“The best way we can help a new baby is to ensure that their parent’s needs are met and their trauma attended to” - Dr Bruce Perry (2020)

About Tayside Perinatal Service

Aberlour has always seen the benefit of early intervention and are pleased to have received funding from Scottish Government to work supporting new parents pre and post birth. By working alongside new parents, we aim to facilitate recovery from problematic substance use and improve parenting capacity and confidence to positively impact on the outcomes for both parents and their new babies.

The service works across 7 days per week operating within the hours of 7am to 7pm to flexibly meet the needs of the parents and families being supported. The work will cover prebirth to baby’s first birthday offering strength-based, whole family support.

What we are looking for....

We are seeking to recruit an Intensive Perinatal Support Worker, working 37.5 hours per week. Initial funding from Scottish Government is secured until March 2027, however with successful outcomes we are hopeful that this specialised work would be extended further. This post will be based in Dundee. We are looking for candidates with a sound knowledge of child development and experience of working with individuals with problematic substance and/or alcohol use.

We encourage people to apply who have lived experience of alcohol or drug use, with a minimum of 2 years living in recovery, free from all drug use and problem drinking.

At Aberlour we want to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team. Aberlour’s values are critical and drive everything we do. We will be looking for someone who can demonstrate how Aberlour’s values of Respect, Innovation, Integrity and Challenge will be visible in their practice. You must be comfortable working in an environment where Aberlour’s values are lived in practice. To have a look at our values to understand more about what we are looking for from our employees click here.

What we offer...

As well as a supportive team and excellent training opportunities, we want all our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, an excellent employer pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts across various retailers. Find out more about our Employee Benefits here and our commitment to Equality and Diversity here.

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The purpose of this post is to deliver Wise Women’s volunteering opportunities, courses and groups to women in the Glasgow area, to develop learning opportunities within the organisation and to link women to external training and learning organisations. This post is office based.

You will be skilled in groupwork and will have experience of working with women who have experienced violence and abuse.

Wise Women is not a crisis service, but you will be required to have an understanding of survivors needs in a groupwork environment.

The nature of our work requires a commitment to the feminist analysis of male violence against women. Wise Women is a single sex service provider under the Equality Act 2010.

About Us

Inverness Badenoch and Strathspey Citizens Advice Bureau is an independent charity which provides holistic advice, information and support to members of the public. Our services are free, impartial, non-judgemental, confidential and independent.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Patient Rights (Scotland) Act was passed in February 2011. The Act created the Patient Advice and Support Service (PASS) to promote awareness of patient rights and responsibilities, and provide advice and support to those wishing to give feedback or comments, or raise concerns or complaints about NHS care received.

Inverness Badenoch & Strathspey Citizens Advice Bureau provide the PASS service in our local area as well as providing support to the National PASS Helpline as part of the role.

Patient Advisers will provide clients with advice and information who wish to give feedback or comments, or raise concerns or complaints to the NHS and support bureaux volunteers and staff with queries on the PASS service. They will work on a rota to provide advice on the PASS National Helpline as well as managing casework, producing statistical reports and where necessary carrying out promotional activities or attending meeting with stakeholders as part of their role

About Healing for the Heart

We are a Glasgow-based mental health charity promoting emotional health and wellbeing, seeking to transform lives. We provide a range of services including counselling, training, and we work in communities where we raise awareness of mental health issues, seeking to reduce stigma and build resilience.

Job Overview

As a Community Development Project Worker, you will work with the Community Development Department in local communities to develop and deliver projects, and build strong, supportive networks.

Key Responsibilities

Project Development and Delivery (8 hrs)

• Develop, deliver and evaluate projects and initiatives which address identified needs and promote mental health and well-being.
• Building and maintaining relationships with community members, local organisations, and stakeholders as well as facilitating groups, training and community meetings.
• Evaluation & Reporting (2 hrs)
• Evaluate own projects and collect relevant date for Community Development Reporting.
• Other (as and when required)
• Raise awareness about mental health issues and the services offered by Healing for the Heart in local or regional forums as in when required.
• Collaborate with Community Development Coordinator and Fundraiser to identify new partner and funding opportunities.

Qualifications and Experience

Essential:

• Experience in working with people and groups.
• Strong understanding of mental health issues and community dynamics.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Good organisational skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Desirable:

• A relevant qualification in community development, social work, or a related discipline.
• Experience working within the charity sector.
• Knowledge of the Glasgow community and local resources.
• Proficiency in using MS Office and other relevant software.

Would you like to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team within the East Ayrshire single point of access service (SPOA) as the first point of contact to support individuals & their families into recovery?

Have you some experience of working with individuals and / or their families affected by alcohol/drug use & are an empathic & compassionate person?

Do you have excellent verbal & written communication skills, an SVQ level 3 in health & social care (or equivalent) & a full UK driving licence with access to a car?

We have a great opportunity for the right person to join our team at Southside Housing Association.

We are a friendly, forward-thinking organisation where innovation, flexibility and positive communication is embraced. Our focus is on quality of service and helping others. If you like to work in a fast-moving environment with a varied workload and have excellent communication and problem solving skills this could be for you.

We are looking to recruit a full time Corporate Services Assistant with relevant experience, knowledge and skills to deliver a first class, front line service to our customers and contractors. The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic, self-motivated individual, passionate about doing the right thing.

The ability to work in an ever-changing environment with competing pressures is necessary and the successful candidate will be a team player with a “can do” attitude and the desire to learn new things while ensuring that our customers receive the best possible service.

A competence in using IT packages will be required.

Heart of Newhaven Community SCIO is looking for someone to take forward this new opportunity which is currently funded for 23 months.

As our Business Development Manager your role will be to drive the delivery of the strategic objectives agreed by the Board of Trustees and support the development of diverse and sustainable funding streams to reduce the organisation’s dependence on grant and trust funding. You will work as part of a small team and have proven experience in this sphere. Along with enthusiasm and a creative approach to the role, you will have the ability to engage positively with a wide range of people within the local community and beyond.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who can help us balance commercial growth with the unique and rewarding challenges of building sustainable service provision within the charity sector.

More information can be found in our job description

Home-Start Clackmannanshire is a long standing, dynamic charity, striving to ensure every young child (under 12) has the best possible start in life locally. Raising a family has never been easy; our trained volunteers and staff are there to support families through challenging times.

We provide a bespoke support package of 1:1 and group services for families, helping them to cope with the stresses and strains of daily life and encourage them to build the skills, confidence, and strength they need to nurture their children for years to come. As part of our service, we run a charity shop in Alloa, which generates income for our support work, offers volunteering opportunities, and is a local Bairn Bank.

Through a Home-Start UK partnership and funding through The Pears Foundation, alongside an exciting local initiative with Fairer Futures Partnership, we are excited to be able to offer this one year post, building on what was a new role to our team last year, allowing us to further provide dedicated resource to developing our internal volunteering programme, and supporting the development and implementation of a volunteering programme to support our family hubs across the local authority. Learning from this post will continue to inform Home-Start UK work towards supporting the transformation of volunteering across the network too. This is a fixed term contract, with potential of extension dependent upon sourcing continued funding.

Purpose of the job

In recent years, particularly since COVID, the volunteering landscape has changed significantly both locally and nationally. Traditional roles, such as home visiting and charity retail, have seen declining engagement, requiring us to adapt and evolve to continue supporting our communities effectively. We must remain flexible, create new opportunities, and leverage digital tools to recruit, train, and support volunteers.

Through introducing this new role, we will work to systematically assess and develop all aspects of our volunteer programme and support wider volunteering across local family hubs.

The role will be structured around three themes:

1. Understanding Volunteer Motivations to Improve Recruitment and Retention

2. Developing and Implementing Diverse Volunteer Roles across our family support, charity shop work and local family support collaborative family hubs

3. Enhancing Accessibility of our Volunteer Programme

The Volunteer and Community Engagement Worker will have a key focus on community engagement, assisting to enhance our community fundraising profile and activities, contributing to the sustainability of the role.

You will also:

• Contribute to the effective day to day operation of the scheme in accordance with the Home-Start Memorandum & Articles of Association, Home-Start, Standards & Methods of Practice, Home-Start Agreement and Quality Assurance Standards.
• To maintain high standards of practice within the Home-Start model.
• To ensure equality of opportunity, fairness and diversity in all aspects of the scheme’s work.
• Implement good safeguarding practice in all areas of work.

Join us at the forefront of nature conservation, where your leadership will make a tangible difference. This is an exciting opportunity to take the helm of a diverse portfolio of wildlife reserves across North East Scotland, driving high-quality conservation outcomes while leading and inspiring a dedicated team. Combining strategic oversight with hands-on operational management, you’ll play a vital role in safeguarding habitats ranging from peatlands and heath to woodlands and coastal cliffs. As a key representative of the Trust, you’ll build strong relationships with communities, partners and volunteers, ensuring our mission to protect and restore nature is delivered with impact, integrity and ambition

The Role:

The role provides operational leadership across a defined operational area of the Trust’s reserves, ensuring land management, people management and community engagement deliver strong conservation outcomes. It involves leading and developing the local team, supporting volunteers and representing the Trust locally and nationally, whilst building robust relationships. The post oversees planning, delivery and quality assurance of reserve and project work, ensuring compliance with policies, health and safety and regulatory requirements. It also manages budgets, risks and ecological data, embedding evidenced based decision making and maintaining accurate documentation and supporting long-term site and project development. Through this combination of leadership and operational oversight, the role helps safeguard the Trust’s reserves and advance its conservation mission.

Main objectives:

Land management and project delivery

Manage wildlife reserve operations across the North East Reserves Management Area, including conservation and land management and monitoring of 1699 hectares across fourteen wildlife reserves with a range of habitats, including blanket bog, heaths, fens, maritime cliffs, lochs, grasslands, and woodlands.

Representation and stakeholder engagement

Build and maintain positive relationships with landowners, volunteers, contractors, communities and interested parties. Represent the Trust professionally at local, regional and national events and meetings, and proactively manage day‑to‑day issues with neighbours and partners.

People management and teamwork

Line manage and develop the operational area team, leading recruitment, induction and performance. Foster a positive organisational culture, support collaboration across teams, and act as the key local contact for members and volunteers. Help recruit, train and retain volunteers, and provide local operational insight to support fundraising, communications and policy work.

Information and operational management

Maintain risk registers, manage budgets, and promote a strong safety culture. Use ecological data to inform decision‑making, ensure data governance compliance, and support effective reporting and monitoring of conservation outcomes through internal systems.

The successful candidate will ideally:

• HND in environmental conservation or similar (essential)
• Degree / post graduate qualification in environmental conservation, countryside management or similar (desirable)
• Minimum three years in similar role – to include experience of management planning and coordinating practical conservation work (essential)
• Health and Safety legislation/procedures relating to outdoor working (essential)
• Evidence-based decision making (essential)
• Demonstrable experience of securing permissions and consents required for conservation and land management activities on Trust managed wildlife reserves, as well as identification, mitigation and management of practical constraints, including but not restricted to environmental, ecological and archaeological (essential)
• Working knowledge of Construction, Design and Management Regulations in context of conservation projects (essential)
• Working knowledge of Controlled Activities Regulations (essential)
• Experience of delivering upland conservation projects including peatland restoration, urban reserve management, conservation grazing and /or native woodland planting and regeneration.
• Experience of working within rural areas of Scotland.
• Demonstrable knowledge of deer management and conservation grazing for nature conservation purposes.
• Demonstrable knowledge of conservation and land management to mitigate against wildfire risk.
• Demonstrable experience of communicating the importance of maintaining and expanding healthy habitats for wildlife and people.

About us

For more than 60 years, the Scottish Wildlife Trust has worked with its members, partners and supporters in pursuit of its vision of healthy, resilient ecosystems across Scotland’s land and seas.

The Trust successfully champions the cause of wildlife through policy and campaigning work, demonstrates best practice through practical conservation and innovative partnerships, and inspires people to take positive action through its education and engagement activities. The Trust manages a network of over 100 wildlife reserves across Scotland and is a member of the UK-wide Wildlife Trusts movement.

The benefits

• Flexi time/Hybrid working
• Salary sacrifice Cycle to Work and pension schemes
• Weekly wellness hour
• Generous Sick pay allowance
• Enhanced maternity/paternity pay
• Training and Development focus

The Communications Officer is a delivery-focused position responsible for implementing agreed external and internal communications activity for Plan Vivo. The role supports visibility, clarity, and consistency across channels, both internal and external, without owning organisational strategy, advocacy, or public affairs. This role incorporates elements of internal communications as related to material coordination and delivery across the Plan Vivo programme areas, the extended management team (EMT) and the senior management team (SMT).

This role is explicitly not responsible for setting communications strategy, leading advocacy, or representing Plan Vivo in policy or political contexts. These are the responsibility of the senior management team (SMT).