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Angus Carers Centre is redesigning its services in response to local need.

We are looking for four highly motivated people to work within a small, supportive and dynamic team striving to recognise and enhance the lives of unpaid carers.

As Carer Support Worker for Angus Carers Centre, you will work within a team responsible for unpaid adult carer identification and provide appropriate support to carers.

You will have a flexible approach, working in collaboration with team members, volunteers and external agencies, participating in a range of activities and services developed for carers and their families.

Offers will be made subject to satisfactory references, PVG check, and eligibility to work in the UK.

Are you committed to delivering best practice to support children and young people with complex needs?

Are you ready to use your experience and skill to shape practice in delivering quality services to children and young people?

Do you feel excited about the opportunity to take your first step towards a management position?

If so, this is a great opportunity for you.

As someone who has built up experience working in a care at home setting, you will have the confidence to guide and direct the provision of care to the children and young people in the service. You will play a pivotal role, working in partnership with parents and families, to meet the emotional and physical needs of children and young people with complex needs.

You will play a lead role, mentoring and supporting staff and being a role model, delivering excellence in the services we provide. You will assist in assessing, planning and delivering services, taking responsibility for ensuring that assessment and interventions are prepared, monitored and evaluated.

Engaging positively with children, young people and families you will plan and implement appropriate support for the children and young people. Sensitive and accurate reporting is a key responsibility and so you will have good written communication skills and the ability to learn how to use effectively, Aberlour’s recording system: Dynamics.

This role offers the opportunity to consolidate and build on your experience combined with the ability to enhance your skills and knowledge through training, for example, in Managing People for Growth.

As part of the management team you will play an active role in ensuring that individuals and families’ needs are completed in accordance with service guidance.

Please see the ‘Person Specification’ document on our website for further details on preferred qualifications and experience.

Join our team and help people in Renfrewshire and Falkirk find love and friendship

dates-n-mates is Scotland’s national dating and friendship agency supporting love and friendship for people with learning disabilities.

We are now seeking a versatile and friendly people to join our team and help local adults overcome loneliness and isolation. It’s an interesting and rewarding role!

You’ll be forging links with the local community, planning and delivering our events programme and supporting members and volunteers to participate.

If you have great organisational and communication skills, please come help us transform the lives of local people with learning disabilities.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of Children 1st working alongside families in Carrick and kinship families across South Ayrshire.

The service offers community based, child centred family wellbeing support across the Carrick Locality of Girvan, Maybole and the surrounding villages. The service also offers Family Group Decision Making and family wellbeing support to kinship families across South Ayrshire. The post will be based in Girvan, however the successful candidate will be expected to travel across the Locality to connect with and support families.

The role will require an experienced and skilled practitioner who has excellent knowledge of trauma sensitive support and is able to get alongside families to understand their stories and jointly agree appropriate supports to meet need and promote strengths. The successful candidate will be required to work in close partnership with multi-agency partners within the Getting It Right for Every Child framework.

If you have experience of supporting the wellbeing of families and communities, we want to hear from you.

Do you want to make a positive difference to people’s lives?

Come and join Wheatley Care!

At Wheatley Care we are passionate about personalised services that support people to live well and get the most out of their lives.

Our dedicated and highly-experienced staff provide flexible, innovative and high-quality care and support, which is focused around the individual and their personal goals.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for additional talented leaders to join our teams across Edinburgh and Fife as we embark on the next stage of our journey to delivering truly outstanding, highly-personalised, care and support services. If you have the motivation, drive and focus and want to use your leadership skills to make a positive difference to people’s lives, this could be exactly the opportunity you’re looking for.

Our specialist day centres engage individuals living across Edinburgh, the Lothians and Fife who have a mental health diagnosis. We provide individualised therapeutic supports to promote good mental health, physical wellbeing and reduce social isolation for over 400 people in community use spaces, or within one of the three centres located throughout Edinburgh and Fife.

As part of Wheatley Group, we offer an unrivalled benefits package in the sector. The successful candidate will receive excellent benefits including 7.6 weeks’ annual leave (pro rata), essential car user allowance, staff discount scheme, an occupational pension, generous health plan and family friendly policies.

Who are we looking for?

The successful candidate(s) will have solid experience of working with people in the care and support sector and, just as importantly, they’ll be able to demonstrate an innovative and empathetic approach to delivering services. They will understand person-centred support and be just as passionate about it as we are.

Experience of leadership is important as you will play a lead role in supporting the Manager of the service by supporting and developing the staff team. As part of the leadership team you will be fully involved in the delivery of excellent, personalised services.

You should be able to demonstrate a clear understanding of monitoring and evaluating a quality framework, whilst ensuring excellent service provision alongside staff support and supervision.

What will the role involve day-to-day?

As the Team Leader of a Wheatley Care service, you will be computer literate and have a sound understanding of mental health. You will work closely with the Health and Wellbeing Manager of the service to share responsibility for the day-to-day running of all elements of service provision. This will include: leading and supporting staff; ensuring the work of all staff is co-ordinated effectively; participating directly in the support of the people we work for; implementing policies and procedures; and developing/implementing strategies for engagement. Additionally, the individual appointed will work alongside external partner organisations to lead for Wheatley Care on the operational processes of the service.

You will need to have some flexibility to work various shift patterns and you will be required to participate in the organisations on-call service, for which an appropriate allowance is paid.

What about qualifications and development?

At Wheatley Care we support staff to develop their career and reach their potential through a range of learning and development opportunities.

As part of a wider care organisation, you should have, or be willing to work towards a SSSC recognised qualification, such as SVQ3 Health and Social Care and a relevant supervisory management qualification. Wheatley Care will support you to achieve any relevant qualifications you will require as a Team Leader within an agreed timescale. Your commitment to gaining the necessary qualifications would be essential.

You will be required to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme, but we can also support you with this application.

We offer a supportive and inclusive working environment. Wheatley Group is committed to equality and diversity and is an equal opportunity employer.

Do you want to make a positive difference to people’s lives?

Come and join Wheatley Care!

At Wheatley Care we are passionate about personalised services that support people to live well and get the most out of their lives.

Our dedicated and highly-experienced staff provide flexible, innovative and high-quality care and support, which is focused around the individual and their personal goals.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for additional talented leaders to join our teams across Edinburgh and Fife as we embark on the next stage of our journey to delivering truly outstanding, highly-personalised, care and support services. If you have the motivation, drive and focus and want to use your leadership skills to make a positive difference to people’s lives, this could be exactly the opportunity you’re looking for.

Our specialist day centres engage individuals living across Edinburgh, the Lothians and Fife who have a mental health diagnosis. We provide individualised therapeutic supports to promote good mental health, physical wellbeing and reduce social isolation for over 400 people in community use spaces, or within one of the three centres located throughout Edinburgh and Fife.

As part of Wheatley Group, we offer an unrivalled benefits package in the sector. The successful candidate will receive excellent benefits including 7.6 weeks’ annual leave (pro rata), essential car user allowance, staff discount scheme, an occupational pension, generous health plan and family friendly policies.

Who are we looking for?

The successful candidate(s) will have solid experience of managing people in the care and support sector and, just as importantly, they will be able to demonstrate an innovative and empathetic approach to delivering services. They will understand person-centred support and be just as passionate about it as we are.

The candidate must be able to demonstrate a clear understanding of using and evaluating a quality framework, whilst ensuring the delivery of excellent service provision alongside staff support.

What will the role involve day-to-day?

As the Health and Wellbeing Manager of a Wheatley Care service, the candidate will be computer literate and demonstrate a sound understanding of mental health.

The individual will be accountable for managing service budgets and leading on the strategic direction of the service. To achieve this, the candidate will supervise and work closely with the Health and Wellbeing Team Leader of the service to delegate responsibility for the day-to-day running of operational service provision. They will report into the Senior Management Team and be a responsible lead for matters involving staff performance and HR management processes.

Additionally, the individual appointed will: ensure that the service is fulfilling its contractual obligations with commissioners (through a process of monitoring and review); implement policies and procedures; develop/implement strategies for engagement; and work alongside external partner organisations to lead for Wheatley Care on the strategic aspects of the service.

The candidate will need to have some flexibility to work various shift patterns and will be required to participate in the organisations on-call service, for which an appropriate allowance is paid.

What about qualifications and development?

At Wheatley Care we support staff to develop their career and reach their potential through a range of learning and development opportunities.

As part of a wider care organisation, you should have, or be willing to work towards a SSSC recognised qualification, such as SVQ4 Health and Social Care, and a relevant supervisory management qualification. Wheatley Care will support you to achieve any relevant qualifications you will require as a Manager within an agreed timescale. Your commitment to gaining the necessary qualifications would be essential.

You will be required to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme, but we can also support you with this application.

We offer a supportive and inclusive working environment. Wheatley Group is committed to equality and diversity and is an equal opportunity employer.

Aberlour’s Guardianship Service supports unaccompanied asylum seeking or trafficked children and young people to understand their progress through the asylum system, feel supported through the process, access the help they need and make informed decisions based on the available options. We help refugee children and young people, and victims of trafficking who arrive in Scotland without their parents.

“This project is part funded by the EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund.

Making management of migration flows more efficient across the European Union”

Are you an experienced administrator, comfortable with financial information, petty cash and developing spreadsheets? If so we want to hear from you. We need someone to help develop this vital service and ensure its success for these vulnerable children.

We are looking to recruit to an 18.75 hours per week post. Hours will be worked flexibly in line with service demand (availability can be discussed at interview). This post is offered on a fixed term basis with an expected end date of 31st December 2022.

You will support the service with general and financial administrative tasks including the co-ordination of recruitment paperwork for volunteers joining the service. You will have administrative experience gained through working within a busy office or social care environment. You will be comfortable working with Microsoft Office packages including Excel and be able to create spreadsheets and deal with numerical information. You will have excellent communication and organisational skills.

You will have a relevant professional qualification at SCQF level 7 or equivalent experience.

Interviews are expected to be held on: 25th March 2021

In anticipation of the move from the current hospital site at Sciennes to a new purpose built facility at Little France, we are looking to recruit an exciting new post for our Children’s Wellbeing Services.

As Children’s Wellbeing Officer, you will identify and support the non-clinical needs of a wide range of children and young people in the hospital, and provide a range of focussed activities, in an age appropriate, engaging facility. You will work with teams in the hospital to develop complementary programmes which support children and young people to engage with treatment and feel less anxious or stressed. You will be experienced in supporting young people to feel empowered and able to support children and young people in the hospital, through a meaningful programme of engagement and activities. You will have an excellent knowledge of other agencies and organisations to signpost children, young people and their families to places of support and advice. The activities of The Hub will also link with the ECHC Arts Programme and hospital’s needs.

You will be educated to HND level in a relevant area and will have experience of working with children, young people and families; of delivering project outputs and achieving outcomes; and of engaging young people through positive relationships.

Citizens Advice and Rights Fife (CARF) is an independent and innovative advice organisation providing holistic advice and support to local people. Our service continues to grow and expand, and we are now excited to be able to announce new positions attached to the food insecurity agenda to help us achieve our vision of “A better life for the people of Fife”.

Food insecurity occurs where people no longer have reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable nutritious food. These posts will be attached to various providers of food across Fife, helping improve the financial circumstances of those using the emergency food services and providing a sustainable path out of food insecurity.

The successful applicant will deliver a financial inclusion service to clients accessing a variety of emergency food providers across Fife, providing personalised income maximisation advice and support. This service will include assessing welfare benefit entitlement, budgeting assistance, and information on banking services and affordable credit. The service will also actively refer both internally and externally where further issues are identified e.g. debt issues.

The successful candidate will also be required to demonstrate a commitment to CARF’s vision and values.

Shetland Rape Crisis is a feminist, trauma-informed organisation and these values underlie everything we do.

We provide free and confidential support, therapy and advocacy to anyone in Shetland, of any gender (age 13+), who has affected by sexual violence at any time in their life.

Job Purpose

• The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering trauma-informed emotional support and practical support to service users at Shetland Rape Crisis.
• They will be expected to be able to deliver this via telephone, VC, text, messaging and email as required, as well as traditional face-to-face work.
• They may be required to provide some advocacy support to service-users, with assistance from the specialist Advocacy Worker.
• They will demonstrate a clear understanding of gender-based violence and intersectionality in their work.

Only applications returned using the application form will be accepted. CVs will not be accepted.

Please note only women need apply under Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010