We have recently changed our identity to Health Creation Scotland (formerly Voluntary Health Scotland). We are a movement for health creation, working to reduce health inequalities to enable the people of Scotland to live well. We believe that health is more than the absence of illness, and together with our members and partners we champion this belief. We collaborate to provide the national voice for third sector health organisations in Scotland. You can find out more in our Strategic Plan 2025-2030.

This is a unique part-time opportunity to join a high impact and ambitious organisation in a really valuable role to support Health Creation Scotland to address health inequalities.

The role of Business Support Officer will be pivotal to our success, impact and ability to delivery our new Strategic Plan. You will provide crucial support to our Board, Chief Executive and members, working as part of a highly effective team. You will strive to continuously improve the experience of key stakeholders and utilise your skills to provide efficient and effective systems.

Please note, this role is office based in Edinburgh with opportunity for hybrid working.

Benefits: Pro-rata - 38 days of leave including annual leave, public holidays, office closure days. 6% pension employer contribution (terms and conditions apply), death in service insurance.

As Connected Communities Lead within Thrive Outdoors, you will help strengthen opportunities for children, young people, families and communities to connect through outdoor play and learning. Working closely with funded organisations, partners and the Scottish Government, you will coordinate programmes and funding, support community engagement and participation, share learning and impact, and help grow investment in outdoor community play across Scotland. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to Thrive Outdoors’ vision of embedding outdoor play and learning into the fabric of Scottish life so that all children can thrive.

We’re hiring a Sexual Violence Trauma Support Worker

The Women’s Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre (WRASAC) Dundee and Angus has been supporting survivors of rape, sexual abuse and exploitation since 1984. We provide a range of specialist services to survivors across Dundee and Angus and are committed to ensuring that women who have experienced sexual violence receive the support they need, when they need it.

To support the continued development of our Trauma Support Service Team (formerly known as the Women’s Support Service), we are looking to recruit a Sexual Violence Trauma Support Worker (25 hours per week).

The successful candidate will provide holistic, trauma-informed support to survivors of rape, sexual abuse and exploitation. The role includes providing one-to-one support, advocacy, group work, introductory meetings and support through our helpline and other communication channels. The postholder will work collaboratively with partner agencies to ensure survivors receive the support they need and will contribute to awareness raising, service development, monitoring and evaluation activities.

The ideal candidate will have experience of providing trauma-informed support using counselling-type skills, a sound understanding of the impact of rape and sexual abuse on survivors, and a commitment to a feminist analysis of gender-based violence. They will be an excellent communicator with strong organisational skills and the ability to work effectively with survivors, colleagues and partner agencies.

An exciting opportunity has emerged to join the Home-Start Glasgow South team, working as part of Glasgow’s Proactive Outreach Programme within the Glasgow City Council Child Poverty Programme.

Reporting to the Senior Family Support Worker, you will provide holistic, relationship-based case management to a defined cohort of families experiencing or at risk of poverty. Working alongside Home-Start Glasgow South colleagues and a wide range of statutory and third-sector partners, you will proactively engage families, understand their strengths and circumstances, coordinate support and help improve outcomes for children and families.

The role combines direct work with families and collaborative working across organisations. Alongside case management, you will participate in regular collaboration, case review and learning sessions, sharing insight from your work with families and contributing to the continued development of the proactive outreach model.

Are you an experienced money/debt or housing, supervisor or trainer interested in making a difference?

If you are, would you like to become a Scottish National Standards for Information and Advice Providers (SNSIAP) peer reviewer?

Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) are recruiting new SNSIAP peer reviewers in money/debt and housing. We are looking for people who are confident in their subject knowledge of housing or money/debt advice who can be objective about other people’s work and who appreciate that there are many different ways of delivering quality advice.

You must work in Scotland, have good written English and be able to make and justify difficult decisions; be open and responsive to constructive feedback and be able to give the same feedback to others. Attention to detail and good time management skills are also essential.

Please read the Peer reviewer specification for further detail about the role.

About Borders Care Voice

Borders Care Voice is a Galashiels-based charity established in 1991, promoting equality and positive change in health and social care. We support people with lived experience, unpaid carers and service providers to influence services and improve outcomes. We value partnership working and provide free training for people working or volunteering in health and social care, and for unpaid carers.

About the role

You will facilitate, support and promote five Local Citizens Panels across the Scottish Borders, using a collective advocacy and engagement approach. The panels represent people with learning disabilities and unpaid carers in five localities, and each meets at least four times a year. You will help members influence local services and participate meaningfully in the Learning Disability Service governance structure.

You will coordinate lively, accessible meetings that respond to members’ communication needs, provide information and support, arrange guest speakers and take meeting notes, with administrative support available outside meetings. You will co-produce promotional materials, ensure panels are represented at relevant events and planning structures, and communicate members’ issues to decision makers and follow up where required. Building effective relationships with partner organisations, the Learning Disability Service and local providers is central to the role.

About you

Essential requirements include experience of working with people with learning disabilities and their carers, an understanding of different communication needs, and group facilitation skills. You will bring commitment and enthusiasm for supporting people with learning disabilities and their rights, strong interpersonal and communication skills (including presenting to groups), excellent organisational skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office. You must be able to work collaboratively in a small team and independently using your own initiative.

Desirable experience includes working closely with learning disability service staff and decision makers, producing accessible information (particularly Easy Read), and monitoring, evaluation and report writing.

Travel across all five localities is required, including outside normal office hours where needed, with occasional evening and weekend work. Access to a car is preferred because of the rural area and the need to transport meeting equipment and materials. Current PVG Scheme membership covering children and adults is required; we can arrange and fund membership if the successful candidate does not already hold it. You must follow our safeguarding, confidentiality, data protection and health and safety policies, including safe practices for meetings, events and lone working.

What we offer

• Flexible working and some home working where possible
• Six weeks’ annual leave, increasing after five years, plus public holidays
• 8% pension contribution
• Enhanced sick pay
• Learning and development opportunities, with coaching or mentoring
• Travel expenses

Borders Care Voice welcomes applications from people with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. Please contact recruitment@borderscarevoice.org.uk if you need information in another format or adjustments during the application or interview process. As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we actively encourage applications from disabled people and people with long-term health conditions. We aim to offer an interview to applicants who declare a disability and meet all essential criteria. If applications exceed interview capacity, disabled applicants will be selected according to how closely their experience and skills meet the post’s requirements.

At CAP, we celebrate diversity and strive to build an inclusive workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We warmly welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from Global Majority/UK Minority Ethnic candidates, as these groups are currently underrepresented within our wider workforce. We are committed to creating an environment where every individual can thrive and feel they belong.

Everything we do is rooted in our values. First and foremost, we are Christ-centred. The work that we do is guided by faith and the belief that everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and God’s love.

We are bold in fearlessly putting that faith into action to help others and challenge injustice, while also seeking to be compassionate in the way that we want to understand others and offer them meaningful care. We are collaborative in our approach, making time to learn from others and work together to take on UK poverty. And finally, we prioritise beingjoyful in the face of challenges, because our faith gives us confidence that change is truly possible.

Context

CAP's mission is to end UK poverty by equipping churches to reach their communities. We exist to empower and serve churches through exceptional partnerships, delivering impactful debt advice and coaching services. Providing accessible, community-rooted support to those facing financial and social challenges across the UK. Our approach is centred on empowering individuals by providing holistic support to achieve financial resilience through expert debt advice and tailored coaching products. This approach goes far beyond financial stability, creating lasting personal and relational transformation and contributing to a society where all can flourish. We are committed to fostering strong relationships with our church partners, ensuring a collaborative and effective service that continually improves to meet the evolving needs of local communities.

Purpose

The primary role of the Compliance Manager (Scotland) is to provide support, training and specialist knowledge for debt advisors delivering Scottish-specific solutions, and to Debt Centres teams in local Churches who provide in-person support to those in debt and on low incomes, ensuring our policies and procedures are both efficient and compliant with current legislation. The role will work to ensure we deliver high-quality debt advice and holistic, person-centred support to our clients through further developing Debt Help policy and keeping abreast of government regulations and industry good practice. The role will also work closely with our network of debt centres to explore and develop new initiatives that will help and benefit our clients across Scotland.

Passion

We are passionate about knowledge and innovation, using this to deliver high quality advice and service to all our clients. We are determined to ensure all our debt advice staff and church based teams are adequately equipped to deliver a great service and the support we provide our clients is always improving. We are driven to enable and empower our partner churches to be the answer to some of the biggest problems society faces.

The overall aim of this post with Glasgow and Clyde Rape Crisis (GCRC) is to provide support and advocacy to survivors who are engaged, or considering engaging, with the criminal justice system following an experience of sexual violence. It is expected that the Advocacy Worker will have a strong commitment to anti discriminatory work and will be responsible to the Service Team Lead and Director(s) for maintaining the working values, principles, objectives and policies of Glasgow and Clyde Rape Crisis as outlined in the organisation’s governing documents. A PVG check will be undertaken as part of the selection process. Only women need apply under Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010. The successful candidate will be required to demonstrate their right to work in the UK. As part of our recruitment process, applicants will be asked to complete a Right to Work

As this driver, you will provide reliable and safe transportation for fruit and vegetable deliveries, collections from suppliers and donors, and distribution of goods across NGCFI hubs and partner organisations. The role also requires engaging with customers, partners, and volunteers during stalls, collections and deliveries. This post is for 14 hours per week, (pro-rata £24,479), 25 days Annual Leave & 12 Public Holidays pro rata + 7% pension contribution to 30th September 2027.

Funded by The Robertson Trust.

As a Community Cook you will be responsible for the planning and delivery of healthy food based activities including pop-up cafes, community meals and community focused workshops. You will be happy using your cooking skills to plan and prepare large meals using fresh produce, and able to share your skills and enthusiasm through the delivery of cookery courses aimed at improving the cooking confidence of local residents. This post is 7 hours per week (£26,065 pro rata) + 25 days Annual Leave & 12 Public Holidays pro rata + 7% pension contribution to 30th September 2028.

Funded by The Robertson Trust.