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An opportunity has arisen to join VSA as a Trust and Foundation Co-ordinator.

This is an interesting time to be joining the organisation as we are in the planning stages of shaping the provision of our future services, which includes re-designing, expanding, and opening new services to enable us to support more vulnerable children and adults living across the North East of Scotland. Models of social care are rapidly evolving, and we aim to be at the forefront of transforming services to deliver better outcomes for the people who need and use our services.

VSA operate across the full spectrum of social care and support children, young people, adults and older adults. We support people from birth to end of life across a range of residential and community-based outreach support services. Now more than ever, more people need our help and support.

This role is pivotal to our ambitions' of driving forward our position as a leading provider of social care services. We seek a highly skilled and creative storyteller who can write compelling grant funding bids. The role is responsible for securing funding from a wide range of sources and will involve taking ownership of securing funding to support a wide range of projects across the organisation.

You will be building relationships with funders, writing applications, networking and providing first-class stewardship to a range of stakeholders. You will need a track record of raising significant funds from trusts and experience of multi-million-pound bids.

You will have excellent communication skills and an ability to assess impact, costs, and added value.

Our latest annual report can be viewed here:https://issuu.com/vsa1870/docs/421707_vsa__annual_review_2020_draft_071020_issuu

A Job Description is available for download below.

Simon Community Scotland is working in partnership with Barnardos, Blue Triangle and North Lanarkshire Council to implement an innovative multi agency approach to resolve homelessness. Homes First is a new initiative that provides intensive support and intervention with people who face significant challenges in their lives, often as a result of past trauma. Our ambition is to enable people to have a safe and secure home with the support they need to achieve their own ambitions.

We're looking for a Team Leader who welcomes a challenge, recognises the value of partnership working, can make things happen, leads with integrity and values successful outcomes for people. You will be required to work flexibly including evenings and weekends leading the team to respond in a highly personalised way. More details are in the attached job description

Ritual Abuse Network Scotland (R.A.N.S.) are recruiting a Part-time (15-25 hours) Volunteer Development Worker (initially fixed term one year). You will develop volunteering within the organisation. You will recruit, train and support volunteers both online and offline, but with a focus on online development. Flexible hours and some evening and weekend work.

R.A.N.S. formerly known as Izzy’s Promise is a charity based in Dundee (SC033706) but working across Scotland and the UK which provides confidential support and information to survivors of ritual and organised abuse. This charity is survivor led, works to raise awareness about ritual and organised abuse and its effects on survivors, provides research, training and consultancy and works in close partnerships with other survivor organisations.

Exciting new role to take forward The Marie Trust commitment to health and Wellbeing in improving homeless and at-risk people’s lives. We are looking for a forward-thinking leader who will further develop our work tosupport people to reconnect with their communities, address food poverty and insecurity and improve health and life chances.

The role will involve leading the development of established Marie Trust Volunteering Program, Training Kitchen, Not for Profit Healthy Living Plus Award Café and MOT Social Prescribing and Pharmacy Service and have management responsibilities of leading services and also getting to know the people we support who come through our doors.

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 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.