We help young people to build life-long belief in themselves, supporting them to take on their own challenges, follow their own passions and discover talents they never knew they had. Because when you prove yourself that you’re ready for anything nothing can hold you back.
Do you want to be part of that?
The Operations Manager is responsible for managing a team of geographically dispersed Operations Officers to support the operational delivery and development of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE) across Scotland.
Operations Officers directly support a variety of Licensed Organisations (LOs) comprising mainly of schools, but they also work with other organisations including colleges, local authorities, charities, pupil referral units, youth groups and young offender institutions. The Operations Manager role involves managing, coaching, and supporting Operations Officers to undertake their role and building strong partnerships to increase DofE’s engagement across communities in Scotland.
As a DofE country team, our focus is on building capacity within our licensed organisations to support more young people to engage with DofE and on identifying and stewarding strong partnerships within local communities to increase engagement with DofE, particularly within those communities who face barriers to participation. Together with the Scotland Director, two further Operations Managers and a Business Support Manager, the Operations Manager role involves being an active and engaged member of the Scotland management team, developing, and delivering the Scotland business plan to meet national strategic goals.
The role will be field-based and when not attending meetings, employees will work from home. You will need to have an appropriate home office set up and live within Scotland.
What we are looking for:
We are looking to recruit a dynamic, proactive, and effective team player with extensive people management experience to join the Scotland team. You will report to the Scotland Director and will be responsible for the day-to-day management of your Operations team and delivery of the DofE Scotland business plan. The role will also involve contributing to national working groups to support our charity wide strategic goals.
You will be a passionate advocate for the work of the DofE and be driven to realise the charity’s strategic ambition to give more than one million young people the chance to participate in our life-changing programmes, over the next five years.
Community Energy Scotland is recruiting for a Head of Development. The Head of Development role is vital to CES’ continuing function as a leading community energy development charity. It requires creativity, excellent networking and project development skills, foresight in identifying and accessing project funding opportunities and the ability to construct compelling funding bids. We’re looking for a colleague who will be highly committed to CES and our mission, experienced in either development and fundraising in the community and third sector and/or community energy and who will be able to work effectively on their own and in a team context.
This is an exciting post to develop Lead Scotland Befriending Services to take forward our strategic ambition.
The successful applicant will:
This post will suit someone who is passionate about the power of befriending services to reduce loneliness and isolation, and who has a track record of successfully managing people and projects.
You will need very good digital skills and excellent communication skills to balance a busy workload, supporting our strategic growth agenda and creating the conditions for staff and volunteers to flourish.
This post is home-based, with remote working generally focused on administrative aspects as there will be a significant element of leading the service through in-person partnership networking and team support/development. A satisfactory PVG will be required. Lead Scotland has a Recruiting People with Convictions Policy.
Lead has Disability Confident status, and we encourage applications from disabled people. All disabled people meeting the minimum requirements will get a guaranteed interview. Information about our commitment to recruit disabled people is available on our website. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this on your covering letter. This will in no way disadvantage you in the recruitment process. All job application information can be made in alternative formats on request including braille, large print and audio and people can make applications in alternative formats. Recruitment paperwork is kept for 6 months before it is destroyed. Please complete our anonymous equal opportunities form to help us ensure we are attracting a broad range of candidates.
Lomond & Argyll Advocacy Service are seeking a recovery advocacy worker in Mid Argyll to join our team.
Your core mission will be to offer people information about their rights and services and to assist them in seeking to have their voices heard and their wishes respected.
Lomond and Argyll Advocacy service are looking for a person who has Lived Experience of problematic alcohol or substance use, either;
This is a part time post, and will focus on continuing to improve access to independent advocacy and other local supports for people impacted by problematic alcohol or substance use. The post will also provide rights based peer advocacy in line with the Scottish Governments Strategy: Rights, Respect and Recovery.
Main Responsibilities:
This post requires the successful candidate to apply for membership of the PVG Scheme.
Flexible hours to be worked between 9-5 Monday to Friday. Ability to work from home within area however the ability to travel in the locality is essential.
The post involves blended working between home, meetings in the designated workplaces and occasional requirement for attendance at Paths for All offices in Stirling, for which expenses would be paid.
There is the opportunity for the post holder to either live on Shetland or to be based remotely with regular travel to the workplaces on the islands.
Are you someone with a passion for physical activity?
Do you have the enthusiasm and energy to pass that passion on to others and help get them more active?
Do you want to be part of an exciting new initiative to get people moving more?
Paths for All is a Scottish Charity. We have a clear focus. We want to get Scotland walking: Everyone. Everyday. Everywhere. Our vision is for Scotland to be a walking nation. We want everyone to have the opportunity to be active every day, creating a happier, healthier and greener Scotland. A key element of this work involves encouraging behaviour change and participation in daily activity through the right programmes, infrastructure and community opportunities.
This exciting and impactful role is part of a brand new project which aims to get more people walking and travelling actively in Shetland. It will involve working in partnership with agreed workplaces including NHS Shetland and Shetland Islands Council. The development officer will spend much of their time working with these workplaces to promote and encourage walking. This will include the development and roll out a high-quality programme of surveys, travel planning and walking interventions (such as the Step Count Challenge vimeo.com/402957376 ).
The first task, supported by the Workplaces Senior Development Officer will be delivering a workplace assessment in each workplace before developing a programme of incentives, promotions and encouragement based on the barriers identified within the initial assessment. It will also be important to identify and recruit volunteer workplace champions as the programme progresses. The initial focus and the key skills required will be around building relationships, recruiting volunteers and carrying out the assessments before delivering targeted interventions.
Above all we want someone with a passion for physical activity and the enthusiasm and energy to pass that passion on to others and help get them more active. If this is you then we would love to talk to you about the role. If you would like to discuss this role further, please contact Andrea Partridge by email andrea.partridge@pathsforall.org.uk
Join us in making a lasting impact on children’s lives through the power of play!
We are seeking a Chairperson and Trustees to join our Board of Directors
We are seeking committed individuals interested in taking on the exciting role and opportunity as Chairperson of Play Midlothian.
We are also looking for new trustees to join us! (No previous board experience is necessary as full support and training will be provided).
Play Midlothian is a leading charity dedicated to improving and enriching the lives of children and young people through the power of play. We believe that play is a fundamental right and an essential part of a child’s development. Our services are designed to offer inclusive, safe, and stimulating environments where children can grow, learn, and have fun.
We work to support children to thrive through play. It is important for their lives in the here and now as well as for their future life chances.
We:
Time commitment
As a minimum, you need to be able to commit to:
Exciting opportunity to join Our growing Quality & Performance team in the role of Quality officer.
We are looking for a passionate individual who cares about making a difference to people and communities we work in.
As a Quality Officer you will support clinical governance, quality assurance, innovation and quality functions across the organisation. Your role will be to support operational services to remain compliant with legislative standards and best practice and to demonstrate clearly evidenced quality standards and positive outcomes through audits, inspections and compliance monitoring. This is a predominately a Scottish home-based role however you will be required to travel between Scottish services to offer ad hoc support and annual auditing alongside additional meetings across the UK will be required, this may be inclusive of overnight stays.
The Team
Due to the operational growth of three new Care Inspectorate registered services we are excited to expand our Quality and Performance Team within Scotland. The Quality and Performance team is currently made up of 8 individuals who oversee a number of separate yet interrelated work streams and specialisms including; Data, health and safety, Incident Management, Drug and alcohol related harms, the auditing of Phoenix services, policy and procedure, complaints, compliments and co production. We are looking for an individual who is suitable located to our Scottish services in; Glasgow, Ayrshire, Aberdeenshire and Fife to help further develop our Quality and Performance offer.
About you
You are based in Scotland and are able to work as part of a team to ensure we continue to work towards achieving and demonstrating quality service
You will have people care and communication skills including telephone manner, tone of emails and letter writing and able to convey information clearly and accurately
You will have excellent management skills, able to prioritise, organise and schedule activities and resources to ensure achievement of results
You will have an understanding or experience of the Care Inspectorate and Health and Social Care Standards.
The Organisation
Phoenix Futures is a charity with over 50 years experience and a leading provider of Drug and Alcohol treatment.
Our values is what defines us and ensure we work to the highest standards. We believe in being the best, we value our history and use it to inform our future and we are passionate about recovery
Your Rewards
Four Square Scotland is an Edinburgh charity working for more than 40 years to prevent homelessness and promote inclusion. We provide services directly to people who are homeless, or who are at risk of homelessness to overcome any barriers they may face in creating a stable life for themselves in their community. At the core of Four Square are the values upon which the Organisation is based. These are equally applied to the people we support, our colleagues and our partners and are: Integrity; Excellence; Dignity; Support.
We are driven by our mission to ensure everyone has the opportunity to have a home and a place in their community.
Our Homeless prevention services are designed to address and mitigate the factors that can lead individuals and families to become homeless. The primary purpose of the service is to intervene before people lose their homes, providing support and resources to help them maintain stable housing and support to get a home.
We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate individual to join our team as a Community-Based Practitioner, specialising in homeless prevention. In this role, you will focus on proactive measures to prevent homelessness within the community by providing support, resources, and advocacy to individuals at risk.
Volunteering Matters is a national volunteering and social change charity. We harness the unique power of volunteering to bring people together and build stronger, more resilient communities across the UK.
By bringing people together, we aim to resolve some of society’s most complex issues and have a real impact in communities. From tackling social isolation and loneliness; improving health and wellbeing; building skills, confidence and opportunities; and ensuring people can become change makers within their community.
And we won’t stop until everyone in the UK has the opportunity to thrive.
Volunteering Matters work to support people to get on in life, through the power of volunteering. We support people 16+, including those facing multiple barriers or disadvantages, to achieve positive outcomes for their future. We provide people with personalised emotional and practical support, meaningful and supported volunteering opportunities through charity partners, and access to a reliable and positive Volunteer Mentor.
Role Purpose
We are looking for a talented, dynamic, and professional Engagement Manager to join our team in Aberdeenshire. The right candidate would be someone who can work flexibly and demonstrate an understanding and total commitment to our organisational values.
As our Engagement Manager, you will directly support people aged 16+ who may have complex and challenging barriers preventing them from securing a positive pathway. The role will include identifying barriers and to help build the tools needed to remove them. Supporting with pre volunteering activity as well as volunteering placements in their local area.
Your role will also support them with identifying a dedicated volunteer Mentor should this be required, along with pre and post placement support. Your role will be a positive bridge to supporting into further employability programmes or opportunities.
You will play a key role in identifying, developing, and managing partnerships with stakeholders along with charitable and not-for-profit organisations across Aberdeenshire and the surrounding areas. You will develop and build an effective presence within the third sector locally. You will create diverse, high-quality, structured volunteering opportunities with partner organisations, ensuring that volunteering roles reflect the needs and interests of those you are supporting. You will work closely with partner organisations and create a strong referral pathway into our service, and beyond it, building on a knowledge of existing provision.
We are looking for a part time Information & Advocacy Community Support Worker in Scotland, based in North Scotland (Inverness area due to travel requirements and location of NHS services) for a 2 year contract.
You will ensure that service users (children and adults) and their families, receive high quality support, from the point of diagnosis and throughout their journey, and will assist them to access funding, equipment and care and support that they are entitled to. You will join a team that makes a real difference to the lives of the people living with muscle-wasting conditions, and their families, in Scotland. The role will be primarily home based, but there will also be a requirement to attend outpatient clinics within the region, attend home visits where appropriate and to support responding to queries through the helpline and information inbox. Some travel will be required to attend meetings and events outside of Scotland. You will work with both statutory and voluntary organisations, clinicians, and health and social care professionals to ensure that people living with muscle wasting conditions get the care and support they need to live well and independently.
Please download the job description to see full role responsibilities.
About us:
Muscular Dystrophy UK (MDUK) is the charity for the 110,000 people living with muscle-wasting conditions in the UK. We bring together people affected by more than 60 rare and very rare progressive muscle-weakening and wasting conditions. We provide vital information, advice, resources and support for people with these conditions, their families and the professionals who work with them. Our care, information and advocacy service coordinate our support for families, providing advice and practical support to enable individuals to access the services, benefits and equipment they are entitled to. As part of our support, we also connect individuals with others affected by these rare conditions through our peer support networks.
Benefits:
We appreciate the range of skills and experience our staff have to offer. In return for your enthusiasm and commitment we commit to actively developing and supporting you. We also offer a range of benefits including pension, life assurance, cycle scheme, health cash plan, financial wellbeing and an employee assistance programme.
Location: Home based in Scotland.
Please note: you will need your own car and be able to drive for this role.