NESS is the leading local provider of services for people who are blind, Deaf, or have hearing or sight loss.

Our highly successful Young People’s Sensory Service (YPSS), delivers activities for young people who have sensory loss in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire & Moray, helping build confidence, independence and ambition.

You’ll need:

• A relevant professional qualification at SVQ level 3 or above.
• A minimum of two years’ experience working with young people in a professional capacity.
• Creativity, passion and direction.

“You get to see children and young people that generally struggle with their self-esteem and confidence, blossoming with our support and the positive environment.”

- Diana, current post holder.

See and hear more from Diana here:

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Based in Aberdeen, this is a Grampian-wide post which is partly funded by BBC Children in Need and The National Lottery’s Young Start programme.

All posts at NESS require membership of the PVG scheme and a disclosure check.

Informal enquiries about this vacancy can be made to Adam Hillhouse, on the number below.

A Job Description and Person Specification and are available to download on our website

We wish to recruit a Full time (36.25 hrs) (job share positions would also be considered)

Community Fundraising Co-ordinator, who will help support our life-changing work with Blind and Deaf people in the North East of Scotland.

We are looking for someone with the drive, creativity and focus to raise vital funds, deliver great events, develop productive relationships and persuade people to donate.

Based in Aberdeen but covering the North East of Scotland from Moray to Tayside, success in this post will be determined by achieving agreed income targets from a range of sources including fundraising events, personal donations and corporate giving.

All posts at NESS require membership of the PVG scheme and a disclosure check.

A Job Description and Person Specification and are available to download on our website

Based in our Dundee Office, we are looking for enthusiastic people who are capable, caring and committed to undertake statutory social work assessments and care planning for children and adults with a significant sensory loss living in Dundee. You will be qualified Social Worker, registered with SSSC (or equivalent) and have an interest in working with people to reduce the barriers experienced through sensory loss

Job Purpose:

To support service users to overcome the practical and emotional effects of sensory impairment

All posts at NESS require membership of the PVG scheme and disclosure check.

NESS is the leading local provider of services for people living with a serious sensory loss including people who are blind and deaf.

Due to restructuring, NESS has two vacancies in our Dundee Office.

Based in our Dundee Office, we are looking for enthusiastic people who are capable, caring and committed to undertake statutory social work assessments and care planning for children and adults with a significant sensory loss living in Dundee. You will be qualified Social Worker, registered with SSSC (or equivalent) and have an interest in working with people to reduce the barriers experienced through sensory loss

Job Purpose

To line manage social work and rehabilitation staff based at the Dundee office, carry a small caseload and to support services users to overcome the practical and emotional effects of sensory impairment

All posts at NESS require membership of the PVG scheme and disclosure check.

NESS is the leading local provider of services for people living with serious sensory loss including people who are blind and deaf.

Our highly successful Connect Include Support (CIS) service is dedicated to older people living with significant sensory impairments.

Based in our Aberdeen office and utilising the support of trained volunteers, you will be the member of the CIS team with specific responsibility for helping people use digital devices and technology to overcome isolation, develop their connections and maintain independence.

All posts at NESS require membership of the PVG scheme and disclosure check.

NESS is the leading local provider of services for people living with serious sensory loss including people who are blind and deaf. Our highly successful ICT for All service enables people with serious sensory loss to identify their best tech solutions and then help them learn how to use them. This may involve accessing specialist equipment or software or discovering and using built-in accessibility features on generic smart devices like phones, speakers and tablets. Due to retirement we need to recruit an ICT Officer

The postholder needs to be solution-focussed and a highly motivated self-directed learner. Although based in Aberdeen, you will need to travel independently to our Elgin and Dundee resource centres regularly to see service users. As the sole operator of this service, you will frequently work on your own with service users. You will need to be able to plan and organise your own workload, be well organised and see tasks through to completion. As a member of the wider Added Value team, you will have a diverse range of colleagues who will work closely to support you to the benefit of our service users. All posts at NESS require membership of the PVG scheme and a disclosure check.