Jobs in Leith, Edinburgh

About us

Change Mental Health is a leading national mental health charity providing unique non-clinical and person-centered support to people affected by poor mental health and mental illness across communities in Scotland. We ensure that everyone has access to the support they need, when they need it and in a way which works best for them. With over 50 years of experience, we’re changing society by changing attitudes, fighting stigma and influencing government, ensuring a better quality of life for those affected by poor mental health and mental illness.

About the role

Change Mental Health is determined to be the leading source of information, advice and guidance on mental health and mental illness in Scotland. We want to make sure that everyone has the tools they need to make the right decisions for themselves and for their families.

The role of the Research and Content Officer is instrumental in ensuring that we do this through being information and research led. The role will work across multiple teams at Change Mental Health to source, summarise and disseminate appropriate research, as well as developing, fact-checking and composing content for our various communications channels. Content will follow best practice and meet industry standards of being user-friendly, accessible, on brand and discoverable on search engines. This educational content will align with our values to inform the public about the extent and broad nature of mental health and mental illness.

The role will sit within the Policy, Public Affairs and Communications team, actively working with the team to source research opportunities, support our wider internal and external communications work, and evidence the impact we create as an organisation.

The Research and Content Officer will closely collaborate internally to ensure our internal and external training is leading edge, supporting funding and tender applications, and working with services to meet their research and content needs for delivery where appropriate.

Additionally, the role will work with external stakeholders – including academic partners – to collaborate on research and to ensure that Change Mental Health is meeting its mission, vision and strategic outcomes.

This role would suit someone who loves learning and sharing knowledge. You will have a passion for mental health, an eye for detail, and will be able to link academia to practical impact and service delivery. You will be an excellent copywriter and familiar with academic research and its practices. You will enjoy providing knowledge and understanding to others, be an excellent team player who can lead innovations independently, while having a solid ability to forge and cultivate powerful relationships – both internally and externally.

Benefits

• 24/7 access to an award-winning Employee Assistance Programme providing free legal, financial, and medical advice as well as support with life’s challenges.
• A 35-hour working week
• Travel season ticket loan.
• A great work life balance with flexible and blended working environment.
• Access to purchase a Blue Light Discount Card
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Enhanced sick pay and leave entitlements.
• Generous 37 days’ holiday.
• Two paid Mental Wellbeing days.
• Professional development including funded opportunities.

Service: North East Edinburgh Recovery Service (NEERS)

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Are you ready to take on your next challenge in a Career that Cares?

At Turning Point Scotland, we have an opportunity for a Service Coordinator to lead a team and help make a positive impact for people, supporting them on their recovery journey and building on their sense of belonging in society.

Embark on an emotionally rewarding journey and apply today!

About The Role

This is an exciting opportunity for a Service Coordinator with Turning Point Scotland where no two days are the same! This frontline management role will include:

• Being responsible for both directly undertaking initial and on-going assessments of people we support and of overseeing team members to do so.

• Providing informal and formal support, feedback, induction, engagement period reviews, appraisal and supervision to staff.

• Devising reviewing and updating support plans, record events and observations and keep appropriate records as required in the service both directly and managing staff to do so.

• Providing leadership to staff to support people in accordance with their support plan, the principals of citizenship and to maintain records correctly.

• Assisting the service manager to prepare information and the service for inspections/ audits or similar and to contribute to these processes.

About You

You will have a genuine commitment to use your skills and experience to support people to live their best lives. You will be supported by an incredibly approachable management team, allowing you to expand on your existing knowledge whilst developing new skills. You will have flexibility to work on a rota.

North East Edinburgh Recovery Hub

The North East Recovery Hub is a one-stop shop which offers a full range of drug and alcohol treatment and support services. We are a multi - disciplinary team comprising of Voluntary Sector TPS, NHS and social work staff. We are based with our main office in Leith, and a satellite location in Craigmillar.

We understand that everybody’s experience is different. When people come to the Hub, we personalise their care to achieve their goals.

The support we provide is always person centred, we do this by involving people who know the person well, this includes family and friends, other health and Social Work professionals, Advocacy services and our own staff members.

Turning Point Scotland offers a Salary Matching opportunity within the pay points of the role and based on experience.

Please note that IT skills are required for all our vacancies.

Where applicable, successful candidates will be required to register with the SSSC within 6 months of start date.

About the organisation

Future Economy Scotland is a non-partisan think tank that aims to create a new economy that is democratic, sustainable and just. We believe that Scotland cannot overcome the intertwined challenges it faces by making minor tweaks to the status quo, or by simply ameliorating the worst excesses of a broken model. Instead, we must embrace bold new ideas to transform the economy. Our mission is to develop transformative policies that aim to decarbonise, democratise and decommodify Scotland’s economy. Future Economy Scotland has organisational values that aim to underpin our work. These values are:

• Solidarity: understanding different but often interconnected struggles;
• Generosity: operating in a movement-generous way that amplifies the voices of others; and
• Respect: rooting the way we work in care, compassion and sustainability.

We are an accredited Living Wage employer, and have been accredited as a Gold Standard 4 day week employer by the 4 Day Week campaign. Future Economy Scotland is not aligned to any political party and does not have a stance on Scotland’s constitutional future.

Role summary

Future Economy Scotland is looking for a Senior Economist to help deliver the organisation’s ambitious programme of high-quality and impactful research. The organisation is currently delivering a multi-year research project focused on accelerating the delivery of a just transition to net zero in Scotland by 2045. Areas of research the successful candidate will work on will include (but not be limited to) renewable energy, industrial strategy, labour market transitions, land reform, and fiscal policy. The role will also involve identifying impactful opportunities to intervene in Scotland’s policy debate, and producing rapid-response analysis of new statistical releases

The role is an opportunity to join a small, dynamic and purpose-driven team focused on driving progressive change across Scotland. It will involve working closely with the Co-Directors in a fast paced environment, ensuring that the organisation maintains its reputation for producing high-quality, impactful research. It will also involve frequent interaction with senior stakeholders in government, civil society, the media and the wider policy-making world. We are committed to developing the skills and profile of team members, including through providing training and development opportunities.

About the organisation

Future Economy Scotland is a non-partisan think tank that aims to create a new economy that is democratic, sustainable and just. We believe that Scotland cannot overcome the intertwined challenges it faces by making minor tweaks to the status quo, or by simply ameliorating the worst excesses of a broken model. Instead, we must embrace bold new ideas to transform the economy. Our mission is to develop transformative policies that aim to decarbonise, democratise and decommodify Scotland’s economy. Future Economy Scotland has organisational values that underpin our work. These values are:

• Solidarity: understanding different but often interconnected struggles;
• Generosity: operating in a movement-generous way that amplifies the voices of others; and
• Respect: rooting the way we work in care, compassion and sustainability.

We are an accredited Living Wage employer, and have been accredited as a Gold Standard 4 day week employer by the 4 Day Week campaign. Future Economy Scotland is not aligned to any political party and does not have a stance on Scotland’s constitutional future.

Role summary

Future Economy is looking for an experienced Advocacy and Engagement Lead to build strong working relationships across political parties in Scotland, shaping policy in Scotland and achieving political change. This role will also involve creating, maintaining and building strong relationships with MSPs and other policymakers, as well as key stakeholders in civil society, campaign groups and trade unions. The role is an opportunity to join a small, dynamic and purpose-driven team focused on driving progressive change across Scotland. The role involves working closely with the Co-Directors in a fast paced environment to support the delivery of a democratic, sustainable and just future. This role is Scotland-based with regular meetings in Edinburgh. Candidates have to live or be willing to relocate within a reasonable commuting distance to Edinburgh.

To note, this job is not a campaign role and does not involve movement or coalition building. Instead, the aim of the role is to ensure that Future Economy Scotland’s work successfully shapes the policy and political agenda in Scotland, and is informed by and useful to wider climate and economic movements and campaigns.

Location: Within reasonable commuting distance from Edinburgh due to regular meetings at Parliament and with other associated stakeholders. Please note, employees currently work from home, but should you prefer to work from an office, we are open to resourcing a co-working space, budget permitting

We are a small independent charity with ambitions: we want to extend our reach, raise our profile, our brand and income generation potential. This is a new role and a unique opportunity for an outstanding individual to join our small, but dynamic organisation.

With 40 years of experience, we want to make sure we can offer our specialised physical and social health and wellbeing therapies to all those living with neurological conditions in our community and build meaningful partnerships to help us do it.

This role will focus on diversifying our income streams to support the charity’s mission, actively exploring dynamic ways to engage a wide range of business and corporate partners. This role offers an opportunity to help develop and sustain the charity long term sustainability.

You will be responsible for building long-term, mutually beneficial relationships and will create and manage a diverse pipeline to fund the charity’s multi-year, strategic programmes, securing support through a variety of service awareness programme, corporate fundraising initiatives. This is a new role, and we want a passionate and business focused person to join our small dynamic team.

Why join us:

This is a great opportunity to join an established community-based charity and help shape its future. You will help us in building new connections and our approach to business development.

In return for your work, passion and dedication, we offer development opportunities, a benefit package including 30 days’ holiday, flexible working pattern to help with work-life balance, and an employee Health Plan. But most importantly we offer a positive, supportive work culture where we value innovation, dedication and a good sense of humour.

We are looking for a someone with experience of business development and delivering income growth through effective relationship management. You will be people-focussed and someone who loves making connections in the community, actively seeking opportunities to support the charity to achieve its ambitious goals.

Find out more about us on our Website at wearecompass.org.uk

Do you want to be part of a small charity team providing specialist therapies and support to people living with neurological conditions. If so, we are looking for an enthusiastic therapist with a special interest in neurological conditions and rehabilitation and a commitment to person-centred wellbeing assessments and support.

This opportunity would be suitable for an equivalent band 6 or experienced band 5 Physiotherapist or Rehabilitation Officer. You will be joining a friendly team with strong emphasis on continuity of care and support, with an asset based holistic wellbeing approach.

We are a well-established, supportive and friendly team who have a strong commitment to excellence and innovation in rehabilitation technologies, such as AlterG Treadmill, Mollii Suit and GMove Suit, where fully training will be provided. With 40 years of experience, we want to make sure we offer our specialised physical health and wellbeing therapies to all those who need it in our community.

Why join us:

This is a great opportunity to join an established community-based charity and help shape its future. You will work in a supportive environment to help develop your skills and rehabilitation experience. We are also highly supportive of innovation and service development, so if you are a looking for professional progression and personal development, this could be the job for you.

In return for your work, passion and dedication, we offer development opportunities, a benefit package including 30 days’ holiday, and an employee Health Plan. But most importantly we offer a positive, supportive work culture where we value creativity, dedication and a good sense of humour.

We are looking for a someone with experience and background in working with neurological and/or rehabilitation to help us expand and develop our very special neurological service provision.

Find out more about us on our Website at wearecompass.org.uk

We are currently looking to recruit support workers to join our small team within Inclusion Alliance. The role involves supporting people with learning disabilities to be included in the community and lead an ordinary life. Your work would involve helping people to access educational, social, leisure and work or volunteering opportunities in the community.

No experience or formal qualifications are necessary for the role although a caring nature, positive attitude and a sense of fun are important characteristics to have. New staff will receive paid training and undertake shadow shifts with experienced staff members during induction. We want new staff to feel ready and able to work prior to working on their own for the first time.

We have various vacancies available including part time and relief/casual positions in various locations throughout Edinburgh.

• Working hours are based between the hours of 8am and 5pm Monday to Friday
• We have various permanent and casual vacancies available.
• Relief/ Casual pay rate- £12 per hour

Candidates must be caring, motivated and have excellent communication skills whilst being committed to working in a person-centred way ensuring that support is built around the supported person’s wishes and needs.

Benefits include

• Employer contributory pension scheme
• Funded SVQ 3 qualification and learning opportunity
• Paid annual leave entitlement
• Regular paid supervision sessions
• Regular paid training and development opportunities
• Daytime Monday to Friday working
• Working for a well-established small organisation where person centred values are at the core.
• Free 24/7 access to employee support app