PVG: This post requires membership of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme. Application will be processed for the successful candidate.

Space @ The Broomhouse Hub is a community anchor organisation supporting people and their families in South West Edinburgh, with some of our services stretching city wide.

WE BELIEVE THAT CONNECTIONS BUILD COMMUNITIES

Space delivers 22 projects, with around 70 staff and over 200 volunteers. We deliver diverse services supporting young people, families, older people and carers amongst others.

For more information about Space and all our projects can be found on our website – spacescot.org

The Role:

The main role of the Community Link Worker is to provide a person-centred service that is responsive to the needs and interests of a GP practice and its patients. This Community Link Worker position is based in the Tollcross Health Centre which encompasses the GP practices of Polwarth, Leven and Gilmore.

The Community Link Worker will support patients referred by the Primary Care teams to:

• Identify issues affecting their ability to live well
• Identify personal outcomes and priorities
• Provide a person centred approach to support patients to overcome barriers to achieving personal goals
• Link people to local and national services and agencies.

The Community Link Worker will support the GP practice teams to have increased knowledge and understanding of local and national resources available to their patients. They will also build relationships and processes between the GP practice and community resources, statutory organisations, other health services and voluntary organisations.

The post-holder must have experience of working with people who are facing complex social and emotional circumstances. They will also have excellent and effective interpersonal skills, being able to demonstrate an ability to work with people on a 1:1 basis as well as experience in networking and relationship building with other professionals and organisations.

The full job description and person specification can be found below.

About the Community Link Worker Programme:

The Community Links Worker programme, funded by EVOC and Edinburgh Health & Social Care Partnership, is delivered in partnership with GP Practices and the 3rd sector to support people to live well through strengthening connections between community resources and primary care.

This Community Link Worker post holder will be employed by Space @ The Broomhouse Hub and will be supervised and supported by Space Head of Community & Connections, and the Community Link Worker Network Area Lead for South Edinburgh, who will work together to ensure that the post holder is on track to meet outcomes prescribed by the Scottish Government and Edinburgh Integrated Joint Board.

This post will be based predominantly at Tollcross Health Centre with some possible home working and occasional visits to the Broomhouse Hub.

About Space:

Space @ The Broomhouse Hub is a community anchor organisation supporting people and their families in Southwest Edinburgh, with some of our services stretching city wide.

WE BELIEVE THAT CONNECTIONS BUILD COMMUNITIES

Space delivers 22 projects, with around 70 staff and over 200 volunteers. We deliver diverse services supporting young people, families, older people and carers amongst others.

For more information about Space and all our projects can be found on our website – spacescot.org

The Role:

We are seeking to recruit a suitably experienced Young Persons Counsellor or Art Therapist to deliver one to one support to children and young people aged 5-26 years of age.

Through therapeutic support, the post holder will build young people’s confidence and self-esteem, enabling them to better cope with their individual challenges.

Suitable candidates for this role must have worked with young people under 26yrs in a therapeutic setting, ideally having some experience of working with children aged 5-18yrs, and have a broad understanding of the difficulties young people face.

The post holder(s) will receive regular support and supervision with Space Head of Community & Connections, and external clinical supervision to discuss caseload, the cost of which will be paid by Space.

The successful candidate will hold a qualification in counselling or art therapy and be a registered member of BACP/UKCP/COSCA/HCPC or equivalent body.

Work with young people will take place in various schools across Edinburgh or at The Broomhouse Hub. As this post involves working in various locations a full driving license and access to a vehicle for work purposes is required.

Download the full job description and person specification can be found below.

Wellbeing Together South West Partnership

This role is part of the Wellbeing Together South West partnership, which has been set up to offer early support to 5-24 year olds, and young people who are care experienced aged up to 26 years.

Focused on mental health, wellbeing, and distress, the free services within the partnership will be delivered by four community organisations – Space @ The Broomhouse Hub, SAMH, Big Hearts Community Trust and With Kids.

With funding from the Scottish Government, this partnership aims to provide support at the earliest opportunity to prevent mental health challenges developing for children and young people and reduce the need for them to require intensive mental health services.

PVG: This post requires membership of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme

Do you want to work for an organisation that truly cares about its staff?

Would you like to use your skills to make a difference to the lives of hundreds of families every week?

If the answer is ‘yes’, Space is the place for you!

At Space we are all about a healthy and happy workplace, we think we’re doing a pretty decent job but we’re always on the lookout for new ways to learn and improve on what we offer.

We are a flexible organisation, we embrace hybrid working – a mix of connecting in person and remotely. So, if you need to walk the dog, go to the gym, or have commitments outside of work, we’re open to talking through flexible working options that work for you and us. After all if it’s good for you, we reckon it’s probably good for us too.

As a dynamic organisation no two days are the same, with a wealth of learning and development opportunities for our staff and volunteers.

We are an accredited Living Wage employer and proud to share our Carer Positive accreditation, as part of our commitment to the growing number of people in the workforce who need flexibility due to their caring role.

Space is wholly committed to inclusion and diversity and to building a culture and environment where everyone is appreciated for the unique person they are.

About Space:

WE BELIEVE THAT CONNECTIONS BUILD COMMUNITIES

Space @ The Broomhouse Hub is a community anchor organisation supporting people and their families in South West Edinburgh, with some of our services stretching city wide.

Space delivers 22 projects, with around 70 staff and over 250 volunteers. We deliver diverse services supporting young people, families, older people and carers amongst others.

For more information about Space and all our projects can be found on our website – spacescot.org

The Role:

We are recruiting for a Compliance Officer to join our Central Services team, to strengthen the internal support structure that we provide for our staff, volunteers, members and stakeholders.

The Compliance Officer will ensure the organisation is aware of, and implements appropriate measure to comply with, all legislative requirements in order to meet its strategic and operational objectives.

They will promote a positive Health & Safety culture throughout the organisation to ensure a safe environment for staff, volunteers, service users and other who we engage with.

The right candidate for this role will be able to deliver on the serious nature of compliance matters with a positive and encouraging approach, imparting their knowledge in a way that is easy to digest.

Key areas of responsibility will include:

• Maintain an organisation wide policy database, following a schedule of review and approval to ensure the organisation meets it’s legal, professional and best practice obligations
• Ensuring staff have read and understood all policies relevant to their role, and communicate any policy changes to the team
• Ensure the Risk Register is updated, following a schedule of review, supporting managers to identify and assess any risks within their areas of work
• Implement and review any Risk Assessments relating to safety within the building and grounds, and support managers to implement and review Risk Assessments in their areas of work
• Review incident/accident/near miss reports, carrying out investigations where required, communicating any concerns or procedural changes to the management team and relevant staff
• Ensure daily, weekly, monthly and annual building safety and hygiene checks are completed by the facilities team
• Promote a culture of data safety awareness and Ensure the organisation has appropriate procedures in place to safely process, store, trace and dispose of all personal and sensitive data that is gathered in the course of our work
• Provide general administration to the board and sub-groups including scheduling trustee meetings, preparing and circulating papers, minute taking, maintaining accurate database of trustee details, supporting recruitment and on boarding of new trustees

The full detailed job description and person specification can be found below.

Occasional evening working is required in this role to facilitate board meetings and events.

Candidates that have experience in some, but not all of the key areas of responsibilities (Health & Safety, GDPR, Policy/Risk, Governance) are still encouraged to apply. There will be training and development opportunities for the right candidate.

If you would like to have a brief conversation before applying please contact Kathryn.reilly@spacescot.org.