Change Mental Health is looking for a Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner to join our community-based services in Dumfries & Galloway.

You’ll support people experiencing poor mental health or mental illness to build confidence, resilience and stronger connections within their community, providing practical, person-centred support focused on what matters to each individual.

About the role

You’ll work directly with people through a mix of 1:1 support, group activities and community engagement, helping individuals identify achievable goals, develop personal plans and build practical strategies to support their mental health and wellbeing.

You’ll help create a welcoming and inclusive environment, encourage peer and community connections, and work with local organisations and services to make sure people can access the right support and opportunities.

Essential

• Experience facilitating groups, peer-support activities or community-based sessions.
• Experience providing structured 1:1 support and contributing to personal or outcome-focused plans.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to build positive, professional relationships.
• Ability to manage your own workload and work effectively as part of a team.
• Commitment to trauma-informed, person-centred, strengths-based and recovery-focused practice.
• Understanding of risk assessment and safe decision-making.
• SVQ Level 2 Social Services and Healthcare (Adults) or willingness to work towards this if required.
• SSSC registration, or willingness to register if required.

Desirable

• Experience supporting people affected by mental health issues.
• Knowledge of local community resources, services and referral pathways.
• Experience supporting people affected by trauma, social isolation or complex circumstances.

What we offer

• 37 days’ annual leave (pro rata)
• Two paid Mental Wellbeing Days
• Enhanced sick pay and leave entitlements
• Professional development, including funded opportunities
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Blue Light Card eligibility
• Support for flexible working and work-life balance

The role is typically worked across weekdays between 9am and 5pm, with occasional evening or weekend working depending on service needs.

About Granton Information Centre

Granton Information Centre (GIC) has been supporting people in Edinburgh since 1984. We provide free, confidential advice, advocacy and representation, helping individuals and families deal with welfare benefit issues, new claims and appeals, debt and other financial pressures.

Our clients are at the heart of what we do. Alongside appointments at our West Granton Road office, our advisers work from a range of community and GP outreach locations across Edinburgh, helping make advice accessible to people in the communities where they live.

GIC is a busy, established organisation with a strong commitment to high-quality, client-centred advice. We work collaboratively with local partners and are part of wider advice and community networks across Edinburgh. GIC is also an accredited Living Wage Employer.

The opportunity

As GIC continues to develop and strengthen its services, we are looking for new volunteer Management Committee members to help shape the organisation's future. This is an opportunity to contribute your skills and experience to an organisation that has been part of the Edinburgh advice landscape for more than 40 years and whose work makes a practical difference to people facing financial and social challenges.

What will I do?

• Contribute to the strategic direction and good governance of GIC.
• Take part in Management Committee meetings and contribute to informed decision-making.
• Support and appropriately challenge the management team, helping GIC remain effective, sustainable and focused on the needs of the people and communities we serve.
• Use your knowledge, experience and perspective to help GIC continue to develop and improve.

Who are we looking for?

We are keen to hear from people from a wide range of backgrounds who are interested in supporting GIC's work. We would particularly welcome skills, knowledge or experience in areas such as governance, finance, HR, fundraising, community development or advice services. Previous committee experience is not essential.

We particularly value interest from people who know or understand the communities GIC serves and can bring different experiences and perspectives to our Management Committee.

Practical information

This is an unpaid voluntary role. Reasonable expenses can be reimbursed in line with GIC policy.

Midlothian Sure Start is a dynamic, award winning third sector organisation. It offers a quality support service to families with children up to age 12 across Midlothian. Midlothian Sure Start has been in existence since 2001 and employs over 70 members of staff providing a service in Family Learning centres and in the community. Our ethos is to provide a holistic, confidential community based service where families are at the heart of what we do.

We are looking for people who are as passionate about the services we provide as we are and in return we are keen to support professional development with excellent training and development opportunities, enhanced sick pay (following completion of probation), enhanced annual leave entitlement (we close completely for a well-earned break over Christmas and New Year) and we support our staff with an Employee Assistance Programme, Pension Scheme, Discounted Childcare, Health Cash Plan and Discounted Shopping.

We are currently recruiting a Perinatal & Infant Mental Health Support Worker/Practitioner to support with the delivery of A Good Start and other perinatal and infant activities such as Dads2B, Baby Steps and Open Kindergarten, working in the community within Midlothian, specifically Penicuik and Millerhill.

Experience of supporting families, delivering family learning/adult learning groups or equivalent is essential. Applicants must have access to their own transport to deliver services and transport equipment across Midlothian.

Help strengthen South Lanarkshire's Third Sector

Are you passionate about helping charities and community organisations succeed? Do you have experience in charity governance, funding, organisational development and volunteering? If so, we'd love to hear from you.

Join VASLan as a Development Officer and play a key role in supporting charities, community groups and social enterprises across South Lanarkshire to develop, grow and thrive. Working with a diverse range of organisations, you'll provide guidance, practical support and capacity-building expertise that helps strengthen the local Third Sector and maximise its impact.

About the Role

Working as part of our locality-based Development Team, you will build strong relationships with charities, voluntary organisations, community groups and social enterprises, helping them strengthen their governance, develop their capacity and achieve their ambitions.

Provide advice and support on charity governance, regulatory requirements, funding and organisational development.

Support new and established Third Sector organisations to identify development needs and opportunities.

Assist organisations with sustainability planning and income generation opportunities.

Develop and deliver training, workshops and practical resources.

Support organisations to monitor, evaluate and demonstrate their impact.

Build effective relationships and encourage partnership working across South Lanarkshire.

Contribute to the ongoing development of VASLan's capacity-building services.

The primary purpose of this job is to generate sustainable income for Àban by further developing our highly successful outdoor equipment & clothing charity shop. The Gear Hub project is an expression of our values: you will use it to tell Àban’s story and be an ambassador to the wider outdoor community. You will also run our community Gear Library and work with our growing team of young volunteers.

NB please also look at our other current vacancy for a Fundraising & Admin Assistant. These two roles may be combined into a single full-time role.

Edinburgh World Heritage is seeking an enthusiastic, collaborative, and organised individual to become our new Public Realm Projects Officer (Graveyards). EWH is an independent charitable company that manages and advocates for the Old and New Towns of Edinburgh World Heritage Site, distributing around £600,000 in grants each year to conserve, celebrate, and widen access to the city’s unique historic buildings and public spaces. Reporting to the Head of Conservation (Public Realm) through the Graveyard Manager, the postholder will play a key role in delivering our Historic Graveyards project, supported through the Edinburgh Visitor Levy, initially focusing on Greyfriars Kirkyard and its innovative Conservation Management Plan. Alongside supporting our wider Public Realm Programme and Small Community Grants Fund, the postholder will work closely with local Friends Groups, City of Edinburgh Council officials, EWH colleagues, and other partners to conserve, improve, and interpret the historic streets and spaces of the World Heritage Site. Responding to queries, administering grant funds, monitoring projects, collaborating with partners, and supporting community engagement are key responsibilities of the role.

Could you become our next Chair of Trustees?

We are looking for an exceptional person to join our Board of Trustees as Chair

Adoption UK is the leading charity providing support, community, and advocacy for those who are unable live with their birth parents. Our purpose is to secure the right support at the right time for children and young people who are unable to live with their birth parents, from childhood into adulthood.

You’ll have the opportunity to apply your unique skills and experience to lead our welcoming and dedicated Board. You will be expected to:

• Oversee the implementation of Adoption UK’s strategy
• Support the senior leadership team, adding value and expert advice
• Facilitate change that promotes the care and welfare of those unable to live with their birth parents, and their families
• Ensure the charity remains true to its purpose and adheres to its regulatory responsibilities

We are committed to being an inclusive charity, and we welcome and encourage applications from all sections of the community. Our new Chair will bring a passionate commitment to ensuring adopted people have a brighter future. They will help us to ensure we fully represent the diversity in the adoption community, as well as the voice of adopted people.

Wanted – exceptional Trustees for the Scheme Livi.

The Scheme Livi was built from lived experience — of addiction, trauma, recovery, and everything in between. We know the system doesn’t always work for everyone, so we’re creating something different: a space that’s real, creative, and rooted in community. These values guide everything we do.

With a base of operations at West Lothian College, and having received funding to support their vision, the lads are making a real difference in their community. Every week people are coming together to explore creative outlets and express themselves in new ways, finding new ways to cope and heal, and bring some joy to their lives and each other.

We seek an exceptional trustees to support our growth and sustainability.

We are particularly interested in people with lived experience of recovery and with expertise in HR or administration as we especially seek a new secretary.

Following a review of our fundraising activity we are advertising this new role which will provide support to our charitable giving programmes and wider administrative functions. The primary purpose of this role is to streamline the way we engage with the wonderful network of donors, volunteers and supporters who are such a vital pillar of the Àban community.

NB please also look at our other current vacancy for an eCommerce Lead. These two roles may be combined into a single full-time role.

Do you want to be part of something lifechanging?

At Columba 1400, we enable young people, especially those from tough realities, and the key adults in their lives to lead lives of purpose, meaning and contribution. We believe everyone already holds greatness within them, and your role would be to help them discover it.

If you are someone who comes alive when bringing groups together, facilitating meaningful conversations and creating warm, brave spaces where young people and adults feel seen, listened to, valued, and able to explore who they are and who they might yet become, then you may be exactly who we are looking for.

Making a difference in and from Skye

Our Senior Facilitator is based at our purpose-built Community and International Leadership Centre in Staffin on the Isle of Skye, where you will be part of the hands-on delivery of residential leadership experiences with young people and adults.

You will help young people and key adults step back from everyday pressures, reflect on who they are, what matters to them, and the contribution they want to make in their lives, schools, families and communities.

Our Community and International Leadership Centre is also a community asset: a place where local people, partners and visitors come together through learning, connection, belonging and leadership.

What makes this role special?

You will contribute to changing lives, schools and communities by facilitating transformational, values-based leadership experiences for young people and the key adults in their lives, including preparation, residential delivery and follow-up.

Your ideas, insight and creativity will help us continually enhance the Columban experience - from the way people are welcomed and supported, to how we listen, learn and strengthen our approach.

You will be part of a warm and supportive team, united by purpose and committed to each other’s growth. You will also play an important part in helping participants, partners and colleagues feel safe, welcomed and able to take part fully.

About you

You will be a highly experienced facilitator who brings energy, presence and curiosity into every session. You communicate with warmth and clarity and enjoy building positive relationships with partners so each experience is well prepared and meaningful.

Notes:A full driving licence and own car are essential. This role requires PVG scheme membership and a commitment to safeguarding young people and adults.