Disability Equality Scotland are looking for an Easy Read Trainer to create an Easy Read training course and to deliver this as part of our Easy Read Service. This post will develop an Easy Read training package. The role will contribute to the promotion and marketing of our Easy Read service and assist with developing the content of a new website aimed at promoting Easy Read.

This post should have a high level of responsibility for designing, delivering, evaluating and reporting.

As a membership organisation for disabled people and disability organisations, it is important we can communicate clearly to everyone and encourage others to do this too.

Disability Equality Scotland is committed to ensuring that all its information, products and services are as accessible as possible to everyone.

West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) strives to be more than just a landlord. With over 50 years of history, what sets us apart is the way in which we go further to improve the lives of our tenants, innovatively responding to their needs as their lives change. We provide around 3,600 homes across the West of Scotland and go further to provide housing you can call home

Being part of our Board is an excellent opportunity to be involved in making a real difference to our customers and communities. This is an exciting time for us as we play our part in tackling climate change by implementing our first Green Strategy and continuing our digital transformation which puts customers at the heart of service delivery.

WSHA is currently seeking a new Board member with applicants requiring a genuine passion for social housing and at least one of the following:

• Knowledge and experience of social housing
• Experience and knowledge in relation to climate emergency and improving sustainability
• Third Sector/Charity Experience
• Experience of being on a Board or working with a Board
• Community Development/Community Involvement
• Technology/Digitalisation

Do you want to make a positive difference to people’s lives?

Why not join Wheatley Care?

We offer excellent benefits including 7.6 weeks’ annual leave, a staff discount scheme an occupational pension, health plan and family friendly policies.

We have vacancies available across Central Scotland, including Glasgow, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Grangemouth, Stirling and West Lothian.

We are looking for:

• Enthusiastic and caring individuals to join our team and become part of a leading care and support provider across central Scotland
• You’ll need no previous experience, but a positive outlook, patience and willingness to go the extra mile for the people we work for are essential.
• Someone to have effective communication skills and demonstrate initiative.
• You to work various shift patterns including sleepover, nightshifts and weekends.
• You to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme and register with the Scottish Social Care Council (SSSC), but we can help you with these applications
• You to have basic IT skills
• A relevant SVQ qualification is desirable.

In this flexible role you will work directly with the people we work for, supporting them to make positive changes in their life and be part of their community.

We also offer a supportive and inclusive working environment. Wheatley Group is committed to equality and diversity and is an equal opportunity employer.

Do you want to make a positive difference to people’s lives?

Why not join Wheatley Care?

We offer excellent benefits including 7.6 weeks’ annual leave, a staff discount scheme an occupational pension, health plan and family friendly policies.

We have vacancies available across Central Scotland, including Glasgow, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Grangemouth, Stirling and West Lothian.

We are looking for:

• Enthusiastic and caring individuals to join our team and become part of a leading care and support provider across central Scotland
• You’ll need no previous experience, but a positive outlook, patience and willingness to go the extra mile for the people we work for are essential.
• Someone to have effective communication skills and demonstrate initiative.
• You to work various shift patterns including sleepover, nightshifts and weekends.
• You to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme and register with the Scottish Social Care Council (SSSC), but we can help you with these applications
• You to have basic IT skills
• A relevant SVQ qualification is desirable.

In this flexible role you will work directly with the people we work for, supporting them to make positive changes in their life and be part of their community.

We also offer a supportive and inclusive working environment. Wheatley Group is committed to equality and diversity and is an equal opportunity employer.

As our new International Collaboration Project Manager, you will be instrumental in developing international partnerships, stimulating global conversations and creating appropriate media for sharing experiences and resources. Our primary aim is to improve the impact that Carr Gomm has in Scotland by learning from others throughout the world; preferably also improving the health and wellbeing of individuals, families and communities throughout the world too. Your role is to make this happen.

Your expert storytelling and affinity with digital media will lead to the development of online resources that facilitate the sharing of experiences, knowledge, concepts and best practice, and as a result you will seek to champion improvements to national strategies and policies. You will influence social care policy.

This is a new and exciting role in which you will never settle for ‘good enough’ but will always prioritise effectively in an ever-changing global context. You will appreciate that there is always capacity to innovate, improve and develop in the pursuit of a more equitable society in which people can lead full and positive lives as active citizens.

Responsibilities and Success Factors

Reporting to the Senior Operations Manager, you will be responsible for delivering this International Collaboration Project. Success in this role includes:

• Establishing relationships with like-minded organisations keen to learn from each other.

• Facilitating conversations to explore together similarities and differences in concepts, approaches, methodologies and initiatives, with a view to increasing our understanding of wellbeing, ill-health and disability across cultures and contexts.

• Identify and successfully attain fundraised income to underwrite ongoing developments and costs associated with this project.

• Use the learning from this project to influence national social care policies and initiatives.

This list is by no means exhaustive; rather it gives a flavour of the joy that is possible in undertaking this multi-faceted role and delivering a positive impact. You will be responsible for all aspects of the project and therefore will need to balance immediate priorities with the self-motivation to push towards longer-term goals. You will need to enjoy working autonomously, reaching out to potential new partners, and working interdependently with other Carr Gomm teams to embed new learning.

What we are looking for...

This is a new and innovative role, and as such we do not have a template of what the successful candidate’s background, work or life experience will be. You will, however, need a diverse set of skills and leadership abilities to meet the demands of this global project, but these could be transferrable from a range of settings. We suspect that you will share our passion for change and improvement; we imagine that you will be confident, self-motivated and an articulate ambassador; and we expect that you will be creative, imaginative and tech-savvy, with a determination to learn from others.

Who Cares? Scotland is Scotland’s only national independent membership organisation for Care Experienced people. Our mission is to secure a lifetime of equality, respect, and love for Care Experienced people in Scotland and we currently have over 3000 members.

Who Cares? Scotland works alongside Corporate Parents and others to broaden their understanding of care and challenge stigma experienced by Care Experienced people. We create opportunities for people with lived experience of care to influence policy makers, leaders, and elected representatives locally and nationally to shape legislation, policy and practice.

This post is a key role within Who Cares? Scotland and will support the Director of Influencing to successfully implement the influencing strand of our current strategic plan (2018-2022), building on the aspirations of The Promise, and securing positive change. The overarching purpose of this role then is to influence the relevant policy landscape in a way that is shaped directly and indirectly by the lived reality of the Care Experienced population in Scotland.

In this role you will have responsibility for a small team and ensuring that our influencing work leans on a robust and meaningful participation strategy which includes the delivery of our Annual Participation Programme and support to our National Representative Body.

To carry out this role you will have a proven record of the ability to analyse, scrutinise, interpret and present complicated information to a wide range of audiences, have experience in bridging the gap between lived experience and policymaking, and delivering evidence-based campaigns. You will also have experience of developing and implementing strategies for influencing social policy and legislation relating to Care Experienced people and have experience of working with marginalised groups.