Include Me has an exciting opportunity for a part-time Citizen Advocacy Development Worker to join our team in North-East Fife.

We are looking for a self-motivated individual who can work as part of a small but dynamic team, is professional, person-centred, and creative in their approach and who is passionate about social justice & inclusion.

The development worker role includes working closely with vulnerable adults to understand their needs and wishes, to support existing advocacy partnerships, to recruit and train local people to become long term voluntary citizen advocates and, in turn, to create new advocacy partnerships.

This is a permanent post which covers North-East Fife from a home working base in, or around, Fife.

Ceartas is an independent professional advocacy service which works with all people aged 16 and over in East Dunbartonshire.

Are you passionate about making a difference? Are you a creative and motivated individual? Do you want to support people affected by dementia to connect with their peers and their communities and to create positive changes in their lives?

If so, we would love you to apply for the position of Dementia Link Worker with Ceartas. The role will involve working alongside people living with and affected by dementia in East Dunbartonshire to:

• ensure their voices are heard
• develop and maintain connections with their peers and their communities
• provide information and signposting to relevant supports.

The post is based in Kirkintilloch and the postholder will work across East Dunbartonshire. We are looking for someone who can work effectively as part of a team and who has the skills to develop and maintain relationships with their colleagues, partner agencies and most importantly with the people who use the service.

We are looking for a highly motivated and dynamic individual to join our team.

The overall aim of this post is to deliver interventions to young people around healthy sexual relationships using the Rape Crisis Scotland sexual violence prevention pack, and to develop local strategic approaches to sexual violence prevention.

The successful applicant will be involved in the delivery of sexual violence prevention workshops with young people addressing issues around sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, sexualisation, consent and healthy relationships.

Experience in project development within a youth work model would be advantageous.

A commitment to preventing sexual violence and an understanding of a gendered analysis of violence against women and girls is essential. Candidates need to be skilled in engaging pro-actively with all young people, including hard to reach groups.

Background

SCCAN is a sociocratic organisation that works through a decentralised structure, which disperses power and gives autonomy to those implementing different aspects of our work. SCCAN is a network that supports community-led action to address the climate and nature emergency, working for a just, thriving and resilient Scotland. We have a rapidly expanding membership of around 460 organisations, plus individuals.

Over the past 18 months, SCCAN has added 20 paid workers to our volunteer-led organisation. We are considering how best to develop our sociocratic structure and practice to ensure balance across our team which is now composed of paid workers and volunteers. This role is currently funded to end March 2024 with the expectation that the funding will be extended.

Role purpose

This is a new and exciting role which affords the opportunity for shaping and developing SCCAN as it continues to grow. As such, this role will contribute to SCCAN’s mission, values and purpose of supporting community-led action in Scotland to address the climate and nature emergency, providing expertise and guidance so that SCCAN are able to communicate effectively, with impact and meaning.

It offers the postholder excellent scope to develop and innovate, with greatopportunities for professional development.