Care leavers face significant challenges ranging from lack of support networks to financial worries, stress over employment/education and problems with unsuitable or unstable accommodation.
The Why Not? Trust for Care Experienced Young People is a charity set up to support long term connections and relationships between young people with care experience and the people who matter to them, with a view to helping them overcome these challenges.
In this role you will have the opportunity to lead, develop and grow the Why Not? Trust into a valuable support function that will help to guide and safeguard the future of care leavers across Scotland.
The charity is in its infancy. You will need to draw upon your experience of working in 3rd Sector, fundraising, strategy and project management in order to vitalise and grow the initiative into a “go-to” resource for individuals transitioning from care.
Whilst you will have the opportunity to utilise the expert knowledge of a number of senior individuals with vast experience in the sector, understanding of the care system and the issues facing care leavers is something that is essential to this role, as is the ability to run individual projects under the Why Not? banner; reporting your successes directly to the Board of Trustees.
Working at a senior level in the social work sector, involvement in youth work, national councils, youth organisations and community development, would provide valuable experience relevant to this post.
If this is you, we would very much like to hear from you.
This is a real opportunity for you to be part of the growth and continued development of the Trust and in turn have a real impact in better supporting the care experienced community in Scotland.
Are you a fundraising professional with great relationship-building skills?
Are you a self-starter, resilient, persistent, driven, and able to use your own initiative? Perhaps you are an account management or business development professional looking to move into the charity sector? If so, this is an excellent opportunity to take on a meaningful and rewarding role where your actions will make a difference to people’s lives and to the community. Be part of an amazing team and a vibrant charity that has been supporting and empowering vulnerable adults since 1975.
ASC is a charity dedicated to providing a range of recovery focussed services for people affected by addictions. We provide opportunities to help people change their addictive behaviours, engage with recovery communities and fulfil their aspirations.
We are starting a new chapter in our organisation’s journey and are looking to appoint a Fundraising Officer.
You will
- Have a recognised professional qualification at a minimum of SVQ level 4 or equivalent
- Have a minimum three years of demonstrable experience in fundraising
- Have the ability to work at strategic planning and implementation levels in order to achieve desired outcomes
- Have an ability to work flexibly and creatively in motivating and supporting volunteers for fundraising activities
- Have a dynamic personality with the high level of professionalism and excellent persuasion and influencing skills
Cognitive Behavioural Therapist
- Full time or Part time
- £26,519 – £28,495
- Forth Valley
- Closing 4th June 2020
Overview
Do you enjoy and value working with individuals affected by drug/alcohol use, do you have an empathic and caring nature and enjoy being part of a large supportive team?
Change Grow Live Forth Valley Recovery Service are currently recruiting experienced Cognitive Behavioural Therapists to provide psychological therapy to service users across Forth Valley in bases in Alloa, Stirling and Falkirk.
Responsibilities
Change Grow Live have recently been awarded the Forth Valley Recovery Service, which provides a wide variety of interventions to individuals affected by drugs and/or alcohol. These include harm reduction, psychosocial interventions, structured cognitive behavioural therapy and community rehabilitation.
We have both full time and part time vacancies, so if this is the role for you, we would welcome your application.
Successful candidates will work within COSCA or BACP Ethical Frameworks and Code of Practice, work within Forth Valley Psychological therapies pathway and will receive support and supervision from NHS Forth Valley Psychological Therapies.
The successful candidates will;
• Work within a multi-disciplinary approach
• Provide assessment and cognitive behavioural therapy within a coordinated package of care for drug and alcohol users
• Work in partnership with and follow NHS Forth Valley psychological therapies guidelines and pathways
• Contribute to the wider service to ensure service users consistently receive the right service at the right time and receive high quality services that adhere to best practice guidelines and achieve high professional standards
• Record and input service user data in line with confidentiality policies in order that the service operates within contractual, administrative and financial requirements
Change Grow Live are committed to creating an inclusive environment, which celebrates difference and allows our staff and service users to flourish. We recruit the very best staff from a wide range of backgrounds, ensuring service users benefit from our diverse skills and expertise. We always work to the principles of fairness and equality of opportunity in all our recruitment processes.
We also expect an assertive approach to ensuring the safety and well-being of all children, young people and adults, and applicants to these posts will need to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to best safeguarding practice.
The role will report directly to the Locality team leader.
This post is subject to a Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme check at an enhanced level.
We believe that having diverse people working as part of our team makes us the organisation that we are.
We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and to make Change Grow Live a great place to work. If you have any feedback on our recruitment processes (good or bad) we’d love to hear from you so that we can make sure they are fair and we attract and recruit the best, most diverse workforce possible.
The safety of vulnerable children, young people and adults is our absolute priority. We will support you in your role to make sure that you are equipped to support the safety of people who use our services and those around them, to the highest standard possible.
Citizens Advice Bureau (Grangemouth & Bo’ness) Ltd. based in Grangemouth, is an independent and innovative advice organisation providing holistic and specialist advice and support to local people.
The Welfare Rights Officer will contribute to this service by supporting volunteers and providing specialist assistance and advocacy to clients at all stages of the social security benefit claiming process, including disputing decisions.
This requires the post holder to have experience of dealing with complex casework, submitting mandatory reconsiderations on behalf of applicants, and representation at appeal tribunals.
This post will initially run for a 1-year period, with continuation beyond this point being dependent on future funding.
Overview
Do you want to work for a caring organisation that believes in people?
Do you want to make a difference?
As a Recovery Coordinator with Change Grow Live you’ll work with people who use our services, helping them get to where they want to be.
Responsibilities
With this role you’ll be working as part of Forth Valley Team.
The team supports people with their or their loved ones’ drug and/or alcohol issues.
No two days are the same and we treat every person who comes into our service as an individual, so being flexible, curious and a good listener are key.
You’ll have to record information about what you do, so enjoying a bit of paperwork and attention to detail is important. But most of the time you’ll be enjoying working with people from all backgrounds, making a difference to their lives.
This is what one of our Recovery Co-ordinators/people who use our service had to say: “I enjoy working as part of the team, it is the most supportive team I have ever worked with”.
Our values are to be compassionate, open and bold. If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.
Overview
Change Grow Live provides a fully integrated recovery service across the Forth Valley prisons & community based services. Our aims are to provide high quality recovery asset based resource, visible recovery is a key driver for the Forth Valley service and this role underpins this ethos.
Responsibilities
We are looking to find an enthusiastic Volunteer Coordinator to join our teams working across Forth Valley within our community and prison recovery services.
The post holder will coordinate the identification, recruitment, training and management of Volunteers, Service User Reps and Peer Mentors and ensure that service user involvement is fully embedded into all areas of service development and delivery. The post holder will contribute to the development and delivery of a recovery-oriented service across the Forth Valley area.
This innovative role will also lead on our digital engagement offer by identifying opportunities for service users, families and significant others to communicate and receive brief interventions through forms of Social Media, Apps, Email, Skype/Face time and other forums.
The successful candidate will have passion for and experience of working with people with substance misuse issues, the ability to manage and supervise peer mentors/volunteers, experience of developing and delivering training or group work programmes, good leadership skills and the flexibility to work unsocial hours as required.
Candidates may be required to travel so a driving license and access to a vehicle is desirable.
In return for hard work, professionalism, dedication, and enthusiasm, we will offer excellent terms and conditions, a comprehensive career development plan and the support you will need to really make a difference to service users’ lives.
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Member Pioneer (Community)
- Part time
- Sessional
- Various locations across Scotland
- Closing 14th June 2020
We have live vacancies across various locations in Scotland. And they’ll be a steady flow of new vacancies released over the coming months. Please search for a job in your postcode by clicking apply, and if there’s not a job near you right now then remember to sign up for alerts and we’ll notify you when we have one in your community.
We’re looking for member pioneers to join Co-op, in communities across the country. In this unique role you’ll be focused on bringing people together to make a difference in your community. That means talking to Co-op members, colleagues in stores and funeral homes, and representatives of the many local causes we support. By building relationships with and connecting these people you’ll be the catalyst for new ideas, initiatives and projects that will make our communities better places to live.
We plan to have a member pioneer dedicated to each of our communities and you’ll be a part of this ambitious plan for a better future. Everything you do will contribute to our community plan, making sure we make the biggest impact possible across the UK by increasing community co-operation. It’s an opportunity to make a visible difference where you live, supported by an organisation with nearly 70,000 colleagues.
What you’ll do:
- develop an action plan to improve community wellbeing, aligned to key themes
- establish and run a local community forum, or make connections with one that already exists
- build a strong group of contacts locally, making use of social media platforms to help with listening to and getting involved in community conversation
- get activities off the ground and encourage lots of involvement from members in your community
- prioritise your time, making your hours count and focusing on opportunities to make the biggest difference
This role would suit someone who:
- has lots of enthusiasm with the ability to get things moving
- is interested in all things community focussed
- can inspire and motivate people through their communication style
- loves working with and connecting people
- can prioritise their time and remain focussed on a long term goal
- is confident using social media
- has good basic IT skills (ideally with experience using collaborative tools like the Google suite or Skype)
- is both committed and dedicated
- lives within or very close to the community you’ll support, detailed above
Why Co-op?
As a member pioneer you’ll have the chance to support local communities, making a visible difference by encouraging people to work together. As a Co-op colleague you’ll also receive a competitive salary and a wide range of benefits including:
- 24 days holiday (rising to 30 with service)
- discounts on all kinds of Co-op products and services
- a pension with up to 10% employer contributions
Building an inclusive work environment
We’re actively building diverse teams and welcome applications from everyone. But simply having a diverse workforce is not enough. We want to build an inclusive environment, where everyone can develop to their full potential. We celebrate our differences, and recognise the importance of teams reflecting the communities they serve.
We can make adjustments to the interview process according to your needs. And we offer a flexible working environment so you can adjust your hours to suit your personal circumstances. You can find out more about Co-op people policies at coop.co.uk/peoplepolicies
As part of your application you’ll need to complete an online assessment. It will take you around 12 minutes to complete this test.
Member Pioneer (Community)
- Part time
- Sessional
- Various locations across Scotland
- Closing 14th June 2020
We have live vacancies across various locations in Scotland. And they’ll be a steady flow of new vacancies released over the coming months. Please search for a job in your postcode by clicking apply, and if there’s not a job near you right now then remember to sign up for alerts and we’ll notify you when we have one in your community.
We’re looking for member pioneers to join Co-op, in communities across the country. In this unique role you’ll be focused on bringing people together to make a difference in your community. That means talking to Co-op members, colleagues in stores and funeral homes, and representatives of the many local causes we support. By building relationships with and connecting these people you’ll be the catalyst for new ideas, initiatives and projects that will make our communities better places to live.
We plan to have a member pioneer dedicated to each of our communities and you’ll be a part of this ambitious plan for a better future. Everything you do will contribute to our community plan, making sure we make the biggest impact possible across the UK by increasing community co-operation. It’s an opportunity to make a visible difference where you live, supported by an organisation with nearly 70,000 colleagues.
What you’ll do:
- develop an action plan to improve community wellbeing, aligned to key themes
- establish and run a local community forum, or make connections with one that already exists
- build a strong group of contacts locally, making use of social media platforms to help with listening to and getting involved in community conversation
- get activities off the ground and encourage lots of involvement from members in your community
- prioritise your time, making your hours count and focusing on opportunities to make the biggest difference
This role would suit someone who:
- has lots of enthusiasm with the ability to get things moving
- is interested in all things community focussed
- can inspire and motivate people through their communication style
- loves working with and connecting people
- can prioritise their time and remain focussed on a long term goal
- is confident using social media
- has good basic IT skills (ideally with experience using collaborative tools like the Google suite or Skype)
- is both committed and dedicated
- lives within or very close to the community you’ll support, detailed above
Why Co-op?
As a member pioneer you’ll have the chance to support local communities, making a visible difference by encouraging people to work together. As a Co-op colleague you’ll also receive a competitive salary and a wide range of benefits including:
- 24 days holiday (rising to 30 with service)
- discounts on all kinds of Co-op products and services
- a pension with up to 10% employer contributions
Building an inclusive work environment
We’re actively building diverse teams and welcome applications from everyone. But simply having a diverse workforce is not enough. We want to build an inclusive environment, where everyone can develop to their full potential. We celebrate our differences, and recognise the importance of teams reflecting the communities they serve.
We can make adjustments to the interview process according to your needs. And we offer a flexible working environment so you can adjust your hours to suit your personal circumstances. You can find out more about Co-op people policies at coop.co.uk/peoplepolicies
As part of your application you’ll need to complete an online assessment. It will take you around 12 minutes to complete this test.
Support Workers and Relief Support Workers
- Full time or Part time
- Sessional
- Edinburgh, Glasgow, Ayr, Aberdeen, Stirling
- Closing 21st August 2020
As an award-winning innovative care provider, we support the elderly and people living with physical disabilities and long-term conditions across Scotland. We pride ourselves on our knowledge and passion for delivering complex care, making sure that our customers receive high quality care services that can range from visiting a few hours a week to several daily visits.
We deliver our vision of helping our customers live their life to the full through the hard work and dedication of our Support Workers who provide our customers with a wide variety of assistance such as personal hygiene, dressing, medication prompts and light household chores in line with their personal support plans.
Blackwood are currently looking for Support Workers to join our Care Services teams to support our customers living in their own homes in the community and/or in our Care Homes. We operate care services in Aberdeen, Dundee, Perth & Kinross, Edinburgh, Stirling, Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Ayrshire and Inverclyde.
Don’t worry about having any previous care experience, we provide comprehensive training and development opportunities to help you become a great carer!
Our main priority for this job role is to find people who can show our values and behaviours. These are:
- Taking responsibility
- Being open and honest
- Keeping our promises
- Having respect and understanding
The ideal candidate must have:
- A commitment to delivering high quality care
- Strong communication, interpersonal and IT skills
- An ability to work independently in the community and as part of a team
- A relevant qualification (SVQ2), this is not essential as training will be given
- Flexibility to work on a rota basis, including early mornings, evenings and weekends.
…Could this be you?
Blackwood offers a range of employee benefits, including:
- Travel expenses and paid travel time between customer visits
- Fully funded SVQ training on completion of probationary period
- Company sick pay scheme on completion of probationary period
- 34 days’ holiday per annum, pro rata for part-time hours
- Company mobile phone
- Company pension scheme and other benefits
- Payment of PVG and SSSC registration
- Recruit both drivers and walkers on care at home runs
- Fully paid induction and shadowing with experienced carers.
- EE Perks – discount packages for family and friends.