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Children's Hospices Across Scotland

Top job! Senior Charge Nurse

  • Children's Hospices Across Scotland
  • Full time
  • £42,902 – £45,800
  • Rachel House in Kinross
  • Closing 13th July 2022

Are you passionate about making a difference to the lives of children and young people with a life shortening condition? Do you have leadership experience in health or social care, a desire to develop people and experience of service improvement in an ever changing environment?

We are looking for an extremely motivated and dynamic nurse seeking a new challenge, which will stretch them in a way that few other roles can? If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you!

This is a really exciting time to join Children’s Hospices Across Scotland, better known as CHAS, as we develop innovative approaches to allow teams across CHAS to work more closely to offer seamless care to children and families.

“When Louise took my hand, I knew I would never be alone. The care my son received and the support we had as a family at the toughest time imaginable in our lives was truly a life-line", CHAS parent

Would you like to work with remarkable colleagues and meet extraordinary children and families? Would you like to be part of a team providing a flexible and responsive service, whilst delivering holistic person centred palliative care to babies, children and young people, across the East of Scotland?

You will work alongside the Service Manager and bring valuable leadership and people management experience to a team providing specialist palliative care, end of life care and respite care for the child and their whole family in the hospice setting. You will have the opportunity to use your nursing skills and knowledge, complemented by the education and support we provide to develop both yourself and your team. You will promote partnership working with the family, and other CHAS colleagues, as well as our colleagues in the NHS, local authority, other third sector organisations, and volunteers, to put the best interests of the child at the forefront of care.

Benefits

· Full time colleagues work 4 shifts per week

· All working patterns considered: full time, part time and flexible

· Generous holiday and sick pay

· Continuation of NHS pension scheme for existing members

· Lothian Pension Fund membership available

· Employee assistance programme (which includes free access to counselling, financial advice

· Occupational sick pay and maternity pay

· Regular clinical supervision

· Comprehensive induction programme

· Access to ongoing education and development opportunities

· Free parking

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The Tim Stead Trust

Top job! Director

  • The Tim Stead Trust
  • Full time
  • £35,000
  • The Steading, Blainslie and remotely on occasion
  • Closing 7th July 2022

The Tim Stead Trust is seeking an imaginative, enterprising Director who will play the leading role in planning and delivering the Trust’s vision and outcomes. You will be working for and with a Trust whose mission is to secure a future for creativity and inspiration through engagement with wood by preserving and maintaining for public benefit the name and works of Tim Stead MBE, Artist and Craftsman, and by raising awareness of his environmental philosophy.

About the role:

This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to be the first Director of The Steading. The director will be in at the start-up phase and be the sole employee of the Trust. You will work with trustees, potential volunteers and partners in funding agencies and sister organisations where partnership work benefits all parties and contributes to Scotland’s cultural sector.

You will have a central role in driving forward the wide range of tasks identified in the development plan. Core aspects of this are about preserving the Steading, archive and collection, building upon Tim’s wider legacy and fundraising to support this programme. This will be driven by the recently agreed Project Viability Report. The post holder will have the support of, and report to, the board of Trustees as well as access to an independent mentor.

A full Job Description is available at timsteadtrust.org/blog/2022/06/17/director or download below.

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Volunteering Matters

Top job! Head of Strategic Planning

  • Volunteering Matters
  • Part time
  • £60,000 pro-rata
  • Homebased or office based
  • Closing 10th July 2022

Volunteering Matters

At Volunteering Matters we use volunteering’s unique power to bring people together and build stronger, more resilient communities across the UK.

We bring people together to resolve some of society’s most complex issues. From social isolation and loneliness; improving health and wellbeing; building skills, confidence, and opportunity; to ensuring young people can become change makers in their community, the impact that we make is great. And we won’t stop until everyone in the UK has the opportunity to thrive.

People-led and impact driven, we are a national charity that is deeply embedded in local areas across the UK. We operate in five regions: London and the South East; Wales and the West of England; East of England; the Midlands and North West England; and Scotland and North East England. We also have an Employee Volunteering Team with over 25 years’ experience, acting as a broker to provide tailor-made solutions to employers. We turn local knowledge and energy into action and progress, building stronger communities and a better future for all.

This is an exciting time to be joining the team. We’re changing the way we work to meet new ambitions and make sure our impact continues to grow alongside out business.

Role Purpose

- To support the ongoing refining and development of strategic planning in the organization.

- Leading on our 90 day planning cycle and implementation approach

- Facilitating a capacity building approach for the organisation to implement 90 day planning and delivery in line with our strategy and KPIs

- Facilitating sessions that allow the organisation to tackle complex problems cross teams, that will then form part of the work programme for the 90 day strategic planning cycle

- The ongoing facilitation of refinement of strategy, achieved through statements and organisational KPIs

About Volunteering Matters

Our volunteering and social action programmes bring people together to overcome adversity, tackle isolation, improve physical and mental health, develop skills, and ensure young people can lead change.

What makes us unique is our approach to developing programmes in local areas. Our volunteering programmes are designed by communities, for communities, as they have the power, local knowledge, and energy to improve themselves from within.

We have nearly 60 years of experience in supporting people facing all sorts of life challenges, from financial wellbeing to loneliness or barriers to education and employment. Our projects range from mentoring schemes to social groups, from community drivers to young people raising awareness of the issues that mean the most to them.

While we share our experience and resources to create opportunities, we’re entirely driven by the ideas on the ground. Each project is built with the specific needs of a community in mind. Since we’re a national charity, we do this at scale, building partnerships dedicated to sustainable societal change across the UK.

This role

As a member of the executive leadership team, you’ll facilitate the organisation to plan in strategic 90 day cycles, ensuring that our work remains relevant to our strategy, addresses real problems and furthers the organisation’s mission.

In addition to directly facilitating this with the Executive Leadership Team (ELT), the Head of Strategic Planning will also have a role in supporting capacity building across the organisation, running workshops and interventions that support the rest of the organisation to take a similar approach to strategic planning. The part time nature if this role means the capacity building element is vital, and it fits with our decentralised structure to empower teams to manage their priorities directly, in line with the strategic aims of the organisation.

The Head of Strategic Planning will also help support the refresh of our strategy and achieved through statements, at least once every three years with staff, trustees and volunteers.

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Families Outside

Support & Participation Manager

  • Families Outside
  • Full time
  • £35,655
  • This post will be based in the Central Belt of Scotland, working flexibly from home with some work from our office in Edinburgh and travel in the wider community.
  • Closing 19th July 2022

We are looking for a creative, confident, and experienced individual to join us at Families Outside to work on a new initiative, working directly with the families we support, to develop a wide-ranging support and participation programme.

Who are we?

Families Outside is the only national charity in Scotland that works solely to support families affected by imprisonment. We are dedicated to providing a range of practical, social and emotional support to children, young people and other family members with someone in prison. This support is relationship-based, prison-aware, and family-focused.

What do we want?

We are now recruiting for a new post within Families Outside at a time of growth for our organisation. This is an exciting opportunity to work in collaboration with a small team, with responsibility for developing a national programme for peer support, wider family participation, and volunteering. The post will have line management responsibility for a small team of Support & Participation Coordinators based in the West, North, and East of Scotland.

With a solid background in leadership including experience of personal development and objective setting, the Support & Participation Manager will also have experience of developing and managing volunteer services, embedding policy and practice and recording and producing evaluation reports. They will need to have excellent communication skills and the ability to set priorities for their own work and for the work of others.

However, this is a newly created position and isn’t limited in remit. Your role will be varied, and you’ll build relationships across a network of partners and volunteers, allowing you to use your initiative to support key activities and stakeholders.

What are the benefits of working with Families Outside?

If this post is of interest to you, in return we offer a wide range of staff benefits including hybrid working, travel expenses, access to a pension scheme, laptop and mobile phone and 25 days paid holiday plus 10 public holidays (pro rata).

If you are interested in this post, we want to hear from you.

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Cyrenians

Community Gardener

  • Cyrenians
  • Full time or Part time
  • £22,622 – £25,296
  • Walled Garden, Falkirk
  • Closing 25th July 2022

Do you want to work outdoors, explore your creative flair, and make a real difference to your local community?

If you have a passion for growing plants and supporting people to grow this could be the perfect role for you! Would you enjoy contributing and implementing new innovative ideas in our walled garden, helping to develop a ‘growing and maintenance’ plan?

A new opportunity for a Community Gardner within our Falkirk services has arisen that could be perfect for you!

About the Walled Garden

The Walled Garden is one of Cyrenians public facing services, where we support people on Community Payback Orders to put back into the community and develop their own horticultural skills.

Set in a public space of half an acre within Dollar Park, Falkirk the garden is highly valued by the community, and is a home for events, volunteering and enjoying the tranquillity it has to offer.

About the role

As Community Gardener you’ll contribute to developing a creative and interactive garden and programme for those engaging with our services. You’ll be surprised at how many opportunities you’ll have to perfect planting, bring new ideas and share your enthusiasm and garden knowledge with others. As you’d imagine, there are plenty of chances to get your hands dirty – and it’s safe to say you’ll never be bored!

You’ll be part of a small garden team who engage with a real variety of people to help us we meet our aims, including those on community payback orders and community volunteers.

About you

You’ll be an experienced gardener with a dynamic ‘can-do’ attitude and a genuine interest in people, gardening and working outdoors. Your enthusiasm and positive outlook will help you nurture an environment where people feel safe, valued and an opportunity to gain new skills

What we can offer you

· Our garden services are delivered 7 days a week and offer working flexibility for the postholder and meeting service delivery needs.

You’ll be part of an enthusiastic, knowledgeable staff team who will help you develop and grow in your role and a supportive line manager

You’ll also have access to wider Cyrenians support, including our learning and development programme, and staff wellbeing services.

Opportunities to participate in any relevant training for continued personal development.

About us

At Cyrenians we tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness. We understand that there are many routes into homelessness, and that there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach to supporting people towards more positive and stable futures. That’s why all our work is values-led and relationships-based.

Our values

· Compassion: We believe that everyone should have the chance to change, no matter how long that might take.

· Respect: We believe in tolerance, acceptance, valuing diversity and treating each other as equals.

· Integrity: We are committed to the highest quality of work, grounded in honesty, generosity, sincerity and professionalism.

· Innovation: We are willing to take risks, challenge convention and be creative in our search for new ways of working, in particular by taking account of the environmental impact of our decisions.

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Wellbeing Scotland

Practice Supervision Manager

  • Wellbeing Scotland
  • Full time or Part time
  • £34,712
  • Alloa but covering Scotland
  • Closing 15th July 2022

Job Purpose: To provide 1:1 clinical supervision to counselling staff and volunteers

Reporting to: Corporate Services Manager

Supervisory Responsibilities:Supervision of staff and volunteers

Wellbeing Scotland is a community-based organisation working with impact on wellbeing from life circumstances comprising a range of specialist services under the Wellbeing Scotland umbrella.

We support people whose wellbeing has been affected by adverse life circumstances. This post is responsible for the management and provision of counselling supervision to qualified staff, volunteers, and trainees in line with COSCA Statement of Ethics and Code of Practice or BACP requirements depending on the professional background of staff.

We now have a vacancy for a Practice Supervision Manager who must be a qualified Counsellor, Psychotherapist or Counselling Psychologist, with significant post qualification status, and accreditation/registration as a supervisor with BACP/UKCP/BPS/ COSCA or equivalent.

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Holy Trinity Church of Scotland

Café & Food Bank Team Lead

  • Holy Trinity Church of Scotland
  • Part time
  • £27,846 pro-rata
  • Edinburgh
  • Closing 29th July 2022

The Bridge Community Café & Holy Trinity Food Bank are well established, growing and exciting ministries that are part of the community facing work of Holy Trinity Church located in Wester Hailes, Edinburgh. Much of Wester Hailes is affected by marked socio-economic deprivation and the resultant challenges. The current cost of living crisis is causing even more strain for local people. The Bridge Café & Foodbank try to meet immediate practical needs, and to support and maintain contact with people from the community who need it most.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and compassionate person to lead the teams who run the church community café and foodbank in Wester Hailes as we seek to develop these ministries. The position is part time, 22.5 hours a week flexible during Monday to Friday and is subject to review after 2 years.

The Café & Foodbank Team Lead will have three main areas of responsibility:

1) The Foodbank: To strengthen and maintain a team of volunteers to run the large-scale provision of Foodbank each week. This includes training and oversight of volunteers and monitoring the effectiveness of the Foodbank processes, providing feedback to sponsors.

2) The Bridge Community Café: To act as mentor and line manager for the Café Manager. Supporting and facilitating the running of the café.

3) Development: Work with key volunteers, elders, and staff members to shape current and any future community caring initiatives. Maintaining and developing relationships with external agencies and other local supporting churches.

You will be compassionate, and able to relate to those who are poor, needy and vulnerable with a desire to help address some of their needs, demonstrating and sharing God’s love in practical ways. You will have previous leadership or managerial experience, able to nurture, develop and motivate staff and volunteers to give of their best. It is also important that you have administrative and organisational skills, including managing a budget, and are proficient in the use of e-mail, social media and MS Office products.

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Children's Hospices Across Scotland

Clinical System Co-ordinator

  • Children's Hospices Across Scotland
  • Full time
  • £23,622 – £27,167
  • Rachel House in Kinross/Hybrid
  • Closing 13th July 2022

Introduction

An exciting opportunity for a Clinical System Co-ordinator has arisen within CHAS. We are looking for enthusiastic applicants with a drive to succeed and help others along the way. You should have experience in the coordination and administration of databases, ideally gained within a clinical or similar setting.

Key Responsibilities

  • Day-to-day running of the Children’s clinical application including routine clerical activities and administration tasks with regards to the clinical system
  • Checking the data quality and integrity of the system, resolving minor issues and escalating major issues as required to the Clinical Systems Nurse Manager
  • Assist in creating and delivering training programs for staff on the use of the clinical system
  • Assist in the testing of new functionality

About You

  • Educated to HNC/D Level or equivalent experience
  • Demonstrable working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
  • Excellent communicator
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Ability to analyse data and identify incorrect information
  • Interpersonal skills including capacity to work with colleagues across all sites.

About CHAS

At CHAS, staff and volunteers work together as one team, focused on the common goal of reaching every family in Scotland who needs our support. We have a 3:1 ratio of volunteers to staff members in CHAS. All CHAS staff will at some point work with or alongside volunteers and will be expected to support volunteers.

Our ambition is to reach every family in Scotland who is living with the heart-breaking prognosis that their child is dying, and offer them our care and support to empower them to make the most of the short time they have together. As a Clinical System Co-ordinator, you will be instrumental in achieving this vision.

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Voluntary Action Angus

Marketing Officer

  • Voluntary Action Angus
  • Full time
  • £23,000
  • Third Sector Centre, 5-7 The Cross Forfar DD8 1BX
  • Closing 19th July 2022

Key Responsibilities

Development of a dynamic Marketing Strategy. This is a key part of the organisation’s sustainability plan and an area of business which is currently underdeveloped. You will work closely with the management team to engage with customers, external partners and other stakeholders to raise the profile of VAA through effective marketing, website and social media communication.

About you

You will be keen to play a part in making a real and lasting difference to the lives of people living across Angus by contributing to the sustainability of VAA. You will bring either significant experience of work in this field or hold a relevant qualification. Most importantly you will bring enthusiasm, creativity and flexibility to this role.

Key Tasks

As a key member of the Team you will be given a broad set of responsibilities including:

  • Marketing strategy
  • Development of the VAA website and social media presence
  • Events and thematic campaigns e.g. Volunteers week
  • Creation of all VAA leaflets and marketing materials
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Voluntary Action Angus

Locality Development Worker

  • Voluntary Action Angus
  • Full time
  • £22,000
  • Arbroath
  • Closing 19th July 2022

Purpose: To take forward community and volunteering development as the VAA locality worker within a specific geography. As a locality development worker you will be expected to work at strategic and operational level and take forward the strategic decision making of VAA within locality partnership settings. More specifically post holders are expected to develop a competence in the following areas of work;

  • Young people and volunteering- working with schools, communities and voluntary orgs to develop further the saltire awards and accredited qualification outcomes.
  • To build a capacity of voluntary organisations, volunteering groups and aspiring social enterprises.
  • To work in partnership with Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) and Community Planning Partnership (CPP) developments at a senior level.
  • To develop local empowerment opportunities through meaningful community engagement approaches with local communities, organisations and volunteer movements.
  • To promote and develop local volunteering including my street volunteering, and build buoyant volunteering cultures where all people are inspired to volunteer.
  • To facilitate and co-facilitate volunteer management and volunteer skills training.
  • To facilitate Voluntary Action Forums.
  • Support Social prescribers within the area by making links and feeding back.
  • Build Community assets and opportunities.
  • Help support the start-up of organisations by helping with constitutions and organisations support.
  • Work in partnership with our HSCP and CPP colleagues.
  • Support volunteering by promotion, identify opportunities and matching individuals.
  • Small community group support PVG, Governance etc.
  • Make links with local health workers in order to identify other opportunities through locality locator and other means to prevent people being placed on care packages.
  • Working with communities and voluntary organisations to promote Saltire and accredited qualification outcomes.
  • Build capacity of volunteering groups and aspiring Social Enterprises first point of contact.
  • Facilitate and co -facilitate volunteer management and skills training.
  • Engage with communities and groups to establish needs and wants in order to promote preventive work around mental health and wellbeing.

This list is not exhausted you may be required to carry out other duties, and also you may be required to work in the evenings and at weekends.

This job description will be subject to review in the light of changing circumstances and may include any other duties and responsibilities as may be determined in consultation with the jobholder. It is not intended to be rigid or inflexible but should be regarded as providing guidelines within which the individual works.

Please Note: The interview panel reserves the right to enhance desirable criteria at short- listing stage depending on the number of applications received.

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