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Money Advice Scotland (MAS) – Scotland’s money charity, is seeking to appoint a Subject Matter Expert (money advice) to provide content for future training provision. This is a temporary post, until 31 March 2021.

This is a very exciting point in the history of Money Advice Scotland, as we moved to a digital platform to deliver the training programme, which is a collaboration with Citizens Advice Scotland.

We are seeking a dynamic forward-thinking individual who shares our passion in being “the driving force towards financial wellbeing for the people of Scotland”. See our strategy document and impact report.

See our strategy report

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Money Advice Scotland has a membership drawn from local authorities, CABx, housing associations, voluntary sector projects, insolvency practitioners, all of whom have an interest in the provision of money advice and/or financial capability/education. Training provision is one of our core functions and we work closely with Citizens Advice Scotland in providing the overall training programme for the money advice field in Scotland.

We particularly wish to appoint a Subject Matter Expert who has significant knowledge of money advice, writing training materials, including assessment and evaluation of learning.

This post is well positioned to have a real opportunity to shape and shift the future of money advice training in Scotland.

MAS holds the Investor in People Gold standard reflecting our own continued commitment of developing the staff who are at the heart of the services we provide to members.

We are a relatively small organisation (employing 18 people), which punches well above its weight, and always delivers on its promise. We need someone who can work as part of the team and continue that reputation moving forward.

Money Advice Scotland supports flexible working. We need to recruit the right person with the right skills to deliver the content for the training programme. It is an exciting time of change, and the blended approach is enabling us to reach out to communities across Scotland.

So, if you are the person we are looking for, then don’t hesitate and apply.

Bike for Good is currently recruiting for a full-time Health & Wellbeing Cycling Practitioner. The successful candidate will d eliver cycle training for adults who are willing to improve their physical and mental health and become a qualified Ride Leader. They will contribute towards the setup, running and on-going planning of Health and Wellbeing groups and 1:1 lessons. The post holder will be responsible for meeting targets set together with the Health & Wellbeing Coordinator.

We are looking for someone who is a flexible self-starter with an enterprising attitude. It is also important that you are someone with a personable and friendly approach to work who can also demonstrate our core organisational values.

Geeza Break is a charity based in the East End of Glasgow and we are looking to recruit a Data Officer to manage and oversee our cloud-based database/CRM system.

You will be expected to manage all aspects of the database to ensure accurate monitoring and evaluation of all our charitable services to support service delivery, service improvement and communication with key stakeholders. This will entail monitoring and reporting on service outcomes and evaluations, training and supporting staff to use the system and general monitoring of the database to ensure that it accurately and efficiently records the client base and services delivered.

You must have the following experience and attributes:

• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel or Equivalent
• Knowledge of monitoring key performance indicators
• Knowledge of third sector outcomes, evaluation and reporting processes
• Good understanding of using and manipulating data
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to stay calm under pressure
• Methodical approach to work
• Excellent organisation skills
• A great team player
• A desire to show initiative
• Good at juggling tasks and prioritising

There will be a six-month probationary period for the above post.

Disclosure cost will be met by Geeza Break.

As Senior Facilities Worker you will manage a small team of Facilities staff including the Refuge & Admissions Worker and Cleaner.

Our H&S is outsourced to an external organisation called Citation. Citation will advise on what we need to do to meet legislative requirements and best practice and this post then has to ensure their recommendations are carried out. The post is a fairly practical role involving competing demands.

With advice from Citation you will hold Health and Safety responsibilities for DWA, ensuring employees and clients operate within legal, regulatory and DWA standards and policies. You will also hold responsibility for ensuring DWA premises including offices, refuges, associated gardens and outhouses, are well-maintained, safe and meet legislative requirements with support from Citation.

Everyone should feel comfortable getting the support they need for issues with drugs, alcohol or mental health.

We work with people on their own goals, whether that’s staying safe and healthy, making small changes or stopping an unwanted habit altogether.

We give people support in a way that’s right for them either face to face, in their local service, community or online.

We provide a free and confidential service without judgement to more than 100,000 people a year.

We use our expertise to improve the help available and raise awareness around drugs, alcohol and mental health so that more people can get support.

We Are With You.

About the job

We are currently looking to recruit an enthusiastic and dynamic Peer Recovery Worker the our Connect 4 Change Service, to provide an assertive outreach and intensive support service for individuals in South Ayrshire who are using drugs and alcohol and are unable to attend appointments or engage in recovery activities. This service will be provided in partnership with the South Ayrshire Alcohol and Drug Partnership, NHS Addiction Services and Ayrshire Council on Alcohol.

What we’re looking for

Ideally the successful candidate will have outstanding communication skills and the ability to work effectively as a team player in a collaborative and supportive manner. He/she will be someone who thrives under pressure, has good time management and prioritisation skills and can work well with others.

In addition he/she will need to be positive, confident and well organised with experience of working with people in a recovery, health, social care or criminal justice setting.

An SVQ Level 3 in Social Services and Health Care is required as a minimum qualification and registration with the SSSC will be required.

The successful candidate will be required to deliver services within the community so a driving license is essential.

In return we offer excellent benefits and the opportunity to develop your skills within a supportive, compassionate, professional and friendly team.

Further information about this job

This post is considered to be regulated work with protected adults and children as specified in the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) (PVG) Act 2007. Accordingly you will be required to become a member of the PVG scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update if already a member.

Successful completion of both of these checks will have to be in place prior to any formal offer of employment being made. We will also seek references from your current employer as part of the selection process.

This a fixed term part time role for 30 hours per week (until March 2022).

Benefits of working with us

• 28 days holiday plus a bank holiday allowance (pro rata for part time staff)
• Enhanced employer pension contribution
• Life assurance benefit scheme
• Flexible working patterns to help with work life balance
• Training and development opportunities
• 24/7 access to employee assistance programme
• Cycle to work scheme

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Children’s mental health charity, Place2Be, has been providing in-school support and expert training to improve the emotional wellbeing of pupils, families, teachers and school staff in Scottish primary and secondary schools since 2001.

Starting with an initial pilot in two Edinburgh primary schools, Place2Be Scotland now reaches over 14,000 pupils and their families in schools across Glasgow, Edinburgh, South Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, Dundee, Angus, Perth and Kinross and South Ayrshire. Our training programme in-cludes a Mental Health Champions Foundation Course available free of charge to 50,000 teachers across the UK and support for School Leaders.

As an established leader in the field Place2Be has also been commis-sioned by the Scottish Government to deliver a nationwide support service for school leaders, teachers and staff across Scotland. In addition we are working in partnership with the University of Edinburgh to support teachers of the future to develop their resilience, understand children’s mental health and wellbeing and contribute to mental healthy schools.

We are committed to supporting the social, emotional and mental wellbeing of children and young people in the crucial formative years of their lives. Our expert teams provide pupils and their families with emotional and therapeutic support, as well as delivering training within school communities. All of our work is evidence-based, using tried and tested methods, backed by research.

As a Mental Health Practitioner/Counsellor, you will effectively manage all aspects of the Place2Be provision in partnership with the school ensuring that the children and young people are provided with therapeutic and emotional support, high quality clinical practice and delivery of a full and effective service in Place2Be schools. This includes undertaking clinical assessments and formulations and 1-1 intervention work.

You'll ensure high quality clinical practice and delivery of a full and effective service in Place2Be schools, by undertaking clinical assessments and formulations, identifying and delivering appropriate clinical interventions for children and young people, establishing positive, active and effective relationships with the school and Place2Be management team and actively participating in staff meetings to share best practice and develop clinical thinking, knowledge and learning.

The successful candidate:

Will have a recognised clinical qualification with substantial post-qualifying experience, along with a good knowledge of the school environment. Most important of all is your approach; we are an exciting, dynamic organisation doing amazing work so we're look-ing for people with the enthusiasm and commitment to match our own.

You will:

• hold a recognised clinical qualification (in counselling, psychotherapy, clinical psychology)
• have a recognised membership of a relevant professional body (BACP/ PTUK/ UKCP/NCS/BPS)
• possess post qualification experience in a clinical role and an understanding of working with people and schools
• demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the importance of embedding Assessment and Formulation in clinical practice
• experience of working with diverse communities and reflecting in supervision and with peers on how to work with all aspects of difference in the therapy room

Please note only counsellors or psychotherapists should apply, and they can be registered with BACP or COSCA.

In return we offer you a range of fantastic benefits including:

• Enhanced Annual Leave entitlement
• Robust Learning and Development Programme
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance, 4x Annual Salary
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mobile Phone Discounts (EE Network)
• Cycle purchase and season ticket loan schemes
• Extended Maternity/Paternity Pay

If you share our core values of perseverance, integrity, compassion and creativity and have the counselling skills and patience to support some of the UK’s most vulnerable young people and families, we would love you to join us. It’s sensitive and demanding work – but hugely rewarding and fulfilling - you will be helping to give young people a brighter future.

Impact Arts owns two premises, The Factory in Dennistoun, Glasgow and Bank Street in Irvine, North Ayrshire. Both combine a mix of office space alongside a range of workshops where we deliver our projects. In addition, we lease a property at St Margaret’s House in Edinburgh and a workshop In Paisley, Renfrewshire. From time to time we take on additional leases to deliver short term projects.

As an arts organisation, our team of artists and creatives work with a huge array of art materials and equipment and currently during lockdown we are delivering hundreds of art packs to participants. The Facilities & Maintenance Technician is a crucial role to ensure our properties are well maintained and looked after and that space is optimised for the benefit of all our employees and participants. This may range from painting a studio to hanging a blind to setting up a new workshop space in a rented venue to liaising with other tradespeople.

As a charity we are accountable to each and every one of our funders and it is therefore important that we look after our assets and equipment. This role will take a lead in ensuring these assets are appropriately cared for so that many people can gain the maximum benefit from these resources.

We are recruiting 3 Youth and Community Coaches for the following areas, Glasgow, Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire and Inverclyde. You will be required to deliver football, fitness and multi-sports sessions and to deliver a sports-related qualification on the Street League Academy. You will also be responsible for carrying out outreach for sessions and to recruit and sustain participants on the Academy to ensure delivery targets are met. Monitoring and reporting are central to the role.

Minimum requirements are Coaching certificates such as FA Level 2, SFA Level 1.3, Gym Instructor Level 2. Even though these qualifications are listed as the essential criteria we would consider applicants with alternative coaching qualifications if you can demonstrate the required experience and skills.

As part of your application please state at the top of your cover letter your preferred location of work.

Please see attached the full Job Description and Person Specification

Kyle & Lochalsh Community Trust is looking for talented and dedicated people to join a small, friendly and dynamic team.

We have successfully secured 3 years project funding from the Community Lottery Fund & the Heritage Lottery Fund to improve the condition of the Plock and introduce a variety of conservation volunteering opportunities and activities that will connect people with the Plock, improve their health and well-being and help them to learn new skills. This project will be led by a Ranger and an Outdoor Learning & Wellbeing Officer, working as a team, and supported by KLCT staff and volunteers.

An innovative Outdoor Learning & Wellbeing Officer will deliver activities and help to connect people with the Plock. A social prescribing aspect of the project will be guided by a steering group supported through the Highland Green Health Partnership.

Kyle & Lochalsh Community Trust is looking for talented and dedicated people to join a small, friendly and dynamic team.

We have successfully secured 3 years project funding from the Community Lottery Fund & the Heritage Lottery Fund to improve the condition of the Plock and introduce a variety of conservation volunteering opportunities and activities that will connect people with the Plock, improve their health and well-being and help them to learn new skills. This project will be led by a Ranger and an Outdoor Learning & Wellbeing Officer, working as a team, and supported by KLCT staff and volunteers.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Ranger who will oversee the maintenance and management of the Plock; the infrastructure projects works; the work of our keen conservation volunteers; the Community Shed project as well as help to deliver activities and work to raise awareness of the Plock.