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Includem

Sessional Mentors

  • Includem
  • Part time
  • Sessional
  • Stirling
  • Closing 11th March 2021

Who are Includem?

Includem is a brilliant third sector organisation that provides intensive, bespoke support to young people in challenging circumstances and their families. We believe that no young person is ever beyond help and through a 24/7 service which is responsive to their needs, we empower them to make positive life choices.

What does the role involve?

  • Working independently with young people, but also as part of a team of support.
  • Providing emotional support and linking in with service delivery teams to ensure an appropriate response to our young people or their families.
  • The opportunity to work directly with our young people and their families in their communities.

The ideal candidates should be able to commit to a minimum of 5 hours per week with a view to working more hours as and when required (including evenings and weekends). As sessional Mentors work directly with young people and families in the community there is a requirement that you can drive and have access to a car for work purposes.

If you have all of the below skills and attributes then we would love to hear from you:

  • A genuine passion for helping children, young people and their families
  • The ability to identify and manage emotions (your own and others)
  • An empathetic and non-judgemental outlook
  • The ability to work as part of a team
  • Ability to build relationships with young people and their families
  • An awareness of issued facing vulnerable young people and their families
  • Ability to respond flexibly to changing situations led by the needs of the young person and their families
  • Good organisational skills
  • Be a team player but also be able to work on your own initiative
  • Be self-motivated and flexible
  • Ability to provide emotional, practical and social support
  • Good communication skills both written and verbal including ability to maintain accurate records
  • Reliability and commitment to deliver the relationship based model of intervention
  • Ability to drive and have access to own car for work purposes

All posts require individuals to:

  • Work flexibly to meet the demands of the service, involving regular weekend and evening work
  • Develop safe, professional and committed relationships with young people and families
  • Use their communication skills effectively to influence, record and evidence positive change and provide personalised, risk enabled, professional support
  • Be able to drive and have access to your own vehicle for work purposes
  • Become a member of the PVG scheme (paid for by Includem)
  • To be registered or become registered with SSSC and hold or be willing to work toward an SVQ2 in a relevant discipline (qualifications are fully funded by Includem)
  • Attend team meetings and any relevant training courses

We value our staff and employee benefits include:

· A full and robust training and induction programme.

· Free Confidential Employee Counselling Service

· Access to Mental Health First Aiders across the organisation

· Free Vehicle Breakdown Cover

· Company Mobile Phone

· SCVO Credit Union

· Discounted gym membership

· Discounted holidays and associated benefits

· Access to discounts for charity workers

· Flexible and agile working

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Forth Valley Rape Crisis

Support Worker

  • Forth Valley Rape Crisis
  • Part time
  • £26,787 pro-rata
  • Stirling
  • Closing 14th March 2021

"It's a great service. The support, the advocacy, you've been keeping me alive. I'm truly grateful. The staff are all well-chosen and well trained - it shines through. You just have good attitudes and you get it right." Client Feedback

Do you want to make a real difference in the lives of people who have survived rape and sexual assault?

We are seeking to appoint a Support Worker (28 hours) to deliver a new Outreach Service reaching out to survivors across the Forth Valley area.

You will have effective and comprehensive communication skills, with experience of working with people of all genders. You will be able to work as part of a team but with a high level of autonomy.

If you have a strong empathy with this area of work; if you value integrity, compassion and teamwork; if you want to work in an inclusive and nurturing environment; if you have a feminist understanding of sexual violence and knowledge of the cause and impact then this could be the next career move for you.

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Forth Valley Rape Crisis

Support & Advocacy Worker

  • Forth Valley Rape Crisis
  • Part time
  • £26,787 pro-rata
  • Stirling
  • Closing 14th March 2021

"It's a great service. The support, the advocacy, you've been keeping me alive. I'm truly grateful. The staff are all well-chosen and well trained - it shines through. You just have good attitudes and you get it right." Client Feedback

Do you want to make a real difference in the lives of people who have survived rape and sexual assault?

The overall aim of this post is to provide support and advocacy for survivors who are engaged, or considering engaging, with the criminal justice system following an experience of sexual violence.

You will have effective and comprehensive communication skills, with experience of working with people of all genders. You will be able to work as part of a team but with a high level of autonomy.

If you have a strong empathy with this area of work; if you value integrity, compassion and teamwork; if you want to work in an inclusive and nurturing environment; if you have a feminist understanding of sexual violence and knowledge of the cause and impact then this could be the next career move for you.

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Forth Valley Rape Crisis

Outreach Support Worker

  • Forth Valley Rape Crisis
  • Part time
  • £26,787 pro-rata
  • Stirling
  • Closing 14th March 2021

"It's a great service. The support, the advocacy, you've been keeping me alive. I'm truly grateful. The staff are all well-chosen and well trained - it shines through. You just have good attitudes and you get it right." Client Feedback

Do you want to make a real difference in the lives of people who have survived rape and sexual assault?

The overall aim of this post is to and deliver local services to meet the needs of survivors of sexual violence. Taking account of the large geography covered, we anticipate that services could operate from the main towns as well as in some small, more rural areas. NB We are mindful that Covid 19 restrictions change and may impact on the role

You will have effective and comprehensive communication skills, with experience of working with people of all genders. You will be able to work as part of a team but with a high level of autonomy.

If you have a strong empathy with this area of work; if you value integrity, compassion and teamwork; if you want to work in an inclusive and nurturing environment; if you have a feminist understanding of sexual violence and knowledge of the cause and impact then this could be the next career move for you.

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Social Security Scotland

Client Advisor

  • Social Security Scotland
  • Full time
  • £20,064 – £22,232
  • Glasgow
  • Closing 9th March 2021

We are currently seeking applications for the Client Advisor role within Social Security Scotland based in Glasgow. This is a permanent and pensionable appointment and new entrants will normally start on the minimum of the pay range. Candidates with a disability who meet the essential criteria below will be invited to the assessments.

The Client Advisor role offers an exciting opportunity to work in new and developing teams that will be part of Scotland’s new social security agency. The role would be suited to candidates who are empathetic, can demonstrate excellent customer service and ensure client needs are met, while building trust and rapport, providing a positive experience for all who contact the agency.

The majority of these posts will sit within our Operations team, however successful candidates may also be considered for A3 grade opportunities across alternative business areas within Social Security Scotland.

Qualifications Required

There are no minimum level of qualifications required to apply for this post.

Essential Criteria

  1. This role requires the ability to manage challenging situations in a positive and constructive way. Tell us about the biggest challenge you’ve had to face. How did you cope with it?
  2. This role requires the ability to communicate effectively with a diverse range of people. Give us an example of a time when you had to adjust your communication approach to suit a particular audience.
  3. This role requires you to work well as part of a team, encouraging and supporting improvements to achieve a shared goal. Describe a situation where you played an important role as a member of a team. What did you do to positively contribute?
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Perth North Church

Parish Community Development Worker – Tulloch Perth

  • Perth North Church
  • Full time
  • £28,000 – £32,000
  • Perth
  • Closing 17th March 2021

Tulloch NET is an initiative of Perth North Church and we seek to be a fresh expression of Christian Community.

We are committed to unconditional service, welcoming and valuing all, social transformation and the development of mental, emotional, physical, relational, social and spiritual wellbeing.

We are looking for someone with experience in community development, who can work alongside the Parish Group, the Tulloch Community and other agencies in realising this vision using Asset Based Approach. Some of the skills necessary for this post will be managing volunteers, liaising with other partners and various agencies and developing relationships within the parish community.

The work will include unsociable hours, such as evening and weekends so considerable flexibility is required. The post is funded to December 2022 with a combination of Scottish Government Funding for the first nine months and local congregational funding for the next period. An extension beyond this date will be subject to securing funds.

The successful applicant will require to undergo a PVG Scheme check prior to taking up the post.

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Perth & Kinross Countryside Trust

Conservation Officer

  • Perth & Kinross Countryside Trust
  • Full time
  • £30,000
  • Perth - currently working from home, post requires travel across Perth & Kinross /occasionally other parts of Scotland
  • Closing 19th March 2021

Founded in 1997, Perth and Kinross Countryside Trust (PKCT) is an independent charity that negotiates access to land, builds paths, helps care for Scotland’s most spectacular woodlands and trees, and works on conservation projects all to improve and promote access to the countryside. The Countryside Trust has refreshed its forward strategy, and now wishes to develop a new emphasis on maintaining and enhancing biodiversity and species conservation, while helping people to enjoy the excitement and wonder of Perthshire’s countryside, enabling them to learn about it and cherish it for future generations.

As part of this review a multi stakeholder, landscape scale Partnership Project is under development. This is a new, long-term, nature-based vision for Perth and Kinross. It is a landscape-scale ecological restoration concept that could transform the environment of the area, the livelihoods of the people who live and work here, and the richness of the experiences of those who visit.

To deliver this challenging work we are seeking to appoint a Conservation Officer with the following responsibilities:

  1. Working with stakeholders, continue to progress the Trust’s wider strategy for conservation and education.
  2. Leading the Trust’s work on the Partnership Project, including establishing and maintaining links with project partners; gaining ‘buy-in’ of landowners, managers and tenants, rural communities and businesses; further developing the project proposal, including consolidating methodology, partners, sites, funding and initial implementation; driving the project forward through the Steering Group; and developing the project to secure future funding.
  3. In partnership with stakeholders, identify new project opportunities that will help to deliver the vision set out in this Strategy.
  4. Apply for funding to develop new conservation and education projects
  5. Offer site management support and guidance in conservation and biodiversity, habitat improvement and woodland creation.
  6. Develop a ‘hub’ to collate and promote relevant initiatives and “best practice”. This could include a “Community” website and interactive map.
  7. Support the continued work of the Trust on current conservation programmes as directed

Up to 2 days of the officer’s time per week will be spent on work with continuing multi-stakeholder conservation projects where the principal partners alongside the Trust are the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh , Forestry and Land Scotland and Scottish Forestry. These projects involve the ex situ conservation of globally threatened conifer species in Perthshire and supporting managers of nationally important tree collections.

Funding for the Conservation Officer Post

We are seeking funding from our stakeholder partners who share the strategic objectives of this exciting project. We aim to secure funding for the post for three years.

Location

The Trust office is in Perth but all staff currently working from home. The nature of the post requires travel across Perth and Kinross and occasionally to other parts of Scotland.

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Scottish Association for Mental Health

Children and Young People Service Manager

  • Scottish Association for Mental Health
  • Full time
  • £30,630 – £33,921
  • Glasgow/Home working
  • Closing 12th March 2021

Around since 1923, SAMH is Scotland’s national mental health charity.

SAMH has represented the voice of people most affected by mental health problems in Scotland for more than 90 years.

Today, in over 60 communities we work with adults and young people providing mental health social care support, services in primary care, schools and further education, 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.

SAMH is dedicated to mental health and wellbeing for all: with a vision of a society where people are able to live their lives fully, regardless of present or past circumstances.

For Scotland’s Mental Health

SAMH is prioritising and lobbying to support children and young people’s mental health in Scotland and to ensure they get help at the first time of asking. Be part of this critical and developing agenda!

The SAMH Children and Young People teams delivers a diverse range of mental health services, projects and interventions across Scotland as well as a focus on developing information, materials and resources. These projects support individuals, families, schools, youth groups and colleges to build capability around mental health; increasing the emotional resilience; creating a mentally healthy community in schools and colleges and tackling stigma and discrimination around mental health

The CYP Service Manager role is critical to the team in managing the day to day operations of the projects and their performance, supporting redesign and development of services and working effectively with internal and external stakeholders to meet objectives. Current projects include direct engagement within learning communities in Glasgow, Helensburgh, Kilmarnock and Edinburgh. The role will act as key implementation manager for new projects.

The role will also support the expansion of training and consultancy work and the research and development of new training materials and workshops. This include supporting development of e-learning and digital resources.

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Crew

Crew Counselling Team Leader

  • Crew
  • Full time
  • £28,610
  • Edinburgh
  • Closing 19th March 2021

Responsible to: Chief Executive Officer

Salary Scale: £28,610

Working Hours: 35 hours

Responsible for co-ordinating and developing the work of a highly skilled team offering counselling and complementary therapies for people wishing to address their stimulant drug use.

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Impact Arts

Trustee

  • Impact Arts
  • Management Board
  • Unpaid
  • Head office is Glasgow based however we would welcome applications from across the central belt and beyond.
  • Closing 29th March 2021

Impact Arts is a forward-thinking community arts organisation which uses the arts and creativity to enable and empower social change. We consider the arts as a positive tool for change – helping people to build confidence and attain new skills, get back into work or education, source work in the creative arts and enjoy better health or improve quality of life.

We currently have 10 Trustees on our Board from a range of different backgrounds and are recruiting for one more Trustee. You will contribute to the overall governance of the charity and bring specialist knowledge in any of the following areas –

  • Mental Health
  • Youth Employability
  • Criminal Justice
  • Homelessness
  • Local Authority or Scottish Government Policy
  • Fundraising
  • The Arts and Creative sectors
  • Older People

The overall time commitment for this position is four quarterly meetings held in the evening, a half-day of strategy and the AGM. There may be ad-hoc duties throughout the year. Our Head Office is based in Glasgow, but we are keen to speak to individuals across Scotland.

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