Jobs in Perth and Kinross

Would you love to support community organisations to become stronger and more sustainable? Do you have experience of working with communities, able to provide information and encouragement?

Working as part of the member support team, this role will provide advice and support to our members (primarily in Argyll & Bute, Stirling and Perth & Kinross) build relationships and contribute to the growth of the development trust movement (around 3 days per week). The role will also support four groups in Scotland who are part of our Connection Trailblazers programme, funded by the National Lottery Community Fund (around 1 day per week).

Highland Perthshire PLUS is your local Charity (SC053712) that works to support people with additional support needs (ASN) and/or disabilities and their families to enable them to Play, Learn, Unite and Shine in Highland Perthshire.

The charity does this by working to create housing, employment, training and volunteering opportunities as well as improving local access to social and sporting opportunities.

We define Highland Perthshire as the area outlined by the Perth & Kinross Council Highland Ward and additional areas surrounding the catchment for Breadalbane Academy, thus reaching as far as Dunkeld, Amulree and Strathbraan.

Highland Perthshire PLUS currently works in conjunction with Perth and Kinross Disability Sport to provide free sporting activities such as swimming, boccia, and football at Breadalbane Campus. Highland Perthshire PLUS also runs Supported Volunteering at Dalweem for working age adults with an additional support need or disability, working on gardening in the warmer months and cooking and crafts in the winter.

Highland Perthshire PLUS is committed to understanding the needs of the people it serves. The organisation invites individuals to share their insights, helping us to shape services that truly reflect their priorities and aspirations.

We can only do this with your help, and it is our job to listen to your needs and respond to them. Please get in touch with the team with any queries or concerns and someone will be in touch with you to discuss. info@hpplus.net

We seek an individual, to work alongside the Ministry Team, to take on the Pastoral Care Coordinator role within the Lower Earn Network (Abernethy, Aberdalgie & Forteviot, Dunbarney & Forgandenny). You will manage the range and quality of pastoral care and work alongside us, with a God-given passion for compassionate care for others and a desire to bring God’s presence, comfort, strength and hope to anyone in need.

As such, the Pastoral Care Coordinator is expected to be actively involved in the life of the congregations. Whilst there is no requirement for the individual to live in the parish, it is expected that their activities will take place within the geographical bounds of the Lower Earn Network.

Who Cares? Scotland is Scotland’s only national independent membership organisation for Care Experienced people. Our mission is to secure a lifetime of equality, respect, and love for Care Experienced people in Scotland and we currently have over 3000 Care Experienced members.

At the heart of Who Cares? Scotland’s work are the rights of Care Experienced children and young people, and the power of their voices to bring about positive change. We provide individual relationship-based independent advocacy and a broad range of imaginative participatory opportunity for Care Experienced young people across Scotland; we work alongside corporate parents and communities of all sorts to broaden understanding; we work with policy makers, leaders and elected representatives locally and nationally to shape law, policy and practice on the basis of all that can be learnt from the voices of those with experience of care - working together to build on the aspirations of The Promise and secure positive change.

The post holder will work directly with children and young people with experience of care, in an individual relationship-based advocacy role, and within participation and group activity across our West Central region. This unique role requires you to listen to what children and young people with experience of care say and support them to ensure their rights are upheld and their voices are heard in the processes of making decisions about their lives. You will also help facilitate a broad range of participatory and engagement opportunities and create the conditions for collective advocacy.

The right candidate for this post will be brilliant at forming positive relationships with children and young people. You will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, adaptable to a wide range of contexts. You will enjoy working collaboratively with partners. You will be committed to children’s rights, inclusive working, equal opportunities, and believe that all young people can make transformative change happen in their lives if given the opportunity.

The successful candidate will be joining Who Cares? Scotland and working within the West Central locality team at an exciting time, when the voices of those who are in or have experienced care are growing in power, individually and collectively - bringing with them insight, challenge, hope and change. Flexibility will be required given the remit of the role. Some evening and weekend work will be necessary, as will a full driving licence and access to transport.

If this sounds like the role for you, we would love to hear from you. For an informal conversation about this opportunity please contact Jamie McAnally, our Advocacy and Participation Manager for our West Central team on jmcanally@whocaresscotland.org.

We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of care who meet the criteria for the post.

CCT Development Officer role and responsibilities

Responsible to the board of trustees as a whole, line-managed by the chair.

The role of the CCT Development Officer will be to work closely with our trustees, members, volunteers, other community groups, public bodies and the people of Crieff to deliver our key priorities and to help us make Crieff a better place to live, work and visit.

End vision and outputs / outcomes of the role

CCT is a key anchor organisation in Crieff. Over the last 12 years we believe that CCT has proved we can really punch above our size and deliver for our community. The role of the development officer will be to coordinate the trust’s projects, take the lead on fundraising efforts and run the trust day to day, freeing up the volunteer trustees to work on the projects themselves. We are also currently seeking future funding for this role, as well as looking for funding to support our annual core costs such as insurance, accountancy, web sites, Xero subscription etc. which amount to c. £8,000 per year. The end vision is that in 10 years time CCT is thriving and continuing to work for the benefit of Crieff.

About Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance

Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA) exists so nobody in Scotland suffers or dies because medical help cannot get there in time.

People can get sick or have accidents anywhere and anytime. But in Scotland there are places where urgent medical help cannot reach people. Or help gets there too late. And when lives are at risk every minute matters.

As a charity we rely on donations from the Scottish public, companies and communities to ensure that urgent medical help gets to the patient when it is needed, wherever they are and at speed.

The Role:

The Individual Giving Manager is a new role for SCAA, demonstrating our commitment to growth in the coming years. As this is a new role, the successful candidate will be able to make the role their own, determining success alongside the Head of Individual Giving and Engagement. You will help SCAA to achieve their ambitious goals and continue to provide a life-saving essential service across Scotland into the future through a programme of sustainable funding.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Managing and delivering the Individual Giving programme to drive supporter acquisition and increase retention across appeals, regular giving, lottery, mid-level giving and in memory fundraising.

• Working closely with colleagues and partners to formulate, deliver and monitor an effective Individual Giving strategy including new donor acquisition, donor retention programmes, development and promotion of individual giving products and propositions, including lottery and raffles, regular giving and development of a mid-value giving proposition.

• Leading on donor stewardship of our lottery programme, providing training in organisational messaging for the fundraisers and supporting reduction in attrition.

• Working closely with the Marketing and Communications team to develop and optimise campaigns and appeals.

• Working collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation to develop compelling propositions, showcasing the voices and stories of patients and supporters

• Leading on the annual budget process for Individual Giving, working with the Head of Individual Giving and Engagement and Director of Development and Engagement.

• Ensuring that all Individual Giving strategies, promotion and communications are compliant with GDPR and following good practice of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising.

About You:

• Experience of delivering successful Individual Giving programmes.

• Ability to deliver multi-channel integrated marketing campaigns in the Not-for-Profit sector.

• Demonstrable experience of working with a variety of channels including direct mail, face to face, email, social media and events.

• Ability to deliver briefs within agreed time frames and ensure these are communicated effectively.

• Excellent communication skills and ability to communicate effectively with Senior Leadership Team.

• Knowledge and experience of managing budgets and delivering financial results against agreed objectives, targets and timescales.

• Knowledge and understanding of Data Protection legislation.

• Knowledge and experience in working with a CRM database package.

• Excellent organisational skills

Benefits:

• Pension: 12% employer’s & 5% employee’s contribution (after 3 months’ service)

• Annual Leave: 36 days (incl. public holidays) + an extra day for your birthday

• Death in Service benefit: 3 times annual salary

• Optional Private Medical Insurance plan

• Access to Blue Light Card

• Learning and Development opportunities

The Organisation:

Mindspace is a community-based charity organisation committed to supporting and promoting the mental wellbeing of people in the Perth area. Mindspace is funded by NHS Tayside, Perth & Kinross Council, the Scottish Executive and donations. Mindspace’s objective is to promote mental wellbeing in a safe and supportive environment. This is provided through our counselling service, peer support and recovery college.

Purpose of Role:

To provide a counselling service for people who reside in Perth & Kinross ensuring appropriate standards of delivery, client confidentiality, and contribution to the development of the counselling service. Preferable to have experience with young people and couples.

Responsibilities:

• Liaise with clients, referrers, and relevant agencies to ensure the service is accessible to and appropriate for people seeking counselling support
• Engage in regular external counselling supervision at a level agreed with Senior Counsellor
• Maintain confidentiality appropriate to setting
• Follow good practice and ethical guidelines as required by BACP (the Counselling Service is an organisational member of BACP)
• Maintain adequate records of clients and hours worked (Salesforce)
• Liaise with admin staff over new clients, and other relevant issues
• Be registered as an individual practitioner with BACP, COSCA or equivalent professional body
• Hold your own professional indemnity insurance, and current registration with ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office)

Person Specification:

Essential

Qualification

• A counselling diploma.
• Experience of working short-term with clients (up to 12 sessions)
• Minimum of 200 hours supervised counselling practice
• Competency in working within a recognised theoretical framework
• Understanding of, and willingness to adhere to, BACP Statement of Ethics and Code of Practice
• Ability to maintain confidentiality appropriate to the setting
• Experienced at offering counselling assessments, particularly with regard to risk
• Knowledge and understanding of Child Protection and Adult support and protection issues
• Ability to work effectively within a team
• Regular individual counselling supervision
• Understanding of the particular issues related to counselling people experiencing mental health issues
• Knowledge and use of counselling monitoring and evaluation systems

Personal Qualities

• Excellent communication skills both orally and in writing
• Motivated, enthusiastic and self-aware
• Ability to work independently while mindful of accountability

Experience

• Significant post-qualifying CPD
• Experience of working in the third sector
• Knowledge of services for people in Perth and Kinross
• Experience of promoting equal opportunities and cultural diversity

We are looking for a highly motivated person-centred team leader to join our Family and Education Services Team.

The job role will lead the operational day to day delivery of a high quality family support service for parents/carers of autistic children and young people and provide a comprehensive school support

service to our education colleagues across Perth & Kinross.

Working with the operational team to ensure that family support planning is effective and engaging, the post holder will also support the Service Manager to understand trends and themes, to help innovate and develop the service. You will lead on funded projects, working within budgets set for projects and support the day to day staffing of the operational team, including performance reviews, identification of learning and development needs and caseload support, advice and information.

Responsible for staffing the service, and allocating caseloads, you will also be involved in all aspects of team management including annual leave and sickness absence and supporting our team to ensure a healthy work life balance.

You will be an ambassador for Perth Autism Support, building relationships across the community to further our vision to support autistic children and young people to reach their full potential.

About Us

Perth Autism Support was founded in 2011 to address the gaps in support for autistic children, young people and their families across Perth & Kinross.

In 2024, we have over 1200 families registered for services and support children, young people and families through the following service areas:

- Children’s Services

- Transitions Services (encompassing three project areas – Engage, Enterprise and Employability)

- Family and Education Services (including our Early Years project and Autistic Adults Peer Support)

We are governed by a Board of Trustees (8) and we have a staff team of 32.

We are based in our centre in Perth City but work across the whole of the Perth & Kinross region.

For more information, visit perthautismsupport.org.uk

We are looking for a highly motivated Autism Co-ordinator to join our Transition Services team, focussed on delivery and development of our Enterprise project.

Despite their desire to work, recent statistics tell us that nationally only 3 in 10 autistic people are in employment (The Buckland Review of Autism Employment, UK Government, 2024), and through our Transition Services at Perth Autism Support, we aim to change that narrative locally through both our Enterprise project, supporting autistic teens aged 14-16 years and our Employability project, from the age of 16-24 years.

As part of our wider Transition Services, you will be central to the successful delivery of a high-quality young person focussed service provide a fun, meaningful programme of Enterprise projects, to develop early employability skills:

- Increased confidence

- Teamworking

- Skills development – customer service, budgeting, planning etc.

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The role of Autism Co-ordinator is to lead the planning, preparation and delivery of our Enterprise programmes, using local networks and connections to look for development opportunities to continue to develop the service, whilst supporting our wider Employability work.

You will be an ambassador for Perth Autism Support, building relationships across the community to further our vision to support autistic children and young people to reach their full potential.

About Us

Perth Autism Support was founded in 2011 to address the gaps in support for autistic children, young people and their families across Perth & Kinross.

In 2024, we have over 1200 families registered for services and support children, young people and families through the following service areas:

- Children’s Services

- Transitions Services (encompassing three project areas – Engage, Enterprise and Employability)

- Family and Education Services (including our Early Years project and Autistic Adults Peer Support)

We are governed by a Board of Trustees (7) and we have a staff team of 32.

We are based in our centre in Perth City but work across the whole of the Perth & Kinross region.

For more information, visit perthautismsupport.org.uk