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A unique opportunity to lead evidence-based change
CELCIS, the Centre for Excellence for Children’s Care and Protection, is an internationally recognised leading improvement and innovation centre based in Scotland at the University of Strathclyde. Dedicated to applying evidence-based practice change and knowledge exchange to services, we embody the University’s motto of ‘the place of useful learning’.
Focused on improving the lives of children and young people in need of care and protection and their families and carers, we support people and organisations responsible for their care to make long-lasting changes in services and in the practices and skills they use. An organisation committed to the use of evidence including lived experience, we lead international research on alternative care; work with policy-makers, decision-makers and advocacy organisations throughout Scotland, the UK and the world; generate, analyse and interrogate data; and we work with organisations and people across Scotland at local and national to level to realise The Promise of the Independent Care Review (2020).
Our Head of Evidence and Innovation leads on how we assist central and local governments, organisations, interest groups and communities of practice to develop purposeful and evidence-based ways to drive change and improvement in services and practices. The team covers research and data, policy and stakeholder engagement, participation, and international partnerships. This post will work with University colleagues in establishing opportunities for joint research projects.
You will have an appropriate Phd, with significant experience of directly relevant roles and considerable experience of leadership and management contributing to and realising an organisation’s strategic and business objectives. You will also have extensive experience of leading projects and funding bids for research, research translation and knowledge exchange work.
A member of our Strategic Management Team, you will share responsibility for the planning and delivery of CELCIS’s strategy which prioritises supporting improvements in early help, effective decision making, and quality care, all underpinned by valuing the voice of lived experience. We are seeking a motivated individual with strategic management and leadership experience who can contribute to how we deliver our strategy and meet and exceed key stakeholder expectations.
You will be working remotely at home until CELCIS and 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).
Funding for the post: Like all the team, the 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 agreeing the indicative level for the next two years.
Change is happening. Be part of it. Together we can make things better for children, young people and their families and carers.
Apply now.
Top job! mPower Communications Development Officer
- Part time
- £34,650 – £38,500 pro-rata
- Post could be based from Edinburgh, Glasgow or Inverness - staff currently home working due to covid restrictions
- Closing 20th May 2021
SCVO is on the hunt for a driven comms professional to come on board for the final year of a ground-breaking health project.
Mpower is a European-funded project that champions a preventative approach to care by engaging with and empowering more people to self-manage their health and care issues in the community.
We need a self-starter with experience of delivering communications in a multi-stakeholder environment. You’ll be based in SCVO, working with the Mpower project team from across the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland.
It’s a great opportunity to help drive a high impact project over the finish line, whilst creatively capturing its successes and learnings to influence future projects.
Change-makers sought!
Do you want to help Scotland to Keep The Promise?
We’re looking for an experienced professional to help us to improve the lives of children and young people by supporting the stability and security children and young people in need of care and protection have a right to.
As a leading improvement and innovation centre in Scotland, CELCIS works to improve the lives of children and young people in need of care and protection, and their families and carers, by supporting people and organisations responsible for their care to make changes in services and in the practices and skills they use.
We’re looking for someone to join our Permanence team who’ll bring passion, insight and understanding to our work focussed on ensuring children in need of care and protection are settled and well cared for in their permanent home as quickly and effectively as possible. Home could be with parents, with kinship carers within extended family or friends, with long term permanent foster carers, within residential care or with adoptive parents.
Do you have experience of working within the children’s care and protection sector? Can you demonstrate a deep understanding of and commitment to trauma-informed assessment and care planning, and respecting lived experience of care? Are you passionate about using improvement approaches to limit the disruption in the lives of infants, children and young people? If so, this could be the role for you.
Central to the role is the ability to use experience, understanding and practical skills to lead improvement and support implementation of new innovative and evidence-based care planning processes and practice. Working closely with local authorities and partners, you will build on this work to develop and deliver service change through improvement, and by sharing practice, evidence and experiences to support the changes we all want to see.
The role would suit candidate with compassion, sensitivity and the strong relationship-building skills required to lead, support and encourage systemic and strategic change in practices.
You will have an appropriate professional qualification / relevant degree, with substantial practical experience and evidence of successful collaborative working, including experience of using an improvement approach.
Change-makers sought!
Do you want to help Scotland to Keep The Promise?
We’re looking for an experienced professional to continue our work in the care and protection of Scotland’s children.
As a leading improvement and innovation centre in Scotland, CELCIS works to improve the lives of children and young people in need of care and protection, and their families and carers, by supporting people and organisations responsible for their care to make changes in services and in the practices and skills they use.
We’re looking for a new consultant to join our Protecting Children team who’ll bring insight and first-hand practitioner experience of child protection to our work.
Do you have significant experience and knowledge of child protection and children’s services practice and policy? Could you support the improvement of children’s assessment and care planning processes, decision-making, policy and practice in Scotland? And the essential delivery of the national Child Protection Improvement Programme (CPIP) too? If so, this could be the role for you.
Central to the role is the ability to work closely with our partners to support them to implement improvements designed to support families and provide early help, prevent harm and protect our children and young people living in fragile circumstances. Alongside a deep commitment to making lasting, positive change, our new team member will need to have an excellent understanding of the complexity of multi-agency collaborative working.
The role would suit candidates who are strategic thinkers with a range of skills including excellent relationship building, communication and negotiating skills, the ability to work collaboratively with children, families, care experienced people and other groups and partners (including local authorities, third sector partners, Health Boards and Partnerships, Police Scotland, the Care Inspectorate, Child Protection Committees and the Scottish Government).
You will have an appropriate professional qualification / relevant degree, with substantial experience and a track record in collaborative working in services for children and young people.
Does this sound like you? 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..
Top job! Communications and Marketing Manager
- Full time
- £43,200 – £48,000
- Edinburgh, Glasgow or Inverness
- Closing 19th May 2021
Are you a confident and experienced marketer looking for an exciting new role?
The Communications and Marketing Manager is a new role to grow and develop SCVO’s communications and marketing team. We’ve got big plans to ramp up our membership marketing to help current members make more use of the benefits that membership offers, and to help us recruit and support lots of new members too. We also want to take a more proactive and coordinated approach to marketing our services, so we can generate precious income to help us support the sector even more.
It’s a small team with a big remit, so we’re looking for a great people manager with marvellous marketing skills to help us shine. You will lead the team and work with colleagues across SCVO to help achieve SCVO’s ambition to support Scotland’s vibrant voluntary sector.
SCVO staff are currently working from home. When our offices reopen, this post could be based from Edinburgh, Glasgow or Inverness
Do you want to help Scotland to Keep The Promise?
We’re looking for an experienced researcher to help inform our evidence-based work to improve the lives of children and young people.
As a leading improvement and innovation centre in Scotland, CELCIS works to improve the lives of children and young people in need of care and protection, and their families and carers, by supporting people and organisations responsible for their care to make changes in services and in the practices and skills they use.
We’re looking for someone to join our Research team who’ll bring the skill and motivation to an exciting new participative project, working with young people with care experience to develop and carry out action research that will help provide solutions to the challenges of engagement and participation in Scotland’s Children’s Hearings System.
Are you passionate about generating knowledge and applying evidence to strengthen policy and practice? Do you have care experience or have worked in a care setting? Are you proactive, approachable and collaborative? If so, this could be the role for you.
Central to the role is delivering and co-ordinating research for this study but there will also be the opportunity to contribute to a range of research and evaluation projects relating to the work of CELCIS’s different teams at different points in time, such as on protecting children, permanence and care, improving care experiences, and continuing care into young adulthood, sharing insight, practice and evidence to support the changes we all want to see.
The role would suit candidates who have experience of being an independent researcher and a pragmatic and keen team member, knowledgeable about all aspects of research design, and work well with colleagues to integrate empirical evidence and evaluative learning.
You will have an appropriate professional qualification / relevant degree, with experience of contributing to an organisation’s collective goals by supporting research and evaluation activities across the organisation.
Does this sound like you? 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.
SCDC, incorporating CHEX, the Scottish Co-production Network and PB Scotland, has recently undertaken a review of its strategic objectives to ensure that we are fit for purpose for the challenges and opportunities ahead for community development in Scotland. As a result of this review and as part of our ongoing succession planning, we are now seeking to recruit new staff to the organisation on both a permanent and temporary basis.
SCDC is seeking to recruit two Development Managers, one permanent and one temporary, to develop and implement several of our operational programmes and to deliver on contract work. To be successful, you will need a proven track record in working with and alongside communities and community organisations, and with strategic partners at local and national levels. You will have knowledge of the policy environment for community development and empowerment in Scotland and you will have first rate facilitation, communication and writing skills. As a key member of the team, you will be expected to contribute to the strategic direction of SCDC through programme development and business planning.
DYW Programme Executive
- Full time
- Circa £30,000
- Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, 30 George SQ, Glasgow (currently home based)
- Closing 14th May 2021
DYW Glasgow was one of the first regional working groups to be set up to decrease the levels of youth unemployment following the ‘Wood Report’ and has been established since 2014. This role is an opportunity to be part of a Scottish Government national youth employability and skills initiative. You will have a strong focus on education and business in Glasgow but also have the chance to carry out project work across Scotland all of which have strong youth employability focus.
The role involves developing and managing industry and education links, guiding, and supporting businesses to recruit young people. You will manage a broad portfolio of projects with multiple stakeholders, which supports the objectives of DYW Glasgow. You will be responsible for providing business engagement covering a range of activity including the development of formal Schools and Business Partnerships, broad industry links with education, promotion of the apprenticeship family as well as thematic work to support the city’s economic priorities. Key to the success of the role is a stakeholder engagement and relationship management with private, public and third sector stakeholders.
This is a demanding and externally facing role as part of the Projects Team within Glasgow Chamber of Commerce. This is an exciting opportunity to deliver innovative and potentially high-profile project activity within the business community and work in partnership with a wide range of stakeholders.
Job Description
The role will work to develop innovative and creative strategies to engage businesses in a full range of activities which support opportunity for young people utilising the findings of commissioned reporting as a guide and rationale. You will support those businesses to become engaged in a suite of activity to create lasting impact and influence the curriculum and increase employability for young people. The ideal candidates will be able work with a broad range of key stakeholders and businesses and have the ability identify, project manage and capitalise on opportunities. They will be a self-motivated individual who can manage a range of diverse projects and deliver an engagement plan for all stakeholders.
You will deliver this with guidance and leadership from the Project Manager and Programme Director.
Key Responsibilities
- Working towards the fulfilment of pre-set KPIs, other performance indicators and set targets.
- Use creative marketing and networking to involve industry in the delivery of activity which supports education in the programme of work.
- Working with school coordinators and key partners in education services to provide a range of innovative DYW activity is delivered across schools in the city and ensuring that those most of need of interventions are offered them.
- Develop effective relationships and joint working practices with key partners such as Skills Development Scotland and Glasgow City Council
- Deliver impact on key equalities issues by working with partnership key bodies in Glasgow and Scotland as a whole
- Devise and deliver innovative events which progress the DYW agenda i.e., Jobs Fairs, Digital Skills, Employer Inspiration Briefings as well as linking with curriculum delivery.
- Manage the delivery and monitoring of the impact of projects supported by DYW funding.
- Reviewing the success of delivery and adapt and develop as required.
- Recording information for reporting purposes
- Delivering any other relevant duties which may be required.
The Person
Essential
- Experience of employer engagement
- Experience of working in the education or employability sectors.
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Experience designing and delivering projects.
- Knowledge of emerging sectors in industry and access routes for young people.
- Experience of partnership working across the education or employability sectors.
- Clear evidence of ability to communicate effectively at senior management level where appropriate.
- Self-starter and ability to work with limited supervision in a small team.
- Ability to identify gaps and opportunities, creating solutions and acting upon these in a proactive and engaging manner.
- Excellent organisational skills and ability to work under pressure and deliver to tight deadlines with minimal resources.
- A passion for playing a role in making a difference to the city by working directly with the business community in partnership with key stakeholders.
Desirable
- Experience of working in a school or college environment.
- Knowledge and understanding of Glasgow’s economic issues.
- Experience of working in an economic development environment.
Department: Projects
Reporting to: Project Manager
The 218 Service provides an alternative to custody for women in the criminal justice system. We provide programmes of intensive support and group work to empower the women to address the root causes of their offending. With a view to support them to break the cycle of offending which results in the ‘revolving door’ syndrome of maintaining their involvement in the criminal justice system and prison service
The service offers a 12 bed Residential Unit and a Community Engagement service for women who still reside in the community. As many of the women who access our service have a wide range of mental and physical issues we have an integrated health team and psychologies therapy team to address these.
JOB PURPOSE:
- To support and deliver safe, effective and person-centred healthcare provision to individuals in Turning Point Scotland’s Drug and Alcohol Service(s).
- To undertake comprehensive clinical assessments, identifying and completing appropriate nursing interventions, monitoring and reviewing effectiveness of interventions, and ensure ongoing review of care plans.
- To prioritise the needs of service users when assessing and reviewing their mental, physical, cognitive, behavioural, social, and spiritual needs.
- To work in partnership with individuals and stakeholders involved in their care to develop person-centred care plans that take into account their circumstances, characteristics and preferences.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Service Delivery
- Ensure a Citizenship approach to delivering services. Citizenship is defined by a persons connection to the 5 R’s: Rights, Responsibilities, Roles, Relationships, resources and their sense of belonging.
- Planning the delivery of most effective nursing interventions based on comprehensive assessment of need.
- To fully involve service users in their care planning ensuring they are given informed choices in regard to nursing care and treatment.
- To work in partnership with medical staff/prescriber to offer a range of evidence-based pharmacological treatments to support stabilisation or detoxification.
- To provide a range of nursing interventions on an individual and/or group work basis including psychological/psychosocial interventions.
- To undertake initial and ongoing assessments of service users at various stages in their engagement with the service, utilising a range of assessment tools and methods to evaluate the severity of dependency and complexity of needs, including history taking, observation, investigations, and use a range of screening tools.
- To assist service users to recognise and exercise their rights and provide an appropriate level of professional support to service users to assist them to make informed choices.
- To undertake key working duties and responsibilities in accordance with Turning Point Scotland's Key Working Policy and to alert line managers to any non-compliance by others noted during work activities.
- To administer and dispense prescribed medication to service users in accordance with the instructions on the prescription.
- To act in accordance with the relevant legislation, the Nursing and Midwifery Council code of conduct, and acknowledged good practice and be involved in the clinical governance within the service.
- To assist the Service Manager by networking effectively with workers from other agencies who are involved with service users, purchaser's monitoring requirements, and Turning Point Scotland's needs.
- To assist the Service Manager and Senior Nurse to prepare for Care Inspectorate inspections and other audit activities, and with the implementation of any recommendations or requirements.
- To be personally familiar with and ensure own compliance with Turning Point Scotland's operational policies and procedures, including medication and to alert line managers to any non-compliance by others noted during work activities.
- To ensure effective provision of nursing across Turning Point Scotland you will be deployed to other drug and alcohol services as required.
The Youth Ambassadors Lead is responsible for the development and delivery of the IYS Youth Ambassadors project, an annual activist training and changemaking programme for Black and People of Colour (BPoC) young people. The Lead will steward the personal development of 15-20 young people per year, support their efforts to create change on issues they care about, and facilitate their consultation on core themes of IYS' advocacy. The Lead will be an integral part of Advocacy & Partnerships team, ensuring effective communication between Ambassadors and IYS, oriented towards ensuring that IYS' advocacy remains ambitious and youth-led. This will require close communication with the rest of the Advocacy & Partnerships team, as well as understanding of and interaction with all other IYS teams.
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 support the Fundraising and Marketing Manager 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 Team Leader to support the Fundraising and Marketing Manager to enhance brand awareness and provide excellent media support to help further Street Connect’s reach across Scotland. 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.
The post is based at Street Connect’s office in Glasgow city centre.
Change-makers sought!
Do you want to help Scotland to Keep The Promise?
We’re looking for experienced, innovative and values-driven professionals to help us to improve the lives of children and young people living with their extended family (kinship care), foster carers or in residential homes and schools.
As a leading improvement and innovation centre in Scotland, CELCIS works to improve the lives of children and young people in need of care and protection, and their families and carers, by supporting people and organisations responsible for their care to make changes in services and in the practices and skills they use.
We’re looking for two new consultants to join our Improving Care Experiences team who’ll bring the passion and motivation to build on what we know matters to children, families and carers, through our exciting partnership work with local and national agencies.
Are you skilled in supporting change and improvement? Have you done this by using best evidence, and the voice of those with lived experience? Are you experienced at facilitating and supporting the learning of others? If so, this could be the role for you.
Central to the role is developing ways of working that enables workforces to build relationships and care deeply for children and families in their care. You will support the development of partnerships, groups and forums such as ‘communities of practice’ to share practice and evidence to support the changes we all want to see.
The role would suit candidates who have a strong knowledge of current social work, child development or child care practice; are committed to their own continuous learning; and are open to develop their own understanding and skills.
You will have an appropriate professional qualification / relevant degree, with significant experience of directly relevant roles, considerable experience of management, leading projects, and contributing to and realising an organisation’s strategic and business objectives too.
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 the city.
The Senior Community Links Officer (SCLO) will provide a person-centred service that is responsive to the needs and interests of GP practice population living in an area affected by socio-economic deprivation and work collaboratively to manage a cohort of Community Links Practitioners (CLP) and providing support to the Programme Manager to ensure that the team is properly resourced and supported to fulfil their roles and responsibilities and deliver on outcomes.
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 and have previous line management experience.
PVG Scheme membership is required for this post.
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 the city.
We are recruiting for the following new full time and part time posts:
4 posts will be 0.6 FTE (21 hours) per week.
4 post will be 35 hours per week covering 2 practices.
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.
Aftercare Development Worker
- Full time
- £21,647 – £23,182
- Based at Street Connect’s office in Glasgow city centre and may involve work in other locations as required.
- Closing 20th May 2021
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 looking for an experienced individual who will work as part of the Operations team seeking to develop and deliver aftercare support through a range of different routes to both male and female service participants who have had a background of complex needs such as addiction, homelessness and mental health issues, who are now at a stage in their recovery journey where they are living independently and free from such issues all in support of our vision of empowered churches, transformed lives, revitalised communities. Releasing God given potential in disadvantaged lives through the mobilised local church.
Our Aftercare Development Worker will play a vital role in achieving this vision as they create and deliver aftercare packages of support to cover areas such as volunteering, work experience, training/education and person-specific support tailored to the needs of individual participants, to create support networks for employment and carrying out One-To-One consultations with participants.
For more information on this post please see the attached job description and person specification.
Epilepsy Connections supports people with epilepsy and their families and friends in Greater Glasgow & Clyde, Forth Valley and Ayrshire.
We’re looking for the right person to fill the busy and diverse frontline role of Admin Assistant, a key member of Epilepsy Connections’ team and essential to the smooth running of the organisation.
The successful candidate will be reliable, able to prioritise and handle a challenging workload, and sensitive to the needs of people who use our services and our volunteers as well as our staff and Directors. We need someone who has excellent communication skills, knows their way around technology and the web, has experience of reception duties, and is able to design flyers, leaflets and other documents. If this sounds like you, and you’re looking for a responsible role in a vibrant charity, we want to hear from you.
This post has been home-based during the pandemic, but as restrictions ease and we start to offer face-to-face services once again this post will work full-time from our Head Office in Glasgow.
Do you want to transform and enhance the lives of students in Glasgow?
Strathclyde Students’ Union is the representative body for all Strathclyde Students. We have a rich heritage and a bright and exciting future. We are currently finalising our brand-new Union, a state-of-the-art facility at the heart of the campus and a key component of a world leading student experience at the University of Strathclyde.
We are excited to recruit a new Trustee to join our Board at this pivotal moment for the organisation.
The Union strives to enhance the Strathclyde experience by promoting, representing and supporting students' interests and welfare. Our diverse social, cultural and sporting opportunities offer all students the chance to thrive. We are dedicated to representing all 22,000 students at the University of Strathclyde. We ensure they are fairly represented and lobby on key issues to bring them to the attention of the University.
Additionally, we run a range of commercial services from bars and coffee shops to merchandise and advertising. We are seeking to diversify our income through retail, food, conferencing and events in the coming years and are looking for a trustee to join our board who ideally has experience in catering, hospitality and leisure.
You should also have one or more skills in the following areas:
- Experience of strategic leadership
- Experience of growing and developing commercial enterprises with a focus on food, drink and retail spaces
- Experience of financial management
- Experience of business and commerce
- Previous experience as a Trustee or other non-executive role
As a Trustee we will provide:
- Induction, training and reimburse all reasonable expenses
- Opportunities to make strategic decisions and develop your skills
- Opportunities to network with senior professionals
- Shape and improve the experience of Strathclyde students
The expected commitment is approximately one day per month and this would constitute up to six board meetings per annum (including at least one away day). There are also sub-committees of the Board, including Finance, Audit and Risk, HR & Culture, Remuneration and Nominations committees. In addition, there may be other ad-hoc elements where trustees can be involved, including short-life working groups, playing an ambassadorial role and attending functions and events in their capacity as a Trustee.
Strathclyde Students’ Union is committed to promoting diversity and equality for all and welcomes applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from trustees with disabilities, from ethnic minority backgrounds, and those with diverse sexualities or marginalised gender identities as these groups are underrepresented.
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.
We wish to recruit a dynamic, experienced individual who can hit the ground running and lead and deliver Positive Action in Housing’s equality and diversity training programme across Scotland. The training service is highly dependent on the post holder growing existing and new business. Your central goal will be to design and deliver an exciting financially viable equalities and diversity training programme directed at housing, voluntary and statutory sector professionals and organisations. Your challenge is to make the training service financially viable with significant income generating potential for the future. You will ensure Positive Action in Housing’s equalities and diversity training programme becomes a leader in its field. You will be creating an original and exciting equalities training programme in consultation with Registered Social Landlords, Voluntary organisations and local authorities. You will make learning fun as well as informative. You will work with other trainers as well as deliver training. You will be committed to finding out new learning techniques and developing accredited courses and CPD.
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Closing date: 12 Noon, Friday 4 June 2021
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.
We wish to recruit an experienced Bookkeeper to assist with the finances of a small but busy charity based in Glasgow’s city centre. 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 prepare and post general ledger journals and prepare reports as requested. You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills. You will have excellent numeracy skills. You will have the skills and aptitude to accurately maintain our computer-based finance records. You will pay meticulous attention to detail and have the aptitude and skills to learn on the job. You have excellent IT skills, and are familiar with spreadsheets, word processing, email and MS Office. You will be educated to degree level or equivalent. You know how to plan, manage and prioritise a varied workload under pressure. You are self-motivated and know how to work as part of a team.
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Closing date: 12 Noon, Friday 28 May 2021.
Housing and Homelessness Caseworker
- Part time
- £24,410 – £27,653 pro-rata
- Glasgow
- Closing 21st May 2021
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.
We wish to recruit a Housing & Homelessness Caseworker to join our lively, hardworking and friendly team. You will provide homelessness advice, information and representation for people from BME, refugee and asylum-seeking backgrounds to reduce the risk of homelessness, eviction or destitution. Working within a small, dedicated team, you will help our service users develop and track their Personal Housing Plans in order to find safe, affordable housing. You will liaise with Registered Social Landlords to maximise housing opportunities for our clients. You will help newly settled refugees develop Personal Resettlement Plans. You will assist those with Limited Leave to Remain to avoid falling into rent arrears or losing employment related to their immigration status. You will take up housing complaints and assist asylum seekers to access essential crisis support to avoid destitution.
Click here for more details about this post. Closing date: 12 Noon, Friday 21 May 2021.
Women’s Development Project Worker (full-time, fixed term 15 months)
Men’s Project worker (full-time, permanent)
Are you passionate about tackling poverty and injustice in Glasgow?
We work daily to improve the lives of our guests; helping them to flourish and know fullness of life. Our Women’s Development Worker will spend time investigating and assessing innovative projects which will enhance our support of vulnerable women; whilst also being part of our existing women’s work. 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.
Supported Housing and Housing with Care Workers
- Full time or Part time
- £19,803 – £20,782
- Glasgow, Edinburgh, Galashiels, Girvan, Fife, Inverness, Stornoway, Duns and more
- Closing 24th April 2022
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.
Transport Planning and Engineering (TP&E) is the specialist engineering consultancy which delivers active travel projects in Scotland as a social enterprise.
Our aim is to ensure best practice and inclusive active travel infrastructure is delivered throughout the country, to encourage even more people to walk or cycle as part of their everyday lives.
We plan, design and deliver infrastructure projects with walking and cycling as their focus. We work on behalf of and in partnership with a wide variety of clients, from local authorities to community groups and our focus is on people first when delivering infrastructure requirements.
In these unprecedented times we are seeing a shift in active travel behaviour and so are looking for an enthusiastic and committed Engineer to join our consultancy and make a difference right at the point where the biggest impact is felt: inclusive design for communities and, in particular, for rural areas.
The successful candidate will have a unique opportunity to design and deliver a wide range of projects from inception to completion in both urban and rural environments. You will require to have experience in roads design and delivery and use this experience to deliver walking and cycling infrastructure to high standards. The successful candidate will work in a team alongside a range of professionals in TP&E, Cycling Scotland and beyond to help transform how people travel.
TP&E is a social enterprise established in 2006 by Cycling Scotland and we work closely with the charity to deliver its aim of making cycling easy and safe for everyone.
If you are an Engineer looking for a new challenge with social and environmental aims, we would love to hear from you.
Finance Officer
- Part time
- £27,059 pro-rata
- Glasgow, but partial office and home working until further notice
- Closing 11th May 2021
Poverty and inequality are the greatest challenges Scotland faces. The Poverty Alliance is working hard to show how we can change the conversation about, and ultimately solve, poverty. An opportunity has arisen to join our team and help us achieve our vision of a Scotland without poverty.
We are looking for an experienced Finance Officer who will join the Poverty Alliance’s small and fast-moving Administration team. The post will be responsible for providing support to financial processes across our busy organisation. This will include supporting day-to-day financial processes, maintaining records and providing timely reports to management team. You will also work closely with the Business and Finance Manager on the development and management of the organisational budget.
We are looking for candidates with a sound understanding of the financial operations needed in small business. In addition to the necessary technical and financial skills, the role requires a strong attention to detail, the ability to manage a complex workload and an enthusiasm for working as part of a team as well as autonomously.
Development Worker
- Full time
- £21,468 – £23,854
- Glasgow with regular travel between our city centre and Whiteinch bases.
- Closing 10th May 2021
Move On works in Scotland to unlock the potential of vulnerable people enabling a positive future and improving people lives.
From our bases in Glasgow and Edinburgh we provide a range of services including mentoring, community-based support, training, peer education, volunteering opportunities, guidance, support, advice and information.
We require an enthusiastic and motivated person to assist in our highly successful services for vulnerable young people. You will support the work of the Mentoring and Employability team; working directly with individuals and facilitating training to groups of young people. The role is to support young people to achieve positive life experiences through mentoring and training, and by identifying, accessing and sustaining employability and life-skills opportunities.
You will lead on a range of employability training programmes including; Employability Fund, Kickstart and Community Jobs Scotland, and provide ongoing one to one support to young people.
Business Support Officer
- Part time
- £21,647 – £23,182 pro-rata
- Based at Street Connect’s office in Glasgow city centre and may involve home-working or work in other locations as required
- Closing 7th May 2021
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 looking for an individual who will assist with the provision of a range of business support functions, contributing to the efficient and effective running of Street Connect.in support of our vision of empowered churches, transformed lives, revitalised communities. Releasing God given potential in disadvantaged lives through the mobilised local church.
Our Business Support Officer will play a role in achieving this vision as they support the effective and efficient operation of Street Connect. This will include elements of data management, financial management and administrative support.
For more information on this post please see the attached job description and person specification.
West Youth Work Manager
- Full time or Part time
- £28,409 – £30,944
- Based in Glasgow
- Closing 6th May 2021
Are you passionate about youth work and community development? Can you inspire and lead a team to develop and deliver high quality services for LGBTI young people? Can you successfully manage partnerships across all sectors?
If so, we want to hear from you.
Join our vibrant team of staff and volunteers delivering high quality youth work services supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex young people right across Scotland.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and innovative person to lead development and delivery of our youth work services for LGBTI young people across the West of Scotland.
Based in Glasgow and with operational responsibility for Youth Work in the West of Scotland you will:
• Lead, develop and sustain youth work and other local services
• Deliver our key national projects including the LGBT Charter of Rights
• Develop and manage partnerships across all sectors
This is a fantastic opportunity to be at the forefront of youth work and make a lasting, and sometimes life-saving, impact for LGBTI young people both directly and with partners from the third, public and private sectors.
We want to hear from you if you have:
• A strong foundation in youthwork or CLD
• A passion for developing and managing impactful services
• A collaborative approach to management and leadership