Carers of East Lothian is the local organisation supporting adults who care for family and friends. We have an excellent reputation, recently gaining recognition through the Carers Trust ‘Excellence for Carers’ Award and have recently secured the contract to deliver adult carer services across East Lothian for an initial two-year period and a total period of up to six years, to 2031. We are a Carer Positive Exemplary employer, as well as being Disability Confident Committed and a Living Wage employer.
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What We’re Looking For:
Very flexible working and 6% matched pension.
Fife Alcohol Support Service is dedicated to enhancing community well-being by delivering vital support and resources to individuals impacted by substance and alcohol-related issues. We are committed to establishing a comprehensive training department designed to strengthen expertise and skills through tailored educational solutions, benefiting both our internal team and external partners.
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We are seeking a dynamic Development Lead to drive the growth of our training division, expanding our portfolio of high-quality, accredited training programmes and developing our retainer services specifically tailored for companies utilising our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to address problematic alcohol or substance use among employees. This pivotal role will emphasise business development, establishing strong external partnerships, and ensuring our training solutions align effectively with the evolving needs of our sector and clients throughout Scotland.
The ideal candidate will be commercially astute, possess exceptional communication skills, and have a proven track record of increasing revenue through training delivery, product innovation, retainer growth, and stakeholder engagement.
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Our Values and Approach:
Fife Alcohol Support Service is dedicated to enhancing community well-being by delivering vital support and resources to individuals impacted by substance and alcohol-related issues. We are committed to establishing a comprehensive training department designed to strengthen expertise and skills through tailored educational solutions, benefiting both our internal team and external partners.
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We are looking for a friendly, organised and proactive individual to become the first point of contact for staff, volunteers and visitors to our premises. This key role will ensure everyone receives a warm and professional welcome and will provide essential administrative support to the CEO, our counselling service, and the wider team.
Reception and Front of House Duties:
Administrative Support to CEO:
Event & Training Coordination:
Counselling & General Administration:
Person Specification
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Our Values and Approach:
Due to growth we are recruiting for Tenant Liaison Workers to join our Short Term Housing Glasgow programme. Our Short Term Housing programme provides a link between private property owners and tenants. Our goal is to end homelessness by providing access to privately rented properties, as we believe that this is an effective and long-term solution.
The Tenant Liaison Worker will ensure a high-quality, customer focused housing management service within their individual property portfolio, ensuring effective customer liaison and promotion of tenant participation.
Part time hours will be considered, minimum 21 hours per week.
We are Right There, a charity that recently celebrated our 200th anniversary. We provide tailored support for people, at home, and in the community. We are here for people who are living with the effects of homelessness, poverty, substance use, or family breakdowns.
Last year we supported almost 4,000 individuals, helping to prevent them from becoming homeless or separated from the people they love. Every person’s story is unique, and everyone’s route home is different - it doesn’t matter what the situation is – we’re not here to judge, only to help.
Main duties and responsibilities will include:
Full details can be found in the Job & Person Specification on our website.
What we expect from you
Our values make us who we are and define our actions and behaviours every day. We’d expect the post-holder to uphold and represent our organisation in a way that reflects our values and person-centred way of working.
We would ideally like to hear from applicants who have experience of working in a housing/social care environment. Evidence of continued professional development or a housing/social care related qualification would also be beneficial.
A full UK driving license and and access to a car for work purposes is essential.
What you can expect from us
We value our staff as our greatest asset and will provide the following working conditions:
To support our growth, we seek an experienced Administrator to provide high quality administration support across our organisation.
Are you:
Hybrid working is currently in place for this post, split between home based and in our Main office in St Margaret’s House, 151 London Road, Edinburgh, EH7 6AE
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.
Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland (CHSS) is on an exciting journey to extend its influence and support across Scotland, aiming to reach over 175,000 people per year living with chest, heart, and stroke conditions. With a bold and ambitious strategy, CHSS is dedicated to ensuring that no life is half lived, advocating for, and providing support to those in need.
To spearhead this mission, CHSS seeks to appoint a Head of External Engagement and Peer & Participation. This critical role is at the heart of CHSS's strategic plan to enhance its community health care support services, amplifying our relationships, reach and income.
The role will be responsible for:
External Stakeholder Engagement
The role will be responsible for delivery of our external engagement strategy, implementing comprehensive engagement strategies with stakeholders and embedding an external engagement culture across the organisation.
To deliver our No Life Half Lived Strategy we need to increase our relationships, reach and income through identifying new and amplifying our existing external stakeholders.
The role will lead on mapping, building and maintaining an extensive network of NHS, Health & Social Care, Primary and Secondary Care and Third Sector partners to promote our CHSS No Life Half Lived and Community Health Care offer.
Evidencing the value, we can contribute to their strategic and operational ambitions to help us reach everyone who lives with our conditions who needs us.
Our ambition is to be fully recognised as the leading provider of supported self management through our Community Health Care Support Model in Scotland by 2028.
Peer & Participation
The role will also lead our participation and engagement function and ambition to expand our peer reach from 3,000 to 10,000 over the next 3 years.
Leading on our Participation and Involvement Framework, ensuring that all of our activities are informed by those affected by our conditions and embedding the lived experience across the organisation and services.
The role functions at both strategic and operational levels to ensure that there is early engagement, connection and long-lasting buy-in from both internal and external stakeholders, as new and creative solutions are developed, proposed, implemented and evaluated.
Are you a creative communications professional looking to work with an organisation helping people and building sustainable communities?
If so, the exciting and rewarding role of Communications Officer (External) with Link is the ideal opportunity to let your skills shine!
We’re offering a salary of between £34,606.00 to £43,123.00 (depending on experience), an excellent benefits package (good pension and healthcare benefits) and flexible working.
The ideal candidate will have outstanding communications skills and experience in delivering impactful campaigns and projects for a range of audiences.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join an established team where your passion, ideas and experience will contribute meaningfully to how we communicate with our customers.
If this sounds like something you would be a good match we’d be delighted to hear from you.
The role
The jobholder will lead on aspects of and contribute to the delivery of a high-quality external communications service, ensuring key organisational messages and “good news” stories are delivered effectively. This job will have key responsibility to make best use of digital and social media platforms.
At Link, people are at the heart of everything we do. Our people have made our award-winning social enterprise the success it is today and as it continues to grow, we want them to be the best they can be and to reach their potential.
About you
You will have experience of working in a communications or marketing role and of developing positive news stories across a range of media. You will have demonstratable knowledge of social media and experience of maintaining social media accounts for business use.
The successful candidate will have led on producing newsletters and other publicity material and involvement in arranging events along with experience of producing photography and video materials
You will have strong numeracy and literacy skills, with the ability to write clearly and concisely for a range of audiences combined with being computer literate with demonstrable experience of Microsoft applications such as Word and Excel.
Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to develop effective relationships with colleagues and external organisations, excellent organisational and time management skills combined with having a customer focused approach to service delivery and being self-motivated and able to work on own initiative are also essential.
In return you will be offered the opportunity to enhance your skills and knowledge through employee training and development. You can expect to work in a supportive, trusting and transparent working environment, with the autonomy to offer creative and innovative solutions whilst maintaining Link’ s values; Responsibility, Empathy, Social Impact, Participate, Equality, Challenge and Transparency.
For further information on the main position accountabilities and a comprehensive list of the essential and desirable criteria required for this post, please refer to the Job Specification in the Job information Pack above.
What’s in it for you?
As an Investor in People, we strive for continuous improvement through the management and growth of our staff, offering a wide range of training and development opportunities.
As a Link employee, you'll likely benefit from the following:
For a full list of benefits available to employees, please see the following link - linkhousing.org.uk/what-we-do/work-for-us
You will work with colleagues who offer support to ensure our customers' expectations are met. In return, we are looking for applications from people who will contribute to our aims and work to the highest professional standards.
This post is subject to Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme registration.
Join the Board of Friends at the End (SCIO)
Are you passionate about human rights, dignity, and compassionate choices at the end of life? Friends at the End SCIO is looking for committed and values-driven individuals to join our Board and help steer our work at this pivotal moment in Scotland’s journey toward assisted dying legislation.
About Us
Friends at the End (FATE) is a Scottish charity that supports individuals' choices at the end of life. We advocate for a change in the law to allow assisted dying for mentally competent adults. Our mission is to provide information, support, and guidance on end-of-life options, empowering people to make informed decisions.
Following the historic Stage 1 vote in favour of Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill, we are entering a crucial new phase of our work. As a Board Member, you will help us build on this progress, ensuring the charity remains strong, strategic, and focused on delivering impact.
Role Overview
As a Board Member, you will contribute to the strategic direction, governance, and development of FATE. You will bring your knowledge, experience, and passion to help us achieve our goals, support our staff and volunteers, and represent the charity’s values in all that we do.
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What We're Looking For:
We welcome applications from individuals with a variety of backgrounds, particularly those with experience in:
Above all, we're looking for people who are passionate about our mission and committed to helping us achieve meaningful change.
Why Join Us?
GAMH services support people with mental health problems to recover and lead self-determined and purposeful lives. We currently have vacancies for reliable and enthusiastic people who can commit to our core values of equality, inclusion, and recovery.
The Team Leader will manage the day-to-day operations of a central referral and assessment team responsible for managing all incoming referrals into GAMH Service Centres. A key focus of the role is to develop and maintain efficient and professional working relationships with key external referrers including Primary Care Mental Health Services, GPs, and Social Care Connect. Working in close partnership with Project Leaders of GAMH Service Centres, the Team Leader will ensure that referrals are appropriately screened, assessed, and allocated to the most suitable service team. The central team will also support referred individuals by providing high-quality signposting, relevant information, and undertake short-term pieces of work when longer-term engagement is not required.
Applicants must be able to demonstrate the values and attitude required to work with people who are living with mental health problems and who may have complex needs. Experience in a leadership and management role within health, mental health, or social care settings and a strong working knowledge of referral, assessment, and allocation processes is essential
A registrable qualification at SVQ 4 In Social Services and Health Care SCQF level 9 SVQ 4 Management SCQF level 9/10, or a Social Work or Mental Health Nursing qualification is required due to the requirements to register with the SSSC.
Employee benefits
GAMH offers an attractive salary, excellent terms and conditions and a fantastic package of additional benefits. See attached GAMH additional benefits. GAMH is a Scottish Living Wage accredited organisation and is committed to Fair Work First principles for all employment terms and conditions. Our Learning and Development Programme guarantees that you have a supportive and comprehensive induction to the organisation and continuous training opportunities which ensure that you have all the skills you need for the job as well as meeting the requirements for SSSC registration.
These posts are regulated work with children and protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. An offer of work with Glasgow Association for Mental Health will be subject to the outcome of this check being satisfactory.
GAMH services support people with mental health problems to recover and lead self-determined and purposeful lives. We currently have vacancies for reliable and enthusiastic people who can commit to our core values of equality, inclusion, and recovery.
Assistant Project Workers are required to work across our community support services located throughout the city of Glasgow and will provide personalised support to adults with mental health problems on an individual and group work basis.
Assistant Project Workers will have the ability to establish supportive relationships with individuals who are living with or recovering from mental health problems and who may have complex needs and will have excellent communication and organisational skills to enable them to comply with personal planning guidelines and work in conjunction with our key referrers
Knowledge of the role and purpose of a social care worker is desirable for the above posts. However full induction and training will be provided including on the SSSC Codes of Practice and the National Care Standards and how this framework applies to your role.
A qualification at SVQ2/SVQ 3 or equivalent, or a willingness to work towards achieving this qualification is essential due to the requirements to register with the SSSC for this post.
For more details about the key responsibilities of the role and knowledge, skills and experience required, please refer to the job description and person specification.
Employee benefits
GAMH offers an attractive salary, excellent terms and conditions and a fantastic package of additional benefits. See attached GAMH additional benefits. GAMH is a Scottish Living Wage accredited organisation and is committed to Fair Work First principles for all employment terms and conditions. Our Learning and Development Programme guarantees that you have a supportive and comprehensive induction to the organisation and continuous training opportunities which ensure that you have all the skills you need for the job as well as meeting the requirements for SSSC registration.
These posts are regulated work with children and protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. An offer of work with Glasgow Association for Mental Health will be subject to the outcome of this check being satisfactory.