Alzheimer Scotland, Scotland's national dementia charity, is seeking a passionate and dedicated Centre Activities Co-ordinator to join our team on a part time basis. As a Centre Activities Co-ordinator, you will play a vital role in developing and delivering our brain health and dementia support programs at our centre in Inverness

This unique approach is inspired by the pioneer, Alois Alzheimer, who first identified the brain disease we now recognise as the leading cause of dementia. By building a range of engaging and supportive services in the heart of their community, the Centre Activities Co-ordinator will support people to access:

Advice - our expert advisors can offer one-to-one help with anything from building cognitive resilience, to managing money matters and legal issues.

Listening - we offer places to be heard, whatever the question or concern, whenever help is needed.

Opportunities - to connect, learn and share with others in a similar situation.

Information - on all stages of the brain health journey, whether someone is worried about their brain health or living and caring well with dementia.

Support - everyone is welcome in our Centres, where those affected by dementia can feel safe with trusted staff who understand what they’re going through.

As a Centre Activities Co-Ordinator, you'll collaborate closely with the Centre Manager to create a comprehensive program of activities that align with our ALOIS principles. You'll play a key role in liaising with stakeholders from Health and Social Care, NHS, and the wider community to enhance service delivery and raise awareness about brain health.

Greet and welcome visitors to the centre, ensuring they sign in the visitor’s book and informing the relevant member of staff of their arrival, receive and transfer telephone calls and take brief messages, when necessary, dependent on the needs of the centre, as directed by the Centre Manager.

The Centre Activity Coordinator will support the daily running of the Centre, being a local point of contact for Centre visitors, and carrying out the associated administrative tasks. Produce a monthly programme detailing the services available, as outlined by the Centre Manager, and promote this widely across the networks.

Collate salary information (if applicable) and ensure that details are properly authorised and with the Payroll Administrator by the due date each month. Receive and bank donations and fundraised monies whilst following the correct policies and procedures for these and any other business banking required.

Your exceptional organisational skills will be put to use as you plan, review, and evaluate the activities within the Centres. With a focus on continuous improvement, you'll ensure that individuals accessing our services have a welcoming and inclusive experience, where their concerns are heard and understood.

To excel in this role, you'll bring excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Your passion for supporting individuals affected by dementia will drive you to create a safe and supportive environment. Familiarity with health and safety regulations, along with proficiency in standard office software and IT systems, will enable you to coordinate activities seamlessly.

If you're ready to contribute to our vision of ensuring nobody faces dementia alone, apply now for the Centre Activities Co-ordinator position at Alzheimer Scotland. Relevant experience of working with people with dementia would be an advantage, as well as a willingness to learn and participate in training.

Responsibilities

• Process and manage constituent casework, acknowledging receipt of enquiries, gathering relevant information, and corresponding with government departments and agencies as required.
• Analyse patterns of enquiries and produce reports to inform ongoing work.
• Draft responses to constituents and ensure all cases are dealt with promptly, sensitively, confidentially, and in line with the MP's policies.
• Log and monitor all cases, ensuring that progress is tracked and actions are completed.
• Manage relationships with constituents, including handling sensitive cases with care and discretion.
• Ensure all records are kept confidentially and managed in accordance with data protection legislation.
• Follow up on social media queries and comments to provide timely responses.
• Assist with surgeries and other meetings, providing follow-up support as necessary.

All roles at OPFS contribute to our mission of working with and for single parent families, providing support that enables them to achieve their potential and help create lasting solutions to the poverty and barriers facing many single parents and their children. Our core values of Justice, Equity, Trust, Collaboration and Compassion are at the heart of everything we do and underpin all aspects of our work.

Overview:

The Employability Support Worker will contribute to the organisation’s vision of a Scotland in which single parents and their children are valued and treated equally and fairly, by supporting the delivery of various components which contribute to the Edinburgh service, including proactively supporting single parents to enter or re-enter employment, training or education.

The Employability Support Worker will be responsible for community engagement, outreach and registration of parents onto the programme, and delivering quality employability support, whilst also engaging with partners in the community and undertaking employer engagement duties to improve outcomes and referral pathways for Single parents accessing the service.

They will report to the Edinburgh Regional Coordinator and will work as a member of OPFS Employability Team, within the wider OPFS Edinburgh Family Support Service, to provide employability services for single parents facing barriers to entering suitable employment, training and education.

Equal Opportunities and Family Friendly Employment

OPFS aims to be an equal opportunity and family friendly employer. OPFS has Investors In People Gold status.

Job description

This is a broad picture of the post at the time of preparation. It is not an exhaustive list of all possible duties, and it is recognised that jobs change and evolve over time.

Key tasks and responsibilities

• Families: Help eligible single parents to identify their future goals, assess motivation, develop personal development plans and help in their implementation through individual and group work.
• Barriers: Identify barriers to employment, education or training and work with single parents to address those barriers.
• Liaison: Build links with health, education and third sector organisations and groups across the city to identify eligible single parents interested in progressing towards suitable employment, education or training.
• Case Management: Maintain confidential information, complete all appropriate client paperwork. Record and document meetings and support provided to single parents. Use appropriate databases as required by OPFS and the post funder, complete quarterly reports, case studies and maintain a high level of data recording to record, monitor and evaluate targets as set by the funder.
• Work/Vocational Activities & Training: Co-ordinate and deliver a range of employability activities to support single parents facing barriers to employment to develop core knowledge and skills, helping to increase their access to available employment, training and education opportunities. Support provided to single parents via 1:1 and group activities.
• Outreach & Engagement: Undertake activities in communities to actively reach eligible single parents as a basis to support their learning and development and engage them in early work preparation and employer matching activities to support positive change within their lives.
• Job Matching: Provide job ready single parents with the help participants need with job searching, interviews, securing and sustaining suitable employment.
• In Work Support: Provide single parents living with complex needs and facing additional barriers to employment with continued support on entering employment, to help parents sustain their jobs.
• Local services: Develop knowledge of services related to employment, training, education, childcare and other support. Develop an effective network of referral agencies to support clients’ needs.
• Signpost: single parents to services that will address their needs.
• Money Advice: Offer better off calculations and benefits checks and offer access to debt support via OPFS debt service.
• Monitoring and Evaluation: Ensure effective recording, monitoring and evaluation procedures are implemented.
• Other Relevant duties: Carrying out any other relevant duties related to the above.

All roles at OPFS contribute to our mission of working with and for single parent families, providing support that enables them to achieve their potential and help create lasting solutions to the poverty and barriers facing many single parents and their children. Our core values of Justice, Equity, Trust, Collaboration and Compassion are at the heart of everything we do and underpin all aspects of our work.

Overview:

The Employability Support Worker will contribute to the organisation’s vision of a Scotland in which single parents and their children are valued and treated equally and fairly, by supporting the delivery of various components which contribute to the Edinburgh service, including proactively supporting single parents to enter or re-enter employment, training or education.

The Employability Support Worker will be responsible for community engagement, outreach and registration of parents onto the programme, and delivering quality employability support, whilst also engaging with partners in the community and undertaking employer engagement duties to improve outcomes and referral pathways for Single parents accessing the service.

They will report to the Edinburgh Regional Coordinator and will work as a member of OPFS Employability Team, within the wider OPFS Edinburgh Family Support Service, to provide employability services for single parents facing barriers to entering suitable employment.

Equal Opportunities and Family Friendly Employment

OPFS aims to be an equal opportunity and family friendly employer. OPFS has Investors In People Gold status.

Job description

This is a broad picture of the post at the time of preparation. It is not an exhaustive list of all possible duties, and it is recognised that jobs change and evolve over time.

Key tasks and responsibilities

• Families: Help eligible single parents to identify their future goals, assess motivation, develop personal development plans and help in their implementation through individual and group work.
• Barriers: Identify barriers to employment, education or training and work with single parents to address those barriers.
• Liaison: Build links with health, education and third sector organisations and groups across the city to identify eligible single parents interested in progressing towards suitable employment, education or training.
• Case Management: Maintain confidential information, complete all appropriate client paperwork. Record and document meetings and support provided to single parents. Use appropriate databases as required by OPFS and the post funder, complete quarterly reports, case studies and maintain a high level of data recording to record, monitor and evaluate targets as set by the funder.
• Work/Vocational Activities & Training: Co-ordinate and deliver a range of employability activities to support single parents facing barriers to employment to develop core knowledge and skills, helping to increase their access to available employment, training and education opportunities. Support provided to single parents via 1:1 and group activities.
• Outreach & Engagement: Undertake activities in communities to actively reach eligible single parents as a basis to support their learning and development and engage them in early work preparation and employer matching activities to support positive change within their lives.
• Job Matching: Provide job ready single parents with the help participants need with job searching, interviews, securing and sustaining suitable employment.
• In Work Support: Provide single parents living with complex needs and facing additional barriers to employment with continued support on entering employment, to help parents sustain their jobs.
• Local services: Develop knowledge of services related to employment, training, education, childcare and other support. Develop an effective network of referral agencies to support clients’ needs.
• Signpost: single parents to services that will address their needs.
• Money Advice: Offer better off calculations and benefits checks and offer access to debt support via OPFS debt service.
• Monitoring and Evaluation: Ensure effective recording, monitoring and evaluation procedures are implemented.
• Other Relevant duties: Carrying out any other relevant duties related to the above.

All roles at OPFS contribute to our mission of working with and for single parent families, providing support that enables them to achieve their potential and help create lasting solutions to the poverty and barriers facing many single parents and their children. Our core values of Justice, Equity, Trust, Collaboration and Compassion are at the heart of everything we do and underpin all aspects of our work.

Overview:

The Childcare Connector will contribute to the organisation’s vision of a Scotland in which single parents and their children are valued and treated equally and fairly, by supporting the delivery of various components which contribute to the Edinburgh service, including proactively supporting single parents to find, secure and access flexible childcare that meets their needs, allowing single parents to progress within their current employment, enter employment or enrol in education or training.

The role will include direct work with single parents to understand their needs, their current childcare limitations, and their current barriers to work, education or training. Liaising with childcare providers within Edinburgh, helping single parents access flexible childcare options and know and understand flexible payment options at local and national level is a key element of this role. This role will include networking and events to promote the Childcare Connector service and will include outreach work with single parents, stakeholders, and partners in and around Edinburgh.

Equal Opportunities and Family Friendly Employment

OPFS aims to be an equal opportunity and family friendly employer. OPFS has Investors In People Gold status.

Job description

This is a broad picture of the post at the time of preparation. It is not an exhaustive list of all possible duties, and it is recognised that jobs change and evolve over time.

Key tasks and responsibilities

• Support Single Parents: support single parents to understand the different forms of early years childcare, education and wrap around care that they can access and inform and empower single parents on the best form or combination of childcare for their needs and how it can be funded. Liaise with different providers of childcare in communities across Edinburgh to support effective transitions for parents going into employment, education, or training. Promote the services available through OPFS by developing trusting relationships with single parents through the provision of 1:1 support and providing information, advice and guidance.
• Family Support Work: Identify community resources and local services and assist single parents to engage with other agencies. To facilitate the delivery of groups and events. Support single parents to develop their confidence, practical skills, self-esteem and to feel empowered and informed. Work with parents to identify wider support needs and refer to other support services where appropriate.
• Record Keeping and Reporting: Maintain confidential information, complete all appropriate client paperwork as per our Family Support process. Record and document meetings and support provided to single parents. Use appropriate databases as required by OPFS and the post funder, complete quarterly reports, case studies and maintain a high level of data recording to record, monitor and evaluate targets as set by the funder.
• Any other relevant duties as requested by the Regional Co-ordinator.

About KO-NEKT:

KO-NEKT provides 121 support within the community and group support within specifically designed Play & Skills Centres for children & young people (age 5-25) with Additional Support Needs (ASN). We fully support the integration and independence of our service users by championing their rights and to be the best they can be, supporting them to live, work and stay in the mainstream of their communities.

Job Overview:

As the HR & Training Officer, you will play a crucial role in carrying out the administration duties in relation to human resources, training and development programs. This position requires a well organised individual that has excellent organisational skills, can multi-task and has good attention to detail. This is a dynamic role where you’ll be encouraged to take ownership of your responsibilities and make a real impact.

Key Responsibilities:

Human Resources:

• Administer end-to-end recruitment process.
• Maintain accurate employee records in line with GDPR and organizational policies.
• Liaise with Management Team and external HR Advisors in regard to employee relations issues, including grievances, absence management and disciplinary procedures
• Develop and implement HR policies and procedures in collaboration with senior management and Quest HR.
• Support management with performance reviews, goal setting and development plans.
• Manage online HR Employee Management System

Training & Development:

• Research and promote training opportunities to team.
• Maintain training records.
• Organize and coordinate internal and external training.
• Work closely with external trainers and professional bodies to provide accredited training and development opportunities.
• Track and evaluate the effectiveness of training programs, making recommendations for improvements.
• Lead initiatives around staff well-being, professional development and retention.

Essential Qualifications and Skills:

• Education: CIPD Qualification or relevant HR, Training or Business experience
• Experience: Minimum of 2 years of experience in HR, Training or Business
• Knowledge: Familiarity Care Inspectorate standards, SSSC and safeguarding (beneficial not essential)
• Skills:
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  • High level of planning and organisational skills
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Ability to work collaboratively with teams and external partners
  • Excellent organizational and time-management skills
  • Strong IT skills preferably with MS365 / Sharepoint
  • Familiarity with online Employee Management System (beneficial not essential)

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Open to flexible hours over Monday to Friday
• Health & Wellbeing Benefits
• Supportive and inclusive team, we value working together and helping each other

The Company reserves the right to vary or amend the duties and responsibilities of the post holder at any time according to the needs of the Company’s business.

Starter Packs Inverclyde is a charity based in Greenock that works in partnership with the local authority, housing associations and partners in the community to provide a starter pack to people who have been homeless or are seeking asylum/ refugees.

Starter Packs Inverclyde are recruiting a Project Finance and Admin Assistant.

The role of Project Finance and Admin Assistant is to ensure that Starter Packs Inverclyde

• Operates the financial systems effectively and efficiently
• Delivers its aims and objectives in supporting people in our community
• Deals with communications
• Meets the organisation’s legal requirements

Full job description available to download below.

KASP currently has a vacancy for a Support Worker

This is an 18 hour post funded by:

Scottish Government Delivering Equally Safe Fund & Fife Council

KASP has a part time vacancy for a support worker with a particular emphasis on a good knowledge and understanding of childhood sexual abuse and domestic abuse.

This post requires a highly motivated individual who is capable of providing one to one emotional and physical support to women who have experienced childhood sexual abuse, domestic abuse and associated mental health issues

The successful applicant will have at least 3 years’ experience in providing support in a similar environment. Ideally a relevant health & social care qualification.

Post will involve travel across all areas of Fife.

Subject to PVG check.

Scottish Women’s Aid has an exciting opportunity to join their communications team. This is an influential and dynamic position, reporting directly to the Chief Executive, the Communications Lead shares responsibility for leading SWA’s communications work, campaigning, messaging, and delivering a media strategy in line with our strategic objectives.

Working collaboratively across Policy, Fundraising, member, and training teams at SWA you will co-develop and deliver a communications strategy, identifying the best ways to lever change through media campaigns around key issues for women, children, and young people experiencing domestic abuse. You will shape a wide variety of materials and outputs that support SWA’s broader advocacy and campaigning aims. You will devise engaging communications approaches and craft compelling content. This will include media responses, PR, press releases, and briefing notes as well as articles for a range of audiences comprising our network, partners, stakeholders, the media, government, and wider civil society. You will also co-curate our online presence, creating engaging content across a range of platforms, and be adept at analysing engagement metrics and evaluating impact.

The Opportunity:

Are you passionate about Learning for Sustainability? Do you want to inspire and enable Scotland to contribute to sustainability at local, national, and global levels? Are you committed to working with learners, educators, decision-makers and communities to build a socially-just and sustainable world? If so, and you have the experience and skills, we want to hear from you.

Learning for Sustainability Scotland, Scotland’s UN University-recognised Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development, is seeking an enthusiastic and skilled Development Manager to join our team.

In this pivotal role, you’ll be at the heart of our work, harnessing the transformative power of Learning for Sustainability and collaborating with our members and partners to shape Scotland’s sustainable future.

Based within the Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh, the successful candidate will join a vibrant, ambitious, collegiate team to lead the development and coordination of Learning for Sustainability Scotland programmes and support the development of core Learning for Sustainability Scotland business; in collaboration with the Learning for Sustainability Scotland’s Director, Dr Beth Christie; an elected Steering Group and Chair; Secretariat; key internal and external partners; and its members. The Development Manager will also have direct line management responsibilities for the Learning for Sustainability Scotland’s Project Manager, and responsibility for the work of both the Project Manager and the Finance Officer.

About Learning for Sustainability Scotland

Learning for Sustainability Scotland is a pan-sectoral organisation; working across the length and breadth of Scotland and with frequent collaboration with partners across the UK, Europe, and the rest of the world. It has more than 1,000 individual and organisational members with a commitment to learning for sustainability. These include members from schools, colleges, universities, youth and community learning, local and central government and related agencies, and the ‘third sector’.

Learning for Sustainability Scotland brings in external income and works in partnership with its members and key partners to achieve its core objectives of:

• Weaving connections across sectors within Scotland and with international partners
• Co-producing, pioneering and practising new knowledge and approaches; and curating materials and resources with and for educators, organisations and communities; including consultancy activities
• Advocating for and provision of strategic advice for effective policy on Learning for Sustainability and other related areas; including the creation of policy responses on behalf of its members
• Leading, monitoring and evaluating projects and programmes locally and internationally; including the creation and delivery of professional learning.

More information about Learning for Sustainability Scotland and our work can be found online at learningforsustainabilityscotland.org.

About the Post

This is a part-time role (0.6 FTE / 21 hours per week), with the opportunity to expand to full-time depending on project development and income growth. We are open to flexible and hybrid working patterns that combine remote and regular on-campus work.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Proven track record and commitment to, pan-sectoral knowledge of, and passion for Learning for Sustainability.
• Ability to lead, facilitate and contribute to the development of the overall strategic direction of Learning for Sustainability Scotland.
• Ability to lead, manage and develop the content of forward work plans and budgets.
• Strong organisational, team collaboration, self- and line-management, and networking skills.
• Skill and experience to represent Learning for Sustainability Scotland; including high-level external advocacy and engagement with other UN RCEs, international organisations, Scottish Government and Agencies, Scotland’s universities and colleges, schools and educators, ‘third sector’ organisations and communities, private sector, and LfS Scotland members and other individuals and bodies as appropriate.

As a valued member of our team you can expect:

• A competitive salary
• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
• To be part of a diverse and vibrant local, national and international community
• Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits

About Us

As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.

About the Team

Moray House School of Education and Sport (MHSES), University of Edinburgh, has been making a major contribution and impact to the fields of education and sport both in Scotland and worldwide for almost 200 years. In that time, our staff, students and alumni have influenced and transformed learning, teaching, and wider educational policy in the UK and beyond. We are the leading School of Education and Sport in Scotland – ranked first for research breadth and quality in Education and Sport, and third in the UK (REF 2021). We consistently rank in the top tiers of global education and sport-related studies.

Our alumni include Great Britain’s most successful Olympic athlete, cyclist Sir Chris Hoy MBE, and trailblazing teacher and race relations pioneer, Saroj Lal.

We are deeply committed to social justice, inclusivity, diversity, and accessibility. Our aim in all our work is to significantly impact the education, wellbeing and development of children, young people and adults, through problem-solving in the fields of education and sport.

Study

Across undergraduate, postgraduate taught, research, and initial teacher education; our 3000 students study across 29 different programmes. These include a wide array of subjects across the broad areas of teacher education, language education, sport policy, sport science, outdoor education and community education.

Research

With over 250 research staff and students, we have a vibrant and expanding research community with a broad portfolio of academic disciplines gathered within seven broad research themes with permeable boundaries. Our Thematic Hubs are:

• Advanced Quantitative Research in Education
• Children and Young People
• Digital Education
• Language, Interculturality and Literacies
• Social Justice and Inclusion
• Sport-related Research
• Teacher, Curriculum and Pedagogy

The REF 2021 results for both education and sport-related research place us as Scotland’s top-ranked institution for research breadth and quality (THE).