Are you a strategic thinker? Do you have experience of leading systems change? If so, this might be the perfect role for you at Forces Children Scotland.

About the role

Forces Children Scotland is looking for someone with the expertise, passion and drive to help support change across the sector. We are looking for someone to help the charity realise its strategic vision of becoming the sector-leading charity when it comes to supporting children and young people from serving, reservist and veteran families across Scotland. Our children and young people can encounter both positive and challenging experiences as part of a service family and we help them grow in confidence, develop new skills and gain valuable experiences. We do this by co-producing projects and services to support mental health and wellbeing, education and learning and put their unique experiences on the radar of civilian audiences. We provide life-changing experiences which forge new friendships and help develop a sense of belonging. We listen and provide financial help in lots of different ways and support those caring for loved ones or a member of the local community as well as those gaining qualifications at college or university.

You will work closely with the Chief Executive Officer, deputising as required, as well as ensuring external policy direction and research influences our work internally within Forces Children Scotland. You will champion our work and maximise its impact by sharing knowledge across organisational functions, our communication channels and externally with strategic partners, government, and professional sectors.

About the person we are looking for

To apply for this role, you will need to hold a professional qualification to post graduate level and have significant experience in a relevant field, such as health, education, social care. In addition, you will need a minimum of eight years’ experience in working with children and young people in a multi-agency capacity. You will need to evidence strong experience of facilitating systems change across multiple sectors related to children and young people as well as experience of establishing and leading cross sector partnerships and translating strategy and policy into practice, based on research evidence including data analysis and voices of lived experience. You will also need to experience of working with academic establishments across the UK and beyond in commissioning and disseminating research as well as experience of working with and influencing Scottish and/or UK Government and policy. Furthermore, you will need to possess experience of managing staff as well as project and service delivery. The role will also require a strong breadth of experience in the fields of mental health and wellbeing and education, as well as an understanding and experience of coproducing new service delivery models.

Please download our full person specification for further information.

Reason for Secondment/Loan: To lead on the planning, implementation and co-ordination of the Scottish Government's Framework for Chronic Pain Management.

Applications are invited from: NHS / Health and Social Care Partnership employees, people employed within the independent sector

Main Duties

This is a great opportunity to work on the implementation and co-ordination of Scotland’s first Framework for Pain Management that aims to drive improvement in the care, treatment and support available to people living with chronic pain, and their carers. You will join during the draft Framework public consultation and therefore have the chance to review consultation responses/ contribute to refining the final Framework.

This is a challenging time in the health system, as it continues to respond to and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, but with it comes the exciting prospect of re-designing services to improve person-centred outcomes. To ensure successful delivery of the commitments set out in the Pain Management Framework, you will:

• Cross government and partners collaboration – build relationships with a wide range of policy, implementation, analytical and clinical colleagues (including within Healthcare Improvement Scotland, NHS 24, Public Health Scotland and the Centre for Sustainable Delivery based at the Golden Jubilee) to lead development and agreement of an implementation plan that sets out clear actions, accountability, metrics and timescales – taking into account activities already underway.
• Drive change – liaise with NHS Boards and Health and Social Care Partnership management to influence the pace and scale of change as part of wider operational and recovery planning and programmes, including addressing health inequalities.
• External stakeholder engagement - work with advisers to involve stakeholders in shaping delivery and reviewing progress including people with lived experience, healthcare professionals and third sector organisations.
• Programme planning and risk management – use change and improvement methodologies to manage and monitor delivery including project resources, to keep activities on track – mitigating against risks and problem solving to address issues.

Key Competencies

Leading others:

• Actively manages environment, making connections across boundaries to build strong networks and partnerships.
• Contributes to and develops clear, creative and detailed policy communication strategies to achieve outcomes.

Communications and Engagement:

• Manages internal and external relationships, creating positive networks and maintaining trust and credibility.

Analysis and Use of Evidence:

• Uses relevant evidence, recognising validity and limitations, in evaluations & assessment of risks against desired outcomes, engaging analytical specialists appropriately.

Improving performance:

• Set targets to improve the value achieved from resources, utilising financial data in business cases for change and monitors outcomes using performance measures.
• Uses relevant tools, techniques and skills development to facilitate continuous improvement.

Essential Criteria

1. Highly developed communication skills with the ability to manage and influence a range of internal and external relationships including at senior levels, promoting collaborative working - building consensus for vision and buy-in for changes/ action, within the context of competing priorities.
2. Proven ability in working well under pressure, expressing clear logical thinking and creative problem solving in the face of challenging opposition by articulating persuasive arguments to overcome issues.
3. A robust working knowledge of the health and social care system in Scotland, its structures and governance and a history of managing complex change programmes to achieve improved outcomes - using experience of programme and project management principles/ improvement methodologies effectively to review and analyse progress and adjust delivery accordingly.
4. Experience in identifying, developing and using a range of outcome measures to assess performance against goals.

Further information about the Organisation:

The role is part of the Healthcare Quality and Improvement Directorate within the Scottish Government, led by Jason Leitch, the National Clinical Director. The Directorate seeks to achieve the best health and care outcomes for people by ensuring the provision of high quality health and social care services.

The Clinical Priorities Unit within this Directorate has responsibility for policy on national strategies for various health conditions such as Cancer, Long Covid, Diabetes, Stroke, Chronic Pain and many others. The role offers a supportive team environment, which would be beneficial to applicants where it may be their first experience of working on national programmes. Given many of the delivery challenges are similar regardless of condition, our implementation leads work closely together to achieve the best outcomes and share knowledge and experiences. The cross cutting nature of the plans also provide lots of development opportunities to influence and contribute to policy and its delivery across other Government Directorates.

The Clinical Priorities Unit is primarily based in St Andrews House Edinburgh, although home working continues to be our default position and we can accommodate candidates from other locations. We are supportive of flexible working and would encourage applications from those on flexible working patterns.

Q is an ambitious initiative connecting thousands of people working to make health and care better across the UK and Ireland. Q is part of respected charity the Health Foundation, working in partnership with organisations across the UK and Ireland. You can find out more in the application pack briefing statement or on Q’s website.

The Head of Design and Collaboration leads Q’s growing Labs network. This involves leading an exciting partnership with NHSX on remote monitoring, providing strategic input to our new Lab in Wales and helping to develop plans for future programme partnerships.

Critical to success will be experience of partnership work and credibility navigating fields relevant to the Lab approach: improvement, social innovation, systems thinking and design.

Collaborative by nature and training, you’ll have experience of bringing together diverse perspectives to make health and care better.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a senior leader to join a widely respected and dynamic initiative. Directly managing a small team, you’ll also be part of Q’s overall leadership team, helping to shape the direction of the initiative.

To find out more about the role and what we are looking for, please read the job description.

You can also arrange for a short informal conversation with the Q Director or the Head of Design & Collaboration in advance via Purnima Anhal (Purnima.anhal@health.org.uk).

Would you like to work with a dynamic team and take a lead on care standards and practice development?

About the role

We are looking for a dynamic and committed individual to join our leadership team. Working with a supportive, capable and friendly multidisciplinary team, this new clinical leadership role reports to our Medical Director and will support us to continue to strengthen and develop our service and organisational impact.

This rewarding and exciting role will be key in ensuring that effective, efficient and appropriate care is delivered across all WDP adult and young person service types.

As part of this clinical role, you will:

• Provide excellent leadership, line management, developmental and practice development support to senior clinical roles (excluding prescribers).
• Lead on clinical modelling and improvement against internal and external clinical standards, including CQC KLOEs and NICE guidelines.
• Focus on supporting high quality, high impact, value for money delivery, leading on specialist skills deployment.
• Oversee qualification monitoring and clinical training, including the development and delivery of clinical training and embedding of trainee, assistant and student roles.
• Lead on clinical quality assurance, risk and safeguarding.
• Work collaboratively with lead clinicians, service leads, and subject matter experts to ensure effective development and performance management of clinical staff and to support skills development across non clinical practitioners.
• Maintain high quality dialogue and public relations with partner agencies and commissioning bodies, supporting the development of effective strategic relationships.
• Be a clinician (nurse, medic) with the associated up-to-date registration in place

There is an expectation for the successful candidate to be able to work across our service hubs, as well as occasional travel to our head office in London.

Why should you apply?

• You want to make a difference to the lives of disadvantaged people,
• You want be part of a high-performing team focused on achieving positive outcomes,
• You want to progress your career and increase your own knowledge and skills in a supportive and compassionate environment,
• You want a competitive salary and excellent benefits

To see the generous range of benefits we offer at WDP – including health and wellbeing initiatives, financial perks and development opportunities – visit our Benefits Package

Can you help us to support more children and young people in Scotland with their mental health and emotional wellbeing?

As an Area Manager for Scotland North, you will be responsible for a team of Mental Health Practitioners who deliver one to one interventions across secondary and primary schools across Tayside and the Highlands, as well as School Project Managers who deliver a wide range of interventions with our partner schools.

With a shared commitment for improving outcomes for children, and providing excellent services for schools, you will have a key eye for service delivery; delivering on Place2Be’s mission, values and business priorities. This role works across a geographical area reporting directly to the Director for Scotland.

You will bring passion and strong organisational skills to the team during this exciting period of opportunity for the organisation.

What will I be responsible for in my new role?

You will:

• ensure high quality clinical practice and delivery of a full and effective service in all Place2Be schools provide Safeguarding and Child Protection support for staff and volunteers
• establish and maintain positive and active relationships with head teachers in partner schools and local authority stakeholders
• undertake regular line management responsibilities of team members, reviewing on an ongoing basis delivery components in line with agreed outputs and KPIs
• analyse and use service data from your team and schools to inform and improve your team’s performance
• support people development; nurture skills and talent across your team to enable people to grow and develop
• Identify opportunities to provide training and skills development for local schools and partners such as Multi-Academy Trusts and the wider children’s workforce

Diversity and Inclusion

Place2Be is committed to equal opportunities and anti-discrimination practices and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. We are particularly interested in attracting applications from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.

Additionally, for our clinical roles we are particularly keen in attracting male candidates to reflect the diversity of the partner schools and communities we work in.

All successful applicants to clinical roles will be asked to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure from the DBS/PVG.

About You

The successful candidate will have:

• experience of managing medium/large teams which may be multidisciplinary in nature to deliver locality/service objectives
• knowledge of relevant national policies, best practices, quality frameworks and local approaches to implementation within the specific area of mental health support for children and young people
• experience managing and leading health / social care / education services in either the statutory or voluntary sector
• the ability to influence people at all levels, in a clear, persuasive and tactful way
• strong multi-tasking skills, be flexible and show an ability to manage conflicting priorities

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a senior management post within Families Outside. This is a key role for a dynamic and passionate individual interested in making a real difference in the lives of families affected by imprisonment.

Families Outside is the only national charity in Scotland that works solely to support children and families affected by imprisonment. This senior management post leads the strategic development and implementation of the work of Families Outside’s Family Support Team, linking the work of the Regional Managers and Regional Family Support Coordinators, and Group Work & Peer Support to improve outcomes for children and families throughout Scotland who are affected by imprisonment. The post holder will lead and inspire a team of managers to deliver high quality integrated support within our values framework. Undertaking and leading on significant projects, providing strategic leadership, and promoting and representing Families Outside are all key components of this challenging role.

If you are able to take strategic and operational responsibility for the support of children and families and have the ability to lead a team of dedicated staff, among other attributes, we would like to hear from you. Ideally, this role would be based in Edinburgh but would be feasible for anyone in the central belt.

About you

You will need a proven relevant track record, possibly gained in a range of sectors where you operated at a senior level with external audiences and engaged with, and influenced, a variety of stakeholders. You will also need demonstrable experience in managing and developing a diverse family support service, working collaboratively to support families caught up in criminal justice processes, significant experience of child and adult protection, and extensive experience of managing staff, students, and volunteers.

Someone who thrives on working collaboratively with others for the good of the business, you will be adept at building a network of good relationships and have an ability to develop a thorough understanding of the organisation and the wider sector quickly. You will be a good listener and positive influencer who communicates clearly verbally and in writing and, where appropriate, is able to persuade others to change their views, intentions, or actions.

The leadership role of Head of Family Support is key for the organisation: you will lead a team of 5, and as a member of the 4-person Senior Management Team will report directly to the CEO. Providing leadership and effective day-to-day management of the Family Support Team, you will ensure that Families Outside is a key contributor to local and national policy and the lead national voice on issues relating to families affected by imprisonment.

This is an exciting role for the right applicant and comes at a time where Families Outside has undertaken a major restructuring programme and recently revised our Strategic Plan for the next 4 years. This is an exciting time to join the team, where you will have the opportunity to deliver the ambitions of Families Outside within a newly established Senior Management Team.

Can you help us to support more children and young people in Scotland with their mental health and emotional wellbeing?

Are you a successful Business Development Professional skilled at income generation, tenders and bid management, stakeholder engagement, relationship management and communication?

As the Business Development Manager for Scotland, you will play a key role in growing our services in Scotland to support children and young people to access vital mental health support when they need it

Your role will include the identification and delivery of new business opportunities in line with the organisational and Scotland business development working with a range of stakeholders, including schools, local and national Government, education and healthcare agencies.

You will work closely with the service delivery team to maximise opportunities and to ensure that robust processes are in place to ensure onboarding and contractual requirements are met.

You will bring enthusiasm and leadership skills to the team during this exciting period of growth for the organisation.

What will I be responsible for in my new role?

You will:

• identify opportunities through scanning, pipeline development and timely evaluation for business development opportunities in line with the organisational and Scotland business plan
• lead and advise on business development strategies and tactics
• identify and respond to tender opportunities ensuring that any tender responses or business development proposals are of the quality to be successful develop extensive and effective networks and relationships with potential commissioners including schools, Local Authorities, education and health bodies
• ensure all deadlines are met throughout the role and other activities as required in relation to contract management

Diversity and Inclusion

Place2Be is committed to equal opportunities and anti-discrimination practices and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. We are particularly interested in attracting applications from applicants from diverse groups.

About You

The successful candidate will have:

• experience in a wide range of income generation activity including proposals, bids, tenders and funding applications
• project management and managing and developing stakeholder relationships
• strong written and verbal skills including effective tender writing and bid writing
• the ability to coordinate multiple bid/projects with strong time management and prioritisation skills
• strong knowledge of formal tendering processes and commercial awareness
• experience of information analysis, essential for communicating business, finance and workforce plans

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.

COPE Ltd is a well-established, successful social enterprise, and registered charity, committed to its social purpose of supporting people with learning disabilities or autism, creating skills development and supported employment opportunities across its four business units in Shetland.

We are looking for a visionary leader to help us shape the future of COPE Ltd. Our CEO will be ready to use their knowledge and experience to transform and grow the company, inspire our team, and enhance the positive contribution we make to our community.

We want someone capable of driving our organisation forwards, who is passionate about what we do, embodies our values, and can apply their business knowledge and expertise to help us to grow and thrive. We want to develop our organisation, improve and expand our services, and transform more participants and supported employees’ lives by fostering their abilities and guiding them towards achieving their full potential.