KO-NEKT provides 1:1 support within the community for children and young people (aged 5-25) with Additional Support Needs (ASN). We fully support the integration and independence of our service users by championing their rights and helping them be the best they can be. Our mission is to support children and young people to live, work and stay in the mainstream of their communities.

Based in our Coatbridge office, you will oversee a team of ASN Support Practitioners and manage a significant caseload of children and young people.

This is a key leadership role, offering an exciting opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of children and young people, helping them to live full, meaningful and inclusive lives. We’re looking for someone who has the vision, passion and skills to drive our services forward and deliver high-quality support.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage a team of ASN Support Practitioners
• Prepare monthly staff rotas, ensuring optimal coverage that meets the needs of service users
• Oversee the delivery of services to children and young people with ASN
• Ensure all service user information (eg, support plans, reviews and outcomes) are accurately entered and regularly updated in our bespoke online system
• Maintain high standards of data integrity and confidentiality
• Build and maintain strong relationships with your team, colleagues, families, social care and all key stakeholders
• Ensure that services meet regulatory standards and continue to improve in quality
• Maintain an in-depth understanding of the Self-Directed Support Act and apply its principles
• Support the business strategy locally and promote the growth of KO-NEKT's services in North Lanarkshire

About You:

• Considerable experience in Social Care, ideally with a background in social work and/or in a senior position within ASN/ASD/Disability service.
• Proven experience with Care Inspectorate values and requirements
• Proven experience in managing teams and driving culture change
• Strong commitment to inclusion for children and young people with ASN
• SSSC Care at Home registered (or willingness to register)
• Excellent communication and partnership-building skills
• Proficient in the use of IT such as Microsoft Office and databases to support daily operations
• Ability to lead strategically at a local level, supporting service expansion
• Full driving license and access to your own vehicle for business use

This role is essential to achieving our mission. If you're a dedicated leader who is ready to make a difference, we want to hear from you!

Are you passionate about helping disabled people to be in charge of their own life? Our SDS Development Officers work with individuals to assist them with considering their options under the Self-Directed Support legislation.

Used to carrying a caseload, you’ll be helping people to understand the options for their social care that are available to them. If they choose to employ their own personal assistants, you’ll help them further by working with them to make this a reality. Your work will likely cover the whole of Fife, though we may divide up the area into patches at a future date.

Warm, kind and approachable, you’ll be a great communicator and you’ll bring a creative, problem solving and “can do” attitude. You’ll be used to working on your own initiative, but also being part of and contributing to, a supportive team.

If you like the idea of being part of and contributing to, an organisation going through change, come and help us be the best we can be, in order to provide the best possible service to the people of the Kingdom.

In return, as well as your salary, you’ll get a very generous leave allowance of 43 days, flexible working arrangements, employers pension contribution of 10%, death in service benefit plus other benefits.

The successful applicants will be subject to PVG checks.

Victim Support Scotland – Empowering People Affected by Crime

We put victims and witnesses at the heart of everything we do so they are heard, have improved health and well-being, feel safer, more secure, and informed and that we are an effective organisation, that makes a lasting difference.

Who We Are?

Victim Support Scotland provides support and information to people affected by crime and campaigns for victim and witness rights. Regardless of whether a crime has been reported, or when it happened, our services are free, confidential, and tailored to individuals’ needs.

Our vision is that people affected by crime – victims, witnesses, and their families – are treated with dignity and respect and are at the heart of the justice in Scotland. Our mission is to ensure that all those affected by crime receive high quality support that will help them to recover from their experiences. All our work is guided and underpinned by our six core principles of being engaging and compassionate; inclusive and accessible; person-centred; adaptive, flexible, and responsive; collaborative; and knowledgeable and skilled. Now is the time to join Victim Support Scotland, helping us work towards the ambitions of our 5-year plan: Empowering people affected by crime: VSS Strategy 2021-2026.

VSS is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all of our service users and has a thorough and rigorous recruitment and selection process including PVG scheme checks in place to ensure this commitment is met.

What is the role

We are looking for a Supporting Families Bereaved By Crime (SFBC) Manager, working 35 hours per week.

Monday to Friday between the hours of 9am - 5pm with some evenings & weekends.

Reporting to the Head of National Programmes, you will be responsible for leading, developing, and implementing the service delivery for your area. Responsible for day-to-day management of Victim Support Scotland’s national Supporting Families Bereaved by Crime Service to ensure the provision of a high quality, trauma-sensitive support service to families bereaved through homicide and culpable homicide. Responsible for implementing and managing ongoing effective delivery of Victim Support Scotland’s national service - Supporting Families Bereaved By Crime (SFBC) through a dedicated team of key support workers, support staff and volunteers.

You will be responsible for ensuring, with your area of responsibility, that VSS’s strategic objectives are being implemented and will have a key role in developing future strategies and business planning to ensure that the needs of victims and witnesses are being met.

You will have responsibility for the workforce planning in your area, including all staff and volunteers and ensure that they are supported, knowledgeable and capable to deliver services that meet service users needs.

Primary location: Glasgow

Salary: £40,290 - £53,184 + on call allowance.

What you’ll need to be successful

We are looking for a dynamic, driven, and motivated individual with a proven track record in experience of managing a multi-strand service in a fast paced and challenging environment. You must have a degree qualification or demonstrable equivalent experience, continuing professional development and the ability to plan and organise complex workloads with shifting deadlines in order to meet specific targets, ensuring quality output. Good verbal and written communications skills, along with the ability and confidence to develop effective internal and external relationships which deliver organisational goals. And willingness to be flexible in working hours and able to travel as required. In return you will receive, regular training, supervision and opportunities to expand your skills including learning about the criminal justice system.

Further details of this role are available in the job description - SFBC Service Manager - Victim Support Scotland

Please note - This post will be subject to a satisfactory PVG check and two satisfactory references.

To ensure you are in the best position to perform to your highest standards during our selection process, make sure you review the competencies outlined in the Job Description and have prepared examples of times you have successfully demonstrated these behaviours in the past.

What we offer?

When you work for Victim Support Scotland, your wellbeing is important to us. Not only do we offer a generous annual leave package of 39 days, but you will also have access to our free health cash plan which includes cover for you and your family across a range of benefits, which include, dental cover, access to a virtual GP, counselling, legal support and discounts on gym memberships, cinema tickets, retail and much more. In addition we offer a generous pension, enhanced maternity and paternity pay and access to a credit union. Supporting employee development is important to us and we offer comprehensive learning and development opportunities.

If you are looking for a role with a purpose, where you can really make a difference, then this may be the role for you.

COVEY (Community Volunteers Enabling You) is a lifeline for children, young people, and families across Lanarkshire. Since 1992, we have provided 1-1 and group-based befriending, mentoring, and family support services tailored to those who need it the most.

As Funding Manager, you will play a key role in securing the financial resources to sustain and expand our befriending, mentoring and family support services for children, young people, and families facing significant challenges. Your work will directly contribute to transforming lives, enabling children, young people and families to thrive, no matter the challenges they face.

Working closely with the Head of Income Generation, you will help develop ambitious proposals, manage grant and tender agreements, and ensure successful outcomes to continue transforming lives in Lanarkshire and beyond.

You will have proven success securing funding from grant-making bodies, statutory funders or corporate partnerships; strong research, writing, and communication skills; have the ability to manage complex information and present clear, compelling reports; and possess excellent organisational and administrative skills.

What we offer

We offer a rewarding role with the opportunity to develop your skills and future career in an enriching environment with the following benefits:

• 6% employer pension contribution
• flexible working (including flexi-time)
• access to learning and development opportunities
• one special leave day to celebrate your birthday
• annual staff and volunteer recognition awards
• quarterly staff wellbeing activities
• annual all staff outing/activity
• HSF Health plan for employees (and their spouse/partner and children) including dental and optical claim back, physio claim back, personal accident coverage, GP, mental health counselling, legal support, discounts for gym, cinema and shopping
• access to ScotWest Credit Union offering loans, mortgages and savings accounts

Values in Action Scotland (VIAS) is recruiting for the post of Lead Consultant (The Life I Want), based in Glasgow with some travel throughout the wider Glasgow and Clyde area. Reporting to the Depute CEO, this is an exciting opportunity to coordinate ‘The Life I Want’, a project for people with learning disabilities and/or autism living in Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Our aim is to include as many people with a learning disability and autistic people as we can to have more influence over and say about things that are important to them. The post-holder will also support the lived experience peer worker to carry out their role.

Background

Values in Action Scotland is a Quality Improvement Service. Our vision is for a Scotland where people with learning disabilities and/or autism have the same opportunities as everyone else and are supported to achieve their goals including access to meaningful paid employment.

The Candidate

You will be enthusiastic, enjoy speaking to and meeting people, going to new places and will have the skills to build good working relationships. You must be able to provide unbiased information and be able to facilitate meetings, groups and workshops where all opinions and contributions matter equally. With proven experience working with people with learning disabilities and/ or autism, the successful candidate will have an understanding or experience of issues affecting people with learning disabilities and/ or autism. The successful candidate will also work with a range of stakeholders, demonstrating excellent interpersonal skills and an aptitude for building and nurturing successful partnerships. They will ideally have a high-level ability to plan, analyse and think through issues that arise and an ability to identify, prioritise and deliver a varied programme.

What We Offer

We offer excellent training and development opportunities, competitive salary, contributory pension scheme and pro-rata 32 days annual holiday (including bank holidays)

Further Details

The post is funded for six months initially. VIAS will carry out a PVG check on the successful applicant.

For further information or an informal discussion, please call Donna-Marie on 0141 212 3395.

Could you be part of something different? We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to use their gifts, skills and experience to make a difference to the lives of the people in our parishes and communities.

We are looking for someone to support the Parish Minister and ministry team, providing ministry, worship and pastoral care in the parish; with a particular focus on pioneering new forms of worship or fresh expressions of church across the communities of the parish.

It is essential you have the right to work in the UK before applying to work with us. You will be asked to provide proof of your eligibility to work and remain in the UK if you are invited to attend for an interview.

Around 13,000 people have Parkinson’s in Scotland, with the condition affecting many thousands of friends and family members. Parkinson’s is a currently incurable, degenerative neurological condition. People living with Parkinson's need and value the information, services and opportunities Parkinson’s UK provides, delivered by committed and skilled colleagues, volunteers and partners. Following an investment of £1.5 million into our community work we have the opportunity to build on the quality and reach of our community services across Scotland and the rest of the UK.

About the role

You’ll manage, coach and develop a team of eight home based Parkinson’s Local Advisers (PLAs) to deliver a high standard of service across Scotland. You’ll ensure that the team is supported in meeting service demand which will include more complex casework, covering gaps, or supporting new/inexperienced colleagues.

You’ll work with colleagues across the wider Parkinson’s UK Scotland team to support the delivery of local priorities to reach and support more people affected by Parkinson’s.

What you’ll do:

• Lead a team of Parkinson’s Local Advisers to deliver a professional service that gives accurate, tailored information and support based on needs in line with optimal service practice
• Ensure quality service standards are met, including assessing needs, advocacy, information and support given and referrals
• Provide support and guidance to your team of advisers, including on complex casework and safeguarding cases. Occasional need to pick up direct casework at busy times/absences etc.
• Ensure appropriate staffing cover and support other teams as required

What you’ll bring:

• Experience of managing, coaching, developing, and motivating a dispersed staff team, including workload distribution and prioritisation
• Ability to implement reflective practice principles
• Commitment to working principles that empower people who use our services
• Experience of providing health and social care information services
• Experience of delivering a multi channel service effectively

You must live in Scotland or have plans to do so in order to carry out this role.

This is an exciting time for Parkinson’s UK and we would love you to join us!

Glenboig Development Trust has been established since 2000, with the aim of providing services integral to improving the health and well-being of residents within Glenboig and surrounding areas.

We operate from a community owned purpose built facility located at the heart of the community of Glenboig.

You will operate at a strategic level which will include responsibility for multi-agency projects.

Role Description and Key Responsibilities

We are seeking a highly skilled candidate with the appropriate experience to manage the responsibilities of a multi-faceted role within Glenboig Development Trust. The role will include managing the Community Solutions Coatbridge Programme, a cross-sector health and social care investment and improvement programme for North Lanarkshire.

You will also be responsible for securing funding for programmes delivering outcomes in line with our strategic objectives, reviewing and updating relevant policies and procedures in partnership with the Operations Manager and liaising with strategic partners to facilitate the delivery of key health and social care priorities within Glenboig and the wider community.

Accountability:Operations Manager

With support and investment from Impact Funding Partners, we are recruiting for a Volunteer Coordinator to build on Westfield Park Community Centre’s (WPCC) volunteer engagement strategy with the local community. The post will be responsible for volunteer recruitment needed to support the development of a programme of activities and events and to meet the needs of the local community.

The position is 20 hours per week, with a degree of flexibility and incorporating occasional evening and weekend work. Salary at full time equivalent is £24,000 on a fixed term 1 year contract. WPCC offers 29 days Annual leave and will include 2 fixed public holidays. The organisation contributes equivalent to 6% of the post’s salary into the pension scheme.

The Volunteer Coordinator will contribute to the day-to-day management and smooth running of WPCC, ensuring that WPCC is a vibrant, welcoming and well managed facility that operates for the benefit of the local community and the residents of the Falkirk District area.

Applicants must be able to demonstrate relevant experience in recruiting, training and supporting volunteers and have a very good understanding of community development and challenges facing local communities. Relevant experience of the third sector would be beneficial.

We are looking for an inspirational, dynamic, creative, hard-working thinker to become our first Youth Arts Coordinator.

You will have a passion for the arts and its transformational power on young people and places. Your natural flair for cultural administration, the ability to create and coordinate high quality cultural programmes; combined with motivational leadership qualities, is what we need to deliver our vision.

The successful candidate will thrive on the challenge of ensuring long-term sustainability within the youth arts provision in Cumnock and Doon Valley, bringing industry leading arts experiences and artists to unexpected places, and will have the courage to lead these projects into CAMPS’ next phase of growth and development without losing sight of our artistic vision, values and history.

This is a great opportunity for an ambitious self-starter to work with a small dedicated team, a supportive board of trustees, and a fantastic group of volunteers.