About the Role

There’s never been a more important time to work for CAB. We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual with experience of providing advice and supporting vulnerable people to join us as a Welfare Rights Adviser. The post has a particular focus on the provision of benefits advice, with the aim of supporting vulnerable clients. If you are interested in helping those most in need within the Shetland community, we’d like to hear from you.

About the Employer

Shetland Islands CAB is a member of the Scottish Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux. We deliver free, confidential, impartial and independent advice to the people of the Shetland Islands.

We are the only advice organisation in Shetland. We support over 1500 clients annually and achieve an annual client financial gain of over £1million. Our principal funders are the Shetland Charitable Trust and Shetland Islands Council. We deliver a number of services on behalf of Citizens Advice Scotland and regularly secure a range of external funding to develop projects to meet local need.

Shetland Islands Citizens Advice Bureau is committed to equal opportunities both in service provision and in employment. We offer a competitive salary, excellent terms and conditions of employment, 36 days annual leave, and 6% employer pension contribution. Shetland Islands Citizens Advice Bureau is an inclusive employer considering flexible working arrangements where appropriate.

For more information about living and working in Shetland, see shetland.org.

The ALLIANCE is excited to be recruiting for Development Officer- IJB Lived Experience

The Development Officer will support the delivery of a project to support Integrated Joint Boards (IJBs) and lived experience representatives as part of the transition to full voting rights on IJBs. The role will involve supporting current lived experience representatives, contributing to a national recruitment programme, establishing role expectations, recommending induction training and providing ongoing support to representatives through this process. The role will ensure that the move to full voting rights is implemented meaningfully, consistently and with the right support structures in place across Scotland.

The successful candidate must have:

• Educated to degree level of equivalent through experience
• Excellent networking and relationship building skills
• Experience of partnership working and co-production
• Good research and analytical skills, and processing high level information
• Strong knowledge of current agendas relating to health and social care in Scotland
• Excellent communication skills including confidence in facilitating outreach and engagement
• Understanding of accessibility issues, particularly as they relate to involvement and communication
• Confident IT skills in word processing, email, internet, databases and PowerPoint
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and on own initiative
• Good organisational, time management and event management skills
• Good understanding of data protection
• Commitment to equality, non-discrimination, and the principle of people being the experts in their own lives and being at the heart of policy, support and services.

As an ALLIANCE employee you will benefit from:

• 210 hours annual leave pro rata (equivalent of 30 days)
• 91 hours public holiday that can be taken flexibly pro rata (equivalent of 13 days)
• 24.5 hours additional leave between Christmas Eve and New Year pro rata (equivalent of 3.5 days)
• Contributory pension scheme 6%
• Annual incremental increase in salary (until top of grade)
• Flexible working (formal and informal)
• Hybrid working – opportunity to work from home for part of the week
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption pay
• Enhanced sick pay
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Learning and development opportunities
• Time off in lieu
• Cycle Scheme
• Bike storage
• Carer Positive Employer
• Disability Confident Employer
• Up to 35 hours (pro rata) paid carers leave per annum
• Up to 35 hours (pro rata) paid special leave per annum
• Up to 70 hours (pro rata) paid compassionate leave per annum
• Paid day off to move house
• Employee forum

The ALLIANCE is a healthy working lives employer and encourages a healthy work life balance and is happy to talk flexible working.

The ALLIANCE recognises that in real life, great people don’t always ‘tick all the boxes’. Even if you don’t meet every point on the job description, if this role and our organisation feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.

The ALLIANCE is excited to be recruiting for a Senior Development Officer- IJB Lived Experience.

The Senior Development Officer will lead the day-to-day delivery of a project to support Integrated Joint Boards (IJBs) and lived experience representatives through the transition to full voting rights on IJBs. The role will involve leading activity to support current lived experience representatives, designing a national recruitment programme, establishing role expectations, recommending induction training and supporting delivery and providing ongoing support to representatives through this process. The role will ensure that the move to full voting rights is implemented meaningfully, consistently and with the right support structures in place across Scotland.

The successful candidate must have:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent through experience, including through lived experience
• Strong knowledge of current agendas relating to health and social care in Scotland
• Leadership and organisational skills
• Experience of delivering time bound projects
• Excellent networking, relationship building and information management skills
• Experience of partnership working and co-production
• Excellent communication skills including report writing, and confidence in facilitation events and workshops and delivering presentations
• Understanding of accessibility issues, particularly as they relate to involvement and communication
• Experience of carrying out social research and consultation
• An understanding of evaluation principles and approaches
• Good understanding of data protection
• Confident IT skills in word processing, email, internet, databases and presentations

As an ALLIANCE employee you will benefit from:

• 210 hours annual leave pro rata (equivalent of 30 days)
• 91 hours public holiday that can be taken flexibly pro rata (equivalent of 13 days)
• 24.5 hours additional leave between Christmas Eve and New Year pro rata (equivalent of 3.5 days)
• Contributory pension scheme 6%
• Annual incremental increase in salary (until top of grade)
• Flexible working (formal and informal)
• Hybrid working – opportunity to work from home for part of the week
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption pay
• Enhanced sick pay
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Learning and development opportunities
• Time off in lieu
• Cycle Scheme
• Bike storage
• Carer Positive Employer
• Disability Confident Employer
• Up to 35 hours (pro rata) paid carers leave per annum
• Up to 35 hours (pro rata) paid special leave per annum
• Up to 70 hours (pro rata) paid compassionate leave per annum
• Paid day off to move house
• Employee forum

The ALLIANCE is a healthy working lives employer and encourages a healthy work life balance and is happy to talk flexible working.

The ALLIANCE recognises that in real life, great people don’t always ‘tick all the boxes’. Even if you don’t meet every point on the job description, if this role and our organisation feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.

The ALLIANCE is excited to be recruiting for Gambling Harm Development Officer.

This role requires the postholder to play a key role in developing and leading Scotland Reducing Gambling Harm Lived Experience Forum. The role will contribute to a wider portfolio with an emphasis on the voice of lived experience, person-centredness and human rights. The postholder will operate within the broader landscape of Scottish Government health and social care reform and relevant UK Government strategies, ensuring that activity is aligned, collaborative and effectively delivered.

The successful candidate must have:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent through experience
• Experience of engaging with people in interactive and creative ways
• Experience of facilitating safe, trauma-informed, human rights based spaces
• Excellent relationship building and interpersonal skills with experience of building and sustaining relationships with people who have experience of gambling harm or substance use or mental health or relevant community learning work
• Enthusiastic approach to involving, supporting and responding to stakeholders
• Excellent inclusive communication skills, particularly written skills
• Understanding of the effect gambling harm, commercial determinants of health and social issues have on people’s lives
• Experience of carrying out research and consultation, and interpreting and analysing data
• Confident IT skills, including word processing, email, internet use, databases and presentations
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and own initiative
• Good organisational, time management and event management skills
• Experience of using social media as an engagement tool
• Good understanding of data protection
• Understanding of the health and social care sector and third sector, and where the ALLIANCE sits within it.
• Understanding and commitment to equal opportunities; non-discrimination; and the principle of people being the experts in their own lives and being at the heart of policy, support and services

As an ALLIANCE employee you will benefit from:

• 210 hours annual leave pro rata (equivalent of 30 days)
• 91 hours public holiday that can be taken flexibly pro rata (equivalent of 13 days)
• 24.5 hours additional leave between Christmas Eve and New Year pro rata (equivalent of 3.5 days)
• Contributory pension scheme 6%
• Annual incremental increase in salary (until top of grade)
• Flexible working (formal and informal)
• Hybrid working – opportunity to work from home for part of the week
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption pay
• Enhanced sick pay
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Learning and development opportunities
• Time off in lieu
• Cycle Scheme
• Bike storage
• Carer Positive Employer
• Disability Confident Employer
• Up to 35 hours (pro rata) paid carers leave per annum
• Up to 35 hours (pro rata) paid special leave per annum
• Up to 70 hours (pro rata) paid compassionate leave per annum
• Paid day off to move house
• Employee forum

The ALLIANCE is a healthy working lives employer and encourages a healthy work life balance and is happy to talk flexible working.

The ALLIANCE recognises that in real life, great people don’t always ‘tick all the boxes’. Even if you don’t meet every point on the job description, if this role and our organisation feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.

PVG Scheme membership is required for this post.

In our temporary supported accommodations, the core purpose of this job is to support people who are experiencing homelessness, to build the skills and support networks they need to prepare them for independent living when they move into their own tenancy.

In our supported settled accommodations, the core purpose is to support people who have experienced homelessness and have complex needs, to give them a secure home for life in a supported environment.

The Night Concierge will work with the people we support to provide positive, and emotional support that promotes choice and encourages personal responsibility. To maintain a clean environment for all.

The Shared Services Support worker will work across multiple services within one Registration, this may include working in both supported temporary accommodations and settled accommodations.

In our temporary supported accommodations, the core purpose of this job is to support people who are experiencing homelessness, to build the skills and support networks they need to prepare them for independent living when they move into their own tenancy.

In our supported settled accommodations, the core purpose is to support people who have experienced homelessness and have complex needs, to give them a secure home for life in a supported environment.

The Shared Services Support Worker will provide housing support, both practical and emotional support to residents using our service that promotes choice, inclusion in community of choice and encourages personal responsibility. To work with CEC and staff to support people to keep their tenancy, through ‘Letters of Support’ and positive move ons where possible. The Shared Services Support Worker will be an effective team player in a challenging environment and establish and maintain positive professional relationships with a range of external services. The Shared Services Support Worker will also maintain the building protocols such as, fire testing, reporting repairs, checking and reporting on equipment, preparing for PAT, daily cleaning duties and alerting the Service Lead to any concerns or issues arising.

In our temporary supported accommodations, the core purpose of this job is to support people who are experiencing homelessness, to build the skills and support networks they need to prepare them for independent living when they move into their own tenancy.

In our supported settled accommodations, the core purpose is to support people who have experienced homelessness and have complex needs, to give them a secure home for life in a supported environment.

The Dedicated Support Worker / Key Worker provides one-to-one, person-centred support to an individual who has allocated social work funding for specific identified tasks. This role focuses on delivering both practical and emotional support in line with the individual’s assessed needs, agreed outcomes, and personal goals. The post holder will promote choice, independence, dignity, inclusion within the community of the person’s choice, and encourage personal responsibility wherever possible. The post holder will be an effective team player in a challenging environment and establish and maintain positive professional relationships with a range of external services. The post holder will also maintain the building protocols such as, fire testing, reporting repairs, checking and reporting on equipment, preparing for PAT, daily cleaning duties and alerting the Service Lead to any concerns or issues arising.

VOCAL – Voice of Carers Across Lothian is a carer-led organisation delivering a wide range of services to support unpaid carers in their caring role. We are seeking an experienced Training and Engagement Officer to design and deliver meaningful and engaging opportunities that help carers learn, connect and share peer experience in a way that positively impacts their lives and their caring roles.

Joining our team in Midlothian, and working closely with Carer Support colleagues, the postholder will: plan and deliver flexible, person centred training opportunities (face to face and digital); work with external trainers and partner organisations; and ensure carers are supported beyond events to access VOCAL’s wider services.

We’re looking for someone with: strong training and facilitation experience; a good understanding of health and social care systems and relevant legislation; and an understanding of the diverse nature of caring roles, the impact of caring on people’s lives and the barriers that unpaid carers may face. An understanding of strengths-based, person-centred and outcomes-focused approaches to support and engagement is essential, as well as a commitment to inclusive practice with marginalised and underrepresented groups.

Applicants will also evidence: digital confidence; excellent interpersonal and communication skills; strong presentation skills; and an ability to plan and manage a varied workload.

Care and Repair Edinburgh is an independent charity offering a range of practical services to help older people and those living with disabilities in Edinburgh to repair, improve or adapt their homes so that they can live safely and independently for as long as possible.

We have been serving Edinburgh’s older and disabled residents since 1985 and complete over 5,000 jobs every year in homes across the city. Our services include minor and major home adaptations to improve accessibility, comfort and energy efficiency as well as a handyperson service that uses volunteers to complete DIY services and help with technology in the home.

Care and Repair Edinburgh (CRE) aim to deliver the highest quality for our clients, so you will be required to show enthusiasm for standards and best practice, demonstrate patience and empathy with older people and understand the impact of loneliness and isolation.

We are looking for an Administrator to join our team, where you’ll be required to provide all aspects of quality administrative support to CRE employees, ensuring effective and efficient service delivery, as well as providing administrative support to the Senior Administrator, Operations Manager and Director of CRE.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

• Salary: £27,278 per annum
• Pension: 4% employer contribution. Employees may opt out of this contractual enrolment at any time by notifying the Operations Manager.
• Annual Leave: 25 days per year, plus 12 public holidays, of which 3 are fixed statutory days to be taken on the following public holidays: January 1, and December 25-26. Up to one working week of annual leave may be carried over each year. Pro-rata for part-time employees.
• Hours: Normal working hours are 0900-1700hrs Mon-Fri with 60 minutes for lunch.
• Sick Leave: Sick pay relates to length of service. Further details available on request.
• Eligibility to work: Successful candidates will be required to produce proof of their eligibility to work in the UK.
• Probation: 6 months
• Notice: Notice period 4 weeks

Do you have a passion for helping people?

Do you have excellent communication and customer service skills?

Do you want to work for one of the best employability providers in Scotland?

Would you like to help someone with barriers to work find their dream job?

Then come and work for Enable Works.

Your role, as an Employment Coordinator is to provide support to people who have barriers to work to make progress towards and achieve well paid, sustainable employment.

Enable Works are the leading specialist provider of employability services for people who have barriers to work. We believe that every person in Scotland has the right to work in a job that is high quality and well paid.

Enable Works supports over 7000 people every year across 30 Local Authorities to learn skills for work.

We partner with thousands of employers to create inclusive cultures and improve the diversity of Scotland's workforce.

We are incredibly proud of our smart, capable, and motivated colleagues across Scotland and following a period of significant growth we are looking to grow our team.

We offer a generous salary, excellent benefits, and opportunities to develop and grow in your role.

We offer flexible working practices that promote a strong work/life balance so that when you are at work you can be the best version of you.

Values are more important to us than qualifications or experience, so if you don’t think you meet every requirement that’s ok, we still want to hear from you.

Please make sure you include a detailed personal statement in the ‘More about you’ section of the application to tell us how you are suited to the post.

About You

We really need you to have these

• The drive, energy and commitment to support people to obtain high
• quality, well paid jobs
• Ability to manage your own workload and prioritise as needed
• Confident communicator
• Strong attention to detail
• Professional presentation and personality
• Some knowledge of the local community
• Ability to work with people at any age who have challenging barriers to employment
• IT literacy
• Comfortable working towards targets
• A natural, professional relationship builder
• A full driving licence

Why?

Our vision is that every person in Scotland is able to access the support they need to find a high quality job that pays them well and your drive and commitment to this job will help them get there. You will recognise each clients individual skills and aspirations and work with them to find a job that they love.

Our culture is autonomous so that means we trust you to make the right decisions for your clients, therefore you need to manage your work load well and be accountable for your time. Attention to detail is important as it means you can work accurately and follow instructions.

About Us

At Enable we believe in developing all our staff and we provide an extensive learning programme together with in-house career development opportunities.

We also have an excellent range of staff benefits on offer including but not limited to:

• Health cash plans providing a wide range of health benefits to help people cover the cost of their everyday health care.
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Season Ticket Loans
• Blue Light Card

Starting a career with Enable is the first step towards making a real difference in our award-winning charity’s mission to help create an equal society for every person who has a learning disability.

Enable is an equal opportunities employer and our recruitment, selection and assessment process is based entirely on values, skills and competencies required of the specific roles.

The cost of PVG is paid upfront by the organisation and deducted from your wage if successfully appointed.