“Aberlour has helped me to learn how to be a Mum again, how to listen and regulate my emotions and support my children to do the same” – Parent

About Aberlour Family Service South Ayrshire:

Aberlour Family Service works alongside families and local partners across South Ayrshire, to deliver relationship based Whole Family Support for families where mum or dad have a learning need and/or poor mental health with children who are aged between 0 – 16 years. We also work with families, mums and dads who have had children permanently removed from their care.

You will build up relationships with families facing disadvantage and work together with them to assess their strengths and needs and deliver an agreed family plan and emotional support. You will work individually and in groups to strengthen health and wellbeing building esteem, skills, confidence and supporting recovery.

What we are looking for:

We are looking for a kind, committed and experienced individual to join our team.

You will have experience in working alongside partner services and families who have often experienced the impact of trauma, poverty and social exclusion. You will have good listening skills and be able to plan, deliver and evaluate a range of family and wellbeing support strategies which help families to their own solutions. You will have experience of child and adult protection issues. Your values should be aligned with The Promise, GIRFEC and UNCRC as well as Aberlour values. You must share our vision that collaborative working, relationship based, strengths focussed early intervention is the best option for children and families who are feeling overwhelmed or excluded.

You will work 37.5 hours per week, these hours will be planned and worked from Monday -Sunday 7am-10pm to meet the needs of families whilst managing any of your own commitments. You will be responsible for planning your own diary and managing your own workload in partnership with children, families and your colleagues. This post is currently funded until 31st March 2023 however we will be actively seeking funding to extend this further.

At Aberlour we want to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team. Aberlour’s values are critical and drive everything we do.

What we offer:

As well as a supportive team and excellent training opportunities we want all our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, an excellent employer pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts across various retailers.

JOIN OUR BOARD AS MARKETING ADVISER

The Cornerstone Bookshop is an independent, ecumenical religious bookshop and a registered Scottish charity.

The Bookshop stocks a wide range of books and other materials that are inclusive and responsive to the needs and issues of our time.

Customers value advice from the dedicated, knowledgeable staff and enjoy a calm oasis in which to browse the selection of religious reading as well as children’s books, history and poetry, together with cards, candles and gifts.

Are you looking for a new development opportunity?

Can you…

• Develop a strategy for online marketing?

• Provide advice to the board on marketing skills?

• Communicate effectively?

No previous board experience required.

We are looking for a marketing adviser with:

• Experience of marketing roles in commercial organisations, preferably retail

• Communcation skills - verbal – written - digital

• A strong grounding in online channels

• Experience in web design, including selling online

• Commercial acumen

• An ability to explain the digital world to those of less experience

• Experience of helping to train others

• An ability to work in a small team 195

About the Role:

As a Service manager, you will manage the team and the service alongside the Locality Manager.

You will oversee the day-to-day running of the services whilst being responsible for managing all stakeholders involved. You will also report on outcomes achieved and help promote and develop the services in your region.

As a skilled practitioner, you will have a good understanding and knowledge of social care services and an excellent grasp of the services we provide. An empathic and motivating manager, you will be able to bring out the best in others by developing, guiding and supporting your team and enabling them to provide high-quality, person-centred services.

This is a great opportunity to develop your skills and to have a greater impact on your services. If you are passionate about enabling Change Mental Health to deliver a valuable service to the Wigtownshire and Stewartry community and are looking for a new challenge this year, then we want to hear from you!

Who are we looking for?

Ideally, you would be someone who can work as part of a team, be creative in your approach to working with people and hve excellent communication skills. You should be educated to SVQ Level 4 or its equivalent and have experience of working with people in groups.

You should be comfortable working in a team or lone working and be confident using Microsoft packages, such as Teams, Word, Excel spreadsheets and online communication platforms such as Zoom.

A good working knowledge of mental ill-health is essential, as well as the ability to provide one-to-one support and facilitate group support.

For an informal discussion, please contact: Nadia Naggar-Smith. Locality Manager, on 07872127275 (Mon - Fri, 9am -4pm) or email nadia.naggar-smith@changemh.org.

Why join us

Change Mental Health is a leading national mental health charity providing unique support to people with severe and enduring mental ill health. With 50 years’ experience across Scotland, we believe people affected by poor mental health and illness deserve the highest quality of support in the community and that every person has the right to be valued and to share in the opportunities, challenges, and joys of everyday life.

Our person-centred approach puts the people we work with at the heart of what we do ensuring they have greater opportunity, can build confidence and social skills, and become more integrated into their communities. By building connections and support around individual needs, our team of nearly 200 staff and 800 members value the lived experience which informs the services we deliver. We look beyond illness by taking a holistic approach that ensures no one has to face mental ill health alone.

Benefits:

· Professional development including funded opportunities.

· A generous 37 days’ holiday.

· A 35-hour working week, enhanced sick pay & season ticket loan.

· A great work life balance with flexible and blended working environment.

· 24/7 access to an award-winning Employee Assistance Programme providing free legal, financial and medical advice as well as support with life’s challenges.

· Enhanced sick pay and leave entitlements

· Paid Mental Wellbeing Days

· Cycle to Work Scheme

· Blue Light discount card

Main Purpose:

Stirling CAB seeks to develop an Independent Homelessness Advice & Representation Prevention Service to respond to the COVD19/cost of living crisis legal impact area of housing to prevent homelessness by the provision of advice, advocacy, casework support and heritable representation, across the Stirling Local Authority Area.

To provide a 2nd tier consultancy support service to the total architecture of Stirling CAB advice services, to build its capacity & increase seamless access to heritable social justice for Stirling CAB clients.

Job description:

Your duties will be to act as a Homelessness Advice & Representation Prevention Service advice worker in the Stirling CAB team with prime responsibility for COVD19/cost of living housing/homelessness impact areas. You will be expected to support the CAB service particularly in helping to ensure that CAB complies with its regulatory responsibilities.

Flexible duties:

There will be times when you may be required to undertake additional tasks, duties and responsibilities within your capabilities. Stirling CAB, acting through the CEO, reserves the right to vary your tasks, duties and responsibilities at any time and from time to time according to the needs of the Employer’s business. However, you will not be assigned to duties or required to perform services which you cannot reasonably perform or which are outside the range of your normal skills and experience.

The impartial and independent advice, information, casework support and representation offered will focus on access to legal housing /homelessness advice to overcome the practical barriers caused by the COVD19 pandemic/cost of living crisis and giving holistic and sustained support to overcome these. In line with S.Gov guidance & Public Health Scotland guidance, the Independent Homelessness Advice & Representation Prevention Service will be available at a range of easy access locations for the target group throughout Stirling Local Authority area. Training on legal housing/homelessness prevention issues & 2nd tier legal consultancy support will also be provided to Stirling CAB staff & volunteers and third sector stakeholders.

For an information discussion about the post contact Craig Anderson, CEO CraigAnderson@StirlingCAB.casonline.org.uk

01786 464773

Service: Perth & Kinross

Do you have a passion for helping vulnerable people enjoy as much fulfilment as they can and feel included in their community? If compassion, care and inclusiveness are an important part of who you are, our opportunities to work away from the routine in a demanding, challenging but emotionally rewarding role could be for you.

Our Turning Point Scotland Services in Perth & Kinross are looking for people like you to help provide individualised support to adults with a wide range of needs, either on an individual 1:1 basis or alongside others and as part of a team.

Turning Point Scotland Perth & Kinross

At Turning Point Scotland Perth & Kinross, we deliver services for people who have a learning disability or autism and unique and complex behaviours which challenge the service: many of the individuals we support have some forensic histories. We support people who live in 24/7 supported accommodation projects. We also provide support within our outreach service to people with learning disabilities within the area of Perth & Kinross.

We work in a person centred way tailoring support to meet the needs of the people we support maximising choice and autonomy while assessing and managing risk in conjunction with the Tayside Risk Management Group.

We also offer support through our garden project at the Perth Harbour-side. This offers the chance for people to develop skills for future employment, gain confidence and work with others in a positive and supportive environment.

The support we provide is always person centred, we do this by involving people who know the person well, this includes family and friends, other health and Social Work professionals, Advocacy services and our own staff members.

We believe having the right values of respect, compassion, inclusion and integrity is all you need to join our team! We would offer you full support in completing your application.

As a Lead Practitioner, you will work with individuals who have a wide range of support needs, providing them with practical and emotional support and encouraging them to achieve their own personal outcomes in all aspects of their daily lives e.g. keeping safe, meaningful activities, community involvement, physical health, relationships, emotional health and wellbeing.

Full details of this role can be viewed via our website by clicking APPLY button.

Please note that IT skills are required for all our vacancies.

Where applicable, successful candidates will be required to register with the SSSC within 6 months of start date.

Service Descriptor

At Turning Point Scotland Perth & Kinross, we deliver services for people who have a learning disability or autism and unique and complex behaviours which challenge the service: many of the individuals we support have some forensic histories. We support people who live in 24/7 supported accommodation projects. We also provide support within our outreach service to people with learning disabilities within the area of Perth & Kinross and are currently recruiting in Rattray near Blairgowrie.

We work in a person centred way tailoring support to meet the needs of the people we support maximising choice and autonomy while assessing and managing risk in conjunction with the Tayside Risk Management Group.

We also offer support through our garden project at the Perth Harbour-side. This offers the chance for people to develop skills for future employment, gain confidence and work with others in a positive and supportive environment.

Benefits package

Turning Point Scotland have Platinum accreditation in Investors in People. Our staff are our most important asset, therefore we offer extensive training and impressive personal and career-focused development opportunities. You could be part of an organisation that not only offers excellent careers but makes a real difference to thousands of People’s lives and achieve your own personal fulfilment.

Comprehensive Induction

123 Learning and development courses

29 eLearning courses

Funded qualification – SVQ Social Services and Healthcare, work based assessment

Your Career Pathway, we promote from within and advertise internally all jobs

Pension Scheme, employer contribution 4%

Wide range of family friendly policies

35 holiday/public holidays days' per year.

The Service Manager will manage GCA’s Integrated Counselling Service. This service offers individual, free and confidential counselling for people experiencing alcohol-related difficulties and those impacted by someone else’s alcohol issue. The service is provided by trained staff, students and volunteers. Individuals access the service either directly or by being referred by another source such as a GP or ADRS Team. The service addresses health and social wellbeing, while promoting and supporting the development of trauma informed practice.

The post holder will support the Head of Client Services to manage and co-ordinate a high-quality service within GCA, whilst ensuring staff counsellors, volunteers and students receive appropriate supervision, support, and guidance. The service will be provided from North Claremont Street Office and within community settings.

In return for choosing to work for GCA, the benefits you will receive are:

• Very generous annual leave entitlement: full time employees start with an annual leave entitlement of 37 days (inclusive of 12 bank holidays) which increases to 38 days after 2 years, 40 days after 5 years and 42 days after 10 years length of service.

• 5 duvet days where employees may take time off at short notice.

• Death in service policy of 2 times salary.

• Cycle to work scheme where employees can save money on a new bike and spread the cost.

• Training and development commitment to help employees perform to the best of their abilities.

Organisation Profile:

Glasgow Council on Alcohol (GCA) was founded in 1965 and is the oldest established Council on Alcohol in Scotland. GCA is a voluntary organisation working to reduce the harm caused by alcohol misuse through the provision of a range of high quality advice, information, counselling, support, prevention and education and training services.

Frontline Fife is a mid-sized charity which works to end homelessness by taking preventative action and by supporting people to choose the life they aspire to.

As a Recovery Link Worker, you will provide people with recovery focused support and brief interventions. The role involves managing a caseload of clients, undertaking assessments, developing person-centred recovery plans, and providing evidence-based practices to promote behaviour change. You will also provide support and advice to adults who are at risk of becoming homeless, working as part of a multi-disciplinary team with other agencies to ensure all services users’ needs are met.

Through our Harm Reduction Programme, the Recovery Link Worker will lead in delivering harm reduction interventions, for example screening for Blood Borne Viruses; Naloxone; and sexual health. A key focus of the role is improving our family inclusive practices into the support offered to clients to support the inclusion of family members in the recovery and treatment journey.

If you can demonstrate a commitment to client focused working, are keen to develop professional skills in recovery support and trauma-informed practice and want to be part of a diverse team which is committed to inclusion and achieving the best possible outcomes for people, then we want to hear from you.

Salary: £22,350

Fixed Term Contract: 36 hours per week

Location: Kirkcaldy

Closing Date: 12 noon Friday 16th December 2022

Employee Benefits:

• 32 days annual leave per year with 1 day additional per year served up to 5 years (pro rata)

• Working Monday to Friday (9 to 5pm)

• Flexible and remote working arrangements.

• Competitive employer/employee Pension Contribution Scheme

• Business travel allowance

• Commitment to professional learning and development

• Free access to an employee assistance programme with confidential advice/counselling support.

• Discounts on lifestyle benefits e.g., Discounted Gym Memberships

• Blue Light Membership Scheme

• Where appropriate, welcome payment for PVG check and SSSC registration fee.

Successful candidates taking up a client facing role are subject to PVG Disclosure checks and must have a current driving license or willingness to achieve this in the first year. Successful candidates securing a post regulated by the Care Inspectorate must register with the SSSC and must meet the required standards for the post within the permitted time as directed by the SSSC.

Frontline Fife, as a Disability Confident employer, is committed to supporting job applicants and staff with a disability or long-term health condition. We commit to offering an interview to disabled people when the essential job criteria are met.

The Junction Young People, Health and Wellbeing offers young people, aged 12-21 in Leith and North East Edinburgh, a range of Health and Wellbeing Services to support them to reach their full potential. For more information, go to: the-junction.org

We are recruiting for an experienced counsellor who wants to develop their leadership by recruiting, developing and supporting a volunteer counselling team. This new role, supported by the National Lottery's Communities Fund Improving Lives, is an exciting opportunity to expand our counselling service and reach more young people.

Are you passionate about helping people to live a better life? Do you want to work for a charity where your health and wellbeing matter just as much as the people you support? Do you want to be part of a trauma-informed team where you will be supported to develop creative and flexible ways of working?

You don’t need to have previous experience or qualifications in this field. If you share our values, this could be the role for you!

At LinkLiving, our values and people are at the heart of everything we do including how we recruit our staff. It is important for us to find people who share our values, which are:

• Empathy (listen to and understand an individual’s needs and circumstances)
• Respect (treat others the way they wish to be treated)
• Integrity (be honest and have strong moral principles)
• Caring (show kindness and concern for others)

LinkLiving is a Scottish health and wellbeing charity that supports people to manage or overcome the effects of negative life experiences (including trauma, mental health challenges, poverty and inequality) so that they can build on their strengths and aspirations in order to live their best possible lives. We support people through a range of models including:

• Personal development and employability programmes

• Self-help coaching

• Supported accommodation

• Care at home

• Housing support

• Befriending

• Social cafes

The Service

Steps To Success in Grangemouth provides residential accommodation and support for care-experienced young people aged 16-25 to help them to gain the skills needed to live independently before moving on to a permanent tenancy elsewhere. The service is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The Job

Your main role will be to support care experienced young people to create a home, offering practical, emotional and social support to assist them to develop the skills necessary for successful independent living. You will need to be able to develop warm and effective relationships with service users, supporting them to cope with their lives in a positive and planned way so that they feel valued and supported and in control of their own lives.

You will ideally have some experience of multi-agency working, housing support/care at home systems and knowledge of the challenges faced by care experienced young people. You will participate in a rota which includes waking night shifts and weekends but has plenty of time off in between shifts to ensure a healthy work/life balance.

For a comprehensive list of the essential and desirable criteria required for this post, please refer to the Job Specification in the Job information Pack above.

What’s in it for you?

The benefits of being a LinkLiving employee (subject to the policies and benefit terms and conditions) include:

• Competitive salary, reviewed annually, and opportunity for annual performance related salary increases and discretionary non-consolidated pay awards, subject to terms of the scheme

• 35 days’ holiday per year (inclusive of public holidays) pro rata plus additional 3 days pro rata after 3 years’ service, with an opportunity to buy and sell holiday

• temporary enhanced business travel mileage allowance to support employees with increased fuel costs

• access to paid SVQ qualifications and a wide range of learning and development opportunities and funded Disclosure Scotland and Scottish Social Services Council memberships

• defined contribution pension scheme with generous employer contributions plus salary exchange and additional voluntary contribution options

• life assurance scheme providing death in service benefits to named beneficiaries

• healthcare cash plan for employees (and dependents) to support health and wellbeing plus discounts on shopping, restaurants, and other services

• employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate household dependants to support health, mental and financial well-being

• discounted travel schemes including cycle to work scheme, monthly bus pass scheme and travel ticket loan and much more!

Successful applicants will be required to register with SSSC within 6 months of their start date.

This post is subject to Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme registration. Link will meet the cost of any new PVG scheme membership or scheme record update.

Further Information

Interested? If you have any questions about the role, please email jobs@linkhaltd.co.uk and we can arrange for someone from the service to call you for an informal chat.

To find out more about what LinkLiving do and to view the generous pay and benefits package, please visit our website at linkliving.org.uk

Due to recent funding and growth in the Aberdeen area, we now have a fantastic opportunity for motivated, positive, resilient individuals who really believe in young people and are flexible regarding hours of work and can help us to deliver includem’s innovative approach. You will have the fantastic opportunity to work across our various services in the area, facilitating vital support to those who require it most.

Includem are committed to developing employees and will help you to achieve the relevant qualifications required to carry out the role. These qualifications will be fully funded by includem. The successful candidate should have a full driver’s license and access to a car.

What does the role involve?

You will deliver groupwork and bespoke support to young people and their families in their own homes and communities. You will assist in case management, including contributing to assessment and support planning and work with other professionals in the young person’s life to deliver positive, sustainable change.

• Work flexibly to meet the needs of the young people and families
• 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 a car for work purposes
• Become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups scheme (paid for by includem)
• To be registered or become registered with the Scottish Social Services Council and hold or be willing to work toward HNC Social Care and SVQ 3 in Social Care or equivalent (qualifications are fully funded by includem)

We value our staff and employee benefits include:

• A full and robust training and induction programme
• Holiday entitlement of 28 days rising to 31 with length of service and 9 public holidays
• Enhanced Employer Pension Contributions
• Free Confidential Employee Counselling Service
• Access to Mental Health First Aiders across the organisation
• Free Vehicle Breakdown Cover
• Company Mobile Phone and Laptop
• Flexible and agile working
• Family friendly policies

Includem are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

If you would like more information regarding this role, please call 0141 212 8800 and ask to be forwarded onto the HR team. You can apply directly online via the includem website (includem.org) by downloading and filling out an application pack attached to the vacancy. This pack should then be emailed to hrassist@includem.co.uk in order for us to fully consider you for the role.