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We are a Fife wide independent charitable organisation providing free, confidential information, counselling and support to anyone affected by rape and sexual assault at some time in their lives.

A highly motivated and energetic individual is required to provide direct support services throughout Fife to survivors of rape and sexual assault.

Experience of providing emotional support is essential.

Only women need apply under Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010

The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced PVG check

Any queries regarding these posts can be directed to fiona.speirs@frasac.org.uk

Street Connect is a Christian charity with a mission to offer hope and opportunity of recovery for individuals disadvantaged by addiction and associated issues including homelessness and poor mental health.

Street Connect are seeking a highly competent individual to support Street Connect’s fundraising strategy in relation to Trust and Grants Fundraising. In this role you will help raise funds to deliver, our vision to see those marginalised by life-controlling issues, such as drug and alcohol addictions, fulfilling their potential as valuable members of society.

We require an experienced Trusts and Grants fundraiser to research and write funding applications to trusts and grant making bodies to take forward the work of Street Connect. We offer a unique opportunity to develop your career in a young but rapidly growing organisation that has a proven track record of transforming the lives of some of the most marginalised and disadvantaged individuals in our communities.

We are looking for a Street Connect candidate who combines excellent research skills with the ability to tell a compelling story which will prompt a positive response. For more information on this post please see the attached job description and person specification.

Street Connect is a Christian charity with a mission to offer hope and opportunity of recovery for individuals disadvantaged by addiction and associated issues including homelessness and poor mental health.

Street Connect are seeking a highly competent individual to support Street Connect’s fundraising strategy in relation to Trust and Grants Fundraising. In this role you will help raise funds to deliver, our vision to see those marginalised by life-controlling issues, such as drug and alcohol addictions, fulfilling their potential as valuable members of society.

We require an experienced Trusts and Grants fundraiser to research and write funding applications to trusts and grant making bodies to take forward the work of Street Connect. We offer a unique opportunity to develop your career in a young but rapidly growing organisation that has a proven track record of transforming the lives of some of the most marginalised and disadvantaged individuals in our communities.

We are looking for a Street Connect candidate who combines excellent research skills with the ability to tell a compelling story which will prompt a positive response. For more information on this post please see the attached job description and person specification.

We are a Fife wide independent charitable organisation providing free, confidential information, counselling and support to anyone affected by rape and sexual assault at some time in their lives.

A highly motivated and energetic individual is required to provide direct support services throughout Fife to survivors of rape and sexual assault. Experience of providing emotional support is essential.

Only women need apply under Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010

The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced PVG check.

Any queries regarding these posts can be directed to fiona.speirs@frasac.org.uk.

VOCAL - Voice of Carers across Lothian is seeking an enthusiastic and experienced support work practitioner to join its busy and expanding Edinburgh team providing casework support to carers. Within this role there will be a focus on financial support: supporting carers and their families to access welfare benefits and/or self-directed support, as well as enabling financial planning and income generation. The post holder will support carers across Edinburgh to plan and access person-centred support for their caring situation, their health and wellbeing and their personal development. Applicants will evidence excellent people, and communication skills, casework and person-centred support work.

VOCAL is a carer-led organisation and provides a wide range of services to support unpaid carers in their caring role. The post-holder will be expected to work as part of a team, improve outcomes for carers and maximise uptake of carer supports. The post holder will be based at VOCAL Carers Hub, though will deliver supports from various bases across the city.

Applicants will evidence an excellent understanding of the diverse range of caring situations, the impact of caring on peoples’ lives and barriers carers face at different points of the caring journey. Excellent knowledge of health and social care, including key legislation and policy affecting carers, will be expected. Applicants will be digitally competent and effective communicators with individuals, carer groups and partner agencies.

The East Lothian Food Bank Manager will play a critical role in ensuring the long-term sustainability and growth of our essential local services during challenging times and in the face of increasing demand. The post holder will work with the Board of Trustees to implement a 3-year business plan for the organisation ensuring delivery of our strategic aims, including creative measures to help those experiencing food poverty and deprivation in East Lothian by supporting and encouraging self-help and support schemes, mobilising voluntary and community resources and accessing new sources of funding which can extend the reach, scope and scale of operation of the organisation. The post holder will have the skills and experience to develop and support a strong team of staff, volunteers and external partners committed to ensuring no one in need in East Lothian goes without food. Further priorities will include securing income from fundraising and grant income for our core crisis service and developing and resourcing ‘more than food’ projects; management and development of our staff team; and taking a strategic lead in helping shape local responses to the root causes of food poverty across East Lothian.

There may always be a need for our crisis food service, but we believe with the right management we are well placed as an organisation to increase delivery of a range of services and projects to a scale that can have an impact on reducing demand for crisis food interventions and on the issues that contribute to food poverty and insecurity in the county more broadly. We are looking for a candidate with the ambition, experience and passion to help us grow our services with this in mind, while ensuring we continue to deliver a ‘gold standard’ crisis food service to those that need it, when they need it, during the most challenging of times.

Everyone has the right to live life to the full. After a diagnosis of a chest or heart condition or a stroke, many people experience fear and isolation and struggle with the impact on their lives. Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland won’t stand for that. The care and support we deliver every day ensures everyone can live the life they want to.

We welcome applications on a secondment basis. You will need to have agreement from your employer to apply for this opportunity

The role of the Stroke Nurse is to facilitate a smooth transition from hospital back into the community, for people who have had a stroke and their families. The Stroke Nurse helps them adjust to the changes associated with the stroke, through the provision of information, advice and support.

We are seeking an enthusiastic individual who is organized and motivated, with good communication skills. Candidates must have a first level general nursing qualification and have a minimum of 3 years post-registration experience in either a hospital or community setting. Experience working with people affected by stroke is desirable. The successful candidate will work as part of a CHSS stroke nurse team within Fife and will receive full induction and support upon commencement of this role. This role is an excellent development opportunity for a current staff nurse working within a hospital or community setting and who would like to further advance their stroke care experience.

Access to a car is essential.

We welcome applications on a secondment basis. You will need to have agreement from your employer to apply for this opportunity

CHSS employees enjoy a variety of organisational benefits including: Company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance, company sick pay, health insurance, employee welfare support and life assurance.

Our mission at Victim Support Scotland is to ensure that those affected by crime receive high quality support that will help them to recover from their experiences. We want victims and witnesses to be at the heart of everything we do so they have improved health and well-being, feel safer, more secure and informed and that we are an effective organisation, that makes a lasting difference. We aim to do this by adhering to our own organisational values of being supportive, striving for excellence and offering personalised and accessible services and these are reflected in the behaviours expected of all staff and volunteers.

Reporting directly to the Head of Service Delivery (East), you will be responsible for a team of Support Co-ordinators who in turn manage volunteers to deliver and evaluate the support to victims and witnesses, at our local court and community-based services. You will be responsible for ensuring, within your services, that VSS’s organisational objectives are being implemented at a local level and have a role in business planning to ensure that all service users within your local area are aware of, and have access to, the support they need. You will be responsible for all aspects of people management for staff in your area, ensuring that employees and volunteers are supported, knowledgeable and capable to deliver the support that meets service user’s needs.

This role will primarily be based in Edinburgh however, you will need to be flexible and have the ability to travel, cover and support other localities across the East region as required.

This post will be subject to a PVG check.

Edinburgh University Students' Association is looking to recruit a Welfare Adviser to join The Advice Place.

The Role:

The Advice Place is a free, professional, impartial and confidential advice service for students at the University of Edinburgh, operated by Edinburgh University Students Association. The service operates as a duty advice and appointment-based service and is currently based online, with the service available to users by phone, Microsoft Teams and email. The service deals with a wide variety of topics (finance, accommodation, academic and personal issues) and provides basic information as well as more complex casework advice, advocacy and support.

The successful candidate will also support with various outreach activities across outlying campuses and take part in Welcome Week and Open Day activities as a way of providing information about and promoting the Advice Place.

The Person:

The successful candidate will be educated to degree level, with a working knowledge of the Higher Education system and current student issues. You will be able to demonstrate experience of delivering advice, information and advocacy on a range of sensitive or confidential issues, whilst experience of working within an academic/welfare environment would also be desirable.

At least 2 years’ experience within an advice/information or advocacy setting, or within a student union setting would be advantageous.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential, as is the ability to build and maintain good working relationships with staff, stakeholders and students.

Organisational Information

Edinburgh University Students’ Association is an award-winning organisation, which exists to provide diverse services, representation, and welfare support to the community of over 37,000 students at the University of Edinburgh. By providing opportunities, helping to create change and offering support, we're here to help students get the most out of their time at Edinburgh. We have four venues around the University of Edinburgh campus – King’s Buildings, The Pleasance, Potterrow and Teviot Row House – which house our offices, cafés, bars, clubs, spaces for students to meet, study and socialise. We are a registered charity and all of the income we generate from our commercial activity goes back in to supporting our members.

Find out more about us here: eusa.ed.ac.uk/about.

Liber8 are seeking to recruit a Project Lead to support the successful establishment and mobilisation of the new initiative, The Beacons.

The Beacons provide a range of recovery focussed activities to individuals and families in recovery from alcohol, substance use and mental health issues in South Lanarkshire. The initiative has a particular focus on upskilling people with lived experience and to provide assertive outreach activities; targeting those people who are often deemed as ‘hard to reach’; with the aim of increasing the numbers of people accessing and completing treatment and care support services and interventions successfully and promoting recovery for all.

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