Jobs in South Ayrshire

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

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our Family Wellbeing Service in South Ayrshire. Children 1st alongside our partners in South Ayrshire Council, children, and families, will provide support which is easily accessible and non-stigmatising. The service offers community based, child centred family wellbeing support across the Carrick Locality of Girvan, Maybole and the surrounding villages. The team and model of support will play a pivotal role in the delivery and development of the service, ensuring high quality relationships with children and families and working alongside our partners to evidence impact. We are therefore looking to recruit a dynamic, experienced individual who can drive the successful development and growth of this partnership across South Ayrshire.

Children 1st along with partners share a determination to act upon the recommendations from The Independent Care Review and deliver The Promise to children and young people. We are also determined that the full incorporation of the UNCRC means that children will have their rights respected in all areas of their lives and will have a real say in the way they are supported. If you share this determination, we would love to hear from you.

What kind of people are we looking for?

• has experience of keeping children safe in their own families

• is fiercely passionate about children’s rights

• thinks it’s a privilege to work with and on behalf of children and families and,

• is kind and will bring their whole selves to the job: heart and mind

What kind of Family Wellbeing team member will you be?

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

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

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

• big hearted and courageous

• able to build strong relationships and to manage the tricky conversations

• is compassionate and understanding of trauma

• a cool head and clear minded at times of pressure

• inspiring colleagues and teams to be even better

• an amazing ambassador for children and Children 1st

Above all else, the most important thing to us is that you are someone who will do the right thing for children and their families at every turn.

Base

You will be based in our South Ayrshire HUB and will travel to connect with other parts of the organisation once Scottish Guidelines permit this and it is safe for you and colleagues.

Salary, Conditions, Pension

We will offer you a competitive salary, generous annual leave entitlement (40 days inclusive of 9 public holidays), flexible working opportunities and a contributory pension scheme.

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

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our Family Wellbeing Service in South Ayrshire. Children 1st alongside our partners in South Ayrshire Council, children, and families, will provide support which is easily accessible and non-stigmatising. The team and model of support will play a pivotal role in the delivery and development of the service, ensuring high quality relationships with children and families and working alongside our partners to evidence impact. We are therefore looking to recruit a dynamic, experienced individual who can drive the successful development and growth of this partnership across South Ayrshire.

The service is funded by the Scottish Government’s National Development Fund, to facilitate Family Group Decision Making approaches with kinship care families.

The role will require the promotion of effective communication and involvement of children and families within assessment, care planning and decision making. The successful candidate will be required to work in close partnership with Social Work teams to lead innovation and support restorative approaches to working with families.

Children 1st along with partners share a determination to act upon the recommendations from The Independent Care Review and deliver The Promise to children and young people. We are also determined that the full incorporation of the UNCRC means that children will have their rights respected in all areas of their lives and will have a real say in the way they are supported. If you share this determination, we would love to hear from you.

What kind of people are we looking for?

• has experience of keeping children safe in their own families

• is fiercely passionate about children’s rights

• thinks it’s a privilege to work with and on behalf of children and families and,

• is kind and will bring their whole selves to the job: heart and mind

What kind of Family Wellbeing team member will you be?

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

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

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

• big hearted and courageous

• able to build strong relationships and to manage the tricky conversations

• is compassionate and understanding of trauma

• a cool head and clear minded at times of pressure

• inspiring colleagues and teams to be even better

• an amazing ambassador for children and Children 1st

Above all else, the most important thing to us is that you are someone who will do the right thing for children and their families at every turn.

Base

You will be based in our South Ayrshire HUB and will travel to connect with other parts of the organisation once Scottish Guidelines permit this and it is safe for you and colleagues.

Salary, Conditions, Pension

We will offer you a competitive salary, generous annual leave entitlement (40 days inclusive of 9 public holidays), flexible working opportunities and a contributory pension scheme.

Family Wellbeing East Ayrshire

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

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our new and innovative Family Wellbeing Service in East Ayrshire. Children 1st along with children and families and our partners in East Ayrshire HSCP have co-designed this innovative service to work alongside children and their families within communities across East Ayrshire, providing early help which is easily accessible and non-stigmatising. The new team and model of support will play a pivotal role in the delivery and development of the service, ensuring high quality relationships with children and families and working alongside our partners to evidence impact. We are therefore looking to recruit a dynamic, experienced team of individuals who can drive the successful development and growth of this new and innovative partnership.

Children 1st along with partners share a determination to act upon the recommendations from The Independent Care Review and deliver The Promise to children and young people. We are also determined that the full incorporation of the UNCRC means that children will have their rights respected in all areas of their lives and will have a real say in the way they are supported. If you share this determination, we would love to hear from you.

What kind of people are we looking for?

• has experience of keeping children safe in their own families

• is fiercely passionate about children’s rights

• thinks it’s a privilege to work with and on behalf of children and families and,

• is kind and will bring their whole selves to the job: heart and mind

What kind of Family Wellbeing team member will you be?

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

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

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

• big hearted and courageous

• able to build strong relationships and to manage the tricky conversations

• is compassionate and understanding of trauma

• a cool head and clear minded at times of pressure

• inspiring colleagues and teams to be even better

• an amazing ambassador for children and Children 1st

Above all else, the most important thing to us is that you are someone who will do the right thing for children and their families at every turn.

Base

You will be based in East Ayrshire with access to our HUB in North Ayrshire and will travel to connect with other parts of the organisation once Scottish Guidelines permit this and it is safe for you and colleagues.

Salary, Conditions, Pension

We will offer you a competitive salary, generous annual leave entitlement (40 days inclusive of 9 public holidays), flexible working opportunities and a contributory pension scheme.

Further Information

This a full time, fixed term post of 35 hours a week, funded initially until August 2022. Hours to be worked flexibly to suit the needs of the service, some evening and weekend work will be required.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the Carrick Family Wellbeing Service providing support to children, young people and their families in the Carrick Communities of South Ayrshire.

We are looking to recruit sessional childcare support workers to work alongside the team to provide care, support and play activities to children aged 0-5 in a nurturing childcare service environment and to provide support to parents and carers.

We need sessional staff who are available on weekdays as and when required.

The essential qualifications for the role:

• SVQ 3 Children’s Care, Learning and Development (At SCQF Level 7)

• HNC Early Education and Childcare

• SVQ 3 Play work (at SCQF Level 7)

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the Carrick Family Wellbeing Service providing support to children, young people and their families in the Carrick Communities of South Ayrshire.

We are looking to recruit a childcare support worker to work alongside the team to provide care, support and play activities to children aged 0-5 in a nurturing childcare service environment and to provide support to parents and carers.

If you have experience of working in a childcare/ early year setting and have an SVQ Level 3/HNC or equivalent in Child Care/Early Years or related area, or other relevant qualification at SCQF level 7 then we want to hear from you.

This a fixed term, part time post of 25 hour per week funded until 31 March 2022. SSSC registration is required.

An opportunity for someone with experience in volunteer management to work in an exciting and ever changing environment. The postholder will lead on relaunching and reinventing our volunteer effort as we emerge from the pandemic.

Key objectives – the results of what you will do

• More volunteers:A steadily growing pool of volunteers resulting from both recruitment and retention
• Happy and effective volunteers:Volunteers enjoying, growing and benefitting from their experience – and making an effective contribution
• A coherent staff-volunteer team:Complementary relationships between staff and volunteers with excellent working relationships

Key responsibilities and skills - what you’ll do to get the results

• Organise Working with the General Manager and the wider staff team to organise everything to do with volunteering – from recruitment to social events
• Train:Developing and delivering training courses and supporting other members of the team to do the same – with overall responsibility to ensure the training is effective
• Support:Lead on ensuring our volunteers gain from their experience – including organising supportive experiences for volunteers who may have additional needs
• Administrate:Managing budgets, ensuring volunteer IT systems work, overseeing volunteer health and safety and general admin

Person specification

You will have experience of managing volunteers and be aware of current sector best practice, including emerging trends and legal implications. You may have worked in theatre but it’s more likely that you are a theatre enthusiast and this would be your first time working ‘behind the scenes’. You will certainly be organized and be a good communicator.

In a new environment you’ll need to learn fast – and be able to help others learn too. And not only volunteers. Part of the way you’ll get the job done is by helping other members of the team work more effectively with volunteers. So you’ll need to be both diplomatic and persistent. With a small staff team and a large group of volunteers much of your success will depend on your ability to build relationships, so you will be a ‘people person’ and enjoy that side of your work.

The role will be a challenging one, and will need you to work on your own initiative for much of the time. As a small organization going through some rapid change, not everything will be as calm and collected as we might hope. But for every challenge the work may present we will provide support. And like many people who have worked at The Gaiety over the last few years, you will have plenty of opportunities for personal development and progression.

The organisation

Ayr Gaiety Partnership is the charity and social enterprise that runs The Gaiety Theatre and an increasing range of producing, touring and creative engagement activity. While the theatre itself is almost 120 years old, the organization has been going for just over a decade – taking on the theatre eight years ago. The organization sprang originally from the Ayr based Borderline Theatre Company and individuals in the local community. So we have always aspired to be much more than just a theatre building, with community-based activity very much part of what we do.

This is an exciting time to join the organization. Over the few months we’ll be restarting the successful live programme on our main stage, at the same time as building on the new impetus behind our creative engagement and producing activity. Coming out of the pandemic we are looking to move up a gear in every aspect of our work.

The job in more detail

The volunteer team is an integral part of The Gaiety – welcoming customers, working on the stage, selling tickets, preserving our heritage, supporting people in the community and more. In a normal year we estimate that volunteers contribute around £250,000 of time to the organization – the biggest single source of income other than ticket sales. In fact the organization was set up by volunteers and the volunteer ethos remains central to our existence. After the forced pause resulting from the pandemic, we now need to relaunch our volunteer activity. Our aim is to establish best practice in volunteering with a varied and engaging volunteer programme. This will include the recruitment, training and daily support of the volunteers.

The (new post of) Volunteer Manager will be crucial in supporting this priority, ensuring we have sufficient well-trained volunteer cover in place when we re-open the theatre. And for ensuring barriers to participation are reduced for those volunteers who might otherwise find themselves excluded. We wish to be seen as a centre of excellence for access and inclusion and operates best practice for all. It’s not a blank slate but this is the first time we have had this role as part of our team so we very much expect a new and refreshed approach to every aspect of volunteering.

A perfect opportunity for a competent bookkeeper and financial administrator looking to work in an interesting environment.

Key objectives – the results of what you will do

• Spending controlled:Providing timely and accurate budget information will help ensure the best possible cost control
• Income maximised:Similarly, accurate analysis will help identify opportunities for, and track progress with, action to increase income
• External reporting up to date:In addition to statutory reporting, clear and timely reports to a wide range of funders will be a key result of your work

Key responsibilities and skills – what you’ll do to get the results

• Bookkeeping:Take the lead on using our accounting package and other systems to track all income and expenditure
• Create & maintain systems:Working firstly to update and then to ensure compliance with internal systems to produce budgets, make purchases etc
• Support the team:Training, cajoling and supporting other members of the team to use financial systems and understand reports
• Administration:Assisting the General Manager with wider organisational administration and systems

Person specification

You will need to be able to work unsupervised on all bookkeeping tasks. So it would be preferable if you have or are currently studying towards, a professional accountancy qualification (e.g. IATI, ACCA ). Alternatively we’d expect you will need a minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar role. You will be proficient in Sage Line 50 or a similar accountancy package so you could learn Sage quite quickly. You’ll also need to be proficient in Microsoft Office including intermediate or advanced Excel skills. There will be some internal systems to learn – including the ticketing system which you’ll need to become familiar with. So you will need to be able to learn new skills and work in an industry that has its own quirks and ways of doing things.

The role will be a challenging one, and will need you to work on your own initiative for much of the time. As a small organization going through some rapid change, not everything will be as calm and collected as we might hope. But for every challenge the work may present we will provide support. And like many people who have worked at The Gaiety over the last few years, you will have plenty of opportunities for personal development and progression.

The organisation

Ayr Gaiety Partnership is the charity and social enterprise that runs The Gaiety Theatre and an increasing range of producing, touring and creative engagement activity. While the theatre itself is almost 120 years old, the organization has been going for just over a decade – taking on the theatre eight years ago. We have always aspired to be much more than just a theatre building, with community-based activity very much part of what we do.

This is an exciting time to join the organization. Over the few months we’ll be restarting the successful live programme on our main stage, at the same time as building on the new impetus behind our creative engagement and producing activity. Coming out of the pandemic we are looking to move up a gear in every aspect of our work.

The job in more detail

The (new post of) Finance Officer will be a key step in the next stage of the organisation’s development. There will be a period of working with the General Manager to introduce and embed financial processes and controls that have sometimes been missing in the past due to limited staff resources. The tasks will be similar to roles in other organisations, including:

• Reconciling and processing daily ticket desk (sales) returns.
• Assisting in the preparation of external production settlement accounts.
• Processing supplier invoices, cross referencing with purchase orders for accuracy and preparing and reconciling supplier statements
• Processing customer invoices for group bookings, events and hires.
• Ensuring appropriate authorisation for purchase orders
• Preparing payment information.
• Reconciling company bank accounts.
• Monitoring customer and supplier accounts.
• Processing staff expenses claims.
• Assisting with quarterly VAT reconciliations.
• Supporting the preparation of departmental reports and procedure documentation.
• Supporting credit control as and when required to ensure timely customer payments.

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

The successful candidate will be expected to complement the work of our support teams by ensuring the security of the building through observation and checks, maintaining health, safety and hygiene standards and following procedures such as for financial transactions, admissions and leavers, housing benefit, incident reports and building repairs reports.

You should have sound literacy and numeracy skills and experience of dealing with challenging behaviour. Other essentials include: experience of team working; good verbal communication; the ability to interact with people in an appropriate and positive way; and, above all, the determination to make a difference in the lives of our service users.

The post will involve 3 - 4 night shifts per week from on a rolling rota basis.

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

The Outreach and Partnership Officer is a member of the advice centre’s Marketing and Partnerships Team. They will promote national fuel poverty programmes to public bodies, voluntary organisations and community groups with the aim of securing referrals to the programmes as well as encouraging locally based energy efficiency and related projects. They will deliver training and events, online and face-to-face, and attend meetings with partners, stakeholders and groups to promote our Home Energy Scotland service.

The Active Travel Advisor is a member of the advice centre’s Marketing and Partnerships Team, and will provide energy efficiency and active travel advice to customers, partners and stakeholders based in Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway. This will be delivered through telephone, written, online and face-to-face activity and events. We are dedicated to supporting Scottish householders to make changes to their lives and homes, helping them to have more a sustainable future. Our aim is to deliver a world class advice service and everyone has a part to play in that.

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.