The Edinburgh Locality Support Worker will deliver dedicated and empowering support to women in Edinburgh, who have experienced or are at risk from domestic abuse, in accordance with SSSC Standards. This role encompasses practical and emotional support, advocacy, and collaborative working with statutory and third-sector organizations to achieve the best possible outcomes for women in our service. A trauma-informed approach is essential, ensuring that women receive comprehensive, person-centred support in a safe and supportive setting. Support is delivered through telephone support, one-to-one meetings, and attendance at joint meetings with partner agencies.

This role is based at EWA offices at 4 Cheyne Street, Edinburgh, EH4 1JB. Travel within Edinburgh to meet service users will be required as well.

This role is subject to satisfactory Adult and Child PVG scheme membership.

About Aberlour Sycamore Inverness…

At Aberlour, we believe that every child deserves the chance to flourish regardless of their background and the circumstances that have brought them to live with Aberlour. The children we support are presently not able to live safely with their own families and many of them have suffered from trauma and loss in their young lives.

Our experienced team seek to create a comfortable home for them where they can grow and flourish, participating in educational and community activities to achieve their goals.

What we are looking for....

We are looking to recruit a Residential Worker to join our team in Inverness, you will work 37.5 hours per week working in a residential house which is home for up to five young people. Our Residential Workers support our young people, helping them to achieve and overcome the challenges they face. At Aberlour, we believe that every child deserves the change to flourish regardless of their background and the circumstances that have brought them to live with Aberlour. Working therapeutically with the young people our aim is to help young people to develop their confidence and self-worth and therefore to maximise their potential and opportunities for living fulfilled and happy lives.

As a Residential Worker, you will play a fundamental role in ensuring that our young people are working towards their goals through supporting them with different daily activities. These activities can include college, different hobbies and attending fun groups. Not without its challenges and demands, this is a highly rewarding role.

This service operates a residential rota and, as part of this, you will be expected to work evenings, weekends, public holidays and sleepovers. Shifts are set monthly, however may be altered to suit the needs of the service.

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.

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 on our website.

Amma Birth Companions is recruiting a Fundraising & Marketing Officer who shares our commitment to equity in perinatal care, and who can grow the income and support that make our work possible.

The Fundraising & Marketing Officer is a new role reporting into our Head of Fundraising. The successful candidate will help build lasting relationships with our donors and supporters and lead the campaigns that bring vital funding to the families we support.

The Role

As Fundraising & Marketing Officer, you will play a key role in growing the income Amma relies on to do its work.

You will develop and deliver our individual giving programme, build donor journeys through our CRM and email marketing, and deliver our fundraising campaigns, working closely with the Head of Fundraising on strategy and targets.

You will apply Amma's brand identity consistently across our channels and campaign materials, produce our newsletter, and own the website's donate page and other key conversion pages.

You'll also work closely with the Advocacy & Communications Officer, who will help shape campaign messaging and other digital content.

Amma Birth Companions is recruiting for an Advocacy & Communications Officer who shares our commitment to equity in perinatal care, and who can turn our evidence and lived experience insight into content that moves people and informs policy.

The Advocacy & Communications Officer is a new role reporting into our Head of Advocacy & Communications. The successful candidate will help ensure that Amma's voice, and the voices of the families we support, reach the public and the decision-makers who can drive change.

The Role

As Advocacy & Communications Officer, you will play a key role in shaping how Amma's work is understood and valued by the public and by the decision-makers we're working to influence.

You will coordinate and produce our annual Impact Report and any future research reports; write blogs, news stories, and social media content that demonstrate the impact of our work and help to advance our advocacy priorities; and keep across the policy landscape so Amma can respond promptly.

You will also represent Amma in the community, delivering presentations and attending events to raise awareness of our work and advocacy positions. You will work with our Experts by Experience group, alongside the Advocacy & Community Engagement Manager, to co-develop content that reflects lived experiences.

The Advocacy & Communications Officer will work closely with the Fundraising & Marketing Officer, helping to shape campaign messaging and other digital content.

About Aberlour Guardianship Scotland

Guardianship Scotland is a specialist statutory service providing Independent Child Trafficking Guardians (ICTG) to all unaccompanied asylum seeking children, victims of trafficking and children vulnerable to trafficking who arrive in Scotland. We deliver this in partnership with Aberlour and Scottish Refugee Council on behalf of the Scottish Government.

The children and young people we help in Guardianship have been through unimaginable traumas. Now, they must cope with being apart from their families in a strange, new country. They face language and cultural barriers, and they enter complex systems which include the welfare, asylum and trafficking processes which are very complicated, and it can be difficult for them to understand.

We support young people to understand these processes, stand by the young peoples’ side throughout these processes, support them to access the help they need and advocate when needed to ensure their views are clearly listened to. Our guardians support the young people to make informed decisions about their future and to settle into a new life in Scotland.

Could you be the person to support children to navigate complex processes and feel empowered throughout? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team.

What we are looking for....

We are looking to recruit a Guardian who will support our work across the Highlands. You will work from our Inverness office a minimum of two days per week with regular travel throughout Highlands and occasional travel elsewhere in Scotland. You will work 30 hours per week, these hours will be worked in line with the needs of the young people and service and may include evenings and weekends.

We are looking for candidates who have a relevant professional qualification at SCQF level 8 and has, or are prepared to work towards, Immigration Advisory Authority Level 2 Registration.

You will have experience of working with young people and children, dealing with child/adult protection issues, experience of advocacy work, as well as inter-agency and partnership working. Knowledge or experience of the asylum and National Referral Mechanism systems are desirable, though full training will be provided.

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.

Our vision is that no one in Scotland faces the challenges of older age alone.

We provide older people, their families and carers with high quality information and advice services and we tackle loneliness through our dedicated friendship programmes.

We campaign and influence on the issues older people tell us they care about. We support and fund hundreds of older people’s groups and community initiatives across the country and deliver workshops to improve people’s quality of life.

We involve and empower people affected by dementia and host national forums for older people from ethnic minorities and the LGBTQ+ community to help address the inequalities they face.

We're looking for an experienced and passionate fundraiser to join us as Interim Legacy and In Memory Lead.

In this role, you'll drive our legacy and in-memory fundraising programme, inspiring supporters to leave a lasting impact for older people across Scotland. You'll raise awareness of the difference gifts in wills and in-memory donations make, lead engaging campaigns and activities, and help grow both income and legacy pledges to support our work now and for generations to come.

If you're a creative, relationship-focused fundraiser with a track record of delivering results and a passion for making a meaningful difference, we'd love to hear from you.

The post will be Scotland-based, with a blend of office (Edinburgh-based) and home working. As a hybrid role the intention is that office-based and external facing work will constitute 40% of working time over each month. Age Scotland is a flexible employer, and flexible work patterns are available.

In return for your hard work, enthusiasm and commitment to our values you’ll receive a generous benefits package:

• Generous holiday allowance of 39 days (FTE)
• A range of learning and development opportunities
• Company sick pay
• Healthcare benefit through BHSF
• Discounted gym membership
• Discounts from major retailers
• Contributory pension scheme with employer contributions of 9%
• A comprehensive package of support though our Employee Assistance Programme
• Group life cover up to three times your annual salary
• Cycle to work scheme
• Paid carers leave and dependents’ support
• Enhanced family life policies.

Help shape the next chapter of the West Highland Way.

As Scotland’s first and most popular long-distance walking route looks towards its 50th anniversary in 2030, we’re recruiting a Funding and Communications Manager to help build support for its future.

The Way connects communities and welcomes people from around the world. Caring for it takes funding, strong partnerships and people who can inspire others to get involved.

Working alongside our new Director, passionate trustees and partners up and down the route, you’ll develop fundraising, build supporter relationships and share the stories that show why this work matters.

If you have a strong track record in charity fundraising and a talent for engaging people, we’d love to hear from you.

Looking for more information?

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact us via trustee@westhighlandwaytrust.org and one of the Trustees will get back to you.

You can also find more information about us on our website westhighlandwaytrust.org and on the official West Highland Way website westhighlandway.org

Morton in the Community is recruiting a Family Support Coach to help establish our new whole family support programme.

We are looking for people who care about getting support right for families. People who listen without judgement, build trust and follow through with practical help.

Following a successful award from the Whole Family Support Third Sector Delivery Fund, we are joining four other football community charities across Scotland to deliver Centre Circle. Together, we will help families access practical, financial and wellbeing support earlier and more easily.

Here in Inverclyde, you will have the opportunity to shape that support from the outset, working alongside families and drawing on existing community connections and local partnerships.

You will work directly with families, helping them identify their priorities and take practical steps towards their own goals. We are looking for someone who can build relationships, support people through difficult circumstances and help them access the services and opportunities they need.

THIS IS NOT A FOOTBALL COACHING ROLE.

Sessional Support Workers work within the Family Support Services Team. The Family Support Services Team at SBH Scotland have the key aims of:

• Increasing awareness and understanding of spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus across Scotland so that those affected are empowered and supported appropriately to achieve their potential.
• Offering support to children, young people, adults, their families and carers affected by spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus so that they have resilience and are empowered to live as independently as possible.

Family Support Services use a person-centred approach to tailor information and appropriately support according to individual need. SBH Scotland works in partnership with other agencies to provide information and support throughout the lifespan.

The Sessional Support Worker Role:

To provide appropriate support to children/young people/adults affected by Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus in a variety of settings, this could be 1-to-1 work but will focus mainly on group work.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and facilitate support groups, outings and other events as required
• Coordinate and facilitate groups according to needs; promoting independence, self management and peer support
• Facilitate and encourage the personal and social development of SBH Scotland members
• Establish and maintain effective communications and working relationships with partner agencies and colleagues to promote the wellbeing of service users.
• To maintain confidentiality with regard to sensitive personal information relating to individual users of the service
• To attend training as required and as identified through supervision and appraisal
• To liaise regularly with the Team Lead, and to attend and participate in staff team meetings
• All employees are expected to abide by Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Scotland’s policies and procedures.
• Undertake other duties that may reasonably be requested by Team Lead

Accountable to: Senior Support Lead

Hours: Zero Hours Contract paid at £13.72 per hour. Travel Expenses Paid.

Hours will vary depending on activities, individual work, training and meetings. Work may be out with normal office hours, including evening and weekends therefore flexibility is a necessity.

Upside is a Scottish Government funded programme delivering inclusive voluntary throughcare services across Scotland for men, women and young people serving a short-term sentence or following a period on remand. A collaborative and relationship-based partnership model underpins delivery in supporting people to achieve positive outcomes for both them and wider communities. We are recruiting for two skilled and experienced colleagues who can demonstrate a commitment to providing high quality through-care services to join our Barnardo's delivery team.

• We are looking for 2 throughcare community workers covering the Tayside area supporting females and young people
• Being educated to at least SVQ level 3 or equivalent is desirable.
• Experience of supporting individuals in a community setting,
• A current driving licence and use of a car for work as well as being computer literate with proficient experience of Microsoft tools are essential.

Pay & Reward Framework

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.

Benefits

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role.

Barnardo's require colleagues to be UK residents, based in the UK and to complete their roles from within the UK (with the exception of colleagues providing Barnardo's services in Jersey and colleagues who live in the Republic of Ireland providing services in Northern Ireland)

• Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
• Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme
• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
• Service related sick pay from day 1
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
• Cycle2work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
• 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

*T&C's apply based on contract

About Barnardo's

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

Our basis and values