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Role - Executive Assistant to our Chief Executive - Karyn McCluskey.

This job includes; diary management, planning and scheduling Karyn’s meetings, speaking events, travel arrangements and providing admin support to the CJS Board. The person for this role needs to be fantastic at organising, be able to work on own initiative, have a desire to learn about Community Justice and the wider sector, be confident in communication, both written and verbal, have great admin skills with a strong attention to detail - and most of all be up for a challenge!

We would love to hear why you would be suitable for the role. Please fill in an application form explaining why you want the job, what you would bring to the role and what you are passionate about.

Find out more about Community Justice Scotland here

To bring play to the heart of the community, encouraging, supporting and motivating children and young people with a range of neurological disabilities and complex, multiple additional support needs to participate in a range of free and structured play activities both indoors and outdoors.

To provide an inclusive service so that children and young people have fun, stay safe, be inspired, make friends, learn, contribute to and provide them with life skills socially and individually.

To assist the team of volunteers and sessional staff to organise, deliver and facilitate such stimulating and innovative play opportunities.

Duties:

• Develop and provide an evolving programme of play opportunities all year round (on and off site)
• Facilitate freely chosen and self-directed play opportunities as well as structured activities
• Encourage children and young people to help plan and choose the kinds of activities that they would like to do, enabling them to experiment and learn about themselves and the world around them while allowing them to experiment and take risks within the safety of the project
• Supervise children and young people at all times to ensure that safety procedures are followed as per the Project’s Child Protection, Health & Safety , and other relevant policies and complete any appropriate reports e.g. accident / incident forms
• Encourage good behaviour and deal with any challenging behaviour in accordance with the projects policies and procedures.
• Ensure non-discriminatory practices at all times – in line with the Equal Opportunities policy
• Preparation and clearing up of activities/areas
• Contribute to joint working and partnership working ensuring positive relationships with all concerned.
• Communicate with partnership organisations to facilitate referrals as appropriate
• To liaise with parents, carers, professionals and partnership agencies

Health & Safety:

• Ensure that all areas/equipment used is free from hazard/danger
• Report/remove any items considered dangerous
• Ensure all reasonable precautions are taken with regard to the Health and Safety of children, young people, and all team members (including yourself) on all indoor/outdoor activities and games.
• Understand and implement Dynamic Risk Benefit assessments

Administration/Procedures:

• Ensure familiarity and adherence to organisation’s procedures/policies
• Support evaluation of the service by maintaining a register of attendance as well as consent and evaluation records (observations, images, questionnaires, videos as appropriate)
• Observe data protection and associated guidelines where appropriate
• Note and act with regard to special health or dietary needs of children attending services
• Attendance at team meetings and training sessions as required
• Reflect on and develop own practice in consultation with the Chairperson
• To action any administrative tasks as requested by the Chairperson
• Keeping a log of, and reporting any issues on sessions to the Chairperson
• Other reasonable duties associated with the service as required

Line Managed: Chairperson of Board of Trustees

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with the right values to join our service assisting and supporting vulnerable homeless people to achieve better lives.

The successful candidate will be expected to complement the work of our support teams by ensuring the security of the building through observation and checks, maintaining health, safety and hygiene standards and following procedures such as for financial transactions, admissions and leavers, housing benefit, incident reports and building repairs reports.

You should have sound literacy and numeracy skills and experience of dealing with challenging behaviour. Other essentials include: experience of team working; good verbal communication; the ability to interact with people in an appropriate and positive way; and, above all, the determination to make a difference in the lives of our service users.

The service accommodates and supports people aged 21 and over who are homeless. Housing Assistants manage the accommodated buildings 24/7 and provide a contact point for people who may need some assistance or guidance where required, this involves lone working.

2 x 8 hour shifts from 07:45 to 15:45 or 14:15 to 22:15 over a 7 day rolling rota.

If successful, you will be required to register with the Scottish Social Services Council within 6 months of your start date. After registration, there is a requirement to be qualified and to maintain professional learning.

In return, we will offer you excellent learning and development opportunities, competitive annual leave entitlement, pension scheme, access to employee assistance programmes such as counselling, and life assurance.

FareShare is the UK’s largest charity fighting hunger and food waste. Through their redistribution centres in Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow and Edinburgh they redistribute surplus food to frontline charities and community groups.

Transform Community Development runs the Dundee FareShare operation from our depot which covers Tayside & Fife.

FareShare has received funding from Scottish Government to enable the redistribution of sanitary products to vulnerable women and girls and low-income households across the country. By using FareShare’s network of community food members (CFMs) it is expected that this will go some way to reducing the anxiety experienced by those who struggle to find the money to buy these essential items.

We know that to effectively increase access to sanitary products for women experiencing poverty and exclusion, the availability needs to be accompanied by community development work. This will help break down barriers, address stigma and embarrassment, and reach out to community groups giving them the tools to address period poverty as well as the training to increase their confidence and awareness of the issues.

Our experience is that simply making sanitary products available is not enough to convince all organisations and community workers to get involved in being part of the solution.

This new post will take the lead on: developing the redistribution model, working with existing CFMs, engaging other community groups, and providing training.

Tasks and Responsibilities

Main duties:

• Work with FareShare staff to manage the ordering and distribution of sanitary products to local charities (FareShare will manage the procurement and supply).
• Engage with target communities (CFMs and other groups), to encourage their involvement in the project and identify the needs of the women they work with.
• Reach out to target women and girls, and work with partners in the community to make the products available in easy, dignified, and reliable ways.
• Work alongside FareShare’s national education officer to provide a coordinated approach to providing education and training to CFMs, other community groups, and outreach workers.
• Deliver training and education sessions - including the promotion of reusable/recyclable products to encourage more sustainable and environmentally friendly solutions.

Sustrans is the charity making it easier for people to walk and cycle. We connect people and places, create liveable neighbourhoods, transform the school run and deliver a happier, healthier commute and we are seeking to fill this key vacancy.

This exciting role is to support the development and delivery of community-led active travel initiatives and activities across multiple community areas in Scotland working with local communities, local authorities, groups, businesses and other interested parties leading to behaviour change following the promotion of walking, cycling and sustainable travel modes in the community.

With a good standard of education, you will have experience in the delivery of practical projects with community involvement as a core element, experience of workshop design and facilitation, of organising community events and of report writing. Your excellent written and verbal communication will enhance your interpersonal skills, your community networking skills and your ability to motivate and enthuse others. You will be IT literate, with knowledge of social media and MS Office, be very organised, have strong administrative skills and be committed to cycling and walking and the promotion of sustainable transport. Employment will be conditional on clearance by the appropriate PVG Disclosure check.

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.

Midlothian Sure Start is a dynamic, award winning voluntary Organisation. It offers a quality support service to families with children up to age 10 across Midlothian. Midlothian Sure Start has been in existence since 2001 and employs over 80 members of staff providing a service in six family support centres. Our ethos is to provide a holistic, confidential community based service where Project Users are at the heart of the service.

With a passion for working with young children and a strong understanding of pre-birth to three framework and Building the Ambition, the successful candidate will be responsible for supporting children aged 0-3 in a nurturing environment, working in partnership with families to give children the best start in life.

Cyrenians is working in partnership with Falkirk Council to transform Arnotdale House in Dollar Park back into a centrepiece of the community. The newly renovated building will house a café, as well as offer events/meeting/party spaces and office accommodation. Cyrenians will run this as a social enterprise with involvement from members of the local community, including the provision of employability opportunities for people accessing Cyrenians existing services in Falkirk.

The café is projected to be fully operational by summer 2019 and we are looking for Café Assistants (one full time and one part time) to help support the day to day activities of both the café and function suites ensuring excellent customer service and satisfaction.

You should have experience of working in a café and events environment, including cash handling, food preparation, booking systems and stock control. A flexible approach and excellent communication skills will ensure you help build good relationships to create and maintain a successful café environment that is valued by the local community. You should also have the ability to demonstrate our values of compassion, respect, integrity and innovation in the work that you do.

Cyrenians is a charity working towards a society that truly values and includes all. Our Vision is of an inclusive society in which we all have the opportunities to live valued and fulfilled lives. We work to make that vision a reality through our mission to support people excluded from family, home, work or community on their life journey.

The Warehouse@EYC is seeking to recruit experienced sessional youth workers to develop and deliver a new outreach project. The Listening Fund is a two year programme which seeks to build the capacity of the Youth Team to actively listen and respond to young people in our community. This position will be for up to 15 hours per week although this could change depending on the emerging needs of the communities we seek to involve.

Going beyond current practice and methodologies, the funding will allow us to ensure young people are fully recognised and included in decision-making processes in meaningful ways. This approach requires initiative, flexibility and adaptability and above all a passion for working with young people.

We have a thriving and ever-growing membership but we are keen to listen to and learn from currently under-represented young people; therefore we wish to recruit youth workers with experience of working with young people from the following communities:

• LGBT
• Travellers
• Minority ethnic groups or those for whom English is not their first language
• Learning and physically disabled

In return, we offer a fun working environment, a competitive salary and fully funded training. We strive to be a learning organisation and the successful candidate will be joining a team committed to delivering an excellent, contemporary and relevant youth work offer.

Job Responsibilities:

• Plan, deliver and evaluate a wide range of activities, group work sessions and 1-2-1 consultations with young people and their representatives from the targeted groups
• Embed listening practice into all activities, ensuring young people are empowered to influence the development of the project
• Consult young people from the targeted communities to ensure they are enabled to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the Project
• In consultation with the Youth Team Manager, share all new learning with the team, partner organisations, funders and the wider community
• Build positive and lasting relationships with the targeted communities
• Completion of reports to both the Board and funder, including participation in the Listening Fund convening events
• The successful candidate must able to work evenings, weekends and during the school holidays.

Required Skills:

• Experience in evidence based youth work
• Experience working with the targeted community groups
• Experience in outreach youth work
• Confident in leading a variety of activities, including group work
• Excellent organisation and communication skills

Equal Opportunities

The Elgin Youth Development Group is committed to equal opportunity employment, whereby employees and applicants for employment will be given equal opportunity in recruitment and training irrespective of age, race, colour, marital status, political belief or disability.

Cyrenians is working in partnership with Falkirk Council to transform Arnotdale House in Dollar Park back into a centrepiece of the community. The newly renovated building will house a café, as well as offer events/meeting/party spaces and office accommodation. Cyrenians will run this as a social enterprise with opportunities for members of the local community to get involved, including those accessing Cyrenians existing employability services in Falkirk.

The café is projected to be fully operational by summer 2019 and we are looking for full and part time Chefs to develop this offering, namely; food preparation and delivery, day-to-day management of the kitchen and café areas, and line management of Café Assistants.

You should have experience as a chef or cook in a café, event catering or similar environment, as well as excellent organisational skills and the ability to multi-task. A creative approach and strong communication skills will enable you to work effectively with people from a variety of backgrounds to offer a café that is valued by the local community. You should also have the ability to demonstrate our values of compassion, respect, integrity and innovation in the work that you do.

Cyrenians is a charity working towards a society that truly values and includes all. Our Vision is of an inclusive society in which we all have the opportunities to live valued and fulfilled lives. We work to make that vision a reality through our mission to support people excluded from family, home, work or community on their life journey.