This is an opportunity to work with an experienced and dedicated team providing support to the Roma community and residents of Govanhill.

The Welfare Rights Officer will provide a full benefits service in terms of supporting the client to access their benefit entitlement and will provide the Service User with appeals and tribunal services with representation to the highest level. The welfare rights officer will also deal with complex welfare benefits issues on behalf of the service users.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work and support this very vulnerable and isolated client group. Language skills would be an advantage.

You will require to manage a full & comprehensive caseload in a busy office environment.

The position is based in Govanhill but you may be required to attend outreaches throughout the city.

We have an exciting opportunity to join Govan Law Centre (GLC) on a permanent basis as a Management Accountant and Finance Officer. This is a new and regraded position with additional responsibilities.

GLC is a leading Scottish community law centre based in Glasgow but serving Scotland in certain areas of Scots law. In January 2020, The Big Issue named GLC as one of their top 100 Changemakers in the UK – the "Thinkers, Creators and Agitators Changing the World in 2020".

The Big Issue said: “GLC’s reputation in delivering high quality innovative services to the most disadvantaged people in their communities continues to be an inspiration to others even as they enter their 25th year. The advice they give on housing, homelessness, welfare rights and debt aid is priceless to people who otherwise would be stranded”.

We are seeking applications from individuals with at least 4 years’ experience of working in a varied finance role within a complex organisation and who possess the skills to take on the tasks outlined in the job description.

You will have had significant exposure to the full finance function and will be a strong communicator and able to balance competing priorities ensuring routine workload alongside ad-hoc tasks, analysis and reporting is completed to a high standard within deadlines.

If you’re interested by what you’ve read, and have the necessary skills, experience and ability to make a success of this role, we would be delighted to hear from you.

An exciting position within our Money and Debt Team within our Prevention of Homelessness Team has arisen.

As Debt and Money Adviser you will work closely with Govan Law Centre’s Prevention of Homelessness and Legal Team. Delivering providing full debt and money advice services tailored to the individual service user. Experience of working with and providing services to vulnerable individuals and groups is essential.

The post involves blended working; with a combination of working remotely from home and office-based casework and outreach work with our partners.

Govan Law Centre is experiencing significantly increased casework demand for legal advice and in particular our preventative work relating to evictions, redundancies, homeowner and debtor’s forbearance and local authority debt recovery for council tax and sequestration.

Applications are invited from an experienced Housing and Homelessness Caseworker with at least 2 years casework experience. (Please note this is Not a solicitor or trainee solicitor post)

34 Hours per week, Full Time, Glasgow, £28,113.80 per annum, permanent position

An opportunity to work within our innovative and busy projects preventing homelessness, assisting vulnerable groups, clients and their families, and those with complex needs.

Govan Law Centre Prevention of Homelessness Project require an experienced Housing and Homelessness Caseworker to provide service users with advice, representation, individual casework and advocacy, in terms of current Housing and Homelessness Law and Policy and also in terms of section 11 of the Homelessness etc (Scotland) Act 2003

Providing housing advice across all tenures; Social Rented, Owner Occupied & Private Rented Sector. Providing homelessness advice to vulnerable clients and provide support to vulnerable individuals and groups

The post holder will be based mainly within our office at Govanhill Law Centre. Including some outreach throughout Glasgow but mainly in the North East Glasgow area.

We currently operate a flexible hybrid working model with a mix of home and office working.

Applications are invited from females with lived experience of being affected by violence or abuse.

The Peer Support Worker will be working within our Crisis Navigator Intervention Service for Women and Children experiencing domestic abuse and VAWG.

An opportunity to work within our innovative and busy Women’s Legal Project supporting vulnerable women and children. We require a person with lived experienced to provide peer support to vulnerable women and provided them with tailored, dedicated and specialist services. This will include work around prevention of homelessness and assisting women into permanent and safe accommodation after a period of unsettled living.

The Peer Support worker will also be at the heart of establishing Govan Law Centre’s Service-User / Lived Experience Services Group

We are seeking someone with who is confident and knowledgeable on the issues faced by women who are affected by violence, domestic violence, repeat offending, exploitation and homelessness.

Based in Govan Law Centre and outreach throughout Glasgow

An opportunity to work within our innovative and busy Women’s Legal Project supporting vulnerable women and children. We require a person with lived experienced to provide peer support to vulnerable women and provided them with tailored, dedicated and specialist services. This will include work around prevention of homelessness and assisting women into permanent and safe accommodation after a period of unsettled living.

The Peer Support worker will also be at the heart of establishing Govan Law Centre’s Service-User / Lived Experience Services Group

We are seeking someone with who is confident and knowledgeable on the issues faced by women who are affected by violence, domestic violence, repeat offending, exploitation and homelessness.

Based in Govan Law Centre and outreach throughout Glasgow

This post is exempt under the terms of Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

Applications are invited from females with lived experience of being affected by violence or abuse.

The Peer Support Worker will be working within our Crisis Navigator Intervention Service for Women and Children experiencing domestic abuse and VAWG.

Welfare Rights Officer based in our Govanhill office. This is an opportunity to work with an experienced and dedicated team providing support to the Roma community and residents of Govanhill.

The Welfare Rights Officer will provide a full benefits service in terms of supporting the client to access their benefit entitlement and will provide the Service User with appeals and tribunal services with representation to the highest level. The welfare rights officer will also deal with complex welfare benefits issues on behalf of the service users.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work and support this very vulnerable and isolated client group. Language skills would be an advantage.

You will require to manage a full & comprehensive caseload in a busy office environment.

The position is based in Govanhill but you may be required to attend outreaches throughout the city.

Applications are invited from an experienced Housing and Homelessness Caseworker with at least 2 years casework experience. (Please note this is Not a solicitor or trainee solicitor post)

An opportunity to work within our innovative & busy projects preventing homelessness, assisting vulnerable groups, clients and their families, and those with complex needs.

Govan Law Centre Prevention of Homelessness Project require an experienced Housing and Homelessness Caseworker to provide service users with advice, representation, individual casework and advocacy, in terms of current Housing and Homelessness Law and Policy and also in terms of section 11 of the Homelessness etc (Scotland) Act 2003

Provide housing advice across all tenures; Social Rented, Owner Occupied & Private Rented Sector.

Providing homelessness advice to vulnerable clients and provide support to vulnerable individuals and groups.

Based in Govan Law Centre and outreach throughout Glasgow

Applications are invited from experienced welfare rights officers with at least 2 years casework experience. (Please note this is not a solicitor or trainee solicitor post)

An opportunity to work within our innovative & busy projects preventing homelessness, assisting vulnerable groups, clients and their families, and those with complex needs.

The WRO reporting to the project coordinator, will provide a full benefits service to enable access to social security entitlement for law centre clients. The successful candidate will provide tribunal representation to the highest level.

Ability to manage a full & comprehensive caseload in a busy environment is essential.

Based at Govan Law Centre with outreach hubs throughout Glasgow.

An opportunity to work within our innovative & busy projects and Crisis Navigator Intervention Service for Women and Children experiencing Domestic Abuse and VAWG.

The Welfare Rights Officer, reporting to the project coordinator, will provide a full benefits service in terms of supporting the client to access their benefit entitlement and will provide the Service User with appeals and tribunal services with representation to the highest level. The welfare rights officer will also deal with complex welfare benefits issues on behalf of the service users.

Working with, and providing assistance to vulnerable individuals, groups and households

Ability to manage a full & comprehensive caseload in a busy environment essential

Based in Govan Law Centre with outreach hubs throughout Glasgow

*Applications are invited from Females only. Given the nature and subject matter of the work, this is an occupational requirement permitted under Schedule 9, part 1 of the Equality Act 2010