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Responsibilities and accountability

1. To engage with Carron Valley residents and project promoters assisting with the

development of community projects. The assistance may be part or all of a project’s cycle:

preparation, development and implementation.

2. To assist with larger community projects promoted by the VRG Board of Directors which may

arise time to time with full or partial project cycle support.

3. To promote and assist Carron Valley residents with household grants, advising on and

supporting applicant submissions.

4. To ensure all grant funded projects meet the VRG objectives.

5. Where opportunities exist, suggest ways projects can maximise community engagement and

benefit.

6. To explore new project opportunities, test their feasibility and present viable proposals to

the directors for implementation. The directors are particularly keen to see projects which

assist with household energy efficiency, household reduction in carbon use, increasing

bio-diversity and general amenity and recreational improvement.

7. To explore projects that add to and compliment the existing Community Woodland initiative

by working closely with the Woodland’s management team.

8. To report speedily where projects may encounter problems, are likely not to fulfil community

expectation or bring the wider community and/or the VRG and directors into disrepute.

9. To ensure positive, effective and cooperative working relationship with VRG board of

directors and Carron Valley Community residents.

10. To report to the VRG board, usually through a nominee, on community project support

provided, project implementation effectiveness and progress of grant applications.

11. To liaise with the grant scheme administrator to ensure timely and effective support.

12. To explore sourcing additional funding for VRG and community projects where required.

13. To ensure projects comply with statutory requirements, particularly local planning needs.

14. To work in a flexible way, visiting residents and project promoters and engaging directly with

Carron Valley residents.

15. To support the VRG board to plan community engagement events bringing people together within the community.

Qualification and experience

1. Educated to degree level or equivalent.

2. Substantial experience in project management. Advantageous to have community focused

project experienced.

3. Evidence of seeking and securing project funding. Community project funding experience

advantageous.

4. Experience of project development, planning, writing and presentation.

5. Experience of project development specifically in the area of household energy efficiency

and/or reduction in carbon use and/or supporting biodiversity would be advantageous.

6. Experience of community engagement would be advantageous.

D Skills and ability

1. Ability to plan and develop projects within the strategic aims of Valley Renewables Group.

2. Highly organised and self motivated with excellent communication skills.

3. Ability to prioritise and manage a varied workload, meet deadlines and work in an organised

and systematic way.

4. Good networking skills.

5. Ability to devise new projects and seek and secure funding.

6. Excellent oral, written and office computer skills.

7. Ability to work with individual households and offer support with funding opportunities.

8. Ability to communicate project ideas simply and effectively, both verbally and in writing

Commitment to the ethos of VRG

To work to the VRG Vision: ‘For everyone in our community to experience an improving quality

of rural living. For this to be delivered through community-wide and individual projects,

supported by community benefit income, and distributed through a fair and transparent

process’.

Commitment to working within the strategic aims and vision of VRG.

Commitment to reducing carbon use within VRG community area.

Commitment to increasing biodiversity within VRG community area.

Willingness to be flexible in response to the reasonable needs of the organisation.

Willingness to travel and engage with community members.

The Role

LinkLiving is a not-for-profit organisation and Scottish charity. We have been providing specialist services to support health, wellbeing, and community inclusion for over 25 years.

We are committed to positively supporting people to overcome the negative impacts on their lives of ill-health, poverty, inequality and isolation. We work to make a positive difference to the lives of people who are often excluded from society due to vulnerabilities including homelessness, mental health issues, physical health issues and social isolation. We provide care, support and employability services to over 1,000 people a year.

We have a great opportunity for Support Workers to join our team and be part of an innovative new supported accommodation service for care experienced young people, delivered in partnership with Falkirk Council. As a key worker, 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.

What we need from you:

Our main aim for this job role is to find people with the right values, behaviours and attitudes to match our own. Our key values 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)

We're seeking to recruit some great support workers to work in our new project, Steps to Success, in Grangemouth. If you share our values, this could be the role for you.

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.

We also would require a willingness from you to work towards and achieve an appropriate qualification recognised by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) - for example, SVQ Social Services and Healthcare at SCQF Level 6.

In return you will be offered the opportunity to enhance your skills and knowledge through employee training and development. You can expect to work in a supportive, trusting and transparent working environment, with the autonomy to offer creative and innovative solutions whilst maintaining Link’ s values; Empathy, Respect, Integrity, Caring.

For further information on the main position accountabilities and a comprehensive list of the essential and desirable criteria required for this post, please refer to the Job Specification in the Job information Pack

What’s in it for you?

Link offers excellent terms and conditions, and as an Investor in People and Healthy Working Lives Gold Award holder, we aim to provide a wide range of development opportunities and healthy living initiatives. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities.

You will work with colleagues who offer support to ensure our customers' expectations are met. In return, we are looking for applications from people who will contribute to our aims and work to the highest professional standards.

As a Link employee, you'll benefit from generous annual leave entitlements, a wide range of learning and development opportunities, highly competitive employer pension contribution rates, discounts on shopping, restaurants and other services via Westfield Rewards, enhanced maternity and sick pay entitlements, employee support and counselling service and occupational health services.

This post is subject to Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme registration. Successful applicants will also be required to register with SSSC within 6 months of their start date.

Are you passionate about women and children’s rights? Do you have the skills, knowledge and experience to work with children and young people experiencing domestic abuse?

The Children’s workers are responsible for providing day-to-day support for children in Stirling Women’s Aid’s refuge and outreach programmes. This includes providing support to individual children and young people including arranging and attending meetings with health, education, and social work. The children’s workers will work closely with Stirling Women’s Aid’s Women’s and Outreach family workers to provide a comprehensive service across the local authority.

The role requires a range of experience and skills. You must be able to work independently and manage your own workload. You must have a strong commitment to equality and a feminist understanding of domestic abuse. You will have strong communication skills and will be able to develop and maintain positive working relationships.

We are seeking to recruit a skilled and experienced Mental Wellbeing Practitioner with considerable and demonstrable experience of providing holistic, therapeutic, cognitive behavioural based model of support to people experiencing reduced psychological wellbeing.

If you think you have the skills, knowledge and experience to allow you to work with a diverse range of people we would like you to consider joining our team.

We are seeking applications from people with a formal qualification in mental health, social work, counselling or equivalent, with demonstrable experience in conducting person centred, holistic mental health and wellbeing assessments. This post requires a person with considerable experience, resilience, empathy and a clear understanding of how social, environmental and health and wellbeing factors impact on an individual’s whole life and that of their family and social contacts.

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.