Operations Manager
- Part time
- £30,000 pro-rata
- Based at home with some hybrid working at our Leith Premises.
- Closing 13th January 2022
- Advertised from 21st December 2021
- The role is 21 hours per week. Start date: Immediate preferred. We have some flexibility and this will be discussed if you are selected for interview.
Role
We believe in inclusivity
We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
About the role
We now have a vacancy for this exciting role that will take the lead in ensuring the charity continues to deliver established counselling and Baby Bank services to anyone affected by pregnancy-related issues in Edinburgh. You will work closely with our Board of trustees to identify and take opportunities to improve and develop the services. You will lead and support our two other paid workers delivering those services, ensuring operations run safely and effectively to deliver the highest standards of service to the people receiving them.
What you’ll do
● Provide leadership and line management to both our Community development worker (responsible for our material Baby Bank Service) and our Counselling lead (responsible for delivering our counselling service)
● Liaise closely with our professional fundraisers to support trust and grant fundraising applications and explore opportunities for other areas of income
● Manage the charity's budget and financial projections
● Lead on the charity’s communications to maximise online and offline communications, including our website and social media channels
● Ensure accurate data about all aspects of our work is maintained and evaluated to continually improve our services
● Attend Board of Trustees meetings and present reports
● Promote PCC(S) and its services across health and social care sectors as well as to the wider public
● Ensure any property rented by the charity is kept safe, secure and maintained
What you’ll bring
● Excellent verbal and written communications skills
● A proactive and positive approach to problem solving
● A passion to support others experiencing difficulties in their lives
Including experience in
● delivering a charitable service
● designing and delivering online and offline communications
● managing staff
● managing budgets
● managing a demanding and diverse workload with conflicting priorities
What’s it like to work for us?
We are a small charity providing practical and emotional support to anyone experiencing difficulties in their lives due to pregnancy or childbirth in the Edinburgh area. The Operations Manager role is pivotal in continuing to achieve this. You will be supported by an experienced and committed Board of Trustees who will give you the autonomy and support you need to thrive in the role.
We understand that people have busy lives and that a job is only one part of that so we offer flexible working.
Application notes
Closing date: STRICTLY Thursday 13th January, 10AM
Please complete our application form and submit it to recruitment@counsellingandcare.co.uk.
You may also attach a copy of your current CV but this must be in addition to the completed application form.
Please contact us at recruitment@counsellingandcare.co.uk if you have any questions about the post or application process.
Please also see our website: counsellingandcare.co.uk
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Barnardo's Highland are developing a new partnership service with the Highland Council, supporting care experienced children and young people with additional needs.
This is a new service within Highland which will look at the individual needs of children and young people and develop bespoke residential care packages using a right based, trauma informed approach working with the whole family around the child.
The team working with the children will enrich their lives through care, support and activities which will be aimed at raising self-esteem, promoting a sense of mastery, and enabling the children to access experiences that are individually tailored to their interests and nurture their talents. The team will work with the wider partnership to ensure that Educational and Health needs are met.
We are looking to appoint a Team Manager to join this service and who has the below experience.
- Excellent communication skills, verbally and written.
- Experience in working with Children with additional and complex needs.
- Experience working in a supervisory role.
- Experience of Leading and Managing Care Services.
- Ability to demonstrate a strong understanding of child protection, safeguarding and working with vulnerable children.
- The post holder must have an excellent working knowledge of Children in Care and Care Experienced Young People.
- Experience of chairing meetings, working in partnership with other agencies and staff supervision / coaching / mentoring is essential.
- Use of IT is significant and candidates must be able to use and maintain client record systems.
Some of the Key Responsibilities include:
- Providing a ‘duty' management role to the service, offering information, advice and support with operational day-to-day running of the service.
- Ensuring consistent use of policies, procedures and processes.
- Attending appropriately to the physical and emotional needs of children and young people, including health and safety aspects of equipment, environment and activities in consultation with Children's Services Manager.
- To establish fair, respectful, trusting, supportive and constructive relationships with parents and children, communicating sensitively and effectively
The post holder must have the Qualifications relevant to meet the requirement of the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) and hold the Registration for the Care Inspectorate, or be willing to work towards this.
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Could you help grow our income from Charitable Trusts and Foundations and make a lasting difference to the lives of the babies, children, young people and families we support?
You will be joining one of Scotland’s leading charities, where you will develop new and effective fundraising propositions to ensure we provide the best hospital experience possible.
We fund a variety of child and family services, innovative medical equipment, research and enhancements, giving you the opportunity to seek funds for a diverse range of projects.
Find out more about our values
Full list of the benefitsyou will receive while working for Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity.
Top job! Service Manager – Moray Family Wellbeing Service
- Full time
- £42,500 – £48,900
- Elgin (On site)
- Closing 29th April 2024
So why are we looking for a new Service Manager
Our ambition is for every child in Scotland to be safe, loved and well, together with their family. Children 1st is committed to protecting children by preventing harm through abuse and neglect. We will promote their wellbeing by respecting, protecting, and fulfilling children’s human rights.
We have a long history of working with children and families and partners in Moray. Children 1st along with our partners share a determination to act upon the recommendations from The Independent Care Review and deliver The Promise to children and young people. We are also determined that the full incorporation of the UNCRC means that children will have their rights respected in all areas of their lives and will have a real say in the way they are supported.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Manager to lead a large, creative and vibrant team. Our Service delivers a number of diverse supports alongside children and families. Our activities include Whole Family Support alongside our Social Work Colleagues creating alternative plans to support children growing up where they are safe and loved, and Perinatal Mental Health Support for new parents across Moray. Our activity includes both early help and more intensive supports, all based on quality relationships with children and families.
We are looking for a resilient Service Manager who can be a strong leader across the service and organisation. Someone who thinks operationally but understands the big picture too. We need a leader who is in touch with the needs of children, young people and their families who require support and passionate about their rights. We seek a dynamic manager who can build on the service strengths and create the agile and flexible service children and families need.
What kind of person will make a great Service Manager for Children 1st?
- Has experience of keeping children safe in their own families.
- Someone who can ensure that the child and family rights to have their voices heard and considered in decision making.
- Can work autonomously and develop quality relationships with colleagues from a wide range of partner agencies.
- Can help assess children’s and families’ situations and is systemic and reflective.
- Someone who is calm and cool headed in decision making.
- Someone open to always listening to improve and put quality at the centre of everything we do.
- Shares the Children 1st vision for holistic, rights based, trauma informed, whole family support that is developed and enhanced by children and family’s participation and influence.
What kind of leader will you be?
Knowing our ambition for children, you will be someone who is:
- Resilient, skilled and knowledgeable who wants to transform systems as well as children’s lives.
- Able to build great partnerships and to manage and contribute to courageous conversations.
- Able to understand, predict and adapt to the changing children’s service landscape.
- Bringing considerable operational service experience.
- A cool head and clear minded at times of pressure.
- Strategic in decisions and planning and can manage complexity.
- Inspiring colleagues and teams to be even better.
- An amazing ambassador for children and Children 1st.
Above all else, the most important thing to us is that you are someone who will do the right thing for children and their families at every turn.
Base
You will be based in our Elgin service.
Salary, Conditions, Pension, Value
We will offer you a competitive salary, generous annual leave entitlement (40 days inclusive of 9 public holidays), flexible working opportunities and a contributory pension scheme and a place where you will be supported and valued and work with excellent and kind colleagues.
Additionally, Children 1st offers further staff benefits including a cash-back healthcare plan, membership of a Credit Union and access to a cycle to work scheme.
Further Information
This is a permanent, full-time post of 35 hours per week, with flexibility for travel.
Baby Bank Development Worker
- Part time
- £28,000 pro-rata
- Gyle Shopping Centre, Edinburgh (On site)
- Closing 2nd May 2024
Pregnancy Counselling and Care (Scotland) is currently looking to recruit a Baby Bank Development Worker to support the running of our Baby Bank, to enable us to increase the capacity of the service.
We have recently moved to the Gyle Shopping Centre which is giving us greater space to work within and access to volunteers and baby items donations. This role will work closely with the other Baby Bank Development Worker to enable the service to open all weekdays, as currently it is only open Mon to Wed.
This post will also have a particular focus on; firstly, supporting the marketing of the charity, working with volunteers to deliver regular posts on social media, and secondly, on supporting volunteering opportunities through working with third sector partners and corporate organisations.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and organised person with volunteer management and marketing experience to join our friendly team. The post will be managed by our Operations Manager.
We look forward to hearing from you.
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