Youth Scotland, Scotland’s national charity for the support and delivery of community-based youth work, would love you to come and join our dynamic team.

We are looking for an experienced worker who has great skills in engaging young people, with experience of life on the Scottish islands and the passion to lead the ongoing development of Scotland’s Young Islanders Network.

The Young Islanders Network provides opportunities for young people in Scotland’s island communities to share their experiences, have their voices heard, shape decisionmaking about issues that impact their lives and ensure that the National Islands Plan fully considers their interests and priorities.

If you have the skills and experience to make this happen, then we want to hear from you!

MECOPP is Scotland’s leading Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) carers’ organisation providing a variety of care and support services to carers and cared for people from BME and those with one or more protected characteristics including Gypsy/Travellers

Purpose of Job

To work collaboratively with members of the Gypsy/Traveller community in a programme of activities designed to raise awareness of their specific culture and heritage across communities. The work will primarily take place in three geographic locations: Fife; Perth & Kinross; and, North & South Lanarkshire.

MECOPP is Scotland’s leading Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) carers’ organisation providing a variety of care and support services to carers from BME and other marginalised communities.

The postholder will join a established Community Health Team – ‘Community Health Matters’ – to improve health outcomes and reduce health inequalities amongst Scotland’s Gypsy/Traveller community. The Community Health Team is part of a wider programme of work supporting the Gypsy/Traveller community which includes carer support, support for the cared for person, financial resilience, addressing food insecurity, men and women’s engagement and building digital capacity.

Our newly established community mental health and wellbeing team sits within the wider remit of the Gypsy/Traveller Community Health Team. At full complement the mental health and wellbeing team will comprise of: 1 x team leader (children & young people focus); 2.5 x family support workers (1 x adults/older people + 1.5 x children/young people). The development worker for adults and older people is already in post

Our ambition is to develop a training resource for mental health practitioners to support their understanding of and engagement with young Gypsy/Travellers experiencing poorer mental health ultimately leading to better outcomes for individuals. The training resource will be co-developed with young Gypsy/Travellers to ensure cultural relevance and appropriateness. Delivery will initially be on a pilot basis to evaluate learning effectiveness and subsequently available on a Scottish-wide basis.

We anticipate that significant travel may be required so the location of the post is flexible although some attendance at the office will be required.

Delivery of all tasks and activities will be commensurate with the number of hours secured for the post.

Every day people with chest, heart and stroke conditions are leaving hospital scared and alone. You can be part of our mission to make sure that there is no life half lived in Scotland.

By joining Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) as Deputy Head of Community Support Services you can be the difference between people just surviving and really living.

You will be part of Scotland’s leading health charity providing support to people with chest, heart and stroke conditions and Long Covid to live life to the full again. Our Community Healthcare Support Service provides access to a range of supported self management and community recovery services to support people across Scotland to manage their health as well as possible and adjust to life after a diagnosis of a chest or heart condition or after a stroke.

You will support the Head of Service Delivery to develop and deliver a range of service solutions that will meet the needs of people living with all our conditions including Long COVID, clearly demonstrating the impact of these services for the people, the systems in which we operate and potential funders/donors nationally.

You will be responsible for leading a team of community support services staff and volunteers which oversee the operational delivery of the Services Plan with a specific focus on supported self-management service delivery, in line with our No Life Half Lived Strategy.

The ideal candidate will have proven senior management experience in a health and social care setting. A solid understanding of challenges in the sector with excellent communication, and organizational skills and a commitment to continuous improvement and person-centered care.

You will be confident in IT and able to work to a high professional standard using own initiative.

Experience of working with people affected by chest, heart and / or stroke conditions is desirable.

The role is home based with some travel required to head office for meetings, as well as across the country to service locations. The successful candidate must be willing and able to travel to meet with operational and strategic needs of the service.

CHSS also supports flexible recruitment through Working Families and we are “Happy to Talk Flexible Working”.

In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a PVG check. CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. We therefore aim to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.

Thanks to the Architectural Heritage Fund’s Heritage Development Trust programme and National Lottery players, we are recruiting a Dunfermline City Project Officer. If you have good heritage, project management and people skills, join us to develop a pipeline of FHBT historic environment projects in Dunfermline.

We are looking to recruit a Lead Officer to coordinate the implementation of a Climate Action Hub in West Dunbartonshire. The Hub, funded by Scottish Government, will form part of a strategic Scotland-wide network. This post provides a unique opportunity for anyone with a passion for reducing the impacts of climate change and the potential of empowered communities, to make a major contribution to forward planning and policy at local, regional and national levels.

You will build and maintain effective relationships with stakeholder organisations across West Dunbartonshire and other climate hubs across Scotland, and delivering on the hub action plan.

About Simon Community Scotland

Simon Community Scotland is the largest provider of homelessness services in Scotland.

Our vision is for everyone to have a safe place to live with access to the support they need. Every day we help make positive things happen for people facing extremely difficult circumstances.

Everything we do is about and for people: the people we support, our staff, our partners and everyone affected by homelessness.

Our values are built into every area of activity and tell the story of how people remain at the heart of the Simon Community.

Job Summary

The Simon Community is Scotland's leading homeless charity. We are creative and innovative. We get things done with care and compassion that make a difference to our community, being true to our values. We are a community of staff, volunteers and the people that we support.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about changing expectations and experiences of people we support, many of whom have experienced significant trauma, exclusion and stigma. They often engage in risk taking behaviours that put their physical and mental health, and their lives at risk. Despite the challenges they face they have incredible resilience, survival skills and a wicked sense of humour. They know what a good, and not so good service looks like.

Job Purpose

To lead and develop 2 small teams across 2 small supported accommodation services that support 8 individuals. This is an opportunity to deliver life-changing and quality services to people affected by homelessness. To create a culture that recognises the team, its strengths, and its roles as leaders in every interaction through professional empowerment and risk-informed decision-making at the front line where it matters.

Works within your discipline to promote and create a culture of real participation, putting the people we support at the heart of what we do and how we do it. Works well with all key partners to develop effective ,sustainable relationships. Ensure people development and engagement to develop and build capacity to support the strategic vision. You will be part of of a wider leadership team who support on average 230 people per week.

Project Esperanza is a Scottish charity that is committed to supporting multi-ethnic communities, particularly migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees, in overcoming barriers to social integration. Our beneficiaries are impacted by national issues such as poverty, but also by chronic health, caring responsibilities, language barriers, no access to employment, education, adequate housing and transport- all of these issues which then impact on overall health and wellbeing.

About the role:

Are you passionate about empowering women through trauma-informed care? We’re looking for a qualified counsellor to provide one on one emotional support and co-facilitate monthly therapeutic group sessions, including art therapy and therapeutic gardening. This unique role combines traditional counselling with creative and nature-based approaches to help women heal, build resilience and become advocates for change.

Project Esperanza is a Scottish charity that is committed to supporting multi-ethnic communities, particularly migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees, in overcoming barriers to social integration. Our beneficiaries are impacted by national issues such as poverty, but also by chronic health, caring responsibilities, language barriers, no access to employment, education, adequate housing and transport- all of these issues which then impact on overall health and wellbeing.

We are excited to be looking to recruit a Wellbeing Hub Coordinator who will lead on our health and wellbeing initiatives to help us achieve our vision for the next 3 years. This role will focus on building on our current work and develop and create positive partnerships with the community and others in Edinburgh and wider Scotland.

Y sort it Care Connections programme aims to support care experienced young people aged between 10-16 years, within West Dunbartonshire.

The role of the Care Connections Support Worker will be to provide support appropriate to care experienced young people’s learning needs, raising attainment by providing a supportive pathway throughout the young person’s school life and beyond.

You will be active at providing support and encouragement, helping them to overcome challenges and /or barriers working towards goals to improve their learning, skills and personal development.

Care Connection Support Workers will be the #Keeping The Promise leads, work with young people currently accessing Y Sort It services who are care experienced. Offering guidance, rights based information, creating learning opportunities. You will be developing support plans, providing advice and information, training and peer support. Your role will be to work closely with schools, partner agencies and family members.

The post holder should be flexible as the actual times of work will involve working, evenings, school holidays and weekends. The post holder should be flexible as the actual times of work may change to respond to the demands of the work of the Care Connections programme including overnight stays.