected.

Can you bring this to Blackwood…?

• Experience of delivering on a theme within a project at lead level?
• Experience of designing homes and living spaces to meet a range of needs?
• Experience of managing an expert team?
• A passion for person-centred co-design and co-creation?
• Strong collaboration skills?
• An ability to create an inclusive environment that encourages participation and creativity, which is suitable for people of all ages and abilities including people with disabilities and reduced mobility?
• 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!

Educated to HND level or above, you are a confident, proficient and forward-thinking professional who builds networks, works collaboratively with partners, and embraces change and innovation.

Also, you can demonstrate competency, experience and success in the areas of Programme Design & Development, Programme Delivery and Budget Management 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:

• Fully paid induction and personal development opportunities
• Company sick pay scheme on completion of probationary period
• 34 days’ holiday per annum, pro rata for part-time hours
• Company pension scheme and Death in Service Benefit
• Flexible and family-friendly policy and procedures
• Access to employee wellbeing support networks such as a 24/7 Employee Assistance Program, Mental Health First Aiders, Wellbeing Hub and employee engagement forum

Covid-19 measures

The wellbeing of our teams is paramount to us and we continue to support our teams by following all government guidelines and advice from health and regulatory bodies. We have designed specialised training to ensure our teams feel safe and confident which includes Covid-19 e-Learning module for all employees.

Guidance for applicants

In accordance with the new immigration rules, employers must hold a licence of sponsorship to recruit all overseas candidates who do not have the right to work in the UK. It is with regret that this role does not meet the current suitability requirements set by the UKVI to enable Created: April 2021

sponsorship of migrant workers. Therefore, we cannot progress applications from candidates who require sponsorship to work in the UK.

We ask that all applicants read the Job Pack before completing the application form, available on the Careers section of our website. Successful candidates will be required to obtain a Basic Disclosure Certificate.

Blackwood is committed to diversity and inclusion and as an accredited Disability Confident Employer, we will interview all candidates with a disability who meet the minimum requirements for the post.

Role and Responsibilities

The Lead Practitioner role will contribute to the organisation’s vision of a Scotland in which single parents and their children are valued and treated equally and fairly by coordinating the various components which contribute to the Glasgow Helps Single Parents Project. The role holder will be responsible for day to day management of Financial Inclusion and Family Support staff to enable them to offer a consistent level of support to single parents and their children and to meeting funding obligations. All roles at OPFS contribute to our mission of working with and for single parent families, providing support that enables them to achieve their potential and help create lasting solutions to the poverty and barriers facing many single parents and their children.

Key Tasks

• To provide day to day management to OPFS Glasgow Financial Inclusion and Family Support staff
• Work closely with the manager to support the delivery of OPFS holistic service model across Glasgow through a range of funding streams.
• Be responsible for staff development through regular supervision and annual appraisals in line with organisational procedures
• To work within annual budget set for the Glasgow Helps Single Parents Project and funders’ grant conditions and liaising with project Manager on preparation of budgets.
• To work closely with the Project Manager to submit monitoring and evaluation information to funders in a timely and accurate manner.
• To work in a pro-active, non-discriminatory and culturally sensitive manner that encourages single parents to access services.
• To positively promote the work of OPFS Glasgow services and strengthening existing links with external stakeholders.
• To provide positive role modelling for staff supporting single parents while promoting and supporting good practice and compliance to OPFS’ ethos, policies and procedures.
• To adhere to confidentiality and information sharing protocols and legislation with regard to sensitive data between service users, staff and relevant agencies.
• To support the development of a marketing/ promotion strategy for the service.
• To take part in service evaluation, monitoring and consultations with service users.
• Establishing and maintaining effective liaison with relevant statutory and voluntary agencies including developing partnership initiatives.
• Identifying any new needs that service users may have and developing new services to meet such needs, including working to secure additional funding.
• Any other relevant duties as requested by the Project Manager.

Personal Specifications

Essential Experience

• Relevant degree level qualification or equivalent experience in a related field
• Experience of staff and financial management and monitoring of family support services
• Experience of partnership and multi-agency working  Experience of supporting the development of new services
• Experience of submitting successful funding applications
• Understanding of the roles of key statutory and voluntary agencies supporting families.
• Ability to present to a range of audiences using a variety of communication styles
• Ability to demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Competent use of standard IT packages in word processing, spreadsheets, use of databases, and Microsoft Office 365.
• Knowledge of issues affecting single parents in Scotland
• Knowledge and understanding of current legislation whilst supporting the work with children and families
• Commitment to professional development
• Ability to plan, record and evaluate through written reports.
• Flexible to meet the needs of the service
• Clean driving license and access to a car

Terms & Conditions

• Confirmation of Appointment: Contract until March 2022 with the possibility of extending (dependent on funding). Confirmation of appointment is subject to satisfactory completion of a 3- month probationary period.
• Salary: Point 19 – 23 (£27,795 - £33,972)
• Hours of work: Hours of work will be 35 hours per week, worked flexibly to meet the demands of the job
• Holidays: Annual leave entitlement is 25 days and 12 Public holidays.
• Pension: You will be auto enrolled in our pension scheme with a 2% contribution from you and 3% from OPFS. Once the appointment has been confirmed you are eligible to join the Employer's Full Pension scheme with the Pensions Trust. OPFS pays 7% of your salary and you pay a minimum of 3%.
• Training and support and supervision: You will receive induction training and frequent support in the first three months. Thereafter you will receive monthly individual support and supervision and annual appraisals. Regular team meetings will be held and staff have access to internal and external training.
• Equal Opportunities and Family Friendly Employment: OPFS aims to be an equal opportunity and family friendly employer. OPFS has Investors In People status.

Main Duties

The Employability Support Worker will be responsible to the Glasgow Services Manager and will work as a member of OPFS Glasgow Employability Service, to provide employability services for single parents living with complex needs and facing additional barriers to entering suitable employment.

Specific Duties

• Case Management: Support single parents living with complex needs and facing additional barriers to suitable employment by using case management methods, to provide a continuum of consistent support on OPFS clients employability pathway journey into suitable and sustainable employment.
• Families: Help eligible single parents to identify their future goals, assess motivation, develop personal development plans and help in their implementation through individual and group work.
• Barriers: Identify barriers to employment and work with single parents to address those barriers.
• Liaison: Building links with organisations and groups across Glasgow, to identify eligible single parents interested in progressing towards suitable employment.
• Outreach & Engagement: Undertake activities in communities to actively reach eligible single parents as a basis to support their learning and development and engage them in early work preparation and employer matching activities to support positive change within their lives.
• Work/Vocational Activities & Training: Co-ordinate and deliver a range of employability activities to enable single parents facing additional barriers to employment to develop participants core knowledge and skills, helping to increase their access to available employment, training and education opportunities.
• Job Matching: Provide job ready single parents with the help participants need with job searching, interviews, securing and sustaining suitable employment.
• In Work Support: Provide single parents living with complex needs and facing additional barriers to employment with continued support on entering employment, to help parents sustain their jobs.
• Local services: Develop knowledge of services related to employment, training, education, childcare and other support. Develop an effective network of referral agencies to support clients' needs.
• Signpost: single parents to services that will address their needs.
• Money Advice: Liaise with OPFS Financial Inclusion team to offer better off calculations and access to debt support.
• Monitoring and Evaluation: Ensure effective recording, monitoring and evaluation procedures are implemented.
• Other Relevant duties: Carrying out any other relevant duties related to the above.

The job description is a broad picture of the post at the time of preparation. It is not an exhaustive list of all possible duties, and it is recognised that jobs change and evolve over time.

Personal Specifications

Essential

1. Qualification: A relevant professional qualification or a good standard of education equivalent to HNC/HND, SVQ3 /4 and combined with relevant experience.

2. Knowledge of issues affecting single parents in Glasgow

3. Experience of group work: candidates should preferably have had experience of running groups and understand group work issues

4. Experience of liaison and partnership working with other agencies

5. Excellent written and verbal communication skills

6. IT skills commensurate to the needs of the post

7. Commitment to professional development

8. Flexibility to meet the needs of the services

Desirable:

1. Driving license and use of a vehicle:

2. Experience of work with single parents: Prior experience of work with single parent families in a voluntary sector or statutory context would be helpful.

Terms & Conditions

1. Period of appointment: The post is funded until 31st March 2023. Confirmation of appointment will be dependent on completion of a satisfactory three-month probation period, satisfactory reference and Disclosure checks.

2. Salary: OPFS salary scale points 13 – 17, currently £22,542 - £27,552. Appointments will be made at a point reflective of previous experience.

3. Hours of work: 35 hours weekly with flexibility to meet the needs of clients.

4. Holidays: Annual leave entitlement is 25 days and 12 Public holidays.

5. Pension: You will be auto-enrolled from your start date. OPFS pays 7% of your salary and you pay a minimum of 3%.

6. Training, support and supervision: OPFS is committed to the development of its staff through internal training and access to external training. We also have an annual staff appraisal system in place and all staff receive regular monthly support and supervision from their manager.

7. Equal Opportunities and Family Friendly Employment: OPFS aims to be an equal opportunity and family friendly employer. We have Investors in People status and Living Wage accreditation.

EDT Scotland is currently going through an exciting period of transformation, we are providing a blended approach of face-to-face and digital delivery to young people interested in STEM and future (META) skills. We are looking for a motivated and creative person to help us on this journey and join our dynamic Schools Programme Team to work with young people by creating and delivering our project and experiences with support of our stakeholders and volunteers.

Job Purpose

The School Programme Officer is part of a Scotland team delivering high quality STE(A)M engagement programmes and events to schools/colleges. This role involves responsibility for company renewals and successful programme and event delivery (face to face and virtual).

About EDT

With over 30 years of experience in developing industry-linked STEM educational content, we work closely with stakeholders and beneficiaries to ensure we align our content to relevant curricula and frameworks, including Curriculum for Excellence and experiences and outcomes.

Through the creation and delivery of experiences, projects, placements and Industrial Cadets accredited programmes, we create pathways through education to employment and…

• inspire young minds
• unlock potential
• promote achievement
• encourage attainment
• bridge the gap between industry and education.

Our programmes are designed to bridge the widening divide by employing mixed methods of delivery (face to face and virtual) proven to engage a wide range of young people and meet the needs of industry and education.

Young people are at the heart of what we do and through providing industry informed, curriculum enhancing learning experiences we help them to develop personal and interpersonal skills, fulfil their potential and make informed decisions about their future.

Client Care;

• Recruit and retain companies to take part in an EDT programme(s) in Scotland
• Actively promote the EDT activities, maximise awareness of and participation to new and existing companies and organisations

Programme Delivery:

• Deliver existing and new programmes and events in line with national strategy to a high standard
• Responsible for the overall planning and implementation of the activities within a defined geography
• Actively promote positive and effective communication with stakeholders, including the promotion of EDT on social media where appropriate
• Recruit and build strong relationships with local schools
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with teachers and industry mentors
• Deliver large scale briefing and scheme events
• Work with Schools Delivery team and Industry Engagement Manager to match schools to funders.
• Event Organisation
• Assist with the preparation of event materials, for face-face and virtual events
• Liaise with venues to ensure all our requirements are met
• Prepare and deliver presentations and activities
• ‘Front of house’ role at face to face/virtual events
• Administration
• Ensure schools and pupils are registered for programmes and events
• Ensure CRM data is well utilised and up to date
• Collate and process all monitoring and evaluation feedback in an accurate and timely manner
• Create age appropriate, engaging content and activities for students, aligned to the relevant curricula.

General

• Maintain a good working knowledge of the full range of EDT programmes, activities and accreditations
• Participate in team meetings and activities
• Undertake any other tasks as reasonably required
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships between EDT and external organisations
• Act as an ambassador for EDT to promote positive and effective public relations within the community

Competencies and Attributes

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Creative thinker with the ability to generate new ideas/content.
• Ability to work co-operatively and confidently with colleagues and other stakeholders
• Ability to recognise and meet deadlines
• Ability to manage detail and use databases
• Ability to manage a personal workload
• Ability to work to deadlines, plan workload and demonstrate effective time management
• Energetic and committed with a clear focus on achieving results
• Professional and proactive, with a real pride in quality of work
• Ability to work well in a team, co-operatively with colleagues and other stakeholders
• Positive and resilient attitude
• Adaptable and flexible
• Ability to be an engaging and inspiring ambassador for EDT
• Experience relevant to charity/third sector/youth sector

Special conditions:

The successful candidate will be required to fulfil an enhanced PVG check and a hold a clean driving licence and access to a car.

The post holder will be required to attend meetings and to travel offsite, possible involving overnight stays.

Reporting relationships: Scotland Director

Would you like to make a difference as part of Corra’s team?

Corra Foundation exists to make a difference to the lives of people and communities. It works with others to encourage positive change, opportunity, fairness and growth of aspirations which improve quality of life. Corra wants to see a society in which people create positive change and enjoy fulfilling lives.

In 2020 Corra launched a ten-year strategy. It is long term because making a difference on the big challenges will take time. At its heart is the strong belief that when people find their voice, they unlock the power to make change happen.

We are looking for a Programme Officer to join the People in Place team. This exciting role is central to helping all aspects of the programme be delivered to the highest possible standard.

The Programme Officer is critical to supporting effective operation and delivery of the People in Place programme – helping to ensure that all aspects of the programme are delivered to the highest possible standard.

The Programme Officer will assist in the overall co-ordination of People in Place as well as providing focused support for Getting Alongside Communities and Appetite for Change. This includes:

· Programme support and co-ordination

· Learning and evaluation

· Communications

· Communities research

We are looking for someone who wants to make a positive difference and brings strong skills in: organisation and attention to detail; active listening; communication; facilitation; coding and analysing data; absorbing and prioritising a wide range of potentially complex information.

If you have excellent organisational and communication skills and experience of working in a small team in a busy environment we would love to hear from you.

You will be responsible for responding to enquiries, maintaining financial and administrative office records and servicing the priorities of SSVP Scotland.

Applicants must have excellent organisational skills, be able to work flexibly under pressure and on your own initiative, work effectively both independently and in a team, and be committed to the values and ethos of SSVP.

The Job Description and Personal Specification can be downloaded below.

For further information about the Society and our work, please visit our website ssvpscotland.com

We’re looking for a proactive individual with an understanding of community fundraising and experience of working on a CRM database to join us as a Regional Community Fundraiser and help us maximise our local fundraising activities.

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 team

Part of our hugely successful Income Generation division, Shelter’s Community Fundraising team is a new team that has rapidly grown in 2020/21 from 4 to 12 Regional Fundraisers and a central team of 7. Community Fundraising is a key part of Shelter’s long-term fundraising strategy and investment is being made available to fund it. In April 2020 we appointed the first Head of Community Fundraising to grow the team and develop the strategy for local and national community fundraising at Shelter and Shelter Scotland. This continues to be backed by the organisation as Community Fundraising is central or our organisational and income generation strategy.

About the role

Developing and implementing the community fundraising strategy in Glasgow and the West of Scotland is just one of the challenges we’ll expect you to rise to in this role. This will involve focusing on our key audiences of individuals, community organisations, faith, regional corporates, local trusts, volunteers, local events, etc. You will shape and develop your geographical area and local community to establish a tangible relationship with Shelter and its work and provide a high standard of stewardship to add value to current and new Shelter fundraisers and volunteers. Working in the best interests of the charity by contributing to wider fundraising teams' goals whenever possible will be important too. Put simply, you’ll do everything you can to generate more income and attract new long-term supporters.

At the moment this role is remote due to Covid-19 but, once the Glasgow Hub reopens, the department will be looking to develop the Ways of Working framework with the Hub going forward, to see what is possible around working at the Hub, being out in the community and working at home.

About you

To succeed, you’ll need an understanding of community fundraising, experience of working on a CRM database and a proven track record of meeting and exceeding financial targets. You’ll also need experience of developing and implementing innovative ways of engaging supporters and are confident working with volunteers. You’re committed to providing excellent customer service in all your interactions and will be a positive ambassador for Shelter.

As this role is all about engaging with the community, it does involve some travel around the region so you will need a car or access to a vehicle, for which an essential car user allowance is paid.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, 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.

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.

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.

The Service

Queen Mary Avenue provides 24 hours a day, 7 days a week residential support to 8 female individuals who have a variety of support needs including mental health and addiction issues. All individuals have previously been homeless or have been threatened with homelessness.

As Support Worker, you will:

• Work with individuals to build positive relationships to assist them to tackle the issues that led to their homelessness;
• Provide support for individuals focused on recovery, daily living skills and moving into their own tenancies;
• Crisis intervention will be required due to the complex nature of the client group.

You Will

• Be confident in dealing with a homeless client group and have compassion and understanding for the issues homeless people face;
• Hold an SVQ2 in Health and Social Care or have the willingness to undertake study to achieve;
• Be required to register with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) within 6 months of taking up the post.

*Please Note - this post is exempt under section 7 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, therefore only female candidates will be considered.

GAMH services support people with mental health problems to recover and lead self-determined and purposeful lives. We currently have vacancies for reliable people who can commit to our core values of equality, inclusion and recovery. All GAMH employees benefit from excellent terms and conditions including pay which matches at least the Scottish Living Wage for every role. Our Learning and Development Programme guarantees that you have continuous training opportunities to ensure that you have all the skills you need for the job as well as meeting the requirements for SSSC registration.

The Project Worker will provide first line management to volunteers using established supervision and performance management systems and contribute to the effective delivery of our citywide Befriending service ensuring that they meet key service objectives and the expressed needs of service users and carers

They will contribute to the personal development of self and the team of Volunteers in conjunction with the Volunteer Coordinator/Project Leader. Project Workers will implement agreed systems, procedures and practice for assessments, plans and reviews in conjunction with the Volunteer Coordinator/Project Leader.

A qualification at SVQ3 or equivalent, or a willingness to work towards achieving this qualification is essential due to the requirements to register with the SSSC for this post. Experience of working in a Health and Social Care environment is desirable due to the requirements to register with the SSSC for this post.

Applicants must be able to demonstrate the values and attitude required to work with people who are living with mental health problems and who may have complex needs.

Applicants for all posts must be able to work flexibly; some early morning, evening and weekend working may be required.

GAMH aims to promote equality of opportunity in service delivery as well as in employment practice. To achieve this, we positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. Accordingly if you have any particular requirements regarding your application please contact Laura Middell, Central Resources Director, on 0141 552 5592.

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. An offer of work with Glasgow Association for Mental Health will be subject to the outcome of this check being satisfactory.

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.

Are you an enthusiastic and innovative Community & Events Fundraiser looking to join an ambitious, motivated and highly successful fundraising team?

As Community & Events Fundraiser, you will maximise income to meet or exceed income targets through the development of excellent local relationships, creating opportunities to give, and positioning SAMH as the charity of choice within the community.

Our ideal candidate will be a confident communicator, target driven, ambitious, and will have all the essential skills and passion to help us achieve our aim of inspiring everyone in Scotland who cares about mental health to support our activities.

Responsible to:Head of Sector Development

The Development Officer (Community Empowerment & Facilities) will support and develop the capacity of third sector organisations to deliver needed services for their community, with a particular focus on supporting organisations that want to play a role in the management and use of community properties and facilities.

The post-holder will have a critical role in supporting existing and emerging third sector organisations to assess their capacity and respond to development needs. They will have a particular focus on supporting organisations with planning and ensuring they have access to appropriate information and support.

Excellent organisational skills and a commitment to a resourceful approach are necessary, as well as excellent communication skills. Ability to work as part of team and to work on your own initiative will be required. The role will involve partnership working with colleagues across agencies and sectors.

Intercultural Youth Scotland

As the Gyals Group & DofE Lead, you will join a dynamic organisation with a fast-growing team combining activism, professionalism and a close connection with Black and people of colour (BPoC) young people.

Intercultural Youth Scotland (IYS) is rapidly becoming Scotland’s major voice for BPoC children and young people. Established two years ago as a small youth work organisation oriented towards BPoC youths, we have grown as a centre of support, creativity and activism for our community. Our team of over 25 staff members – almost all of us BPoC young people – aim to make IYS a community space, a source of support and a champion for all BPoC children and young people in Scotland.

We centre anti-racism and the experiences of BPoC 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 BPoC 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 BPoC young people. Our growing presence in Scotland emanates from this unique position – as both an advocacy organisation and a community organisation.

Job Overview

The Gyals Group & DofE Lead is responsible for leading and delivering the IYS Gyals Group as well as our associated Duke of Edinburgh Award work, in groups inside and outside schools. They will work closely with the Youth Work Lead and Youth Work Practitioners within the youth work team to liaise with young people and organise activities for these groups. The Lead will be an integral part of the Youth Work team, collaborating and checking in with the rest of the team through weekly team meetings, providing updates on and shaping the future of the Gyals Group project, and benefitting from shared knowledge across the team.

Perks of this role:

• Being with young people, learning their personalities, cultures, desires for the future, and helping them recognise their potential / discover their talents / work out how to find success in their desired field.
• Hosting workshops by and for BPoC young people who have a passion for writing, dancing, music and a whole host of other talents.
• Helping BPoC young people practice and then watching them perform at events, and sharing in their journeys and successes.
• Curating and attending performance events with the young people. Supporting them with their art.
• We’re looking for someone with…
• Lived experience of racialisation; identifying as Black or a person of colour, and lived experience identifying as a woman or nonbinary person.
• Knowledge and understanding of race and oppressive power structures, and the ability to discuss these with young people.
• Understanding of youth work, including establishing safe spaces to support young people in group and one-to-one contexts.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, for supporting and guiding young people in their personal development and in participating in projects.
• A well-organised individual who can lead and develop a project.
• Availability and willingness to work after regular work hours at least once per week.
• An ability to work collaboratively with colleagues within IYS and with partner organisations.

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. We want to see what you’ve got! (Training and professional development opportunities will be available to the successful applicant.)

We particularly encourage dark-skinned people, migrants, LGBT+ people and people who experience multiple marginalities to apply!

The post-holder will need to undergo a PVG check, which we will help you with.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Organising the Gyals Group project, including setting up the space, developing activities, sourcing workshop leaders, creating session plans, hosting sessions, organising logistics, contacting young people and registering participants.
• Working with youth work colleagues, the communication team and other IYS teams to deliver the above.
• Delivering and coordinating IYS’ Duke of Edinburgh Award work, including organising excursions, checking in with participants, and recording progress and outcomes.
• Connecting with young people, providing one-to-one support and ensuring they have access to the services they need.
• Ensuring that IYS youth work spaces are safe and supportive and accessible for BPoC girls and nonbinary young people.
• Updating records of young people's contact details and updating records of potential artists, workshop leaders, mentors, volunteers, partnerships.
• Uphold Intercultural Youth Scotland’s child protection duties, reporting concerns to the Child Protection Officer.

General Accountabilities

1. This post is subject to an Enhanced criminal record disclosure check. This will be applied for through the relevant disclosure body depending on the geographic location of the role.
2. Achieve the highest standards of safeguarding, whether through direct care provision or support activities to the children and young people who come into contact with our services, or by appropriately reporting concerns about any child or young person.
3. To promote equality, inclusion, respect and fairness and where applicable to manage diversity in all areas of planning and service delivery, through an active involvement in implementing our equality and diversity policy.
4. To commit to IYS’ core aim of ‘keeping the child at the center’, and to promote and incorporate IYS’ Participation Strategy as appropriate to your role.
5. To be familiar with and comply with Health & Safety procedures and policy. In the event of any serious risk, take immediate action to reduce this risk and inform line management.
6. IYS operates within a constantly changing environment and as such work priorities and targets may change. Management reserves the right to make reasonable changes to the job purpose and accountabilities.
7. Such other duties that occasionally arise, which fall within the purpose of the post.
8. To work cross functionally with other departments and countries to ensure that IYS’ values and strategic objectives are achieved and maintained.

Supporting children, young people and families.

We have a fantastic opportunity for motivated, positive, resilient individuals who really believe in young people, are flexible regarding hours of work and can help us to deliver includem’s innovative approach. Includem are committed to developing employees and will help you to achieve the relevant qualifications required to carry out the role. These qualifications will be fully funded by includem. Ideally the successful candidates should have a full driver's licence and access to a car.

What does the role involve?

You will deliver bespoke support to young people and their families in their own homes and communities. You will be responsible for all aspects of case management, including assessment and support planning. You will work with other professionals in the young person’s life to deliver positive, sustainable change. This is a key role within a small busy team.

All posts require individuals to:

• Work flexibly to meet the needs of young people and their families
• Be able to drive and have access to a car for work purposes
• Develop safe, professional and committed relationships with young people and families
• Become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups scheme (paid for by includem)
• Use communication skills effectively to influence, record and evidence positive change and provide personalised, risk enabled, professional support
• To be registered or become registered with Scottish Social Services Council and hold or be willing to work towards HNC Social Care and SVQ 3 in Social Care or equivalent (qualifications are fully funded by includem)

We value our staff and employee benefits include:

• A full and robust training and induction programme
• Holiday entitlement of 28 days rising to 31 with length of service and 9 public holidays
• Enhanced Employer Pension Contributions
• Free Confidential Employee Counselling Service
• Access to Mental Health First Aiders across the organisation
• Free Vehicle Breakdown Cover
• Company Mobile Phone and Laptop
• Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations Credit Union
• Discounted holidays and associated benefits
• Access to discounts for charity workers which includes gym memberships, high street shops, online retailers, travel, insurance
• Flexible and agile working
• Family friendly policies

CTG is a charity and company limited by guarantee and was established to provide relief to communities of Glasgow and its environs, who are in need due to age, mobility, mental and physical disability, illness and poverty. This is achieved by providing affordable, reliable, accessible transport solutions to the local communities we serve. CTG is one of the largest Community Transport Charities in Scotland.

Since March 2020, CTG has been working in collaborative partnerships with a range of organisations in Glasgow Food Programme to tackle the growing issue of food poverty. During the Covid-19 crisis, CTG was identified as an anchor organisation due to being an experienced transport provider with a remit to develop partnerships with other Third, Community and Commercial Sectors to assist with transport and logistic challenges.

One of the key collaborative partnerships developed was with the Scottish Pantry Network. This partnership has developed with CTG providing both passenger and non passenger transport solutions to the Network and its member Pantries throughout Glasgow.

Both organisations are continuing to work in partnership as we look to develop a long-term sustainable strategic partnership. Part of this is to develop a supplier and logistics framework for the pantry model to get more food into the surplus supply chain to help stop food going to landfill and to ensure the pantries are fully stocked so that people can access low cost healthy food.

Therefore, we are recruiting a Supplier Development Officer to be part of our team. The Officer will work closely with the Scottish Pantry Network.

If you like the sound of this challenge and want to be part of something that makes a difference to people’s life, have a good understanding of food poverty and insecurity, able to work across a number of partners and have project development skills, then we’d love to hear from you.

COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on society both in terms of health and also the economy. As we begin to come out of lockdown there are going to be a number of challenges in relation to the provision and access of transport post COVID-19

As part of CTG’s recovery plan, due to the impact of COVID-19 both on the organisation and the communities we serve, CTG is in the process of diversifying its activities to support and enhance the transport solutions it provides. Part of this is to develop a Training and Learning Centre, building on CTG’s current training activities, with an employability pathway programme at the heart of this development.

The development of the employability pathway programme will develop a model for unemployed people, particularly young people, to gain skills, qualifications and employment in the transport industry.

Therefore, we are recruiting an Employability Officer to be part of our team. As well as developing, implementing and overseeing the pathway, this role will work with colleagues to develop the Training and Learning Centre, ensuring that the employability pathway is embedded into the development.

CTG is a charity and company limited by guarantee and was established to provide relief to communities of Glasgow and its environs, who are in need due to age, mobility, mental and physical disability, illness and poverty. This is achieved by providing affordable, reliable, accessible transport solutions to the local communities we serve. CTG is one of the largest Community Transport Charities in Scotland.

If you like the sound of this challenge and want to be part of something that makes a difference to people’s life, have good knowledge of employability programmes and project development skills and want to assist people, then we’d love to hear from you.

COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on society both in terms of health and also the economy. As we begin to come out of lockdown there are going to be a number of challenges in relation to the provision and access of transport post COVID-19

As part of CTG’s recovery plan, due to the impact of COVID-19 both on the organisation and the communities we serve, over the next year we are looking to accelerate and develop a number of key areas, including the development of sustainable service models for our passenger and non passenger transport and related services.

To lead and assist with these developments, we are recruiting a Development Officer to be part of our team.

CTG is a charity and company limited by guarantee and was established to provide relief to communities of Glasgow and its environs, who are in need due to age, mobility, mental and physical disability, illness and poverty. This is achieved by providing affordable, reliable, accessible transport solutions to the local communities we serve. CTG is one of the largest Community Transport Charities in Scotland.

Do you want to be part of something that makes a difference to people’s life, have good business planning, income generation and project development skills, then we’d love to hear from you.

Street Connect is a Christian charity with a mission to offer hope and opportunity of recovery for individuals disadvantaged by addiction and associated issues including homelessness and poor mental health.

Street Connect are seeking a highly competent individual to support Street Connect’s communications strategy. In this role you will work with the existing Communications Officer to fulfil Street Connect’s communication strategy so that we can deliver our vision to see those marginalised by life-controlling issues, such as drug and alcohol addictions, fulfilling their potential as valuable members of society.

We require an experienced Communications Officer to join our communications team and to support and participate in the planning and implementation of Street Connect’s communications and brand. The role involves writing, editing, co-ordinating design and publishing content across various channels, including the website, social media, and printed materials. The post-holder will plan and implement communications and marketing campaigns to raise awareness of Street Connect and the issues we are tackling.

We offer a unique opportunity to develop your career in a young but rapidly growing organisation that has a proven track record of transforming the lives of some of the most marginalised and disadvantaged individuals in our communities.

For more information on this post please see the attached job description and person specification.

Social Security Scotland is an Executive Agency of the Scottish Government. In Scotland we have a number of devolved benefits, and it’s our responsibility to ensure that they are managed correctly and fairly, delivering those benefits to the 1.4 million people who rely on them.

Dignity, fairness and respect are at the core of everything we do. We demonstrate these values by making our work as transparent and accountable as possible.

We are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce that is representative of the clients we serve. Our benefits will help people from all walks of life in Scotland and it is crucial our workforce reflects this diversity.

We aim to develop within Social Security Scotland, a positive and inclusive culture, which supports our people to flourish, by embedding a working environment where we all treat each other with dignity and respect, and recognise each other’s contributions.

Colleagues of Social Security Scotland work in a diverse, supportive environment. In certain roles staff use flexible working. We are happy to accept your application if you wish to work part-time. You will have a minimum 5 weeks of annual leave (pro rata) in addition to all public and privilege holidays. Roles within Scottish Government allow for a number of other benefits including great support from managers through monthly conversations and a strong mentoring scheme. All staff are given a workstation assessment so that we can make you as comfortable as possible in your new role by putting in place any reasonable adjustments you may require.

Main Duties

The Place Services branch has the responsibility to lead the accommodation, travel, and smarter working arrangements for the Agency. There are two operational teams one located at our headquarters in Dundee and other in Glasgow. A new business management unit is currently being developed to support these operational teams, and to provide leadership in the areas under the responsibility of the Service.

The post holder will report to the Senior Place Manager of the Management Unit of Place Services, and will directly manage a number of key business activities for the Service to support the Agency achieve it’s corporate objectives.

This management role focusses on the areas of finance, risk, and policy. The post holder will be heavily involved in help shape and deliver the short, medium, and long term accommodation, travel, and smarter working arrangements for the Agency.

The role will involve significant collaboration with colleagues in Place Services, and will also link with colleagues across the Agency. The post holder will be guided and supported in the role by Place Services management team.

Specific Duties

• Manage the overall budget for the Service, including liaising with Finance and Workforce Planning colleagues, overseeing the PECOS system, headcount control, and the monthly reporting process; this will involve working closely with colleagues in Place Services to ensure that they administrate their financial transactions properly, and in doing so, achieving best value.
• Manage the overall risk and audit processes for the Service, including liaising with divisional risk and audit colleagues, managing the local risk register, and coordinating risk control activity across the Service.
• Manage, develop, coordinate, and record policy and processes for the Service and Agency as it relates to accommodation, travel, and smarter working; this will involve working closely with Place Service Leads in Dundee and Glasgow.
• Manage and develop a process to record and manage Agency assets under the responsibility of Place Services; this will involve working closely with the Place Service Leads in Dundee and Glasgow.
• Monitor business activity across the Service and Agency, highlight any deviation from planned activity as it relates to accommodation, travel, and smarter working and make proactive recommendations.
• Support the Senior Place Manager complete annual, monthly, and emergent corporate task for the Service; this will involve working closely with Place Service Leads in Dundee and Glasgow.

Essential Criteria

1. Developed leadership skills with the ability to engage internal and external stakeholders to deliver consistent positive results.
2. Developed organisational skills with the ability to demonstrate initiative and prioritise a varying workload to meet targets and deadlines.
3. Developed verbal and written communication skills with the ability to produce complex strategic material that is concise, well-structured, and accurate; with both written and numerical content.
4. Ability to analyse and interpret project and financial information to be able to problem solve, develop solutions, and make recommendations.

Glasgow North East Carers Centre is a registered charity, with a team of 16 staff members, providing services to unpaid family Carers who look after a family member or friend who cannot manage alone due to illness or disability, including Young Carers and their families.

We are looking to increase the membership of our volunteer Board of Directors, and whether experienced, or looking to become involved in a management board for the first time, we would like to hear from you.

In a hugely rewarding role, our Directors/Trustees provide oversight of the leadership and direction of our service provision, and the legal, financial and strategic management of the organisation.

Our Directors typically have knowledge, experience and interest in some of, but not limited to, the following areas:

• Issues affecting unpaid family Carers, and their essential role within our communities

• Finance and fundraising

• Business management

• Managing people

• Monitoring performance and service standards

Board meetings are held six weekly in the evenings, for 2hrs approximately. Sub committees meet in between as needed.

A full induction and ongoing support is provided, in addition to any training needed.

Glasgow North East Carers Centre provides services to unpaid family Carers, who look after a family member or friend who cannot manage alone due to illness or disability, including Young Carers and their families.

Our Family Support staff work directly with Carers, including Young Carers and their families, identifying supports and services which enable them to manage their caring role and maintain their own health and wellbeing.

Although assessment and care management experience is desirable, a willingness and commitment to learning is key, underpinned by strong admin, communication and organisational skills.

Delivering key supports and services to Carers during the current pandemic, the successful candidate will support our work via a mix of both home and office working.

The successful candidate will work specifically with Carers looking after older people, and will have a firm understanding and appreciation of unpaid family Carers, their roles, contribution and value to our communities.

Driving Licence and use of own car essential.

Additional Information

• Appointment subject to satisfactory PVG application or scheme update
• Registered Charity No: SC02464.
• Funded by Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (Glasgow City HSCP)

Cycling UK is an innovative and engaging organisation working towards bettering the lives of others through cycling, and we’re looking for a development officer to join us in our mission. Play Together on Pedals (PTOP) in Glasgow is a partnership project led by Cycling UK, Play Scotland, and Cycling Scotland.

If you’re passionate about community engagement, adept at project management, and you want to make a real change to people’s lives, this opportunity is for you.

The Play Together on Pedals programme supports young children and their families to discover the joy and freedom of bike riding. This role combines coordinating this impactful programme and managing the Glasgow Community Cycling Network; a collective of community-based active travel organisations across the city. No two days are the same in this role, it is interesting, challenging, and fulfilling.

If you could be the one to drive impact in this role in enabling more people to cycle in Glasgow, we want to hear from you!

Explore the job description for full details on this exciting opportunity. Complete the application form expressing why you are the right candidate for this opening and send to recruitment@cyclinguk.org.

Focus on gearing your supporting statement to exemplify how your skills and experience match the requirements of the role, directly referring to both the job description and person specification. We assess your relative strengths directly against the specified criteria, please bear this in mind when writing your application.

We are looking for relief workers to cover night shifts on weekdays and weekends. Working as part of a team to provide care and support to service users in a residential service. Service user’s capacity ranges from 8 to 25. Two projects are looked after and accommodated and 2 are emergency. Service users have a range of complex needs including addictions and mental health. You must be a good communicator and be able to work Microsoft word on a PC. You will ensure the safety and security of the building at all times and to undertake tasks relating to health and safety including wellbeing checks and general maintenance and cleaning tasks.

You must be reliable, trustworthy, able to risk assess on the go. You must work with a trauma informed approach, be patient, calm and understanding.

Many of the people we work with are vulnerable and have complex issues, therefore, we are looking for highly motivated relief workers with excellent communication skills who have a personal value set that matches ours.

· People focused

· Integrity

· Going the extra mile

· Quality

Shift patterns are between 21:00 – 05:00 and 23:00 – 07:15. There are some periods of lone working in Somerset Place and Shettleston.

· Do you have the motivation to undertake this role?

· Are you a people person who wants to help homeless people improve their lives?

· Do you see yourself working in the social care sector?

If so this could be a stepping stone role into a career in the social care sector. You will have the opportunity to take part in related training and receive one to one inputs to reviewing your work practice.

If successful, you will be required to register with the Scottish Social Services Council within 6 months of your start date. After registration, there is a requirement to be qualified and to maintain professional learning.

We are on the search for a dynamic individual to play a key role in our growing Development Team and to:

• Support and help drive forward our goals, ambitions and annual income targets (as outlined in our new 5 year business plan)
• Ensure the sustainability of our 3 year pipeline

We are looking for a fantastic communicator, as well as an enthusiastic and experienced team member who can bring a proven track record of securing large grants/tenders and/or who has a wealth of relationships with a wide range of Scotland’s stakeholders, (including Local and National Government, public bodies, housing associations and 3rd sector organisations), across the themes on which Impact Arts delivers (namely Employability, Education, Housing Health, Regeneration, Culture and Youth Work). A confident and capable individual they will support our Leadership team to be a public face for Impact Arts.

Our current Development Team is strong and has a wealth of combined experience, skills and consistently achieves significant results and income targets. We are now looking for an individual that can complement these and help us fulfil the needs that arise out of our new ambitious and goals. It may be that you are able to support us with all of our development needs – but we also recognise that you may have significant experience & proven results by being more of a specialist. It is important to us that we recruit an individual with vitality and who can hit the ground running straight away. Work is fast paced, demanding but also fun and comes with significant benefits,

Glasgow Disability Alliance is a disabled people led organisation with over 5000 members in the Greater Glasgow area. Our mission is to build the confidence, connections and contributions of disabled people; our vision is that disabled people can participate fully in their own lives, communities and wider society, with the support they need and choices equal to other people. Through accessible learning, coaching, events and activities, GDA connects disabled people with each other, with opportunities and with decision makers. We recognise talents and strengths and support disabled people to build on these, participate, and be leaders in their own lives. GDA has developed emergency responses during COVID and has supported disabled people to amplify their voices and priorities within recovery and renewal planning.

We are seeking an experienced policy practitioner with knowledge and understanding of the Social Care landscape in Scotland and experience of utilising community development approaches.

The Policy and Participation Coordinator will be responsible for supporting GDA’s Social Care Expert Group to take a leading role in Social Care Policy Reform locally and nationally.

This will involve coordinating accessible programmes of capacity building, producing accessible policy briefings and resources to build participants’ knowledge base; building collaborative relationships with key external stakeholders to maximise opportunities for disabled people’s lived experience to be heard.

The successful candidate will be a natural communicator, passionate about enabling those with lived experience of inequality to build their voices and influence the policies and decisions that affect them.

We are looking to appoint a confident and creative facilitator, with an understanding of the complex barriers that impact on disabled people’s lives. They will be compassionate, respectful and affirming of disabled people’s skills and talents, and committed to understanding and removing barriers to their equal participation.

Particular expertise in Social Care Policy, or a related area, would be beneficial, and a willingness and ability to quickly learn is essential. The post will be directed by GDA’s CEO and will also work closely with the Depute CEO, as well as our Community Navigator (Future Visions for Social Care) to develop and coordinate the engagement, participation, policy work and communications that will achieve the project’s outcomes.

Responsible for the management, day-to-day running, and adequate resourcing of OPFS national information and advice service.

The Scotland-wide advice and information service for single parents provides the:

• OPFS Advice Service for single parents and practitioners seeking advice via our Helpline, Webchat, advice@, ‘Ask a Question’ and Facebook.
• OPFS Advice Information on-line content about advice issues that matter to single parents.
• OPFS Advice Training service which delivers online and in-person training courses for practitioners working with single parents.

Main Duties Include:

• The effective running of OPFS multi-channel advice service, web-based advice information for single parent families, and training for practitioners on issues affecting single parents.
• Leading on funding applications for the service, working with, and supported by, OPFS Business Development team, managing budgets and reporting back to funders.
• Leading, developing and supporting the A&I team members.
• Ensuring effective deployment of the Advice and Information CRM system.
• Recording the experiences of single parents, analysing these to identify trends and patterns to inform OPFS’ policy and influencing work.
• Representing the work of OPFS to external agencies and developing new areas of work.

Aberlour Early Intervention Family Support Service Glasgow

Do you want to make a difference to our children and young people?

Do you believe that every one of Scotland’s children and young people deserve the chance to flourish?

If so, this is the post for YOU!

Our brand new Aberlour Early Intervention Family Support Service, based in Glasgow will work in partnership with children and young people (aged 12 years and under) and their families to develop relationship-based, strengths-focused whole family support.

As a key worker you will develop a person-centred working relationship with your families, based on a model of ‘VOICE, VALIDATION and HOPE’. As a Family Support Worker, you will work directly with families to build on their existing strengths and interests, help children and families build skills and confidence and strengthen community connections. Our ambition is to help children, young people and families feel safe, confident, capable, and included, offering support when it is needed, including evenings and weekends. We believe in working alongside families, empowering them to lead positive change in their own lives in a variety of settings including family homes, schools, and within the community in line with Covid guidance and safe working practices.

We are looking for candidates who are experienced in working alongside vulnerable families to assess strengths and needs as well as plan, deliver and evaluate interventions and strategies which enable families to thrive. You will have experience of child and adult protection issues and of working with children, young people and parents/carers affected by domestic abuse, mental health and/or substance misuse. You must share our vision that collaborative working and relationship based early intervention is the best option for children and families who are feeling overwhelmed or excluded.

Ideally you will hold a relevant professional qualification at SCQF level 7 or above, together with relevant experience of working directly with children or young people and their families.

Not afraid to test new ways of working, you will bring a fresh, caring, and collaborative approach which recognises strengths and responds empathically to the needs of children, young people, and their families – this will include early mornings, evenings, and weekend work.

As an Aberlour employee you will:

• be part of a highly motivated and skilled team.
• receive continual personalised support.
• have access to a well-developed training programme.
• receive excellent annual leave entitlement.
• have access to our group pension scheme.
• have access to the Aberlour Rewards retail discount scheme.

Aberlour Glasgow Intensive Family Support Service (IFSS) (City Wide)

Aberlour are excited to announce that we are recruiting to our new Intensive Family Support Service. Aberlour will be working in partnership with the Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership and other Third Sector providers to promote the wellbeing of children and young people by offering caring and responsive support, something which is now needed more than ever as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. Aberlour Glasgow Intensive Family Support will deliver the support families need, when they need it. The aim of the service is to ensure that children and young people can continue to flourish at home, at school and in their local community.

Please note that we will be promoting this vacancy until 30th August to ensure we get the number of candidates required, however we will also shortlist received applications 2nd August and 16th August and look to undertake a number of selection processes within this time frame.

As a Family Support Worker, you will work directly with families to nurture relationships, build on existing strengths and interests, help children and families build skills and confidence and strengthen community connections. You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team that works for a period of up to 12 months with families to support and enable positive change and improve outcomes. Our ambition is to help children, young people and families feel safe, confident, capable, and included, offering support when it is needed, including evenings and weekends. We believe in working alongside families, empowering them to lead positive change in their own lives.

We are looking for candidates who are experienced in working alongside vulnerable families to assess strengths and needs as well as plan, deliver and evaluate interventions and strategies which enable families to thrive. You will have experience of child and adult protection issues. You must share our vision that collaborative working and relationship based early intervention is the best option for children and families who are feeling overwhelmed or excluded.

Ideally you will hold a relevant professional qualification at SCQF level 7 or above, together with relevant experience of working directly with children or young people and their families.

Not afraid to test new ways of working, you will bring a fresh, caring, and collaborative approach which recognises strengths and responds empathically to the needs of children, young people, and their families – this will include early mornings, evenings, and weekends.

To succeed in this role, you will need to work flexibly within a variety of locations across Glasgow City, including family homes, schools, and community settings in line with Covid guidance and safe working practices.

As an Aberlour employee you will:

• be part of a highly motivated and skilled team.
• receive continual personalised support.
• have access to a well-developed training programme.
• receive excellent annual leave entitlement.
• have access to our group pension scheme.
• have access to the Aberlour Rewards retail discount scheme

Could you be part of something different? We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to use their gifts, skills and experience to make a different to the lives of the people in our parishes and communities.

To work as part of a ministry team, to develop engagement with children, young people and families in the community of Wallacewell (East Balornock and Barmulloch) to nurture ongoing ministry to children, young people and families through the life of the congregation. The intention of this post is to equip, resource and support families, children and young people, taking a holistic approach to improve the overall quality of life for residents of the community. The post holder will be a key agent in bringing together schools, community groups and churches in the local area, in order to fulfil the heart of our vison, “Loving our Community to Life”.

The Wise Group is a leading social enterprise helping to lift people out of poverty across the UK. In 2020 the Wise Group supported over 40,000 people through various services and programmes across three key areas – employability, energy advice & advocacy and community justice. The Wise Group builds better lives, better communities, and stronger businesses in partnership with a diverse range of organisations across the UK.

The fallout from covid has impacted us all and The Wise Group have been working tirelessly to support those in need throughout 2020 and 2021, providing tailored services and embracing new organisational values. They want to attract exceptional people that want to join their winning team. The group have achieved so much in the last 12 months that they are on a high. Revenue has increased by 50% in this period to accommodate the delivery of key contracts and services. The Group expects this growth to continue as their services are in high demand UK wide.

The Wise Group now has an ever-growing pool of opportunity and they are looking to recruit two new Strategic Development Leads, welcoming applications with networks in the north of England. The successful candidates will lead on strategic development activity to realise the Group’s growth aspirations and generate income through developing external relationships. As an ambassador for the group the post holder will identify and nurture growth opportunities, develop beneficial and relevant partnerships, work collaboratively across the enterprise to deliver improvement and innovations, design and develop new and innovative programmes to support customers to transform their lives and focus on securing inward investment to support the delivery of our mission. The posts sit within the Strategic Development team; the post holder will work as part of a broader team and across the enterprise.

We are seeking candidates who have a passion for social enterprise and can align with The Wise Group’s core values, whilst driving growth activity through a multitude of channels. The appointed candidates will have excellent communication skills and a track record in business development.

The Wise Group is a leading social enterprise helping to lift people out of poverty across the UK. In 2020 the Wise Group supported over 40,000 people through various services and programmes across three key areas – employability, energy advice & advocacy and community justice. The Wise Group builds better lives, better communities, and stronger businesses in partnership with a diverse range of organisations across the UK.

The fallout from covid has impacted us all and The Wise Group have been working tirelessly to support those in need throughout 2020 and 2021, providing tailored services and embracing new organisational values. They want to attract exceptional people that want to join their winning team. The group have achieved so much in the last 12 months that they are on a high. Revenue has increased by 50% in this period to accommodate the delivery of key contracts and services. The Group expects this growth to continue as their services are in high demand UK wide.

The Wise Group now has an ever-growing pool of opportunity and they are looking to recruit a new Bid Lead. This post will own and manage all aspects of bidding to grow the enterprise income through competitive tenders, grant awards and other sources. The Bid Lead will project manage and continue to develop and improve the bid process whilst producing high quality, engaging proposals.

We are seeking enthusiastic candidates with a strong track record in bid management who can work with a range of stakeholders and lead teams. The role is open to bid experts from any background, if relevance and capability are highlighted within your application.

Who Cares? Scotland is Scotland’s only national independent membership organisation for Care Experienced people. Our mission is to secure a lifetime of equality, respect, and love for Care Experienced people in Scotland and we currently have over 3000 members.

At the heart of Who Cares? Scotland’s work are the rights of Care Experienced children and young people, and the power of their voices to bring about positive change. We provide individual relationship-based independent advocacy and a broad range of imaginative participatory opportunity for Care Experienced young people across Scotland; we work alongside corporate parents and communities of all sorts to broaden understanding; we work with policy makers, leaders and elected representatives locally and nationally to shape law, policy and practice on the basis of all that can be learnt from the voices of those with experience of care - working together to build on the aspirations of The Promise and secure positive change.

The Training and Education Officer will work as part of the Training and Education Team at Who Cares? Scotland, reporting to the Training and Education Manager. The post holder’s main responsibility will be to develop positive relationships with Corporate Parents; and to design and deliver projects and activities to Corporate Parents, relevant stakeholders and Care Experienced people, that will help drive positive lasting change for Care Experienced People in Scotland.

You will be joining the Training and Education Team at an exciting time, sitting within a wider Influencing Team at Who Cares? Scotland who collaborate with colleagues to support the influencing of policy makers, leaders, and elected representatives locally and nationally to create opportunities for people with lived experience of care.

The right candidate will be a highly effective communicator, facilitator and presenter and have a keen interest and skill in communicating complex policy landscapes to a wide audience in interesting and engaging ways. Knowledge and experience of delivering learning programmes is essential as is the ability to present to senior professionals across the public, private and third sector.

The location of the postholder is flexible, however they will be expected to travel across Scotland, with a focus on the central belt, regularly to fulfil their remit. Evening and weekend work, including occasional overnight stays, is a requirement of the role.

For an informal conversation about this opportunity please contact Chloe Dobson, Training and Education Manager, at cdobson@whocaresscotland.org.

Govan Housing Association is a community focused Registered Social Landlord based in Govan, Glasgow. The Association itself possesses a rich history and one of development and innovation. Founded in 1971, the Association was the first community based housing provider, leading the way for social housing provision in Scotland. After over 40 years of operating in the housing sector, the Association now manages approximately 1,600 socially rented properties and over 600 factored properties as well as taking an active role in the regeneration of the area and continuing to improve the quality of life of residents.

We have an ambitious vision for the future and have structured our business to allow us to focus on our future plans. We are now looking for the right person to help us achieve this.

Due to internal promotion, we are seeking to employ an experienced and customer focused individual to manage the delivery of our key strategic and operational objectives within our Customer Services & Community Engagement Team in order to achieve resident-led, continuous improvement. You will work closely with internal and external stakeholders to implement service improvements and deliver customer value and value for money through effective operational performance management of Govan Housing Associations’ housing management community engagement services.

The role will have line management responsibility for the Customer Services & Community Engagement team and you should have recent experience of successfully managing and supporting staff to achieve targets and objectives.

A positive, flexible attitude with a commitment to providing excellent customer service is required, as is a working knowledge of community engagement. The post will include some home visits and may require occasional evening/weekend working.

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with the right values to join our service assisting and supporting vulnerable homeless people to achieve better lives.

The successful candidate will be expected to provide a meaningful support service to identified individuals who live in the project and/or in the community. You will provide a quality service tailored to the assessed needs of each individual by identifying, planning and facilitating support to enable appropriate move-on options for each service user. You will use all of your knowledge and experience to help service users build their life skills and prepare for independent living.

An SVQ3 qualification in social care would be advantageous however not necessary. Other essentials include: experience of working with vulnerable people, addiction issues and challenging behaviour; effective written and verbal communication; knowledge of homelessness issues; and, above all, the determination to make a difference in the lives of our service users.

Typical shift pattern is 4 on from 22:30 to 07:00 over a 4 week set rota. The post is double cover.

If successful, you will be required to register with the Scottish Social Services Council within 6 months of your start date. After registration, there is a requirement to be qualified and to maintain professional learning.

In return, we will offer you excellent learning and development opportunities, competitive annual leave entitlement, pension scheme, access to employee assistance programmes such as counselling, and life assurance.

To support collective advocacy for citizens with learning disabilities who are living as patients within three hospital settings. Meeting with and supporting those citizens to meet together, (all activity will be in accordance with appropriate government restrictions regarding COVID19).

Encouraging and supporting discussion of issues from their own lives and the lives of other people who have learning disabilities. The worker will facilitate members’ support of each other and work with groups and individual members to consider and develop suggestions, solutions and demands. The worker will support member representatives to bring ideas and issues to the attention of those who control services as well as those who develop policy and law. All activity tackles the inequalities and discrimination that members face and is designed to bring about improvements in the life experience of people with learning disabilities in Scotland.

We are looking for two enthusiastic individuals with the right values to join our service assisting and supporting vulnerable homeless people to achieve better lives.

The successful candidates will be expected to provide a meaningful support service to identified individuals who live in the project and/or in the community. You will provide a quality service tailored to the assessed needs of each individual by identifying, planning and facilitating support to enable appropriate move-on options for each service user. You will use all of your knowledge and experience to help service users build their life skills and prepare for independent living.

The post will involve two/three shifts per week (including weekends), however there are good opportunities for overtime. Shift pattern are 06:45-14:45, 10:00-18:00 and 14:15-22:15.

You will have an SVQ3 qualification in social care. Other essentials include: experience of working with vulnerable people, addiction issues and challenging behaviour; effective written and verbal communication; knowledge of homelessness issues; and, above all, the determination to make a difference in the lives of our service users.

If successful, you will be required to register with the Scottish Social Services Council within 6 months of your start date. After registration, there is a requirement to be qualified and to maintain professional learning.

In return, we will offer you excellent learning and development opportunities, competitive annual leave entitlement, pension scheme, access to employee assistance programmes such as counselling, and life assurance.

Glasgow ESOL Forum are currently recruiting for new Directors and a Chair to join our Board. The organisation is undergoing a period of significant growth and we would welcome applications from individuals who would like to support us during this exciting time.

We are particularly interested in hearing from those with skills and experience in one of the following areas:

• HR
• Legal: in particular relating to employment law, charity law, commercial property
• Marketing and Social media
• ESOL at a strategic level
• Income generation
• The promotion of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

The Board meets every 6 weeks, with some additional sub-committee meetings to work on specific issues. We ask for a minimum commitment of 1 year and expect board members to be able to commit approximately 5 hours per month. The chair of the board is required to attend additional meetings and prepare the agenda for the board meetings.

Scottish Recovery Consortium are looking for a pro-active, self-starter to join our small paid staff team. The successful post holder will be creative, co- operative and will relish the opportunity to Support, Represent & Connect recovery across the country.

The post holder will focus on the development of Lived Experience Recovery Organisations (LEROs) from all over Scotland. The LERO Development Officer will work in partnership with SRC staff teams to identify LEROs who are looking to develop their ideas and business models. The post holder will work directly with these LEROs over a period to support them to develop a sustainable business model and advise them on governance, management, and funding opportunities. This is a senior post in our organisation and requires a person who can act locally, regionally, and nationally with a strategic vision. All SRC staff work collectively with their organisational colleagues and our partners across Scotland.

You will be able to demonstrate your ability to work with lived experience volunteers, staff and strategic decision makers in order to deliver the following:

· Build the capacity and infrastructure of existing and new LEROs to sustain themselves and grow, offering new responses to the challenges of community recovery in Scotland.

· Identify and work with LEROs to develop existing infrastructures within their organisation, i.e. supporting LEROs to understand the process of designing, developing, managing and evaluating their business plan and strategies.

· Support existing and new LEROs to apply for both core grant and project funding whilst advising them on best practices surrounding the management of successful funding awards.

· Work with LEROs to help them understand the legalities of incorporating their organisation. Advising on the different types of charitable status within Scotland and consulting on the correct status for their LERO.

If you think you have what we are looking for please contact our Chief Executive (Jardine Simpson) for an informal conversation on 0141 559 6933 about this exciting new role and to find out if our vision matches yours.

Scottish Recovery Consortium are looking for a pro-active, self-starter to join our small paid staff team. The successful post holder will be creative, co-operative and will relish the opportunity to Support, Represent & Connect recovery across the country.

This role is to support the effective communications of SRC, highlighting the impact of the recovery across Scotland. The role involves successfully planning and executing communication activity across multiple channels including social media, print and online marketing materials. This is a senior post in our organisation and requires a person who can act locally, regionally, and nationally with a strategic vision. All SRC staff work collectively with their organisational colleagues and our partners across Scotland.

You will be able to demonstrate your ability to work with lived experience volunteers, staff and strategic decision makers in order to deliver the following:

· The development and implementation of communication strategies and practise across SRC.

· Develop a comprehensive communications strategy for SRC to disseminate key messages to engage and promote recovery across all sectors, individuals in recovery and their families.

· Promote understanding of recovery in innovative ways, including stories of recovery that challenge stereotypes and stigma. Extensive consultation with those in recovery will be essential.

· Establish strong relationships with local and national media organisations.

· Increase recovery movement visibility to other online communities in Scotland.

· Manage and content curation on all SRC’s social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram).

· Manage & maintain the SRC organisational website.

· Ensure that the SRC’s online platforms are managed in line with both the SRC’s communication strategy, ethos and values and any other relevant legislation.

· Build online connections with recovery communities across Scotland and around the world.

· Develop and promote recovery principles and key messaging including development of information materials / resources, brand guidelines and website to ensure consistency and reach to those not in treatment services or mutual aid, including families.

If you think you have what we are looking for please contact our Chief Executive (Jardine Simpson) for an informal conversation on 0141 559 6933 about this exciting new role and to find out if our vision matches yours.

Scottish Recovery Consortium (SRC) are looking for a dynamic team player who can deliver self-managed outcomes within a small team committed to recovery values. The ideal candidate will have a demonstrable passion to make recovery from substance use happen in every Scottish prison coupled with direct experience of working within SPS or prison healthcare for a number of years.

This role is central to delivering the Scottish Government’s ‘Rights, Respect and Recovery’ national substance use policy within criminal justice and treatment environments.

SRC ‘Support, Represent and Connect’ people with lived experience of dependency issues and recovery. As part of our team you will work at a national policy level, regionally within every prison and their staff teams, work with recovery communities, individual Recoverists (Recovery Activists) and multiple statutory and third sector agencies to ensure recovery is accessible to all prisoners across the national estate. You will have a track record of working alongside lived experience as well as healthcare and prison professionals.

You will be able to demonstrate your ability to work with lived experience volunteers, staff and strategic decision makers in order to deliver the following:

· Recovery development in every prison in Scotland;

· Improvement of Recovery Orientated Systems of Care (ROSC) within treatment and SPS operational systems;

· The delivery of a rights based and person-centered approach amongst staff and service users;

· Improvement in throughcare opportunities for prisoners and assertive connection to community supports (in particular, recovery community networks and lived experience recovery organisations);

· Support the work of SPS national recovery network and lead the development of knowledge and competencies amongst professionals and prisoners to make recovery happen.

If you think you have what we are looking for please contact our Chief Executive (Jardine Simpson) for an informal conversation on 0141 559 6933 about this exciting new role and to find out if our vision matches yours.

Poverty and inequality are the greatest challenges Scotland faces. The Poverty Alliance is building our network across civil society to challenge, and ultimately solve, poverty. An opportunity has arisen to join our management team that will play a key role in helping us achieve our vision of a Scotland without poverty.

A vacancy has arisen for an experienced individual to lead the Poverty Alliance’s Communities and Networks Team. The role will be central to overseeing the continued growth and development of the Poverty Alliance’s network, ensuring that we actively involve Scotland’s diverse civil society in the fight against poverty. In addition, the role will lead our approach to involving people with experience of poverty in our network, ensuring that opportunities for participation are expanded across all our activity.

The right person for this job will have, above all, a commitment to tackling poverty and promoting social change and to the principles and values of participation. You will have extensive experience and knowledge of community development, empowerment or regeneration activity, gained at the local or national levels. Through that experience you will have gained a strong understanding of civil society in Scotland, and of how to build and maintain networks. You will also be someone who takes a collaborative approach to work, who has excellent project planning, development and management experience.

Support Workers:£9.50 per hour F/T, P/T and Bank/Casual.

Advanced Support Workers:£11.29 per hour- F/T, P/T and Bank/Casual

Locations:Aberchirder, Aberdeen, Alloa, Alva, Banff, Bridge of Earn, Buckie, Denny, Dumfries, Duns, Edinburgh, Fairlie, Falkirk, Fochabers, Fraserburgh, Fraserburgh, Glasgow, Huntly, Inverness, Invergordon, Jedburgh, Langholm, New Deer, Perth, Peterhead, Pitlochry,Portlethen, Portsoy, Thurso, Tullibody, Westhill, West Lothian and Wick.

As a Support Worker with Community Integrated Care you will experience an incredibly rewarding and fulfilling role.

Our Support Workers empower people with support needs to live the lives they want to lead.

We’re looking for candidates who are kind, dedicated and have a passion for people.

As a Support Worker, you will support people who have learning disabilities, autism, mental health concerns or dementia with their daily routines.

Prior experience of working in care isn’t always necessary. If you have other skills and experiences that you can bring to this role, we will give you all the support that you need.

You will use the best of your personality and skills every day. From supporting people to enjoy their favourite activities to enabling people to live independently, you will make a real difference.

Are you a Support Worker that is looking to progress in your career? Would you like to gain qualifications, enjoy specialist training, have more responsibility and earn more money? We also recruit for Advanced Support Workers within some complex care services.

You will be joining an award-winning charity. This is an exciting role, where you can change lives for the better and enjoy brilliant experiences.

We’re passionate about developing our own people and this role can lead to other exciting opportunities.

We also offer:

• 28 days holiday (inclusive of bank holiday)
• Pension
• Discount and reward scheme
• Employee assistance programmes
• Flexible working opportunities
• Your PVG will be paid for

Could you be Key?

Due to the ongoing growth and development of our personalised support services we currently have a number of exciting job opportunities.

Working locally, join one of our teams delivering great quality individualised support where every day is different in this challenging but rewarding role.

If you are caring, reliable, flexible and passionate about getting alongside people providing support to achieve the life they want then... you could be Key!

In turn, you will receive:

· 31 days annual leave

· Occupational Sick Pay

· Access to Employee Counselling Service

· Excellent Training

· Support to achieve a SVQ 2 qualification

No experience necessary! Full training and support will be given to help you achieve your full potential.

If you would like to get involved in support work but cannot commit to a contract due to other commitments, we also have opportunities for you to complement our existing workers by joining our relief register of bank support workers . This will mean you can work in a way that best suits you and fits with your life.

We would encourage you to submit your application as the earliest convenience as we may be able to offer interview at an earlier date to shortlisted candidates. If you would like to arrange an informal chat to find out more do not hesitate to get in touch!

Location: The post is based at Street Connect’s office in Glasgow city centre, with some home based working. You will be required to visit other projects and places to share information about the organisation or to support the development of fundraising. Some weekend and evening work required.

Street Connect is a Christian organisation with a mission to offer hope and opportunity of recovery for people disadvantaged by addiction and associated issues, including homelessness and poor mental health. Our experience has shown us that working closely with partner churches to deliver support within communities is a successful way for people to access the support that they need. We currently have Street Connect partner churches or projects in Glasgow City Centre, Possilpark, Clydebank, Paisley, Greenock and Blackwood. As we continue our vital work in each of these areas, our aim is to grow into new communities and allow as many people as possible to access the support they need.

To help achieve this, we are seeking to recruit a Community Fundraiser to join our Fundraising Team who, working closely with the Fundraising and Marketing Manager, can help shape fundraising within the areas we work.

You will build, develop and maintain strong relationships throughout each area and develop, inspire and motivate volunteers and supporters, both Churches and individuals, to ensure our fundraising activity is as effective as possible in delivering the maximum impact and income by creating opportunities to give.

You will be engaging, inspiring and have excellent interpersonal and relational skills, with the ability to provide exceptional stewardship. You will be able to build and nurture great working relationships and have a flexible approach.

Do you have a heart for the City’s most vulnerable and can assist in heading up a dynamic kitchen? Join our team as we seek to improve the lives of our guests, helping them to flourish and know fullness of life.

Our City Centre Project provides a wonderful space in central Glasgow for many of the city’s homeless community to receive care, connection and advocacy as well as emotional and spiritual support. We welcome up to 160 individuals a day and eating together is at the heart of our care. Food is an essential physical component but sharing food helps build rapport with guests.

We are looking for skilled Chef-Cooks who can run a dynamic kitchen, create tasty and healthy food, and provide oversight and pastoral care for teams of trainees and volunteers. It is desirable for applicants to have catering qualifications, experience of Cooksafe procedures, and experience of caring Christian ministry.

In order to fulfil the Christian Ministry this role entails, applicants should have an active Christian faith with a live church connection in accordance with our Ethos Statement and Values. (see job description). These are occupational requirements in terms of the Equality Act 2010.

This position relates to regulated work and will require membership of the PVG scheme.

Do you have a heart for the City’s most vulnerable and can head up a dynamic kitchen? Join our team as we seek to improve the lives of our guests, helping them to flourish and know fullness of life.

Our City Centre Project provides a wonderful space in central Glasgow for many of the city’s homeless community to receive care, connection and advocacy as well as emotional and spiritual support. We welcome up to 160 individuals a day and eating together is at the heart of our care. Food is an essential physical component but sharing food helps build rapport with guests.

We are looking for skilled Chef-Cooks who can run a dynamic kitchen, create tasty and healthy food, and provide oversight and pastoral care for teams of trainees and volunteers. It is desirable for applicants to have catering qualifications, experience of Cooksafe procedures, and experience of caring Christian ministry.

In order to fulfil the Christian Ministry this role entails, applicants should have an active Christian faith with a live church connection in accordance with our Ethos Statement and Values. (see job description). These are occupational requirements in terms of the Equality Act 2010.

This position relates to regulated work and will require membership of the PVG scheme.

The National Autistic Society is the UK’s leading charity for autistic people. Since 1962, we’ve been transforming lives, changing attitudes and helping to create a society that works for autistic adults and children.

We transform lives by providing support, guidance and practical advice for the 700,000 autistic adults and children in the UK, as well as their three million family members and carers. Autistic people turn to us at key moments or challenging times in their lives, be it getting a diagnosis, going to school or finding work.

We change attitudes by improving public understanding of autism and the difficulties many autistic people face. We also work closely with businesses, local authorities and government to help them provide more autism-friendly spaces, deliver better services and improve laws.

We have come a long way but it is not good enough. There is still so much to do to increase opportunities, reduce social isolation and build a brighter future for people on the spectrum. With your help, we can make it happen.

What we can offer you:

• Pension scheme
• 25 days annual leave
• Excellent induction, training and development programme including training about autism and opportunities to attend our conferences
• Online staff discount scheme for a range of benefits (cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan)
• Access to a 24-hour employee assistance programme

As Media and Communications Officer, you will be central to our mission to increase understanding and awareness among the public of autism and the challenges individuals and their families face.

You’ll have an eye for a good news story, sourcing, developing and placing media pieces in print, online and broadcast, working closely with journalists and other media professionals.

Important to us is supporting and empowering autistic people and their families to share their experiences to create impactful stories which help lead to real understanding and real change.

You’ll also be skilled at coordinating our social media channels, developing engaging and compelling content around the services we provide as well as providing important information to our followers.

You’ll also collect and edit content for our magazine ‘News and Views’ which goes out to our members nationwide, making sure it’s an engaging and informative publication.

Finally, you’re a team player, working well in a small busy team – linking up your work with Policy and Campaigns as well as connecting in with colleagues across the UK with an eye for both the small and bigger picture.

Desirable is prior experience of working in a press office and with communications more broadly, but ultimately, we are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, quick to learn and passionate about making change for autistic people and families.

We are seeking to appoint a full-time Project Worker for our Child and Family Centre in Govan.

Glasgow City Mission’s Child and Family Centre provides a number of valuable services to the local community from nursery provision and parenting support classes, to after-school clubs and confidence building activities. Working with over 100 children and their families, our aim is to break the poverty cycle and give children in Govan the best start in life. By coming alongside and supporting families, we help children and parents alike grow to become confident and ‘life equipped’.

As part of the childcare team of the nursery, this role will help us to deliver a wider range of clubs and activities for children and young people.

Applicants should have SVQ III in childcare or equivalent.

In order to fulfil the Christian Ministry this role entails, applicants should have an active Christian faith with a live church connection in accordance with our Ethos Statement and Values. (see job description) This is an Occupational Requirement in terms of the Equality Act 2010.

This position relates to regulated work and will require membership of the PVG scheme.

We are seeking to appoint a full-time Men’s Project Worker for our City Centre project in Glasgow.

We work daily to improve the lives of our guests; helping them to flourish and know fullness of life. Our Men’s Project Worker will play a key role in our project team, helping to meet the needs of the numerous men who are already in contact with our services.

In order to fulfil the Christian Ministry this role entails, applicants should have an active Christian faith with a live church connection in accordance with our Ethos Statement and Values. (see job description) Please note we are also seeking to appoint a male candidate for this role. These are occupational requirements in terms of the Equality Act 2010.

This position relates to regulated work and will require membership of the PVG scheme.

Positive Action in Housing is an independent, anti-racist homelessness and human rights charity (SC027577) dedicated to supporting women, children and men from refugee and migrant backgrounds to rebuild their lives. We believe in a society where everyone has the right to live safe and dignified lives, free from poverty, homelessness or inequality.

The following vacancy has become available.

Finance Officer

Salary: 21 hours per week (over 4 days) £23,145 – £25,186 pro-rata + 4% Pension

Based in and working from our Glasgow Office

We are looking for a well-organised, self-motivated person with strong bookkeeping skills. You will assist with the finances of a small, but busy charity based in and working from our offices in the centre of Glasgow. You will enjoy working as part of a small, diverse team to maintain and develop the charity’s finance systems. You will be responsible for undertaking accurate and timely recording of income and expenditure, bank reconciliation, purchase ledger, donor’s database, payment of invoices and reclamation of Gift Aid. You will ensure all income and expenditure is accurately named and documentation filed immediately. You will prepare and post general ledger journals and provide regular reports as requested.

You will have the skills and aptitude to accurately maintain our computer-based finance records. You will have excellent IT skills, and are familiar with spreadsheets, word processing, email and MS Office. You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as excellent numeracy skills.

You are honest, hard working, self-motivated and know how to work as part of a team. You have a positive outlook and are able to maintain clear communications with colleagues and take the initiative when required. You know how to plan, manage and prioritise a varied workload, meet deadlines and respond flexibly to unforeseen events. An ability to carry out tasks with minimum supervision is essential. You will pay meticulous attention to detail and have the aptitude and skills to learn on the job.

This is an exciting opportunity to create elearning and digital resources that will inspire and support frontline professionals and volunteers to make a difference to children and families at risk of poverty.

You will be practiced in working with subject matter experts and have great writing and creative skills. You will have the technical capability to create engaging elearning courses and video learning resources using authoring software such as Articulate 360 and Adobe Creative Cloud. You will be a good project manager and problem solver.

CPAG wants a society where all children can enjoy their childhoods and have fair chances in life to reach their full potential. Come and help us make child poverty a thing of the past.

Due to continuous growth in our workplace wellbeing area, SAMH are now recruiting to our Workplace team to help us improve Scotland’s mental health by training and building capacity in organisations to enable them to effectively supporting their staff needs around mental health and wellbeing.

Around since 1923, SAMH operates over 50 services in communities across Scotland providing mental health social care support, addictions and employment services, among others. These services, together with national programme work in See Me, respectme, suicide prevention, physical activity and sport; inform SAMH’s policy and campaign work to influence positive social change.

The Workplace team supports this work through delivering training to organisations both big and small, helping them learn how to support the mental health of their staff.

You’ll deliver training in mental health and wellbeing to various organisations in order to inspire them and to support them to establish and sustain a culture of positive mental health in the workplace with our bespoke training products. You’ll also help us develop our materials, making sure they meet the needs of all of our clients.

You should be a highly experienced trainer, with good knowledge of mental health, able to deliver training face to face and on line and hold the attention of a group of busy people! You are confident to use technology, organised and flexible. You’ve developed great training that delivers the right outcomes, and you’re happy to deliver training to all levels of staff and management. Come and join us.

Benefits

Staff wellbeing is a priority at SAMH

As well as promoting a healthy work-life balance, we offer the following:

• Annual leave 30 days (under 5 years service); 33 days (over 5 years service)
• 4 days public holidays
• Life cover 1.5 times annual salary
• Learning and development opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme – confidential support should you need it.

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 £9.76 - £10.25 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.