As an award-winning innovative care provider, we support the elderly and people living with physical disabilities and long-term conditions across Scotland. We pride ourselves on our knowledge and passion for delivering complex care, making sure that our customers receive high quality care services that can range from visiting a few hours a week to several daily visits.

We deliver our vision of helping our customers live their life to the full through the hard work and dedication of our Support Workers who provide our customers with a wide variety of assistance such as personal hygiene, dressing, medication prompts and light household chores in line with their personal support plans.

Blackwood are currently looking for Support Workers to join our Care Services teams to support our customers living in their own homes in the community and/or in our Care Homes. We operate care services in Aberdeen, Dundee, Perth & Kinross, Edinburgh, Stirling, Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Ayrshire and Inverclyde.

Don’t worry about having any previous care experience, we provide comprehensive training and development opportunities to help you become a great carer!

Our main priority for this job role is to find people who can show our values and behaviours. These are:

• Taking responsibility
• Being open and honest
• Keeping our promises
• Having respect and understanding

The ideal candidate must have:

• A commitment to delivering high quality care
• Strong communication, interpersonal and IT skills
• An ability to work independently in the community and as part of a team
• A relevant qualification (SVQ2), this is not essential as training will be given
• Flexibility to work on a rota basis, including early mornings, evenings and weekends.

…Could this be you?

Blackwood offers a range of employee benefits, including:

• Travel expenses and paid travel time between customer visits
• Fully funded SVQ training on completion of probationary period
• Company sick pay scheme on completion of probationary period
• 34 days’ holiday per annum, pro rata for part-time hours
• Company mobile phone
• Company pension scheme and other benefits
• Payment of PVG and SSSC registration
• Recruit both drivers and walkers on care at home runs
• Fully paid induction and shadowing with experienced carers.
• EE Perks – discount packages for family and friends.

Move On works in Scotland to unlock the potential of vulnerable young people, enabling a positive future and improving people’s lives.

From our bases in Glasgow and Edinburgh we provide a range of services including mentoring, employability, training, peer education, volunteering opportunities, support, advice and information.

Move On is working in partnership with Link Living to deliver the Edinburgh Young Person’s Service across the city. Link Living is delivering visiting, tenancy support and Move On will deliver befriending. The main aims of the service is to support young people in transition and to prevent homelessness.

The post-holder will be responsible for the day-to-day coordination of a Befriending Service for young people aged 16-25 years who can be hard to reach by services, and who are most at risk of homelessness.

An opportunity has arisen for an Outreach Worker to cover maternity leave, based in Glasgow.

The outreach worker will provide a person-centred, innovative service to veterans with a vision impairment. The staff work with members of Scottish War Blinded to identify and support their individual needs and so increase and maintain their independence and enhance their quality of life. The post will involve considerable travel in order to visit our members in their own homes.

Applicants should be qualified to SVQ level 3 or above in health, social care, community work or rehabilitation in vision impairment. They will have excellent communication skills, have at least one year’s recent experience of working with older people, adults with a vision impairment, those with other disabilities, or service veterans in the community, and be committed to empowering people with a vision impairment to have choice and control over their lives.

The post is subject to PVG Scheme Record/Update, paid by Scottish War Blinded.

Carers Trust Scotland is part of Carers Trust, a major charity for, with and about carers. We work to improve support, services and recognition for anyone living with the challenges of caring, unpaid, for a family member or friend who is ill, frail, disabled or has mental health or addiction problems.

With locally based Network Partners we are able to support carers in the community with information, advice, emotional support, hands on practical help and access to much needed breaks. We offer specialist services for carers of people of all ages and conditions and a range of individually tailored support and group activities.

We are currently looking for a Research and Engagement Worker (Scotland). The scope and main duties for this role include:

• Design, deliver and analyse in-depth research using a mixture of quantitative and qualitative research methods with students and practitioners across Scotland’s colleges and universities
• Recruit and support a group of student carers to train as peer researchers, to co-facilitate and co-produce this research report
• Engage at least 300 student carers, and 50 practitioners and policy-makers in the research process and engagement activities to illuminate the lived experience of students with unpaid caring responsibilities transitioning to and from further and higher education
• Deliver a community engagement campaign composing of a series of roadshow events to facilitate a national dialogue with students, practitioners and policy-makers in Scotland
• Identify, design and implement new and innovative step changes needed to ensure that the barriers for existing or prospective student carers face are significantly reduced
• Plan and deliver a research launch event
• Provide reports as required by the funder and other stakeholders
• Work closely with the Development Officer (Further and Higher Education) to ensure dissemination of research work to colleges and universities across Scotland
• Be part of the Scotland team.

The successful candidate will have experience of:

• undertaking social research using a range of methods and developing research reports
• training and supporting peer researchers
• successful project planning and coordination
• partnership working
• working with professionals
• representing and speaking on behalf of a national organisation.

Scottish Opera is Scotland’s national opera company. We take world-class opera to all corners of Scotland, ensuring that as many people as possible can enjoy this wonderful art form.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and well organised Data Manager to join the Fundraising team. The purpose of the role is to support the Fundraising and Marketing departments in managing our donors, ticket buyers and supporters, with particular focus on income opportunities across fundraising and ticket sales channels.

The ideal candidate will have at least three years’ experience in managing data as well as a thorough understanding of GDPR, PECR, Crystal Reports, Raisers’ Edge and MS Access. Experience of data-driven income monitoring, reconciliation and reporting are essential for this role, and the ideal candidate will be self-motivated, a team player and have excellent communication skills.

The role is based at Scottish Opera’s headquarters in central Glasgow.

The Fostering Network is the UK’s leading fostering charity. By working with foster families, and the services that support them, we help all children and young people who are fostered to achieve the very best they can.

We are currently seeking to recruit a project worker to lead our ‘Young Advocates’ project in Scotland. ‘Young Advocates’ is an exciting project, delivered by The Fostering Network funded by Life Changes Trust and Young Start fund, delivered by The National Lottery Community Fund. The project aims to strengthen relationships, reduce stigma and increase awareness and understanding of care experience within the education sector in Scotland.

Our project worker will play a key role in co-ordinating the day to day activities of our ‘Young Advocates’ project. Working with young people, foster carers, educators and others across the sector you will need to be highly organised and have the ability to plan and deliver a programme of events and activities to support the project. We are looking for an individual with excellent communication and engagement skills, a creative, dynamic, participative approach and a real passion for challenging stigma and raising the aspirations of care experienced young people. Youth work skills are essential to this post.

This is an unrivalled opportunity to be part of a truly exciting programme and to make a lasting impact for children in care.

For an informal discussion ring Sarah McEnhill, (operations manager) 0141 204 1400.

At Community Lifestyles we are passionate about delivering highly individualised services to people with a wide range of needs. We know that a skilled and well-supported workforce is central to this.

Do you have experience of facilitating training for support staff and are keen to further develop your training skills?

This is a unique opportunity to join our Staff Learning and Development team. You will work closely with managers, individuals, families and teams to ensure that each person is supported to lead they life that they want. To do this you will have:

·Experience of working in a social care setting with people who have disabilities

·a Social Care Qualification at SVQ level 3 or above

·an interest in delivering highly practical training sessions with a focus on health and safety

·a commitment to supporting staff’s learning needs, including being/becoming a Positive Behaviour Support Instructor and, where required, SVQ Assessor.

·a flexible approach, prioritising and responding to service needs, including an element of working outside of “normal office hours”

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

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

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

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

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

The Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (The ALLIANCE) is an independent Scottish Charity funded by a grant from the Scottish Government. 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 ALLIANCE has three core aims; we seek to:

· Ensure people are at the centre, that their voices, expertise and rights drive policy and sit at the heart of design, delivery and improvement of support and services.

· Support transformational change, towards approaches that work with individual and community assets, helping people to stay well, supporting human rights, self-management, co-production and independent living.

· Champion and support the third sector as a vital strategic and delivery partner and foster better cross-sector understanding and partnership.

The Events, Communications and Academy Co-ordinator will support the co-ordination and management of the ALLIANCE and the Academy’s programme of events and will communicate ALLIANCE programmes and activities effectively. The post holder will provide general administrative support in events and communications and Academy programmes.

You will have strong organisational and communication skills, experience of managing events and be proactive in promoting the work of the ALLIANCE and our members, together with a strong understanding of the ALLIANCE’s agenda and the ability to work as part of a wider team.

Annual leave entitlement is 25 days per annum plus 12 public holidays. The leave year runs from 1st April to 31st March.

Unity are launching a new project ‘The Spoon Social Kitchen’ supported by The National Lottery Community Fund, which will include a training kitchen and dining experience to support work-based training to adults with learning disabilities as well as other vulnerable groups and those who are socially isolated.

We are now looking to recruit a positive, enthusiastic and self-motivated Full Time Service Co-ordinator and Full Time Catering Support Coach to join our friendly team on a 3-year fixed term contract. You will be in a unique position to contribute in the development and implementation of the project. Working daily with participants, you will be focused on making sure a person’s journey to better health, wellbeing and inclusion is as easy as possible. This includes: project scoping, planning and delivery, stakeholders engagement, performance reporting, budget and resources allocation as well as being able to evidence the outcomes of the service – this job will make a real difference in the lives of people

Service Coordinator – Main Purpose of the Post

To develop and support the social kitchen project which will involve the recruitment and management of service users and volunteers, establishing the training Kitchen, social dining experience and expansion of our ‘Pay it Forward’ scheme. The role involves having overall responsibility for the effective planning, implementation, delivery and reporting of the project. The successful candidate will be driven with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to develop successful relationships with staff, volunteers, service users with multiple needs, other agencies and members of the public to create a thriving social kitchen and dining environment.

Unity are launching a new project ‘The Spoon Social Kitchen’ supported by The National Lottery Community Fund, which will include a training kitchen and dining experience to support work-based training to adults with learning disabilities as well as other vulnerable groups and those who are socially isolated.

We are now looking to recruit a positive, enthusiastic and self-motivated Full Time Catering Support Coach to join our friendly team on a 3-year fixed term contract. You will be in a unique position to contribute in the development and implementation of this brand new project. You will work with the Service Coordinator to support participants in their journey to better health, wellbeing and inclusion through our social kitchen.

Catering Support Coach - Main Purpose of the Post

To assist the Service Coordinator in the development of service users and volunteers in establishing the training Kitchen, social dining experience and expansion of our ‘Pay it Forward’ scheme. This role will involve balancing coaching responsibilities with food production/workshops and administration duties, working both in the kitchen, a social dining experience and administration of personal development plans for vulnerable adults. The successful candidate will be driven with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to develop successful relationships with staff, volunteers, service users with multiple needs, other agencies and members of the public to create a thriving social kitchen and dining environment.

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 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.

The Life Changes Trust is looking to appoint an Evidence and Influencing Officer to our Young People with Care Experience Programme for a fixed term of 12 months.

The role will be responsible for supporting the delivery of the Young People with Care Experience Programme evaluation and influencing activities. Although you will work with the Young People with Care Experience programme in the first instance, you may be required to work across both programmes (Young People with Care Experience and People Affected by Dementia) at a later stage in the Trust’s life.

Requirements

Educated to degree level in a relevant field or with equivalent relevant work experience, it is essential that the successful candidate has an understanding of the Trust’s beneficiary groups, or an ability and willingness to develop this.

Please read the full job description before you apply.

The Role

As Office & Business Support Manager, you will manage the facilities and services to ensure the smooth running of the Glasgow office and linked financial administration, with business support to the UK Programme staff in the Scotland team.

What we are looking for

As Office & Business Support Manager, you will be confident in budget management and will provide proactive business support to the UK Programme staff in Scotland. You will be able to work with UK colleagues to ensure all health and safety requirements are fulfilled and to deliver effective facilities management for the staff team at Oxfam Scotland.

We offer

This role will give you an opportunity to work with a group of passionate people with fair pay offer and competitive benefits package. Oxfam offers various flexible arrangements which candidates can discuss with the recruiting manager at interview stage.

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom Oxfam GB engages. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation. All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks.

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

Scottish Drugs Forum’s award-winning Addiction Worker Training Project (AWTP) is a unique initiative which supports, trains and prepares individuals with a history of problematic drug and/or alcohol use to work in social care.

The Senior Development Officer will be responsible for the operational management of a small team supporting the delivery and development of the AWTP. They will be responsible, under direction from the Head of Inclusion and Peer Engagement, for fundraising, continued AWTP development as well as reporting to a range of stakeholders.

This is an exciting position within a supportive team and this post will be instrumental in the continued success of this award-winning project.

SDF offer staff excellent terms and conditions. This post is offered on a 35hr working week, with flexi time, pension and generous annual leave and public holidays as well as a city centre base.

Epilepsy Connections supports people with epilepsy and their families and carers in the Greater Glasgow & Clyde, Forth Valley and Ayrshire & Arran areas, helping them develop resilience and independence so they can live their lives to the full.

An important part of our work is to support people whose daily lives are impacted by seizures to claim appropriate benefits, including PIP. A high proportion of people with epilepsy are refused PIP, including people previously in receipt of DLA. The rate of refused or reduced PIP awards is higher for epilepsy than almost all other conditions, yet of those who take their claim to appeal, nearly 8 out of 10 are successful. Applying for benefits, especially PIP, can be challenging and stressful. Demand for our support is high.

We have a temporary vacancy for a skilled and experienced benefits adviser to provide welfare benefits information, advice and representation from our busy office in Glasgow city centre.

The successful candidate will have extensive and recent experience of providing a welfare benefits service preferably in a health / disability setting, and will be able to manage a demanding workload. Knowledge of epilepsy and its impact would be an advantage but we will provide training.

If you’re looking for a challenging role in a vibrant charity, we want to hear from you.

This role involves regulated work with adults and is subject to PVG membership.

As an integral part of Volunteer Glasgow’s Engagement and Promotion team, the successful candidate will be required to support and advise local people looking to identify and access suitable volunteering opportunities using our digital volunteering platform.

The main focus for this post will be to support individuals at our City Centre Drop-In service, as well as promoting volunteering at external events and information sessions.

Candidates should have good communication skills, including the use of social media and be able to demonstrate experience of supporting vulnerable groups and individuals, and a firm commitment to equal access for all.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the highly-skilled, multidisciplinary Communications and Events team working at the heart of CELCIS.

You will be an enthusiastic, highly organised and motivated person, specialising in digital communications. We are looking for someone with the expertise and skills to create content and to develop, with colleagues, plans and strategies for maximising the use of digital communications channels including our website and social media accounts. The post-holder will work with all team members to engage our stakeholders. Used to producing audio/visual content as well as accessible written copy, you’ll also be used to the responsive nature of the digital communications and be flexible in your approach.

Working on a number of tasks at any one time, you will require attention to detail, the ability to prioritise, and the judgement and skill to work with colleagues across the organisation as we work to deliver on CELCIS’s new strategy building brighter futures for children, young people and families.

As with all posts in the team, the post is initially funded to March 2020, with indicative funding for a further 2 years.

Applicants should give examples of how they meet the criteria outlined in the person specification.

About CELCIS

CELCIS is a leading improvement and innovation centre in Scotland. We improve children’s lives by supporting people and organisations to drive long-lasting change in the services they need, and the practices used by people responsible for their care.

We want to see a world where children and young people at risk of harm or in need of care and protection have safe, healthy, happy, and loving childhoods, and are supported to be all they hope to be.

We work alongside the people and organisations involved in providing care, protection and support through public, private, and voluntary services including social work, education, health, justice, and housing, across Scotland and around the globe. Together we take bold steps to improve the lives of the most vulnerable babies, children, their families, and young people.

Our real strength is in our people. Team CELCIS is a friendly and skilled group of people who share a commitment to making a real and lasting difference in young lives.

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Two roles available: 1 based at the Alcohol related brain damage service & 1 based at the Carntyne supported accommodation.

Recovery Workers work in small collaborative teams to provide people with recovery focused support to enhance their mental wellbeing. In line with Penumbra’s values, Recovery Workers assist people who use the service to work towards their individual outcomes and identified goals, as detailed in their personal plan.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist people who use the service to work toward their identified goals, and move towards a brighter future as per the agreed personal plan
• Use Penumbra’s Recovery tools (e.g. I.ROC, HOPE toolkit)
• Assist with personal care when required.
• Update and maintain relevant recording systems, including computer based systems.
• Work collaboratively within Recovery Teams, led by a Recovery Worker.
• Meet regularly with their recovery Teams to review progress, approach concerns and plans for moving forward
• Assist in the delivery of wellbeing workshops.
• Assist in project work as required.
• Work in cooperation with colleagues, and staff from other agencies.
• Work in accordance to Penumbra’s policies and procedures.
• Work in accordance to the SSSC Code of Practice.
• Keep up to date with sector and organisational developments.
• Register with the SSSC if appropriate (Practitioner if working in a Care Home, Worker if in Housing Support)

Glasgow’s Golden Generation are looking for a Senior Fundraiser – Trusts and Foundations Manager to join their Team.

Main Purpose

The purpose of the post is to deliver an agreed income target from key major charitable trusts and foundations and to work as part of a team to sustain and grow Trusts income in line with Glasgow’s Golden Generation charitable trust strategy.

Dimensions

The post- holder will be responsible for developing and managing GGG’s relationships with a portfolio of existing and prospective charitable trusts. The post-holder will be responsible for securing a minimum income target of £150,000 annually from new charitable trust contacts. This will rise in line with GGG’s trust fundraising strategy, which aims to increase regular trust income significantly over the next five years.

Principal Responsibilities

• To develop and implement a strategy to maximize income from a portfolio of key warm and cold charitable trusts.
• To research and implement statutory funding applications.
• To establish, maintain and develop personalised relationships with key personnel in existing funding organisations.
• To liaise and work with colleagues and key contacts to utilise GGG’s connections to support the development of relationships with existing and prospective donors.
• To research and develop major funding proposals and donor reports, individually tailored to each trust.
• To ensure prompt and accurate reporting to all current funders.
• To develop and maintain annual approach calendars, filing and database systems.
• To report on performance against agreed budgets and targets.

Experience

• Experience of writing successful fundraising applications to foundations and Charitable trusts.
• Experience of developing income from trusts, foundations and grant giving bodies.
• Established trust fundraising experience and evidence of securing annual income in the region of £150,000
• Experience/ability to develop and implement a trust fundraising programme, including acquisition, retention and development.
• Ability to write compelling and innovative proposals and funding reports.
• Ability to work on own initiative and to tight deadlines
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for a wide range of audiences.
• Demonstrable ability to develop relationships with grant –making organisations.
• Monthly reporting to CEO, Directors and Finance Director on current and potential income and opportunities

Glasgow City Mission has been helping vulnerable people in the city for almost 200 years. Are you passionate about serving through hospitality and are able to bring Christian leadership to our catering team? Join us in helping people flourish and experience real change in their lives.

This innovative and unique Project will embed a new combination of long-term health and social wellbeing community outreach service, designed to tackle the conditions that create repeat episodes of homelessness and by consequence, hospitalisation or imprisonment.

It will provide an intensive person centred support package to individuals who are homeless or who are at risk of homeless as a result of addiction, poor mental health, offending and multiple and complex needs. It aims to address the exacerbated disengagement from treatment services that prevent those with the most complex needs from fully integrating into their communities and lead to recurrent relapse episodes.

Utilising a direct delivery team that will bring together people with lived experience of homelessness over an initial 12+ months period will also include volunteering using social prescribing and in the longer-term, peer support.

This exciting new Project will address the present gap in coherence and services for people with multiple complex needs who cannot access or do not meet the expectations of ‘mainstream’ services, and will ensure the voices of those with lived experience are heard at all stages of planning and delivery.

It will test a model to inform service and policy change in the benefits of longer-term support for those with the most complex needs, as well as in Scottish Government approaches to reduction in social isolation which lead to relapses in homelessness.

We are looking to recruit candidates who have a ‘can do attitude’ and proven track experience working with individuals with complex needs and have a sound knowledge of housing/homelessness and welfare rights and community resources.

Who Cares? Scotland is the country’s only national independent, representative membership organisation for Care Experienced people. Our vision is of a Lifetime of Equality, Respect and Love for Care Experienced people.

This is an exciting new opportunity to work with Who Cares? Scotland and nurture and develop the West Lothian Champions Board. This role supports the work of the Central team, working alongside the Development Officer and Advocacy and Participation Manager. The Participation Assistant will help to ensure that young people with care experience are empowered, championed and supported to realise their potential and live a life full of success and one they are in control of.

The West Lothian Champions Board was established to help Care Experienced young people have a voice and a platform to achieve change. The Champions Board works to educate all Care Experienced young people on who their corporate parents are and what responsibilities they hold. The group also work to break down barriers between corporate parents and young people. The post holder is expected to promote the Champions Board and their work and help empower Care Experienced young people to turn their experiences into positive change for all West Lothian Care Experienced young people.

We are looking for someone who has good communication and group working skills, effective time management skills, and a creative approach to problem solving. The successful candidate will understand issues that affect young Care Experienced people, and passionate about empowering young people to have their voice heard and drive change.

To be eligible for this role you must be Care Experienced.

Are you passionate about helping people at risk of rough-sleeping during the coldest winter months?

This is the tenth year of Glasgow Winter Night Shelter. Last season, almost 700 individuals sought refuge and were provided with a warm, safe place to sleep. We’re seeking staff who are motivated to tackle the problem of homelessness, with the skills to create a welcoming environment for people with complex needs. We welcome applications from those with Lived Experience of homeless or addiction.

Are you able to inspire and lead a team to deliver high quality services to LGBT young people? Are you passionate about social change and community development? Can you successfully manage partnerships across all sectors? Based in Glasgow and with operational responsibility for the West of Scotland you will:

• Lead, develop and sustain youth work and other local services
• Support Charter clients through our LGBT Charter Programme
• Develop and manage partnerships across all sectors

This is the tenth year of Glasgow Winter Night Shelter. Last season, almost 700 individuals sought refuge and were provided with a warm, safe place to sleep. We’re seeking staff who are motivated to tackle the problem of homelessness, with the skills to create a welcoming environment for people with complex needs. We welcome applications from those with Lived Experience of homeless or addiction.

The role:

Are you a shrinking violet? If the answer is ‘No!’, then this might be the role for you!

We are looking for a gregarious individual to join our Policy and Communications team, someone who will bring an enthusiastic and outward facing approach to engaging our members as well as other organisations who should be part of the Staf family!

Our Marketing and Communications Officer will have an excellent skillset in all areas of marketing and will love people, love what Staf does and love a challenge.

They will work as part of our Policy and Communications Team in creating campaigns to increase attendance at events, increase our membership and monitor and increase member engagement.

Ensuring our members are kept up to date and encouraged to take part in Staf activities will be what gets you out of bed with a smile every day!

Personal specification:

• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of audiences.
• Ability to quickly identify areas for increasing membership, gaining sponsorship and increasing attendance at events.
• Excellent telephone manner and the ability to engage with a wide variety of stakeholders.
• Ability to create engaging and informative communications in a variety of formats.

Main Functions of Role:

• To support the Communications team in creating and delivering campaigns to increase brand awareness, membership and attendance at events.
• To regularly engage with members through digital channels and on the telephone, as well as updating the membership database.
• To monitor member engagement and create plans for re-engaging members who have not been actively involved in Staf work for some time.
• To identify and progress opportunities for developing our membership and sponsorship.
• To keep the Staf website updated with news, blogs and information, and use social media channels to share updates.

Stand Alone is the only UK organisation supporting people who are estranged from family or a key family member. Breaking down stigma and encouraging social inclusion is at the heart of our constitution and we are currently strategically focussed on the rights of estranged young people aged 16-25.

We're looking for a dynamic Advocacy Officer to represent us in Scotland, helping us to raise awareness and develop the voice of estranged students and young people with key professionals and political leaders.

Estranged young people do not have contact (or may have strained contact) with their family or a key family member. They may have similar backgrounds to young people with care experience, yet have often been missed by the care system. Subsequently, they lack the same rights and visibility as those who are care experienced.

Young people in this position have often experienced diffiuclties with new step-parents, have been rejected by family for coming out as LGBT+ or have different morals, values and beliefs to their families of origin. It is our overall aim to bring more substantial support in Scotland for this group, both in the Higher Education sector and with Local Authorities and Scottish Government.

The organisation has made a strong start in advocating for this group in Scotland, particularly in the Higher Education sector. We are now looking for the right person to build on that progress more locally and further amplify the voice of estranged young people, whilst strengthening our networks and influence.

Part-time contract: 3 days per week

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain good relationships with young people estranged from family and help them to build a campaigning voice with key people who may wish to support them.
• Build relationships with key stakeholders, including charities relevant to the work of Stand Alone e.g. care, housing, homelessness, mental health, LGBT charities.
• Lead and expand existing Stakeholder group of HE professionals and advocates.
• Develop and organise opportunities for Stand Alone to engage with MSPs and key individuals in the development of policy in Scotland to influence legislation and government programmes
• Research and analyse current policies, and put forward clear objectives for change and equality within the landscape.

Your skills and experience:

• Commitment to improving the experiences and circumstances of estranged students in HE and estranged young people in Scotland more broadly (E)
• Interpersonal skills to build relationships and engage a wide range of stakeholders (E)
• Interest in or willingness to develop understanding of estrangement / family breakdown (E)
• Experience in developing work with disadvantaged young people (E)
• Good political judgement and initiative (E)
• Knowledge of the Scottish political system and the Scottish charity sector (E)
• Experience in working with MSPs, Scottish Parliament and government departments (D)
• Understanding of the Scottish education system including FE and HE (D)
• Ability to identify opportunities for growth and collaboration (E)
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills (E)
• Ability to work and make decisions autonomously in line with Stand Alone’s mission and values.
• Undergraduate Degree (E)

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 £9.00 - £9.47 per hour;

guaranteed rota hours working between 7.30 am & 10pm

generous annual leave entitlement;

a choice of pension scheme with employer contributions;

flexible working policies;

access to extensive paid training and development opportunities; and

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.

Street Connect are seeking a highly competent individual to support Street Connect’s fundraising strategy in relation to Trust and Grants Fundraising. In this role you will help raise funds to 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 Trusts and Grants fundraiser to research and write funding applications to trusts and grant making bodies to take forward the work of Street Connect. 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.

We are looking for a Street Connect candidate who combines excellent research skills with the ability to tell a compelling story which will prompt a positive response. For more information on this post please see the attached job description.

Applicants invited to interview will be asked to prepare a short written piece of work and bring this to the interview.