A vacancy has arisen for a Children’s Wellbeing & Development Worker at the Cottage Family Centre. You will have a range of experience working with children and knowledge of issues affecting families with young children.

You will have an ability to work creatively with play resources in order to provide young children with high quality nurturing experiences. You are also required to demonstrate an ability to work effectively and flexibly within a team.

You will be expected to have experience in a similar role and an HNC in Childhood Practice or HNC in Childcare and Education or SNNEB and/or SVQ 3 Social Services Children and Young People.

The post will be subject to PVG, References and SSSC Registration.

You will be expected to work a minimum of 16 hours per week but also have flexibility to work hours in addition to this where required.

The purpose of this post is to deliver Wise Women’s volunteering opportunities, courses and groups to women in the Glasgow area, to develop learning opportunities within the organisation and to link women to external training and learning organisations. This post is office based.

You will be skilled in groupwork and will have experience of working with women who have experienced violence and abuse.

Wise Women is not a crisis service, but you will be required to have an understanding of survivors needs in a groupwork environment.

The nature of our work requires a commitment to the feminist analysis of male violence against women. Wise Women is a single sex service provider under the Equality Act 2010.

About Healing for the Heart

We are a Glasgow-based mental health charity promoting emotional health and wellbeing, seeking to transform lives. We provide a range of services including counselling, training, and we work in communities where we raise awareness of mental health issues, seeking to reduce stigma and build resilience.

Job Overview

As a Community Development Project Worker, you will work with the Community Development Department in local communities to develop and deliver projects, and build strong, supportive networks.

Key Responsibilities

Project Development and Delivery (8 hrs)

• Develop, deliver and evaluate projects and initiatives which address identified needs and promote mental health and well-being.
• Building and maintaining relationships with community members, local organisations, and stakeholders as well as facilitating groups, training and community meetings.
• Evaluation & Reporting (2 hrs)
• Evaluate own projects and collect relevant date for Community Development Reporting.
• Other (as and when required)
• Raise awareness about mental health issues and the services offered by Healing for the Heart in local or regional forums as in when required.
• Collaborate with Community Development Coordinator and Fundraiser to identify new partner and funding opportunities.

Qualifications and Experience

Essential:

• Experience in working with people and groups.
• Strong understanding of mental health issues and community dynamics.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Good organisational skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Desirable:

• A relevant qualification in community development, social work, or a related discipline.
• Experience working within the charity sector.
• Knowledge of the Glasgow community and local resources.
• Proficiency in using MS Office and other relevant software.

With your mental health at heart

We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join our Engagement Pathways Team.

We are recruiting for the post of Development Worker – Engagement Pathways to lead and develop our pathways into services for people. This includes enquiries, initial conversations including risk assessment, baseline outcome measures, reviews and endings.

This is an opportunity requiring excellent communication and organisational skills, where the successful candidate will be required to support the journey of people through our services within the Edinburgh, Midlothian and the Scottish Borders and have an impact on staff development and supervision.

You will be key to maintaining quality within this area of service delivery and in representing our services within Health in Mind. You should have experience of working together with people experiencing mental health problems to support them to achieve their aims related to mental health and wellbeing. You should have experience of developing systems and processes and sharing your learning experiences across teams.

If you have experience in these areas and are passionate about enabling people to fulfil their potential, we’d love to hear from you!

At the Richmond Fellowship Scotland, we’re serious about having fun! As a Fun Achiever, your role will be to ensure that the people we support experience lots of opportunities to have a good time and make friends & social connections.

You will design and deliver new face to face and online fun activities. You will work closely with operational service teams providing them with fun resources and support existing fun initiatives, such as our annual Participatory Funding Programme and celebration events. You will also provide practical help and encouragement to enable people we support to create and run their own fun activities groups and events.

We want the people we support to have the opportunity to experience new and exciting activities, therefore identifying and developing partnerships with local and national organisations / agencies who can offer these things will also be an important part of your role.

We are looking for candidates with relevant experience, but who will also bring creativity, energy, problem solving skills, positivity, brilliant people skills and a great sense of humor. If this sounds like you, apply now!

As this is a national role, frequent travel across Scotland will be required and work will be home based when not travelling. We place a strong focus on continual professional development and the post holder will have access to a wide range of training opportunities.

As well as a competitive salary, the organisation offers generous benefits including enhanced pension contributions and annual leave entitlement, as well as access to over 850 high street and online discounts.

Having a full clean driving license and access to a car is essential.

For an informal and confidential discussion about the Fun Achiever role please contact Phil Donnelly (TRFS Business Development Manager) on 07776 076 251 or at pdonnelly@trfs.org.uk.

Heart of Newhaven Community SCIO is looking for someone to take forward this new opportunity which is currently funded for 23 months.

As our Business Development Manager your role will be to drive the delivery of the strategic objectives agreed by the Board of Trustees and support the development of diverse and sustainable funding streams to reduce the organisation’s dependence on grant and trust funding. You will work as part of a small team and have proven experience in this sphere. Along with enthusiasm and a creative approach to the role, you will have the ability to engage positively with a wide range of people within the local community and beyond.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who can help us balance commercial growth with the unique and rewarding challenges of building sustainable service provision within the charity sector.

More information can be found in our job description

Carnegie Education Fund is recruiting a Project Officer (0.6 FTE) to support the ongoing development and use of Scotland’s Fair Access Map – a digital resource that provides a national overview of the activity in Scotland that is helping ensure people from all backgrounds can enter and succeed in higher education.

Scotland’s Fair Access Map is a partnership project co‑funded by Carnegie Education Fund and The Robertson Trust, developed with SCAPP and built by The Open University. It aims to provide a complete picture of current fair access initiatives to help practitioners, policymakers and funders understand what is happening across the sector.

The post is currently funded for four years. Any extension will be subject to future funding and the continued success of Scotland’s Fair Access Map.

You will join a small, friendly team of six, working flexibly and remotely, with occasional travel to sector events.

We’re seeking someone who is:

• Confident in building and maintaining productive working relationships.
• Knowledgeable about, or strongly interested in, widening access, higher education or social policy issues in Scotland.
• Accurate and comfortable working with data, records or datasets.
• An excellent communicator with the ability to engage different audiences.
• Well organised, self‑directed and proactive.
• Improvement‑minded, with the ability to spot opportunities and follow them through.

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 work alongside the Parish Minister, in developing and delivering a

range of pastoral services which aim to support individuals and families, and increase participation

in community and congregational life.

This post is also suitable for that of Parish Deacon (please see additional information under Main Duties, Person Specification and Terms and Conditions for candidates wishing to apply for this post as a Deacon).

The successful candidate will be a committed Christian with an active Church connection (Genuine Occupational Requirement in terms of the Equality Act 2010).

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.

This is an exciting opportunity for an excellent communicator with experience in collaboration and partnership working who is keen to make good quality income maximisation advice and support accessible to families across Scotland.

As Development Officer (Income Maximisation in Schools) you will play a lead role in looking at the actions needed at different levels to sustainably embed advice in schools across Scotland. You’ll be involving and engaging schools, advice services and other partners to develop practical recommendations which can be used to improve provision nationally. You will also be helping to develop resources and professional learning to increase awareness and confidence in schools around financial entitlements and pathways to income maximisation support.

You will be based within the Cost of the School Day team at CPAG in Scotland and will work closely with Welfare Rights, Digital and Policy colleagues.

We welcome applications from individuals with the skills and experience outlined and we can be flexible about working arrangements. We operate a hybrid working system and would be happy to discuss any flexibilities required. CPAG is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion which you can read more about in the job pack.

About Prostate Scotland

At Prostate Scotland, we are dedicated to supporting men across Scotland in their prostate health journey. Nearly 1 in 2 men in Scotland will be affected by prostate disease at some stage of their lives and 1 in 10 are likely to develop prostate cancer. Our mission is to inform, educate, support, campaign, and advance on prostate disease in Scotland. Find out more at Home - Prostate Scotland

About Socialudo

Socialudo is a small social enterprise dedicated to helping organisations and communities achieve positive change through using serious games. Co-founded by Professor Vikki McCall and Professor Alasdair Rutherford, Socialudo specialises in the design, delivery and evaluation of serious games to support learning, reflection and systems change across complex social issues including health, housing and inequality. Socialudo's methodology is research-led and co-produced, and has been independently evaluated by the Social Care Institute for Excellence. Find out more at Serious Play for Serious Change

Purpose of the Role

The Project Coordinator will manage and work with our partner, Socialudo, to co-deliver our Prostate Matters project which is funded by Macmillan Care Grant. The Prostate Matters project will co-produce, co-develop and deliver an innovative serious game to improve equity, cultural responsiveness and shared decision-making in prostate cancer care. Prostate cancer remains one of the most common yet least understood cancers particularly for men from underserved communities. The creation of the game aims to understand barriers such as stigma, culture, race, place and access to services which means some men delay seeking help and struggle to navigate prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment. The Project Coordinator will work with the Socialudo team to establish an Advisory Group and organise and coordinate a conference and a range of four regional co-production workshops across Scotland. These events will bring together men affected by prostate cancer (including from black and minority ethnic communities and those less likely to engage with testing) to work alongside professionals to shape realistic pathways from information-seeking, diagnosis, treatment choice to post diagnostic support.