Hanover has been successfully housing and supporting people in Scotland for over 40 years. Our core purpose is to help people feel safe and secure at home so they can live full and independent lives. Hanover provides and manages a wide range of housing throughout Scotland that enhances our residents’ quality of life.

Hanover continues to innovate and adapt to the challenges of tomorrow by encouraging and supporting personal development, a commitment to sustainable and adaptive ICT systems, and control measures in place for the managed delivery of our services including strong adherence to robust safe working practices throughout. Hanover is currently reviewing our operating model and is considering how we retain the benefits of home working whilst ensuring that direct services are provided and the team is supported to collaborate and work together.

About the Role

The Very Sheltered Housing Manager Paisley role has come available due to internal promotion. Our Very Sheltered Housing Managers oversee the provision of housing management, support/care and catering services provided at very sheltered developments which enable older people to retain the role of tenant and to exercise choice and independence, including organising repairs/maintenance, management of rents, dealing with tenancy enquiries, and supporting customers. Please note the starting salary is £28,027 rising to £35,335 in line with company policy.

Main Responsibilities

This is an opportunity for the right person to make a real difference in the lives of our customers. The Very Sheltered Housing Manager Paisley will:

• Oversee the provision of housing management, support/care and catering services provided at very sheltered developments which enable older people to retain the role of tenant and to exercise choice and independence, including organising repairs/maintenance, management of rents, dealing with tenancy enquiries, and supporting customers.
• Lead, manage and motivate staff using a teamwork approach and to ensure that the development is adequately always staffed in accordance with approved staffing arrangements.
• Deliver quality housing management, support and care services to customers in accordance with the Association’s standards by identifying suitable applicants, managing allocations and terminations in a manner consistent with the Association’s policies.
• Ensure that customers’ enquiries are responded to timeously. To assist where required in complex or sensitive situations such as Rent Account queries or neighbour complaints or property matters.
• Communicate effectively to other staff their responsibilities and to establish, monitor and maintain consistent standards of staff performance ensuring that staff training needs are identified.
• Manage day care and respite care services effectively according to the Association’s standards.
• Ensure the provision of an efficient and effective catering service, providing regular wholesome and nutritious meals to customers in accordance with the Association’s standards for food safety to both very sheltered and any associated day centres.
• Ensure that the management of income and expenditure reporting is undertaken in accordance with the Association’s procedures.

About You

To join us, you need to have a genuine passion for helping people

• Relevant experience in a similar or equivalent role.
• Possess a sound understanding of housing management, housing support and care services environments
• Must be able to be registered and remain registered with the Scottish Social Services Council as a condition of employment
• Hold or be able to obtain, via Hanover support, REHIS Food Safety Certificates and Emergency First Aid Certificate
• Driver’s license with access to a vehicle.
• Basic computer skills, including experience using Microsoft Windows, word-processing & e-mail, plus use of corporate databases.

Apply today to join an exceptional team who make a real difference in the lives of residents and take pride in everything that they do.

What We Are Offering

Hanover is accredited with The Silver Investors in People Award. Aside from offering a supportive and friendly environment where our people are valued and appreciated, we’ll see that your hard work and drive to succeed are rewarded:

• Competitive salary
• Flexible working
• Pension Options
• Enhanced Maternity Benefits
• Employee Protection Protocols
• Cycle to Work Scheme,
• Childcare Vouchers,

Age Scotland is the national charity for older people. We work to improve the lives of everyone over the age of 50 so that they can love later life.

We support and enable hundreds of communities and older people’s groups across Scotland. We provide information, friendship and advice through our free helpline, publications and workshops. We tackle loneliness and isolation with our Community Connecting Service and much more.

We work in Scotland with older people’s groups who provide vital activities and services for older people in their local community. We campaign on the issues that older people tell us are important to them.

Our Fundraising Team are looking for an Interim Fundraising & Marketing Assistant to provide administrative support to fundraising and marketing initiatives and create and maintain efficient processes for managing donor information and income.

The post will be a blend of office based (in Edinburgh) and home-based work.

Due to the Covid outbreak in the UK, we have adapted our way of working to ensure the ongoing delivery of services, while minimising risk to our employees. Depending on guidance from the Scottish Government regarding the lifting of lockdown restrictions, this role may initially be completely home based, incorporating office work and face to face contact when it is safe to do so.

In return for your expertise and commitment to our values you’ll receive a generous holiday allowance, a range of learning and development opportunities, optional healthcare benefits and a contributory pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 9%.

If you have the skills, experience and ambition required to fulfil this role, then please apply now.

This role will provide temporary professional accountancy cover for a fixed term of 12 months within the Veterans’ Foundation (VF) which, mainly supports veterans of UK armed forces and their dependants in need through its grants’ programme. Even though our Executive Team is small, the VF has achieved significant growth over the last five years largely due to the success of the Veterans’ Lottery. As a result, this has enabled the VF to award grants of over £7.1 million since we started in 2016.

The main responsibility of the Temporary Finance Manager (TFM) will be, mainly, to support the CFO in managing the finances of the VF. Currently, the VF has a team of four; therefore, it is important that you are comfortable working in such an environment. You must be a self-starter, with lots of initiative, energy and enthusiasm, willing to take on a wide range of tasks, but thoroughly reliable and consistent. The FM will be expected to liaise closely with our partners, including our accountants and our bankers. Our office is in Edinburgh and, therefore, it’s important that you should be within easy access of Edinburgh, even though a large amount of work can be done remotely.

For more details about us, please refer to veteransfoundation.org.uk

Tasks for the FM will include:-

• Providing relevant details to accountants ahead of monthly management accounts.
• Reviewing management accounts, with short reports ahead of Trustees meetings.
• Liaising with accountants to ensure the annual audit process is managed effectively
• Preparing and monitoring of the annual budget and updating this, when necessary
• Preparing and administering regulatory returns.
• Monitoring funds available for grants and outlining future grant instalments.
• Reviewing the financial performance of the lottery and other fundraising activities.
• Organizing invoice payments and administering bank accounts
• Administering Gift Aid Claims and their submission to HMRC
• As appropriate, to carry out other tasks, within competence and capacity, as determined by CEO and CFO, to spread workload.

About us

Leuchie House is a national charity dedicated to supporting families living with the effects of a range of neurological conditions including MS, MND, Parkinson’s and stroke through individualised respite breaks.

We aim to be more than just a change of caring environment and instead offer a wonderful holiday experience, enabled by our expert nurse-led care. We deliver a number of programmes aimed to enhance the well-being of our guests during their stay, and in the hope that the benefits they experience last long after they’ve returned home.

We are proud to have recently achieved top grades following our most recent Care Inspectorate visit. Please visit the Care Inspectorate website to read the full report.

The role

We have an exciting new opportunity for a Band 6 equivalent Physiotherapist to join our Allied Health Team.

As well as providing one-to-one and group physiotherapy for guests, you will also be working with our multi-disciplinary team of nurses, Occupational Therapist and Enabling Technology team to help maximise our guests’ independence, improve their quality of life and comfort and help them plan for their future.

You will help guests participate in physical indoor and outdoor activities and support them in the use of specialist equipment, such as wheelchairs and mobility equipment. Liaising with NHS professionals and working collaboratively with the team are key to this role as you help create positive relationships with guests, relatives, GPs, and other agencies associated with Leuchie House.

This is a part-time, permanent role working 21 hours per week. Times of work can be flexible to suit the individual.

The person

To succeed in this role you will:

• Be a qualified physiotherapist registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)

• Have experience in working with people affected by long-term physical conditions

• Have an aptitude to engage with people affected by and a genuine interest in long-term neurological conditions

• Be a competent and confident IT user with the ability to organise own workload

• Strong communicator, with excellent interpersonal and team interaction skills

• Have a positive, professional and reliable can-do attitude

• Have a flexible approach and attitude to working hours and tasks to be completed

• Manual handling skills in line with current Health & Safety legislation

• Be a good problem solver with the ability to work under pressure and take responsibility for meeting deadlines

• Be highly organised with attention to detail

Salary and benefits

• NHS Band 6 equivalent FTE £40,209 (pro rata)

• 7 weeks paid holiday per year

• Paid training and induction

• Pension, life assurance and cycle to work scheme

• A unique and beautiful working environment

• The chance to make a real difference to the lives of people with long term conditions!

Vintage Vibes is an amazing city-wide charitable partnership between two longstanding Edinburgh charities, Space and LifeCare. We’re on the lookout for a new Service Co-ordinator to help us tackle loneliness in the city’s older people through creating fantastic friendships.

RESPONSIBLE TO: Operations Manager – Vintage Vibes

LOCATION: Space @ The Broomhouse Hub, with agreement to also work from home, 525 Ferry Road, LifeCare offices in Stockbridge, or other such location as we consider necessary.

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

Edinburgh is the loneliest city in the UK for older people. Vintage Vibes is a fresh approach to tackling loneliness in Edinburgh. We put together volunteers with people over 60 (called our VIPs), who are matched based on shared interests, to tackle isolation and loneliness through creating long-lasting friendships.

As our new Service Co-ordinator you will:

• Work city-wide meeting fantastic VIPs and volunteers in order to create and support 1:1 friendships.

• Make a difference to Edinburgh’s isolated older people by celebrating individuality, friendship and positivity

• Respond to evolving VIP and volunteer needs through short-term additional support, signposting and additional engagement opportunities.

• Contribute to continual exciting and innovative service developments as part of a fun and fresh thinking team.

Age Scotland is the national charity for older people. We work to improve the lives of everyone over the age of 50 so that they can love later life.

We support and enable hundreds of community and older people’s groups across Scotland. We provide information, friendship and advice through our free helpline, publications and workshops. We tackle loneliness and isolation with our Community Connecting Service and much more.

We work in Scotland with older people’s groups who provide vital activities and services for older people in their local community. We campaign on the issues that older people tell us are important to them.

Our Community Services Team are looking for a Veterans’ Project Assistant to:

• To provide high quality administrative support for the Veterans’ Project and Unforgotten Force’s Consortium
• To support communication and contact relationship management with partner agencies and older veterans
• To collate evidence for project monitoring and evaluation

The post will be a blend of office based (in Edinburgh) and home-based work.

Due to the Covid outbreak in the UK, we have adapted our way of working to ensure the ongoing delivery of services, while minimising risk to our employees. Depending on guidance from the Scottish Government regarding the lifting of lockdown restrictions, this role may initially be completely home based, incorporating office work and face to face contact when it is safe to do so.

In return for your expertise and commitment to our values you’ll receive a generous holiday allowance, a range of learning and development opportunities, optional healthcare benefits and a contributory pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 9%.

If you have the skills, experience and ambition required to fulfil this role, then please apply now.

SACT is a social enterprise which was formed to help combat social isolation in all its forms. It launched in 2016 and has grown from a very small, localised operation based in Ayr, to a thriving and very active organisation which covers the whole of South Ayrshire. SACT now has a fleet of 12 minibuses and 3 electric cars undertaking a huge variety of work within the Third Sector as well as partnership working with bodies such as South Ayrshire Council and Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.

Due to retirement, SACT is now looking for a new General Manager with the ability to lead and develop a professional SACT team ensuring the on-going development, implementation and monitoring of team plans and work programmes in order to meet performance targets and guarantee effective service delivery. The General Manager will report to the SACT Board of Trustees.

We are looking for:

• Education to Degree level and/or at least 5 years managerial experience, preferably in a Third Sector setting

• Experience in budget setting and control

• A confident negotiator and presenter in one-to-one and one-to-many settings

• An experienced user of business software packages such as MS Office and of social media for marketing and PR purposes

• Some knowledge of the community transport sector would be desirable, but a knowledge of the Third Sector is of more importance

• A full UK driver’s licence

Summary

Voluntary Sector Gateway West Lothian (VSGWL) is the Third Sector Interface (TSI) operating in West Lothian. Our primary purpose is to promote, develop and support West Lothian`s Third Sector. We work in partnership with the voluntary sector and key statutory and public stakeholders to improve the lives of individuals and communities across West Lothian.

VSGWL requires an individual with excellent planning and interpersonal skills to join our Development Officer team. You will be

· Someone who is innovative and able to work collaboratively with others to succeed in an evolving environment.

· someone with proven ability in forming alliances and partnerships to bring out sustainable change for communities and the wider third sector.

· Committed, results-driven and supportive to the needs of others, you work well within a team and are willing to follow and develop agreed procedures.

Role Overview and Responsibilities

You will work closely with a range of key external stakeholders, including statutory partners and wider third sector to bring about positive change for individuals and communities in West Lothian. You will establish and develop working groups with third sector organisations. You will also represent VGSWL in appropriate meetings with key stakeholders and partners including WL Council and Integrated Joint Board.

Key to the role is outstanding communication and influencing skills to form and cement strategic alliances and strengthen partnership working. You will work closely with the existing staff team.

Voluntary Sector Gateway West Lothian (VSGWL) is the Third Sector Interface (TSI) operating in West Lothian. Our primary purpose is to promote, develop and support West Lothian`s Third Sector. We work in partnership with the voluntary sector and key statutory and public stakeholders to improve the lives of individuals and communities across West Lothian.

VSGWL requires an experienced Operations Manager and strategic thinker with a track record of delivering success. You will be:

• someone who is innovative and able to lead and motivate others to succeed in an evolving environment.

• someone with proven ability in forming alliances and partnerships to bring out sustainable change for communities and the wider third sector.

• committed, results-driven and supportive to the needs of others, you will use your own initiative to develop new ideas and seize opportunities to better support the needs of the sector and the key objectives of VSGWL.

Role Overview and Responsibilities

This is a complex role requiring innovation and the skilful balancing of multiple work streams underpinned with strong leadership qualities. You will make a proactive contribution to organisational development and management of change, coupled with a wide understanding of political agendas.

You will lead a dedicated team of development officers to support a culture of development and quality service delivery to support the third sector, communicating and influencing to form and cement strategic alliances and strengthen partnership working.