The Usual Place Cafe is a not for personal profit organisation based in Dumfries. You will work as part of a team who work with young people to deliver a welcoming customer experience, enabling them to gain the skills they need to achieve employment in the hospitality or retail industries.

Your role will be to drive forward the strategic direction of the Board of Trustees.

You will have warmth, enthusiasm and a creative approach to your work along with the ability to engage positively with a wide range of people. The Usual Place is a value-based organisation, we operate with mutual respect. If you share these values and behaviours and have the necessary skills, then we look forward to hearing from you.

We’re looking for a Trustee with experience of devolved political, health, and/or social care systems in Scotland to join the MS Society Board.

If you live or work predominantly in Scotland, and you’re interested in using your insight to help shape our work, then we’d love to hear from you.

About the MS Society

We’re the UK’s leading MS charity. We provide hope, voice and support for everyone affected by MS.

Our vision is a world free from MS. That means fewer people developing MS. And everyone with MS having the effective treatments and support they need to live well.

About this role

Trustees set our strategy and review our progress against it. They agree our annual plans, budget, and performance targets. They oversee how we manage our finances and risk.

Trustees are chosen for their skills and diversity of lived experience. This ensures that our Board has a wide range of expertise to effectively scrutinise and challenge our work. And being led by a Board that understands MS is fundamental to how we work. Most of our Trustees have a personal connection to MS, either because they have MS or someone they care about does.

We know that where a person affected by MS lives can make a difference to the quality and availability of services that they have access to. And our Board of Trustees knows that the decisions they make about our work need to reflect these differences.

We’re specifically looking to recruit a Trustee with current or recent experience of devolved political, health, and/or social care systems in Scotland. You may have gained this knowledge through paid work, volunteering, studying, or your own lived experience.

As a Trustee of the MS Society, you will be appointed to serve a three-year term. You may be reappointed for two further terms, up to a maximum of nine years, based on your performance in the role. This role is voluntary and is unpaid.

Time commitment

Becoming a Trustee is a significant commitment. You need to be sure you have the time, energy and dedication it will take to be an active and effective member of our Board.

This includes attending four Board meetings and a Strategy Day during the year. Most Trustees also join one of the Board’s committees, which also meet four times per year. Our Board meetings and Strategy Day are full-day, in-person events that take place in London, and most committee meetings take place online.

We don’t want finances to be a barrier to anyone thinking of applying to join our Board. We’ll book your travel and accommodation to attend meetings and reimburse other out-of-pocket expenses.

About Families First St Andrews

Families First has been proudly embedded in the local community since 2001. We exist to improve the lives of children and young people aged 5-16 years, and their families, across North East Fife by providing practical help, emotional support, and life changing opportunities. Through our therapeutic, person-centered and trauma informed support services, we walk alongside families facing challenges and adversities; helping them thrive.

About the role

We are seeking a compassionate, skilled, and values driven Services Manager to lead our service team and help shape the next stage of our development. If you’re motivated by making a meaningful impact and inspiring others to do their best work, we would love to hear from you. The Services Manager plays a central leadership role at Families First. You will oversee the day to day delivery of our services, support a talented and dedicated team, and ensure we continue to provide safe, effective, and person centered support to the families who rely on us. This is a varied and rewarding post — perfect for someone who loves working with people, leading teams, and improving services for children, young people and families in a charity setting.

In addition to an awarding role, the successful candidate will receive

• An annual leave allowance of 36 days per annum, inclusive of public holidays.

• Additional long service leave, which is awarded after 7, 14 and 21 years’ service.

• Pension Scheme enrolment with a 5% employer contribution.

• External supervision offered to support you in your role.

Applicants should read the Job Description and Person Specification fully to ensure they have the skills to fulfil the role.

This post is a regulated role for both children and adults and thus subject to a satisfactory Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) criminal background check.

Everyday people with chest, heart and stroke conditions are leaving hospital scared and alone. You can be part of our mission to make sure that there is no life half lived in Scotland.

By joining Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) as a Stroke Nurse you can be the difference between people just surviving and really living.

You will be part of Scotland’s leading health charity providing support to people with chest, heart and stroke conditions and Long Covid to live life to the full again. Our Community Healthcare Support Service provides access to a range of supported self-management and community recovery services to support people across Scotland to manage their health as well as possible and adjust to life after a diagnosis of a chest or heart condition or after a stroke.

The Stroke Nurse plays a key role in supporting a seamless transition from hospital back into the community for people who have experienced a stroke and their families. The role focuses on helping individuals adjust to life after stroke by providing personalised information, advice and emotional support. A core part of the role is enabling people to develop confidence in self-management, supporting them to build the skills and knowledge needed to manage their condition, maximise independence and improve their long-term wellbeing.

We are seeking an enthusiastic individual who is organised and motivated, with good communication skills. Candidates must have a first level general nursing qualification and have a minimum of 2 years’ post-registration experience in either a hospital or community setting. Experience working with people affected by stroke is essential.

CHSS also supports flexible recruitment through Working Families, and we are “Happy to Talk Flexible Working”. While we encourage flexibility wherever possible, please note that our Retail Shop roles operate within set business hours of 10:00 am to 5:00 pm to meet the needs of the business.

In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a PVG check. CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. We therefore aim to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.

The Opportunity:

I am a disabled professional living and working within the community. I am seeking a dedicated, HCPC-registered Podiatrist to provide one-to-one support to a disabled professional.

This is an ideal role for a practitioner who enjoys domiciliary care, values professional independence, and is looking for a flexible working opportunity.

Key Responsibilities:

• Clinical Delivery: Providing full podiatry assessment and treatments during scheduled home visits. Experience of working with patients with chronic arthritic conditions and managing wounds is essential. The key focus will be on prevention of wounds.

• Maintaining high standards of hygiene and infection control at all times.

• Reliability: Committing to a schedule of approximately 2 home visits per week - days and times can be negotiated:)

Requirements:

• Fully qualified Podiatrist - HCPC Registration: Essential.

• Partnership - able to work with private Orthotists to create insoles and shoes using most modern materials (3D printing etc)and techniques - feeding back into the design process any issues regarding pressure offloading etc

• Transport: A valid driver’s license and access to a vehicle is preferred.

The Package:

• 2 home visits per week – 4-6 hrs a week approx

• Salary negotiable £10-15k per year, depending on experience.

• Location: Domiciliary visits in the Bishopbriggs area of Glasgow.

About Waverley Care

For over 35 years, Waverley Care has worked alongside people and communities affected by HIV and hepatitis C. We deliver inclusive, stigma-free services and influence national policy to tackle health inequalities across Scotland.

While advances in treatment have transformed clinical outcomes, stigma and isolation continue to impact too many lives. Waverley Care exists to ensure that anyone affected by HIV or hepatitis C can live well, with dignity, respect, and support.

About the role

We are looking for a motivated and proactive Senior Corporate Fundraising Officer to grow and steward meaningful relationships with major corporate partners across Scotland.

This new role will focus on securing new business from banks, national organisations and large employers, while also strengthening existing partnerships to deliver sustainable, multi-year income.

Working within our Fundraising and Communications team, you will play a key part in driving our ambition to significantly increase unrestricted income, collaborating closely with colleagues to develop compelling partnership propositions, impactful campaigns and engaging corporate volunteering opportunities. This is an exciting opportunity to shape a growing income stream and help us reach more people living with or at risk of HIV and hepatitis C.

This role will work closely with the Income Generation Manager and Senior Marketing and Communications Manager, and will complement the work of our Fundraising Officer, who leads on community fundraising and community-linked corporate relationships.

The postholder will collaborate with the fundraising team to identify and develop warm corporate opportunities emerging from events and community activity, ensuring a joined-up approach to stewarding and growing corporate engagement across Scotland.

As a charity that is not fully funded by statutory sources, voluntary income plays a vital and growing role in sustaining our services. This post will be central to increasing awareness of our funding model and inspiring corporate partners to invest in our mission.

About You

You will be an engaging communicator and natural relationship builder, confident in identifying opportunities, opening doors and inspiring organisations to support our mission. With experience in corporate fundraising, business development or a similar partnership-focused role, you will bring a proactive, commercially minded approach and a track record of meeting targets.

You’ll be comfortable managing a varied portfolio, from cultivating new prospects to stewarding high value partners, and you’ll thrive in a collaborative team where creativity, initiative and strategic thinking are valued.

Above all, you will be passionate about using your skills to help end HIV stigma and improve the lives of people across Scotland.

Applications are also welcomed from candidates with experience in sales, account management, hospitality or other commercial roles where relationship-building, pitching and securing new business are core responsibilities

Why Join Us?

This is a unique opportunity to be part of a progressive organisation at a pivotal moment in Scotland’s public health journey. You’ll have the chance to influence real change, working alongside passionate colleagues committed to making a lasting impact on people’s lives.

We offer a supportive working environment with hybrid working options, professional development opportunities and a generous annual leave entitlement.

The Robertson Trust is looking for two Programmes Officers (Social Change Movements) to join our new Programmes team. Based primarily at Robertson House, Glasgow, with hybrid working available, this role supports the Trust to secure big change that lasts in preventing and reducing poverty and trauma in Scotland.

Over the next decade, we are committed to using all our tools and resources to reduce poverty and trauma across four themes:

• Education Pathways

• Financial Security

• Nurturing Relationships

• Work Pathways

As a member of the team, you will support the delivery of our new approach to ‘social movement funding’, a new part of our Programme Awards funding stream.

The Role

The Programmes Officers will support the Programmes Manager (Social Change Movements) to contribute to the development and delivery of our ‘social movement funding’ approach, our most proactive Programme Award work, aligned to our long-term change priorities.

You will contribute to influencing and social change activity, particularly through the projects we fund, build strong relationships with grantholders and stakeholders, and support the effective development, assessment and management of both our ‘social change movement’ Programme Awards and our wider Programme Award portfolio.

You will gather and apply insight to strengthen programme development and learning, contribute to meaningful participation of people with lived experience, and work collaboratively across the organisation to ensure our programme work is informed, connected and effective.

Key responsibilities

• Support the development and delivery of our new ‘social movements funding’ approach – our most proactive Programme Award cohorts aligned to long-term change priorities

• Contribute to identifying and supporting influencing opportunities, particularly through funded projects

• Build and maintain trusted relationships with grantholders, stakeholders and experts by experience

• Support the development, assessment and management of Programme Awards in line with governance and good practice

• Gather and apply insight to inform programme development and organisational learning

• Contribute to participation and engagement with people with lived experience

• Support monitoring, review and learning processes to ensure programme activity remains aligned and impact focused

• Represent the Trust externally as required and contribute to cross-cutting organisational priorities

A full job description is available on our website – therobertsontrust.org.uk

About You

We are looking for someone with knowledge of the Trust’s mission on poverty and trauma and an understanding of the third sector and independent funding landscape in Scotland and across the UK.

You will bring:

• HNC/D, or equivalent relevant experience.

• Relevant experience in a field related to poverty and/or trauma

• Experience contributing to programmes, projects or initiatives with demonstrable impact or influence

• An understanding of effective and relational funding practice

• Experience or understanding of funding processes such as assessment, decision making or grant management

• Insight into inequality, poverty or trauma through lived, paid or voluntary experience

• Strong analytical skills, sound judgement and attention to detail

• The ability to build collaborative relationships across diverse stakeholders

• The confidence to manage competing priorities and use your own initiative

• High emotional intelligence and the ability to relate to people from different backgrounds

• An interest in Scotland’s policy and political landscape and the potential to develop political judgement

You will be adaptable, collaborative and aligned to the Trust’s values.

We encourage applications from suitably qualified candidates from all parts of the community, regardless of age, disability, race, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief or socio-economic background. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience or knowledge of how poverty or trauma impact lives.

Benefits

• Salary £41,104 to £48,715 FTE

• 35 days holiday per calendar year, inclusive of public holidays

• Pension – 10% employer contribution or 14% if employee contribution is 7%

• Additional employee benefits package (currently under review)

• This role is advertised as full-time, but we are open to applicants who wish to work part-time.

The Robertson Trust is committed to hybrid and flexible working. We are open to reasonable adaptations to overcome barriers and are a Living Wage employer accredited by the Living Wage Foundation.

The Robertson Trust is looking for an Influencing Officer (Fixed Term – 1 Year) to join our new Programmes team. Based primarily at Robertson House, Glasgow, with hybrid working available, this role supports the Trust to secure big change that lasts in preventing and reducing poverty and trauma in Scotland.

Over the next decade, we are committed to using all our tools and resources to reduce poverty and trauma across four themes:

• Education Pathways

• Financial Security

• Nurturing Relationships

• Work Pathways

As part of our cross-cutting Influencing objective, this role will support the development and delivery of the Trust’s direct influencing activity, working with partners and stakeholders to influence decision making and systems change.

The Role

This role supports the Programmes Manager (Social Change Movements) and the wider organisation to strengthen the Trust’s influencing work in preventing and reducing poverty and trauma in Scotland.

You will help to develop and test effective approaches to direct influencing and support the Trust to build relationships with those who have the power to deliver change. You will work closely with colleagues across the organisation to ensure influencing activity connects with our wider work, including communications, convening, the influencing work we fund and the learning from our funding.

You will also support stakeholder engagement, network development and policy insight, helping the Trust identify opportunities to influence policy, practice and decision making.

Key responsibilities

• Support the development and delivery of direct influencing activity aligned to the Trust’s influencing objective

• Work collaboratively across the Trust to ensure direct influencing activity connects with communications, convening and the indirect influencing work we fund

• Support the development of influencing plans and help test effective approaches to influencing

• Build and strengthen networks with grantholders, stakeholders and peer organisations undertaking influencing work

• Monitor and analyse policy, political and practice developments relevant to poverty and trauma in Scotland

• Support stakeholder mapping and engagement with decision makers and influential actors

• Contribute to gathering and applying insight from across the Trust’s work to strengthen influencing activity

• Represent the Trust externally as required and contribute to cross-cutting organisational priorities

A full job description is available on our website – therobertsontrust.org.uk

About You

We are looking for someone with a strong understanding of poverty and trauma and the policy, political and practice landscape in Scotland.

You will bring:

• HNC/D, or equivalent relevant experience.

• Relevant experience in a field related to poverty and/or trauma

• Experience supporting influencing, policy, advocacy or strategic engagement work

• A strong understanding of the voluntary sector in Scotland

• Experience building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders and networks

• Strong analytical skills and the ability to communicate complex issues clearly

• The ability to manage competing priorities and work using your own initiative

• Experience supporting the development of influencing plans or campaigns

• High emotional intelligence and the ability to build relationships with diverse stakeholders

• An interest in policy, politics and practice in Scotland and how social change happens

• A commitment to addressing inequality and placing lived experience at the centre of work

We encourage applications from suitably qualified candidates from all parts of the community, regardless of age, disability, race, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief or socio-economic background. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience or knowledge of how poverty or trauma impact lives.

Benefits

• Salary £41,104 to £48,715 FTE

• 35 days holiday per calendar year, inclusive of public holidays

• Pension – 10% employer contribution or 14% if employee contribution is 7%

• Additional employee benefits package (currently under review)

• This role is advertised as full-time, but we are open to applicants who wish to work part-time

The Robertson Trust is committed to hybrid and flexible working. We are open to reasonable adaptations to overcome barriers and are a Living Wage employer accredited by the Living Wage Foundation.

Be part of a community for young people.

Dean & Cauvin Young People’s Trust is one of Scotland’s oldest children’s charities, rooted in nearly 300 years of care, connection and support. We believe every young person, young parent and baby deserves to grow up safe, loved, respected and with every opportunity to thrive.

Role:

Based in our Wellbeing Hub in West Edinburgh, you will lead a skilled team who provide a range of practical, social and emotional 1:1, group and whole-family support to children, young people and families who have experiences of care to help them:

• Move on from residential living to independent life and living in the community
• Develop healthy relationships, connections and mental wellbeing
• Build confidence, education, skills and training
• Be confident and supportive young parents

Our team work closely with:

• Our residential house teams in North and East Edinburgh to provide additional support to the young people, young parents and babies living alongside us to further develop their social and community connections
• Young people who have lived with us and are now requiring ongoing support in the community or supported living in one of our community Transition flats
• Young people and families from the wider care community and young people in our fostering households who require support.

We work together with families, social work, health services and other colleagues to keep the strengths, aspirations and voice of children, young people and families at the heart of all we do while ensuring their safety and welfare is always maintained.

The Team Leader role is pivotal to this. Tasked with the day-to-day operations of the Community & Transition team, Wellbeing Hub and Transition flats, you are expected to lead, support and supervise a small staff team to create a culture of nurture and community for young people, young parents, babies and families.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and supervise a team delivering trauma informed, developmentally attuned direct practice
• Oversee all Wellbeing Hub activities, ensuring it remains a safe, inclusive relational and engaging environment
• Coordinate referrals, assessments and care planning using GIRFEC and rights based principles
• Strengthen connections between the Hub, residential houses, foster carers and community flats
• Oversee support being delivered to our transition flats and that it aligns with Care Inspectorate guidelines.
• Work with Team Leaders across our services to model integrated, developmentally attuned care

Investing in You

If you are someone who can make a real difference for children, young people and families—and bring experience from social work, youth, community or family support—then we would love to hear from you.

As a Team Leader, you will support our on call rota, including some weekend work, with additional payments provided.

We are deeply committed to investing in our people. You will have access to a wide range of professional development opportunities, including:

• Fully funded SVQ 4 in Social Services (Children & Young People)
• Regular supervision and reflective consultation
• Ongoing training and development aligned with our organisational practice
• Access to Employee Benefit Scheme
• Use of our Caravan in Berwick-Upon-Tweed

Turning Point Scotland has an exciting opportunity in our Edinburgh Visiting Housing Support Service for a Lead Practitioner.

We believe that in many cases, Homelessness is entirely preventable. Where Homelessness is not or cannot be prevented, the experience should be brief and non-recurring.

About the Role

We aim to help people ‘Get a Home and Keep a Home’.

As a lead practitioner, you will:

• Provide 1:1 support and assistance to people using the service in accordance with their support plans and the service aims.
• Support may include, but is not limited to: supporting people to explore housing options; bidding on social housing through ed index; support engaging with landlords/housing officers; assisting with budgeting/ maximising income and benefit entitlement; support to develop independent living skills; support to attend to household activities and external appointments.
• Be an active member of a supportive team, passionate about the work they do.

About You

We believe having the right values of respect, compassion, inclusion and integrity is all you need to join our team. As a Lead Practitioner the support you provide will always be person centred, by involving people who know the person well, this includes family and friends, other health and Social Work professionals, Advocacy services and your fellow team members.

Whilst we very much welcome experienced practitioners, no previous working experience is needed. You will be provided with all of the training, support and equipment required to successfully fulfil your role.

About Us

Our Edinburgh Visiting Housing Support Service supports people in the North-East and South-East of Edinburgh who are either Homeless, at risk of becoming homeless, or have recently moved into settled accommodation following a period of homelessness.

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.

Turning Point Scotland offers a Salary Matching opportunity within the pay points of the role and based on experience.

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.

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