With YOU

We are a charity with decades of experience supporting people across Scotland, providing those who need us with support that ranges from Mental Health, Learning Disability and Neurodiversity, Youth and Adult homelessness and Older People services.

Why work with us?

We have the following benefits to help attract and retain the best talent, ensuring we provide high quality care to those we support, this includes:

• 6% employer pension contribution

• Death in benefit cover (2 times salary)

• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave

• Enhanced Sick Pay

• Fully funded qualifications

• Career development and progression opportunities

**We are also offering a £500 welcome bonus for all newly recruited colleagues – please visit our website for full details**

Who we are looking for

We are looking for a hard working and enthusiastic support worker to join our expanding team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone passionate about a career in social care who wants to gain valuable hands-on experience and enhance their skillset. Above all we want someone that shares in our values. Our mission is to provide positive, life changing support, delivered by inspiring, professional staff.

As a support worker, you will support people to achieve their ambitions and live as independent a life as possible both at home and in the community.

WithYOU

We are a charity with decades of experience supporting people across Scotland, providing those who need us with support that ranges from Mental Health, Learning Disability and Neurodiversity, Youth and Adult homelessness and Older People services.

Why work with us?

We have the following benefits to help attract and retain the best talent, ensuring we provide high quality care to those we support, this includes:

• 6% employer pension contribution

• Death in benefit cover (2 times salary)

• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave

• Enhanced Sick Pay

• Fully funded qualifications

• Career development and progression opportunities

**We are also offering a £500 welcome bonus for all newly recruited colleagues – please visit our website for full details**

Who we are looking for:

We are looking for a hardworking and enthusiastic Night Support Worker to join our expanding team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone passionate about a career in social care who wants to gain valuable hands-on experience and enhance their skillset. Above all we want someone that shares in our values. Our mission is to provide positive, life changing support, delivered by inspiring, professional staff.

As a Night Support Worker you will support people to achieve their ambitions and live as independent a life as possible both at home and in the community.

WithYOU

We are a charity with decades of experience supporting people across Scotland, providing those who need us with support that ranges from Mental Health, Learning Disability and Neurodiversity, Youth and Adult homelessness and Older People services.

Why work with us?

We have the following benefits to help attract and retain the best talent, ensuring we provide high quality care to those we support, this includes:

• 6% employer pension contribution

• Death in benefit cover (2 times salary)

• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave

• Enhanced Sick Pay

• Fully funded qualifications

• Career development and progression opportunities

**We are also offering a £500 welcome bonus for all newly recruited colleagues – please visit our website for full details**

Who we are looking for:

We are looking for a hard working an experienced support worker who is interested in progressing in their career and taking on additional responsibilities, or a senior support worker looking to take on a new challenge. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone passionate about a career in social care who wants to gain valuable hands-on experience and enhance their skillset. Above all we want someone that shares in our values. Our mission is to provide positive, life changing support, delivered by inspiring, professional staff.

With YOU

We are a charity with decades of experience supporting people across Scotland, providing those who need us with support that ranges from Mental Health, Learning Disability and Neurodiversity, Youth and Adult homelessness and Older People services.

Why work with us?

We have the following benefits to help attract and retain the best talent, ensuring we provide high quality care to those we support, this includes:

• 6% employer pension contribution

• Death in benefit cover (2 times salary)

• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave

• Enhanced Sick Pay

• Fully funded qualifications

• Career development and progression opportunities

**We are also offering a £500 welcome bonus for all newly recruited colleagues – please visit our website for full details**

Who we are looking for

We are looking for a hard working and enthusiastic support worker to join our expanding team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone passionate about a career in social care who wants to gain valuable hands-on experience and enhance their skillset. Above all we want someone that shares in our values. Our mission is to provide positive, life changing support, delivered by inspiring, professional staff.

As a support worker, you will support people to achieve their ambitions and live as independent a life as possible both at home and in the community.

With YOU

We are a charity with decades of experience supporting people across Scotland, providing those who need us with support that ranges from Mental Health, Learning Disability and Neurodiversity, Youth and Adult homelessness and Older People services.

Why work with us?

We have the following benefits to help attract and retain the best talent, ensuring we provide high quality care to those we support, this includes:

• 6% employer pension contribution

• Death in benefit cover (2 times salary)

• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave

• Enhanced Sick Pay

• Fully funded qualifications

• Career development and progression opportunities

**We are also offering a £500 welcome bonus for all newly recruited colleagues – please visit our website for full details**

Who we are looking for

We are looking for a hard working and enthusiastic support worker to join our expanding team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone passionate about a career in social care who wants to gain valuable hands-on experience and enhance their skillset. Above all we want someone that shares in our values. Our mission is to provide positive, life changing support, delivered by inspiring, professional staff.

As a support worker, you will support people to achieve their ambitions and live as independent a life as possible both at home and in the community.

WithYOU

We are a charity with decades of experience supporting people across Scotland, providing those who need us with support that ranges from Mental Health, Learning Disability and Neurodiversity, Youth and Adult homelessness and Older People services.

Why work with us?

We have the following benefits to help attract and retain the best talent, ensuring we provide high quality care to those we support, this includes:

• 6% employer pension contribution

• Death in benefit cover (2 times salary)

• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave

• Enhanced Sick Pay

• Fully funded qualifications

• Career development and progression opportunities

**We are also offering a £500 welcome bonus for all newly recruited colleagues – please visit our website for full details**

Who we are looking for:

We are looking for a hard working an experienced support worker who is interested in progressing in their career and taking on additional responsibilities, or a senior support worker looking to take on a new challenge. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone passionate about a career in social care who wants to gain valuable hands-on experience and enhance their skillset. Above all we want someone that shares in our values. Our mission is to provide positive, life changing support, delivered by inspiring, professional staff.

Purpose:

This role will be responsible for delivering a creative, engaging communications approach and content for a project that sits within Engender. The Equal Media and Culture Centre (EMCC) will focus on gender equality within Scotland’s media and cultural landscape. It will research and monitor issues of equal representation, inclusion, gender stereotyping and women’s right to cultural participation. It will also involve collaboration between researchers, the women’s sector, and leaders and creators from the media and cultural industries.

The post will be responsible for ensuring that our media and culture work is effectively communicated in innovative and accessible ways to our key audiences – diverse communities of women, women’s and equalities organisations, the media, government and wider civil society.

The role will actively engage our key audiences and partners, particularly diverse groups of women, in Engender’s work to advance intersectional gender equality in the media, creative and cultural sectors in Scotland.

The role involves working closely with colleagues from across the Engender team.

Main duties

Strategic Communications

• Coordinating the development and delivery of a communications strategy on Engender’s media and culture work

• Engagement with media and culture practitioners, and other audiences

• Following relevant feminist policy and research developments in Scotland and internationally

Co-ordination of external communications

• Identifying and responding to opportunities to engage media and press

• Coordinating digital engagement, including social media campaigns

• Directing content creation including commissioning of blogs, video, podcasts and other outputs

• Utilising design software and video editing to create engaging digital content

• Coordinating the production of publications, ensuring the consistency of branding

• Managing website development and maintenance

Developing and facilitating external engagement

• Contributing to the delivery of participatory events; online and in person

• Representing Engender and the EMCC at stakeholder events and other engagement opportunities

General duties

• Thinking and working intersectionally: ensuring that the impact that intersecting systems of inequality have on the lived experiences of women in Scotland and on gender inequality are understood, and reflected in our comms work

• Working collaboratively with colleagues to maximise the quality and impact of our work and enrich our organisational culture

• Contributing to Engender’s overall comms and engagement work as needed

• Participating in organisational planning and strategy development

• Participating in evaluation processes, internal updates and future funding proposals

Person specification

Essential:

• Excellent written communication skills and experience of producing content for a variety of audiences

• Commitment to accessibility in communications and engagement

• Experience of coordinating digital communications, including websites and social media, and how to utilise their potential

• Experience of video-editing

• Ability to communicate and network with a range of organisations

• Organised, able to prioritise and work flexibly and collaboratively as part of a team.

• Experience in small scale events management

• Able to work to own initiative, identify and respond to opportunities effectively

• A strong commitment to equality and human rights

Desirable:

• Publishing experience including copy editing and proofreading

• Experience of using canva and other design software

• Understanding how to engage and work with the press

• Understanding of the media and culture sectors in Scotland as it relates to gender equality and women’s rights

The job description and person specification is subject to regular review.

Equalities statement

Engender exists to promote women’s equality in Scotland and to challenge the intersecting discrimination that persists in our society and communities. To do this effectively, it is crucial that our team understands and reflects a diversity of perspectives. We therefore want to encourage and support applications from people from a range of backgrounds, including those that may be under-represented in the Voluntary Sector in Scotland, including but not limited to, people from minority ethnic communities, people with disabilities, LGBT communities and people who have experienced economic deprivation.

To ensure that our staff thrive and succeed at Engender, we are continuously working to create a workplace that is inclusive, accessible, flexible and fair, and where differences in background, culture, identity and lived experience are valued and respected.

ENABLE Works are the leading Scottish organisation delivering high quality employability services for people who have disabilities, and other complex barriers to employment.

We are looking for an Employment Coordinator to work on the Fair Start Scotland, national employability programme, supporting a range of participants in their journey towards, and into, employment. This service aims to support all unemployed residents of Scotland, who face barriers to employment.

You will work closely with a large group of clients each year, profiling their skills and jointly planning activity that will enable them to achieve their work goals, upskill through training and support, and achieve progressions into employment, before continuing to support those individuals for up to a year in work.

You will have significant working knowledge of the local area and key employability stakeholders and sectors, as well as having a strong understanding of the local labour market and employer requirements.

You will be responsible for developing positive relationships with the programme participants, their circles of support and professional support services.

You will work closely with local partners, including employers, funders and other stakeholders, developing professional relationships that will offer a diverse range of experiences and opportunities.

You will be given a work plan to achieve in order that programme participants are receiving a quality service and we are achieving the expectations of funders and stakeholders, and you will be required to meet challenging but achievable programme KDIs.

As an important member of the wider ENABLE Works team, you will be supporting departmental objectives through delivery of support but also through positive collaboration and innovation within your team to support our strategic, societal goals.

A full UK drivers licence and access to a car for work purposes is essential for this role

Main Duties and Accountabilities

Providing high quality support:

• Regular and accurate profiling of skills and recording of participant activity

• Active case management to ensure person-centred success

• Delivering support with fidelity to the individual project model

• Delivery of structured training to individuals and groups of participants

• Maintaining positive relationships with participants and their circles of support to ensure inclusive success

• Managing professional relationships with stakeholders and employers to create opportunities for participants

Delivering projects to plan:

• Keeping accurate and up-to-date records ready for audit

• Recording and gathering project information in line with project timescales and work plan

• Handling and storing project information in line with ENABLE Scotland’s data protection policy

• Reporting accurately on project activity when requested and in line with project timescales

Meeting performance expectations:

• Active case management to ensure participants are achieving success

• Meeting and exceeding individual project expectations

• Innovating and collaborating across your team to support wider ENABLE Works performance

Contribution to strategy:

• Sharing best practice and opportunities with ENABLE Works colleagues

• Positive and flexible response to changes in work plans

• Collaborative approach to team and departmental delivery

• Managing your time/caseload efficiently in order to respond to additional duties as required

• Supporting the training and marking of accredited staff training

• Representing ENABLE Works and ENABLE Scotland with an understanding of departmental and organisational strategies

About You

Full clean driving license is essential with access to a car for business purposes

You will have significant working knowledge of the Aberdeen City region and key employability stakeholders and sectors

A PDA in Supported Employment is desirable

You should also have:

• A commitment to support peopletowards tailored, sustainable employment
• Understanding of employability services and methodologies
• Knowledge of the local area and it’s community assets
• Knowledge of skills and employment services for disabled people
• Knowledge of Supported Employment Programmes
• Understanding of relevant policy and legislation
• Ability to profile skills and aspirations of people with learning disabilities
• Ability to innovate and plan so people with learning disabilities can achieve goalsAbility to partner and negotiate with stakeholders
• Professional presentation and personality
• Self-management skills and the ability to meet duties effectively
• IT literacy
• Proactive and collaborative approach to team work
• Commitment to personal and professional development
• Experience of achieving success through innovation
• Experience of working in a performance-focussed team
• Experience of delivering learning
• Experience of meeting/exceeding demanding compliance requirements
• Experience of working with people who have multiple and/or complex barriers

About Us

At ENABLE Scotland we believe in developing all our staff and we provide an extensive learning programme together with in-house career development opportunities.

We also have an excellent range of staff benefits on offer including but not limited to:

Health cash plans providing a wide range of health benefits to help people cover the cost of their everyday health care.

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Season Ticket Loans

Starting a career with ENABLE Scotland is the first step towards making a real difference in our award-winning charity’s mission to help create an equal society for every person who has a learning disability.

ENABLE Scotland is an equal opportunities employer and our recruitment, selection and assessment process is based entirely on values, skills and competencies required of the specific roles.

This is an exciting and challenging opportunity to work with a driven team of social enterprise and community developers in one of Scotland’s most well regarded and effective social enterprise support providers. Community Enterprise Ltd is a well-established third sector support organisation with a progressive outlook and a diverse portfolio.

As our sector coped with the huge demands of the Coronavirus pandemic and now increasing running costs amid the cost-of-living crisis, the need for support and assistance across Scotland, and the demand on our services, has grown significantly. We are looking to grow our Development Team to meet that demand. The post involves delivering capacity building and development support to a wide range of clients and projects across Scotland.

We are particularly keen to enhance the capacity and skillset of our development team by recruiting someone with skills in social impact measurement to undertake external evaluations and support clients to build a knowledge of how to monitor and report on the difference they make. The successful candidate will be able to deliver this alongside broader development work.

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.

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.

No previous working experience is needed; full training will be provided to you. 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 Support 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.