Blue Triangle is a social care organisation that empowers people to thrive, by delivering solutions in connected communities which focus on the needs of each individual. We are looking for enthusiastic people who share our values (Kind, Passionate and Creative) to join our services accommodating and supporting people experiencing homelessness and empowering them to thrive.

If successful, you will be required to register with the Scottish Social Services Council within 6 months of your start date. After registration, there is a requirement to be qualified and to maintain professional learning, which we will support you to achieve.

Blue Triangle recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

What we offer:

Aside from offering a supportive and friendly environment where our people are valued and appreciated, we’ll see that your hard work and drive to succeed is rewarded.

• Competitive Salary and Pension Options
• Full time & Part time hours available
• Double pay for festive bank holidays
• Long service awards
• Fully funded SVQ3
• Access to our benefits platform with high street voucher and tech discounts and cycle to work scheme to name a few!
• Inhouse training programmes
• Significant Gym discounts
• Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
• 24/7 access to employee assistance programme, including counselling
• A wide range of family friendly policies
• Life Assurance cover of 3 times your salary
• Credit Union
• £200 refer a friend scheme

And many more!

About the Role:

As a Support Worker, you’ll work as part of a team in providing safe, secure, supported accommodation for the people who use our services. You’ll do this by providing practical and emotional support and encouraging them to achieve their own personal outcomes in all aspects of their daily lives.

Main Responsibilities:

We are looking for two Nightshift Support Workers for our Titchfield Service, the hours available for these roles are 20 hours per week and 30 hours per week. This will follow a shift pattern of 10pm to 8am across a rota, including some weekends. The Support Worker will:

• work as part of a team providing safe, secure, supported accommodation for homeless people.
• support, review, monitor and evaluate through our case management system, to achieve a positive person-centred outcome for the people we work with in line with organisational, statutory and legislative requirements.
• maintain and update all recording systems and documentation in line with relevant policies, procedures and practice guidelines, including the occupancy agreement, within required timeframes.
• provide, plan and facilitate key work meetings, key work sessions, meetings, reviews and other internal/external meetings in conjunction with the person’s support plan.
• provide general advocacy and advice to the people we support, including assistance to enable them to meet the conditions of their occupancy agreements.

Support Worker Role Profile

About You:

• To join us, you need to have a genuine passion for helping people.
• Ideally, possess 1 year of experience of working with vulnerable people and challenging behaviour which can be from personal, voluntary and/or professional experience.
• Demonstrated commitment and ability to undertake care practice in accordance with Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) code of practice, National Care Standards, Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care and the Associations policies and procedures.
• Ability to relate empathetically to people and recognise their right to choice and independence.
• Ability to work flexibly and as a lone worker.
• Able to use Microsoft or equivalent applications competently.
• Ideally, hold and SVQ level 2 or above and be willing to work towards an SVQ 3.

We care about one another whilst taking pride in the service we offer. You will be working in a company with a strong identity and with the guidance and support of experienced Managers you will be able to develop in your career.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Phoenix Futures team at Harper House our Specialist Family Residential Service in Saltcoats. We are looking for a Childcare Manager for one-of-a-kind Nursery at Harper House, National Specialist Family Service in North Ayrshire.

Harper House: The rehab service that keeps families together - BBC News

The Role

You will be the Registered Manager for our Care Inspectorate registered on-site Nursery, as well as leading on specific interventions for primary school aged children, and have the opportunity to deliver parenting interventions of the wider programme while working in conjunction with the Therapeutic and Care Team.

Your role is full time, based on-site, working Monday to Friday from 9 to 5 (37.5 hours per week).

The nursery runs from the hours of 9:15am to 4pm, and your team of 8 Childcare staff will carry out various hours including 8:30am start to support school runs, and evening/weekend hours to offer wider support to our families.

About You

You will be an experienced childcare practitioner and leader, displaying a positive and motivational attitude to helping children and their families as a whole to develop. You will assist in promoting openness, trusting, positive relationships with all individuals accessing the service. You will require a deep understanding of regulations, educational requirements, health and safety, safeguarding, child protection and experience in helping children accessing our support to develop, learn and grow.

A formal qualification in Early Learning and Childcare (for example BA Childhood Studies, PDA, or equivalent)

An understanding of parental substance use, mental health, trauma, and whole family approaches

A background in leadership role within a childcare setting

Knowledge of Care Inspectorate standards

Knowledge of early years curriculum and willingness to keep up to date with current practice

Passionate and enthusiastic about making a real difference to the lives of people we support

Your Rewards

Starting salary of £30,500, with opportunity to access potential yearly salary increments subject to appraisal, meaning potential salary increase up to £36,000

Committed to providing a Real Living Wage for you, through accreditation with the Living Wage Foundation

25 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays (increasing each year to a maximum of 30 days)

Benefits including season ticket loan, pension scheme and life assurance

Support through occupational sick pay, eye-care vouchers and regular wellbeing talks and activities

Continuous training and career development via PXL, our dedicated learning management system

Access to a 24/7 Employee Assistance programme including telephone and online access

A rewarding role with the opportunity to help us support people on their journey to recovery and change their lives for the better.

We’ll ensure you get all the support you need to thrive and succeed in your role and find your place amongst our incredible and collaborative team.

The Service

Harper House, National Specialist Family Service is based in Saltcoats, North Ayrshire, and offers safe, structured support for the whole family to address their problematic drug and/or alcohol use, improve their mental health and quality of life.

Harper House offers 12-24 weeks programs during which parents will be engaging with a recovery program based on the Therapeutic Community model. During this time, nursery aged children will be supported in our one-of-a-kind on-site Nursery, and school-aged children will be accessing our local school. Outside of nursery and school times, parents are the sole carers of their children, and will be supported by the wider team to develop parenting skills and strengthen their relationships.

The site has free on-site parking, dedicated staff room spaces, and is located 5 minutes away from local buses, and Saltcoats train station.

Take a full tour of the service here -Harper House - Specialist Family Service Scotland | Phoenix Futures

About Phoenix Futures

Phoenix Futures Group is a charity with over 50 years’ experience and a leading provider of drug and alcohol treatment in Scotland and England. We use our expertise to support people in their personal recovery and to improve their lives. We are dedicated to advocating for people who are often overlooked and stigmatised, to ensure they have a fair chance to lead healthy and fulfilling lives. Our aim is for everyone to be able to achieve their potential for themselves, their families and communities.

We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and believe it is important to include people with lived experience to ensure the needs of the people we support are represented. We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment where everyone is free to be themselves and we ensure equity of opportunity.

Would you like to join us during a period of transformational change? Join us in transforming our Hospice! We need your property and facilities expertise to help improve our building.

About us

The Ayrshire Hospice is finishing our “once in a lifetime” Capital Build project, which will ensure that we are prepared to meet the needs of our community to provide palliative and end of life care for future generations. Everything we do is about making today matter and our patients and family's voices are at the heart of all we do.

Upon the much-anticipated move back “home”, we are looking for someone to help support the smooth running of this exceptional and technical building as well as our entire estate. You will be expected to liaise with all departments across our organisation to anticipate any challenges and opportunities. Problem solving is key to this role, with our support, you’ll be well versed in the inner workings of the building, correcting commons faults, or being able to escalate to the appropriate team members.

About the Role

Reporting to the Head of Facilities and Property Management, you will support the day to day smooth running of our Hospice buildings.

Through regular checks you’ll ensure that all fire, health & safety, and security requirements are maintained, always to the highest standards. Actively following, and exhibiting our values of being kind and compassionate, honest and inclusive at each and every interaction with our patients, families, staff, volunteers and visitors.

We will ask you to take huge pride in providing information on all aspects of the building, with expert guidance and in a manner appropriate to each individual. You will be a natural ‘organiser’, you thrive supporting others and you are adept at managing a variety of sometimes conflicting priorities. Your attitude and approach are always fresh; no matter how many times an issue has been presented to you, you will ensure first class customer service.

About You

You are passionate about facilities management and delivering a great service, showing flair and the natural ability to project a positive and friendly image. You are highly motivated and possess an immense sense of pride in your work; you're enthusiastic about delivering high-quality work in line with various regulatory standards. You have a positive “can do” attitude to solving problems in a professional and courteous manner

A strong team player with great communication skills and you are well organised and punctual with an eagle eye for detail.

You want to be part of a team that works hard, supports each other and where our values are at the heart of all we do making a difference to the environment for our patients and their families and our staff and volunteers.

Job Summary

The Ayrshire Hospice is ambitiously developing its main site, and this development will support major organisational change, modernising service delivery for the benefit of staff, patients, carers and the public.

To enable us to be a modern, inclusive employer - the environment in which our staff work is fundamental to our success, providing effective space to deliver services and good working conditions, ensuring staff are safe, can work effortlessly and effectively

The Ayrshire Hospice is therefore seeking an individual to fill the position of Technical Support Supervisor, who, working with the Head of Facilities and Property Management and the facilities team, will enable this to happen.

The Technical Support Supervisor will report directly to the Head of Facilities & Property Management and will assist in the delivery of a responsive and effective facilities management service.

The individual will have a good knowledge of facilities management, preferably in a health care setting, and will have experience of conducting general repairs. They will also have the skills necessary to diagnose and co-ordinate the corrective actions required on all aspects of; mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) systems to ensure optimal operating results.

The successful candidate will support the planning and implementation of the organisation’s policies and procedures, including the day-to-day operations of the facilities portfolio. The successful candidates will manage facilities staff duties, liaising with contractors, hospice staff and volunteers, ensuring that health and safety policies and procedures are followed.

As a member of the Hospice team, you will be working in a clinical end of life care environment always putting the patients' needs first, despite conflicting priorities.

The Ayrshire Hospice is a values-based organisation, and the values of kindness, compassion, honesty and inclusiveness underpin the work undertaken by all staff and volunteers. The Technical Support Supervisor must demonstrate alignment with our values and a focus on the delivery of excellent services for patients and families.

Would you like to join us in as we open the doors of our newly built and refurbished Hospice building? Do you have a can-do attitude and impeccable attention to detail?

About us

The Ayrshire Hospice is finishing our “once in a lifetime” Capital Build project, which will ensure that we are prepared to meet the needs of our community to provide palliative and end of life care for future generations. Everything we do is about making today matter and our patients and family's voices are at the heart of all we do.

Upon the much-anticipated move back “home”, we are looking for someone dynamic, engaging and forward-thinking who will lead our front of house operations including our Reception, Gargowan Cafe and Boutique Shop, Gargowan Gifts as well as our contemplation space called the Magnolia room.

You’ll be front and centre, a personable and professional point of contact for everyone who walks through our doors, ensuring every operational element runs like clockwork. Actively following, and exhibiting our values of being kind and compassionate, honest and inclusive at each and every interaction with our patients, families, staff, volunteers and visitors.

About the Role

We have an exciting opportunity for an individual who will lead the Front of House team, made up of our amazing volunteers. You will be at the heart of the hospice, ensuring your team welcomes every visitor from the moment they step through our doors or pick up the phone to us. Every step of our visitor journey, from the start must be seamless and consistently exceed expectations, regardless of the reason for their visit. Our vision is to create the most incredible welcome for our community, ensuring a service that’s unique, bespoke and tailored to each visitor’s requirements. Actively following, and exhibiting our values of being kind and compassionate, honest and inclusive at each and every interaction with our patients, families, staff, volunteers and visitors.

About You

This important role calls for strong organisational and communication skills with a high degree of planning and attention to detail. Significant experience in a customer service environment is essential and hospitality experience would be beneficial. The successful candidate will also have strong people skills and be able to work well under pressure, juggling competing priorities day to day. You must have the personality to be able to build rapport with all our visitors, understanding the sensitivities of the environment, so high emotional intelligence and resilience are required. A professional and courteous manner and a willingness to go above and beyond for our visitors many of which are family members of our patients as well as staff are all essential qualities. A real people person, you’ll be able to find a connection with just about anyone, from anywhere.

Job Summary

As our Front of House Manager, you will be the welcoming face of our organisation, ensuring that every visitor, no matter their reason for coming into our building are welcomed and treated in line with our values which are kindness and compassion, being honest and inclusive. You will manage and oversee all aspects of the Hospice front of house operations including reception, in house events, housekeeping, coffee shop and catering services, volunteers, and team management. You will also oversee our Contemplation space, learning and teaching events, ad hoc special events, deliveries and donations. You will create a front of house operation that is courteous, efficient, consistent, and professional whilst providing a welcoming and uplifting experience for patients, visitors, and the public. You will be a role model for hospitality throughout the Hospice ensuring a strong, positive public image is maintained by you and your team of staff and volunteers.

Let's make a difference together!

Newmilns Snow and Sports Complex is Seeking Trustees to Drive Growth and Community Impact

Newmilns Snow and Sports Complex (NSASC), the UK's only charity-run ski slope, is looking for a Chair and new trustees to help guide and develop its mission. As a volunteer-led, community-focused social enterprise, NSASC leverages the power of snow sports to promote positive health, well-being, and social change in East Ayrshire.

We a wide range of activities, including skiing, snowboarding, and tubing, as well as developmental programmes like the Ski Academy, which build confidence, resilience, and teamwork among young people. NSASC also provides employability and training opportunities, and all profits are reinvested to support the local community through accessible and inclusive snow sports experiences.

2023 was an outstanding year, with thousands enjoying our expanded range of activities. To meet growing demand, we are seeking passionate and committed individuals to join our board. Your contributions will help us enhance our programmes, expand our facilities, and create new opportunities for fun and learning. This is a unique opportunity to be part of an exciting journey that fosters inclusivity and community spirit.

If you have experience in areas such as strategic development, health & safety, fundraising, people and teams, finance, legal, environment and sustainability, community engagement, or simply share our passion for snow sports and social change, we’d love to hear from you. Join us to help shape the future of this vibrant community asset.

Are you passionate about making a difference to your local community? Are you willing and able to give up some of your valuable time to work with a Charity that has a social ethos and values to make a difference in the local communities we serve? As the need for our services has grown, we are looking for new trustees to contribute to help us develop and deliver our strategy, values and vision.

About East Ayrshire Citizens Advice Bureau

As a member of the Scottish Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux network, East Ayrshire CAB provides free, independent, impartial, and confidential advice and information to ensure that people understand their rights and responsibilities and can express their needs effectively. We campaign and influence to tackle the root cause of the problems people face and work to strengthen their rights.

East Ayrshire CAB currently operates from two offices in Kilmarnock and Cumnock. We have 17 staff and are supported by 12 volunteers including board members. The Bureau supports individuals with a wide range of general enquiries whilst project staff provide specialist support on topics including benefits, debt, utilities, and money matters.

The Role

We’d like to enhance our board to better reflect the diverse individuals and communities we work alongside, so we welcome applications from all backgrounds. Our bureau is a place for learning, innovating and connecting, so whether you’re already an experienced trustee, or taking your first step, we’d love to hear from you. Just some examples of the experience or expertise you may bring include:

• Equality, diversity and inclusion

• Third sector leadership and governance

• Digital strategy

• Legal

You may bring different skills and strengths – more important is your passion to use your skills and experience in guiding and supporting us as we tackle the challenges people face today.

Becoming a volunteer Board member is not just about what you can offer us, it is a rewarding role that helps you learn new skills, broaden your network, raising your profile and make a real difference for the people in East Ayrshire.

There are an average of six Board meetings per year to commit to as well as preparation time and regular collaboration /communications with the team and stakeholders.

Could you be Key?

Being a support worker is a role where you can make every day matter. It's a job with challenges that make your heart beat faster, where you can give something of yourself and empower amazing people on their journey through life.

At key we support disabled people of all ages to make every day matter.

We are passionate about being the very best employer we can be, ensuring our staff feel well supported and valued in their roles. As well as being part of a supportive, local team you will be eligible for:

• Main Grade Hourly Rate £12.50 (Induction and Relief Register Hourly Rate £12)
• Sleepover hourly rate of £12.00.
• Competitive annual leave and company sick pay.
• Annual SSSC fees paid for all contracted support workers
• Enhanced pay for work on targeted Public Holidays.
• Paid Membership of Disclosure Scotland’s PVG Scheme.
• Full, in-depth training for your role.
• Fully funded SVQ qualification with support provided to achieve this.
• Employee Assistance Programme offering free confidential counselling, advice and support on a wide range of issues.
• A Workplace Pension.
• Free access to occupational health support.
• Credit Union Membership.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Costco Membership.
• Blue Light Card/Blue Light Ticket registration which offer a range of discounts and savings.
• Concerts for Carers registration.

Join us and make every day matter! Support Workers and Relief Support Workers.

No experience necessary! Training and support will be given to help you achieve your full potential.

If you would like to get involved in support work but cannot commit to a contract due to other commitments, we also have opportunities for you to complement our existing workers by joining our relief register of bank support workers. This will mean you can work in a way that best suits you and fits with your life.

The Supported Housing Worker role requires assisting in the management of the development thus ensuring the tenants are able to enjoy an acceptable standard of living in an environment which is clean, safe and friendly. You will be responsible for overseeing the wellbeing of the tenants and for assisting them in maintaining their independence.

As Housing Care Worker your role will involve working with our tenants to ensure they receive the support and personal care identified in their care plans. You will directly support tenants in their homes by providing individual advice, practical housing support assistance and personal care.

Both roles are to ensure that we are able to offer the best service to our tenants and make it possible for our tenants to continue enjoying as much independent living as they’re able.

As well as a competitive annual salary, our valued team also benefits from:

• competitive hourly rates of £12.25 - £12.50 per hour
• guaranteed rota hours working between 7.30am & 10pm
• generous annual leave entitlement
• a choice of pension scheme with employer contributions
• flexible working policies
• access to extensive paid training and development opportunities
• a supportive and inclusive culture.

We also have opportunities with our Trust Staff Agency - for employees who want to work across different locations, in various roles, with highly flexible hours to suit family commitments - it's a great opportunity with the same training and development that our other roles benefit from.

Previous experience working in social care or the housing sector would be an advantage but this is not always necessary. Our ideal candidate is someone with enthusiasm, a caring nature and willingness to learn as full training, support and ongoing development will be provided.