The Butterfly Trust is the lead provider of social and psychosocial support for people affected by Cystic Fibrosis throughout Scotland. We provide a comprehensive range of outreach services for all ages of people with Cystic Fibrosis and their families across Scotland.

We aspire to a quality of excellence in our standard of service provision to Scotland’s Cystic Fibrosis Community.

All of our personnel are expected to maintain those standards when providing support that is focused on promoting emotional wellbeing alongside practical help to maximise income and addresses issues that include housing, benefits, education and employment.

We are looking for a dynamic, proactive and personable individual to join our team. They must have a positive attitude, attention to detail with a genuine passion for supporting other people and who has ambition for their own continued personal and professional development. They will have excellent communication, interpersonal, problem solving and organisational skills, experience in managing or supervising staff or volunteers and able to work with people at all levels.

We will provide both in-house and external training to ensure all of our team have appropriate skills and knowledge to fulfil their role to the best of their ability.

The Volunteer Manager will take responsibility for recruitment, training and supervision of volunteers who deliver the outreach and community-based services. As our services are predominately delivered by volunteers across the country, the candidate will be required to lead teams of volunteers and in a competitive environment need to be imaginative and effective with recruitment.

Full driving licence and a car is essential.

For this regulated work the successful candidate will be required to gain/maintain PVG scheme membership which will be paid for by the Trust.

We offer:

• Out of pocket expenses
• Mileage allowance
• Individual staff training budget for in-house and external training
• Generous holiday entitlement
• 5% Workplace pension

‘Are you passionate about Mental Health and Wellbeing? Supporting your team in the delivery of services to ensure the people we work with reach their potential?’

If so this role could be for you!

About the service

Based within Cyrenians' Community Learning Hub in Falkirk, the services under this role span three key areas: young people's services, community links and homelessness prevention, and specialist mental health support.

Together, these services support people across Forth Valley to overcome barriers, reduce social isolation, improve wellbeing and build stronger connections within their communities. Working closely with partners across health, education and the third sector, the teams help people access opportunities, navigate challenges and move towards positive outcomes.

About the role

As Service Manager, you will lead a team of outreach practitioners, working closely with partners across health, social care, justice, employability and community services, you will ensure services are delivered safely, effectively and in line with Cyrenians' values.

You will support staff to deliver high quality practice, oversee service performance and contribute to the development and sustainability of our work through partnership building, monitoring impact and identifying opportunities for growth.

This is a varied and rewarding role that combines people management, partnership working and service leadership, helping to shape and develop services across Forth Valley.

About you

You will be a collaborative and supportive leader who understands the value of partnership working and building strong relationships to achieve the best outcomes. With experience of leading teams, you will be committed to creating a positive culture where staff feel empowered and supported in their roles.

You will take a person-centred approach, both in supporting your team and in ensuring the people we work alongside receive high-quality support tailored to their individual needs. You will also be confident in demonstrating the impact of your work through reports, presentations, meetings and funding applications.

How we’ll support you

You’ll be working as part of a supportive management team, with opportunities to work closely with experienced colleagues across our Justice and Inclusion pillar, the wider organisation, and external partners. We encourage shared learning, creativity and collaboration, and you’ll be supported to make a positive impact for the people and communities we serve.

You’ll have access to regular support and supervision, opportunities for professional development, and wider Cyrenians support, including our learning and development programme and staff wellbeing services.

About Cyrenians

At Cyrenians we tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness by taking a values-led and relationships-based approach to delivering our services. You can find out more about our values and our impact online.

About ParentSpace

ParentSpace (SCIO) is a parent-led charity based in the Scottish Borders. Our mission is to enable and support parents and carers to create a secure and healthy base for their children's emotional growth. We do this through evidence-based courses, one-to-one support, workshops and drop-ins, helping families build positive communication, resilience and stronger relationships.

ParentSpace believes that parenting is one of the most important roles in society and that no parent should feel alone. We work collaboratively with parents and carers, partners and communities to improve outcomes for parents and children across the Scottish Borders.

Job Purpose

This is a senior leadership role responsible for the overall management, leadership and development of ParentSpace. Reporting directly to the Board of Trustees, the postholder will provide strategic direction, lead and develop contracted and sessional staff, ensure the delivery of high-quality services for parents, and support the long-term sustainability of the charity through effective partnership working, governance, safeguarding and funding development.

The successful candidate will be a confident and inspirational leader with experience of managing people, leading organisational change and building effective partnerships. They will be equally comfortable providing strategic leadership to the organisation and supporting the day-to-day delivery of services, ensuring that ParentSpace continues to achieve its mission and maximise its impact for families across the Scottish Borders.

Neurological Alliance of Scotland

The Neurological Alliance of Scotland is the umbrella body for neurological conditions charities in Scotland with around 60 charities from across Scotland and the UK. We also have several industry members. In partnership with our members, we inform policy, raise awareness and support improvements in services. Our vision is that everyone affected by neurological conditions in Scotland - including carers and those who support them - can access high-quality, timely, and holistic care and support at every stage of their life, regardless of where in Scotland they live.

The Alliance is overseen by trustees with day-to-day operations managed by a Programme Director. We are recruiting for a freelance Membership & Engagement Officer to support our work.

The Role

This is an exciting and challenging role to support our charity membership and lead on our social media and communications activities.

The person will be proactive, warm-natured, highly motivated with excellent communication and project management skills and an attention to detail for a varied workload. This role will involve being a central point of contact for our charity members, dealing with outreach and onboarding new members, billing, queries and maintaining the database of contacts. They will also be responsible for certain communications activities including our monthly newsletter and maintaining our Facebook and BlueSky accounts as well as drafting briefings and supporting our campaigns.

Key Responsibilities:

Membership

• Be a central point of contact for our charity members
• Research and reach out to potential new charity members
• Welcome new members through the newsletter and social media, and welcome packs
• Draft email updates to members as required
• Administer our annual membership subscriptions and track payments
• Maintain a list of current members, including contact information and various mailing lists

Communications

• Draft the monthly newsletter
• Draft and schedule posts for our Facebook and Bluesky accounts
• Deal with any newsletter related emails and support members to share news and reports with us
• Create infographics for use on our social media, website and newsletter
• Social media analytics
• Draft research
• Draft briefings for both internal and external use

Website

• Ensure all members have their logo on our website
• •Check all links on the NAoS website are live and remove any that are defunct
• Upload reports, newsletters and minutes to the website
• Occasional website copy editing
• Track engagement on our website

Events

• Assist with preparing for all events including the AGM, Members’ Meetings and other events as required
• Take minutes at all Trustee Meetings, Members’ Meetings, Policy Group meetings and the AGM
• Occasionally attend external events as a NAoS rep

Campaigning

• Be a central part of any campaigning we do, supporting and liaising with working groups

Operational activity

• Support policy and campaigning as directed by Programme Director
• Support the running of the policy subgroups as required
• Reviewing work

Person specification

Essential:

• Self-motivated, organised and flexible – able to manage multiple projects and priorities and able to work independently
• Excellent communication, writing, design and interpersonal skills
• Confident dealing with a wide range of stakeholders and able to represent NAoS at the occasional external meeting

Desirable:

• Knowledge of the health landscape in Scotland
• Experience liaising with multiple stakeholder groups

About Space:

Do you want to work for an organisation that truly cares about its staff?

Would you like to use your skills to make a difference in people’s lives?

If the answer is ‘yes’, Space is the place for you!

Space is a community anchor organisation supporting people and their families in South West Edinburgh, with some of our services stretching city wide.

WE BELIEVE THAT CONNECTIONS BUILD COMMUNITIES

Space delivers 22 projects, with around 60 staff and over 50 volunteers. We deliver diverse services supporting young people, families, older people and carers amongst others.

As a dynamic organisation no two days are the same, with a wealth of learning and development opportunities for our staff and volunteers.

We are an accredited Living Wage employer and proud to share our Carer Positive accreditation, as part of our commitment to the growing number of people in the workforce who need flexibility due to their caring role.

Space is wholly committed to inclusion and diversity and to building a culture and environment where everyone is appreciated for the unique person they are.

For more information about Space and all our projects can be found on our website – spacescot.org

About the role:

Our Youth Club has been running for over 7 years, providing a much needed safe space in the community for young people to hang out with friends, and enjoy fun activities.

The club runs on Fridays from 4.30-6pm (aged 8-11yrs) and 6.30-8pm (12-17yrs). We pride ourselves on creating an inclusive environment for all young people, helping them to alleviate stress from daily life and enjoy time with their peers in a non-competitive setting.

We are recruiting a Youth Worker who will join an existing team of 2 Youth Workers.

Together they will plan, organise and deliver a programme of interesting, fun activities in consultation with the young people that access the club, ensuring the young people are at the centre of their own planning.

Key Tasks include:

• Consult with young people to determine suitable activities that match their needs and interests
• Plan, implement and deliver a programme off creative activities within The Hub, with occasional activities taking place off-site
• Carry out risk assessments
• Liaise with the staff team and volunteers at the beginning of each session to ensure the planned content relates directly to the service aims and objectives
• Liaise with the Project Manager before each session regarding local issues/safety or other concerns
• Purchase/order any materials, equipment or food required for the sessions
• Administration tasks including keeping an accurate register of all attendees, processing referral forms, and gathering data from sessions in order to inform funder reporting
• Participate in team debriefs after each session to identify outcomes, highlight any issues that arose and any new potential areas of work

The successful person will:

• Have a minimum 1 year of experience in a Youth Work role
• Have a sound understanding of the needs and challenges faced by young people and their families, in particular those who are living in areas of deprivation
• Have experience of working with a wide range of young people, including those from BME communities, those who have additional support needs and those who have faced challenging life circumstances
• Be fully conversant with GIRFEC and Child Protection/Safeguarding procedures
• Have excellent English communication skills
• Have genuine enthusiasm for all elements of youth work and a desire to support young people to flourish

Note: This role is part year with a 7 week break during the school summer holidays when the

club does not run.

Turn lived experience into hope, connection and change

Recovery Coaching Scotland is looking for a Female Recovery Coach to join us in an exciting role working alongside the Scottish Borders Council Justice Social Work Team.

This is initially a six-month fixed-term post, however an extension is likely, subject to continued funding and service requirements.

This is an opportunity to use recovery-focused approaches, peer support and the power of lived experience to make a genuine difference in the lives of women involved with community justice.

Working closely with Justice Social Workers and the wider Recovery Orientated System of Care (ROSC), you will support women who may be experiencing a range of challenges connected with substance use, recovery, wellbeing and involvement with the justice system.

About the role

As a Recovery Coach, you will provide practical, relational and recovery-focused support to women engaged with Justice Services across the Scottish Borders.

You will work alongside individuals to help them engage successfully with court-mandated treatment orders and other justice programmes, strengthen and sustain their recovery, improve their wellbeing and develop the confidence and skills needed to move forward.

The role includes one-to-one strengths-based Recovery Coaching, supporting women to engage with recovery groups and community activities, and helping them connect with the wider network of services, opportunities and peer support available across the Borders.

You will also support the delivery of Recovery Coaching Scotland's 10-Session Self-Coaching Training Programme, helping people develop practical tools to build and maintain motivation, cope with urges, manage thoughts, feelings and behaviours, and work towards a more balanced lifestyle.

More than a referral

A key part of this role is building relationships.

You will work alongside women who may still be experiencing active substance use as well as those in the early stages of recovery. The focus is not simply on referring people into services, but on helping them make meaningful connections and supporting them to take the next step.

That might mean accompanying someone to a recovery group for the first time, helping them reconnect with community activities, supporting them through a difficult period, or simply being a consistent person who believes that change is possible.

Working in partnership

You won't be doing this work in isolation.

The post works closely with the Scottish Borders Council Justice Social Work Team, Recovery Coaching Scotland colleagues and partners across the local Recovery Orientated System of Care.

You will develop relationships with social workers, recovery services, NHS colleagues, community organisations, peer networks and other partners, helping to bridge the gap between formal services and the recovery community.

A role shaped by lived experience

Recovery Coaching Scotland believes strongly in the value of lived experience.

People who have travelled their own recovery journey can bring something distinctive to this work – understanding, credibility and the ability to demonstrate that recovery and positive change are achievable.

We are particularly interested in hearing from women who can bring their own lived experience of recovery from problematic substance use into a professional, boundaried and strengths-based role.

This is also a relatively new role and will continue to develop with the successful postholder in close collaboration with the Scottish Borders Council team, providing a real opportunity to help shape how the service develops.

Interested?

If you are passionate about recovery, believe in people's capacity to change and want to use your experience to help women build a different future, we would love to hear from you.

The Cottage Family Centre are looking for a passionate, highly motivated and experienced individual with a sound knowledge and understanding of children’s learning and development as well as the challenges facing our families across our communities.

The purpose of this role is to lead and support a small staff team within a registered childcare setting and provide advice, guidance and support to vulnerable families with children aged 0–8 years in the Kirkcaldy area who have been referred to The Cottage Family Centre.

As well as supporting individual children to reach their full potential, this role will enable parents to be individually supported to gain a better understanding of their children’s needs empowering them to improve their children’s development by using strategies and activities that they can incorporate within their daily lives.

You will require 3 years’ experience in a similar role

This role will also support the management team to develop a broad range of learning activities, which are specific to the needs of vulnerable children and their families.

Qualifications are as follows:

Applicants must hold SVQ Social Services (Children and Young People) at SCQF Level 9 (SVQ 4) and either hold, or be willing to work towards and achieve, an SSSC-recognised management qualification within three years of appointment

This post will be subject to a PVG Scheme Record check, SSSC registration (Manager) and two references.

Job Purpose

To provide high quality advice and representation to individuals and families on income maximisation, welfare benefits, debit, housing and money, in line with the Scottish National Standards for Information and Advice Providers.

The advice will be provided within a range of settings from GP surgeries, Mental Health & Recovery Hubs and local community venues.

By joining our team, you will be helping alleviate poverty and improve individuals, families and children’s lives and ensure our Vision is fulfilled, in that no one in our communities endures hardship.

Purpose

The Young Women’s Movement is Scotland's national organisation for young women and girls' leadership and rights: working collectively, leading meaningful change and creating a more equal society. Young women are at the heart of everything we do. Our movement is informed, shaped and led by and for young women. For 100 years, we have been a collective force that has, and will continue to, change things for the better for all young women across Scotland.

We work directly with young women and girls to equip them to lead change on issues that matter to them and create safe spaces where they can gain confidence, knowledge and skills. We support young women to amplify their voices in their communities and in decision-making spaces.

Our Community and Campaigns Coordinator is a new role and the postholder will coordinate the development and delivery of youth-led communications and campaigns that grow The Young Women's Movement's reach, influence and community across Scotland. This role has been developed to help young women move from audience members to contributors, from contributors to movement leaders.

Working at the intersection of campaigns, community-building and digital communications, the postholder will identify emerging trends, build relationships with creators and influencers, support young women to develop communications skills to ensure The Young Women's Movement remains relevant, visible and impactful across the platforms young women use most.

This contract is fixed term for 12 months. Towards the end of the contract, the impact and effectiveness of the role in this proposed format will be assessed with the post-holder.

Everyone who works at The Young Women’s Movement:

• Has equality at the heart of everything they do.

• Takes a participatory approach to our work. We are for young women and by young women.

• Builds communities of friendship and support networks, finding joy in our collective actions and connections.

• Understands the impact of challenging inequality on those most affected by it. We lead with kindness and empathy, putting collective wellbeing at the core of our organisation.

• Delivers our work with integrity and are proud of the work we do.

• Is bold and brave. We do not shy away from challenging the status quo and taking radical steps to make gender equality a reality in Scotland.

Why you should want to work with us:

• We operate a 4-day working week which means full time is 28 hours.

• We are supportive of flexible working arrangements in addition to the 4-day week.

• Our annual leave entitlement is 28.5 days a year, including 6 public holidays.

• We offer an additional day of leave to celebrate your birthday.

• The organisation closes between Christmas and New Year, with no impact on your annual leave entitlement.

• We offer access to counselling and other health and wellbeing support through our EAP provider YuLife.

• We are committed to supporting staff development through training and coaching opportunities.

• We offer a range of enhanced feminist policies, including fertility, maternity and menopause support.

• We are a supportive, collaborative and feminist team and board.

Don't meet every single requirement?

Studies show that women and Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic people are less likely to apply for a job unless they meet every qualification . So, if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within The Young Women’s Movement.

Corra Foundation’s vision is for a society in which people create positive change and enjoy fulfilling lives. At Corra we are committed to increasing the diversity of our team and encourage applications from all backgrounds.

Communities for Children is a £15 million funding programme focused on reducing the impact of child poverty across the UK. In partnership with BBC Children in Need, City Bridge Foundation, The National Lottery Community Fund and Pears Foundation, the programme will provide long-term funding to help local communities design and deliver their own solutions.

Wishaw is set to receive £1.5 million over five years, where Corra will help build strong local partnerships, support community leadership and amplify the voices of children and young people - particularly those who are too often left unheard.

We are now recruiting for a part-time Communities for Children: Early Years and Children Specialist. This is an excellent opportunity for people with relevant skills and experience to join this new programme and a friendly, hardworking, passionate team keen to make a difference alongside communities.

Working in the Wishaw Area, the Early Years and Children specialist will be instrumental in supporting the ideas and experience of children and young people to inform all aspects of the Communities for Children programme.

You will support the development of activities and directly deliver a range of participatory approaches to facilitate meaningful participation in the programme by children and young people, ensuring that their views support design, delivery and decision making processes.

You’ll bring experience of working within early years and children settings and offer excellent interpersonal, relationship building and communication skills, strong organisational skills, enthusiasm and a willingness to learn. You’ll also have a commitment to Corra’s ‘ways of working’.