Are you an inspiring leader with a passion for transforming services and making a lasting impact in the social care sector? Care Support Scotland is looking for a dynamic Director of Service Delivery & Development to shape our strategic direction and lead with purpose." We are looking for an inspiring individual to join our Senior Leadership Team as Director of Service Delivery & Development, guiding our strategic direction and ensuring top-quality service delivery. This is a unique opportunity to lead with purpose, shape our future, and leave a lasting impact in our organisation and the community.
At Care Support Scotland, we are dedicated to providing high-quality social care services that enhance the lives of those we support. As a forward-thinking and compassionate organisation, we champion a culture of inclusivity, collaboration, and innovation.
About the Role
Key Responsibilities:
Your Benefits:
We offer an exceptional benefits package to ensure your personal and professional well-being:
Why Join Us?
At Care Support Scotland, you will be part of a mission-driven organisation committed to making a meaningful impact in our communities. We offer a collaborative and supportive environment where your professional development is a priority, and you can lead transformative initiatives.
If you’re a forward-thinking, values-driven leader ready to make a meaningful impact, we’d love to hear from you!
We are delighted to share news of a Senior Management Accountant vacancy in the Finance team.
Reporting to the Finance Manager, this newly created post will provide a unique opportunity to work with a leading Scottish charity. You will be responsible for the preparation, analysis and reporting of financial information to a variety of internal and external stakeholders, while maintaining and developing a robust accounting structure and systems. You will act as trusted and valued business partner across the organisation, providing financial insight to budget holders to support them in delivering their financial objectives and to inform strategic planning and decision-making.
This is a pivotal role within the Finance team and will significantly contribute to the development and implementation of an improvement programme for financial processes and systems.
About you
To be successful in this role, you will have skills and experience in the following areas:
Why CHAS?
At CHAS, we support families during the toughest of times. We have ambitions to reach every family in Scotland who is living with the heart-breaking prognosis that their child is dying and offer them our care and support to empower them to make the most of the short time they have together. The skill, dedication and efficiency of our Finance team helps makes this possible.
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The Citadel has a long history of strong relationships with families in the Leith community.
This includes our Families Project, which provides a range of services to parents/carers of children attending the Citadel, including a weekly Parents Drop In and regular Family Days. In the past six years, the Scottish Government’s Pupil Equity Fund has enabled us to extend our positive relationships with families into local primary schools.
The post holder will be based two days per week in Leith Primary School, where they will provide a range of services for parents/carers, including 1:1 support, themed workshops or groups and family learning. They will be based one and a half days per week at the Citadel, where they will work alongside Families Project colleagues, including co-facilitating the Parents Drop In.
This post has been continuously funded through the Pupil Equity Fund since 2018 and the renewal of funding for the next school year is generally confirmed in April.
We have an exciting and creative opportunity for a new Development Director to be a key member of the Senior Management team, leading an ambitious fundraising strategy for the Book Festival while ensuring that all fundraising activities align with our core organisational mission and values.
The Book Festival expects to raise about £2.1m in 2024 (representing around two-thirds of the total Festival income). The Festival retains much of its funding on an annual basis, has increased the amount raised from several major funding relationships, and has a strong track record in attracting new sponsors, donors and funders, with around 50 organisations sponsoring the Festival each year as well as a number of well-established major donors.
Reporting to the Festival Director and overseeing a team of five fundraisers, the Development Director will manage a small high-value portfolio of funding relationships across all income streams and will have significant opportunity to develop new income streams, including legacies and US fundraising, as well as continuing the growth of the existing areas of income.
Avenue is dedicated to supporting families during challenging times. We provide a safe, supportive and nurturing environment where families can spend quality time together during Family Time sessions. Our aim is to strengthen family relationships and ensure the wellbeing of children.
We are looking for a compassionate and experienced Family Time Service Manager to lead and oversee our Family Time service. In this role, you will be responsible for managing day to day operations, ensuring the highest standard of service delivery, whilst supporting both families and colleagues.
The Family Time Service Manager will work in collaboration with external stakeholders to facilitate positive and safe family interactions, while also managing staff, maintaining service delivery, and ensuring that all processes comply with relevant guidelines and safeguarding protocols.
The Family Time Service Manager must be a highly organised, empathetic and pro-active individual with proven experience in a managerial role, and experience in childcare or family-facing role. The ideal individual will have excellent communication skills, a strong understanding of safeguarding and child protection, and the ability to manage both people and processes efficiently.
PVG: New applications or scheme record updates will be paid for by Avenue.
About Simon Community Scotland
People are at the heart of who we are and what we do. We tailor our support to what people need. We offer consistent and informed support so that people can explore options and take ‘the next step’ towards a positive future. We welcome people with a wide range of skills and experiences to our team – including those who have lived through homelessness. To make a difference we need to work flexibly, with everyday-leadership, humour and a ‘can do’ attitude. We want to make it easy, makeit right, and make it happen.
The Simon Community is Scotland's leading homeless charity. We are creative and innovative. We get things done with care and compassion that make a difference to our community, being true to our values. We form a community; of staff, volunteers and the people that we support.
Job Summary
Simon Community Scotland is working collaboratively with the University of Edinburgh to recruit 400 people from sites across Scotland to the Phoenix for severe and multiple disadvantage study. You will be working in various sites across Edinburgh to identify and recruit participants to the study and to conduct follow up interviews with these participants at nine months after recruitment. We are looking for someone with a non-judgemental approach, who can interview participants face-to-face in third sector venues, carry out near patient testing (BP, height, weight etc), complete study questionnaires and provide high street vouchers to participants upon completion of interview.
Job Purpose
Are you a creative and motivated individual with the passion and drive to support people with a recent diagnosis of dementia to live well in their community?
If so, you can be part of a National Team of Post Diagnostic Support Link Workers (PDS Link Workers) providing high-quality, person-centred support to people living with dementia and their families for a minimum of a year following diagnosis in line the Scottish Government’s minimum guarantee.
The aim of the PDS National Service is to enable people to live well with dementia and is centred around Alzheimer Scotland's 5 pillar model so that people move on to a period of supported self- management.
The model includes understanding the illness and coming to terms with the diagnosis, peer support, connecting and maintaining links with their community along with planning for future care and decision making to develop an outcome focused plan to support their future hopes, desires and aspirations.
Supporting our Highland locality, the post will be based within the Community Mental Health Team at Nairn Town & County Hospital, Nairn. Alzheimer Scotland’s PDS Link Workers are required to be effective team workers and have the skills to build and maintain relationships with colleagues both within Alzheimer Scotland, the NHS and other stakeholders.
Skills in using digital platforms are essential as we use a blended approach to support people that involve some virtual meetings and on-line groups.
Applicants must hold a recognised relevant professional qualification, have a good understanding of dementia and how it affects people and their families along with excellent communication skills, a warm flexible approach, combined with skills in empathy and relationship building.
In addition, you should have skills and knowledge at the Enhanced Level of the Promoting Excellence Framework or be able to evidence you are working towards its completion.
This post requires a full driving license and access to a car.
Join our mission to end youth homelessness in Scotland!
For over 30 years, we have been dedicated to preventing youth homelessness and supporting young people in building better futures.
This exciting and new role within the Rock Trust involves contributing to the new National Upstream project (homelessness prevention model).
Upstream is an innovative schools-based preventive model that utilises a universal screening tool to identify and support students at risk of homelessness.
The role requires skills inclusive of excellent communication skills, the ability to establish and nurture key partnerships and relationships with stakeholders, work directly with young people to provide emotional and practical support on a 1:1 basis in schools, at home and/or within the community.
Additionally, you will be digitally proficient in the use of Apps and IT with the ability to analyse and interpret data to identify young people who may require support, in collaboration with stakeholders.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Admin Officer to join our well established Befriending Service in the East Dunbartonshire area. This is a 14 hour per week post with some flexibility regarding specific days of work which can be negotiated. The post is based in our office in Kirkintilloch although there may be some opportunities for working from home.
The post includes undertaking a full range of admin supports to ensure the efficient operation of the service and involves working closely with the Service Manager and other members of the staff team.
The East Dunbartonshire Befriending Service provides support and companionship to individuals who are experiencing loneliness and social isolation by promoting independence, increasing confidence, engaging with the community and improving health and wellbeing.
Support is delivered on a one-to-one basis, through group befriending, or by establishing a befriending telephone relationship. It also provides a Lunch Club and a range of events throughout the year.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Link Worker to join our well established Befriending Service in the East Dunbartonshire area. This is a 21 hour per week post with some flexibility regarding specific days of work which can be negotiated. The post is a blend of home working, office based activities and engaging with users of the service and volunteers in the local community.
The East Dunbartonshire Befriending Service provides support and companionship to individuals who are experiencing loneliness and social isolation by promoting independence, increasing confidence, engaging with the community and improving health and wellbeing.
Support is delivered on a one-to-one basis, through group befriending, or by establishing a befriending telephone relationship. It also provides a Lunch Club and a range of events throughout the year.