Circle is a children and families charity working at the heart of communities across central Scotland. Our purpose is to improve the lives of children by strengthening families.

Circle’s approach builds on strengths, is solution focussed and uses a whole family approach to create a family environment that promotes healthy development in children.

We have an exciting opportunity for a committed and enthusiastic individual to join our team.

Delivering an intensive whole family support, therapeutic counselling and children's resilience service, in response to the complex health and social care needs experienced by mothers, children and their families due to their experience of substance use, domestic abuse and poor mental health.

The Therapeutic Counsellor will provide a range of assessment, counselling and/or psychological support services to mothers affected by domestic abuse, addictions, and related mental health issues, and to contribute towards Circle’s aims of responding to substance use and promoting recovery.

Applicants should possess a qualification in post-graduate Diploma in Counselling and are working towards relevant accreditation. A background in social work, social care, education or health, addictions and with relevant experience is desirable.

Circle is a children and families charity working at the heart of communities across central Scotland. Our purpose is to improve the lives of children by strengthening families.

Circle’s approach builds on strengths, is solution focussed and uses a whole family approach to create a family environment that promotes healthy development in children.

We have an exciting opportunity for a committed and enthusiastic individual to join our team.

Delivering an intensive wellbeing and therapeutic counselling service to families. To provide a range of assessment, counselling and/or psychological support services to parents. This is in response to the complex health and social care needs experienced by parents resulting from poor mental health, domestic abuse and trauma.

Applicants should possess a qualification in post-graduate Diploma in Counselling and are working towards relevant accreditation. A background in social work, social care, education or health, addictions and with relevant experience is desirable.

Are you looking to use your HR skills in a rewarding, thriving social care charity? Are you ready to support our people who provide the best care possible to our customers?

Capability Scotland delivers exemplary care, support, and education for disabled children and adults across Scotland. We were founded in 1946 and have always strived to be a major ally in supporting disabled people to have full equality of opportunity and participation as citizens of Scotland. Our vision is of an inclusive Scotland where everyone has the opportunity to have their voice heard, contribute to society and fulfil their potential.

You’ll be joining an established HR team; reporting directly to the Head of People & Organisational Development and working closely with two other Business Partners.

We encourage a work/life balance, so we’re open to discussing start and finish times that work around your life. You need to be within commutable distance of our Edinburgh office (EH12) as we work 50% of our time in the office and 50% from home. You should also be able to regularly travel to visit the managers you are partnered with across Scotland.

This is a challenging role, but on top of a great salary, excellent pension, and market-leading annual leave, we can offer you a real sense of job satisfaction. You will be using your knowledge and experience to support the people who support our customers to live their best lives. You will gain invaluable experience and work in a supportive team environment.

Job Purpose

To provide operational and project HR advice and support to managers and staff ensuring employment issues are handled in accordance with legislative and organisational requirements and meets or exceeds good practice.

Required Skills/Experience

• 5+ years’ experience in a similar role.
• CIPD Level 5 or equivalent.
• Experience in a range of employee relations issues including attendance management, conduct, capability, and grievance.
• The ability to champion best practise, deliver change and continuously improve our processes.
• Up to date knowledge of employment law.
• An ability to demonstrate a commitment to our five values:
  • Kind
  • Inclusive
  • Open & Honest
  • Aspirational
  • Creative
• High level of self-motivation, able to meet several deadlines.
• Excellent organisational & communication skills with great attention to detail.
• Skilled in the use of all Microsoft Office products and able to learn new systems quickly.
• Ability to work flexibly on your own initiative and as part of a team.

Desired Skills/Experience

• Knowledge of the social care sector.
• Understanding of HR systems, ideally iTrent.
• Able to start with us quickly.

Working with Capability Scotland brings you lots of benefits:

• £34,744 per year and a 37-hour working week.
• 37 days’ annual leave.
• Up to 13% pension (8% employer contribution)
• Up to 3x annual salary Death in Service benefit.
• Enhanced sickness and family leave payments.
• Free disclosure checks throughout your career.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Shopping discounts through the Perks At Work scheme.
• Free 24/7 employee assistance programme.

Workshops Leader

We are not just an ordinary care home! Are you looking for a different path in your career where you will get the opportunity for a wide range of experiences?

Are you looking for a change? Want to work in a beautiful location? Are you excited about the opportunity to join a charity where you become a valued member of the community? Are you looking for a role that makes a real difference? Do you like seeing your role make a real and positive impact?

Tigh a’Chomainn Camphill

We are recruiting for a 40 hour a week, full time Workshop Leader to provide meaningful opportunities and oversee activities for the residents and day participants of Tigh a’Chomainn. This includes developing our day service in accordance with our strategy for growth, building connections across the local community, designing new services and supporting the creation of a new retail unit.

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Peterculter: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted or free food
• Free flu jabs
• Free parking
• On-site parking

We have a fantastic opportunity to join our Support Care Team in Glasgow to provide our donors and fundraisers with excellent supporter care.

You will have a minimum of 1 year’s experience in supporter care/customer service, and you will have experience of inputting data and general use of databases.

Your responsibilities

• Deliver excellent supporter care and stewardship journeys to our donors, fundraisers and event participants through effective communication via inbound/outbound calls and e-mails.
• Identify opportunities to steward and maximise the lifetime value of supporters.
• Ensure accurate banking and recording of all donations to Maggie's, including processing income from a variety of online fundraising platforms to ensure funds are attributed to the correct donors.
• Ensuring mailing preferences are applied to donors' records on our database.
• Manage and respond to a wide range of enquiries from supporters, people with cancer and their friends and family, volunteers, centre fundraising staff and third-party suppliers.

Please see the attached job description for further details and essential criteria.

Benefits we offer

In addition to a highly rewarding career, we offer a range of staff benefits, including:

• a unique, experiential induction based in one of our centres
• a structured, year-round performance review process focused on developing you in your current role and exploring opportunities for the future
• a competitive holiday entitlement
• workplace pension with the option to apply to continue NHS pension
• the option to apply for a Bike Loan, Travel Card Loan, Ride to Work scheme and much more.

This is an exciting opportunity for a compassionate and committed individual who is willing to work reflectively and collaboratively with other agencies to deliver a counselling service for groups of people in our community who no longer have custody of their children.

The project will be delivered through a partnership with the TCA (Tayside Counsel on Alcohol) BIRCH Project and Alternatives Counselling Rooms. The post holder will work with the lead outreach worker to deliver the Alternatives ‘gentle counselling’ model to service users who are accessing the BIRCH project.

The post holder will work as part of a small supportive team, delivering 1:1 counselling to birth parents in Dundee. The post holder will be expected to assess and triage clients, carry their own case load of clients, and keep client records.

The successful candidate will be part of the Alternatives Counselling Outreach team. This is a small, non-hierarchical and passionate team, who aim to create a working environment where team members are supported both in their clinical work and their wellbeing. Regular training, peer mentoring and group supervision are in place to create a supportive working environment.

This is an exciting post for a qualified counsellor to join our DOWNLOAD team and have a role in redesigning and updating our youth programmes. This is small, non-hierarchical, and passionate team, who aim to create a working environment where team members are supported both in their clinical work and their wellbeing. We are looking for an individual who has experience of working with and supporting young people (aged 12-25) to become the best version of themselves. This is the perfect opportunity for someone who is a team player, innovative, creative, and open-minded.

The post will mainly involve working with young people based in Dundee however there may be opportunities to counsel young people from the wider Tayside area. The post holder will be expected to deliver counselling and group interventions both in schools, community organisations and at our counselling rooms in our Dundee city centre base. It will also be expected for the counsellor to work and support our young volunteers. Clinical supervision will also be provided for this role in keeping with our ethical practice framework and our COSCA Organisational Membership.

Barnardos Threads Service is partnership with Renfrewshire Social Work is recruiting a Project Worker (PW1) for our Early Help Service.

This role has been created to provide an alternative to social work intervention for families who are experiencing difficulties which without support, might escalate to require statutory involvement.

Early Help Project Workers will take a strengths-based approach to their work with families, working in partnership to identify and develop strengths and protective factors. Practitioners will focus on achieving:

• More positive family relationships
• Improved family functioning
• More effective parenting
• Improved health and wellbeing for children, young people and parents/carers
• Reduced social isolation and better connections within the local community
• Better connecting families to other sources of community support.

The project worker will have a good knowledge and understanding of the wider supports available from voluntary and community-based organisations and will refer families to these supports where appropriate. This will maximise family engagement with long term community-based support available to them within their local area.

The role activities include assessing and planning, parenting and family support. Outcomes include Improved Family Wellbeing, Reduced Isolation and Community connectedness.

At Barnardo's we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Our safer recruitment processes mean that the safety and welfare of the child is paramount at every stage of the process and therefore, we adopt rigorous scrutiny in our pre-employment checking. This post is subject to a range of pre-employment checks including a Criminal Records Enhanced Disclosure for the successful candidate.

About Barnardo's

At Barnardo's we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.

Barnardo's is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce for staff and volunteers. We actively encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within Barnardo's.

Our basis and values

Camphill Residential Care Home

An exciting opportunity has arisen to support the efficient running of one of Tiphereth’s registered Care Homes for adults with learning disabilities and Autism. Our unique Camphill community setting means that the Care Home, is home to both residents and volunteers. This is a live out post although on occasions some sleepovers may be required.

Providing hands on support to residents and leadership for volunteers you will both contribute towards, and champion, the vision the Managers have for the home life for everyone who lives there.

The role is varied and there is a need to balance the day-to-day home life in a Camphill community, alongside delivering an outstanding care service. Administrative support for residents and to aspects of the care home’s registration is required. It includes maintaining resident’s records, coordinating, and supporting meetings and family reviews, recording finances, and managing medication. Supporting volunteers to develop as outstanding care providers, facilitating their inductions and ongoing training, and coordinating their rotas are core tasks which maintain the smooth running of the household. General cleaning and facility management, maintaining stock of household essentials and providing first aid and fire safety support are also key components of the role.

You will have a minimum of three years experience in a similar setting and hold an SVQ 3. For the full Job Description and Person Specification please visit tiphereth.org.uk/jobs

The starting salary for this post is £26,995 rising by time served increments to £29,517 over 6 years (additional increases are subject to annual review). Occasional sleepovers £10.90 per hour (rising to £12.00 per hour in April 2024). 36 days annual leave per annum increasing by time served increments to 40 days annual leave. For full Terms & Conditions please visit tiphereth.org.uk/jobs

About the role:

We are seeking enthusiastic and sensitive individuals to support a young woman with a brain injury and an eating disorder in the West Edinburgh area.

You will support her with evening mealtimes, preparing food and eating together, and with social support at these times and at weekends. You will have the opportunity for paid shadow shifts with existing staff. You will receive supervision from a Case Manager. Mandatory and specialist training will be provided.

Post open to women only - GOQ applies

About you:

Essential

• you are reliable and professional - you value honesty and discretion
• you are friendly and approachable
• you are flexible and you work well under pressure
• you like dogs
• you have a full, clean UK driving licence
• you have your own car that you can use for work purposes

Preferred

• you have experience of supporting someone with a brain injury or an eating disorder
• you have experience of working with people in their own homes
• you have a love of slapstick and sarcastic humour

About us:

JS Parker Ltd (JSP) provides an essential service to both adults and children who have suffered brain and spinal injury. Qualified staff assess clients’ needs and offer individually designed case management and rehabilitation programmes. The company was established in 1994 and is now a successful rehabilitation and case management consultancy, working in close co-operation with the legal profession.

JSP is not an agency. Recruitment of staff for small, personalised care teams is part of our case management service and is undertaken on behalf of individuals using this service.

If you are interested in working with us, we'd love to hear from you.