Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to shape a new role and coordinate a new project, leading on its development over three years?
Are you looking for a job where every day is different and you work in a team to make a real difference to young people’s lives?
Are you able to lead groups and work one-to-one with young people, connecting them with the green space and supporting their skills development and next steps?
If so, this may be the perfect opportunity for you!
About the service
Our Green Skills Centre offers group training and development work to young people and other groups at risk of experiencing homelessness. We realise that many 'at risk' groups can suffer from a nature deficit and sense of disconnection which can intensify and compound the struggles people face. We aim to be a restorative and supportive influence. We offer workshops, accredited training and client-led learning pathways. Our learning work includes sustainable horticulture, market gardening, woodland skills, peer-mentoring and outdoor-education.
About the post
This is an exciting opportunity to be coordinate and help shape our new Green Skills project. You will work closely with the Green Skills Centre team to deliver courses to recent school leavers, many of whom are likely to have gained few qualifications while at school. You will ensure young people are supported throughout the course and will build relationships with each group. The role will include recruitment for the course and ensuring all delivery is done in a person-centred way. You will work with the young people during and after the course to identify the most appropriate next step for them such as further education, training or secure employment.
About you
You will be experienced in working with young people and have experience, or an understanding of mental health and the challenges young people face when leaving school.
Your ability to build excellent working relationships will enable you to motivate young people to engage with the service. You should also have an interest in green skills, land, animals and the environment.
This is a varied role that will require you to be well organised, able to work on your own initiative; and be positive, creative and flexible in providing support.
How we’ll support you
You’ll be working independently as part of a team with a supportive manager. We will encourage you use your creativity to innovate new activities, and support you to introduce them.
You will have access to wider Cyrenians support, including our learning and development programme, and staff wellbeing services.
About us
At Cyrenians we tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness by taking a Public Health Approach to Homelessness Prevention. We take a values-led and relationships-based approach to delivering all our services.
Read more about our impact and our values.
Now is an exciting time for Edinburgh Community Food. We will be launching our new strategy, Equity in Nutrition, which sets out an ambitious plan for our future at our AGM in September. We have a very skilled and motivated Board, and an effective Leadership Team in place led by Brenda Black, CEO, who joined five years ago and is driving change and transformation. We are now looking for up to three Directors to join our board.
Edinburgh Community Food is a registered charity and Company Limited by Guarantee. Our Directors set the strategic direction and review and monitor Edinburgh Community Food’s work and activities, both financial and operational, there by supporting and challenging the Management Team in meeting the organisation’s mission and vision.
Directors play a key role by bringing their own experience to inform strategy and to act as ambassadors and facilitators for the organisation. Edinburgh Community Food are seeking applications from talented individuals, who are committed to making nutrition accessible and reduce health inequalities whilst helping to enhance all areas of operation within the organisation. Directors must be capable of working with a wide range of stakeholders, be effective communicators and have strong people skills who can draw upon their own seasoned skills and experience.
The Chair of the Board may delegate certain tasks to individuals or groups of Directors. Directors must be able and willing to contribute to a wide range of activities to bring the vision of Edinburgh Community Food to life. In addition to the usual governance activity conducted by the board, such activities may include joining board sub-committees or working groups and lending their professional expertise to support and coach members of the organisation to deliver key initiatives.
Edinburgh Community Food welcome applications from a wide range of sectors and are keen to hear from those who are passionate about food and health inequalities and making a difference in your community. We are also keen to hear from people from marginalised and under-represented communities.
Edinburgh Community Food create accessible and inclusive communities, and this continues to our Director appointments. Directors’ specific areas of experience that we require are below:
Directors will be required to
Home-Start Clackmannanshire is a long standing, dynamic charity, striving to ensure every young child (under 12) has the best possible start in life locally. Raising a family has never been easy; our trained volunteers and staff are there to support families through challenging times. In Scotland, Home-Starts have over 1,500 volunteers supporting over 3,500 families and 6,500 children each year through compassionate, confidential help to parents/carers when they need us most. The parents/carers we support are often overwhelmed and isolated. They may be struggling with mental health, illness, disability, multiple births, poverty, domestic abuse, separation and/or trauma. We provide a bespoke support package of 1:1 and group services for families, helping them to cope with the stresses and strains of daily life and encourage them to build the skills, confidence, and strength they need to nurture their children for years to come.
We are looking to welcome a new Family Support Group Worker to our team due to an exciting new partnership with Action for Children, to build a pre-5’s service locally for families. This is a fixed term contract, with potential for extension, funding dependent.
Purpose of the job
Home-Start Clackmannanshire and Action for Children are working in partnership, with the support of our local Child Wellbeing Partnership, to develop a communities based, group support system, providing a nurturing and educational environment for children and their parents/carers. This new service aims to enhance positive well-being, parent-child attachment, and support early childhood development, providing the foundations for children to flourish.
We are looking for an enthusiastic practitioner who is knowledgeable in child development and has experience working with children and their families in both group settings and on a one-to-one basis.
This role will work closely with our current Family Support Group Workers, supporting our aspiration to work in partnership locally to offer supportive and enriching environments for young families.
As a Family Support Group Worker, you will work closely with our team, and our partners Action for Children, to support the development of children and parents by creating fun and interesting environments/activities to enhance skills, promote emotional resilience, encourage positive behaviours and routines.
About East Lothian Foodbank
East Lothian Foodbank is at the forefront of the fight against poverty in East Lothian. We believe passionately that everyone should have the right to respect, dignity and self-determination, in a world without hunger and poverty; our advice services and campaigning activities are designed to help achieve these goals, sitting alongside our core role of providing emergency food & essentials to those who need them.
As an independent Scottish charity, we are also fortunate to be part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working towards combatting poverty and hunger across the UK.
About You
We are looking for someone to join our team, who has a similar passion for driving meaningful change in our community. As one of our key “faces” to the outside world, the role would be suited to someone with strong communication skills and relationship building skills, who is driven and well organised.
About the Role
The East Lothian Foodbank Service Co-ordinator is at the frontline of our crisis service. As the first point of contact for our service users and referral partners you must be a confident communicator who can work well managing multiple tasks in a busy environment. Duties will include processing requests for emergency food support received via phone, email and online.
You will be taking care of day-to-day contacts and building relationships with partners, service users and others with regards to our crisis service. You will be expected to handle service user and referral partner information in line with data handling policy and procedures, notifying the Foodbank Manager of specific requests or requirements.
As an emergency food service, you may be dealing with people who are often in distress so the ability to deal with people sensitively and with compassion is required. The core values of East Lothian Foodbank must always be observed and promoted to ensure we offer the best possible support.
The Service Co-ordinator must maintain good working relations, not only with our referral agents and partners, but also with our volunteers. The core values of East Lothian Foodbank must always be observed and promoted to ensure we offer the best possible support to those in food crisis.
In line with our Recruitment and Selection Policy this role will be subject to a criminal record check.
Every day 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 Policy and Campaigns Officer you can be the difference between people just surviving and really living.
You will be part of Scotland’s leading charity providing support to people with chest, heart and stroke conditions to live life to the full again. Our Community Healthcare support service is a supported self-management and community recovery model that aims to boost the health and wellbeing of the one in five people living with a chest, heart, stroke or Long Covid condition in Scotland.
We work in partnership with NHS Health boards across Scotland, helping provide better care for people who need it most.
The Policy and Campaigns officer supports our Policy and Campaigns manager and the Head of External Engagement to deliver government and parliamentary focused engagement work. You’ll advocate for access to our Community Healthcare Support Service and supported self management, support our Right to Rehab campaign, promote integrated NHS referrals and the role of third sector health organisations in the National Care Service, and work with partners across the public, private and third sectors to ensure there is No Life Half Lived in Scotland following the diagnosis of one of our conditions.
CHSS employees enjoy a variety of organisational benefits including: Company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance, company sick pay, employee welfare support and life assurance.
CHSS also supports flexible recruitment through Working Families and we are “Happy to Talk Flexible Working”.
In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a Basic Disclosure 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 Loaningdale School Company supports young people (up to 25 years), especially those in need, living in the Clydesdale area of South Lanarkshire. It provides grants to individuals and organisations from a fund set up in the 1990s following the closing of Loaningdale School. You can find out more about us by visiting our website loaningdale.org.uk
We are seeking someone to help us advance our mission to support young people to achieve their ambitions. The Development Officer will work with the Loaningdale Board to promote the work of the trust among young people and the wider community and to cultivate relationships with community groups, schools and other partner organisations.
For full information about the role, please refer to the job description below.
We are an established, respected and trusted organisation that has been rooted in the heart of our community for many years. We use relationship-focussed, play-based, interactions to focus on the wellbeing of children and families, as well as the regeneration of the local area.
We are passionate about play and what it can do for the individual, family and community. We inspire both children and families to overcome their difficulties, build strengths and resilience and fulfil their goals more effectively.
We support the people of Armadale to help shape and build their own community. Our success is dependent upon the creativeness, enthusiasm, passion, experience, knowledge and empathy of our staff. All of our work is about prevention and early intervention. We work in partnership with a wide-range of stakeholders and are well connected and trusted, both as a strategic partner, that has the pulse of the local community and as a key delivery member of the Armadale Regeneration Team.
This job has a key role within the organisation to ensure we achieve our aims, and will:
• Promote positive emotional wellbeing for our service users
• Immerse children in high quality play opportunities
• Develop & deliver our family learning and adult support groups
• Offer bespoke one-to-one family support
• Practice in a way that is Trauma Informed
• Establish and maintain strong networks & positive relationships with partner agencies
• Lead our Pantry service with dignity
• Ensure that we continue to deliver, as a key anchor agency in the local Regeneration Team
• Signpost to relevant partner agencies and maintain a sound local knowledge
• Work with colleagues to develop and maintain our outdoor space
• Be inclusive and diverse, to minimise inequalities
• Contribute to our social media presence
You will be:
• Enthusiastic, passionate and caring
• Creative, engaging and motivated
• Experienced in working with families
• Flexible in your approach to work
• Loves play and understands its importance
• Positive about working and play outdoors
• Fun loving and enthusiastic in your approach to work
• Able to establish authentic connections with people
• Professional at all times
• Experienced in working within and contributing to, multiagency teams
• Excellent at organisational skills, as this role is varied and fast paced
• Approachable and non-judgemental
• Passionate about fairness and equality
• Able to work autonomously and take ownership and responsibility for delivering results
• A reflective practitioner who is keen to develop, learn and grow
In return we offer:
• A fun workplace
• A competitive salary
• 32 days annual leave
• An organisation that is committed to ensuring staff wellbeing
• Enhanced maternity, sick pay and stakeholder pension
Qualifications/experience: No specific qualification requirement, but experience of family and partnership work, is essential
Are you passionate about promoting equality and human rights in Scotland? Do you have experience operating at a senior level, with a commitment to active listening, collaborative working, and strategic thinking, while exercising impartiality. If so, we have a unique opportunity for you to make a difference as a Scotland Committee Member for the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
Our Scotland Committee is responsible for overseeing and guiding the Commission's work in Scotland, advising our Commissioners on policies and programs affecting people living in Scotland, contributing a Scottish perspective to the Commission's strategic and business plans, and advising on matters relating to equality and human rights.
As a Committee Member, you will work closely with the Committee chair and Scotland Commissioner, Dr Lesley Sawers, and support the Commission's important work of promoting equality and human rights for the people of Scotland. You will have the opportunity to shape the development of policy and strategic priorities in Scotland and represent the Commission in Scotland.
But being a Committee Member isn't just about the work you'll be doing. It's about the impact you'll be making. Our current Committee Members have shared how being a part of the Committee has given them a unique opportunity to make a difference, to influence the equality and human rights agenda in Scotland, and to develop their personal skills through interesting and thought-provoking debate on current equality issues.
To be considered for this unique opportunity, we seek individuals with significant senior-level experience who value diversity of thought and opinion. Candidates from the third sector, NGOs, or charities are particularly encouraged to apply. We are looking for experts by experience, especially those with a strong background in regulation and a proven understanding of the equality and human rights agenda across Britain, with a specific focus on Scotland. A practical understanding of Scotland's social, economic, cultural, legal, and political contexts is essential. We particularly welcome applications from people who belong to disadvantaged groups including disabilities and ethnic minorities.
If you have a passion for promoting equality and human rights, along with the necessary skills and experience, we invite you to apply. You will have the chance to work with dedicated and expert colleagues, shape policy and strategic priorities, and make a real difference in the lives of people in Scotland.
Committee members will be expected to commit to 12 days per year to the role. Committee members will be remunerated at £250 per day plus reasonable expenses, as agreed by the Commission.
Are you excited by the possibilities for mission within the Church of Scotland? Can you see potential in the midst of all the change and transition for growth and even new life? 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 work alongside those in our congregations to enable and support them as they work to implement the Presbytery mission plan throughout the Presbytery of Fife.
Alongside leadership skills and experience of leading and planning events, activities and meetings, you should have knowledge of the life and work, structures and procedures of the Church of Scotland. You will be an excellent communicator with the ability to share complex information to a variety of audiences.
This post carries a Genuine Occupational Requirement in terms of the Equality Act 2010. You will be a committed Christian with a live Church connection.
About us.
Watch Us Grow is a charity based in Palacerigg Country Park on the outskirts of Cumbernauld. We work with adults who have Additional Support Needs. We help people become more independent both at home and within the communities they live. We do this by creating purposeful roles and educational experiences that develop new skills and self-confidence.
We grow plants, flowers and vegetables organically from seed which we either plant up in our garden, sell or as with the vegetables donate to a local food charity. We are open to the public to wander around while we work and enjoy our space. Our garden is organic, creative, productive and embraces wildlife.
Job Description
Watch us Grow is looking for someone who enjoys working outdoors in all weather and all seasons. Your primary role will be supporting students in our garden; however, we are a small team so work across all our projects including our evening activities will be required. You will guide and support our students to complete their horticulture training and daily garden maintenance tasks. Your role will also involve physically taxing work normal to gardening and landscaping.
This job will involve you being creative in a way that will engage our students’ imaginations, you will be able to adapt how you deliver information to different individuals with different needs. You will help to keep garden projects fresh and interesting. Your work will involve heavily your knowledge of horticulture, you will also be happy to use both hand and power tools, dive into arts and crafts and have an interest in nature and the environment
You will report to the General Manager and work within an existing and established staff team. This role also requires you drive a 9 seater minibus (standard driving license required)
You will need to be enthusiastic and patient, show an understanding of people with additional support needs. You will have experience in Horticulture/ Gardening/ allotments, interests in Arts n crafts and have some DIY experience. You need to be creative, friendly and engaging.
Duties and responsibilities
1. Support our students and volunteers in all aspects of their work offering an experience which is purposeful and fulfilling both physically and mentally.
2. Ensure a safe working practice both in the garden and elsewhere which will keep all areas safe for visitors, students, volunteers and staff.
3. Ensure that all health and safety legislation is adhered to.
4. Help to create and deliver engaging projects for our students.
5. Help students to complete horticultural qualifications.
6. Working some evenings and weekends on social activities or on other fund-raising events
7. work that may include representing and promoting the values and work of Watch Us grow at events
8. Any other tasks and activities as reasonably required to fulfil the needs of the organisation
Funder: This role is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund for a 3-year period.