We are looking for a Women’s Support Worker to join our dynamic team.

WAEML provides information, support and accommodation to women (including trans-women), children and young people who have experienced domestic abuse. If you can commit to upholding the rights of women, children and young people, this may be the job for you.

We have a full time post (35 hours per week) vacancy for an experienced support worker within our team to deliver individual and group work support to women. We are looking for enthusiastic feminists who share our core values. You will be expected to demonstrate a gender-based and trauma-informed approach to service delivery and will be expected to take a multi-agency approach to your work.

Candidates ideally have a minimum of 2 years work experience within the violence against women or similar field. Membership of the PVG scheme is an essential requirement and you should be qualified to a minimum of SVQ 3 in Social Services and Healthcare. You will be required to register with the SSSC as a Housing Support Worker.

This post is available on a fixed term until June 2020. Travel across East Lothian and Midlothian is required therefore a full current driving licence and constant access to a car is essential.

WAEML positively welcomes applicants from within all sections of the community although are except under Schedule 9(Part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 and therefore only women need apply. We would particularly welcome bilingual applicants.

We are looking for a Family Support Worker to join our dynamic team.

WAEML provides information, support and accommodation to women (including trans-women), children and young people who have experienced domestic abuse. If you can commit to upholding the rights of women, children and young people, this may be the job for you.

We have a full time post (35 hours per week) vacancy for an experienced support worker within our team to deliver individual and group work support to children and young people. We are looking for enthusiastic feminists who share our core values. You will be expected to demonstrate a gender-based and trauma-informed approach to service delivery and will be expected to take a multi-agency approach to your work.

Candidates ideally have a minimum of 2 years work experience within the violence against women or similar field. Membership of the PVG scheme is an essential requirement and you should be qualified to a minimum of SVQ 3 in children’s care, learning and development.

This post is available on a fixed term until June 2020. Travel across East Lothian and Midlothian is required therefore a full current driving licence and constant access to a car is essential.

WAEML positively welcomes applicants from within all sections of the community although are except under Schedule 9(Part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 and therefore only women need apply. We would particularly welcome bilingual applicants.

To support our members in developing their skills and confidence.

At Garvald Mayfield House we have five workshops: Kitchen, Garden, Textiles, Jewellery and Pottery; the posts would be based across two or more of these workshops. One post would be primarily based in the Jewellery workshop.This is an exciting opportunity for creative and motivated individuals with relevant craft, gardening and food production skills and experience of supporting adults with learning disabilities.

Women’s Aid East and Midlothian (WAEML) aims to empower women until all women, children and young people are free and safe from domestic abuse. We are currently seeking new members to join its Board of Directors.

We are entering an exciting new phase of growth and development and are now seeking Board Members to support our activities. We are looking for creative and innovative feminists who can add to the skills mix of our current Trustees and who share our core values, have a passion for women’s and children’s rights and will uphold our commitment to equality, inclusion and opportunity for all.

We particularly welcome applicants who can demonstrate experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Business Development

• Income Generation

• Law

• Lived experience of using Women’s Aid services

We are keen to improve the diversity of our Board and particularly welcome applications from women in black and ethnic minority, LGBT and /or disability community.

Empathetic, experienced Money Advice Worker required to undertake casework and to deliver a quality money advice service in the Penicuik CAB. Applicants should meet the standards required in the Money Advice Quality Framework. Experience of generalist advice work is an advantage.

For Forty Years Barnardo's Caern Project have been delivering a variety of quality services for young people with disabilities and/or autism.

We will shortly be opening a new community house in Midlothian where we will provide full-time residential care for a number of young people with learning disabilities and/or autism.

Using a person centred approach we aspire to create an environment in which the young people are happy, nurtured and safe.

We aim to enhance the young people's lives by supporting them to develop their independence in both the domestic environment and the community.

For this undertaking we are looking to recruit a team of Residential Project Worker 2's for both day and night working.

Ideally you will have experience within a social care setting and possess qualifications for registration with the SSSC as a Residential Child Care Worker.

The full-time posts are 37 hours a week. Shifts will be allocated on a rota. It is anticipated that these hours (at either day or night) will be worked over three days each week including weekends.

We would also encourage applicants that are interested in part-time contracts of 12 or 24 hrs. Please state on your application form the hours that you would prefer.

These posts are subject to an enhanced check through Disclosure Scotland - PVG Scheme.

We are looking for motivated individuals to deliver support who are both creative and flexible and can make a difference to peoples’ lives.

We offer flexible opportunities for staff to share their skills and interests with the people we support and contribute to our range of health and well-being programmes.

with YOU is currently recruiting a Support Worker for our Learning Disability and Mental Health Service that supports people across Midlothian, working shifts to provide a variety of practical and emotional support to people who use our services.

You will be working with vulnerable adults providing focused support within their own home and the local community. This is a challenging and exciting opportunity to make a difference to peoples’ lives and support them to achieve their identified outcomes.

with YOU offers both a competitive salary and a varied training programme including funded Scottish Vocational Qualifications, personal development and e-learning courses. We recognise staff potential and have opportunities for career advancement within with YOU

If you think you have what it takes to join our team, we’d like to hear from you, we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

MOMENTUM Scotland is a national not-for-profit organisation working in partnership to enable and empower disabled and excluded people throughout Scotland to identify and achieve their goals.

We have 2 part time Administrator vacancies for our Fair Start Scotland programme. The successful applicants must have excellent communication skills and be able to demonstrate strong organisational skills and I.T. literacy. Experience of the Voluntary Sector would be advantageous, but not essential, as would experience of interacting with people with a disability.

The successful candidates should have experience of;

Collating statistics and maintaining up to date records, (both electronic & paper).

IT and Microsoft packages

Administration of petty cash

Midlothian Sure Start is a dynamic, award winning voluntary Organisation. It offers a quality support service to families with children up to age 10 across Midlothian. Midlothian Sure Start has been in existence since 2001 and employs over 80 members of staff providing a service in six family support centres. Our ethos is to provide a holistic, confidential community based service where Project Users are at the heart of the service.

With a passion for working with young children and a strong understanding of pre-birth to three framework and Building the Ambition, the successful candidate will develop, deliver, monitor & evaluate a program of activities and support for Parents and Carers to work towards Positive Destinations, such as Education, Volunteering, Apprenticeships and Employment. Our Positive Future project is funded by the Hunter Foundation and Scottish Government, to provide services to families in order to address drivers of poverty, and support them into positive destinations.

An HNC in Social Care or Community Education, or equivalent is essential.

Previous experience of working with adults is essential.

Previous experience of supporting Parents/Carers is desirable.

Knowledge of and experience in, community learning and development is also desirable.