Help make a difference to local families - Bellshill & Mossend YMCA is looking for a motivated and compassionate Project Lead to coordinate and deliver our Y-Connect project. Y-Connect supports carers and children under five with diagnosed or undiagnosed Additional Support Needs (ASN), providing opportunities for play, learning, social connection and wellbeing support.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead a well-established project, working directly with families while coordinating a small team including staff and volunteers and partnerships to ensure high-quality support for children and carers. You’ll have the opportunity to develop and shape the project to ensure it continues to meet the needs of local families.

We're looking for someone who has:

• Experience working with children and families
• Knowledge of early years, ASN, family support or community learning
• Strong organisational and communication skills
• Experience leading projects, services or teams
• A commitment to inclusive, family-centred practice

Qualifications:

Applicants should hold, or be working towards, a relevant qualification in Childhood Practice, Early Years, Community Learning and Development, Social Services (Children and Young People), Family Support, or a related field.

Why Join Us?

​At Bellshill & Mossend YMCA, we put children, young people and families first. You’ll join a supportive and values-driven team and play a key role in shaping a project that supports families to feel more connected, confident and less isolated.

Care Opinion CIC is an independent, not for profit social enterprise run by a small, committed and passionate team. Our mission is to make it safe and simple for everyone to share their experiences of health and care services in ways which connect people together for change. Inclusion, transparency, integrity and innovation are some of the values which drive what we do and how we do it. We run a feedback website and we work closely with staff in healthcare organisations across the UK and further afield.

We are recruiting an enthusiastic Engagement and Support Officer to be part of our Support Services Team and predominantly across Scotland but will also include projects across the UK and the wider business.

You will join a team responsible for delivering comprehensive support and engagement services to existing Care Opinion subscribers, while supporting the engagement and onboarding of new subscribers across health and social care.

Many of the organisations and teams that Care Opinion works with recognise they would like to do more with online feedback but need support to do this. This involves working with both an executive and operational lead to drive forward their involvement with Care Opinion. Support will be wide ranging; from helping to collate information and working on implementation plans, to supporting individual staff to promote Care Opinion at a local level and respond to online feedback in an open and transparent way.

The post holder must have a passion for harnessing the citizen voice in improving health and adult social care services, as well as share our commitment to delivering a personal and friendly customer service. You must demonstrate commitment to Care Opinion’s vision, mission and values.

Key role areas

The job includes:

Preparing and delivering excellent training to staff from subscribing organisations via webinars and occasional face to face.

Providing quick, constructive and engaging support and inspiration to subscribing organisations on all issues relating to the effective use of their subscription.

Handling queries from other organisations and the public via telephone or email in a friendly and professional manner.

Being the lead contact for a number of subscribing organisations and reporting progress to the Subscriber Services Manager.

Carefully moderating stories/responses and ensuring accurate and speedy publication.• Contributing enthusiastically to sales and marketing planning and activity.

Website administration: diligently updating service tree, maintaining subscriptions, developing and updating site pages.

Proactively seeking customer feedback and using this to contribute to product and service development.

Organising and participating in the delivery of informative subscriber, networking and awareness raising events, both online and occasionally in person.

Contributing to Care Opinion’s social media presence e.g. BlueSky, Facebook, Instagram, Vimeo.

Working closely with the wider support team to improve service delivery and creative engaging and exciting new initiatives for subscribing organisations.

Carrying out all those necessary little administrative tasks as required.

Supporting people to live their best lives is at the heart of this role. As Service Manager, you’ll take a leading role in shaping high-quality, person-centred support within our Borders services. You’ll oversee our visiting service based in Galashiels, as well as our core and cluster services in Melrose, where people are supported in partnership with the NHS.

About Carr Gomm

We are a leading social care and community development charity working across Scotland. Every week, thousands of people rely on our support to live independently, stay connected to their communities and make choices that matter to them.

Our values of Choice, Control, Interdependence, Respect, Openness & Honesty and Kindness & Compassion shape our work. Joining us means being part of an organisation where every voice matters.

“I enjoy supporting teams to deliver person-centred care and seeing the positive impact on people’s lives. I value teamwork, solving challenges together, continuous learning, and creating environments where both staff and those we support can thrive. I’m passionate about this work and proud to contribute to life-enhancing support every day.” Craig Purves, Service Manager

Why This Role Matters

In this typically Monday-to-Friday role, you will make a meaningful difference for people living with enduring mental ill health by supporting them to achieve their outcomes and live their best lives.

You will create the conditions for good support to happen by guiding and empowering a team of Support Practitioners so they feel confident, supported and equipped in their work. You ensure support plans and risk assessments remain relevant and person-centred, and you keep day-to-day arrangements running smoothly so people receive consistent, high-quality support.

Above all, your leadership helps create an environment where people feel listened to, respected and able to access the support they need.

“I think Carr Gomm is very good a putting the needs of people at the forefront, and that’s what’s important.” Rab, Person We Support

Who We Are Looking For

We’re looking for a compassionate and effective leader who can engage, inspire, and support others. You should have experience in adult social care, excellent communication skills, and a creative approach to problem-solving. You’ll bring:

Experience in adult social care: You should have an SVQ 4 in Health and Social care, or be willing to work towards this, as well as experience leading or supporting teams in social care, with an understanding of the challenges and opportunities this role brings

Leadership skills: You’re a supportive leader – approachable, adaptable, and able to empower your team, especially during times of change or challenge

Problem-solving: Strong critical thinking and the ability to find solutions that make a positive impact on the people we support and your team

Knowledge of the sector: A solid understanding of the Scottish Social Care sector, including regulatory bodies such as the Care Inspectorate and SSSC

Why Join Carr Gomm?

You will be part of a supportive and forward-thinking organisation that invests in its people. Staff have opportunities to shape how we work through specialist working groups and our Futures innovation programme, and we proudly hold the LGBT Charter for our commitment to inclusion. You’ll also receive:

• 35 days holiday per year, increasing to 40 days with length of service
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, and sick leave
• A Defined Contribution pension scheme, with incremental employer contributions
• Access to the Carr Gomm App: which includes free physiotherapy, health coaching and counselling
• Free Blue Light Card (giving access to thousands of discounts and promotions)
• Membership of a credit union
• Cycle to work scheme; and more!

About Us

Dial-a-Journey first started in business in 1986 with the aim of providing affordable and accessible transport for residents of the Falkirk, Stirling and Clackmannanshire Council areas. We have grown from two buses donated to us and staffed by participants in the Manpower Services Scheme to a 24 vehicle operation, with 40 full and part-time staff in our Dial-a-Journey and Shopmobility services.

We would not be able to provide all of our services without the combined support we receive here in the Forth Valley area. We are a charitable company and are mainly funded by the three local authorities with additional and much valued support from the Order of Malta (an international organisation whose aim to provide relief and care for those in need around the world).

Demand for Dial-a-Journey and Shopmobility services has grown considerably in most recent times, and we aim to be around for a long time yet. We look forward to welcoming you on board with us in the future.

Role

Order of Malta Dial-A-Journey are seeking a part time Shopmobility Assistant. Your role will involve the day to day running of our Falkirk branch ensuring the highest standards of customer service.

See attached Job description for a full list of responsibilities

Skills, knowledge and experience:

• Able to perform duties with minimum supervision

• Disability awareness and experience of First Aid

• Excellent people skills

• Willingness to learn and undertake additional training

Circle is a registered charity working at the heart of communities across central Scotland. We work with families facing multiple disadvantages because of structural inequality, poverty, drug and alcohol use, imprisonment, physical or mental health, trauma, abuse and loss. We believe that every child, no matter their background or circumstances, should have the support they need to live a happy and healthy life.

We offer excellent staff benefits including a competitive salary, generous pension contribution, flexible working, an employee assistance programme and generous annual leave.

We are looking to recruit a values-driven Community Worker to join our Circle delivery team in Tayside as part of a Scottish Government–funded programme providing inclusive voluntary throughcare services across Scotland. The service supports men, women and young people leaving short-term custody or remand, helping improve reintegration, wellbeing and community safety.

The successful candidate will provide person-centred practical support to people returning to their communities. Working with Throughcare Prison Workers and partner organisations, they will help coordinate pre-release planning, support smooth transitions, and connect individuals with local, specialist and community-based services.

The postholder will build trusting relationships, take a compassionate and non-judgemental approach, and work proactively with partners to achieve the best outcomes. They must also be flexible in supporting both local and wider service delivery as needs change.

This is an opportunity to help deliver a high-profile national programme that makes a real difference to people’s lives. You will work in a dynamic local team with partner organisations, mainly remotely, with travel across the area as needed.

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 a Supported SelfManagement Facilitator, 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 Services form a nationwide network of local services, including our Supported Self-Management programme, community support groups, nurses, volunteers and one-to-one support teams helping families adjust to life with a heart or lung condition or after a stroke.

We are looking for a Supported Self-Management Facilitator to join our amazing team in the Dumfries & Galloway area. This role is focused on making sure that people affected by chest, heart and stroke conditions have access to our evidence-based Chronic Disease Supported Self Management programme, enabling people with our conditions to live with, and beyond, their new reality.

Through delivering our Supported Self-Management programme, you will support people to develop the skills, knowledge and tools to confidently selfmanage their health condition and live as independently as possible. You’ll also

help people to get back to doing the things that are important to them – from simple things like walking to their local shop following a stroke, to returning to a sky-high hobby of gliding!

You will co-facilitate the delivery of our 6-week Chronic Disease Self Management workshops with another trained facilitator and line manage any volunteers who support the delivery of these sessions. You will lead and motivate participants within a group setting to take control of their lives in a positive way, raising their confidence and empowering them to develop the skills to set and achieve goals, make strong and supportive connections with their workshop peers and make meaningful changes to their lifestyle to support their ongoing self management journey. Candidates don’t need to have medical knowledge, or previous experience as a Chronic Disease Supported Self-Management Facilitator, as full training is provided. We are looking for someone with a positive attitude towards people with disabilities and long-term conditions and an understanding of the challenges faced by people with chest, heart and stroke conditions and Long Covid. You should have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and an ability to engage with others confidently and deliver key information, clearly. At Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland, our mission is to ensure there’s No Life Half Lived in Scotland – and you can be a vital part of that. We are Scotland’s leading organisation for person-centred, user-led community support for people with our health conditions. Applicants must have a car and a current valid driving licence (expenses are paid at mileage rate). 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 PVG 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.

Blue Triangle is a social care organisation that empowers people to thrive, by delivering solutions in connected communities which focus on the needs of each individual. We are looking for enthusiastic people who share our values (Kind, Passionate and Creative) to join our services accommodating and supporting people experiencing homelessness and empowering them to thrive.

If successful, you will be required to register with the Scottish Social Services Council within 3 months of your start date. After registration, there is a requirement to be qualified and to maintain professional learning, which we will support you to achieve.

Blue Triangle recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

What we offer:

Aside from offering a supportive and friendly environment where our people are valued and appreciated, we’ll see that your hard work and drive to succeed is rewarded.

• Competitive Salary and Pension Options
• Double pay for festive bank holidays
• Long service awards
• Fully funded SVQ3
• Access to our benefits platform with high street voucher and tech discounts and cycle to work scheme to name a few!
• Inhouse training programmes
• Significant Gym discounts
• Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
• 24/7 access to employee assistance programme, including counselling
• A wide range of family friendly policies
• Life Assurance cover of 3 times your salary
• Credit Union
• £200 refer a friend scheme

And many more!

This Housing Assistant role at our Paisley Abercorn Service involves working on a rota covering set day and back shifts weekly, including select weekend work. The role is part time, involving 22.5 hours of work per week. If you have any questions about the role, please contact recruitment@bluetriangle.org.uk

To find out more about being a Housing Assistant, click the link below:

Housing Assistant Role Profile

About You:

• To join us, you need to have a genuine passion for helping people.
• Ideally, possess 1 year of experience of working with vulnerable people and challenging behaviour which can be from personal, voluntary and/or professional experience.
• Demonstrated commitment and ability to undertake care practice in accordance with Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) code of practice, National Care Standards, Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care and the Associations policies and procedures.
• Ability to relate empathetically to people and recognise their right to choice and independence.
• Ability to work flexibly and as a lone worker.
• Able to use Microsoft or equivalent applications competently.
• Ideally, hold and SVQ level 2 or above and be willing to work towards an SVQ 3.

We care about one another whilst taking pride in the service we offer. You will be working in a company with a strong identity and with the guidance and support of experienced Managers you will be able to develop in your career.

About the Role

We are looking for a motivated Pathways Officer to join our team, supporting young people aged 10–25 who may face disadvantage or complex barriers.

This role is funded through the CashBack for Communities programme and is based within our Pathways Hub, working alongside partners including schools, youth justice and third sector organisations.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing one-to-one support as a key worker

• Developing personalised Pathway Plans

• Supporting delivery of group sessions and outreach work

• Working with partners to support progression into training, education or employment

• Maintaining accurate records and supporting monitoring requirements

About You

You will:

• Have experience supporting young people facing barriers

• Be confident building positive, supportive relationships

• Be organised and able to manage a varied workload

• Be committed to strengths-based, trauma-informed practice

A relevant qualification (or equivalent experience) in youth work, CLD, social care or education is required.

Shakti is a feminist Black Minority Ethnic voluntary organisation which offers information, advocacy, emotional/practical support and refuge/temporary accommodation to all Black Minority Ethnic women and their children, who are experiencing or fleeing domestic abuse.

Shakti is seeking to recruit an experienced Assistant Finance Worker / SMV Fund Coordinator with relevant accounting qualifications. Your role will involve assisting and supporting the lead Finance Worker to ensure the day-to-day finance and accounts tasks are carried out effectively.

The post holder must have relevant accounting qualifications; have at least 1 year experience of general accounting and reconciliation work to audit level, a sound knowledge of Sage 50 Accounts, Excel, must be IT literate, have good keyboard skills with good planning, organisational and communication skills. The post holder must have knowledge and understanding of no recourse to public funds, domestic abuse and honour-based abuse within Black Minority Ethnic communities.

This is a full-time post compromising of two roles (21 hours per week Assistant Finance Worker and 14hrs per week Supporting Migrant Women (SMV) Fund Coordinator; based in Edinburgh.

Who we are looking for

Breakthrough T1D is the UK’s leading type 1 diabetes charity, dedicated to funding research, advocating for change, and supporting the T1D community. A year into our exciting rebrand from JDRF to Breakthrough T1D, we’re looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Senior Fundraiser for Scotland and the North of England to help us build on this momentum.

As Senior Fundraiser, you’ll play a pivotal role in driving forward our major donor and corporate partnerships programme. You’ll work alongside our Head of Scotland to deliver sustainable income growth, develop meaningful relationships with high value supporters, and bring unforgettable experiences to life — from intimate research briefings to our flagship annual Gala Ball.

This is a role with huge scope to make your mark. You’ll have the autonomy to cultivate your own portfolio, the support of brilliant cross UK colleagues, and the reward of knowing your work directly fuels scientific breakthroughs that change lives.

Experience required

You’ll have previous experience of:

• Experience working with major donors, corporate partners or demonstrable success generating income from senior stakeholders in a relationship driven role

• Strong project management skills and the ability to juggle multiple priorities with confidence and calm

• Excellent communication skills — written, verbal and in presentations

• Emotional intelligence and the ability to build rapport authentically.

• A supporter focused, warm, and collaborative approach.

About Breakthrough T1D

Breakthrough T1D is the world’s leading charitable research funder into type 1 diabetes, improving lives until we find the cure. We are dedicated to our 400,000 strong type 1 community in the UK and work closely with our international affiliates across the world, including the US, Canada and Australia.

You will find a vibrant atmosphere and spirited team at Breakthrough T1D, always striving to make a difference to people living with type 1.

Employee benefits

As an employer we offer:

• Hybrid working arrangements

• Flexible working and will consider compressed hours

• Generous annual leave entitlement – 25 days per year plus bank holidays for full-time staff with leave increasing after three and five years’ service

• Health cash plan that allows you to claim for some treatments such as dental, optical and physiotherapy treatment

• Season ticket and cycle loan

• Pension scheme

• Family-friendly policies – maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave at enhanced rates

• Personalised training to suit your career aspirations and professional

development

Breakthrough T1D is an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from all individuals regardless of race, gender, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation or age.