Are you passionate about helping people to live a better life? Do you want to work for a charity where your health and wellbeing matter just as much as the people you support? Do you want to be part of a trauma-informed team where you will be supported to develop creative and flexible ways of working?
At LinkLiving, our values and people are at the heart of everything we do including how we recruit our staff. It is important for us to find people who share our values, which are:
LinkLiving is a Scottish health and wellbeing charity that supports people to manage or overcome the effects of negative life experiences (including trauma, mental health challenges, poverty and inequality) so that they can build on their strengths and aspirations in order to live their best possible lives. We support people through a range of models including:
The Service
Our Older Persons' Service addresses loneliness and social isolation among older people through volunteer befriending, social cafes, and our Help to Stay at Home service.
The Job
The Older Persons Service promotes social inclusion opportunities for isolated and lonely vulnerable older people by providing 1:1 support in people’s own homes. The regular contact that this service will bring will make a real difference to an older person’s life. Older people will ideally benefit emotionally through shared interests and experiences with their matched staff member and also through practical assistance, such as help with transport to Health Services including GP, dentist and hospital appointments, collection of prescription, support to attend appointments, shopping trips and social outings.
The purpose of the job is to work closely with the project workers and volunteers to support the people who receive our services to become engaged and included within their communities.
About You
You will have good computer skills and the ability to use technology efficiently to maintain and update records, combined with a knowledge and understanding of the issues affecting older people. The successful candidate will be able to work openly and honestly in a team setting and have an ability to prioritise their own caseload.
A valid driver's license and access to a car that can be used daily to travel between services as required is essential for this role.
For a comprehensive list of the essential and desirable criteria required for this post, please refer to the Job Specification in the Job information Pack above.
What’s in it for you?
The benefits of being a LinkLiving employee (subject to the policies and benefit terms and conditions) include:
For a full list of benefits available to employees, please see the following link - linkliving.org.uk/work-with-us
This post is subject to Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme registration. Link will meet the cost of any new PVG scheme membership or scheme record update.
Our Complaints Reviewers play a key role in our work, analysing and resolving complaints across a wide range of sectors including councils, NHS, housing associations, most water and sewerage providers, the Scottish Government and its agencies and departments, colleges and universities, prisons, and most Scottish public bodies.
To be successful in this role, you will have a lively analytical mind and the sound judgement needed to make fair, consistent and just decisions. You will be able to demonstrate first class customer service through your empathetic but impartial approach. Your excellent communication skills will enable you to effectively liaise with complainants, bodies under our jurisdiction, MSPs and other stakeholder groups and to draft reports that are often complex and detailed. You must have previous complaints handling and/or dispute resolution experience and ideally you will have experience of one or more of the Ombudsman’s areas of jurisdiction.
For further information on this role, please visit our website.
Glasgow South Carers Centre provides services to unpaid family Carers, who look after a family member or friend who cannot manage alone due to illness or disability, including Young Carers and their families.
Applicants must have an understanding of and commitment to the needs of carers, have excellent written and oral communication skills, have experience of support planning, providing an information and advice service, planning and delivery of services to support carers, have strong admin, communication and organisational skills and have a knowledge and understanding of the policy drivers for unpaid carers, especially in relation to the Carers Act.
Although experience is desirable, a willingness and commitment to learning is key, underpinned by strong admin, communication, and organisational skills.
Working alongside a team of Carers Support Workers and directly with Carers, the Family Support Worker should have a relevant qualification in health or social care and/or work experience appropriate for this post.
Candidates will need an understanding of the issues carers face, experience of outcome focussed case management using person-centred, strength-based support planning to enable Carers to manage their caring role and maintain their own health and wellbeing.
Glasgow South Carers Centre provides services to unpaid family Carers, who look after a family member or friend who cannot manage alone due to illness or disability, including Young Carers and their families.
Applicants must have an understanding of and commitment to the needs of carers, have excellent written and oral communication skills, have experience of support planning, providing an information and advice service, planning and delivery of services to support carers, have strong admin, communication and organisational skills and have a knowledge and understanding of the policy drivers for unpaid carers, especially in relation to the Carers Act.
Although experience is desirable, a willingness and commitment to learning is key, underpinned by strong admin, communication, and organisational skills.
Working alongside our Carers Support Workers and directly with Carers, our TPSC will source appropriate providers to deliver a range of online, digital and face to face training for carers. Organise and promote training and provide Peer Support opportunities which will enable Carers to manage their caring role and maintain their own health and wellbeing.
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.
This brilliant opportunity to provide the platform for the Manorview Foundation in Coatbridge will require somebody who cares about children and young people, has a passion for building lasting and trusting relationships, with an eye for innovation and community development. The Manorview Foundation has the vision and passion to make life better for children and young people, and our whole team involved in that process will bring the level of care, compassion and consistency to the role on a daily basis.
As a community development worker working with the Manorview Foundation, you'll work with individuals, families, the wider community and partners, supporting them to:
You'll do this by acting as a link between the Foundation, the local community and a range of other local authority and voluntary sector providers to ensure that the Hub is a well-used resource with wide-ranging reach.
Your role will frequently involve addressing inequality and the projects you work on will be in communities perceived to be culturally, economically or geographically disadvantaged.
Who we are
Alcohol Focus Scotland (AFS) is Scotland’s national alcohol charity, committed to preventing and reducing harm to individuals, families, communities and Scotland as a whole.
Scotland had been making progress in reducing alcohol consumption and harm from record levels, not least due to the positive effects of minimum unit pricing of (MUP). Unfortunately, alcohol deaths have risen significantly since 2020, due to the effect of the pandemic on consumption by heavier drinkers combined with reduced access to services. Research suggests levels of harm will continue to rise for some time.
Join us at an exciting time as we advocate for renewed efforts to implement evidence-based alcohol policies - such as restricting alcohol marketing - as well as ensuring access to high quality treatment and recovery support in response to Scotland’s alcohol crisis.
Who we are looking for
We are seeking a skilled policy professional to join our passionate team. You will have a varied and challenging role, providing policy and research support across a number of policy areas, with an initial focus on alcohol marketing and control on the sale of alcohol. Your excellent analytical, organisational and communication skills will be vital in ensuring we meet our goal of effecting policy change in Scotland, to reduce alcohol harm and improve lives.
We are looking for a candidate with:
What we offer
Alcohol Focus Scotland is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
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People Know How is looking for a National Helpline Intern to join our Reconnect team. The successful applicant will be responsible for working as part of a team, supporting our national helpline, Connecting Scotland. The helpline provides over-the-phone support to people all over Scotland to use devices like computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones, and ask questions about digital. The role supports our strategic aim of ensuring that everyone in Scotland is digitally included and has affordable data. We work towards this aim by managing a national digital support helpline and by providing one-to-one and group support in communities.
About People Know How
People Know How is a Scottish charity that aims to improve wellbeing across communities by supporting people to overcome barriers and thrive. We deliver services locally in Edinburgh and the Lothians and engage in research and campaigning to effect change on a national scale. We also provide a national digital support helpline. Our work supports all parts of the community including children, young people, families and adults.
We are a caring and compassionate team of 9 and, have a vacancy due to retirement, Supporting people living in the city of Perth and North Perthshire.
Assisting people who have been classed as homeless who may have been living in
temporary accommodation, sofa surfing, or fleeing abuse - the list is endless.
We provide 1:1 person-centred support to help people to sustain their tenancy. Getting to know the person, building trusting relationships, leading by example, and looking after ourselves and each other too.
Welcoming people with a wide range of skills and experiences – including those who have lived through life experiences.
We are flexible, humourous, and have a ‘can do’ spirit. Walking alongside people to help build their confidence and give them the tools so they can do this on their own.
Job Purpose
The role of a Floating Housing Support Worker (FHSW) will be to provide positive, practical, and emotional support to people who use our service, focusing on goals, promoting choices, and encouraging personal responsibility.
Multi-agency work, by building and maintaining effective professional relationships with a range of external partners we can ensure support for the people is tailored to their needs and their voices are heard.
People who use our services are often excluded from many other places and are often quite hard to reach, so a can-do attitude is essential. So our team are experts in building positive relationships with people who understandably find it difficult to trust others, demonstrating perseverance and resilience.
You will be responsible for maintaining your own caseload and service records. You will ensure that the service you provide is delivered in line with the Scottish Social Services Council’s Codes of Practice for Social Services
Any other duties directed by your Service Leader
Key Responsibilities
Warmth and Regard
Inclusion and Participation
Personalized and Creative
Partnership and Collaboration
Leadership and Learning
Person Specification
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About us
The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) Partnership is the independent organisation responsible for Scotland’s National Framework for Qualifications. The SCQF brings together assessed learning throughout life whether gained in school, workplace, college, university or online into one system for recognising achievement.
We are a Living Wage Employer and are accredited to Investors in People Gold level, working in ways that realise our values of Respect, Integrity, Collaboration and Enabling. As a small staff team of thirteen with national coverage, we also operate a Flexible Working Policy.
About the role
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team in the key role of Executive Assistant. You will support work closely with the CEO, providing crucial and confidential executive support to the CEO and Chair whilst delivering key administrative functions necessary for the smooth operation of the organisation, the office and its services. You will also supervise a part time (term time) Administrator.
About you
This role would suit a person with SCQF Level 7 equivalent skills or experience.
To be successful in this role you will be highly organised with experience of working in an administrative or executive support role and enjoy managing projects that maximise operational efficiency. You will also be committed to the principles of lifelong learning.
You will have excellent interpersonal skills and IT skills, and be equally comfortable working on your own or as part of a wider team. As you will often be the first point of contact for people visiting the office, you need to be friendly, enjoy helping and be willing to learn about SCQF Partnership and its activities
Working at the SCQF Partnership
As a member of the team, you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:
Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience, and career.