We are seeking an organised and proactive People and Culture Coordinator to help deliver an exceptional employee experience and support our people to thrive.

About the Role

Join Beatson Cancer Charity’s People and Culture team at a time of continued growth and development. You will support recruitment, interview coordination, onboarding, induction and offboarding, including exit surveys, while maintaining accurate employee records, HR systems and personnel files and processing contracts and other employee lifecycle documentation. You will also coordinate payroll administration, mandatory training and learning activities, produce HR reports, support compliance with GDPR and organisational procedures, and provide first-line support for routine People and Culture enquiries, including payroll queries.

Key responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day People and Culture support, manage the shared inbox and respond to routine queries, escalating complex matters as appropriate.
• Coordinate recruitment and onboarding, including job adverts, interviews, offers, contracts, pre-employment checks and inductions.
• Administer employee changes and offboarding, preparing correspondence, updating confidential HR records and coordinating leaver arrangements and exit feedback.
• Collect, check and submit monthly payroll information accurately and on time, liaising with Finance on routine queries and reconciling records.
• Coordinate mandatory training and development activities, maintain training records and follow up on outstanding requirements.
• Produce regular HR and training reports, coordinate annual driving licence checks and maintain employee data in line with data protection requirements.
• Support employee engagement activities, People and Culture projects and general administration, while building positive working relationships across the charity.

Benefits

• 40 days annual leave pro rata, inclusive of public holidays.
• Generous pension scheme with 7% employer and 3% employee contributions.
• Supportive and collaborative working culture.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme providing 24/7 confidential wellbeing, financial and legal support.

About You

As a people-focused People and Culture Coordinator you will meet the following criteria:

• CIPD Level 3 qualification, or working towards it.
• Experience in HR administration or HR coordination.
• Experience using HR systems and supporting employee lifecycle processes.
• Strong administrative skills and excellent attention to detail.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

About the Organisation

Beatson Cancer Charity supports and enhances the treatment, care and wellbeing of current, former and future cancer patients and their families. Working in partnership with the NHS, The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre and all related facilities. We also offer the wider community a unique opportunity to contribute to the advancement of cancer care.

We are seeking a motivated and people-focused People and Culture Advisor to contribute to the development of our People and Culture service, supporting our commitment to creating a positive, inclusive and engaging workplace where our people can thrive. Working closely with the People and Culture Manager and colleagues across the organisation, you will play an important role in supporting our people, strengthening our HR practices and helping to deliver our wider organisational people priorities.

About the Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Beatson Cancer Charity as a People and Culture Advisor. Key responsibilities include:

• Manage employee relations cases and provide practical advice and coaching to managers, escalating complex or high-risk matters appropriately.
• Develop and review People and Culture policies, supporting fair, consistent practice and compliance with employment legislation.
• Analyse workforce data and employee feedback to inform recommendations, monitor people KPIs and improve the employee experience.
• Advise managers on recruitment and selection, support effective onboarding and contribute to workforce planning, retention and succession initiatives.
• Support employee engagement, wellbeing, recognition and inclusion initiatives, and help managers act on employee feedback.
• Lead or support People and Culture projects, organisational change and service improvements, including manager training and resources.
• Work closely with the People and Culture team and colleagues across the charity to deliver a coordinated service, maintain accurate records and handle sensitive information confidentially.

Benefits

• 40 days annual leave pro rata, inclusive of public holidays.
• Generous pension scheme with 7% employer and 3% employee contributions.
• Supportive and collaborative working culture.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme providing 24/7 confidential wellbeing, financial and legal support.

About You

As a people-focused People and Culture Advisor you will meet the following criteria:

Essential

• CIPD Level 5 qualified or working towards the qualification.
• Have at least 2–3 years' experience in an HR advisory role or equivalent generalist HR position, including responsibility for employee relations matters.
• Practical experience supporting disciplinary, grievance, sickness absence, performance or capability processes.
• Sound working knowledge of employment legislation, HR policies and best practice, with the ability to apply these appropriately in practice.
• Experience advising and supporting line managers on people management matters and procedural requirements.
• Strong analytical skills, including experience interpreting workforce information and producing accurate management reports.
• Experience using HR systems and maintaining appropriate employee relations records and documentation.
• Strong organisational, planning and prioritization skills, with the ability to manage a varied workload independently.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to explain HR matters clearly and provide practical advice.
• A proactive and solutions-focused approach, with the ability to exercise professional judgement, recognise risk and escalate matters appropriately.

Desirable

• Experience contributing to policy development, organisational change or HR service improvement initiatives.
• Experience supporting employee engagement, wellbeing, retention or organisational development projects.
• Experience developing or delivering line manager training, guidance or resources.
• Experience working within the charity or wider third-sector environment.

About the Organisation

Beatson Cancer Charity supports and enhances the treatment, care and wellbeing of current, former and future cancer patients and their families. Working in partnership with the NHS, The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre and all related facilities. We also offer the wider community a unique opportunity to contribute to the advancement of cancer care.

Clutter Chat is a dynamic and growing charity committed to using structured peer support groups to encourage, inspire and support individuals dealing with chronic clutter and hoarding issues. We became a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) in June 2020. We are dedicated to making a positive impact in our community.

We are seeking an experienced Development Worker to join our team and help us fulfil our current grant commitments by expanding volunteer engagement pathways, supporting our volunteers, and connecting them with appropriate training opportunities. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a meaningful cause and make a real difference in people’s lives.

AdvoCard is a well-established and highly regarded independent advocacy organisation based in Edinburgh. We stand alongside people whose voices too often go unheard, working with our advocacy partners to make sure their views are listened to and their rights are upheld.

This is an exciting opportunity to join us as a Children and Families Advocacy Worker, providing independent advocacy to parents and families who are facing social work intervention. Decisions about a child's care are among the most important and stressful a family can go through, and parents often tell us they feel unheard in the formal processes that shape their family's future. With advocacy support you can make sure they understand what is happening, know their rights and have their say.

What you will do

• Provide independent, issue-based advocacy to parents and family members involved with children's social work services
• Support advocacy partners to prepare for, attend and take part in Looked After and Accommodated Children (LAAC) reviews, Children's Hearings, permanence panels, child protection meetings and other formal meetings
• Help families understand their rights, the processes they are involved in and the options open to them
• Support advocacy partners to express their own views, wishes and concerns, and speak on their behalf where they ask you to
• Work alongside social work, the Children's Reporter, solicitors and other professionals while remaining fully independent of them
• Keep accurate case records and contribute to monitoring, reporting and the development of the service
• Work in line with the SIAA Independent Advocacy Principles, Standards and Code of Best Practice

About you

• A background in advocacy, social care or a related field in either the statutory or third sector
• Experience of working with families, particularly families involved with social work services, would be an advantage
• Knowledge of the Children's Hearings System and looked after children processes, or a willingness to learn quickly
• Confidence in formal meetings, and the ability to stay alongside people through difficult and emotional situations
• A non-judgemental, rights-based approach and a real commitment to independent advocacy
• Good organisational and written communication skills

You do not need to have worked in advocacy before. Full training is provided, and we are just as interested in your values, your approach and what you have learned from life as in your job titles.

Why work for us

We recognise that advocacy is an emotionally demanding role and we look after the people who work with us. As well as a supportive, experienced team, regular supervision and access to an established peer support group, you will receive:

• 42 days' holiday a year (pro rata)
• 8% employer pension contribution
• An Employee Assistance Programme, including a 24-hour support line, access to counselling and a personalised health dashboard
• Flexible working patterns and hybrid working
• Full induction and ongoing training, plus access to recognised, accredited certificates through the Skills Network

Our commitments to you

We hold recognised accreditations that shape how we recruit and how we support our staff:

• Disability Confident Committed employer. We are part of the UK Government's Disability Confident scheme. Our recruitment is inclusive and accessible, we make reasonable adjustments at every stage, and we support disabled staff to thrive at work.
• Equally Safe at Work. We are accredited through Equally Safe at Work, Scotland's employer programme for advancing gender equality and preventing violence against women. That means fair and flexible working practices and clear support for any member of staff affected by gender-based violence.
• Mindful Employer. We have signed the Mindful Employer Charter, committing us to support the mental health of our staff, to treat people with mental health conditions fairly in recruitment and employment, and to talk openly about wellbeing.

Guaranteed interview for disabled applicants

As a Disability Confident employer, we guarantee an interview to any disabled applicant who meets the essential criteria in the person specification. To opt in, simply tick the box on the application form. You decide what, if anything, you tell us about your disability, and we will ask everyone invited to interview whether they need any adjustments.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at AdvoCard.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and communities, so that our staff team reflects the people who use our service. We warmly welcome applications from people with lived experience, including experience of the care system, of social work involvement with their own family, of mental ill-health or of problematic substance use. Lived experience brings real insight to advocacy, and we value it. You can choose whether to draw on it in your application, and you never need to share personal details you are not comfortable with.

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.

The successful candidate will lead a distinctive 24/7 supported living service and help shape its next stage of development. We are seeking an experienced, values-led manager who can inspire a multidisciplinary team, strengthen partnerships and ensure that 22 adults with learning disabilities receive consistently high-quality, person-centred support.

About us

Established in 2015, Esmond Street provides high-quality, 24/7 supported living for 22 older adults with learning disabilities and people with additional complex needs. One of the few services of its kind in Glasgow, it was developed to meet growing demand for specialised, person-centred support that can adapt as people’s needs change.

Esmond Street is part of Enable Glasgow, a membership organisation that provides services for people with learning disabilities across the city. Our work includes supported living, social opportunities, social enterprise activity, advocacy and campaigning. Founded in 1957, Enable Glasgow now supports around 200 people directly and has almost 400 members.

About the Role

Reporting to the Head of Supported Living, the Service Manager will lead Esmond Street through its next stage of development. You will lead and develop the staff team, build strong relationships with family members, external professionals, commissioning authorities and regulatory agencies, and ensure that Enable Glasgow’s values are evident in day-to-day practice and future service development.

We are looking for a manager who shares Enable Glasgow’s commitment to the right of people with learning disabilities to live fulfilling and meaningful lives. You will bring empathy, sound judgement and a genuine commitment to helping each person live the life they choose.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leadership & Management: this role involves managing and supporting a dynamic staff team, including support workers, housekeepers, catering staff and our senior support workers. It also involves conducting regular support and supervision, appraisals, and supporting continuous professional development.
• Service Delivery & Quality Assurance: to coordinate the operational management of the service, ensuring compliance with Care Inspectorate standards, legislative frameworks, and internal policies.
• Safeguarding & Risk Management: to lead on protection inquiries and implement robust risk assessments to safeguard vulnerable individuals.
• Resource Management: to effectively manage allocated budgets, play a role in commissioning appropriate care packages, and allocate resources efficiently to meet local population needs.
• Partnership Working: to collaborate closely with health and social care partners, other third-sector organisations, and family networks, promoting integrated, holistic support.

What We Are Looking For:

You will need to demonstrate the following experience, qualifications and professional requirements. Where a management qualification is not already held, we will support the successful candidate to work towards one.

• Experience: Significant experience in a health or social care setting, including a proven track record in a leadership or supervisory capacity.
• Qualifications: SVQ Level 4 in Health and Social Care (or equivalent professional qualification) alongside a recognised management qualification, or a willingness to work towards one.
• Professional Registration: Active registration (or immediate eligibility to register) with the Scottish Social Services Council.
• Key Skills: Excellent written and oral communication, sound budget handling abilities, and the resilience to manage challenging situations under pressure.
• Background Check: To join the PVG Scheme or to have your membership updated.

Benefits

Employee benefits include:

• 33 days leave (including public holidays) rising to 38 days after five years’ service.
• An enhanced pension scheme.
• Free life cover.
• Free access to counselling and wellbeing services.
• Support for training and professional development.

Enable Glasgow strives to apply equal opportunities and diversities principles to all aspects of its work.

All successful candidates are required to join the PVG Scheme (or to have their membership updated).

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role

Embracing Difference, Leading Change

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of autistic people and their families? We're looking for a Community Advisor to join our National Advice Line Team!

Working closely with the Senior Community Advisor, you will provide free, accessible and needs-led support to autistic people, families and professionals. The Advice Line supports thousands of enquiries each year and plays a vital role in shaping wider Scottish Autism services and community supports. Every day brings opportunities to listen, advise, empower and connect people with the information and support they need.

Every day is different. You may be providing autism-specific information and advice, listening to lived experiences, or helping families and professionals navigate the wider support landscape.

This role offers a blend of home working and travel to support outreach and engagement across autistic/autism communities, as well as our commissioned support services. Community engagement varies according to local needs and service priorities, so a degree of flexibility is required.

In this role you will:

• Develop and deliver advice, information, support and guidance to autistic people, their families and professionals via our advice line.
• Support autistic people, and their parents and carers to access our free to access community advice services and events, such as Get Set 4 Autism and Click and Connect.
• Promote awareness and understanding of the needs of autistic people amongst parents and carers, as well as communities.
• Identify gaps in access to information and support, to inform development of community advice services.
• Support the delivery of new projects and community services as they develop.

About you:

• You’ll have professional autism practice experience, with the ability to translate complex theoretical knowledge into accessible and practical advice. We welcome lived experience of autism, supported by a strong foundation of professional practice, and an understanding of the diversity of autistic experience.
• Contemporary knowledge and understanding of autism, autistic people and their families across the lifespan, with the ability to provide enabling, person-centred support that empowers individuals.
• Experience of supporting individuals in complex situations, including those experiencing heightened levels of distress or confusion.
• Excellent listening and interpersonal skills, with the ability to identify individual underlying needs, explore options and pathways collaboratively, and provide meaningful, person-centred support, recognising that immediate resolution may not always be possible.
• Ability to work across a diverse range of settings, delivering and facilitating individual and group-based support tailored to the needs of different audiences, including autistic people, and parents or carers.
• Ability to self-manage and organise diverse workstreams.
• Sound knowledge of education, health and social service contexts across Scotland as they apply to autistic people and their families.
• Align with our organisational values.

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.

This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship.

Around since 1923, SAMH is Scotland’s national mental health charity. We have represented the voice of people most affected by mental health problems in Scotland for over 100 years. Today, in over 60 communities we work with adults and young people providing mental health social care support, services in primary care, schools and further education, among others.

These services together with our national programme work in The Nooks, respectme, suicide prevention and active living; inform our policy and campaign work to influence positive social change. SAMH is dedicated to mental health and wellbeing for all: with a vision of a society where people are able to live their lives fully, regardless of present or past circumstances.

For Scotland’s Mental Health

We have a vacancies for a Mental Health Practitioners - Forensic based in West Lothian. As a Mental Health Practitioner - Forensic, you will develop purposeful, professional relationships with people experiencing severe and enduring mental health problems who also have complex forensic, offending or justice-related histories.

Using a person-centred, recovery-focused and trauma-informed approach, you will work collaboratively with individuals to identify their goals, develop and review support plans, and contribute to robust risk assessment and risk-management planning.

You will support people to develop greater independence, sustain their accommodation, strengthen community connections and reduce factors associated with deterioration in mental health, relapse or further offending.

Working within clear professional boundaries, you will contribute to multi-disciplinary and multiagency planning, share relevant information appropriately, maintain high-quality records and support agreed safeguarding and public-protection arrangements.

What we are looking for

The successful candidate will demonstrate a responsible, compassionate and non-judgemental approach, together with excellent communication, listening and relationship-building skills. You will be able to balance person-centred and recovery-focused practice with professional curiosity, clear boundaries and proportionate management of risk.

Experience within mental health, forensic, criminal justice, homelessness or social care services is essential.

You should be able to:

• Contribute effectively to support planning, risk assessment and risk management.
• Recognise and respond appropriately to changes in an individual's presentation, behaviour or circumstances.
• Maintain clear, accurate and professionally appropriate records.
• Identify, communicate and escalate concerns appropriately.
• Work collaboratively with health, social care, criminal justice and other partner agencies.
• Maintain appropriate professional boundaries when supporting people with complex needs.
• Promote choice, rights, recovery and positive risk-taking while remaining attentive to individual and wider safety.
• Understand the importance of safeguarding, confidentiality, information sharing and public protection within a forensic setting.

An understanding of recovery, trauma-informed practice, safeguarding and the potential impact of offending or justice involvement on an individual's life would be desirable. Full induction and role-specific training would be provided.

Due to the wide area our service covers, access to you your own transport would be beneficial.

Our service operates 24/7 Monday – Sunday all year. Variable shift working is required (shift length from 8-12 hours) depending on service need. This role will require waking nights and weekend work.

What we will provide for you

You will work in a supportive environment and will be provided with a full induction and training opportunities. You will be given the chance to develop your knowledge and skills, as well as develop professionally. Some of our benefits include;

• Fully funded SVQ qualification to meet the conditions of your SSSC registration
• Reimbursement of PVG, Disclosure & SSSC annual fees and registration costs.
• Funded continuous learning and development opportunities, access to over 100 courses online in addition to classroom and virtual training sessions
• 30 days annual leave rising to 33 after 5 years’ service (pro rata)
• 4 public holidays (pro rata)
• 2 paid wellbeing days off per year to use on what matters to you (pro rata)
• Team wellbeing budgets
• Workplace pension scheme
• Life Assurance policy
• Employee Assistance Programme

Embracing difference, leading change

We're looking for a passionate and motivated leader to join our Central Area Services team, supporting autistic adults across housing support, care at home, day opportunities, and outreach services.

As a Senior Autism Practitioner, you'll lead and develop a team of Autism Practitioners, ensuring high-quality, person-centred support is delivered every day. You'll coach and mentor colleagues, build strong partnerships with families and professionals, and help create positive outcomes for the people we support.

This is an exciting opportunity to further your leadership career while making a real difference in people's lives.

What We're Looking For:

• Someone who leads by example, embedding our values of Belonging, Empowering, Curiosity and Integrity in everyday interactions and decisions.
• Experience in a supervisory or management role within social care
• Experience supporting autistic people
• Strong coaching and mentoring skills
• Excellent communication and relationship-building abilities
• Good IT skills, including Microsoft Word and Excel, with the ability and willingness to learn new systems, including rota planning software.
• Full UK driving licence
• Flexibility to work a variety of shifts and participate in an on-call rota

Why Join Scottish Autism?

At Scottish Autism, people are at the heart of everything we do. As Scotland’s leading autism charity, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture where difference is embraced, individual voices are valued, and everyone has the opportunity to thrive. Our work is guided by four core values: Belonging, Empowering, Curiosity and Integrity, which shape how colleagues support autistic people, work together and drive positive change.

We also offer a generous benefits package including:

• Competitive salary with clear progression opportunities
• 32 days annual leave (pro rata), increasing with service
• Sector-leading training and development from day one
• Fully funded professional qualifications - we'll support you to achieve relevant qualifications, including SVQ Level 4 and Leadership & Management for Care Services, if required.
• Employer pension contributions of up to 9%
• Life assurance scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Retail and lifestyle discounts