As a Project Worker with Rock Trust (Perth) in our Future Builders service, you’ll be at the heart of supporting young people in Perth to build stable, independent futures. Working directly with young people in their homes and local communities, you’ll provide tailored emotional and practical support on a 1:1 and group basis. Helping to ensure experiences of homelessness are rare, brief, and non-recurring. From developing confidence and life skills to navigating services and planning next steps, this is a role where no two days are the same and every conversation can make a real difference.

This post is a replacement role within an established and well-embedded service, but it’s also an exciting time to join. The Perth service is evolving and this role offers the chance to contribute ideas, shape practice, and be part of a team with ambition for the future. You’ll take the lead on support planning and risk assessment, act as a key point of contact for partner agencies and networks and work closely with colleagues to deliver high-quality, young-person-centred support. If you’re motivated by relationships, creativity and the opportunity to help grow something meaningful, this is a brilliant time to come on board.

Could you be part of something different? We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to use their gifts, skills and experience to make a difference to the lives of the people in our parishes and communities.

The Youth and Families Worker will communicate easily with all those who live in the communities that make up our parish. To build relationships with families and young people.

They will combine vision and strategy to encourage families and young people to encounter and experience the Christian faith. Assess and explore current ministry opportunities to children, families and young people and identify, plan and deliver a range of activities across the parish as part of a team.

The successful candidate will be a committed Christian with an active Church connection (Genuine Occupational Requirement in terms of the Equality Act 2010).

Could you be part of something different? We have a rewarding opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to use their gifts, skills and experience to make a difference to the lives of the people in our parishes and communities.

You will assist the Minister and Kirk Sessions in leading worship and developing and delivering a range of pastoral services which aim to support individuals and families and increase participation in community and congregational life.

Bringing your experience and skills in pastoral care and worship you will be able to use your interpersonal skills and open approach to build relationships with the church family and community.

It is essential you have theright to work in the UKbefore applying to work with us. You will be asked to provide proof of your eligibility to work and remain in the UK if you are invited to attend for an interview.

The Corporate Fundraising Manager will play a key role in building strong partnerships with businesses and organisations that share our vision.

You will develop and deliver innovative fundraising initiatives that engage, excite, and motivate corporate supporters to help make a real difference in the lives of young patients across Glasgow and the West of Scotland.

This is a high profile, high impact role for someone passionate about making a tangible difference. Someone who wants to see their creativity, strategic thinking, and relationship building skills directly improve the lives of children and their families

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We are recruiting a Senior Support Worker for Willowgate, a new programme based in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire. The programme provides short term supported accommodation for people at risk of homelessness and will comprise of 15 self-contained units suitable for individuals, families and couples.

The Senior Support Worker will work closely with people accessing the programme, South Lanarkshire Council and the wider community to help people achieve their goals and move on to more settled accommodation. You will also lead programme development and a team of Support Workers, as well as create opportunities for the people we support to provide feedback and contribute to the development of the programme.

This is a really exciting opportunity for a new team to make their mark, help shape the programme and provide meaningful support to people facing homelessness.

Main duties and responsibilities will include:

• Develop positive and supportive relationships with your staff team
• Support the Registered Manager with robust rota planning and staffing cover to ensure all working shifts are covered
• Ensure staff are using support plans to record and assess the progress of the people we support
• Ensure person centred planning and unconditional positive regard is undertaken by staff
• Regularly audit the files of the people we support
• Ensure the needs of the people we support are being met by the staff
• Ensure ‘Keeping You Safe Plans’ for those we support are completed and updated
• Arrange and facilitate regular support and supervision sessions with your team members, utilising best practice in performance management to ensure staff are supported to undertake their roles
• Complete yearly appraisals and personal development plans with your staff team
• Report all required Care Inspectorate notifications

Our values make us who we are and define our actions and behaviours every day. We’d expect the post-holder to uphold and represent our organisation in a way that reflects our values and person-centred way of working.

Applicants are expected to have experience from working in a similar role and/or environment, with experience of leading/supervising a staff team, or be able to demonstrate leadership skills. You will have an understanding of what people are going through when facing homelessness and how this affects their day to day lives. Knowledge of current relevant policies relating to housing and social care is an advantage.

You will have a compassionate nature, be non-judgemental and you will be an excellent communicator, able to build supportive and trusting relationships with your team and the people we support.

What you can expect from us...

• You will report to the Registered Manager
• Working hours are 35 per week worked Monday to Sunday between the hours of 08.00 am and 10.00 pm depending on the needs of the service. Shifts are 8.00am to 4.00pm one week and 2pm to 10pm the following week
• Your main place of work is 12 Clydesdale Place, Hamilton, ML3 0DP
• Annual leave entitlement of 210 hours (equivalent to six weeks) pro rata per year in the first year rising to 280 hours (equivalent to eight weeks) pro rata per year in the second
• You will be automatically enrolled into the People’s Pension provided you meet the auto-enrolment criteria. Deductions will be taken from your first monthly salary
• Cycle to work scheme
• Option to purchase and sell annual leave

About Us

We are Right There, a charity that recently celebrated our 200th anniversary. We provide tailored support for people, at home, and in the community. We are here for people who are living with the effects of homelessness, poverty, substance use, or family breakdowns.

Last year we supported almost 4,000 individuals, helping to prevent them from becoming homeless or separated from the people they love. Every person’s story is unique, and everyone’s route home is different - it doesn’t matter what the situation is – we’re not here to judge, only to help.

WE STAND FOR CHILDREN, THEIR CHILDHOODS AND THEIR FUTURES - WILL YOU?

Around the world hundreds of thousands of children struggle to survive on the streets. In many countries, they have become an accepted issue in society, deprived of access to the most basic services and they experience extreme harm before and during their time on the streets.

Wherever they may be in the world, they face violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation.

Founded in 1996, Railway Children has dedicated over a quarter of a century to developing outstanding practice and services for street connected children. With projects in the UK, India and Tanzania, we aim to reach these children as soon as they are in danger and intervene before an abuser can. As we embark on our new strategy to 2030, we have ambitious plans to ensure no child is left behind, wherever we work.

The role

We are looking for a Youth Outreach Practitioner for our Glasgow team and are keen to receive applications from those living in and around the City of Glasgow. You’ll be part of a dynamic team delivering Railway Children’s programme in the UK, in partnership with British Transport Police (BTP).

As a Youth Outreach Practitioner, you’ll play a key role in keeping children safe from harm by engaging in patrols to identify and safeguard young people (aged 10-17) at risk of criminal and sexual exploitation, county lines, missing from home, homelessness or family breakdown.

You will also work closely with our Youth Practitioner, supporting a number of young people who have been identified or referred for 1-1 direct support.

Both aspects of the role will involve working directly with young people and their families to reduce risks, as well as building strong relationships other social care, Police, third sector agencies and local services in the area.

Your base would be near to Glasgow Central Station with regular travel between the station and working in the boroughs of North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, Glasgow and Renfrewshire. This role involves some evenings and weekend hours.

About you

You will have experience of successfully engaging and supporting young people and families as well as working in an outreach or similar setting, in a creative and engaging way with young people with a range of needs and vulnerabilities.

A relevant qualification in an appropriate discipline in working with children and families, community or youth work or equivalent experience is desirable. Alongside this relevant training in safeguarding and/or issues relevant to vulnerable young people and families is essential.

You will need to have experience of providing front line support to safeguard some of the most vulnerable young people in the UK.

Experience of developing productive relationships/partnerships with a variety of organisations such as 3rd sector group, local services and statutory services such a social care to support the needs of vulnerable young people and families is a must.

A full person specification can be found in the job pack.

Around since 1923, SAMH is Scotland’s national mental health charity. Today, we operate over 70 services in communities across Scotland, providing mental health social care support, addictions and employment services, among others. Together with national programme work in See Me, respectme, suicide prevention, and physical activity and sport, these services inform SAMH’s policy and campaign work to influence positive social change.

SAMH is dedicated to mental health and wellbeing for all: with a vision of a society where people are able to live their lives fully, regardless of present or past circumstances.

SAMH hosts ‘United to Prevent Suicide’; which is the social movement aspect of the national suicide prevention strategy, Creating Hope Together. We are a mass participation project open to anyone in Scotland who is passionate about preventing suicide, often due to lived experience of crisis and bereavement.

We support our members to take action in their own lives, their communities, and at a national level. In the past year, United to Prevent Suicide has undertaken a strategy to become a more member-led organisation, with new projects launched and more planned.

The post-holder will work alongside the Social Movement Development Manager to grow the movement, strengthen our participatory practice, and deliver key projects.

What we are looking for:

To be successful in this post you will need experience of working with sensitive subjects and with people who have had difficult life experiences, and be confident developing and sustaining excellent working relationships with volunteers and community members.

This role is ideal for anyone who believes in the power of collective movements to tackle entrenched social problems, and who believes that relationships of trust, solidarity and action can be part of a journey of recovery.

The role will require some travel and evening and weekend working as per the needs of the project.

What we will provide for you

You will work in a supportive environment and will be provided with a full induction and training opportunities. You will be given the chance to develop your knowledge and skills, as well as develop professionally. Some of our benefits include;

• Reimbursement of PVG & Disclosure costs.
• Funded continuous learning and development opportunities, access to over 100 courses online in addition to classroom and virtual training sessions
• 30 days annual leave rising to 33 after 5 years’ service (pro rata)
• 4 public holidays (pro rata)
• 2 paid wellbeing days off per year to use on what matters to you (pro rata)
• Team wellbeing budgets
• Workplace pension scheme
• Life Assurance policy
• Employee Assistance Programme

Who Cares? Scotland is Scotland’s only national independent membership organisation for Care Experienced people. Our strategic vision is to secure a lifetime of equality, respect, and love for Care Experienced people in Scotland.

At the heart of Who Cares? Scotland’s work are the rights of Care Experienced people, and the power of their voices to bring about positive change. We provide individual lifelong relationship-based independent advocacy and a broad range of imaginative participatory and engagement opportunities for Care Experienced people across Scotland. We work alongside Corporate Parents and communities to broaden understanding and create change. We work with policy makers, leaders, and elected representatives locally and nationally to shape law, policy, and practice, working together to build on the aspirations of The Promise and secure positive change.

As a project, Communities that Care works to create a world where Care Experienced children, young people, and adults are known, understood, welcomed, celebrated, and loved. The aim of the Communities that Care Team is to educate the public about the reality of care (as told to us by Care Experienced people), challenge stigma around care experience, and create the conditions for children, young people, and adults with care experience to thrive.

We are seeking a passionate and talented communicator to join our Communities that Care Team as a Development Officer. Working to shape, deliver, and evaluate our work in schools nationwide, with a particular focus in Clackmannanshire, you will provide training and support to educational establishments and organisations. You will also lead on the local participation offer for Care Experienced people within Clackmannanshire; supporting, developing and facilitating our current group and considering how we grow its reach within the local authority.

You will be welcomed into the team and expected to play a key role in supporting the delivery of our wider Communities that Care work, including Care Aware workforce training to employers and organisations.

As an individual with a background working with children and young people, you are adept at creating and delivering learning, teaching, and project plans, with experience providing dynamic training to a range of audiences. Confident writing reports and evidencing practice and impact, you have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, as well as the ability to develop strong professional relationships. Committed to child and human rights, working inclusively, and with the belief that young people can make transformative change in their lives, you understand how structural barriers, social oppression/liberation and intersectionality shape our world. With a deep knowledge and desire to learn about the issues affecting Care Experienced people, you are keen to help create meaningful positive change, challenge stigma, and to keep The Promise.

There is an expectation that the postholder will have a regular presence within the National Office in Glasgow to connect with the wider team, and across Clackmannanshire. Home working is offered as part of our commitment to flexible working and wider travel across Scotland will be necessary. Given the remit of the role, as well as the need from team members to contribute to our diverse calendar of exciting local and national participation groups, some evening and weekend work, including overnight stays, will be necessary.

The successful candidate will be joining Who Cares? Scotland at an exciting time, when the voices of those who are in or have experienced care are growing in power, individually and collectively – bringing with them insight, challenge, hope and change. While we would welcome the knowledge gathered through relevant qualifications, we are just as interested in relevant work experience.

We welcome and encourage applications from those with experience of care.

If this sounds like the role for you, we would love to hear from you. For an informal conversation about this opportunity please contact Donna Nicholas at dnicholas@whocaresscotland.org.

As part of a dedicated team at Angus Carers Centre, you will support carers by fostering meaningful relationships, ensuring their voices are heard, and empowering them to exercise their rights. You will collaborate with unpaid carers, and partner organisations to provide guidance, and engaging activities that enhance resilience, confidence, and social connections. Your role will also involve raising awareness, shaping services, and championing carers in decision-making processes.

Angus Carers Centre is a rights-based charity working with and for unpaid carers across Angus.

Why you should consider applying

“After our son’s diagnosis with Autism in 2012 Angus Carers Centre have been a lifeline from the moment I called. It was a like a small weight had been lifted. Knowing someone was there that understood what we were going through and to guide us in the right direction was encouraging. That is when we knew we wouldn't be alone in your journey with Autism.

Through the groups I have become friends with those in similar situations to ours, we have laughed (a-lot) and cried (a little) over the years.

I gained my confidence back, I grew a backbone, became better with confrontation and got to know and love our son for what he was and what he could achieve, not what he couldn’t.

Don’t get me wrong, there have been other groups/charities involved along the way which have also helped shape the young man our son is today but for me especially ACC has been paramount. So much so I became a volunteer, I was then known as Isabel and not Billy’s’ mum. Something that I had missed for a long time. I loved my Monday morning shifts on reception before lockdown. We all know how it feels when you get through to the Dr’s receptionist after the weekend. That was me but for carers. Not always the cheeriest of calls but I knew who could help them and they were soon directed to the correct care worker. It certainly made my Monday Morning.

Anyway enough about me, if you have made the call to ACC well done if not, what are you waiting for, help is there.” – carer & staff member

About Us

Established in 1996, Angus Carers Centre has grown significantly over the last 25 years, and we are now supporting over 1500 unpaid adult and young carers across Angus.

The social, political and policy horizon is changing, and we need to ensure that we provide the right support at the right time. We are entering a new and exciting chapter, and there has never been a better time to join our organisation.

As part of a dedicated and compassionate team, you will provide vital support to carers, fostering genuine and empowering relationships with families, unpaid carers, and partner organisations. Your role will ensure that cares are heard, valued, and placed at the heart of everything we do.

Reporting to the Adult Carers Service Manager, you will have a positive non-judgemental regard and help carers exercise their rights and support them to realise their potential.

About Us

Faith in Community Dundee (FiCD) is a values-led organisation working to tackle poverty and inequality through partnership, listening, and belief in the power of communities. We work alongside faith groups, local networks, and people with lived experience to create real, lasting change.

The Role

To support and encourage local faith communities in developing community initiatives which offer a practical response to both the causes and the effects of poverty and hardship in Dundee and surrounds; enable faith leaders and faith communities to engage with statutory partners to ensure inclusive services; build links between faith leaders, faith communities and the wider community.

Key Responsibilities

• Enable local faith communities to develop specific ideas and activities which address locally identified needs and use approaches that best meets the needs of local people. This support will be through:
• facilitation and mentoring,
• identifying or delivering relevant training,
• connecting faith communities with key partners,
• providing guidance and support to faith communities on governance issues, organisational development, funding.
• Co-facilitate the Dundee Faith Forum, a quarterly meeting of Faith Leaders, and deliver on any associated actions, including facilitating short-term working groups.
• Develop opportunities to bring diverse faith communities together, building connections and relationships through shared actions/activities.
• Develop opportunities for diverse faith communities to engage in the wider fairness agenda within the city, with a particular focus on poverty and inequality.
• Support faith communities delivering community food provision, including connecting them with the Dundee Community Food Network.

Additional Information:

The Faith Forum is a newly formed (January 2024) forum of Faith Leaders from across the city. Through the Faith Covenant with Dundee City Council, the Faith Forum gives opportunities for Faith Leaders to engage with statutory services, representing their communities, and ensuring equality, inclusion and human rights is embedded in public services. The Forum meets quarterly, Dundee City Councils Equalities Officer attends each meeting, and the Forum members invite representatives from statutory bodies to attend and discuss key issues. Short-term working groups and actions develop from these quarterly meetings

More information about all strands of our work can be found on our website faithincommunitydundee.org

About You

We’re looking for someone with:

• Passion about social justice and tackling poverty, with a commitment to the aims and key values of Faith in Community Dundee.
• Demonstrable experience of community development, working with people from diverse backgrounds, and comfortable with leaders of faith communities.
• Ability to build positive relationships with faith communities and key stakeholders.
• Excellent communication, organisational, and IT skills.

Inclusivity Statement

We welcome applications from all backgrounds, especially those with lived experience of poverty or from underrepresented communities. We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion in all aspects of our work.

Notes

It is essential you have the right to work in the UK before applying to work with us. You will be asked to provide proof of your eligibility to work and remain in the UK if you are invited to attend for an interview.

The appointment of a successful candidate will be subject to the provision of a Disclosure Scotland Level 1 Disclosure