Dean and Cauvin Young People’s Trust is one of Edinburgh’s oldest and established charities, providing residential group living and community, family and group work support to children, young people and families. We are committed to implementing The Promise and building strong and caring relationships with our young people rooted in our values of Care, Perseverance, Acceptance and Hope. We provide a scaffolding of love and support around them as they take their first steps towards a confident and independent future.
Role:
This is an opportunity to come and join our team as a Residential Worker primarily based at Cauvin. Cauvin is our small, residential space that supports up to three mums and babies at any one time.
Our team work closely with mums and their babies to provide the advice and guidance they may need to build their attachment and bond with their child, to support their own individual health, wellbeing and independent living skills and ensuring that their babies own growth and developmental needs are being met. We work together with families, social work, health and other colleagues to ensure the strengths and voices of mums and babies are at the heart of all we do while the safety and welfare of the child is always maintained. We work closely with colleagues across the Trust to ensure we are taking a family and community-based approach to work and to create positive onward transitions for mothers and babies.
To support this, our residential role involves a shift pattern over a four-week rota, that requires weekend working, lone working and sleep-ins. This is an exciting opportunity for someone to be part of our team as we adapt our services to #KeepThePromise. We are looking for someone who is:
• Skilled and experienced in delivering direct work with delivering interventions with parents, babies and families.
• Passionate about working with young people, babies and families.
• Able to build strong and loving relationships.
• Understands child development and trauma-informed practice.
• Is skilled in delivering interventions with parents, babies and families.
• Positive and thoughtful, and rights focused.
We are committed to the development of all our staff and the successful applicants will have access to training and development opportunities as well as other employee benefits.
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 our new store opening in Prestwick. 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”.
Dean and Cauvin Young People’s Trust is one of Edinburgh’s oldest and established charities, providing residential group living and community, family and group work support to children, young people and families. We are committed to implementing The Promise and building strong and caring relationships with our young people rooted in our values of Care, Perseverance, Acceptance and Hope. We provide a scaffolding of love and support around them as they take their first steps towards a confident and independent future.
Role:
This is an exciting opportunity to come and join our team as a Residential Worker based in our new Chestnut Wynd house for young people. Situated in West Granton, our newly-built house provides a safe and nurturing home for up to five young people aged 15-21 and a range of modern facilities and wellbeing spaces designed to help them grow, develop and make a successful transition to young adulthood.
As part of a team you will work closely with the young people we live alongside to provide the daily care and support they need and the advice and guidance to manage their health and wellbeing, independent learning and living skills, education and training needs. Our house staff also work closely with our community-based team to provide additional 1:1 and group supports to young people and to further develop their social and community connections. We work together with families, social work, health services and other colleagues to keep the strengths, aspirations and voice of the young person at the heart of all we do while ensuring their safety and welfare is always maintained.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone to be part of our team as we adapt our services to #KeepThePromise. We are looking for skilled individuals who are passionate about working with young people building strong relationships with them. This role will suit someone who understands child development, trauma-informed practice and is skilled in planning and delivering robust assessment and interventions with young people, as well as being positive and thoughtful, and rights focused.
A residential worker is a hugely important role for us. As a key part of our team you contribute to creating a culture of nurture and care for our young people while also ensuring the house is maintained and resourced to meet the needs of young people and staff.
We are looking for someone who is:
This role involves a shift pattern over a six-week rota and therefore requires weekend working, and sleep-ins.
We are committed to the development of all our staff and the successful applicants will have access to:
If you are someone who can make a difference for young people and have relevant experience with social work, youth/community/family work or other relevant experiences then we want to hear from you!
About the role
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Communications and Policy department at the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC). If you have an interest in public policy and presenting information in an engaging and informed way, then this is the role for you.
Your role will be to support the SSSC’s approach to policy and equality by monitoring key policy and parliamentary activities to identify reports, consultations or other initiatives that are relevant to the SSSC. You’ll work with the Policy and Equality Team to develop briefings setting out how our work supports national policy priorities. You’ll also help us to report on how we deliver on our statutory duties such as the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) and as a corporate parent.
Who we are
We are the independent regulator for social service workers in Scotland. Our work means the people of Scotland can count on social work, social care and children and young people services being provided by a trusted, skilled and confident workforce.
We protect the public by registering people working in social work, social care and children and young people services, setting standards for their practice, conduct, training and education and by supporting their professional development. Where people fall below the standards of practice and conduct, we can investigate and take action.
What you need to succeed
You will hold a Higher National Certificate (HNC) or relevant Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) level 7 award in in Business Administration, Social Sciences or similar.
You will have experience of using Microsoft Word and Excel to develop and manage our work. You will be flexible in your approach and able to manage changing priorities or demands. You will have some knowledge or understanding of the role of Scottish Government and the SSSC.
Why work for us
We are an ambitious, enthusiastic and supportive organisation. With around 300 employees, you can really make an impact here. We offer a generous salary, flexible working arrangements, a full range of benefits, local government pension scheme and up to 43 days holiday (dependent on service).
You can find out more about the benefits of working here on our website.
Our office is in Dundee, and we have an agile working policy which means you can work at home or in the office. We are happy to discuss individual arrangements depending on job requirements (such as being in the office for training events and meetings etc).
We do meet in the office regularly (at least once a month) as well as being there for other meetings, training and work commitments.
We are seeking a qualified and compassionate mental health and wellbeing worker.
Deliver face-to-face services for children and young people from armed forces families in a boarding school environment.
Provide essential mental health support, promote emotional wellbeing, and empower young people to navigate challenges faced through our Lighthouse Project at Queen Victoria School (Dunblane), funded by the Veterans Foundation. You will be responsible for planning and delivery of one-to-one, peer group, and drop-in sessions. You will work directly with young people to co-produce mental health and wellbeing resources, to empower young people to become wellbeing ambassadors and support staff and parents to enhance understanding of many relevant topics.
About the Lighthouse project
The Lighthouse project was coproduced with young people from Queen Victoria School in recognition of the unique challenges of forces life and boarding. It has been delivered as a pilot for the past year and has shown success in supporting young people to maintain or improve their mental health and wellbeing. With generous funding from The Veterans Foundation the project Forces Children Scotland will continue the delivery of the Lighthouse Project for a minimum of a further two years.
In this unique role, the post holder will be employed by Forces Children Scotland but based and embedded in Queen Victoria School which is located in Dunblane. The school delivers board and education for children and young people from aged 11-18 years who have parents serving in the armed forces across the United Kingdom and overseas.
About the person we’re looking for
You will need an undergraduate degree in psychology, mental health, social work, education, youth work, or equivalent qualification/experience to apply. Moreover, you require at least 2 years’ experience working in mental health service delivery/support.
Here’s a selection of further essential criteria:
Please download our job/person description for further details.
Barnardo's Intensive Service Project Worker
Are you passionate about working with children, young people and families?
Barnardo's Intensive services are offering an exciting opportunity to join an established team who deliver Attachment and Trauma Informed Practice models of support to families. You will be required to deliver direct services to families who have complex needs and who are at risk of family breakdown. You will have experience of working with children and families and a working knowledge of attachment theories in practice.
Barnardo's has had a presence in Fife for over 20 years, working with children and families has been a consistent feature of our services in Fife. For both our intensive service, Stronger Families and Barnardo's Empowering Change service has been in existence for several years. Families must be referred to both these service by a social worker, live in the Fife area, have children aged between 0-13 yrs old and are typically on the verge of family breakdown.
You will be required to work intensively with the family and partner agencies to ensure that, where possible, relationships within the home improve and children can safely remain at home. Due to the intensive nature of the work, your caseload will be smaller to enable the number of hours required per week and the time to build positive working relationships.
You will be required to design and deliver direct services to families who have a range of complex needs. Experience of working with children and families and a working knowledge of attachment theories and Trauma Informed Practice would be extremely desirable as would a knowledge of The Promise and it's implications for service delivery. This is an exciting opportunity to join an established, dynamic and friendly, team where you will have the opportunity to expand and share your skills and experience within a supportive environment.
Please see the attached Job and Person Specification , along with the additional information sheet below for further details and the essential criteria to apply for this role.
Previous applicants need not apply.
Pay & Reward Framework
We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.
For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out 1st April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a key pillar of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to grow and develop in their career at Barnardo's as it will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues to progress through the pay band of their role.
Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay progression steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.
Benefits
Workplace Offer: What it means for you
The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.
*T&C's apply based on contract
About Barnardo's
At Barnardo's we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is reflected in our values and our practice, and we have invested in this area of our work to ensure that we can deliver on our commitments to be an inclusive employer. EDI is a key enabler of our purpose as a charity and we want to ensure that the diversity of our teams is reflective of the communities we serve and that we continue to learn and develop our work with a focus on inclusion. We particularly encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnic Communities, candidates who are LGBT+ and Disabled candidates.
About Outreach Dundee
Aberlour Family Outreach Dundee provides support to families who are struggling to cope as a result of drug and alcohol use within the family. We give children a trusted person they can talk to, while supporting parents to create a safe environment for their children through addressing their dependency and improving parenting confidence.
“The Aberlour Family Outreach Dundee worker visited me regularly and she was really friendly. She encouraged me to ask for help when I needed it. She introduced me to other people and got me involved in other services that could help me" – Parent
What we are looking for....
We are looking for Child and Family Workers to work up to 22.5 hours per week, predominantly during Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm with the occasional need to work out with these times depending on the needs of the families. Working pattern will be negotiable and flexible hours will be considered. Please include your preferred amount of working hours per week in your supporting statement. Relief workers are welcomed to apply – please state if this is your preference on your supporting statement.
This role is funded until March 2025 with the possibility of continued funding beyond this.
We are looking for energetic, creative and compassionate individuals to join our friendly, supportive team. We value skills such as providing children and young people with a wide range of fun activities and experiences to enrich their lives as well as supporting families to actively participate in shaping and defining the support we offer.
You will hold, or be willing to work towards, a relevant professional qualification at SCQF level 6 or above, together with relevant experience of working with children or young people. You must also be able to demonstrate awareness of the key elements of working with people affected by substance use as well as an understanding of, and commitment to, young people’s rights.
At Aberlour we want to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team. To have a look at our values to understand more about what we are looking for please go to our website.
What we offer...
As well as a supportive team and excellent training opportunities, we want all our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, an excellent employer pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts across various retailers. Find out more about our Employee Benefits and our commitment to Equality and Diversity on our website.
We are currently seeking an experienced and enthusiastic mental health and addictions worker to join our team and help develop our service. This is primarily a full time 34hr post however we will consider 2 x 17hr part time posts or a possible secondment. This is an officeless post.
The ideal candidate will have experience in assertive outreach, holistic assessment processes, offering therapeutic interventions to individuals with combined mental health and substance use and a commitment to working towards recovery within a harm reduction model. Possession of a relevant qualification in Community Education, Health Care or Social Work is desirable.
The post is subject to enhanced Protection of Vulnerable Groups clearance.
This post is funded to August 2026 initially, with the potential to be ongoing.
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 Policy and Campaigns Officer 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 Community Healthcare support service is a supported self-management and community recovery model that aims to boost the health and wellbeing of the one in five people living with a chest, heart, stroke or Long Covid condition in Scotland.
We work in partnership with NHS Health boards across Scotland, helping provide better care for people who need it most.
The Policy and Campaigns officer supports our Policy and Campaigns manager and the Head of External Engagement to deliver government and parliamentary focused engagement work. You’ll advocate for access to our Community Healthcare Support Service and supported self management, support our Right to Rehab campaign, promote integrated NHS referrals and the role of third sector health organisations in the National Care Service, and work with partners across the public, private and third sectors to ensure there is No Life Half Lived in Scotland following the diagnosis of one of our conditions.
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 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.
Change Mental Health is a leading national mental health charity providing unique support to people with severe and enduring mental ill health. With over 50 years’ experience across Scotland, we believe people affected by poor mental health and illness deserve the highest quality of support in the community and that every person has the right to be valued and to share in the opportunities, challenges, and joys of everyday life.
The Senior Support Workers in the Thrive Welcome Teams undertake short-term focused work with a wide range of people. They help people to identify what is important to them and the steps they can take to manage their mental health and wellbeing. The workers connect people into community services, treatment options and self-management resources as appropriate.
They work closely with other members of the multi-disciplinary team and Peer Workers within the locality and develop positive working relationships with other Health and Social Care colleagues, the wider third sector and community organisations in the city. They contribute to the overall development of the Thrive vision, ensuring that the service is accessible and visible and meets the needs of the local community.
Key Responsibilities:
Essential Criteria:
General Duties
This job profile and list of duties is not exhaustive and serves only to highlight the main requirements. The line manager may stipulate other reasonable requirements and projects commensurate with the general profile and grade of the post.
All successful candidates will require a PVG Membership. Please be aware that it is classed as an offence if you apply for this role and are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children or vulnerable adults.
Benefits: