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This is an opportunity to take a leadership role in helping to change Scotland’s relationship with alcohol starting with young people. Community Alcohol Partnerships (CAP) is looking to employ the services of a dynamic, results-oriented person with great people skills to set up at least 12 CAP projects in high harm areas by the end of 2022.

The successful applicant will have a track record of building effective partnerships, the people and communication skills to involve and engage a wide range of local stakeholders and the leadership and project management skills to support projects through each phase of their lifecycle including baseline evaluation, action plan delivery, post intervention evaluation and maintenance/sustainment. After a short handover period the successful applicant will be expected to oversee fast-track development of new CAPs in priority areas and take responsibility for all aspects of their management with minimal supervision.

A key requisite of the role will be the ability to forge effective public/private sector partnerships between statutory agencies, schools, youth charities and retailers following the CAP model and evaluation framework. The successful candidate may come from a police, public health, education, local authority or other relevant background.

The Supporter Engagement Officer plays a key role in the development and implementation of Mary’s Meals UK’s fundraising activities and contribution to the development of strategy and plans within a local area, in order to secure increased support and funding for the organisation’s overseas school feeding programmes.

This role has particular responsibility for prioritising the growth and nurturing of the volunteer network by building relationships with and resourcing our community volunteers and growing for our grassroots work within churches, schools and faith groups, in order to secure increased support and funding for the organisation’s overseas school feeding programmes.

PARTNERS FOR INTEGRATION AND IMPROVEMENT

Do you have an interest in improving the quality of care, can you COLLABORATE, INNOVATE AND COMMUNICATE, and would you like to join a successful, committed and highly motivated team? This could be the opportunity you have been waiting for.

We are seeking to engage an Independent Sector Lead to support the Integration of Health and Social Care in Aberdeen City. Hosted by Scottish Care and working closely with care providers and partners, the post involves ensuring sector involvement in the delivery of the integrating of health and social care in Scotland’s HSCPs

The post holder must be highly motivated, be able to use initiative, possess excellent communication and networking skills, demonstrate success and experience working at strategic level with policy makers, providers, regulators, people supported by services and carers. Qualifications and experience at a senior management level would be a significant advantage.

The post holder will be expected to create and support significant collaborations across the independent care sector while contributing to the development of new care pathways which will result in the delivery of improved outcomes for people who access care and support. The post holder will ensure the Independent sector’s contribution is fundamental to integrated services and transformational change and be able to evidence their impact. The role requires considerable and skilful collaboration with our key partners in the NHS, Local Authority, Carers, third sector organisations and other forums.

The post may be home or office based and is hosted by Scottish Care.

Are you motivated to work in the charity sector, and work with a strategic focus? Can you review and develop value-added services, in line with strategic vision, and design and implement a plan for future service delivery?

We are recruiting a brand new role within Sense Scotland – Head of Charitable Services. In post you will lead our value-added services, join our Senior Management Team (SMT) and report directly to our Executive Director.

We want you to review our current value-added services offer within the organisation, to make sure we are meeting our objectives, matching our values and ensuring the services we deliver have the reach and impact we need. We’d also like you to develop our offer.

At Sense Scotland we aim to support and be there for those who need us throughout life. Our value-added services allow us to offer family advisory, vital social interaction opportunities, access to groups/activities and ongoing daily support within our centres and the community for the people we support and their family’s lifetime.

We are looking for you to join us and make a real impact.

You will oversee the service delivery of our value-added projects, ensuring we are meeting the strategic vision for each area of work.

You will take the lead on project reporting, ensuring that we capture evidence on project performance and delivery, to allow us to reflect on project outcomes.

As Head of Charitable Services you will lead on the development and implementation of our future added-value strategy, driving income generation in conjunction with the Head of Fundraising and working with the wider SMT to ensure our added-value service delivery complements the wider organisation.

We have big plans for the future and in this key post you will lead and support on our ambitious strategy and development plans for Sense Scotland.

This role could be for you if

• You possess the drive and enthusiasm to deliver results within tight timeframes and understand the key issues and challenges facing Sense Scotland.
• You are a strong leader with a minimum of 3 years’ experience in a senior management role.
• You have previous management experience, with involvement in managing change, working with internal / external partners and implementing local delivery plans
• You have excellent interpersonal, communication, organisational and analytical skills with the ability to effectively manage budgets and prioritise workloads.
• You are driven by performance – results focused, strong experience of working to deadlines and targets, leading on project work, and achieving results
• You work in a structured and systematic way
• You have experience of working within a third sector organisation.
• You have knowledge and awareness of current fundraising within the charity sector.

Support in Mind Scotland provides support for people whose lives are affected by mental health problems or illness. We do this throughout Scotland by offering a range of services to people directly affected by a mental health issue and to those who care for them, whether family, friend or supporter. We are committed to delivering services shaped by the lived experienced of people affected by mental health. We believe in a holistic approach to providing support and aim to empower our service user to make the best use of what help and support is available to them.

About the DBI Project:

Support in Mind Scotland is the lead partner in the Highlands for the Scottish Government’s Distress Brief Intervention project (DBI). The DBI is a Scotland-wide pilot project, testing a ground-breaking approach to addressing the emotional and psychological pain experienced by people in distress. Working in partnership with frontline services, including Police, Primary Care and Emergency Departments, and with third sector support organisations, the project provides rapid referral to focussed, short-term support, with the option of onward referral to longer-term support if required. DBI Coordinator, you will join this major, high profile Scottish Government project in a key role.

Head to our website for further information about DBI and our involvement in the project at DBI.scot and on our website at supportinmindscotland.org.uk

About the Role:

We are seeking to appoint 4 highly motivated individuals to join our team of DBI Coordinators in the Highlands. Coordinators provide support, advice and personal support planning for people referred from front-line services, carrying out short-term work with people in distress to review the reasons for their distress, develop immediate coping strategies and link them into a range of appropriate community services and facilities.

The purpose of this role is to work with people in distress who are referred by front line services (including Police Scotland, Scottish Ambulance Service NHS Highland Accident & Emergency and Primary Care) to the Level 2 Distress Brief Intervention team. The work includes: reviewing the reasons for distress, working with individuals to develop their Distress Brief Intervention Management Plan and using supported referral to link individuals into a range of appropriate community services and facilities as appropriate.

Training in Level 2 Distress Brief Intervention, specific to the post, will be provided.

The post holders will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or update their membership record for regulated work with children and protected adults. (The cost are met by the employer)

These post are either Full Time or part time, working either 21, 28 or 35 hours per week. We are happy to consider any combinations of work pattern between suitable candidates.

If you are interested in this opportunity but unsure that you have all of the qualifications and experience required, please do not hesitate to get in touch for an informal discussion with Anne MacDougall, the Distress Brief Intervention National Project Manager on 0146 371 0963 or email AMacdougall@supportinmindscotland.org.uk

Why join us?

This is a great opportunity to join a thriving award winning charity, and help shape its future. In return for your work and dedication, we offer scope for development, a benefit package including 37 days’ holiday, enhanced sick pay, family friendly policies and access to our Employee Assistance Programme.

Find out more about what we do and who we are at supportinmindscotland.org.uk

PARTNERS FOR INTEGRATION AND IMPROVEMENT

Scottish Care are seeking to engage a Development Officer to work alongside our Local Integration Lead to help support the Integration of Health and Social Care agenda in Aberdeen City.

This post will be hosted by Scottish Care and working closely with care providers and partners, the post involves ensuring sector involvement in the delivery of the integrating of health and social care.

You will be the first point of contact for care providers, responsible for building and maintaining relationships, responding to enquiries, developing effective team working.

You will ensure the voice of providers and service users is heard. You will support care providers by ensuring they are informed, and solution focused, developing, or identifying opportunities for training and research

Effective communication and sharing of best practise is at the heart of what we do and critical to partnership working, as such you will support participation and leadership from the Independent Sector.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the established and dynamic Partners for Integration team within Scottish Care.

We are looking for someone who is highly motivated and passionate about improving care for older adults within a collaborative and innovative environment.

The post will be home-based on a fixed term contract and hosted through Scottish Care.

PARTNERS FOR INTEGRATION AND IMPROVEMENT

Scottish Care are seeking to engage a Development Officer to work alongside our Local Integration Lead to help support the Integration of Health and Social Care agenda in Dumfries & Galloway HSCP.

This post will be hosted by Scottish Care and working closely with care providers and partners, the post involves ensuring sector involvement in the delivery of the integrating of health and social care.

You will be the first point of contact for care providers, responsible for building and maintaining relationships, responding to enquiries, developing effective team working.

You will ensure the voice of providers and service users is heard. You will support care providers by ensuring they are informed, and solution focused, developing, or identifying opportunities for training and research

Effective communication and sharing of best practise is at the heart of what we do and critical to partnership working, as such you will support participation and leadership from the Independent Sector.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the established and dynamic Partners for Integration team within Scottish Care.

We are looking for someone who is highly motivated and passionate about improving care for older adults within a collaborative and innovative environment.

The post will be home-based on a fixed term contract and hosted through Scottish Care.

Are you passionate about supporting very young children and their families? We at Cattanach are looking for individuals with expertise in key areas relating to our grant making work in the Early Years sector to join us as Cattanach Associates. Together, we want to drive positive change for very young children in Scotland and hope to strengthen our support for frontline Early Years organisations. For more information on our work, visit our website: https://www.cattanach.org.uk/.

We are particularly interested to hear from individuals with experience and expertise in the following areas:

• Early Years Practice
• Early Years setting management & operations
• Infant mental health
• Perinatal mental health
• Early learning (in general, but also with specialisation e.g. additional support needs, English as a Second Language, etc.)
• Dads work
• Social work (with an Early Years focus)
• Outdoor/Nature play
• Voluntary organisation governance
• Finance/Accounting (with a focus on charities)
• Governance (with a focus on charities)
• Family law
• Criminal justice
• Charity fundraising
• Capital project management/Architecture
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The list is not exhaustive, of course. If you feel you could add value to Cattanach’s work in different ways, please contact our Chief Executive Dr Sophie Flemig (sophie@cattanach.org.uk) for an informal chat. We welcome applications from individuals in the private, voluntary and public sectors.

We ask that all candidates demonstrate their understanding and commitment to the four Cattanach values:

• integrity – We strive to be fair, ethical and accountable.
• love – We recognise the importance of nurturing relationships, with kindness and compassion at the heart of all our work.
• consideration – We are mindful of the challenges, hopes and aspirations of others.
• hope – We are passionate about enabling change through our work with partners and the organisations we support.
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As Associate with Cattanach, we will ask you to perform one of three tasks on an as-needed basis: 1) support the Grant Committee as a co-opted member, 2) provide capacity support to the charities we are funding, and 3) provide advisory support to Cattanach Trustees and the executive team. This is all on a flexible basis, which means that you can work around your other professional or personal commitments. We do not commit to a minimum number of hours of work per year. We would expect the average Associate to be asked to work for between one to five days per year, subject to our grant making work and demand for capacity support.

You will be line managed by the Chief Executive and receive thorough on-board training, together with annual appraisals and peer learning across the Associate network supported by the Business and Development Officer.