Are you excellent at organising? Great at connecting with people? Could you play a key role in inspiring your community to tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness?

If so, this role nurturing our supporter relationships is for you.

About Cyrenians

At Cyrenians we tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness. We take a values-led and relationships-based approach to delivering our services because we understand that there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach to supporting people towards more positive and stable futures.

About the Relationships Team

Relationships are at the heart of everything we do at Cyrenians, with those we support and those who support us too.

It’s an exciting time for Fundraising at Cyrenians. As a relatively new team, our income generation is growing rapidly. On the cusp of delivering some transformative partnerships and achieving great success with new fundraising methods, we’re expanding our team to continue delivering growth in unrestricted income.

About the role

This role is responsible for looking after our amazing supporters, donors and fundraisers that make what we do possible. You will be their first point of contact, giving you the chance to nurture positive supporter relationships by providing excellent stewardship.

This role is an essential part of our Relationships Team - incorporating Fundraising, Communications and Policy & Public Affairs. It is a rewarding role and is part of a collaborative, supportive and motivated team.

About you

You’ll be an experienced administrator with a ‘can-do’ attitude and a genuine interest in putting our supporters first. Your attention to detail will ensure you’re a whizz at recording and processing donations, and generally supporting putting fundraising ideas into action.

Like us, you’ll be relationships-based and values-led in all that you do. Your excellent organisational skills will keep you on track in a varied role, and your strong interpersonal skills will allow you to inspire all kinds of supporters who choose to tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness with us.

How we’ll support you

As part of the Relationships Team, you’ll be supported by experienced colleagues with a passion to tackle homelessness and its root causes. We’ll encourage you to be creative and innovative in the supporter care you provide, giving you the ownership to build relationships you’re proud of.

You’ll be part of the growing Fundraising team, with the opportunity to work closely with colleagues across Marketing and Communications, the wider Relationships team and Cyrenians projects.

In this role you will learn and develop the skills needed to forge a successful career in the third sector, as well as having access to wider Cyrenians support, including our learning and development programme, and staff wellbeing services.

Blue Triangle is a social care organisation that empowers people to thrive, by delivering solutions in connected communities which focus on the needs of each individual. We are looking for enthusiastic people who share our values (Kind, Passionate and Creative) to join our services accommodating and supporting people experiencing homelessness and empowering them to thrive.

If successful, you will be required to register with the Scottish Social Services Council within 6 months of your start date. After registration, there is a requirement to be qualified and to maintain professional learning, which we will support you to achieve.

Blue Triangle recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

What we offer:

Aside from offering a supportive and friendly environment where our people are valued and appreciated, we’ll see that your hard work and drive to succeed is rewarded.

• Competitive Salary and Pension Options
• Full time & Part time hours available
• Double pay for festive bank holidays
• Long service awards
• Fully funded SVQ3
• Access to our benefits platform with high street voucher and tech discounts and cycle to work scheme to name a few!
• Inhouse training programmes
• Significant Gym discounts
• Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
• 24/7 access to employee assistance programme, including counselling
• A wide range of family friendly policies
• Life Assurance cover of 3 times your salary
• Credit Union
• £200 refer a friend scheme
• And many more!

About the Role:

As a Support Worker, you’ll work as part of a team in providing safe, secure, supported accommodation for the people who use our services. You’ll do this by providing practical and emotional support and encouraging them to achieve their own personal outcomes in all aspects of their daily lives.

Blue Triangle, along with the ADP and the health and social care partnership are collaborating on a joint project focussed on wellbeing and recovery for supported people in East Ayrshire.

The objective of the project is to support the recovery pathway for individuals who are either exiting residential rehabilitation or community recovery programmes, who are in need of additional support within a housing support environment.

Supported people will enter the service post detox with a view to re-connecting with family, friends and their local communities. They will explore options around education, training, employment and health.

Main Responsibilities:

This Support Worker at Dalmelington is looking for both day and night workers, working on a rolling rota. These roles are 36 hours per week. The Support Worker will:

• work as part of a team providing safe, secure, supported accommodation for homeless people.
• support, review, monitor and evaluate through our case management system, to achieve a positive person-centred outcome for the people we work with in line with organisational, statutory and legislative requirements.
• maintain and update all recording systems and documentation in line with relevant policies, procedures and practice guidelines, including the occupancy agreement, within required timeframes.
• provide, plan and facilitate key work meetings, key work sessions, meetings, reviews and other internal/external meetings in conjunction with the person’s support plan.
• provide general advocacy and advice to the people we support, including assistance to enable them to meet the conditions of their occupancy agreements.

Support Worker Role Profile

About You:

• To join us, you need to have a genuine passion for helping people.
• Ideally, possess 1 year of experience of working with vulnerable people and challenging behaviour which can be from personal, voluntary and/or professional experience.
• Demonstrated commitment and ability to undertake care practice in accordance with Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) code of practice, National Care Standards, Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care and the Associations policies and procedures.
• Ability to relate empathetically to people and recognise their right to choice and independence.
• Ability to work flexibly and as a lone worker.
• Able to use Microsoft or equivalent applications competently.
• Ideally, hold and SVQ level 2 or above and be willing to work towards an SVQ 3.

We care about one another whilst taking pride in the service we offer. You will be working in a company with a strong identity and with the guidance and support of experienced Managers you will be able to develop in your career

Rock Trust are delighted to be expanding the successful ‘Housing First for Youth’ service into Glasgow. We are looking for a team member who has experience of supporting young vulnerable people accessing our services. The role will involve working intensively with a small caseload of young people to coordinate and provide emotional and practical support.

The Project Worker will work directly with young people to coordinate and provide emotional and practical support on a 1:1 and group basis. Working with young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness to ensure that when homelessness can’t be avoided, their experience of homelessness is rare, brief, and non-recurring.

The Project Worker will offer line management, guidance, and support to Support Assistants and volunteers, working together to support young people to return or remain at home, improve their practical independent living skills, set up their own tenancy and access other services and to reach their full potential. Project Workers are responsible for completing support plans and risk assessments and are the main contact for any key people involved in the care and support of young people.

In addition to the responsibilities in the JD, the successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:

• An ability to build trusting, lasting relationships with young people
• Support young people to manage and thrive in their home
• Motivate young people to set goals and reach their potential
• An ability to work effectively with partners and other key people to provide young people with
• excellent care and support
• Adopt a ‘whatever it takes’ and rights based approach
• Work in a psychologically and trauma informed manner

Could you inspire the business community to tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness with us? Do you want to help shape and support ambitious fundraising plans to create transformational change?

If so, this role leading our corporate partnership and events support is for you.

About Cyrenians

At Cyrenians we tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness. We take a values-led and relationships-based approach to delivering our services because we understand that there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach to supporting people towards more positive and stable futures.

About the Relationships Team

Relationships are at the heart of everything we do at Cyrenians, with those we support and those who support us too.

It’s an exciting time for Fundraising at Cyrenians. As a relatively new team, our income generation is growing rapidly. On the cusp of delivering some transformative partnerships and achieving great success with new fundraising methods, we’re expanding our team to continue delivering growth in unrestricted income.

About the role

Our Corporate donor base is growing fast, and this new role will be responsible for developing the opportunities this brings. As Corporate and Events Fundraising Officer, you will take the lead on partnership activity, designing and implementing amazing experiences for our supporters to maximise the value of these relationships.

This role is an essential part of our Relationships Team - incorporating Fundraising, Communications and Press & Public Affairs. It is a rewarding role and is part of a collaborative, supportive and motivated team.

About you

You’ll be an experienced fundraiser with a ‘can-do’ attitude and a genuine interest in putting our supporters first, preferably with experience of a corporate audience specifically. You’ll be able to spot opportunities and be creative and motivated enough to put a variety of new ideas into action.

Like us, you’ll be relationships-based and values-led in all that you do. Your excellent organisational skills will keep you on track in a varied role, and your strong interpersonal skills will inspire a real variety of supporters to tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness with us.

How we’ll support you

As part of the Relationships Team, you’ll be supported by experienced colleagues who share your passion to tackle homelessness and its root causes. We’ll encourage you to be creative and innovative, and to take a pragmatic approach to planning and implementing new initiatives.

You’ll be part of the growing Fundraising team, with the opportunity to work closely with colleagues across Marketing and Communications, the wider Relationships team and Cyrenians projects.

You will be supported to attend training and networking events to deepen your knowledge of the issues surrounding homelessness and social exclusion; engage with the local business community and extend your professional network.