Jobs in Dunfermline Central, Fife

Getting the Right Support at the Right Time

Turning Point Scotland are working with Fife Council and other partners to achieve the following aim;

‘Ensure people in Cowdenbeath (and surrounding areas) at risk of or experiencing Homelessness, and people who need help to strengthen their housing stability get the right support, at the right time through a co-ordinated system response.’

We are developing an exciting approach of change. To co-ordinate the system, we have created a Whole System approach. The community navigators will be the people on the ground who will support us to work ‘upstream’ and provide the support identified to ensure people get the right support to address an issue they have, at the right time as early as possible.

The Whole System Approach and role will adapt as we learn what works best for the people that need support.

The role may require meetings across Fife and could evolve to providing a similar support in another area of Fife.

Standard working hours are 9am - 5pm Monday - Thursday, and 9am - 4.30pm Friday.

About the role

The role of Community Navigator will support early intervention and prevent a crisis. Our Community Navigator role will include:

• Supporting people in relation to housing, wellbeing and their wider social circumstances.
• Lead on setting up community drop in’s in Cowdenbeath and surrounding area, building relationships and connecting to established community hubs.
• Working with individuals to provide them with easy access to advice or low-level support. This may be one contact or several over a few weeks to help resolve an issue.
• Supporting people with more complex needs to access support within wider services in Fife, ensuring that we do not let go of someone until we are assured that another support service has taken on the Lead Professional role for the person.
• Supporting people to act in their own lives as well as directly providing support with a variety of issues including, accessing employability services, access and engage with mental health services, register with a doctor or mental health/alcohol or other drug services, linking in with welfare services, help registering child at school, etc.
• Building knowledge of local resources and developing a network of working relationships with local providers / services.
• Supporting the implementation of the steering group’s WSA Action plan and feeding in to the steering group to highlight what works well land not so well so that the WSA can learn and change the system. This will include being involved in Task and Finish groups as required, ensuring lived and living experience is heard and valued in the process.

About You

We are looking for someone who is:

• Flexible to adapt their role to meet the needs of the test of change
• Curious by nature to understand why there are barriers to someone being supported and take action to address why these work or doesn’t work for the people we support
• Self-Motivated and has a ‘can do’ attitude to support people
• Kind, Calm and Compassionate when listening and responding to people.

A level of previous working experience in a community based or social care role is an advantage, but not necessary as full training will be provided to you.

We believe the both lived and professional experience you may have is further enhanced by having the right values of respect, compassion, inclusion and integrity in order to join our team!

About Us – Fife Support Service

The Fife Support Service operates a Whole System Approach team, where these posts will work, in addition to a Housing First Team. This is the start of an exciting journey as we develop the WSA.

We believe that we are not going to end Homelessness by focussing on service delivery alone. Ending, preventing, or responding effectively to homelessness demands input from housing but also from across the public service system – no one service, or approach is going to have all the answers. These inputs need to be coordinated and integrated, underpinned by effective communication and information sharing arrangements and overseen by a strategic structure that brings agencies together around a shared goal. We believe that whatever door someone opens, this is the right door (No Wrong Door Approach) and when this door is opened, they are met with a co-ordinated multi agency response.

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.

We welcome applications from all candidates who are eligible to work in the United Kingdom. However, we are not able to sponsor visas.

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

Award-winning animal charity, Pet Blood Bank UK, is recruiting for the position of Assistant Marketing Manager. You will play a key role in supporting the Marketing Manager and team to deliver the charity’s marketing and fundraising strategies, ensuring we continue to grow, raise awareness, and build our community. A strong understanding of marketing with a creative and proactive approach is essential for this position.

Background

Launched in 2007, Pet Blood Bank UK is the only charity that provides a blood bank service for all vets across the UK. As part of our charitable remit, our aim is to advance animal health and welfare and to relieve suffering by providing quick and convenient access to blood. Every unit of blood helps save up to four other lives, saving thousands of lives every year.

Our Values

Caring. Pioneering. Real. These are the values Pet Blood Bank UK is built upon. Our values bind us together as a charity and guide everything we do. We expect every team member to know, understand and embody our values, helping to build our reputation as a pioneering, caring and practical charity. Read more about our values.

What you’ll do

• Work closely with the Marketing Manager to deliver the marketing strategy for the year in line with the overall strategy for the charity
• Take responsibility for defined projects within the marketing plan, delivering against agreed goals and objectives.
• As a custodian of our brand, you will ensure everything we do is in alignment with our brand identity and values
• Contribute to the creation and delivery of marketing campaigns to raise awareness and grow the charity
• Support the marketing team to thrive within their roles, ensuring they have the tools needed to deliver their work, as well as reviewing and approving any materials and communications they produce
• Support the marketing team and Senior Management Team in the absence of the Marketing Manager
• Work closely with the Marketing Manager and marketing team to deliver the fundraising strategy for the year
• Work with the team to deliver the events strategy for the year, including attending events across the year
• Support the delivery of our customer and volunteer strategies
• Oversee KPIs for the department and produce regular performance reports
• Take part in a rota to monitor social media channels across the weekend

What we need

We’re looking for someone creative who has a good all round understanding of marketing. This is a varied role with the opportunity to get involved in many different aspects of marketing. Good organisational skills, excellent copywriting, and a strong attention to detail are essential.

We’re looking for someone who has:

• A marketing or business qualification, or equivalent experience
• Minimum three years of experience in a marketing role
• A passionate, proactive, and creative approach
• A high level of personal motivation and passion for the cause
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including presentation or media skills
• The ability to work under pressure with competing priorities
• A passion for supporting and helping to grow a team

What’s in it for you

In return, we offer full training, competitive salary with pay progression, contributory pension scheme, lifestyle rewards, and 30 days annual holidays (pro rata, including bank holidays).

Further details

This is a permanent part-time role based in our Dunfermline office, working 24 hours per week, ideally 6 hours per day across 4 days. Hours can be discussed at interview.

This role involves taking part in a 1 in 3 rota to monitor our social media channels over the weekend, which we expect takes no more than one hour across the two days. If you are on duty, you will finish one hour earlier on your last working day of the week before.

Occasional travel will be involved to attend donation sessions, events, our Loughborough office, and other marketing related activities that could take place across the UK.