Jobs in East Renfrewshire

Are you a senior support worker or team leader looking for career progression?

We are seeking a passionate and inspiring Operational Manager to lead our Supported Living services. This is a rewarding opportunity for someone who truly believes in delivering high quality care to adults with learning disabilities, autism and complex needs.

You will play a key role in shaping services that are responsive to the unique needs of each individual we support. By treating everyone with respect and dignity, you will use your strong communication skills to build trusting relationships and work in partnership with families, communities and other key people.

We are looking for someone who can provide clear guidance, leadership and support to the Assistant Team Leaders and front-line support staff, ensuring the delivery of high-quality and personalised services. You will champion excellence, maintaining strong standards of quality, impact and continuous improvement while always keeping people and families and staff at the heart of everything we do.

Reporting to the Head of Operations, and in collaboration with your Operational Manager colleagues, you will contribute to the growth and development of our supported living services in line with Cosgrove’s Strategy and Values, leading with integrity, transparency and accountability in all aspects of your role.

You may not feel that you meet the essential criteria of the role, however we encourage you to apply if you have transferrable skills and experience gained in a different setting. We would love to hear from you!

East Renfrewshire Carers’ Centre have received funding from The National Lottery Community Fund to employ a Young Adult Carer’s Support Worker. This post will work with young carers/young adult carers providing practical and emotional support on an individual and group basis.

The worker will be responsible for working with young carers/young adult carers to identify their support needs and work with partner agencies to ensure that their caring role does not have a negative impact on the young carers’ life.

The post-holder will be expected to work 35 hours flexibly across the week to meet the needs of the service with a significant amount of time spent working after school and in the evening. The post-holder will be expected to work in venues across East Renfrewshire, enabling the highest levels of access for young carers.

This post is considered Regulated Work with Children and/or Protected Adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007.

Join the Barrhead Housing Governing Board

Help Shape the Future of Homes and Communities

Do you want to make a real difference in your community?

Barrhead Housing is looking for passionate and committed people to join our Governing Board. This is a rewarding voluntary opportunity to influence decisions, shape our future direction, and help deliver high-quality homes and services for people across East Renfrewshire.

Why Join Us?

• Make a meaningful impact on local communities
• Help shape the future of a successful, community-led organisation
• Work alongside dedicated and experienced Board members
• Receive training, support, and development opportunities
• Gain valuable governance and leadership experience

Who Are We Looking For?

You don't need previous Board experience. We're looking for people with enthusiasm, sound judgement, and a commitment to making a difference. We are particularly interested in those with experience in:

• Digital strategy
• Housing development and asset management
• Sustainability and climate change
• Finance, audit, risk, or performance management

Voluntary Action East Renfrewshire SCIO is a dynamic local charity and the Third Sector Interface working to make East Renfrewshire a better place to live, work and do business. From climate action awareness, volunteer programmes, capacity supports and wellbeing activities, we deliver projects that promote inclusion, sustainability and community wellbeing.

Job Role

The purpose of this role is to lead and deliver our marketing and communications activity. Working with the Communications Support Worker, management team and wider programme teams, the post holder will join us at an exciting time as we settle into our new collaborative community space at Rouken Glen Park.

The role will have a key focus on improving how we communicate our programme activities and showcase our impact and that of the wider community sector in East Renfrewshire. This includes supporting the development of a new website as well as testing and developing other methods and channels to reach a wide range of audiences, including local residents, volunteers, partners and funders.

We are therefore looking for a proactive, creative and confident communicator with excellent writing skills and strong digital and content creation skills. You will be comfortable taking the lead as well as guiding and supporting colleagues across teams to deliver effective communications, helping to build confidence and enthusiasm for marketing and communications across the organisation.

Key Tasks

Working with the Communications Support Worker, the wider Voluntary Action staff and management team, you will:

1. Increase visibility of our new venue and community space, the Community Wellbeing and Enterprise Hub in Rouken Glen Park, and promote its offer to local communities, organisations and partners.

2. Work with the management team to improve how we communicate and engage with local third sector, partners, as well as wider communities, share strategic priorities, plans and consultations, and ensure meaningful opportunities for feedback.

3. Support the development of a new website to provide engaging information, practical support and opportunities for the third sector to have a voice and influence.

4. Work with programme teams to identify and capture impact stories from across activities, collaborations and events and develop these into content across a range of formats suited to different audiences and channels.

5. Oversight of organisation’s marketing and communications activities, guiding and supporting Communications Support Worker and programme teams on communications planning and implementation.

6. Work with Communications Support Worker to ensure co-ordinated and prioritised content planning across channels to increase impact and avoid duplication.

7. Work with programme teams to gather and use audience insights to shape and test marketing and communications methods and channels, improving how we engage with key and new audiences eg, young people.

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