We’re looking for a friendly, motivated person to join our team. The Community Delivery Coordinator will support the delivery of the MCR Pathways mentoring programme in Aberdeen City and surrounding areas. You will support our volunteer mentors and young people, and ensure mentors and young people receive individualised support and remain fully engaged throughout their mentoring journey. You will be responsible for the timely recording and updating of internal mentor recruitment documentation, supporting mentor recruitment, and assisting with the delivery of in-school and community based mentoring and group work.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage your own caseload of young people and mentors, from initial referral and relationship building to active programme participation.
• Help with the recruitment, interviewing and training of volunteers, including conducting PVG safeguarding checks.
• Facilitate and support the “matchmaking” process to ensure young people are paired with the most suitable mentors rapidly and effectively.
• Conduct regular progress evaluations, providing both support and constructive challenge to monitor the impact of the programme.
• Work with the regional team to help drive mentor recruitment to the targets needed for your area.
• Maintain accurate records and produce high-quality case studies to satisfy funding and quality assurance requirements.

About You

• Exceptional ability to build meaningful relationships with young people, education colleagues, volunteer mentors, key partners and community organisations.
• Awareness and understanding of the principles of safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.
• Ability and confidence to present programme information and deliver prepared training sessions to groups.
• Ability to work well on own initiative, as part of a team and on a flexible basis in response to young people and organisational needs.
• An understanding of the challenges and barriers that care-experienced and/or vulnerable young people and young adults may encounter.
• Experience or a knowledge of processes to document and evidence good practice and positive outcomes.
• Good knowledge of the local area, including community groups, employers and local organisations.

You should be a “people person”, open-minded and happy talking to large groups as well as having one-to-one chats.

About Us

MCR Pathways is an award-winning charity established in Glasgow in 2007. Our mentoring programme is now delivered in schools across the whole of Scotland as well as North East and South East England. We are committed to helping the country’s most vulnerable young people gain self-confidence, identify their skills and recognise and fulfil their potential.

Our mission: To connect every young person with a trusted adult mentor, someone who sparks confidence, fuels ambition, and walks beside them as they find their way.

Our vision: MCR Pathways will work until every young person has someone to help them find their way.

You will be joining a friendly and supportive team who love what they do and enjoy working with each other. MCR Pathways’ values are Respect, Communication, Trust and Growth and they inform everything we do.

Benefits include: 30 days annual leave in first year rising to 35 days from 2nd year of employment, 3 further days of annual leave between the December and January public holidays, additional day off for your birthday, Employee Assistance Programme, 7% Employer Pension Contribution, Life Assurance – 4 x salary.

We’re looking for an enthusiastic and committed worker to support the delivery of our North Edinburgh Futures programme — a new early-intervention project offering safe, engaging, co-designed youth work for 10–15 year olds during evenings and weekends.

You will:

• Support the planning & delivery of high-quality youth work sessions, workshops & trips
• Embed leadership & skills-building opportunities throughout activities
• Provide additional support for young people facing additional barriers to engagement
• Build positive, trusting relationships with young people
• Support young people to work towards accredited awards (e.g. Saltire, Dynamic Youth, Youth Achievement)
• Reduce barriers to participation and promote inclusion
• Work closely with the Futures Development Worker and sessional youth work staff
• Maintain accurate participation, wellbeing & achievement records
• Work flexibly, including Thursday evenings, Saturday evenings, and one Sunday per month. You will work Wednesday day-time hours if not working a Sunday.

You need:

• At least 3 years’ experience working with young people in youth work or related setting
• Experience supporting young people who face challenges or reduced engagement
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• Understanding of safeguarding and child protection
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a wider team
• Commitment to trauma-informed and inclusive practice
• Motivation to support young people into leadership, volunteering & awards
• Desirable: experience with accredited awards, supporting volunteers/peer leaders
• Desirable: relevant qualification in Youth Work, Community Education or Social Care
• Desirable: driving licence or willingness to undertake minibus training

We’re looking for an enthusiastic and skilled worker to lead the delivery of our North Edinburgh Futures programme — a new early intervention project offering safe, engaging, co designed youth work for 10–15 year olds during evenings and weekends.

You will:

• Plan & deliver high quality youth work sessions, workshops & trips
• Lead & support a team of sessional youth workers
• Build positive relationships with young people & families
• Reduce barriers to participation and promote inclusion
• Strengthen partnerships with schools, organisations & specialist providers
• Maintain accurate monitoring records & support reporting to funders
• Promote safeguarding, trauma informed practice & reflective learning
• Work flexibly, including evenings & weekends

You need:

• Minimum 4 years’ experience working with young people in a youth work or related setting
• Experience planning, delivering and evaluating group activities
• Strong safeguarding knowledge and confidence supporting staff
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a wider team
• Understanding of trauma informed, inclusive practice
• Social media confidence
• Experience supporting staff/volunteers (desirable)
• Driving licence or willingness to gain minibus training (desirable)

Make a Difference Every Day

For more than 100 years, the RAF Benevolent Fund has been supporting the RAF Family. We are a key partner in the Royal Air Force’s mission to look after its people during and after service, ensuring that this service is valued, recognised, and people are supported even when uniforms are eventually shed. We are a national charity with international reach, delivering emotional, financial and practical support wherever and whenever it is needed. Each year, our vital services and support continued to help those serving, families, veterans, and the bereaved, in 30 other countries and in 2024 more than 64,000 people benefitted from the charity’s work.

As an organisation, we encourage learning and development and there will be ample opportunity to learn more about the Royal Air Force, the broad impact of the Fund’s work as well as developing your own skillset.

Do you want to play a part in what we do?

People are at the heart of everything we do. Together, we:

• Provide personalised support to members of the RAF Family – listening carefully, offering guidance, and tailoring our services to individual circumstances so no one is left behind.
• Improve quality of life for serving and former RAF personnel and their families through life-changing financial assistance, housing support, and help with essential living costs.
• Increase independence by enabling members of the RAF Family to live life on their own terms, whether through mobility equipment or housing adaptations.
• Enhance wellbeing for those who serve and have served, and their families, through mental health and emotional support, youth programmes, and restorative respite and holiday breaks.

About the Role

We are seeking an individual to raise awareness of the Fund’s welfare offer amongst social welfare agencies across the North East of Scotland but also, crucially, to help address the issue of social isolation and feelings of loneliness experienced by some members of the RAF Family.

You will have experience of engaging and supporting people in a community, charity, social care, or other people focused position, supporting those who are socially isolated to be better connected into their communities. You will have good organisational skills, empathy and the ability to listen and build relationships with people who may have complex and challenging welfare needs, assisting them by identifying appropriate support from within the RAF Benevolent Fund and the wider statutory and military charity sector.

This is a community-based position working from home but covering the Inverness, Moray, Aberdeenshire and Grampian regions primarily, delivering both remote and face to face support. The candidate must have their own vehicle to use to travel around these regions. Occasional travel to Edinburgh and London will be required.

Additional Information

• Driver’s License
• Enhanced DBS check
• Must have the right to work in the UK.

We are delighted to have received funding form the Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme to employ a knowledgeable, approachable, and motivated Energy Advisor to join our team on a fixed‑term basis. In this role, you will support households across Inverclyde, including tenants of Oak Tree Housing, Cloch Housing, Larkfield Housing and River Clyde Homes, to reduce their energy consumption, manage energy costs, and access available financial support. You will provide practical advice to households on energy efficiency, home heating, and behavioural changes that can help individuals and families stay warm and reduce bills. This is an excellent opportunity for someone passionate about sustainability, community support, and helping people make meaningful improvements to their homes and wellbeing.

Key responsibilities will include, delivering one‑to‑one energy advice via home visits, telephone, online sessions, and community events. Support households to understand their energy bills, tariffs, and supplier options. Provide guidance on reducing energy consumption and improving home energy efficiency. Assist clients in identifying and applying for grants, rebates, and financial support schemes. Maintain accurate records of advice sessions, outcomes, and client details, work in partnership with local organisations, community groups, and referral partners. Contribute to outreach initiatives, workshops, and energy‑saving campaigns across Inverclyde.

Candidates should have previous experience providing advice or support services, strong communication and interpersonal skills, a good understanding of home energy use, heating systems, and fuel bills with a full driving licence and access to their own car to be able to travel across the local area

Glasgow Women’s Aid provides information, support and temporary accommodation for women, children and young people experiencing domestic abuse. We have refuge accommodation, follow on services and outreach services both for women and children across Glasgow.

The purpose of this role is to support our Women’s Team with providing a support service to women who are living in our refuges. You will support women being admitted into refuge and will respond to the practical and emotional needs of women as required. Although you will not be a key worker, you will attend appointments with women, signpost and advocate for them and support the running of our group work programmes.

It is essential that you have experience of providing support to women who have experienced trauma or crisis. A suitable qualification that meets with SSSC Housing Support registration is also required (examples would be HNC Social Services or SVQ Level 3 Social Services and Healthcare). The nature of our work requires a commitment to the feminist analysis of domestic abuse and to the values of Glasgow Women’s Aid.

Purpose of the Role

Leading a high performing public fundraising team to reach and grow income and opportunities delivering excellent engagement and supporter care.

Further information on the role can be found in the attached recruitment pack and on our website.

We are recruiting for one full-time Team Leader who shares our values and has the experience and skills to support adults with learning disabilities to participate in meaningful work within our day service. You should have the skills to manage a small staff team and co-ordinate activities within the group which meet the needs of individual members and which are in keeping with Tiphereth’s mission statement, Camphill values and the aims of the Day Service.

The post is based in the Pentland Group which carries out all aspects of woodworking, green woodwork and some grounds maintenance. Together with our members with learning disabilities, we aim to produce unique items for our annual fairs and for our community. The group works from a converted Greenkeepers Barn and is a fully equipped workshop with high quality machines, using locally sourced timber, where possible, nestled in the foothills of the Pentlands. This is complemented by an off-grid workshop space for green woodworking amongst other uses.

Experience in the field of woodworking is essential as is the confidence to share your skills. Previous experience of working with adults with learning disabilities is also essential, as is a good understanding of autism and the needs of people who use different forms of communication and confidence to work with behaviour that challenges.

Tiphereth is a Camphill community, supporting adults with learning disabilities and autism in a range of day services, supported living, residential care, and social enterprises.

This post is funded by NHS Lanarkshire; you will be employed by Lanarkshire Links. The post is currently at University Hospital Hairmyres; however, your induction period may be at University Hospital Wishaw.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our diverse team of workers who are committed to

promoting welfare and advancing the education of people affected by mental health issues across Lanarkshire. You believe passionately in the power of the lived experience of mental health issues and in making recovery a reality. You should also understand the impact of stigma and discrimination associated with mental health problems and be serious about the need to challenge it.

You will join a group of three other Peer Workers working across the acute mental health adult inpatient wards within the general hospitals in Lanarkshire.

Peers are people who have shared experience of mental health issues and recovery and can use their lived experience to help other people who are facing similar challenges.

You will have a sound understanding of the recovery process, interpersonal skills and are an expert listener with a nurturing attitude.

Applicants will use their lived experience and skills to work alongside the patient in the ward to enhance recovery throughout their hospital stay and plan for discharge into the community.

Dr Scott Arthur, MP is seeking a dedicated Office Manager to manage his staff and office to deliver on the priorities of the constituents of Edinburgh South West. The post will suit a candidate with experience of managing a team in a dynamic public-facing environment. This could be someone with team management experience in a third sector role, a public service role, or in a political environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective line management to a team working across the constituency office and Westminster, specifically caseworkers, community engagement and communication officers, parliamentary assistants, fostering a collaborative culture focused on delivering a timely, quality service to constituents
• Ensure Scott’s inbox is effectively managed and diary commitments prioritized, optimized and well organized
• Responsibility for managing all aspects of the budget, keeping Scott informed of all relevant financial matters and liaising with IPSA on office finance
• Leading training and development and recruitment of office staff
• Deal with security matters, keep abreast of security guidance, maintain the security system, liaise with external bodies as appropriate
• Ensure the office is fully equipped
• Horizon-scanning on relevant policy, political and communications issues, advising Scott on challenges and opportunities
• Final sign-off on external deliverables including press releases, newsletters, correspondence
• Take ownership of certain, more complex casework as required
• Plan Scott’s internal communications and external stakeholder engagement and advise on constituent matters on behalf of Scott where appropriate
• Liaise with groups/personnel including at Westminster, within the constituency and the general public on Scott’s behalf as necessary
• There will be a requirement for the role holder to work outside of the normal working hours, including attending events with Scott as required

Attributes

• A strong public service ethos, with a clear commitment to supporting Scott to be a proactive, accessible and visible MP
• Proven experience of leading and managing teams with a track record of delivering results through others.
• An effective decision maker able to take a pragmatic view of priorities, deliverables and risks
• Driven, resilient and able to work at pace under pressure, while maintaining sound judgement and attention to detail.
• Team player with a calm, polite, confident disposition, empathetic when engaging with the public.
• Reliable, diligent and professional in representing the office at all times.
• Sympathetic to the aims and values of the Labour Party
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Organisation, planning and prioritisation skills.
• Relationship building and negotiating skills.