We seek a part-time (28 hours per week) Learning Coordinator to promote and deliver Lead’s Aberdeenshire Employability Project. This is a learning service for young disabled people and carers aged up to 25 who experience barriers to work and education.

The successful applicant will be committed to:

1. Engaging and supporting disabled people and carers to overcome barriers and embark on personalised learning journeys, making positive, sustained transitions into their chosen progression routes and positive destinations.
2. Being an active part of the Lead Scotland team as we develop new, exciting learning opportunities in the north of Scotland for the next three years.

This post is home-based in Aberdeenshire and involves regulated work for which a satisfactory PVG will be required. Lead Scotland has a Recruiting People with Convictions Policy.

About you:

You will be passionate about the transformative power of adult learning, have excellent communication skills, and a flexible and creative approach to problem-solving.

You will be enthusiastic with good organisational skills and have previous experience of supporting disabled people experiencing a range of barriers, of working one-to-one with learners, and of designing and delivering learning programmes. A full driving licence and access to a car is essential to travel to homes and communities across this rural area. You will hold an Assessors Award or be willing to work towards this.

We seek a sessional worker to work in our Aberdeenshire Employability Project.

Work with participants in small groups, with the support of volunteers to provide the learning and support required for learners to develop skills and confidence matching their motivation to engage with development offers at stage 2 and beyond of the employability pipeline, either with Lead or with other employability provision offered by partners. We anticipate many learners will want to develop their confidence, communication skills, workplace skills, and digital skills. Ensure participants are supported to transition to college or to other community learning opportunities to achieve their outcomes and to access online resources and services safely.

The time commitment in hours per week will be agreed by negotiation but is likely to be up to 28 hours per week flexibly worked.

This post is home-based. The work will be in Aberdeenshire and will be in person working in a peripatetic way using local community venues as bases to meet learners, or in online settings. You will be working alongside our Aberdeenshire Employability Learning Coordinator.

It is regulated work for which a satisfactory PVG will be required.

About you:

You will be passionate about the transformative power of confidence-building and adult learning. You will be confident in communicating one-to-one and with groups and have a flexible and creative approach to problem-solving.

You will be enthusiastic with good organisational skills and have previous experience of supporting people experiencing a range of barriers to enhance and improve their learning and/or employability. You will be capable of tailoring and delivering learning programmes. The role involves travelling throughout Aberdeenshire.

The NHS Grampian Endowment Funds charity exists to make a difference to the health and wellbeing of people in Grampian. We use our resources to enhance NHS provision, but not substitute it, by investing in projects which promote better physical and mental health and wellbeing for the people of Grampian. In order to keep pace with the modernisation and delivery of healthcare, the charity is about to undergo significant change in terms of its strategic intent and associated operating practices.

To support the coordination of the charities fundraising income, the Trustees wish to recruit a suitably experienced Supporter Engagement Officer. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a charity which is determined to maximise its input to the health of Grampian through increasing grant giving which is innovative, supports preventative health interventions and is community focussed.

The successful candidate must hold a relevant professional qualification and experience. Experience within a third sector organisation is desirable.

Are you a creative and motivated individual with the passion and drive to support people with a recent diagnosis of dementia to live well in their community?

If so, you can be part of a National Team of Post Diagnostic Support Link Workers (PDS Link Workers) providing high-quality, person-centred support to people living with dementia and their families for a minimum of a year following diagnosis in line the Scottish Government’s minimum guarantee.

The aim of the PDS National Service is to enable people to live well with dementia and is centred around Alzheimer Scotland's 5 pillar model so that people move on to a period of supported self- management.

The model includes understanding the illness and coming to terms with the diagnosis, peer support, connecting and maintaining links with their community along with planning for future care and decision making to develop an outcome focused plan to support their future hopes, desires and aspirations.

Supporting our North Aberdeenshire locality, the post will be based within the Collieburn Outreach Service in Fraserburgh Hospital. Alzheimer Scotland’s PDS Link Workers are required to be effective team workers and have the skills to build and maintain relationships with colleagues both within Alzheimer Scotland, the NHS and other stakeholders.

Skills in using digital platforms are essential as we use a blended approach to support people that involve some virtual meetings and on-line groups.

Applicants must hold a recognised relevant professional qualification, have a good understanding of dementia and how it affects people and their families along with excellent communication skills, a warm flexible approach, combined with skills in empathy and relationship building.

In addition, you should have skills and knowledge at the Enhanced Level of the Promoting Excellence Framework or be able to evidence you are working towards its completion.

This post requires a full driving license and access to a car.

Growing2gether is recruiting an innovative and entrepreneurial, Director of Operations, who is passionate about young people. This post will act as a formal strategic lead for the flagship programme, Growing2gether Nursery Mentoring programme and Growing2ether in the Community, a youth led community initiative,

The post will involve managing the staff team of Growing2gether and ensuring that the team is vibrant, strong and fulfilled in their work; as well as that our programmes continue in a high standard of excellence with positive outcomes for young people.

Growing2gether believes in the potential of young people to shape the world around them and achieve transformational change. Through overseeing all aspects of the charity’s operations, this post will ensure that the youth voice cannot be ignored.

The Post will involve

• Ensuring that the voice of facilitators and young people is heard in strategic discussions.

• The capacity to build trust with facilitators and to have a practice-based understanding of the Growing2gether model.

Responsibilities

• Strategic input (operations perspective)

• Line manages facilitation team

• Connect Senior Management Team and facilitators in order to manage delivery of projects/Service Level Agreements (balancing fundraising, operations and staff capacity)

• Liaise with external HR support, ensure policies and contracts up to date

• Strategic development from operational perspective

• Team building and staff management

• Project management

• Internal communications

• Provide a clear, single operational voice within SMT and link between frontline/management priorities

The ideal candidate will need to have

·Experience of working with groups of disengaged young people

·Experience with design and delivery of programmes

· Programme management experience

·The capacity to organise and run consultations/focus groups with various community groups.

·Driving license and access to own transport.

· Shared vision, mission and values

Our VisionA world where all young people can realise their unique potential, improve their lives for the long term, and contribute to stronger communities.

Our MissionWe give young people facing disadvantage the support they need to thrive, raising aspiration and to make positive choices in their lives. We build their mental health, educational engagement and life skills, so that they can contribute to their communities.

Our Values

·Introducing/evoking meaning and purpose

·Igniting self-awareness and self-belief

· Expanding relationship/connection to Community

· Loving youth-led co-creation

·Fostering the realisation of potential and inherent strengths

·Providing a safe place to explore Self

· Learning through playful curiosity and fun

Background

In August 2022, Growing2gether became an independent Charity (SCIO). For the five years prior, we were partnered with the Ecologia Youth Trust, which was established in Scotland in 1995, working in partnership with local organisations around the world to ensure a secure future for vulnerable young people. We are experienced in community-based approaches to sustainable living and in working with children and young people facing disadvantage. Concern for the future of our children and our environment connects our partners and our local community.

Growing2gether is committed to support young people to find long-term solutions to their problems and those of their communities. We aim to support young people and children to raise their self-belief and aspiration and to grow into their unique and abundant potential as well as become a positive force for change in their communities.

We are part of the Findhorn Community, an international holistic education centre and United Nations (UN) recognised eco-village, established 50 years ago in Scotland. The Community is known internationally for its innovative models for 3

sustainable living, not only environmentally, but also in social, economic and cultural terms. Members of the Findhorn Community share a common ethos based on generous personal relationships and openness to working flexibly with people’s strengths, which permeates all our work.

Our niche

Our ethos, grounded in the values of the Findhorn Foundation, along with our positive psychology, transpersonal psychology approach leads to being a value driven organisation. We see our partners as part of our family and work hard to listen to what they need. We seek to plant seeds, which one day will flourish into sustainable organisations supporting children and young people to grow, and we have successful examples of having achieved this through our early partnerships.

We do this in four ways

Modelling new approaches to supporting young people, for example our main Scottish-based Growing2gether programme, which now forms most of our activity.

Growing2gether is an early intervention programme that works closely with secondary and primary schools in Scotland to address the needs of young people’s social and emotional development. Young people gain work experience as mentors to small children in a nursery setting. Whilst supporting the learning of a small child, the young people realise that they have a valuable contribution to make to their community.

Growing2gether in the Community is a new (2019) programme to follow our main Scottish programme allowing us to continue working with young people who have been through our main programme as well as, using our risk selection tool, reaching a wider population of young people who would not choose the mentoring, nursery work. Growing2gether in the Community involves community projects created and delivered by young people, supported by community mentors. The programme was developed because our young people told us that, after mentoring the nursery children, they wanted a follow-on programme so that they could continue giving back to the community. Findings from a focus group helped young people to identify issues in their community that needed addressing. Those who participated in the design of this intervention, reported that the experience had been extremely valuable. More specifically, it made them feel more confident, resilient, proud as well as provided them with valuable skills and helped them engage with their community.

We also provide a mentoring service to support addressing the mental health needs of our deserving young people as well as signposting to ensure they are aware of the support available to them in their local community strengthening their sense of community participation and belonging.

Our fourth way is through building and listening to the voices of young people through our Youth Participation Board where we consult regularly, inspire youth leaders and an advisory panel to our Trustee Board.

Local people are leading the change.

There’s never been a better time to be a changemaker.

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Connected people are vital in building inclusive, engaged and thriving communities. tsiMORAY works to help establish, develop and maintain these connections. We connect people and place, community groups and voluntary organisations, charities and social enterprises, volunteers and volunteering.

tsiMORAY also plays a key role in facilitating and supporting community-led local development. We are one of 32 Third Sector Interfaces in Scotland, and report to a variety of stakeholders, including Scottish Government.

This is a perfect opportunity for someone who has experience in partnership working, a relationship-builder, a people person, who may be entrepreneurial or have prior experience in the voluntary sector. You get big picture strategic thinking but are interested in the detail too.

We are an organisation committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from under-represented groups and welcome people with lived experience and broad skill sets.

If this sounds like you, join us to make change for good.

We have several vacancies for Directors who wish to volunteer with Moray Women’s Aid.

We welcome applications from all members of our community.

We want to hear from you if you are passionate about helping us create a better future for those whose lives have been affected by domestic abuse.

Do you have the energy, ideas and skills to help shape and sustain this crucial work?

• Moray Women’s Aid (MWA) is the leading specialist organisation working with women and children affected by domestic abuse in Moray.
• Moray Women’s Aid works to empower those whose lives have been affected by gender-based / intimate partner violence and abuse, providing a range of services across the region.
• Our Board of Directors combine a mix of skills, talents and personal interests and come from all walks of life. We are looking for people to join us and bring their passion, experience, and skills to our existing Board. Although not essential, we welcome applications from those who have experience – or an understanding of - domestic abuse. A director role with us is the best contribution you can give to help us tackle domestic abuse in Moray.
• Our Board members are passionate and dedicated to our role
• We will provide a comprehensive induction programme and mentoring support to new Directors, both to develop your skills as well as to build up a detailed knowledge of our work.
• The expected time commitment is between 4-6 hours a month. We have monthly Board meetings which usually last about 11/2- 2 hours and we hold one Director/Staff vision day per year. Directors will also need time to read committee and board papers in order to participate in meetings. Our meetings can be accessed either through zoom or ‘in person’. Out of pocket expenses will be reimbursed.

Who Cares? Scotland is Scotland’s only national independent membership organisation for Care Experienced people. Our mission is to secure a lifetime of equality, respect, and love for Care Experienced people in Scotland and we currently have over 3500 Care Experienced members.

This Youth Work Development Officer post is central in facilitating and developing Participation and Belonging activities for Care Experienced children and young people in our North East region. The post is imperative in creating safe and inclusive environments for Care Experienced children and young people, where their voices, views and experiences are heard by senior leaders, helping to bring about positive change.

The successful candidate will be able to show that they have experience in building trusting and compassionate relationships with young people and be confident in working in partnership with a variety of Corporate Parents at all levels. The post holder will require excellent youth work and/or community engagement skills to create new opportunities and develop on existing ones with Local Authority, organisational partners, and other public services. This collaborative working helps build on the aspirations of The Promise and secure positive change. The post holder will also support a wide range of PR awareness-raising events and other activities on both one-off and longer-term projects.

The post holder will have a positive solution focussed attitude, be adaptable to change, and have an approach which is both inclusive and steadfast. The successful candidate will be passionate about helping young people create positive change, and will keep up to date with current national environment regarding care experience. You will be able to work evenings and some weekends, and hold a full driving license with access to a car.

If this sounds like the role for you, we would love to hear from you.

The NESCAN Hub is a fast-paced organisation run by a small but committed team dedicated to the creation of a flourishing, connected and sustainable North East Scotland.

We’re looking for an experienced and dynamic individual who is passionate about sustainability, biodiversity and community climate action to join our team.

The Systems and Resources Lead is responsible for ensuring the NESCAN Hub, and its aim, objectives and outcomes are delivered on time, and within scope and budget. The post holder’s role will be to ensure the Hub’s governance structure, policies and procedures are followed, including HR policies and procedures, ICT, and financial budget management. They will also provide advice, support, and guidance to the NESCAN Hub Team and NESCAN members to ensure they meet their objectives. This is a managerial role but will involve ‘on the ground’ work with the NESCAN Hub team and stakeholders, including communities and members of the public across the North East of Scotland.