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.

By joining Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) as a Community Support Co-ordinator you can be the difference between people just surviving and really living.

You will be part of Scotland’s leading charity providing support to people with chest, heart and stroke conditions to live life to the full again. Our Hospital to Home services form a nationwide network of local support groups, nurses, volunteers and one-to-one support teams helping families adjust to life with a heart or lung condition or after a stroke.

We are looking for a Community Support Coordinator to join our amazing team in the North area. This role is focused on making sure that people affected by chest, heart and stroke conditions get the help they need and get back to doing the things that matter to them.

Through our Community Support Services, you will support people to have the confidence and tools to self-manage their health condition and live as independently as possible. You’ll also help people get back to doing the things that are important to them – from simple things like walking to their local shop following a stroke, to returning to a sky-high hobby of gliding!

You’ll be directly involved in supporting people with chest, heart and stroke conditions through both one-to-one and group services in both community and hospital settings. You’ll work with the rest of the Community Support Services team in Grampian, and manage a team of incredible volunteers, to make a real difference to the lives of people with our conditions.

Candidates don’t need to have medical knowledge as training is provided on our health conditions. We are looking for someone with a positive attitude towards people with disabilities and long-term conditions; an understanding of the challenges faced by people with chest, heart and stroke conditions including Long Covid; an understanding of community service provision; the ability to recruit, manage and motivate a team of volunteers; and excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

At Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland, our mission is to ensure there’s No Life Half Lived in Scotland – and you can be a vital part of that. We are Scotland’s leading organisation for person-centred, user-led community support for people with our health conditions.

Applicants must have a car and a current valid driving licence (expenses are paid at mileage rate).

Applications will be considered from candidates living outside Aberdeen and North Aberdeenshire, but within a commutable distance.

CHSS employees enjoy a variety of organisational benefits including: Company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance, company sick pay, employee welfare support and life assurance.

CHSS also supports flexible recruitment through Working Families and we are “Happy to Talk Flexible Working”.

In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a PVG check. CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. We therefore aim to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.

We have a new and exciting opportunity within Fife Carers Centre. We are seeking a Hospital Service Coordinator to join our team.

Fife Carers Centre is a well-regarded and well-established organisation that has supported thousands of families and unpaid carers throughout Fife since 1995. The vision of Fife Carers Centre is to ensure that unpaid carers throughout Fife are valued, recognised, and supported to have equal access to a good quality of life that is not prejudiced by their caring role.

You will be based at the Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, with travel to Community Hospitals throughout Fife and The Fife Carers Centre, Kirkcaldy.

Your work will include providing a sensitive, person-centred support service for carers where the cared for person is in hospital approaching discharge. You will oversee an established Hospital Based Program and supervise a team of 4 Hospital Carer Support Workers over a variety of locations, working closely with Fife Carers Centre Manager to establish continuity of support for Carers after discharge.

You’ll be assisting carers in presenting their views to the appropriate planning authorities and decision makers, as well as giving one-to-one support to carers in order that they know how to access services helping them to develop self-advocacy and, where necessary, advocate on the carer’s behalf, and very importantly providing a listening ear for carers.

THE ORGANISATION:

Local Energy Action Plan is a registered charity operating in Renfrewshire. This role sits within LEAP Together, an area of the organisation with the following aims:

• Building resilience locally by improving community services and facilities, through environmentally sustainable means
• Tackling social isolation and food insecurity locally
• Improving wellbeing within the community
• Creating meaningful volunteering opportunities

THE PROJECT:

Our Community Larder is currently based out of premises at Lochhead Gardens with over 500 member households / c1300 individuals. The objective is to redistribute food and other basic household items which would otherwise be going into landfill, reducing unnecessary waste and production. We are also reducing food insecurity within our community. We are moving through a time of significant development and our vision is that the site will become a social space, where community members will meet and events and activities will take place. We operate the project along the guidelines for Dignified Food Provision.

THE ROLE:

Reporting to the Project Manager, the role can be split between home and on-site working, at the Community Larder or out of our shared workspace on Lochwinnoch High Street. The role will involve management of two members of staff, to ensure smooth operation of the service, and coordinating a large Volunteering Team.

Offering volunteering opportunities is as important as any other part of our work, and a focus of this role will be managing and developing those individuals to ensure the work is meaningful and their development is prioritised. It will also involve building partnerships with local people and organisations.

SALARY & HOURS:

This role is offered at £30030 pa. It will be hybrid working with some hours being on a set schedule and others being made up flexibly. It will require occasional

This role is part funded by the National Lottery Community Led Fund.

Working for Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland in our shops will allow you to use all your skills to meet the challenge of turning a bag of donated items into income. Retail experience is preferable, although not essential. A positive can-do attitude is what we value. If you are creative and like working with others, especially a team of loyal volunteers, apply now.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Assistant Shop Manager for the Newton Mearns store. You’d be responsible for leading a team to engage with the community to deliver the set Key Performance Indicators. You will have the autonomy to be innovative in achieving your targets.

Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland is an organisation that takes the health and well-being of everyone seriously, including all colleagues. We have a schedule of activities and learning opportunities focused on Health and Wellbeing. We offer a generous annual leave allowance, a workplace pension scheme, paid time off for ill health and access to an employee assistance package.

As well as being a vital member of the local community, you’d be part of Scotland’s leading charity providing support to people with chest, heart and stroke conditions to live life to the full again.

CHSS also supports flexible recruitment through Working Families and we are “Happy to Talk Flexible Working”.

In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a Basic Disclosure check. CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. We therefore aim to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.

Scotland’s Citizens Advice Network is an essential community service that empowers people through our local bureaux and national services by providing free, confidential, and independent advice. We use people’s real-life experiences to influence policy and drive positive change. We are on the side of people in Scotland who need help, and we change lives for the better.

Our vision is for a Fairer Scotland where everyone has the advice and information they need to realise their rights, and that the barriers to accessing those rights are effectively challenged.

Join the Finance Team to achieve financial sustainability for at Citizens Advice Scotland by working as efficiently as possible, developing finance systems to meet the growing demand.

This role helps provide financial management and budget support primarily to the Advocacy Directorate and Extra Help Unit within Citizens Advice Scotland. Within the central role support for the VAT accounting and year end accounting are also key areas. CAS Finance are currently upgrading the Sun Accounts and this is an exciting time to join this busy team.

As an accountant, you will provide support for the Annual Accounts, Systems Developments and Upgrades, Financial reporting within Citizens Advice Scotland and to outside bodies, support for various functions such as payment of Suppliers, VAT Returns and banking support. In addition to this you will work with a group of Budget Holders, providing support for budget creation, monitoring and liaison with external Funders.

In addition to the above, you will also perform a central Finance role covering a wide range of functions and controls.

This role offers you the opportunity to work at the heart of supporting Scotland's largest independent advice network and to make an invaluable contribution to citizen’s lives.

Employee benefits

Citizens Advice Scotland offers excellent terms and conditions. We want our people to have a great work life balance and we have designed our working practices and benefits to support this. Here are some of things our employees benefit from: a 35-hour full time working week, 40 days annual leave, genuine flexibility in working hours with a flexi-time system, and blended/hybrid working opportunities for every role. For more details of some of the other benefits on offer to our employees, please see the section on employee benefits in the job pack.

CAS provides options for blended working to allow employees to balance their time attending the office with time working from home. The number of days you will be able to work from home each week will be dependent on your job role and can be discussed as part of the recruitment process.

Citizens Advice Scotland is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies and flexible working arrangements to support all our staff. We are also committed to equality of opportunity for all and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Are you an experienced communications professional with a passion for tackling social exclusion and homelessness in Scotland? Do you enjoy working with journalists to keep the stories that matter high on the political agenda? Could you persuade decision makers in Government, in Parliament and across the public sector that the time for action to tackle Scotland’s homelessness crisis is now?

If so, this role leading our public affairs and influencing work is for you.

About the role

You will achieve positive change in policy and practice regarding homelessness and social exclusion by engaging with decision makers on new legislation, including the Housing Bill, and lead our engagement with mainstream media.

This will include assimilating complex information and developing clear and impactful communications. You’ll collaborate with colleagues across our organisation and with others working across the sector.

About You

You will be an experienced communications professional who understands how Government and Parliament work, the process for legislation and the influence of the media in political decision making. You may not have worked in the homelessness sector before, but you will have a passion for systems change to end poverty and social exclusion and a strong track record of achieving positive change to policy and practice at a national level.

How we’ll support you

As part of the Relationships Team you’ll be supported by experienced colleagues who share your passion to tackle homelessness and its root causes. You’ll be supported by the Senior Relationships Manager and Director of Commercial and Trading, with the opportunity to work closely with colleagues across our Marketing and Communications Team and Senior Management Team. You will have the opportunity to attend training and networking events to deepen your knowledge of the issues surrounding homelessness and social exclusion and extend your professional network.

About us

At Cyrenians we tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness. We understand that there are many routes into homelessness, and that there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach to supporting people towards more positive and stable futures. That’s why all our work is values-led and relationships-based.

Read more about our values here.

Website: cyrenians.scot

To lead the delivery of our Fair Start Scotland contract in the West Dunbartonshire area, ensuring the team offers support to our participants in line with our customer service standards and performance targets.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES / KEY RESULT AREAS

• Lead, motivate, develop and performance manage the team to continuously improve and increase their capability and deliver against their targets.
• Ensure Key Performance / Quality Indicators are understood and observed by all Advisers (e.g. through Adviser observations and coaching) to ensure all participants are provided with the same high standard of service that maximises their chances of securing sustainable employment.
• Undertake regular caseload reviews with Advisers, prioritising those who are underperforming so that all advisers have the capability to deliver according to our customer service standards.
• Manage day-to-day contact with key stakeholders at a local level, maintaining a positive working relationship to ensure we receive sufficient customer flows to deliver according to service level agreements.
• Manage the office(s) to ensure appropriate physical and human resources exist to ensure performance is delivered to quality, compliance, and contractual requirements.
• Ensure advisers maintain paperwork and customer records to ensure the customer journey is documented in accordance with our quality standards.
• Ensure compliance with our company policies (including Health & Safety, Safeguarding, and Data Security) so all teams operate in a way that protects customers and colleagues at all times.

Must have license and access to a vehicle.

We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic person to lead on growing funds through applications to charitable and grant-making Trusts. They will work with our Executive Management Team to identify projects and activities that require funding; compose high quality and timely written funding applications and match proposals to new and existing funders.

The successful candidate will have a track record of bringing in successful income growth; from charitable trusts and grant making organisations. They will have experience of translating complex information into inspiring written narratives and compelling cases for support through written proposals for fundraising.

The post holder will be responsible for working with stakeholders, designing, managing and co-ordinating the implementation of funding processes. You will also have primary responsibility for drafting reports and performance updates for the CVO East Ayrshire Executive Team.

This is a new and exciting role within CVO East Ayrshire which is initially funded for one year. The Employability Grants Manager will work across the organisation with a remit to support the management of employability funding on behalf of the East Ayrshire Local Employability Partnership in addition to being a source of support for the sector locally.

CVO East Ayrshire acts as a conduit for the distribution of employability grants to the sector in East Ayrshire and ensures this is done fairly and efficiently while taking the opportunity to demonstrate the value and impact of the Sector as a delivery mechanism.

The post will be responsible for working with stakeholders, designing, managing and co-ordinating the implementation of funding processes. You will also have primary responsibility for drafting reports and performance updates for the CVO East Ayrshire Executive Team and the East Ayrshire Local Employability Partnership.

The Employability Grants Manager will be responsible for managing and coordinating the day-to-day administration of a small grants programme including monitoring and evaluation to support the objectives of the Local Employability Partnership and meeting community needs.

About UnLtd

UnLtd is the leading provider of support to social entrepreneurs in the UK and offers the largest such network in the world. Our mission is to find social entrepreneurs with bold solutions to today’s challenges. Through funding and support, we help them to realise their potential and creating lasting change.

About the role

We have a talented social entrepreneur support team who find, fund, and support our award winners across the UK. They help our award winners with everything from understanding the UnLtd offer, managing queries, assigning social entrepreneurs to the right person for support to managing award portfolios and award allocation.

This role will lead on how we deliver on our ambitions for market leading support and will help UnLtd improve and develop our fund and support offer. This role will be alongside our award winner from when they first engage with UnLtd until they transition on to their next journey. You will be supporting our teams in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and will play a major role in deepening our capability and expertise within our awards support and delivery. This will include the development of internal knowledge and awareness, increasing visibility of social entrepreneur needs, recognising and removing entry barriers and enable us to deliver on our strategic goals.

Reports To: Head of Social Entrepreneur Support

Please see the Job Description for more information or visit our website at unltd.org.uk