Jobs in South Ayrshire

Do you love creating content that makes people stop scrolling?

We are seeking a digitally confident and imaginative Content & Digital Marketing Officer to join the Communications & Marketing Team at an exciting time for the Ayrshire Hospice.

This role has a strong focus on social media and engaging digital storytelling, helping us share powerful stories about our clinical services, fundraising activity, retail (including our evolving Gargowan brand and café), and the impact of hospice care across Ayrshire and Arran.

Working within agreed marketing plans and brand guidelines, you will create and deliver high-quality content across digital platforms and marketing channels, bringing Hospice stories to life through video, photography, graphics and compelling written content.

The post holder will report to the Head of Communications & Marketing and work collaboratively with colleagues across clinical, fundraising, retail and operational teams.

This is an excellent opportunity for an early-career marketer or content creator to build a varied and meaningful portfolio within a purpose-led organisation.

Please note: The role is based in Ayr; however, a degree of flexibility may be offered when needed and can be discussed further at interview.

Join us as a Service Manager in South Ayrshire

Our team in South Ayrshire is recruiting for a Service Manager, to join them in providing high quality recovery care to a diverse service user group. If you are a dynamic leader, who can inspire others to make a difference for their clients using a compassionate and collaborative approach, we want to hear from you.

As a leading charity supporting people with drug, alcohol, and mental health challenges, we operate over 80 services across England and Scotland, providing free and confidential support to more than 100,000 people each year. Find out more about us here.

Job Description

You will be based in our South Ayrshire service, which provides emotional and practical support to individuals and families affected by alcohol and drug use. Our teams work with people at every stage of their recovery journey — providing evidence-based psychosocial interventions, helping clients build resilience, exploring the root causes of substance misuse and achieving meaningful change.

These services include:

• Our Recovery Service
• Family Support Service
• Connect4Change (in partnership with NHS Ayrshire & Arran and Ayrshire Council on Alcohol)
• Recovery Out of Alcohol and Drugs Support Service (ROADS) (in partnership with RecoveryAyr and Barnardo’s)

As Service Manager, you will be responsible for collaboratively leading the service to ensure a high level of performance by meeting targets and KPIs set, whilst creating a supportive and inclusive environment. This post requires excellent leadership skills to work innovatively and confidently, supporting staff in high performing recovery work, overseeing quality assurance and safeguarding and with the capacity to work within competing demands and tight timescales. You will work closely with the Head and Director of Service Delivery to ensure clear communication and a mutually agreed delivery of service.

Safeguarding those we provide our services to, sharing your concerns and putting the right interventions in place is key to the success of this role. You will work with a dedicated team of people, building strong relationships with other agencies to deliver the comprehensive support needed by those using our services. You will lead your team, providing development and clear direction aligned with the organisational aims and be a strong advocate for WithYou externally, maintaining and building our profile as you go.

This is a permanent, full-time role working 37.5 hours per week between Monday - Friday 9am to 5pm, with some evening and weekend flexibility as required. The salary for this position is £38,000 - £44,000 per annum.

Company Benefits

• 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• An extra day off for your birthday or a special occasion of your choice
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• 2 days paid volunteer leave per year
• Auto-enrollment into We Are With You’s pension scheme
• Access to a Blue Light Card - giving you great savings on big high-street and online brands
• Flexible working opportunities and access to a range of services and resources to support you with your wellbeing
• We have an excellent Refer a Friend scheme which offers you a £500 bonus for any recommendations, any role! Our scheme allows you to recommend your friends and family to work with us and earn a £500 bonus payment for every successful referral you make. Please note, the Refer a Friend scheme is only applicable if your recommended friend completes their 6 months probation period

Essential Skills

The most important thing you can bring to this role is clear and inspirational leadership. We’re open to discussions with candidates working in leadership roles outside of the drug and alcohol arena - for example, in mental health or housing. We’re most interested in your ability to demonstrate motivational leadership skills, with the drive to promote staff development and retention. You’ll have the support of a Head of Service Delivery and a wider team of experienced and dedicated stakeholders across the organisation.

If you have experience managing comparable services, as either an established manager or in a team leader or similar capacity and you are looking for the next step up in your career, we would welcome your application and a further discussion.

You should have:

• SSSC Registered Managers qualification or equivalent (or be willing to complete this)
• A proven track record of managing and supervising others
• Experience in drug and alcohol support services, or in an equivalent social care setting
• Experience of partnership working and within multidisciplinary teams
• Experience of working within community based services
• Ability to develop and lead a cohesive team
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to quickly establish credibility and/or make a positive impact
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written

Company Description

Action Against Stalking is a charity organisation that provides free professional confidential independent support advocacy for individuals who are experiencing stalking. Founded by Dr. Ann Moulds CBE, AAS shares knowledge and expertise with justice agencies, provides training and CPD to professionals, and influences policy and practice nationally and internationally. See our website actionagainststalking.org for information.

Role Description

This is a non-renumerated Board of Trustees role at Action Against Stalking. The Trustees are responsible for the overall governance, strategic direction, and financial oversight of the charity. The role involves attending board meetings, participating in committee work, contributing to the development and implementation of strategic plans, and ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. alongside the chair, CEO and appointed trustees. This is a hybrid role, ideally based in and around Ayrshire, Glasgow, the Lothians and Lanarkshire. Remote work is the norm, with a requirement to attend at least two board meetings per annum, along with the AGM in person

We are seeking individuals with a passion for supporting our charity with our primary focus on victim rights and victim support. We hold relationships with agencies and support partners across Scotland, and the wider national and international communities. We warmly welcome applications from individuals with experience in the criminal justice system, legal practice, or related areas of law.

We actively encourage applications from individuals of diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and those with disabilities. We particularly welcome candidates with experience in law, victim advocacy, and the criminal justice sector. We believe that diversity and inclusion strengthen our mission and bring valuable perspectives to our work. We are seeking committed individuals from wide and varied backgrounds to join us.

If you have the skills, and you think you’ve got what it takes, we want to hear from you.

Qualifications

• Experience in governance and strategic leadership
• Appreciation and understanding of the issues surrounding stalking
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work collaboratively, as a team player and make collective decisions
• Financial literacy and experience in financial oversight
• Experience at a senior level with committees and board representation
• Commitment to the mission and values of Action Against Stalking
• Availability to attend board meetings and engage in committee work

We are looking for a Substance Misuse Nurse to join our service in South Ayrshire.

Our team in South Ayrshire are recruiting for an experienced Substance Misuse Nurse, to join them in providing high quality recovery care to a diverse service user group. If you are an enthusiastic and creative registered nurse, passionate about changing people’s lives for the better, we’d love to hear from you.

We need your passion and dedication to help us change the lives of the people we support. You will be part of a dynamic team who will value your input and ideas. Our clients will benefit from your clinical skill set, experience and knowledge as you empower them to overcome their personal challenges. We truly believe that education is a powerful tool, we are continuously learning how our clients want to be supported and reflecting on ways to improve our services.

This is an extremely rewarding role, one from which you will have the opportunity to be part of a patient's journey from end to end. We are certain this role will remind you of why you chose nursing as a career pathway. As a leading charity supporting people with drug, alcohol, and mental health challenges, we operate over 80 services across England and Scotland, providing free and confidential support to more than 100,000 people each year. Find out more about us on our website.

Job Description

As our Substance Misuse Nurse, you will provide a range of health and wellbeing and harm reduction interventions to service users in accordance with the agreed model of service delivery. You will deliver high standards of nursing care to those affected by substance misuse and be responsible for the assessment of care needs, development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care.

You will be an advocate for our patients, working closely with them to identify the physical, psychological, spiritual and social support they need. You will work flexibly providing a high standard of nursing care in a variety of settings, promoting the health and well-being of service users whilst maintaining a safe, caring and therapeutic environment.

You will participate as an active member of the nursing and multi-disciplinary teams, accountable for your practice, and work in partnership with other health care professionals, psycho-social case managers, patients and others in the delivery of care. You will support the delivery of specific healthcare clinics or groups, designed to support and educate clients, providing them with practical tools to overcome life’s challenges, this will include pre-session planning and post-session evaluation.

The post is within the Connect4Change Service who provide multidisciplinary intensive, flexible, and assertive outreach support for vulnerable people who:

• are 16+ and a resident of South Ayrshire
• may be disengaging from core alcohol or drugs services
• and / or have had recent contact with emergency services due to their alcohol and drug use
• and / or have experienced a recent non-fatal overdose
• Please note that you must have current NMC registration to be considered for this position.

Please see thefull job descriptionto support your application.

Company Benefits

• 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• An extra day off for your birthday or a special occasion of your choice
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• 2 days paid volunteer leave per year
• Auto-enrollment into We Are With You’s pension scheme
• Access to a Blue Light Card - giving you great savings on big high-street and online brands
• Flexible working opportunities and access to a range of services and resources to support you with your wellbeing
• We have an excellent Refer a Friend scheme which offers you a £500 bonus for any recommendations, any role! Our scheme allows you to recommend your friends and family to work with us and earn a £500 bonus payment for every successful referral you make. Please note, the Refer a Friend scheme is only applicable if your recommended friend completes their 6 months probation period

Essential Skills

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration and post registration clinical experience
• Experience of delivering nursing interventions in a community setting
• Demonstrable experience of comprehensive assessment of need including risk assessments
• Knowledge of safe storage, handling and administration of drugs in particular controlled drugs
• Be able to work constructively with a wide variety of groups and individuals in a range of settings and work roles
• Be able to assess plans, implement and evaluate service user care and act accordingly if untoward changes occurred
• Be able to positive engage service users and treat the with respect and dignity
• Have effective written and communication skills
• Ideally you will have experience of working in a drug and alcohol setting

As we continue to grow our services to meet increasing demand, we are seeking a dedicated and experienced Talking Therapies practitioner to take a strategic and operational lead in delivering psychological support services to adults and young people affected by and bereaved from cancer across Ayrshire.

Reporting to our Director of Care Services, our TTL will be responsible for the leadership, development, and delivery of Ayrshire Cancer Support’s talking therapy services. This includes direct provision of high-level one to one and group psychological support to those affected by cancer, supervision of the counselling team, and service development aligned with best practice, governance, and quality standards.

The position is suitable for one of the following mental health professionals; Either a Clinical Associate in Applied Psychology; or a Nursing or Allied Health Professional with specialist training; or an experienced talking therapist qualified in one or more therapeutic approach (counselling, psychotherapy, CBT, EMDR) whilst holding registration with a relevant regulatory body (e.g., NMC, HCPC, BACP, COSCA). A satisfactory Level 2 PVG will also be an essential requirement for the role.

Whilst third sector experience is desirable, this is not essential. The role will operate over 30 hours per week between Monday and Friday, and we are open to discussing how these hours are worked. The role will involve working flexibly throughout Ayrshire and between our support centres in Kilmarnock and Ayr.

Full details can be found in the recruitment pack below.