VOCAL - Voice of Carers Across Lothian - seeks two enthusiastic and experienced Carer Brokerage Practitioners to join its busy and expanding team to provide brokerage support to carers across Edinburgh and Midlothian.

VOCAL is a carer-led organisation and provides a wide range of services to support unpaid carers in their caring role. Postholders will be expected to work as part of a team, improve outcomes for carers and maximise uptake of VOCAL and community services.

Postholders will be part of a SDS focused project, VOCAL about Independent Living funded by Support in the Right Direction, Inspiring Scotland. They will liaise with staff, relevant organisations and the funder whilst running the project, including Lothian Centre for Inclusive Living (LCiL) who will also have a funded post as part of this project . SDS carer support is already well established at VOCAL, and postholders will be able to benefit from the expertise of the practitioners who have been involved with SDS support to date.

Applicants will evidence excellent people, and communication skills, brokerage and person-centred support work. Applicants will also demonstrate awareness of the diverse range of caring situations, the impact of caring on peoples’ lives and barriers carers face at different points of the caring journey. Good working knowledge of health and social care will be expected, with preference given to candidates with applied knowledge of self-directed support. Applicants will be digitally competent and effective communicators with individuals, carer groups and partner agencies.

Our Activity Centres provide innovative and person-centred services and support to veterans struggling with sight loss. This job exists in order to provide tailored support to veterans carrying out woodworking projects. You will work alongside the veterans to identify abilities, share ideas and plan projects within the activity Centre. You will ensure that the support provided is person-centred, tailored to their needs and is the right support for them. You will support the leadership team to coordinate and manage the activities provided within and from the Activity Centre which will support the overall wellbeing of the veterans and their families. You will work closely with colleagues across the organisation and external stakeholders to ensure that veterans can access the relevant support.

About us

We're one of Scotland's oldest charities - for more than two centuries, we've been supporting and empowering people with sight loss to live fulfilling lives. We're proud of all we've achieved in the past - but we have our sights set firmly on the future.

We're determined that no-one should face sight loss alone. We're committed to improving, diversifying and growing our services to make sure we can reach many more people with sight loss - when and where they need us.

The Scottish Women’s Rights Centre is a unique collaborative project between Rape Crisis Scotland (RCS), JustRight Scotland and the University of Strathclyde Law Clinic offering legal and advocacy services to women survivors of gender based violence in Scotland. RCS seeks to recruit an Administration and Communications Worker for the Scottish Women’s Rights Centre project.

This post is funded until 31st March 2025 in the first instance.

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and especially welcome applications from women of colour and those under-represented in the workforce.

Purpose: Liber8 are looking for a capable individual to join and contribute to the Services Administration Team by providing a broad range of administrative support functions to Liber8 services to help ensure that our processes run effectively and efficiently, and in the best interests of our clients.

Liber8 provides a range of services incorporating, counselling, support and mentoring services and we are looking for an empathetic, genuine and efficient individual to join our administration team. Liber8 works with many vulnerable often apprehensive people and their welfare is of paramount importance, therefore the post holder should be compassionate and efficient, putting clients and visitors at ease.

The post is focussed in providing administrative support to project and service staff, volunteers and students, using all available technology and resources. The post holder will often be the first point of contact to the public, clients and practitioners and partner agencies. They will undertake a range of administrative duties to facilitate service delivery and be responsible for data collection and maintenance of record keeping systems.

The successful candidate will have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, and have experience of database and electronic filing systems. Excellent communication skills and an ability to work as part of a team in a busy confidential service is essential.

Relationships are at the heart of everything that we do, and the Administrative Assistants will have daily contact with others within the team, as well as with key partners within our field of work. This role will require good organisational and communication skills, and the ability to adopt a flexible approach in response to new challenges.

While we are looking for an experienced administrator it is more important that the applicant is a real people’s person and has the intuition, desire, compassion and drive to deliver on our ambitions, who shares our vision and values, who wants to help our team in their role, and work towards the best outcomes for every person who accesses Liber8 services. liber8.org.uk/features

Appointment to this post is subject to a satisfactory Disclosure Scotland Certificate.