SASEN support and development role specification

Goals for social enterprise in South Ayrshire

Everyone involved in supporting social enterprises in South Ayrshire has broadly similar goals:

• More social enterprises
• A bigger sector, employing more people and with a bigger turnover
• More effective social enterprises, delivering additional social good
• A more sustainable sector with more social entrepreneurs of all ages

The keys to making this happen

In general the sector is weak in comparison with many other areas. But there are opportunities, with Government pressure growing on public bodies to contract with social enterprises, increasing focus by the Council on ‘Community Wealth Building’, and a growth of new types of social entrepreneurs in South Ayrshire using the CIC model. The key building bricks for growth are:

• More opportunities to bid for public sector contracts;
• More seed and growth funding – both equity and loan funding;
• More collaboration, joint bidding, intra-sector trading and joint purchasing;
• More support for traditional third sector organisations to trade; and
• More support for new and emerging social entrepreneurs and enterprises.

SASEN’s role and activities

Voluntary Action South Ayrshire (VASA) as the local TSI has a role in promoting and supporting social enterprise. The role for SASEN, as a network of social enterprises, is to enable social enterprises to work with each other to mutual benefit and to act together to be the voice of social enterprise, affecting policy and increasing resources. Key activities should therefore be to:

• Act as the voice for Social Enterprises, including backing VASA’s lobbying work.
• Lobby for and (where relevant secure) increased access to funding for setting up and growing social enterprises in South Ayrshire.
• Build links between social enterprises to allow them to bid jointly for work.
• Build links between social enterprises to maximise trading within the sector.
• Provide peer support mechanisms for existing and new social entrepreneurs.
• Link and build credibility with the wider local business sector and with local and national support organisations (VASA, SAC, SE, SIS, Senscot, SES, etc) so that local social enterprise will begin to feature in these agencies’ strategies, plans, events and PR.

SASEN has been effectively dormant for the last 3-4 years so there is an opportunity for a fresh start as local social enterprises emerge from the pandemic.

Development support role

SASEN now wish to appoint an appropriate individual to help relaunch the organization and grow it to become sustainable over the next two years. The key goals for the role will be to:

1. Work with the existing SASEN board to agree membership development and stakeholder influencing plans.
2. Identify social enterprises in South Ayrshire and build membership to include at least 60% of social enterprises in in the area.
3. Build a programme of activity in line with the priorities above that is of sufficient value for members to pay towards SASEN costs (so SASEN itself will be a social enterprise).
4. Raise the profile of and confidence in social enterprise among the public and private sectors so that social enterprise features regularly in these agencies events and PR.
5. Identify and help secure future funding (from - members fees and in grants, and, if possible, through other commercial activity).

The appointment in the first instance will be to develop the plan at 1 above – with a second phase appointment subject to the board being satisfied with the plan.

We are looking for someone with a combination of skills and knowledge including:

• Familiarity with the social enterprise sector – knowledge of South Ayrshire may be an advantage but is not a requirement;
• Strong strategic planning and project management skills;
• Ability to quickly gain the confidence of a wide range of stakeholders and others; and
• A focus on delivering results by responding to opportunities and challenges flexibly.

The current board – which comprises three trustees and two advisers – will expect to support the person appointed in practical ways. And SASEN has effective links with VASA that will also assist. We would expect members (as they are recruited) to contribute in practical ways too. But the person appointed will be the sole paid resource for the organization for the foreseeable future.

The total budget currently available for the post and any activity is £20,000 and we envisage around £15,000 of this being available in fees. However it may be possible to attract further funding and we would be happy to increase the workload and fees if this is the case.

To provide an outreach support service to survivors of rape, sexual violence and childhood sexual abuse whether recent or historic across Highland. The service will be available to any survivors age 13+ with an initial focus on access from remote and rural communities. The role will also support non offending family and friends of survivors.

The main purpose of the role will be:

• Providing face to face short term support sessions; both crisis and at point of referral
• Some face-to-face ongoing emotional therapeutic support to survivors across rural Highland
• Supporting support line delivery

To be a first point of contact for survivors coming through to RASASH services as a support line operative including answering and responding to support line calls, texts and emails, regular check ins with survivors on the waiting list, dealing with new referrals, booking short term or one-off sessions (crisis, friends and family and support at point of referral and initial information sessions). This role will also hold a small caseload for one-to-one ongoing therapeutic emotional support.

We exist to make Scotland a better place to live and work with a more inclusive economy.

Social Enterprise is increasingly viewed as an important source of economic growth, a vital source of support for vulnerable communities and a critical path of the reform of public services in Scotland. We respond by providing tailored business support and services to aspiring, emerging and growing social enterprises. CEIS offers tailored consultancy support and services to help third sector organisations to succeed and grow.

Looking forward, we have created this new position to help us to tell our story and the stories of our clients. We know there is so much great work happening within the sector and the clients that we work with, and we want to find someone who can help us to share this impact and raise our profile within the sector. We are looking for someone who is passionate about change, can tell our story, is an excellent communicator, and has experience in digital communications. You will also be comfortable using your initiative to find a story and working across multiple teams within the Group.

Job Description

You will join our Events and Marketing Team, working across all areas of the CEIS Group. This role will be pivotal to our success in telling our story and will focus on engaging with others across the sector as well as with our own teams within the Group. You will be a strong team player but will also be comfortable working independently, setting your own schedule, and adhering to deadlines.

Sharing our Story- You will be responsible for the creation and implementation of our content plan using story-telling techniques to share our work with the world. Sharing our impact and ensuring that impact is measured regularly across the Group. Designing mechanisms to capture success stories and building strong relationships with contacts across the group to create content.

Building our Network - Our work is wide reaching and varied, and you will lead on the creation of all key messages about CEIS including the work of Enterprise and Communities, DSL, CEIS Ayrshire, and CEIS Events. You will manage our presence with a particular focus on online and will be responsible for growing our online community. Raising awareness of CEIS and our Group services both nationally and internationally by managing all Group social media accounts and designing and executing a content plan.

Team Engagement - Our staff are our most asset; they are the people directly impacting change within the sector. You will support our team engagement strategy ‘CEIS Connect’ by designing regular communications and events for staff engagement throughout the year including a monthly newsletter and weekly staff engagement events.

Skills, Experience and Qualifications

Essential

1. Experience of content planning, content creation, and analytics
2. Experience of managing organisation/company social media communities
3. Creative communication skills and copy writing experience
4. Experience of digital marketing tools, design software, and analytical tools
5. Ability to work effectively and flexibly as a member of a team
6. Ability to manage own workload, work independently and remotely, and adhere to deadlines

Desirable

1. Interest in social enterprise or social impact
2. Marketing, Media, Communications or Design qualification
3. Digital design experience
4. Interviewing skills/Video creation skills
5. Video editing skills

NUS Charity is an exciting organisation developing and championing strong students’ unions. We connect our members and curate services to deliver advice, guidance and crisis support to students’ unions.

We do professional differently. We are a progressive charity representing students’ unions across the UK. The sector is inclusive, fun, dynamic and representative and we put students and students’ unions at the heart of everything we do. We are challenging but are committed to creating a supportive and flexible environment which pushes your personal development in your everyday activity.

What we do

Students’ unions can be transformational hubs for students, staff, and wider society. NUS Charity support our members’ development to enhance their capacity and harness opportunities to maximise their positive impact. We do this in many ways; from managing a purchasing consortium to drive great value for our members, to our development activity, supporting the best potential in students’ unions - we strive to make a difference to our members.

Within our small Union Development team we deal with a range of organisational development work, whether that’s being the Returning Officer and supporting students’ unions elections, running development events/webinars, helping new students’ unions create the structures that they need, coaching a students’ union leader who needs extra support, or creating guidance on new legislation that will effect students’ unions – no two days are the same.

What we need

NUS Charity is looking for a Development Consultant to deliver strategic and operational support in college students’ associations in Scotland. We’re looking to deliver high quality projects in organisational development, based on the Framework for the Development of Strong and Effective College Students’ Associations in Scotland, with a specific focus on supporting them to be autonomous, sustainable and effective in representing the interests of students. This role is part of an externally funded project, with funding provided by the Scottish Funding Council.

We welcome applications from homebased applicants outside the Edinburgh area, however there would be an expectation for you to visit the Edinburgh office once a week and students’ unions in Scotland frequently. For a successful candidate based outside the Edinburgh area, travel expenses and any travel time within work time for student union visits would be calculated based on an Edinburgh location.

Due to the role being externally funded, it is currently fixed term until the end of July 2022. However, should further, additional funding be secured, there is potential for the role's term to be extended. We would also be open to considering the role as a secondment opportunity.

We’re committed to equality of opportunity for all. We welcome applications from individuals regardless of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, or disability.

You can be yourself here whoever you are, be proud of the work you do and build a career in a place that knows different is good.

Benefits

We aim to practice what we preach so we’re happy to offer a flexible person-centred working environment with a great benefits package including:

• Generous holiday entitlement
• Flexible working opportunities
• Valuable workplace pension
• Enhanced parental pay policies
• Employee assistance programme

Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland (CHSS) is an independent Scottish charity, whose mission is to be the community of support, kindness and challenge where people can help each other, can secure the expert help they need, and collectively advocate for the care that matters to them. We offer vital advice, support and information to those affected so that they can live the lives they want to live and influence public policy to ensure that people get the services that they need. Our renewed ambition is to become Scotland’s leading organisation for person-centred, user-led community support for people with our health conditions.

The main purpose of the Shop Manager is to generate income by managing the Boutique shop effectively and commercially, to create a unique shopping experience for customers and donors while maintaining the high standards set by CHSS.

To identify high value items and to effectively display and promote, in order to support delivery of financial targets.

The Shop Manager is part of the CHSS retail team and is expected to contribute to the department’s goal of raising revenue to support the work of the charity.

This is a full time post working 32.5 hours per week, 10am to 5pm over 5 days.

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

This role is subject to a Basic Disclosure check. CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity, to following practices, and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. CHSS aims to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.

Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland (CHSS) is an independent Scottish charity, whose mission is to be the community of support, kindness and challenge where people can help each other, can secure the expert help they need, and collectively advocate for the care that matters to them. We offer vital advice, support and information to those affected so that they can live the lives they want to live and influence public policy to ensure that people get the services that they need. Our renewed ambition is to become Scotland’s leading organisation for person-centred, user-led community support for people with our health conditions.

The main purpose of the Shop Manager is to generate income by managing the Boutique shop effectively and commercially, to create a unique shopping experience for customers and donors while maintaining the high standards set by CHSS.

To identify high value items and to effectively display and promote, in order to support delivery of financial targets.

The Shop Manager is part of the CHSS retail team and is expected to contribute to the department’s goal of raising revenue to support the work of the charity.

This is a full time post working 32.5 hours per week, 10am to 5pm over 5 days.

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

This role is subject to a Basic Disclosure check. CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity, to following practices, and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. CHSS aims to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.

School URLs: carrickacademysayr.weebly.com and girvanacademy.sayr.sch.uk

As our Community Mental Health Practitioner, you will work in partnership with the Carrick Academy and Girvan Academy school communities in South Ayrshire, with an outward facing priority towards community collaboration ensuring that the young people are provided with therapeutic and emotional support, high quality clinical practice and delivery of a full and effective service. This includes undertaking clinical assessments and formulations.

This is a new role which is embedded within the local community, as such the successful candidate will be highly motivated and flexible, to help develop an innovate service across Carrick and Girvan community in collaboration with the schools and our staff in those schools. A key part of this role will be identifying and building effective links with the local community, including statutory and third sector partners, who work with young people in the area. Evening work and travel to both school communities, is expected.

You will receive referrals from our community partners, undertake clinical work with young people and possibly provide Place2Be services such as Place2Talk, Place2Think and Parent Partnership interventions as agreed with the Area Manager, and school based Mental Health Practitioners within each school. This work may take place in a school or community setting during business hours. Input to community groups will take place in evenings.

You'll ensure high quality clinical practice and delivery of a full and effective service, by undertaking clinical assessments and formulations, identifying and delivering appropriate clinical interventions for young people, establishing positive, active and effective relationships with the school and community partners and Place2Be management team and actively participating in staff meetings to share best practice and develop clinical thinking, knowledge and learning.

About You

The successful candidate:

Will have a recognised counselling or therapy qualification with substantial post-qualifying experience, along with a good knowledge of the school environment. Most important of all is your approach; we are an exciting, dynamic organisation doing amazing work so we're looking for people with the enthusiasm and commitment to match our own.

You will:

• Hold a recognised clinical qualification (in counselling, psychotherapy, clinical psychology, Art/Dance/Drama/Music Therapy)
• Hold a recognised membership of a relevant professional body (e.g. BACP / UKCP/NCS/BPS/HCPC)
• experience in a clinical role with experience and understanding of working with children, young people and schools
• demonstrates knowledge and understanding of the importance of embedding Assessment and Formulation in clinical practice
• experience of safeguarding child protection procedures and policy and commitment to safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults
• show an understanding of how to run an effective school based mental health project and managing and accounting for overall caseload
• have previous experience in developing project plans into sensible, timely actions that meet the expectations of the school and more senior colleagues

In return we offer you a range of fantastic benefits including:

• Enhanced Annual Leave entitlement
• Robust Learning and Development Programme
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance, 4x Annual Salary
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mobile Phone Discounts (EE Network)
• Cycle purchase and season ticket loan schemes
• Extended Maternity/Paternity Pay

If you share our core values of perseverance, integrity, compassion and creativity and have the counselling skills and patience to support some of the UK’s most vulnerable young people and families, we would love you to join us. It’s sensitive and demanding work – but hugely rewarding and fulfilling - you will be helping to give young people a brighter future.

The role of the Community Development Manager will be to work closely with Clackmannan Development Trust to deliver our key priorities and to make Clackmannan a better place to live, work and visit.

Post Holder’s Duties:

• To play a key role in the development of Clackmannan Development Trust (CDT)
• To develop policies and procedures ensuring annual review
• To work with the Board of Directors to ensure the organisation meets all legal and governance requirements.
• Providing leadership, direction and motivation for all staff
• Developing staff capacity and capability
• Building and maintaining a high-performance culture, ensured through effective management
• Developing and maintaining effective working relationships with the Board of Directors
• Ensuring effective management of human resources, including regular support and supervision, appraisals, skills and capacity development, and training.
• Maintaining good communication, consultation, and decision-making structures with and amongst staff to enable them to understand and contribute to the development and promotion of the aims of the organisation.
• To review and develop opportunities for community ownership if appropriate
• To support the delivery of CDT strategic plans set by the Board
• To report to CDT monthly board meetings
• To frequently interact with community residents and stakeholders
• To identify funding opportunities and prepare funding applications
• To work with wider local partners
• To build new and strengthen existing social connections in the community
• To help develop innovative approaches to encourage residents to become involved in their local area
• To provide information and guidance to groups within the voluntary and community sector
• To manage assigned work projects within allocated time scales
• To monitor and report to grant funders
• To be responsible for producing the bi-annual newsletter
• To contribute to the promotion and marketing of CDT
• To manage general telephone, email and office enquiries
• To be responsible for other relevant duties
• To manage the office and staff
• To develop and deliver a programme of community events
• To attend events and represent CDT
• Together with the Board of Directors, developing a financial strategy which will support the design, delivery, and development of a range of high-quality services.
• Ensuring that all necessary monitoring and evaluation of finance is undertaken.
• In conjunction with the Board, ensuring the proper strategic and day-to-day financial management of the organisation, including budgeting, risk management, monitoring and effective controls and the preparation of regular reports.
• Ensure effective processes and financial controls
• Agree budgets across all services with the Treasurer of the Board of Directors
• Provide financial projections against agreed budgets as required
• Ensure that regular financial reports are produced for the Board of Directors
• Ensure that all service and project budgets are well-managed and monitored, delegating responsibilities as outlined in staff individual project plans

Person Specification

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Knowledge and understanding of the grant funding application process
• An understanding of partnership working
• Experience of organising and participating in events
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• The ability to work as part of a team as well as on your own
• Ability to manage time effectively, work to deadlines and willingness to work outside normal hours when necessary
• Conversant and competent with IT systems and social media
• Experience of developing and delivering a range of projects and services
• An ability to enthuse, motivate and inspire other to contribute more effectively to the regeneration of their communities

Desirable

• 2 years’ experience in a similar role
• Experience of the challenges faced by voluntary organisations within an increasingly complex funding environment
• Experience of managing staff
• Business enterprise skills
• A knowledge and understanding of the issues facing communities
• Experience of working with volunteers and committees
• Managing a community website
• Experience of financial management

Epilepsy Connections wants everyone with epilepsy to have the support, resilience and respect they need to live life to the full.

Every year our Epilepsy Fieldwork Team supports hundreds of people to learn more about their epilepsy and how to manage it, and to live safely and well with what can be a challenging condition. The team works in a person-centred way to support people to identify their epilepsy information and support needs and to develop their self-management skills.

We provide:

• practical information about understanding and managing epilepsy, seizures and treatment; identifying seizure triggers; lifestyle issues; balancing risk and safety.
• help to manage epilepsy at home, school or work.
• support for people to deal with their feelings about living with epilepsy.
• help with benefits and housing issues.
• liaison with epilepsy specialist clinics.
• signposting to appropriate resources and services.

We need an enthusiastic, experienced self-starter to join our Greater Glasgow & Clyde Fieldwork Team. You will work in an advisory capacity with adults and children with epilepsy, including people who have difficult-to-control epilepsy and those who have additional long term and/or disabling conditions, and people who are socially isolated because of epilepsy. This busy, varied and rewarding role also involves providing information and support to families and carers, employers, and health, social care and housing providers.

Applicants must have experience of providing information and support in a health or other welfare setting, excellent people skills, and be able to demonstrate understanding of the impact of living with a long term condition. Knowledge of epilepsy would be an advantage but we provide training.

To help us reach out to all sections of the community we serve, we particularly welcome applications from speakers of community languages who meet the essential criteria for the post.