Jobs in Stirling

This is an exciting new partnership pilot scheme aimed at reducing substance misuse, anti-social and violence through early intervention and prevention and supporting young people to become more resilient, confident and capable of fulfilling their potential. This is joint initiative between Stirling community and Police Scotland and is part of Stilring Community Enterprise's commitment to the Promise.

You will be passionate about reducing inequalities and empowering young people to achieve their potential. Drawing upon your own personal 'lived experience' you will build relationships with young people based upon SCE's core values of respect, honesty, trust and compassion, supporting them to access positive destinations. Working in partnership with Community Police, Go Forth and Stirling Council's Youth Participation Team, you will offer a visible, approachable and personable presence within the City Centre, engage with local business owners, local people and visitors to create and promote and safer, positive experience within Stirling, while putting the positive futures of young people at the heart of everything you do.

About SCE:

Stirling community Enterprise are a leading training, employability and support service committed to reducing inequalities and poverty through the creation of more resilient, inclusive and sustainable communities. We do this through the delivery of accredited, non-accredited and personal development programmes. Our work helps all people, regardless of their age, or circumstances to overcome barriers and become more resilient, providing them access to opportunities that may empower them to maximise their potential, improve their life chances, health and wellbeing and quality of life.

Our values are respect, trust, honesty, compassion and relationships. Our values are embedded and demonstrated at all levels of the organisation and these values underpin our commitment to reducing inequalities and poverty through developing more resilient and sustainable communities.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a leading social enterprise committed to supporting individuals and communities to become more resilient and sustainable. You will be passionate about reducing inequalities and empowering individuals to achieve their potential. This post will support the development of our Resilient Futures Project through our commitment to The Promise. You will work closely with a range of partners, including Police Scotland, The NHS, DWP, Skills Development Scotland, Stirling Council and a range of third sector organisations, demonstrating our values of respect, trust, honesty, compassion and relationships in all that you do.

About SCE:

Stirling community Enterprise are a leading training, employability and support service committed to reducing inequalities and poverty through the creation of more resilient, inclusive and sustainable communities. We do this through the delivery of accredited, non-accredited and personal development programmes. Our work helps all people, regardless of their age, or circumstances to overcome barriers and become more resilient, providing them access to opportunities that may empower them to maximise their potential, improve their life chances, health and wellbeing and quality of life.

Our values are respect, trust, honesty, compassion and relationships. Our values are embedded and demonstrated at all levels of the organisation and these values underpin our commitment to reducing inequalities and poverty through developing more resilient and sustainable communities.

Are you passionate about women and children’s rights? Do you have the skills, knowledge and experience to work with children and young people experiencing domestic abuse?

The Children’s workers are responsible for providing day-to-day support for children in Stirling Women’s Aid’s refuge and outreach programmes. This includes providing support to individual children and young people including arranging and attending meetings with health, education, and social work. The children’s workers will work closely with Stirling Women’s Aid’s Women’s and Outreach family workers to provide a comprehensive service across the local authority.

The role requires a range of experience and skills. You must be able to work independently and manage your own workload. You must have a strong commitment to equality and a feminist understanding of domestic abuse. You will have strong communication skills and will be able to develop and maintain positive working relationships.

Must hold a current driving license.

Organisation profile:Stirling and District Women’s Aid offers support, information and temporary refuge accommodation for women and their children who have been physically, emotionally or sexually abused by a partner or former partner. We work closely with a range of statutory and voluntary sector organisations.

Website: stirlingwomensaid.co.uk

About Aberlour Options Borders

At Aberlour Options Borders we provide a range of support services for young people up to the age of 18 years who have various disabilities. Our aim is to provide families with a short break from their caring role through the provision of high quality child-centred services which provide a positive experience for the young people we work with.

We have a strong reputation for supporting young people with high levels of complex needs, supporting them to grow, learn and maximise their potential. We believe that every child has the right to flourish. Our Young People’s Workers play a fundamental role in ensuring that the young people they work with have the best possible experience in working towards their objectives in line with their care plan. Whilst not without its challenges and demands, this is a highly rewarding role, where the work we do has a demonstrable impact on each young person's progress. Using a person-centred approach you will provide enabling support ensuring the highest level of physical, personal and emotional care to support children in their daily living and within the local community.

What we are looking for....

We have an opening for a Young People’s Worker on a permanent basis. Usual hours would be around 23 per week during term time for 42 weeks of the year and 35 hours per week for 10 weeks of the year (school holidays). Working an average of 25.30 hours per week. Hours are worked between 3pm and 10pm on weekdays (excluding Mon and Tues). Weekends open full time, hours worked between 12pm Friday and 5pm Sunday. Holiday weeks are full time and shifts can be around the clock. You will be part of a residential respite rota which will require you to work days, evenings, nights, weekends and public holidays. There will be a requirement to do sleepover shifts and these will be paid at £65 per sleepover.

Shift patterns vary. For 10 weeks of the year during school holidays, shifts are available around the clock. Standard shifts would be 8-4.15pm or 4-10pm. Sleepovers are also a part of this. For 42 weeks of the year, we work on a pattern of Wed-Sunday one week and Friday to Sunday the following week. Wednesday-Friday is afternoons and evenings. Standard weekend shifts are 8-4.15pm or 4-10pm. Sleepovers are also a part of this.

At Aberlour we want to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team.

A Day in the Life of a Young People’s Worker

Our day usually starts around 7.30am with the morning routine. We support our young people to get ready for their day ahead assisting with all aspects of personal hygiene. We then prepare breakfast and medications for each of our young people and organise the day’s activities. We plan mornings out, considering the health and safety requirements for each activity we undertake. After lunch we prepare an in-house activity. This also allows staff to complete daily paperwork such as weekend logs for our young people, updating care plans and review reports etc. In the evening we cook a healthy dinner considering our knowledge of our young peoples’ likes and dislikes and particularly if they have restricted diets.

"Aberlour Options provide a safe, fun and homely environment for respite for our son. He loves going to stay and asks daily when his next visit is" Parent

"Aberlour treat me like part of the family" Young Person

If you have an interest in working with young people we would like to hear from you. Ideally, candidates will have social care experience, an understanding of autism, complex needs and mental health and have the relevant qualifications or will be willing to work towards these.

What we offer...

As well as a supportive team and excellent training opportunities, we want all our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, an excellent employer pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts across various retailers.

Care Opinion CIC is an independent, not-for-profit social enterprise run by a small, committed and passionate team. Our mission is to make it safe and simple for everyone to share their experiences of health and care services in ways which connect people together for change. Inclusion, transparency, integrity and innovation are some of the values which drive what we do and how we do it.

We are recruiting an enthusiastic Engagement and Support Officer to support our operations in Stirling and projects across the wider business.

You will be part of a team providing comprehensive support service to existing Care Opinion customers, to support the engagement of new customers (across health and social care).

Many of the organisations and teams that Care Opinion works with recognise they would like to do more with online feedback but need support to do this. This involves working with both an executive and operational lead to drive forward their involvement with Care Opinion.

Support will be wide ranging; from helping to collate information and working on implementation plans, to supporting individual staff to promote Care Opinion at a local level and respond to online feedback in an open and transparent way.

Skills the ideal candidate will possess

• Be able to manage your own workload
• Be well organised
• Be a problem solver
• Be creative and enthusiastic
• Diplomatic
• Have great attention to detail

Our support team recently presented at our organisational team day and gave an overview on the role of Engagement and Support Officer. They shared what "a day in the life" looked liked for them.

You might find it helpful to view their presentation to give you a sense of the role:

A day in the life of subscriber support Feb 2022 presentation

Job Role and Person Specification

Engagement-and-support-officer-Stirling-Sept23.docx

An opportunity has arisen within Change Grow Live Forth Valley for two Recovery Coordinators to join our team. Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each user as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment and care options.

Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’ and our team members apply these daily to achieve our mission of helping people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential.

Responsibilities

About the role:

• Supporting service users from point of entry into the service and through their treatment/recovery journey
• Providing screening, assessment, and recovery planning and onward referral
• Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community
• Promoting carer, service user and community involvement
• Providing advocacy for access to partnership services
• Working with service users to support social (re)integration, enabling them to lead meaningful and purposeful lives: promoting recovery, resilience, peer support and self-determination

About you:

• Have a strong understanding of substance misuse issues and experience of working within a similar field
• Be an excellent communicator, both verbal and written with good IT skills
• Proactive and able to work on own initiative with excellent time management and prioritising skills
• Have a good working knowledge of mental health interventions, services, and good practice
• Be a supportive team player with strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work in partnership with a wide range of professionals, agencies, and internal/external stakeholders
• Ability to manage change successfully in a way that prioritises the needs of service users
• Understand the importance of information governance processes and commit to follow and apply all necessary safeguards
• Seek out learning opportunities to improve and broaden your professional knowledge and skills and to contribute and oversee the learning and development of others.

As the Youth and Community Development Officer, you will play an important part in delivering our youth work programmes in Forth Valley.

This is an exciting opportunity to provide high quality youth work to LGBTQ+ young people through youth groups and one to one support, empowering them to achieve their potential. We are looking for a skilled youth worker who can help us ensure that we are sustaining a safe and welcoming space for young people. An important part of this role is to be responsible for the development of our work with LGBTQ+ young people, groups and networks in the Forth Valley area, by working in partnership with key local stakeholders and to develop and maintain these partnerships. You will also support the Central & North youth work team with events, projects, and community development activities and take the lead on these across Forth Valley.

As this post involves direct work with young people, you will be required to obtain PVG scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland if successful at interview. The Charity will complete these checks with you. Your employment will be confirmed after successful completion of this and any other necessary checks including references and your right to work in the UK.

Your employment will be confirmed after successful short-listing, interview and any necessary checks including a basic disclosure, references, and your right to work in the UK. If you feel you have the relevant experience and can meet the essential criterial in the job role, we would love to hear from you. We always welcome applications that clearly demonstrate the skills and criteria we need, whether that be in a professional or volunteer capacity. We also appreciate that the best person for the job might not have all the essential and desirable criteria, so if you are unsure whether your skills and experience fit the specification, please contact barry.jordan@lgbtyouth.org.uk for an informal conversation prior to applying.

We are leading the way for change!

At Forth Valley Rape Crisis Centre we create healing and empowering environments that make the prevention of and recovery from sexual violence possible.

We need new trustees to support and guide us; inspirational women and critical friends who share and can promote our values: Survivor Centred, Kindness, Innovation, Diversity and Representation, and Transparency.

We are looking for women from all walks of life, whether you are an experienced trustee or looking to take your first steps onto a board, we want to hear from you. Our trustees will have skills, experience or passion for one or more of the following areas:

• accountancy
• lobbying skills
• fundraising
• business development
• ensuring services are accessible and inclusive
• ability to build effective and collaborative working relationships.
• commitment to feminism and feminist governance.
• commitment to eradicating the issues around sexual violence.
• commitment to incorporating survivors’ voices and lived experience to shape services that truly meet the needs of survivors

We are looking to recruit a Community Development Officer in Stirling, to engage key partners and stakeholders in the region tailoring support, training, and education to create suicide safer communities.

What you will do:

• Identify, develop and maintain effective partnerships with local communities, volunteers and key partners across the region to engage them in the prevention of young suicide.
• Proactively promote suicide prevention including raising the profile of PAPYRUS and engaging with those personally affected by young suicide.
• Equip a wide range of stakeholders to enable them to create sustainable suicide safer communities through the provision of tailored support, training, and education.
• Deliver training and awareness raising products to a variety of groups including professionals, parents, young people, volunteers, and other trainers.
• Contribute to the development and review of projects, and education and training products, in line with the strategic plan.
• Contribute to and promote campaigns, training and opportunities as outlined in the Regional and Strategic Plans.
• Represent the charity at events including conferences, panels, working groups and through media channels as required.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Previous experience working in a community setting, delivering information and training sessions, leading workshops, or educational activities.
• A proven track record of networking and building and managing effective relationships, tailoring the approach to meet the differing needs of the audience.
• Experience as a qualified ASIST Trainer or willingness to gain qualification and experience.
• Experience of using own initiative and creativity to develop a project, programme, or area of work.
• The ability to travel to different locations across Scotland and the wider UK to attend meetings, events and deliver training.

Overview

Change Grow Live Forth Valley have successfully been awarded funding from the Scottish Government Innovation Fund to support the recruitment and integration of Peer Harm Reduction Navigators into our established Forth Valley Harm Reduction team.

We are delighted to open recruitment for the first 4 Peer Harm Reduction Navigator posts who will bring additional capacity to our team. The posts are an opportunity for individuals with lived or living experience of alcohol or drug use to gain work experience and training and enhance their longer-term employability.

Responsibilities

The successful candidates will work within our established Harm Reduction team, providing assertive outreach to engage with more difficult to reach service users through offering harm reduction interventions, engagement, and support to access services. This service will be offered in a variety of locations across Forth Valley.

We offer extensive learning opportunities which may include access to SVQ.

The successful candidates will have a passion for recovery, an openness to a variety of approaches and interventions, a willingness to learn, good communication and literacy skills.

Change Grow Live are committed to creating an inclusive environment, which celebrates difference and allows our staff and service users to flourish. We recruit the very best staff from a wide range of backgrounds, ensuring service users benefit from our diverse skills and expertise. We always work to the principles of fairness and equality of opportunity in all our recruitment processes.

We also expect an assertive approach to ensuring the safety and well-being of all children, young people and adults, and applicants to these posts will need to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to best safeguarding practice.

Could you be Key?

Being a support worker is a role where you can make every day matter. It's a job with challenges that make your heart beat faster, where you can give something of yourself and empower amazing people on their journey through life.

At key we support disabled people of all ages to make every day matter.

We are passionate about being the very best employer we can be, ensuring our staff feel well supported and valued in their roles. As well as being part of a supportive, local team you will be eligible for:

• Hourly rate of £11.00* (Induction rate £10.90) - *pay award pending.

• Sleepover hourly rate of £10.90.

• Competitive annual leave and company sick pay.

• Enhanced pay for work on targeted Public Holidays.

• Paid Membership of Disclosure Scotland’s PVG Scheme.

• Full, in-depth training for your role.

• Fully funded SVQ qualification with support provided to achieve this.

• Employee Assistance Programme offering free confidential counselling, advice and support on a wide range of issues.

• A Workplace Pension.

• Free access to occupational health support.

• Credit Union Membership.

• Cycle to Work Scheme.

• Costco Membership.

• Blue Light Card/Blue Light Ticket registration which offer a range of discounts and savings.

• Concerts for Carers registration.

Join us and make every day matter! Support Workers and Relief Support Workers.

No experience necessary! Training and support will be given to help you achieve your full potential.

If you would like to get involved in support work but cannot commit to a contract due to other commitments, we also have opportunities for you to complement our existing workers by joining our relief register of bank support workers. This will mean you can work in a way that best suits you and fits with your life.