An exciting opportunity has arisen to be part of an outreach, intense support service, which will be run in partnership with South Ayrshire Council’s ADP. This will initially be for one year, although it is hoped that this will be extended at the end of this period.

The position will be an intensive recovery support role based within four supported accommodation services in the South Ayrshire area and supporting service users referred by South Ayrshire Council.

The service users will come from the harder to engage group, and be affected by addictions.

You should be a highly motivated individual with lived experience, and with the skills to hit the ground running.

You will provide early intervention and a range of supports for new referrals and existing residents in the South Ayrshire Supported Accommodation Services; work collaboratively with existing services; increase engagement in addiction and community support services; deliver recovery groups, one to one work, drop in services, elements of street work; reduce barriers to support; identify / create faster routes to services through positive and collaborative partnership working; develop recovery resilience by providing support to empower individuals to forge strong social connections which enable their sustainment of focused recovery from long term addictions; help individuals to repair and build positive social networks and relationships at the right pace for them; accompany individuals to key, essential appointments relating to addictions and mental health where required; promote harm reduction and prevent overdoses, and maintain accurate records for monitoring purposes.

This is a great opportunity to further develop your skills and experience.

The post will be 35 hours per week and although it may mainly be working within office hours you must have the flexibility to work in the evenings if and when required and on occasional weekend’s dependant on service user’s needs.

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

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

Action Against Stalking (AAS) was established as a charity in 2014 by its Founder/Chief Executive Officer, Ann Moulds, following her successful Campaign Action Scotland Against Stalking, which led to the introduction of the ‘Offence of Stalking’, Section 39 Criminal Justice & Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010. The charity champions the voice of stalking victims, provides a free and specialised service to victims and engages with the communities to promotes greater awareness and resilience.

This is an exciting time to join AAS. We are now better recognised as lead for developing responses to stalking and continue to receive Scottish Government funding for this work. Our success has led to increased awareness and demand for its services have more than doubled in the past year. Be part of the dynamic team establishing ground-breaking developments for AAS to be an even stronger voice for victims of stalking.

We are recruiting an experienced Trusts & Foundations Officer who will use their energy, initiative and creativity to further establish our infrastructure, increase our momentum and impact on stalking-victim support services, and help build sustainability of the charity. Applicants will assist in championing the voice of victims of stalking; use energy and drive to contribute to raising the profile of the charity; have the ability to create effective working partnerships and creativity and success in raising income in a diverse way. This is a part-time and fixed-term post, funded till the end of June 2022. The post may develop and be extended, subject to securing continued funding and satisfactory delivery of the key result areas.

Action Against Stalking (AAS) was established as a charity in 2014 by its Founder/Chief Executive Officer, Ann Moulds, following her successful Campaign Action Scotland Against Stalking, which led to the introduction of the ‘Offence of Stalking’, Section 39 Criminal Justice & Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010. The charity champions the voice of stalking victims, provides a free and specialised service to victims and engages with the communities to promote greater awareness and resilience.

This is an exciting time to join AAS. We are now better recognised as lead for developing responses to stalking and continue to receive Scottish Government funding for this work. Our success has led to increased awareness and demand for its services have more than doubled in the past year. Be part of the dynamic team establishing ground-breaking developments for AAS to be an even stronger voice for victims of stalking.

The AAS unique Throughcare Service for victims of stalking is delivered by experienced and qualified professional Practitioners. We are recruiting Practitioners who are current members of a relevant professional body. It is essential that they take a solution-focused approach in dealing with the victims; have a diploma and/or degree in counselling, psychotherapy, mental health nursing or clinical psychology; and at least 150-200 hours post qualification working with clients. Ideally, they should be accredited or working towards accreditation with a relevant professional body. Experience of working with victims of crime will be an advantage, and ideally working with trauma- based therapy. This is a part-time and fixed-term post, funded till the end of June 2022. The post may develop and be extended, subject to securing continued funding and satisfactory delivery of the key result areas.

Action Against Stalking (AAS) was established as a charity in 2014 by its Founder/Chief Executive Officer, Ann Moulds, following her successful Campaign Action Scotland Against Stalking, which led to the introduction of the ‘Offence of Stalking’, Section 39 Criminal Justice & Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010. The charity champions the voice of stalking victims, provides a free and specialised service to victims and engages with the communities to promote greater awareness and resilience.

This is an exciting time to join AAS. We are now better recognised as lead for developing responses to stalking and continue to receive Scottish Government funding for this work. Our success has led to increased awareness and demand for its services have more than doubled in the past year. Be part of the dynamic team establishing ground-breaking developments for AAS to be an even stronger voice for victims of stalking.

We are recruiting a Throughcare Service Manager to provide overall operational management of the Service. They must have experience of managing a victim support or clinical service effectively; with a track record of making service improvements, working in productive partnerships, developing staff to perform at their best and ensuring sound governance. This is a part-time and fixed-term post, funded till the end of June 2022. The post may develop and be extended, subject to securing continued funding and satisfactory delivery of the key result areas.