Jobs in Clydebank Waterfront, West Dunbartonshire

About Clydebank Women’s Aid:

Do you want to work for a charity which is provided by women for women, children, and young people?

We are a small group of passionate and committed radical feminists who work collectively to deliver a high-quality service to the women, children and young people who have experienced domestic abuse.

This is a rare opportunity to work in one of Scotland’s few remaining, genuine collectives, challenging male violence against women, children and young people and supporting them in their experiences of domestic abuse. You will be working within a Collective Management structure while also providing essential face to face support.

Support Worker and Collective Manager:

As a Support Worker / Collective Manager your core responsibility will be to deliver one to one support to women, children and young people using our service. You will also be responsible for the overall project management of the service alongside the other collective members.

This would be the ideal role for someone who does not want to work from home and is looking for a varied and interesting role as no two days in Clydebank Women’s Aid are the same. You will have the unique perspective as a worker and a manager. By supporting the women, children, and young people directly, you will gain first-hand insight into the challenges and barriers they face. You will have the opportunity to contribute to local and national campaigns and legislation that could ultimately make a difference to the issues that the women, children, and young people that we support on a day-to-day basis. Your passion, vision, attitudes, skills, and ideas will be valued and will be used to propel Clydebank Women’s Aid forward.

Generous employment package:

• 14% employer pension contribution
• Continuous training and personal development opportunities
• Costs covered to complete SVQ level 9&10.
• Costs of PVG and SSSC registration covered.
• 30 days Annual leave and 12 Public holidays (pro rata)
• 7.5% of salary on-call payment

Exclusions:

Clydebank Women’s Aid is an Equal Opportunities Employer and positively welcomes applications from women from all sections of the community. Only women need apply under Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010. Successful applicants will be subjected to disclosure check through the PVG Scheme. This post is subject to suitable references and a successful completion of Induction.

Next steps:

We ask that you fully read the attached Applicant Information Pack for a full understanding of what is required for this interesting and varied role.

Stepping Stones is excited to announce that we are recruiting three full time Mental Health Support Workers – Neurodiversity to work in our experienced, busy, and compassionate team in our Stepping up for Neurodiversity! project.

About Us:

We are a user led organisation that have provided a range of mental health supports for more than 30 years within West Dunbartonshire. We pride ourselves in being a person centred organisation that believes that our service members should be empowered to design and deliver the services they need and want from our organisation. We are pro-active in the employment of people who have lived experience of mental health problems, or other disabilities, and welcome applications from all sections of our communities.

About the Role:

The new service, part funded by the National Lottery, will provide support to those neurodiverse people who have mental health challenges. The service will be delivered across West Dunbartonshire for local residents aged 16 years and older. The successful candidates will be experienced social care practitioners who are keen to develop their skills in a new and challenging role. The work will take place in local communities across the area and will include one to one and group supports. The successful candidates will have a wide range of transferable skills including experience supporting people who experience common mental health challenges. The successful candidate will work to the SSSC Codes of Practice and the Health and Social Care Standards.