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We have a vacancy for a Facilities Manager, based in our award winning building in Edinburgh.

Thistle Foundation works alongside people to help them achieve their full potential, and our Facilities Team and buildings are essential supports to create an inclusive welcome and support our many ambitious projects.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference to people’s lives at Thistle Foundation where no two days are the same. You will provide coaching style management to the Facilities Team and be responsible for areas such as:

• Oversee maintenance for Thistle buildings and grounds;
• Manage Health & Safety for all Thistle buildings and land, in conjunction with an external consultant;
• Contract management and procurement and support overall corporate compliance;
• Advise senior leadership team on building strategy and deliver building income generation strategy;
• Manage our Community Hub spaces, helping create a safe and supportive environment for everyone;
• Other duties, as appropriate to the role.

This role is an excellent opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic team player, who has a willingness to learn and to support the Thistle team as well as everyone who uses our buildings.

Please see the job description for more details.

In return we can offer you the following:

• A highly attractive work environment in our brand new, award winning offices.
• Structured support and supervision from your line manager and a supportive team of
• colleagues.
• A structured development programme including ongoing development with our internal leadership development programme.

Some of our other staff benefits include…

• a contributory pension
• a non-contributory death in service benefit scheme
• The “Refer a Friend Scheme” which pays £150 for every successfully recruited person that a staff member recommends.
• Free access to the Thistle Gym.
• FREE membership* of the HSF Health Plan which gives, amongst other things,
  • money back for everyday healthcare costs,
  • a GP advice line,
  • shopping discounts.

*This membership can be extended to cover immediate family members after completion of a satisfactory probationary period.

The Brock is a charity and social enterprise that provides constructive therapeutic work activities and facilitated social integration for people with chronic mental health conditions. We focus on what people can do rather than what they can’t. We offer stimulating opportunities to socialise and learn new skills in horticulture, woodwork and a variety of crafts.

Our Vision:

A society where every individual with a mental health condition feels

included, supported and valued.

We are seeking to appoint an energetic and enthusiastic person who shares our vision and who has the necessary skills to help take the Garden Centre and Mind Garden forward, building upon the existing production of bedding plants, planters and baskets. You will be joining the Brock at an exciting time as we develop as a social enterprise and expand our areas of activity.

Our service users need you to be kind-hearted, caring, helpful and have a sense of humour.

You will be a people person, with good horticultural knowledge and experience, will be confident in leading therapeutic activities, and will have a customer focussed approach and the commercial acumen to develop new products and initiatives.

Under the direction of the operations manager, the successful applicant will take responsibility for the day to day running of the Garden Centre and Mind Garden. There is also significant opportunity for the post holder to work alongside the woodworking and craft facilitators to support other enterprise initiatives that the project is delivering.

In return you will have an opportunity to make a significant contribution to the development of a young organisation; and to use your imagination and creativity to influence the direction of the organisation and its impact on service users. Having the right mind-set, attitude and approach is as important to us as having the right experience and skills. If you feel that this could be you, we look forward to hearing from you!

The successful applicant for this post will be required to apply for membership of the PVG (Protection of Vulnerable Groups) Scheme.

If you are interested, we encourage you to visit he Brock. During the winter months we are open to the public Mon-Fri 10am till 3pm. For further information, an informal conversation or an application pack please contact Koen Van der Straeten on 01506 858080 or email koen@thebrock.org, or visit thebrock.org.

#BecauseScotlandCares

Turning Point Scotland’s HR team supports all of our social care services across Scotland and is based in Govan, Glasgow. The innovative thinking, dynamic and values driven inclusive approach of our organisation is mirrored within our HR department, which comprises of ten people.

Two smaller teams operate within the department providing HR advice, support and planning to an allocated group of services. This role will be a key part of our South Team working closely with managers and colleagues at all levels across the organisation operating within a unionised environment, with a geographical spread covering, Glasgow, Ayrshire, Inverclyde, Dumfries & Galloway.

Beyond day to day support and employee relations issues, we undertake a full range of tasks and work including organisational development, workforce development planning, recruitment and strategic projects.

Job Description

· To provide generalist human resources advice, guidance and support to Turning Point Scotland’s line managers

· To provide a business partnership approach in working with managers, services and regions to enable the services and organisation to meet their aims and objectives.

· Interpreting and implementing HR policies, best practice and appropriately applying employment law

· Providing guidance and information to staff

· Undertaking a leadership role in projects or an area of HR operations or business specialism

· Working on employee relations issues, reports and cases (absence, disciplinary, investigations, grievances/complaints; TUPE; consultation meetings) balancing risk and the law with a pragmatic approach and reporting as required

· To undertake duties relating to leavers, payroll, contract alterations, absence, fitness for work, reasonable adjustments, flexible working requests and paternity/maternity

· Focussed progression of recruitment processing for new starts

· To advise and authorise on changes to terms and conditions and work to an anti-discriminatory framework

· Working in a small team to achieve a high quality responsive service for a group of services and to work as part of the larger HR team

· To meet strategic and personal development goals as agreed with your line and departmental manager with organisational development changes, taking on lead for topics/areas and projects

· To ensure our approach to employee registration with SSSC and PVG issues is dealt with in a consistent, compliant and legal manner

· To deliver a strategic business partnering service to support increased retention and recruitment across the team’s services through agreed plans and projects

· Quality assure and oversee some aspects of recruitment (Safer Recruitment) using our on-line recruitment tool

· To promote workforce development practices such as induction, appraisal, supervision

· To work with absence systems to actively manager and address absence get employees back to work as soon as possible and to put into place attendance plans to avoid absence in higher risk groups including working with our occupational health service

· Ensuring internal records of grievance, discipline and absence logs are up to date for reporting

· Working with the union and union representatives in a unionised environment and when appropriate with TPS Staff Connects (our employee representative group)

· Working to ICO guidelines and data protection legislation including meeting subject access requests

· HR based management and policy training: some direct delivery to groups, coaching one to one etc

· Travelling as and when required locally with frequency, and further in Scotland around once a month

· Participating positively as a member of the HR dept., the Head Office team and Turning Point Scotland

· Promoting the values and culture of Turning Point Scotland at all times

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.

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.

VOCAL is the leading carer organisation in Edinburgh and Midlothian. We are seeking a qualified and experienced counsellor to provide counselling to adult carers aged 18 years and over. The counselling service is on the COSCA Register of Recognised Organisations. Sessional counsellors receive individual clinical supervision from a supervisor employed by VOCAL and will report to the Counselling Service Manager who will line manage the work.

Aims of the counselling service

Provide counselling to adult carers (18 and older) who provide unpaid care to a family member, partner, relative or friend who requires help to manage a long term illness, disability, physical or mental health problem or drug/alcohol addiction in Edinburgh and/or Midlothian.

Role description

Tasks and responsibilities

• To provide individual counselling to adult carers in line with existing counselling service models and as stated in the service’s own Code of Practice for Counsellors.
• To adhere to the COSCA Statement of Ethics and BACP Ethical Framework for the Counselling Profession.
• To undertake initial intake sessions as required in line with service demand.
• Ensure appropriate session notes and records are kept, i.e. CORE Net.

Person specification

Essential qualifications and experience

• A postgraduate Diploma in Counselling from a recognised educational establishment.
• A minimum of 200 post-qualifying client hours.
• Experience in working with adults experiencing anxiety, depression and trauma.
• A genuine desire to work with carers and an understanding of issues relevant to carers.

Desirable qualifications and experience

• Experience of using CORE Net web based system with counselling clients.
• Experience of working in a voluntary sector counselling service.
• Accreditation with BACP, COSCA, UKCP or equivalent.

We are recruiting an experienced Administrator who has operated in a compliance focused environment to join our HQ team in Paisley. You will be fully competent with Microsoft packages and will have responsibility for the coordination and management of compliance, quality and performance ensuring internal and external contractual requirements are met. As and when required, you will also support the Scottish MD with administration tasks.

Please see attached the full Job Description and Person Specification