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 Gardener 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 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 by taking a Public Health Approach to Homelessness Prevention. We take a values-led and relationships-based approach to delivering all our services.

You can find out more about our impact and our values online.

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Rock Trust are delighted to be expanding the successful ‘Housing First for Youth’ service into Glasgow. We are looking for a team member who has experience of supporting young vulnerable people accessing our services. The role will involve working intensively with a small caseload of young people to coordinate and provide emotional and practical support.

The Project Worker will work directly with young people to coordinate and provide emotional and practical support on a 1:1 and group basis. Working with young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness to ensure that when homelessness can’t be avoided, their experience of homelessness is rare, brief, and non-recurring.

The Project Worker will offer line management, guidance, and support to Support Assistants and volunteers, working together to support young people to return or remain at home, improve their practical independent living skills, set up their own tenancy and access other services and to reach their full potential. Project Workers are responsible for completing support plans and risk assessments and are the main contact for any key people involved in the care and support of young people.

In addition to the responsibilities in the JD, the successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:

• An ability to build trusting, lasting relationships with young people
• Support young people to manage and thrive in their home
• Motivate young people to set goals and reach their potential
• An ability to work effectively with partners and other key people to provide young people with
• excellent care and support
• Adopt a ‘whatever it takes’ and rights based approach
• Work in a psychologically and trauma informed manner

Come and join the team at Cyrenians Communities.

Are you passionate about working with young people seeking asylum?

Do you want to work in a small team making a big difference in young people’s lives?

Do you want to work somewhere which ensures that the voice of those with lived experience and staff is central to decision making?

If so, then our Senior Key Worker role at Lotus may be the one for you.

About Our Lotus Community

The Lotus Community is based in North Edinburgh, we offer accommodation and support to unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. The purpose of the community is to provide a safe and supported living environment for the young people to live, learn and develop together while they go through their asylum journey.

About the role

You’ll be:

· Providing direct line management to a small team of staff

· Ensuring the referral, induction and moving processed are effective and trauma-informed.

· Ensuring our Safeguarding and Human Trafficking prevention processes are maintained to the highest standard.

· Providing occasional groupwork sessions as part of a programme of wellbeing activities.

· Overseeing the volunteer placements at Lotus and providing support when needed.

About You

We are looking for a flexible, well organised and passionate individual who is aware of the challenges our young unaccompanied children face. You will have experience of working with a similar client group, excellent communication skills, and a creative approach to problem solving. You will also have line management experience, and be motivated to work towards positive change.

You will be joining a staff team committed to the highest quality of care and support, and always striving to develop further. This means there will be great opportunities for you to both learn and develop, while sharing your skills and experiences.

How we’ll support you

An experienced and knowledgeable team member will provide full induction, and your line manager will provide regular support and supervision. You’ll also have access to wider Cyrenians support, including our learning and development programme, and staff wellbeing services.

About us

At Cyrenians we tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness by taking a Public Health Approach to Homelessness Prevention. We take a values-led and relationships-based approach to delivering all our services.

You can find out more about our impact and our values online.

Could you inspire the business community to tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness with us? Do you want to help shape and support ambitious fundraising plans to create transformational change?

If so, this role leading our corporate partnership and events support is for you.

About Cyrenians

At Cyrenians we tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness. We take a values-led and relationships-based approach to delivering our services because we understand that there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach to supporting people towards more positive and stable futures.

About the Relationships Team

Relationships are at the heart of everything we do at Cyrenians, with those we support and those who support us too.

It’s an exciting time for Fundraising at Cyrenians. As a relatively new team, our income generation is growing rapidly. On the cusp of delivering some transformative partnerships and achieving great success with new fundraising methods, we’re expanding our team to continue delivering growth in unrestricted income.

About the role

Our Corporate donor base is growing fast, and this new role will be responsible for developing the opportunities this brings. As Corporate and Events Fundraising Officer, you will take the lead on partnership activity, designing and implementing amazing experiences for our supporters to maximise the value of these relationships.

This role is an essential part of our Relationships Team - incorporating Fundraising, Communications and Press & Public Affairs. It is a rewarding role and is part of a collaborative, supportive and motivated team.

About you

You’ll be an experienced fundraiser with a ‘can-do’ attitude and a genuine interest in putting our supporters first, preferably with experience of a corporate audience specifically. You’ll be able to spot opportunities and be creative and motivated enough to put a variety of new ideas into action.

Like us, you’ll be relationships-based and values-led in all that you do. Your excellent organisational skills will keep you on track in a varied role, and your strong interpersonal skills will inspire a real variety of supporters to tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness with us.

How we’ll support you

As part of the Relationships Team, you’ll be supported by experienced colleagues who share your passion to tackle homelessness and its root causes. We’ll encourage you to be creative and innovative, and to take a pragmatic approach to planning and implementing new initiatives.

You’ll be part of the growing Fundraising team, with the opportunity to work closely with colleagues across Marketing and Communications, the wider Relationships team and Cyrenians projects.

You will be supported to attend training and networking events to deepen your knowledge of the issues surrounding homelessness and social exclusion; engage with the local business community and extend your professional network.