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Relationships Scotland Borders supports families with relationship difficulties and with post separation arrangements for their children. We work throughout the Scottish Borders and there are four specialist teams: mediation; counselling and psycho-sexual therapy; contact and family support (adults & children).

We are currently looking for a Practice Manager to undertake the day-to-day management of practice workers and support the delivery of all service provision to our clients.

As a key member of our team, the Practice Manager will report directly to the CEO and will aid the development of the organisation and ensure consistency and excellence in standards of practice and service delivery.

We are looking for a highly motivated person with management experience who is confident, highly organised and can work flexibly, proactively and under pressure. Excellent people skills are imperative and experience of managing staff remotely would be helpful.

The successful candidate is expected to have a sound knowledge of family conflict and the effects of parental separation on children. An understanding of mediation and counselling processes, child protection and domestic abuse issues is highly desirable. The Practice Manager will be responsible for writing and/or overseeing all contact and child reports provided by RSB to the Courts and as such must have excellent written as well as verbal communication skills.

RSB has operated from a ‘virtual office’ successfully for 30 years and like the admin team, the Practice Manager will work mostly from home. Some travel around the Borders will be required to attend face-to-face meetings and occasional attendance at some national meetings in Edinburgh with colleagues from around Scotland will be needed. Currently all meetings are undertaken via Zoom and it is envisaged that this will, for the most part, continue once Covid restrictions ease.

Almost all client work is currently being carried out on-line, and the on-line option for clients will continue post-Covid, but normally most client appointments are undertaken on weekday mornings/evenings and it is expected that the Practice Manager will visit the staff at the practice venues in Galashiels, when needed.

A key role of the position will be to manage the work of the contact centres. RSB run four centres around the Borders which operate on Saturdays and occasional Saturday working will be required to ensure consistency of service, training and supervision of staff.

Five weeks annual leave per annum is offered along with 12 days public holiday. Pension contributions will be offered and discussed with the potential appointee.

Would you like to be part of ending homelessness in Scotland?

Simon Community Scotland is a Scottish charity wholly focussed on tackling the causes and effects of homelessness. We have over 50 years’ experience of partnership working, responding to the complex needs of people who’s journey towards homelessness often began at an early age.

We are a wholly values-driven provider of specialist street outreach services in Glasgow and Edinburgh, intensive community outreach support emergency and supported accommodation services, and we are the largest provider of specialist homelessness provision for women experiencing homelessness. Our services are spread across 4 Local Authority areas, along with a national programme bringing digital inclusion to the very heart of homelessness provision. We have a team of over 300+ staff and volunteers delivering personalised solutions for over 5000 people per year.

Skills & Experience

We currently have a vacancy for 2 Trustees to join our Board and contribute to our respected pool of expertise. Ideally, applicants will have a range of relevant skills and a keen interest in combating the causes and effects of homelessness. We are particularly keen to receive applications from individuals with expertise in:

● HR (Employment Law)

● Mental Health/Addiction

● Fundraising

● Property

● PR/Communications/Marketing

Trustee/Board Requirements

● Tenure is initially for 3 years (up to a maximum 2 terms of 3 years).

● Attend 6 Board Meetings per year on the last Tuesday (evening) of every 2nd month

(commencing in January), via video-conferencing (during Covid).

● Join one Sub-Committee - (Finance, HR & Governance, Property & Investment or Digital

Strategy).

● Visit 2 services per year.

● Play an active role in the work of the Board and Sub-Committees, including Strategic

Planning and ensuring good Governance.

● Get to know other Board members and help build a collegial working relationship that

contributes to consensus.

● Constructively challenge the Simon Community Scotland team and fellow Board members,

contributing to debate and discussion that enhances the work.

● Trustees have the opportunity to support the work of the charity by participating in internal

and external events. Email response/exchange will also be an integral part of the role.

● Training will be provided where necessary and you will be reimbursed for reasonable

expenses incurred in connection with your role.

Contact is the charity for families with disabled children. They understand that life with a disabled child brings unique challenges, and they exist to help families feel valued, supported, confident and informed.

As a UK charity, Contact is committed to having four nations representation at Board level and now have a vacancy for a Trustee from Scotland.

Charity People is proud and privileged to be supporting Contact to find this brilliant new trustee to represent Scotland at Board level, playing a crucial role in setting the future direction of the charity. With a clear strategy in place, a solid financial base and a well-led and recently refreshed senior management team, the Board is supportive, challenging and passionate about Contact's work.

The Board already has a diverse mix of backgrounds and experience. However, they are keen to strengthen the diversity of the Board to better reflect the experiences of the families they serve, cultivating a culture that values all individuals and their wide array of contributions.

Contact is proud to have been able to reach out and extend support for families during the pandemic so far. They are also in the first year of their ambitious new strategy ‘Transforming Lives Together’ with the aim of reaching more families earlier in their journey.

To support this important work, we’d love to speak to candidates with specialist skills in any of the following sectors:

• Fundraising, individual giving or philanthropy
• Digital, communications and marketing
• Service delivery
• Legal

We would be particularly keen to speak to parent carers and candidates from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds. It's absolutely crucial to the charity's sustainability and authenticity that the Board fully represents the people and communities it serves.

This is a fantastic charity, with people who care deeply about what they do. If you believe you can contribute through your experience and skills, then please get in touch for an informal conversation.

To manage, develop and lead the delivery of a specialist therapeutic face to face counselling service to people affected by homelessness in order to reduce psychological distress and support clients’ safety, health and development. This involves holding responsibility for the management and leadership of a small team of practitioners responsible for the delivery of the service. It also involves working with people who have complex needs at specified low threshold homelessness services venues, managing a specialist caseload of clients and maintaining electronic case notes. The post is heavily weighted towards the hands-on delivery of clinical work.

The role will involve specific responsibility for working with a non-traditional client group and with a range of issues including disorganised attachment, ACEs and complex trauma. Experience of working with vulnerable people is essential. Training in Psychodynamic Counselling/Psychotherapy and competency in working within this theoretical framework. Membership and registration with the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP) or equivalent

The successful candidate will require PVG Scheme membership for Regulated Work with Adults and will be required to join the Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check prior to being confirmed in post. The post carries a generous annual leave entitlement and a 5% employer pension contribution.

Organisation Profile

The Marie Trust is a frontline homeless service based in Glasgow city centre. In the past year 2,500 individuals presented to The Marie Trust for assistance. On an average day we can have up to 100 individuals presenting for advice and assistance, education and meals.

The Marie Trust is a small but progressive organisation. We have a Not for Profit Café Service and a Training Kitchen which has gained the prestigious Healthy Living Plus Award. We are also an approved REHIS training centre and deliver our own in-house training for staff and volunteers.

We have our own Counselling Service, Health and Wellbeing Service, MOT Service providing Social Prescribing and Pharmacy Services and an award-winning Skills Development Service which works in partnership with Glasgow colleges. Our Crisis Intervention Service works with the most excluded individuals within society and provides a direct access to advice and assistance for individuals who struggle engaging with services.