Are you looking for a role in which you will help to improve the lives of families across Scotland? Do you have the skills and determination to meet and exceed fundraising goals alongside your colleagues?

If you are someone with imagination, talent and expertise, we want to hear from you. You will have a proven ability to build trusting relationships and inspire further support towards the charity, as well as good research and record keeping skills.

It’s an exciting time for the charity with the launch of Standing Tall: A Strategy for Growth 2023 – 2028 to transform the care and support of Huntington’s families, expand specialist services and deepen involvement in clinical research and trials.

This follows two years of significant expansion in our specialist teams, growth in funding, a rise in media engagement, majority parliamentary support for our work, and the success of our ground-breaking Dance 100 events in Glasgow.

The Income Generation team is playing a key role in the delivery of our new strategy and our Community Fundraising Officers will enable us to take that vital next step.

The successful applicant will join an ambitious and hard-working organisation dedicated to families living with the challenges of Huntington’s disease, a devastating disease that changes the brain and causes severe and complex physical, mental and cognitive symptoms.

You will find a values-driven organisation, founded by families for families and recognised at national and international levels for its expertise and support delivered through a nationwide network of Huntington’s Disease Specialists, Specialist Youth Advisors and Financial Wellbeing Officers.

Rachel House, Kinross - 35hrs per week

Robin House, Balloch - 30 hours per week

Introduction

Do you believe in the power of play? Are you passionate about creating a variety of exciting play experiences for babies, children and young people and their families? Are you a person with the ability to engage and motivate people?

If so, an exciting opportunity has arisen within our organisation for Play Assistants. We are looking for dynamic and energetic people to join our Activities Teams, in both Robin and Rachel House. The candidates will be offered the chance to work with babies, children and young people and their families.

Key Responsibilities

As a Play Assistant, you will be part of a small team that will design and deliver a variety of play experiences and activities for children of all ages and abilities. You will be working in collaboration with other team members, services and agencies ensuring that life enhancing activities will enrich the leisure, play and educational needs for all the babies, children, young people and their families.

About You

You will have excellent communication skills and a friendly approachable manner. You should ideally have relevant post-qualification experience of working with children or young people with complex care needs and a variety of play experience. You should be confident in working autonomously and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

About CHAS

At CHAS, staff and volunteers work together as one team, focused on the common goal of reaching every family in Scotland who needs our support. We have a 3:1 ratio of volunteers to staff members in CHAS. All CHAS staff will at some point work with or alongside volunteers and will be expected to support volunteers.

Our ambition is to reach every family in Scotland who is living with the heart-breaking prognosis that their child is dying, and offer them our care and support to empower them to make the most of the short time they have together. As a Play Assistant, you will be instrumental in achieving this vision.

Benefits of a Career at CHAS

• 35 days annual leave and progressively to 40 days after 5 years’ service. For applicants coming to CHAS from an existing NHS post, your accrued annual leave entitlement will be honoured.

• Free parking at all sites.

• Employee Referral Scheme.

• Essential Car User Allowance for certain job roles.

• Enhanced sick pay and progression to 26 weeks full pay. Twenty six and a half weeks, after 6 years.

Are you an experienced health or social care professional who has a passion to improve the quality of life and experience of those living with a neurological condition? Then this challenging and extremely rewarding role offers the opportunity to share your expertise, develop your clinical practice and work with a team of

like-minded individuals who support the Huntington’s disease community.

You would join our Ayrshire & Arran Service as a Huntington’s Disease Specialist, in a role funded by NHS Ayrshire & Arran Health and Social Care Partnerships.

About the role

Our Huntington’s Disease Specialists facilitate quality care for those impacted by Huntington’s disease and their families throughout Ayrshire & Arran. You will focus on case management, specialist assessment, anticipatory care planning, and coordination of support. This requires partnership working with, and signposting to, appropriate professionals/agencies. Previous experience of working with Huntington’s disease is desirable, however full training will be provided.

About you

• You will have an allied health profession, nursing or social work background and current professional body membership.

• You will be a skilled communicator with good listening and inter-personal skills.

• You will be enthusiastic and motivated to have a positive influence on the quality of life of the individuals on your caseload.

• You will have a current UK driving licence and access to a car.

• You will have extensive experience of managing the conflicting priorities of a complex, community-based caseload.

• You will be able to demonstrate your ability to work autonomously as an integral part of a small team.

We are open to applicants with a wide range of experience. Applicants who consider themselves to have relevant experience over and above that requested in the Job Description may therefore apply.

About us

Scottish Huntington’s Association is the only charity in Scotland dedicated exclusively to families impacted by Huntington’s disease, a devastating hereditary, neurodegenerative condition that causes severe and complex physical, mental and cognitive symptoms. There are currently 800 people in Scotland with symptoms of Huntington’s disease and a further 3200 believed to be at risk of developing the condition.

The successful candidate will join Scottish Huntington’s Association at an exciting time as we implement Standing Tall: A Strategy for Growth 2023 – 28 to transform the care and support for Huntington’s families throughout Scotland. We are an ambitious and hard-working organisation, recognised at national and international levels for our expertise and approach.

What we offer

• Salary of up to £34,976 per annum (pro rata)

• 18-hour working week

• Generous 32 days annual leave plus 5 fixed public holidays on appointment (pro rata)

• Increasing annual leave days to recognise long service (after 5 years)

• Contribution pension scheme

• An extended and thorough induction period with ongoing commitment to your training and CPD opportunities

• A flexible, hybrid approach to work

• Regular, clinical supervision

• Attention to facilitating peer support with the HD Specialist team throughout Scotland

For an informal chat about the role, please contact Linda Lucas (Team Leader) on 0141 848 0308.

About Us

The Ayrshire Hospice provides quality specialist palliative care for adults with life-limiting illness within Ayrshire and Arran. We provide a wide range of services and care in people’s homes, care homes and hospitals, as well as in the hospice itself. This is provided at no cost to our patients or their families. Our vision is to reach and improve the lives of everyone in Ayrshire affected by life-limiting illness.

The Role and What We Are Looking For

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, friendly and well organised administrator to come and join our Ayrshire hospice team. This role is fixed term until June 2024. The role is based within the inpatient unit and will provide administrative and secretarial support to staff within the In-patient Unit including the Clinical Manager, Senior Charge Nurse, Charge Nurses, medical team and Senior Clinical Pharmacist.

The successful post holder will require to be resourceful, flexible and dynamic in a fast paced and at times emotionally challenging environment.

We are keen to welcome an individual who has experience of working with computer systems, patient records, staff rotas, stock control/ ordering of supplies and experience of working within a healthcare setting. Good communication skills and the ability to prioritise workload is essential. The post holder will be expected to work with minimal supervision, using their initiative to prioritise workload and assist with developing systems to supplement and support the smooth running of the in-patient unit.

The candidate should be aware that the Ayrshire Hospice decanted from their Racecourse Road site in Ayr in February 2022 to East Ayrshire Community Hospital in Cumnock. This will be the location of the post until the move back to Ayr -likely to be Summer 2024 .

Informal enquiries can be made to Louise Lochrie, Senior Charge Nurse by email to louise.lochrie@ayrshirehospice.org