Victim Support Scotland – Empowering People Affected by Crime

Who We Are

Victim Support Scotland (VSS) provides support and information to people affected by crime and campaigns for victim and witness rights. Regardless of whether a crime has been reported, or when it happened, our services are free, confidential, and tailored to individuals’ needs.

Our vision is that people affected by crime – victims, witnesses, and their families – are treated with dignity and respect and are at the heart of the justice in Scotland. We put victims and witnesses at the heart of everything we do so they are heard, have improved health and well-being, feel safer, more secure, and informed and that we are an effective organisation, that makes a lasting difference. Our mission at Victim Support Scotland is to ensure that those affected by crime receive high quality support that will help them recover from their experiences. We aim to do this by adhering to our own organisational values: Organisational Values

• Victims Are at the Heart of Everything We Do
• We Care
• We Work with Intent
• We Are Ambitious
• We Persevere

Everything we do is driven by our dedication to supporting and empowering victims and witnesses, so they have improved health and well-being, feel safer, more secure, and informed. We are an effective organisation that makes a lasting difference to the people we support, and these values are reflected in the behaviours expected of all staff and volunteers.

VSS is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all of our service users and has a thorough and rigorous recruitment and selection process including PVG scheme checks in place to ensure this commitment is met.

What is the role?

This is an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Locality Manager. Working week will be between the following days and hours:

Monday - Sunday between 8am - 8pm

Salary band: £34,974 - £46,187. Salary on appointment will normally be at the lower salary point, with progression subject to review - in line with VSS progression arrangements. A higher salary placing will only be considered in exceptional circumstances subject to experience demonstrated.

Primary location: DL Building, 7 Scott Street, Motherwell, ML1 1PM. You will be expected to cover throughout LOCALITY/OFFICES.

You will be reporting directly to a Head of Service Delivery and you will be responsible for a team of Co-ordinators who in turn manage groups of volunteers to deliver and evaluate the support to victims and witnesses, our service users, at local court and community-based services.

You will be responsible for ensuring, within your services, that VSS’s organisational objectives are being implemented at a local level and have a role in business planning to ensure that all service users within your local area are aware of, and have access to, the support they need.

Additionally you will be responsible for all aspects of people management for staff in your area, ensuring that employees and volunteers are supported, knowledgeable and capable to deliver the support that meets service user’s needs.

You will bring experience from a similar role and a commitment to your own professional development. As a confident and supportive leader, you will know how to motivate others, build trust, and drive performance. You’re comfortable working with data gathering, analysing, and presenting insights that help shape decisions. You believe in fairness and inclusion with the confidence to challenge discrimination, bias, or stereotyping when you see it. Alongside this, you have a solid understanding of the voluntary and charity sector, and be willing to work flexible hours, and be prepared to travel when necessary.

If you are looking for a role with a purpose, where you can really make a difference, we want to hear from you!

Do you have a passion for helping vulnerable people enjoy as much fulfilment as they can and feel included in their community? If compassion, care and inclusiveness are an important part of who you are, our opportunities to work away from the routine in a demanding, challenging but emotionally rewarding role could be for you.

Our Turning Point Scotland Services inDumfries & Galloway are looking for people like you to help provide individualised support to adults with a wide range of needs, either on an individual 1:1 basis or alongside others and as part of a team.

Do you have a passion for connecting with people to achieve their goals in life, and enjoy the sense of achievement in empowering vulnerable people?

If so, we have a fabulous Service Manager opportunity for you to join our team, leading our services in Castle Douglas, Newton Stewart and Kirkcudbright, why not join us and reach your full potential?

Embark on an emotionally rewarding journey and apply today!

About the role

As the Registered Manager, you will be an experienced leader leading a team working with individuals who have a wide range of support needs, providing them with practical and emotional support and encouraging them to achieve their own personal outcomes in all aspects of their daily lives e.g. keeping safe, meaningful activities, community involvement, physical health, relationships, emotional health and wellbeing.

As the Registered Manager you will:

· Maintain the continuing relevance of services to individuals’ needs and purchaser requirements by ongoing planning, monitoring and evaluation.

· Oversee the financial aspects of the service, managing significant budgets, ensuring efficient use of resources and making financial decisions.

· Where a need or an opportunity is identified, lead on the development of new services, support business growth and maintain reputational excellence.

· Comply with governance, law and legislation including local authority compliance, Care Inspectorate (at level 5 and above), SSSC and safeguarding procedures.

· Support the senior management team in the streamlining, promotion and monitoring of quality assurance systems which meets the needs of individual services as well as the overall service delivery in the region.

· Develop, monitor and implement supervision and appraisal systems for staff.

About You

You will have passion and drive to take forward a well-established service and team. Be passionate and committed to the overall aims and objectives of the service and have the belief that people can live fulfilling lives with the right support in place.

You should also have:

· Experience of working with vulnerable people and leading a service delivery team, including managing the provision of a safe operating environment in a relevant context.

· The ability to negotiate with a wide range of internal and external partners and build positive relationships including local authorities and housing associations.

· Excellent planning and organisational skills with the ability to effectively prioritise your own time and workload to meet a number of different and competing tasks in sometimes pressurised environment.

· Social Service and Health Care at level 9 (SCQF) or other speciality/qualification recognised by the SSSC for registration purposes as well as a relevant management qualification.

Dumfries and Galloway Service

Turning Point Scotland Dumfries & Galloway delivers services to people with Learning Disabilities, complex health needs, on the Autistic Spectrum and with Mental Health needs. We have been successfully supporting adults in Dumfries & Galloway since 1998.

Supports are either community based or within the person’s own home. People are supported to become active members of their community through accessing local resources, building on skills, maintaining and developing friendships, employment opportunities and working towards agreed outcomes.

Each individual has a committed staff team who work together to deliver a bespoke person-centred package to meet the individual’s needs achieving agreed outcomes. We focus on enabling individuals to meet their aspirations, develop new skills, increase self-esteem and get the most out of life.

The support we provide is always person centred, we do this by involving people who know the person well, this includes family and friends, other health and Social Work professionals, Advocacy services and our own staff members.

As the Service Manager, you will work with individuals who have a wide range of support needs, providing them with practical and emotional support and encouraging them to achieve their own personal outcomes in all aspects of their daily lives e.g. keeping safe, meaningful activities, community involvement, physical health, relationships, emotional health and wellbeing.

We welcome applications from all candidates who are eligible to work in the United Kingdom. However, we are not able to sponsor visas.

Are you an experienced manager with a passion for supporting adults involved with community justice? If compassion, care and inclusiveness are an important part of who you are, we have an opportunity to work in a unique, dynamic and challenging but emotionally rewarding role within a community justice residential service.

Turning Point Scotland’s Turnaround service is seeking an experienced manager to join the residential team. As a Service Co-ordinator, you will be responsible for managing direct service provision within a residential facility. You will support the service manager by overseeing the delivery of a structured programme promoting change behaviour. The 6-week programme consists of therapeutic interventions including an evidence-based group work programme, person centred one to one support and a range of therapeutic activities and interventions.

Turning Point Scotland takes a citizen ship approach to reintegration and believes that the values of respect, compassion, inclusion, and integrity are essential to everything we do.

The Turnaround Service delivers focused interventions that address the complex and interrelated issues of offending behaviour and problematic use of alcohol and other drugs

A CBT approach is adopted to help increase an individual’s self-awareness, self-esteem and confidence. Self-development and reflection are key to an individual when putting into practice the skills and learning achieved within the service which helps sustain a person-centred recovery pathway and promote desistance.

As Service Coordinator, you will:

• Coordinate the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of care and support within a residential environment to a high standard

• Direct and line manage a team of social care practitioners to assist individuals to maintain and develop their skills, abilities and confidence in all aspects of their lives.

• Contribute to the development of the service, maintaining high standards which adhere to organisational policy, aims and objectives.

• Ensure that the dignity and privacy of individuals is respected and maintained at all times.

• Ensure individuals are supported to exercise their rights and to make informed choices.

This is a fantastic opportunity to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives while developing your operational management career.

Due to the location of the service a driving license and access to car are essential.

Please note that IT skills are required for all our vacancies.

Where applicable, successful candidates will be required to register with the SSSC within 6 months of start date.

The Turning Point Scotland Turnaround service delivers focused services that address the complex and interrelated issues of offending behaviour and problematic use of alcohol and other drugs. In 2018, we redesigned our service to also include a Throughcare model.

Since 2007, we have worked alongside councils and social work departments within 22 local authorities including Angus, Argyll & Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dumfries & Galloway, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Fife, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire and West Dunbartonshire.

An asset-based approach has been adopted to help increase an individual’s self-awareness, self-esteem and confidence. Self-development and reflection are key to an individual when putting into practice the skills and learning achieved within the service to help sustain their recovery and offending behaviour.

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We welcome applications from all candidates who are eligible to work in the United Kingdom. However, we are not able to sponsor visas.

Turning Point Scotland offers a Salary Matching within the pay points of the role.

Please note that IT skills are required for all our vacancies.

Where applicable, successful candidates will be required to register with the SSSC within 6 months of start date

Role Overview

To process and pay all supplier invoice and employee expenses within agreed credit terms while

maintaining accurate financial records.

To provide appropriate cover for in the Finance Office during periods of annual leave or sickness absence.

Key Responsibilities

• Invoice Processing: Accurately log, code, and post supplier invoices and credit notes to the accounting

system.

• Matching: Match invoices to purchase orders and delivery notes to ensure accuracy.

• Reconciliation: Reconcile supplier statements to the purchase ledger and investigate discrepancies.

• Payments: Prepare weekly or monthly BACS/cheque payments runs.

• Query Resolution: Proactively manage and resolve supplier enquiries and disputes.

• Documentation: Maintain well-organized electronic or physical filing system for invoices and statements.

• Expenses & Credit Cards: Process employee expenses and corporate credit card statements.

• Month-End Support: Prepare purchase ledger accruals and assist with closing the ledger at month-end.

Person Specification

Essential:

• Proven experience in a Purchase Ledger or Finance role.

• Proficiency in accounting software and also with Microsoft Office 365.

• High attention to detail and accuracy in data entry.

• Excellent communication skills for managing supplier relationships.

• Able to work as part of a team.

Desirable:

• Knowledge of, or sympathy with, the life of a church community

What We Offer

• A flexible and welcoming working environment

• £26,500-£28,000 depending on experience.

About Aberlour Glasgow Early Intervention Service…

Our Aberlour Glasgow Early Intervention Service will work in partnership with children and young people (aged 12 years and under) and their families to develop relationship-based, strengths-focused whole family support.

What we are looking for....

We are looking for someone who is passionate about ensuring our young people live their best lives and have opportunities to develop and grow. Whilst not without its challenges and demands, this is a highly rewarding role. We are looking for someone who will contribute to the leadership, management, and development of the service for children, young people and their families in line with agreed objectives and assist with service review and evaluation. Working 37.5 hours per week, these hours will be worked flexibly Monday - Sunday, 8am - 10pm, to suit the needs of our families.

Ideally you will hold a relevant professional qualification at SCQF level 8 or above, together with relevant experience of working directly with children or young people and their families.

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. To have a look at our values to understand more about what we are looking for from our employees click here.

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. Find out more about our Employee Benefits and our commitment to Equality and Diversity click here.

We also follow Data Protection Guidelines - Here is our privacy policy.

The Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights works to eliminate racial discrimination and harassment and to promote racial justice across Scotland. We are looking for an outstanding candidate to take forward our communities and campaigns work.

Key duties include driving CRER’s public education campaigning work (including on Black History in Scotland), and mobilising communities and other stakeholders to engage, empower, educate and advocate for racial equality and social cohesion.

The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills, an understanding of community development and awareness of Black History in a Scottish context. They will have experience in building networks and campaigning. Most importantly, they will have the desire and ability to make a real improvement to racial equality in Scotland.

Tiree Community Development Trust (known as “Urras Thiriodh”) are seeking a suitably experienced and skilled candidate to play a key role in development of commercial trading activity and income generation, in the beautiful and vibrant Inner Hebridean island of Tiree.

The newly created role is based within our Projects and Services Team, and will take on a lead oversight of existing commercial trading activity within our company group, as well as playing a key role in delivery of work to develop new income streams via trading activity, to support the future funding of the Trust, it’s development work and community services. The role has a dual focus around operational delivery and improvement, and project development and delivery to fund and deliver new assets and activities. Existing trading activities include a community filling station, leased premises for local businesses and delivery of useful assessment services and certifications such as EPCs. There is also an expectation that this role will support the current development of community housing, and the eventual administration of that housing for affordable let to local residents.

The role will play a key part in the ongoing delivery of our Community Development Plan – tireetrust.org.uk/the-development-plan

Sight Scotland Veterans is looking for an Activity Worker / Driver to join our team at the Linburn Centre on a part-time basis (30 hours per week). In this role, you will deliver and support a varied programme of activities. You will encourage veterans to try new experiences, develop skills and engage with others in a person-centred and accessible way.

You will also contribute to planning and developing new activities and events, supporting the day-to-day running of the service and working closely with colleagues and volunteers to ensure a high standard of delivery. Driving and/or escorting duties are part of the role, so a full UK driving licence is essential.

This is a hands-on and rewarding opportunity for someone who is organised, approachable and confident in motivating others. You should have strong communication and organisational skills, good IT knowledge and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team. Experience in a social care, recreational or community setting would be advantageous.

If you are passionate about supporting others and want to be part of a service that makes a real difference to people’s lives, we would love to hear from you.

You don’t need to meet every single requirement to be a great candidate. Most people learn parts of the job once they’re in post, so if a role interests you and you believe you could grow into it, we’d love to hear from you.

We’re committed to fair, accessible recruitment. If you need any adjustments, like extra time, a different format, or other support, at any stage of the process, just let us know. Please contact People and Culture on 0131 378 2793 or via peopleand culture@sightscotland.org.uk who can arrange for any support you need.

About us

For more than 230 years we've been supporting and empowering people with sight loss to live fulfilling lives. We’re proud of what we’ve achieved, but we want to do more. We will build on our rich history to create an organisation which is prepared for the future, and ready to respond to the needs of people impacted by vision loss.

Our vision is bold. We want to be at the leading edge of positive societal change by:

• Investing our funds in the support that makes the biggest difference

• Putting our community at the heart of what we do

• Campaigning for change

• Accelerating prevention and treatment of eye conditions

• Fostering a collaborative culture of innovation and learning

We're determined that no-one should face sight loss alone. We're committed to improving, diversifying and growing our services to make sure we can reach many more people with sight loss - when and where they need us.

Our organisational values - Transform, Unite and Thrive - underpin all the work we do at Sight Scotland and Sight Scotland Veterans.

Are you a pro-active problem solver? Our Administration Team provides daily support to all staff, ensuring quality social care for the people we support.

Requirements:

• Relevant experience in a similar role.
• Demonstrable understanding of the core values of St Joseph’s.
• Excellent knowledge of all Microsoft packages and other IT systems.
• Propensity for website maintenance, marketing design, and social media management.
• Professional understanding of the importance of maintaining confidentiality.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
• Able to multi-task as a reliable and proactive team member.

Due to the nature of this role, there is no flexibility for a hybrid position: it will be conducted entirely on-site in Rosewell.

We are looking for a Family Support Broker who will work one-to-one with families where a

child or an adult has a learning disability and/or neurodiversity. You will use a personcentred approach in working with people with their families. You will provide information,

advice and technical assistance to develop, cost, negotiate, implement and mediate

support plans as required by families. This role requires face-to-face meetings, some of

which take place in clients’ homes.

The Family Support Broker will:

• Provide personalised one-to-one support and information to families

• Provide information for families accessing statutory services

• Deliver project work which support people with learning disabilities to have

extraordinary and valued lives

• Provide support and advice in self-directed support, social care, Adult Care Support

Plans and other issues to enable the individual and their family to remain in control

• Make grant applications for funding towards equipment or holidays etc.

• Arrange appointments to meet clients which may include home visits

• Support and advocate for clients by attending various appointments

• Deal with follow-up work resulting from enquiries, up to and including representation

and advocacy

• Maintain accurate records of all enquiries and casework, using a database

• Submit and present reports to the FAIR Management team and the Board of Directors

• Raise awareness of the service with other voluntary and statutory organisations by

letter, publicity campaigns, presentations or other appropriate means

• Attend staff meetings

• Make regular contributions to the FAIR newsletter

• Adhere to FAIR policies, particularly those dealing with confidentiality and equal

opportunities.