We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with the right values to join our service in Hamilton to assist and support vulnerable homeless people to achieve better lives.

The successful candidate will be expected to provide a meaningful support service to identified individuals who live in the project and/or in the community. You will provide a quality service tailored to the assessed needs of each individual by identifying, planning and facilitating support to enable appropriate move-on options for each service user. You will use all of your knowledge and experience to help service users build their life skills and prepare for independent living.

The project is part of a 3 site service. The Blantyre site provides supported accommodation for individuals aged 16+ who are homeless young people/adults and care experienced young people. It consists of 11 beds (6 x 1 bed self-contained flats and 5 x bedsits).

The post will involve 2 or 5 rota shifts per week over a four week rolling rota between 22:00 and 08:00.

You will have an SVQ3 qualification in social care. Other essentials include: experience of working with vulnerable people, addiction issues and challenging behaviour; effective written and verbal communication; knowledge of homelessness issues; and, above all, the determination to make a difference in the lives of our service users.

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.

An exciting opportunity to join Healthy n Happy Community Development Trust as part of the Transforming Lives team.

Applications are invited from those with a track record which clearly demonstrates an ability to work with people to make things happen! This includes excellent communication and organisational skills, the ability to proactively engage well with people and stakeholders and be able to support individuals and groups so they can achieve their goals, building capacity and generating positive health and wellbeing. You should have experience of working in a community environment and can expect a varied role with opportunities to work on your own as well as within a close-knit team. For job descriptions and a person specification please see the application pack.

This is a great opportunity to join an exciting new project and an organisation that’s committed and passionate about making a difference.

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with the right values to join our service in East Kilbride to assist and support vulnerable homeless people to achieve better lives.

The project is part of a 3 site service. The East Kilbride Site is Emergency First Stop Accommodation, 12 beds (2 x bedsits and 5 x 1 bedroom flats), individuals 16+ age group and families (however we do not directly support any children).

The successful candidate will be expected to provide a meaningful support service to identified individuals who live in the project and/or in the community. You will provide a quality service tailored to the assessed needs of each individual by identifying, planning and facilitating support to enable appropriate move-on options for each service user. You will use all of your knowledge and experience to help service users build their life skills and prepare for independent living.

The post will involve a 2 shifts per week including one weekend every two weeks over a 4 week rolling rota with typical shift patterns of 21:45 – 07:15.

You will have an SVQ3 qualification in social care. Other essentials include: experience of working with vulnerable people, addiction issues and challenging behaviour; effective written and verbal communication; knowledge of homelessness issues; and, above all, the determination to make a difference in the lives of our service users.

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.

About Discover Lanark BID

Discover Lanark is about delivering benefits to the town’s businesses and crucially, it’s about giving businesses of all sizes a uniformed voice.

Recently, the Lanark Business community backed a five-year BID. A BID is a Government supported and internationally recognised programme where businesses work in partnership with the Local Authority and other agencies to support business development of the town. Discover Lanark plan to use the levies paid by business’ plus grants and other funding streams to support a number of projects.

Lanark’s 5-year BID aims to deliver improvement through four main themes:

• Appearance & Access – Improving how Lanark is presented to locals and visitors
• Business – Putting successful businesses at the heart of Lanark’s community
• Community – Businesses and community working together for a better Lanark
• Lanark and New Lanark – working together to capitalise on tourism

Your New Role

Discover Lanark are now looking for a self-starting, motivated individual with the ability to manage the successful launch and delivery of the Lanark BID, through meeting business plan targets, and bringing in fresh ideas.

This exciting role will require the successful candidate to effectively manage relationships with many different stakeholders, from private sector business owners to local organisations and public agencies. The successful candidate will also co-ordinate and manage marketing, promotional and associated events with the assistance (where necessary) of creative, design & marketing agencies to maximise impacts and outcomes. The ideal candidate will ensure that the BID is promoted positively and that the reputation of both the Company and Lanark are maintained to the highest quality.

Our Ideal Candidate

Our ideal candidate will have similar experience in town management. They should have experience in project management and in particular event management and brand and marketing strategy. Experience of BIDs or similar town management is essential.

Excellent networking and relationship management skills are needed to work with a diverse set of partners. The candidate must be willing and able to travel independently or access reliable transport in order to carry out the travelling requirements of the post.

As the candidate will be required to liaise with the media, experience of dealing with the media and press is desirable. Knowledge about both the private and public sector is essential, and an awareness of Scottish government and local authority economic development policy would be beneficial. Above all, we are looking for someone with passion and commitment to understanding and helping to solve community issues.

What we can offer

We can offer the successful will receive a salary of circa £35,000 depending on experience. There is also scope for performance based financial incentives. The successful candidate will have 25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays.

Are you ready to take on a new challenge and contribute significantly to a forward looking values-based organisation with service to the community at its heart?

COVEY befriending is seeking a highly motivated individual to take forward an exciting development in the organisation.

COVEY’s vision is for children, young people and families to live happy fulfilled lives. We support them through strong trusting relationships to become more resilient, safe and better equipped to reach their full potential; we add colour to lives and we believe that the right person in this post will do just that by the developing and delivering of our Step Change Project.

Your character will be the key and considered more than your competence, as values are the essence of COVEY and we believe that it is only through alignment to those values that competence can be effectively applied.

Do you have experience in taking an idea and developing it to its full potential? COVEY has secured funding from Wm Grant Foundation to deliver a ‘Step Change’ for the organisation.

This will involve the development of Self Directed Support (SDS) provision and linked to that, the establishment of COVEY as an accredited Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) centre. The Step Change vision is that staff, volunteers and those we support have the opportunity to gain qualifications. Where appropriate this will help them deliver our services, and for some, begin their supported employment journey. Through this we will also be able to generate income and introduce a new dimension to the organisation.

The SDS provision will require coordination skills with an ability to assess the needs of young people and facilitate and support relationships.

It is essential that you are able to communicate respectfully and effectively with all stakeholders. You will have the ability to quickly establish rapport and build respectful, honest and trusted relationships involving young people and their families.

Ideally you will have business planning and development experience, having the ability to see the big picture and how ideas link together. You will also have the attention to detail necessary to develop policies and procedures for this new project. With at least three years project management experience ideally in the related fields of social care and SQA accreditation you will be able to work well on your own initiative. It is also desirable that you would be experienced in delivering such programmes in order that you could quickly begin to deliver on the desired outcomes. Your problem solving skills will be already well developed and you will bring a ‘can do’ attitude to the role. You will have the ability to see how this project delivers on COVEY’s strategic direction and also build on the existing operational systems to see us grow as an organisation. It is essential that you are qualified to degree level or equivalent.

With strong planning and organisational skills, you will be able to meet tight deadlines, have a proven ability to prioritise workloads, be highly motivated and able to work under pressure.

While your character will come first; you will also demonstrate a balanced, capable and passionate ability to work with a wide range of people. You will quickly be able to create mutual trust with your colleagues and partners, and be able to represent COVEY in a professional manner.

This post may involve some evening and weekend working.

The congregation of Burnside Blairbeth Church are seeking to appoint a part-time pastoral assistant to replace our pastoral associate who is retiring.

Responsible to: This is a local appointment by the Kirk Session of Burnside Blairbeth Church. Thus the pastoral assistant will be employed by the Kirk Session of Burnside Blairbeth Church.

The post is advertised for 20 hours per week although this is flexible and negotiable for the right applicant.

A full Job Description and Person Specification is available for download below.

REACH Lanarkshire Autism was established in 2012 to bridge the gap in services throughout Lanarkshire.

As part of our ongoing commitment to create services for children and young people with Autism and their families, we are looking for a part time (job share) Neighbourhood Development/Activity Co-ordinator to work within the Whitlawburn and Springhall area of South Lanarkshire. Their role will be to engage with families and support them to access our services such as play therapy, peer support, sport and social activities. By having dedicated workers in the area, it will help to remove any barriers which families feel might prevent them from accessing additional support as well as raising additional awareness of the services that REACH provide in the local area.

Experience of Autism is desirable but not essential as it is your willingness and enthusiasm to support our families and enable them to access the necessary support that we are looking for.

This is a five-year post funded by the National Lottery Community Fund; the contract expires in February 2023. The deadline for completed application forms will be Friday, 26th July 2019 with interviews taking place soon after. Only those shortlisted for interview will be notified. The successful applicant will be required to register with the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme.

Do you want to work with an awards winning organisation?

Do you share Aspire values in respect of the rights of vulnerable people to live ordinary lives?

Are you caring, compassionate, enthusiastic and committed to supporting people in the community who may have additional support needs?

A full UK driving licence with access to a car is essential, as travel throughout the service area is an expectation of the post.

Salary is dependent on service and shift pattern.

Your role may include:

· Assisting with personal care;

· Working with individuals to participate in community based social activities of their choice; and/or

· Assisting people with clinical and health care needs.

Additional desirable qualities, qualifications and experience of the post holder include:

· Hardworking, flexible, motivated and driven to do the right thing by the people we support;

· SVQ 2 or 3 in Health & Social Care or a commitment to undertake a SVQ; and

· Registration with the Scottish Social Service Council (SSSC) or a commitment to become registered.

Employee benefits include:

· Excellent Learning and Development opportunities and strong Support & Leadership;

· Employee Discount Schemes and Referral Recruitment Bonus;

· Contributory Pension Scheme and 4 x Annual Salary Life Assurance benefit; and

· Employee Health Assured assistance programme.