PEEK exists to transform the lives of children and young people and families impacted by poverty in Glasgow. We have been doing this for over 20 years. We believe in our children, young people and their families potential and we will be here for them for as long as we are needed.

As our Youth Worker, you will provide high quality development opportunities for young people. You will have experience of planning and delivering impactful youth training and/or volunteering and/or employability programmes and activities including supporting young people to achieve accredited awards that are inclusive, accessible, and developmental. You will have experience of working with young people who have experienced barriers to participation in education and community life.

The Youth Worker will work across #TEAMPEEK and will engage with delivery partners including schools to support young people in programme delivery across Glasgow. We are looking for high performing individuals who lead by example and are committed to working within PEEK’s organisational values; Compassionate, Dignity, Excellence, Integrity and Respect.

Reports to: Youth Development Coordinator

By joining #TEAMPEEK, you will play a valuable part in our bold and ambitious organisation, reaching the children, young people and families who need us most. In return, we are committed to our team’s wellbeing. Our benefits include:

• 20 days Annual Leave, 14 Public Holidays and 1 Personal Day
• Birthday Day Off
• Wellbeing Week Closure
• 2 Week Christmas and New Year Closure
• In total, approx. 46-48 paid days off per year
• Company Enhanced Leave including Sickness, Maternity/Paternity/Adoption Leave, Miscarriage, Parental Bereavement and Compassionate Leave
• Employee Assistance Programme and Life Link Counselling Service
• Access to PEEK Fleet Vehicles
• 6% Employer Pension Contribution with Flexible Employee Contribution
• Celebration Brunches and regular #TEAMPEEK development days
• Dedicated Health and Wellbeing Working Group, including quarterly wellbeing surveys, to review and develop our wellbeing package.

The Scottish Recovery Consortium is passionate about building recovery from addiction in Scotland. Our response to the new strategy landscape is Support, Represent, Connect. Scotland has a rich history of people with lived experience using their experiences to improve services and structures for people still accessing support. Over the past few years, the emergence of Lived Experience Panels has created a unique opportunity to further embed our voices within the system. This post will support the development and growth of a Lived Experience Panel in Fife.

What the post involves:

• Work with people with lived experience, SRC, Fife ADP, treatment providers and local services to support the creation, development and integration of a Lived Experience Panel across Fife ADP.

• To support and coordinate the ongoing activities, development, and integration of Fife’s Lived Experience Panel.

• To support, coordinate, and train people with lived experience to develop an understanding of treatment and support systems. Utilise this learning and knowledge to cascade information more broadly across communities to increase the number of people in recovery who share their experience and contribute to local decision making about treatment and support.

• To support and offer peer mentor support to new and existing Lived Experience Panel members from across Fife to reflect on learning and experience of being a lived experience panel member.

• To link the work of the Lived Experience Panel and Fife ADP.

• To develop a links and relationships with all services that support people with addiction issues.

Our ideal candidate will have this experience and knowledge:

• Knowledge and experience of the recovery movement and people in recovery in in Fife and across Scotland.

• Knowledge and experience of addiction treatment services and system in Fife and Scotland.

• Experience in collaborating and jointly working with a range of key ADP stakeholders, key local providers and services and recovery communities in Fife.

• Evidence of high level on going personal development through formal or informal education, training or self-directed learning.

• Knowledge of how stigma affects people with addiction issues, why that happens and how can it be challenged and resolved.

• Knowledge of a rights-based approach and experience of having applied it in action.

Our ideal candidate will demonstrate these abilities and skills:

• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills.

• Listening and observation skills that will be utilised across a range of different diverse groups, services and people in recovery and leaders across Fife ADP.

• Ability to communicate ideas in writing, in person and in presentations.

• Ability to co-ordinate a range of diverse groups, providers, recovery communities and leaders across Fife ADP.

• Strong organizational and administration skills.

• Ability to self-start and organise own workload.

• IT and social media skills.

Everyone involved in the SRC has a strong:

• Commitment to equality of opportunity

• Commitment to the principles and values of recovery

A commitment to equality of opportunity is essential and a personal or family lived experience of recovery from addiction is a desirable asset in this work.

Interview for this position will be held on week commencing 19th June 2023.

For an informal discussion about any aspect of this post please contact Derek Watt, Operational Lead – 0141 559 6934

The Role

Scottish Women’s Aid has an opportunity to join their team as Communications Lead on a maternity cover basis. Our Communications Lead is responsible for developing and delivering the messages that reflect our core values and strategic priorities, communicating with media partners, stakeholders, and wider communities. The role holder works closely with our Communications Assistant.

Background

Scottish Women’s Aid is Scotland’s leading voluntary sector organisation working to prevent domestic abuse and promoting effective policy and practice responses for women, children and young people who experience domestic abuse. We are the umbrella organisation for 34 autonomous Women’s Aid groups delivering direct services to women, children and young people across Scotland.

What You’ll Do

Working closely with colleagues across the organisation you will create, manage and develop a strong social media presence for Scottish Women’s Aid. You’ll co-ordinate the planning and delivery of media responses as well as external PR communications to member organisations, non-members partners and other stakeholders. Local and national campaign management will be integral to the role, as is working closely with the policy team to identify ways to publicise key issues for women, children and young people who experience domestic abuse and the work we do to address these issues.

What We Need

We’re looking for someone with experience in a similar communications role, with specific experience of campaign and political, parliamentary or public affairs work. Excellent written and verbal communications skills goes without saying: you’ll be skilled in the ability to write to suit a range of different audiences and assist your colleagues with writing and producing marketing materials.

We’re looking for someone who has;

· An understanding of the benefits of social media and content management systems

· Ability to manage all communications in relation to different external projects and services provided

· Experience using social media, website and content management systems

· An understanding of political and parliamentary processes

· Awareness and understanding of the feminist analysis of domestic abuse

What we offer

There are many reasons to work for Scottish Women’s Aid. We have a great working culture and our mission and vision attracts a brilliant staff team. Your hard work is rewarded with a package of support and benefits including:

Flexible working

We offer flexible hybrid working options for the majority of our employees. Some posts are eligible for full-time homeworking. We also offer flexibility for staff and work/life balance through a number of flexible working options such as flexi time, condensed hours, job sharing.

Pay

SWA are a Living wage employer, our pay and grading system offers a competitive starting salary and yearly progression.

Annual Leave

We offer a full-time annual leave entitlement of 30 days (210 hours) per year plus 10 Public Holiday days (70 hours) per year. Leave is accrued at the rate of 3.33 days (23.3 hours) per month.

Pension

SWA believes it's important that we help you save for your retirement so access to Nest pension scheme is given to all eligible employees. SWA contributes 10% of gross contractual earnings on the provision that the employee contributes a minimum of 3% towards their pension contributions.

Learning and Development

SWA supports and develops staff to ensure they have the necessary skills, knowledge and abilities. There is an internal schedule of training on key skills and knowledge relevant to all staff. There is also scope to attend ad hoc training for employees who are working to develop specific skills.

Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay

SWA offers staff who meet the criteria for Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) an enhanced maternity pay of 20 weeks on full pay and 20 weeks on half pay.

Wellbeing

As part of SWA’s commitment to staff wellbeing, staff are offered access to a confidential 24/7 health and Wellbeing service with AIG which provides confidential advice, counselling and legal support to all staff, and where applicable, immediate family members.

Bike 2 Work

An interest-free loan to purchase a bike, can be arranged up to the value of £1,000.

Edinburgh Leisure Gym Subsidies

Edinburgh based staff are able to access Edinburgh Leisure facilities for the reduced price of £1 per session.

POSITIVE ACTION

Applications will be accepted from women only under Schedule 9, part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

Scottish Women’s Aid is an equal opportunities employer, all women, including women with the protected characteristic of gender reassignment, may apply for women-only roles.

SWA are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce that is representative of the people we serve.

We are taking positive action to address an under-representation of both disabled and Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) employees within our workforce. We offer Disabled and BAME applicants the option of requesting that their application is considered under the terms of our Disabled or BAME Guaranteed Interview Schemes. You will be asked if you wish to be considered under the Disability/BAME Guaranteed Interview scheme when you complete our application form.

Reports to: Youth Development Coordinator

PEEK exists to transform the lives of children and young people and families impacted by poverty in Glasgow. We have been doing this for over 20 years. We believe in our children, young people and their families potential and we will be here for them for as long as we are needed.

As our Volunteer Support Worker, you will provide high quality development opportunities for young people. You will have experience of planning and delivering impactful youth training and/or volunteering and/or employability programmes and activities including supporting young people to achieve accredited awards that are inclusive, accessible, and developmental. You will have experience of working with young people who have experienced barriers to participation in education and community life.

The Volunteer Support Worker will work across #TEAMPEEK and will engage with delivery partners including schools to support young people in programme delivery across Glasgow. We are looking for high performing individuals who lead by example and are committed to working within PEEK’s organisational values; Compassionate, Dignity, Excellence, Integrity and Respect.

By joining #TEAMPEEK, you will play a valuable part in our bold and ambitious organisation, reaching the children, young people and families who need us most. In return, we are committed to our team’s wellbeing. Our benefits include:

• 20 days Annual Leave, 14 Public Holidays and 1 Personal Day
• Birthday Day Off
• Wellbeing Week Closure
• 2 Week Christmas and New Year Closure
• In total, approx. 46-48 paid days off per year
• Company Enhanced Leave including Sickness, Maternity/Paternity/Adoption Leave, Miscarriage, Parental Bereavement and Compassionate Leave
• Employee Assistance Programme and Life Link Counselling Service
• Access to PEEK Fleet Vehicles
• 6% Employer Pension Contribution with Flexible Employee Contribution
• Celebration Brunches and regular #TEAMPEEK development days
• Dedicated Health and Wellbeing Working Group, including quarterly wellbeing surveys, to review and develop our wellbeing package.