Barnardo's support to families displaced from Ukraine over the past year builds on our significant experience across the UK of supporting refugees arriving from Afghanistan, Syria and other areas through a range of services. The service works using a hybrid model which includes working digitally and face to face with children, young people and parents. We also offer support to those who Host families.

In 2022 Barnardo's Scotland created a dedicated team of Project Workers across Scotland to ensure a coordinated response to support families displaced from Ukraine and we are looking for motivated, skilled staff to join us.

Currently we are looking to recruit 2 x 18.5 hr posts.

1 x North of Scotland Locality

1 x Fife & Tayside Locality.

Please state in your application your locality preference.

It is essential that applicants come with a very good understanding of verbal and written English, good working knowledge of the potential experience's families arriving in Scotland may have had; understand the importance of a trauma informed response and have a genuine desire to support families to integrate and thrive whilst living in Scotland.

This role will involve establishing and working in partnership with stakeholders to respond to the need within each local area along with supporting national projects such as our Barnardo's Ukrainian Youth Network.

Post holders will link closely with their identified Barnardo's Locality team.

Benefits

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.

• Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years service
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
• Service related sick pay from day 1
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
• Cycle2work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
• 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

About Barnardo's

At Barnardo's we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.

Barnardo's is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce for staff and volunteers. We actively encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within Barnardo's.

Introduction

This is a new and exciting project developing Hemat Gryffe Women’s Aid services to women across Glasgow. We are current seeking two women’s workers who will be based in the Northeast locality and Northwest locality.

Role

You will provide support women who have experienced domestic abuse, forced marriage and honour-based abuse within the locality.

Qualification:

SVQ Social Services and Healthcare at SCQF Level 6, working towards or willingness to undertake in line with registration requirements of SSSC. Funding and support will be provided to achieve this qualification

About Hemat Gryffe Women’s Aid

Established in 1981, Hemat Gryffe Women’s Aid is Scotland’s first feminist women’s aid project providing refuge accommodation, outreach, and follow-on services to women, children, and young people primarily from the Asian Black and Minority Ethnic community experiencing domestic abuse, forced marriage and honour-based abuse.

All staff are expected to promote equality and anti-discriminatory practices working with women, children, and young people primarily from the Asian, Black, and Minority Ethnic community experiencing domestic abuse, forced marriage and honour-based abuse.

About Options Aberdeen

Our service has been developed in partnership with Aberdeen City Council and Grampian Autistic Society and provides a mix of care at home, community and residential short breaks. Our exciting programme enables children with complex disabilities to have new experiences and make new friends. At the same time, their families are enabled to have a crucial break to recharge and refresh their batteries enabling them to maintain the high level of support their children need when they return home from their short break. The Hub also provides holistic family support through a menu of services that support and complement direct support offered to children and young people. Working with the children is not a ‘quick fix’ but a long-term endeavour supporting them to make small incremental change that over time becomes significant. The role is challenging but also immensely rewarding.

What we are looking for....

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.

We are looking to recruit a Lead Practitioner working a range of shifts including evenings, weekends and sleepovers in a residential child care 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 disabilities.

When on shift, 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 in line with the children’s and young people’s goals.

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.

Find out more information on what we are looking for in candidates here.

At Aberlour we want to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team. At Aberlour we have strong values - Respect, Integrity, Innovation and Challenging - which influence our everyday work. If you choose to apply for this role please tell us about your values in your supporting statement.

What we offer...

As well as a supportive team and excellent training opportunities, we want all our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, an excellent employer pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts across various retailers. Find out more about our Employee Benefits and our commitment to Equality and Diversity here.

Are you ready to Rock ?

AMPLIFY Academy of Music is a social enterprise on a mission to change children's lives through music. We'remaking it happen every single day!

In just under two years, we've built an incredible community of over 200 young musicians and assembled a team of the best music educators in Glasgow. Together,we've delivered thousands of music lessons, holiday camps,concerts, community events and that doesn’t even scratch the surface. But hold on tight because we're about to take things to a whole new level!

We're super excited to announce that we're opening our very first dedicated music centre, a place that can accommodate a whopping 400 students! And here's where you come in.

We're on the hunt for our very own "Office Legend." You know, the kind of person who's the glue that holds this fast-growing business together. We need someone strong,capable, and intuitive—a real problem-solving wizard who can tackle challenges and even solve problems we didn't even know existed!

As the eyes and ears of the business, you'll have your finger on the pulse of everything. You're the go-to person when anyone has a question or needs guidance. You're like a superhero with insider knowledge of how this business ticks, armed with the skills and expertise to anticipate and resolve issues before they even arise.

So, if you're ready to dive into an exciting role where you'll be at the heart of something special and make a lasting impact on the lives of young people, then we want to hear from you.

Some of the things you'll be doing

• Managing the sales pipeline & customer journey
• Managing the onboarding process for new customers
• Scheduling lessons, resolving lesson conflicts
• Managing our CRM system
• Tracking payments and chasing outstanding invoices
• Responding to customer enquiries multiple channels
• Assisting with the planning and coms strategy for events
• Managing CEO diary
• Developing customer communication plans
• Using Mailchim for email marketing
• Helping manage our social media platforms.
• Supporting with on- and off-site events
• Supporting the CEO and wider team
• Helping improve business processes
• Line manager responsibility for 1+ junior staff
• Assisting with bookkeeping payroll and HR

Some skills you'll need

• Experience customer relationship management
• Knowledge of CRM software and tools for pipeline tracking
• Super strong organizational skills
• Excellent time management and problem-solving skills
• Ability to handle data entry, updates, and reporting within the CRM system.
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills for effective phone, email, and messaging interactions
• Ability to develop effective customer communication strategies.
• Ability to work collaboratively and support the CEO and wider team.
• Analytical skills to identify and improve business processes.

Softer skills you'll need

• Attention to detail
• Strategic thinker
• Customer Service
• Collaboration
• Leadership
• Adaptability

What we can offer you!

• Salary up to £28,000 DOE
• Office in Glasgow Southside G41
• Flexible working considered.
• Ongoing training and development
• Join a growing, dynamic team.
• Impact the lives of young people

Why join us?

• We are a community of 200+ youngmusicians.
• We are a Social Enterprise
• We offer financial support to strugglingfamilies.
• We reinvest profits back into ourcommunities.
• We work with children in areas of highdeprivation.
• We have a scholarship programme.

Calman Trust offers services that are aimed at improving the life chances of young people in Highland. We are looking to add a part-time youth worker to our team, possessing good youth work skills and experience, and the ability to engage a wide range of young people in positive activities. You must have the ability to deliver individual and group sessions, including a cookery programme where young people will ‘learn by doing’. You will have responsibility for engaging with other services where appropriate.

Successful candidate will be:

• Passionate about working with young people, shown in your youthwork experience.
• Professional and positive, able to plan.
• A creative team player.
• Motivated to share your skills with young people.
• Competent and confident in producing food that will appeal to a range of participants (Level 2 Food Hygiene certificate, or willing to work towards)
• Aware of other services for young people and able to engage with these.

PVG membership is required.

Download job description and background details below.

DRC Generations is a Mentor, Transition and Support Service established initially in 2006 as the Dumbarton Road Corridor (DRC) Addiction Forum, changing our name to DRC (just DRC) Generations in 2012, based in Scotstoun operating mainly within NW Glasgow delivering a successful programme of Peer Education through Mentoring and Buddying, generic Youth work and Family (Community) Support.

Main Duties:

The post requires the successful candidate to work within an established programme of Peer led activities including Youth Work and Peer Education, supporting young people to achieve appropriate accreditation for their involvement and participation.

As the Youth/Buddy Support Assistant you will be assisting the Managing Director with the Buddy Mentoring Programme and Generic youth Work this will include supporting our Buddy Mentors/Trainers with recruitment, training, and accreditation of new Buddies, both face to face and online through zoom.

Working with our youth group providing youth activities indoor and outdoor working with a range of partners operating with Northwest Glasgow.

The post requires someone who is flexible, highly motivated and works well on their own and as part of a team. An understanding of youth work, non-judgemental with an excepting open attitude towards young people. The successful candidate with be assisting and supporting staff, young people, and volunteers with the ongoing development of Youth, Buddy Mentor Programme and Intergenerational work and will require PVG enhance Disclosure Check.

Accountability: Managing Director

The Nest Wellbeing Group (The Nest) are a community-led charity at the forefront of delivering Health & Wellbeing activities for the local community in Cumnock and surrounding area.

Our programmes exist to improve the lives of those who often face additional barriers or challenges. Building on the strengths, interests and aspirations of local people is at the heart of everything we do.

We harness the unique ability of bringing people together and building a stronger, more resilient community. By bringing people together, we aim to help with some of society’s most complex issues and have a real impact in the local community. From tackling social isolation and loneliness; improving health and wellbeing; building skills, confidence and opportunities; and ensuring people can become the best version of themselves. We help people to become confident change makers in their community and they have the best opportunity to thrive.

We offer a vital lifeline to those facing significant challenges and are the first port of call for many seeking emergency support.

We run a Community Living Room (Barrhill Centre) which offers a safe environment for people in recovery to connect with people who promote the ‘warmth of welcome.’ This is a home from home, where people can be themselves and be accepted for who they are and what they bring. Where they feel relaxed, feel heard, and are introduced to other people, where and when they need it.

Job Overview

The Recovery Coordinator Officer will play a key role in planning and delivering the key areas of the programme below (1-3). They will help create a safe and positive environment where people who struggle with addiction feel accepted and understood. They will also develop strong pathways with partners in order to connect people with additional support where required.

The Moving Up Moving On (MUMO) programme offers vital, support for those facing significant challenges with addiction, who are often overlooked or simply cast aside as ‘non-engaging’ because the right support

Compassion, hope, togetherness, integrity, and love is not available. We believe the more connected people are, the safer they are - this is particularly true for those in recovery.

Where appropriate, we encourage people to come together from different corners of the community for shared opportunities and experiences. We feel this helps to build a more recovery aware community and a better sense of togetherness.

We adopt the approach that ‘everyone is in recovery from something’ and believe everyone has the right to be heard and celebrated.

Key programme areas: Our MUMO programme will promote ‘active recovery’ by:

1. Delivering activities, opportunities and experiences
2. Collaborate with partners to offer greater support for mental health.
3. Collaborate with partners to deliver more progressive ways to treat addiction.

Working Conditions

The role will be delivered from our main base at the Barrhill Community Centre, although programme delivery is likely to include other venues within Cumnock and the surrounding area.

The job holder will report to / be line managed by the Wellbeing Manager. Kindness should be at the core of everything they do. Every person who works or volunteers at The Nest understands that each community member we support has their own voice and story to share. By joining the team, they will have an opportunity to give something back.

Introduction:This is a new and exciting project developing Hemat Gryffe Women’s Aid services to children and young people across Glasgow. We are currently seeking to recruit 3 Children & Young People Support workers who will be based in the Northeast locality, Northwest locality, and South locality.

Role:You will provide support to children and young people with experience of domestic abuse in school or a safe place within the locality.

About Hemat Gryffe Women’s Aid:Established in 1981, Hemat Gryffe Women’s Aid is Scotland’s first feminist women’s aid project providing refuge accommodation, outreach, and follow-on services to women, children, and young people primarily from the Asian Black and Minority Ethnic community experiencing domestic abuse, forced marriage and honour-based abuse. All staff are expected to promote equality and anti-discriminatory practices working with women, children, and young people primarily from the Asian, Black, and Minority Ethnic community experiencing domestic abuse, forced marriage and honour-based abuse.

Qualification:SVQ Social Services (Children and Young People) SCQF level 7 or HNC Childhood Practice (desirable). Training will be provided to obtain SVQ Social Services (Children and Young People) SCQF level 7 or HNC Childhood Practice.

Funder:Glasgow City Council, Community Fund, fixed term to March 2026