In January 2017, SAMH introduced a new suite of services throughout the whole of Aberdeenshire to support people with mental health problems on their recovery journey. The resilience coaching led services also support autistic individuals.

Around since 1923, SAMH is Scotland’s national mental health charity. Today, SAMH operates 60 services in communities across Scotland providing mental health social care support, homelessness, addictions and employment services among others. These services, together with our national programme work in See Me, respectme, suicide prevention and active living; inform our policy and campaign work to influence positive social change.

As SAMH continues on this exciting new pathway, we are seeking outstanding people to develop and deliver these services across Aberdeenshire. To successfully embed the 8 elements of our peripatetic service, SAMH are seeking flexible, enthusiastic people to work with individuals, groups and volunteers within local communities across Aberdeenshire.

As a flexible and skilled communicator you will deliver meaningful support to people accessing our services. Whether working with individuals or with groups you will support people to strengthen their existing skills and identify and build new skills. Utilising coaching approaches you will help people build momentum in self-management and personal resilience. Although this role will be working across the whole of Aberdeenshire, the post holder’s main location will be in the north with a focus on the north and central areas.

Applications are welcome from people who have experienced mental health difficulties. A PVG check is required for this posts, along with a Right to Work in the UK check. Candidates will also be required to provide proof of qualifications declared on the application form. A valid driving licence and access to own vehicle are a requirement for the post.

Connect Community Trust employment support and income advice service are an integral part of the organisation and our support to local people within Greater Easterhouse and surrounding areas.

A key priority for Connect is to provide support to people that are facing barriers or issues relating to money and financial matters. Growing indebtedness and the effects of Covid has meant increased demand for money and benefits advice services across our job clubs and community services.

As a result of this growing demand Connect has worked with local housing providers to provide direct money and benefits advice over the past 3 years and we are now looking to expand the service. Giving people the knowledge, tools and confidence to be able to resolve matters themselves or provide a gateway to specialist advice or other complementary services when further help is required.

Objectives of this income advice service:

• To work towards the alleviation of hardship and disadvantage by providing information, advice and assistance on money, benefits and related issues i.e fuel poverty
• To promote the financial wellbeing of residents
• To contribute to the development of strategies and interventions to reduce financial exclusion

We are looking for a client-focused individual with experience of advice work with a specific focus on housing issues, money and debt and welfare benefits to join us as an Adviser and provide vital advice to our clients in the Dundee area.

About Shelter

A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change, with individuals, in communities, across society, and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

At Shelter we are united by our purpose to defend the right to a safe home. Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. We believe that to win that fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement for change. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent.

We have committed to combat racism both within and outside Shelter and welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.

About the team

Our advice and support Hubs located in Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen and Edinburgh provide a range of services, including money and debt advice and legal advocacy and representation. There are also support services in Glasgow, Dumfries and South Lanarkshire delivering housing support for vulnerable people and families who are homeless and a dedicated service working with Young Runaways in Tayside. In addition, we have services focussing on specific client groups such as prisoners, older people and veterans, as well as a free telephone helpline. This particular role is based at our Dundee hub.

About the role

As an Adviser, we'll rely on you to deliver a professional, impartial, pragmatic and outcome focussed service to our clients which will include providing advice on all areas of housing law, homelessness, money and debt and welfare benefits and specialist casework related to these areas. You'll also get to undertake work on aspects of complex advocacy cases. Contributing to local and national policy and practice development will be important too, as will representing clients at reviews, tribunals and appeals, with relevant training provided if needed. Conducting initial interviews, agreeing clients' needs, writing case plans and keeping accurate records - all are part and parcel of this interesting and varied role.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

About you

To succeed, you’ll need demonstrable relevant experience, a proactive, collaborative and client-focused approach, sensitivity to others’ needs and the communication skills it takes to positively influence others. We’ll also be looking for a flair for getting to the root of clients’ underlying issues and persuading them to change their views. Someone who is happy to challenge the status quo when appropriate, you enjoy actively contributing new ideas and approaches too. What's more, you have good typing skills, are able to use a case management system and are proficient using Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, Email and Internet.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter Scotland helps over half a million people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help.

Do you have proven experience in participation, community engagement and/or development work plus an understanding of the community that enables you to facilitate and promote local community empowerment? Then join Shelter Scotland as a Development Worker and you could soon be playing a key role within a vital initiative aimed at tackling homelessness and housing issues in the Dundee locale.

About Shelter

A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change, with individuals, in communities, across society, and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

At Shelter we are united by our purpose to defend the right to a safe home. Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. We believe that to win that fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement for change. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent.

We have committed to combat racism both within and outside Shelter and welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.

About the team

Shelter Scotland operates four Community Hubs in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and Aberdeen, each offering a range of advice and support services linked to our campaigning, volunteering and fundraising activities. One of those services is Time for Change - our core methodology for the involvement of people with lived experience in our work that has now been embedded across each community hub. Its focus is on identifying issues facing homeless people in their locale and, through involvement and wider consultation, co-producing the design and delivery of a local response to tackle those issues. This is your opportunity to be part of its future.

About the role

As well as supporting the development and delivery of Time for Change in Dundee, we’ll rely on you to support the wider work of the project, including outreach, rights awareness and consultation. You’ll also need to build relationships with individuals with lived experience, help grow a group of peers and provide continuous support and encouragement. Consulting with individuals and stakeholders across the city to determine ‘what better looks like’ will be important too. And, when it comes to developing relationships with relevant external agencies, again, we’ll count on you. Helping to design and develop plans and processes to manage the initiative, collecting and collating service user data and sharing knowledge and information throughout the project – all are part and parcel of this interesting and challenging role.

About you

The success of the project is dependent on assertive outreach, so you’ll need to be a confident individual with great communication skills, who can self-manage and self-motivate. The ability to work with a variety of stakeholders and deal effectively with change is also essential, as is a proactive, client-focused and collaborative approach, great relationship building skills and respect for others’ opinions. Housing and homelessness work experience isn’t essential, but you’ll need to bring a passion for Shelter Scotland’s issues and be willing to learn and gain experience to provide advice on all areas of housing, homelessness, money and debt and welfare benefits.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter Scotland helps over half a million people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help.

Elpis Centre is looking for an experienced and energetic Education and Employment worker to work within our housing support service in North-West Glasgow that works with young women (aged 16 – 25 years) who have been homeless, are care leavers or unaccompanied asylum seekers.

The Education and Employment Worker will focus on improving the outcomes of Elpis residents by providing 1:1 and group interventions (planned and ad-hoc), alongside supporting colleagues to enhance overall organisational capacity. This post is funded by funded by Miss Agnes Hunters Trust, Pilgrim Trust and The Roberston Trust and is initially available for two years.

The successful candidate will be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups , SVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care be an experienced team worker, and understand the impact of inequalities and trauma on Elpis’ client group.

Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010 applies in relation to the occupational requirement for this role.

Are you excited by the thought of working for an organisation whose mission is to change behaviour to improve our environment, the quality of people’s lives, their wellbeing, and the places that they care for?

If you answered yes to the above question, please read on……

Who we are

Keep Scotland Beautiful is your charity for Scotland’s environment. We work with you to help combat climate change, reduce litter and waste, and protect and enhance the places we care for. We support the ambitions of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

What the role is

Our Campaigns Support Officer will play a key role in supporting the development, administration, and delivery of a range of our campaigns, in particular Clean Up Scotland, Upstream Battle and Treasure Your River. This is a varied and interesting role that will see you assisting with activities such as engagement with community groups and stakeholders, campaign specific communications and marketing, event organisation, campaign monitoring and data management.

What you’ll need to have

We are looking for an enthusiastic and creative individual with an understanding and/or experience of campaign development and delivery who has the ability to develop positive working relationships and influence people.

You will have experience of managing a complex workload and an understanding and/or experience of a range of communication activities including social media techniques and applications. An understanding and/or experience of administration processes and procedures is also an essential element of this role as is experience of data management.

WHAT’S THE JOB?

We’re on the hunt for a Wellbeing Coordinator to join our Student Engagement department to support the Union with all things relating to student wellbeing.

This role is all about working with the Vice President Wellbeing to support students and make sure our students feel included. You’ll work closely with the Vice President Wellbeing to identify and run campaigns and activities that will support and empower our students who are living both on and off campus. It’s a non-clinical role, so you won’t be counselling students!

It’s basically a brilliant opportunity for anyone who is passionate about student wellbeing, equality, diversity and inclusion.

This role is for 1 year and is part-time, working 21 hours a week, we can be flexible on working hours to suit the right candidate! The salary for these hours is £13,260 per annum (full-time equivalent salary would be Grade 5, £22,101).

WHO ARE WE?

We are Heriot-Watt University Student Union. We’re based at Riccarton (on the outskirts of Edinburgh) and our main goal is to make sure that Heriot-Watt students have THE BEST TIME whilst studying here. We have a bar, café, nightclub and shop, plus we work with Students to make their time at Heriot-Watt the best it can be through our Advice Hub, societies, academic representation and a whole load of volunteering opportunities.

You’ll join a friendly, hardworking and professional team and have a real opportunity to make a difference for students.

The role will be based at the Edinburgh campus. We’re working from home at the moment, but are looking forward to returning to the office when restrictions allow.

IS THIS JOB FOR YOU?

If you answer yes to these questions, then apply now!

· Do you have experience planning and running campaigns or events?

· Do you understand a fair bit about wellbeing issues students face?

· Are you comfortable talking to wide range of students and getting them engaged?

· Can you guide and empower students to come up with solutions to problems, and support them to put a plan in place to fix things?

· Can you look at something and think of new and creative ways that will make it even better?

· Does it make you happy to help people, and go home at the end of the day knowing you made a difference?

· Are you happy spending time with students? It’s ridiculously rewarding – but they can be super demanding!

· Do you want to work with an amazing team of people who are passionate about helping students?

· We will probably ask you for a baby picture and to photocopy your face. You ok with that?

The Service

We have an exciting new Rough Sleeper Projects launching in Camden. The project will provide coordinated and wrap around care to rough sleepers/street active individuals with substance misuse issues.

We are looking for a nurse who is self-motivated, caring, person centred and passionate about supporting people with multiple needs access healthcare.

This is a great opportunity to be involved with the set-up, and delivery of a brand-new service and finding the most effective and creative ways to engage with service users with multiple and often complex needs. You will work as part of a dedicated multi-disciplinary outreach team including the Borough Clinical Lead to offer person centred support, and engagement into treatment.

The Role

Key role responsibilities include:

• To provide clinical care within an Outreach Team setting, role modelling best practice standards.
• To deliver clinical interventions in community-based hubs.
• Work in an outreach capacity to improve physical and mental wellbeing of service users who are street active/rough sleepers.
• Improve healthcare access for rough sleepers/ at risk individuals including GP registration; wound care; BBV testing/treatment; urgent health care, including via outreach.
• To provide and supervise the delivery of high standards of nursing care to service users in accordance with up-to-date evidence based professional practice and WDP policies.
• To support service users affected by drug and alcohol use to achieve and sustain their recovery, optimising health and well-being.
• To work in partnership with hostel hospital, GP and other colleagues to provide seamless and holistic care packages for service users.
• To be a member of the multidisciplinary team providing holistic care interventions for people who are rough sleepers with substance misuse problems, providing direct, including caseload management within a community setting.

Conditions

· Salary band of £30,764 - £40,558 annum

· Permanent

· 37.5 hours per week

Location

The job is outreach and hub based. There are projects will be based in the borough of Camden.

Why Should You Apply?

· Exciting and innovative field

· Excellent training opportunities

· Strong performance culture

Apex Scotland is the leading employment and training organisation specialising in work with people with convictions.

The expanding services Apex deliver in the highlands are diverse, comprised of a range of partnerships with organisations such as DWP, Criminal Justice Social Work, Scottish Prison Service, Skills Development Scotland, NHS Highland, and many more, supporting a range of client groups to access training, volunteer and employment opportunities.

The Apex highland Unit provides a range of services to individuals who face multiple barriers to returning to work and individuals who may be long term unemployed.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic individual who has effective communication skills and an understanding of the nature of issues that unemployed individuals may present with. The right candidate will have the ability to engage with service users on a one to one basis to assist them to overcome barriers to progression. An understanding of local employability pipelines would be an advantage, as would knowledge of the network of support agencies in the area. We envisage this post holder getting involved in a range of activities including outdoor groupwork activities, one to one mentoring and managing a caseload of service users.

For this post you should be able to demonstrate good communications skills, be approachable and compassionate and have knowledge or experience of employability. Experience of working to deadlines and targets is desirable. A keen eye for detail and understanding of good record keeping is essential as information is recorded in paper files and on our database. You would need to demonstrate flexibility and the ability to deal with targets. Some travel and work with our outdoor teams, taking part in team activities and challenges will be required therefore a driving licence or access to a means of transport would be an advantage. This service is currently funded until June 2022.