Shelter Scotland is seeking a new Managing Principal Solicitor to lead the Shelter Scotland Housing Law Service. This is an exciting opportunity to head up a dynamic team of talented specialist housing solicitors.
The role will require strong leadership supervising and managing strategic litigation pursuing complex or novel points of law. The team have been at the forefront of some of the most influential pieces of strategic housing legal work in Scotland over the years. A keen interest in developing and testing the law in this area will be a key attribute for the role.
About the role
As Managing Principal Solicitor, you will:
About you
See the JD on our website for further details on the role specific responsibilities. They will include having:
Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.
Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.
Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.
We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.
About Shelter Scotland Law Service
Currently, Shelter Scotland Housing Law Service operates as a sole practitioner firm, with a wider legal team who are both lawyers and lay people. All individuals are employed by Shelter Scotland, with the Principal Solicitor or their nominee entitled to take part in the recruitment of firm staff. Whilst the Firm undertakes to operate within the policies and parameters of Shelter Scotland, it is the Firm’s responsibility to comply with LSS compliance and obligations to maintain its registration with the LSS.
Shelter Scotland are actively looking at different business models for the future of the Law Service, in which the Managing Principal Solicitor would play a key role.
About Shelter
Home is a human right. It’s our foundation and where we thrive. Yet everyday millions of people are being devastated by the housing emergency.
We exist to defend the right to a safe home. Because home is everything.
We need ambitious, passionate people to join us. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.
Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. To win this fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, equitable and transparent. We are committed to combating racism both within and outside Shelter. We welcome you on our journey to becoming truly anti-racist.
Safeguarding statement
Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.
Do you have a track record of working with care experienced children, young people and their families, either in adoptive families or living in kinship care arrangements? We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Psychologist to join our supportive and innovative team within Adoption UK.
You will be joining us at an exciting time as we pilot our new RNID Near You community service in Fife. As a Co-ordinator, you will focus and lead on developing and delivering our new community service across the Fife area through drop-in sessions offering:
You will be responsible for co-ordinating up to 15 drop-in services across the region and be able to recruit, train and manage a team of up to 30 volunteers to deliver the service across Fife. You will have responsibility for the set up and running of these sessions and have good local knowledge of Fife in order to seek new opportunities for delivery of our RNID Near You services.
We are looking to appoint a motivated person with a keen interest in supporting people with their hearing loss. While you will be home based, there will be regular travel to services.
You want to make a difference in people’s lives and love to interact with various audiences, including volunteers, health & care professionals and service users. You have experience managing events, your own workload and are able to work evenings/ weekends if required. You are able to physically assist people with hearing aids sensitively, giving clear guidance and taking into account individual wishes and health needs.
You are ready to work for a home-working organisation and have good IT skills, particularly with Microsoft Office applications including Outlook, Excel, Word.
We are RNID: the national charity supporting the 18 million people in the UK who are deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus. Together, we will end the discrimination faced by our communities, help people hear better now and fund world-class research to restore hearing and silence tinnitus.
We work with our communities and partners across industry, government, charity, education and more to change life for the better.
RNID has a proud history and big ambitions. We’re focused on making the greatest impact possible across the whole of the UK. We champion the latest technology and the opportunities it brings. We also know the value of a friendly face in local communities to support people where they need it most.
We champion the value of difference and equality and celebrate our diverse and inclusive workforce. We actively encourage applications from eligible candidates from BAME backgrounds or who are deaf or hard of hearing. With almost 20% of our employees having a disability we proudly hold Disability Confident Leader status and guarantee an interview for disabled applicants meeting the minimum essential criteria.
Do you have an interest in improving the lives of people living with dementia, their families and carers in Inverness and Nairn, with a key role in shaping the valuable existing Alzheimer Scotland service locally? Then this rare and exciting opportunity for a permanent, part time Dementia Advisor role may be for you or someone you know.
Dementia Advisors provide advice, information, practical support, and develop social and therapeutic activities that meet the outcomes of local people affected by dementia.
You will support people living with dementia, their families, and carers to find their way through the health and social care system and have more meaningful conversations with decision makers in the local community, by encouraging people with dementia, and carers to be heard.
You will work with a range of external partners and colleagues to promote and develop a broader understanding of and positive attitudes to dementia.
To be successful in the role you will be required to adopt and demonstrate a positive leadership approach for the small but effective team that will influence a positive culture of engagement in the local communities. This will also include tasks related to maintaining the resource centre in Lerwick.
This is a very flexible role aimed at meeting the needs of people with dementia and their carers throughout Inverness and Nairn. The focus and location of the post holder’s activity will vary from time to time depending on the needs of the people we support, although he/she/they will have a fixed office base.
You will have a positive approach to dementia, have good communication and IT skills and poses a caring attitude. A willingness to learn and participate in training is essential. Relevant qualifications and/or experience of working with people with dementia would be an advantage.
If this sounds like a perfect fit for you, or someone you know, please share this advert, or get in touch with us for an informal discussion by emailing Sarah Fraser at sfraser@alzscot.org
For a full job description and person specification please see the attachments section of this advert.
A full driving licence and access to a car is essential for this role.
The successful candidate for this post will be subject to a criminal check through Disclosure Scotland.
Come and lead our team at Camas Outdoor Centre on the Isle of Mull for a life-changing experience! Join a close-knit team in a stunning, remote location where you’ll help others connect with nature, themselves, and each other. Whether supporting the team or implementing policies to ensure that high standards of safety and the welfare of both staff and guests are maintained, your role at Camas will be filled with purpose and adventure. If you’re looking for a meaningful opportunity to make a positive impact in a beautiful, inspiring setting, Camas could be the perfect fit for you!
Camas comprises a core team consisting of both resident staff and volunteers during the guest season. The coordinator oversees the weekly program's planning, coordination, and administration and makes sure that all staff and guests are supported and integrated into Camas' common life. The Coordinator bears the additional duty of overseeing the execution of protocols to guarantee the preservation of elevated safety standards and the well-being of both employees and visitors. This is a developing position in a dynamic environment that calls for adaptability and continuous review of the job description. To boost the work, it is predicted that Camas' management structure will undergo a considerable transformation during this post. This process will involve the Camas Coordinator.
This post is regulated work and as such is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and the post-holder will need to be or to become a member of Scotland’s Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme.
Due to the nature of this work, it will NOT be possible to consider candidates who do not already have the right to work in the United Kingdom
The full Job Description can be found on our website iona.org.uk/about/vacancies
Contract Start Date: 1 February 25 (not later than 1 March 25)
Contract End Date: 31 January 2028
Scottish Veterans Residences have a fantastic opportunity to join our friendly and professional support team at Whitefoord House as a Housing Assistant. The Housing Assistant will pro-actively assist Veterans comply with their terms of occupancy, liaise with housing support staff and assist with the delivery of resident activities.
About You
About Us
Scottish Veterans Residences’ mission is provide quality support and accommodation to as many ex-Service and Merchant Marine personnel as possible, for as long as they need it, in order to assist those that are able to return to independent living.
We date back to 1910 and we are Scotland’s oldest military charity. We undertake charitable giving and provides supported housing for homeless Veterans and former members of the Merchant Marine who are in need. As well as person-centred housing support we offer a range of recreational activities and a counselling service. We are a Registered Social Landlord and are regulated by the Scottish Housing Regulator, the Care Inspectorate, and the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator.
The Robertson Trust are looking for a Learning Officer for a 12-month fixed term contract to cover maternity leave, to help us to make a real difference to reducing poverty and trauma in Scotland. If you would like to be part of one of Scotland’s biggest independent funders, with the clear aim of tackling poverty and trauma, this role could be for you.
We want to see a Scotland where everyone is valued and able to flourish. Over the next decade, we have committed to use all of our tools and resources to work with others to reduce poverty and trauma across four themes:
The Role
The role of a Learning Officer is to assist in the creation, use and sharing of knowledge and learning internally and externally in order to:
A full job description is attached.
The person
We are looking for someone with a good understanding and technical knowledge of qualitative and quantitative methods of evaluation and research. Ideally, you will have experience of working with teams to use learning to inform decision-making and continuous improvement.
We encourage applications from people with lived or learned experience of poverty and trauma in Scotland. You will be providing learning support across the Trust’s different themes and should feel comfortable working across different projects and topics at the same time.
It is important that you work confidently using your own initiative whilst prioritising conflicting priorities and building relationships and networks to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders.
Flexible working, part-time hours, or job-sharing arrangements will be considered for the right candidate.
GCA deliver services over 6 days per week and throughout Glasgow, East Dunbartonshire and East Renfrewshire
Role:
The Community Engagement Worker will provide a community based Alcohol Brief Intervention service in the wider community and primary care settings in Greater Glasgow in partnership with other statutory, voluntary and community agencies in the area.
In return for choosing to work for GCA, the benefits you will receive are:
Organisation Profile:
Glasgow Council on Alcohol (GCA) was founded in 1965 and is the oldest established Council on Alcohol in Scotland. GCA is a voluntary organisation working to reduce the harm caused by alcohol misuse through the provision of a range of high quality advice, information, counselling, support, prevention and education and training services.
We are looking to fill a full-time (35 hours a week) post and a part-time (25 hours a week) post to provide independent advocacy across Perth & Kinross for Adults affected by the Mental Health (Care & Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003; the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000; and the Adult Support & Protection (Scotland) Act 2007; Unpaid Carers and Adults who have problematic Alcohol and/or Drug use.
The full-time post is in our Adults Team and the part-time post is also with our Adults Team, but supporting individuals with problematic Alcohol and/or drug use.
Independent advocacy is about ensuring everyone can access information regarding their human rights, helping them to understand and access the systems that affect them. We support them to have their voice heard within circumstances that affect their life.
At Independent Advocacy Perth & Kinross (IAPK), our advocates are completely independent from other Statutory and 3rd Sector Organisations that provide services to the people we support. We do not provide any other services other than independent advocacy. This means that we are as free as possible from any conflicts of interest.
We are committed to the individual’s voice and wishes being heard; we do not express our own view only that of the individual. Even when a person is considered not to have capacity, we still work to seek out that individual’s point of view.
For more information on the role and our Codes of Best Practice, please visit the website of our governing body, the Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance.
Our Values:
- Human Rights: We recognise the essential dignity and inherent Human Rights of every person. We encourage those with power to respect rights and secure social justice.
- Independence: We are free from outside control, autonomous in our actions and remain uninfluenced in our work. We only provide Independent Advocacy.
- Partner-Led: We put the people we work with at the heart of our work. We are patient and skillful listeners who enable people to get their voices heard.
- Honesty: We act and communicate with openness, integrity and transparency at all times.
- Courage: We are proud to be champions of our Advocacy Partners and organisation. We support the right to challenge and are willing to question decisions and attitudes.
- Empowerment: We will work with our Advocacy Partners to enhance their capacity to have their voices heard, to make choices and to transform those choices into desired actions and outcomes.
As of 2024, we are reviewing our organisational values, as we are committed to ensuring these represent & support both our service users (referred to as our Advocacy Partners) and our employees. But we would ask all to still consider the above when applying for any IAPK role.
How We Support our Supporters:
As defenders of human rights, IAPK strongly advocates for supporting those whose role it is to support others, including all of our advocates, administration and management staff.
Mental Health:
IAPK has an Employee Assistance Programme which can offer therapeutic check ins. This offers a safe space for anything employees wish to discuss, ensuring further support within a role that will often interact with difficult circumstances.
We also understand that life doesn’t always go to plan, so IAPK offer and support Wellbeing Days, which can be fundamental in taking time for self-care.
Flexible Working:
We also support flexible working across all roles, so you can work with your line manager to find a routine that fits both your post and your individual life circumstances.
Experience & Growth:
IAPK look to support learning and growth within all roles, as we believe this is a key factor in job and life satisfaction. Thereby, various training opportunities, both mandatory and optional will be offered and encouraged throughout the year. Staff are also welcome to discuss futher training suggestions and/or desires with their line manager.
Workplace Pension:
IAPK offers a workplace pension which provides 4% employer contribution along with a 5% employee contribution. Staff are auto-enrolled onto this scheme following 3 months of employment.
Further Supportive Policies:
We understand that work is one of many parts of life, and so all of our working policies are written and reviewed to ensure they support the many facets of living, such as those pertaining to maternity/paternity & family life, illness/healthcare appointments, commuting, and expenses.
If you would like any further information, or have any questions regarding Reasonable Adjustments, just let us know.
Person Specification:
Prior experience as an advocate is not essential, but all candidates should have a passion for upholding people’s human rights, including their right to be heard, and a desire to proactively learn about Independent Advocacy.
For further details, please see the job description document attached.
Ark has been successfully supporting people with Learning Disabilities, Autism, Mental Health, and Complex Support needs to live good lives and make their home in their communities for 47 years. Providing over 16,000 hours of support a week, we currently support over 400 people across Scotland in 12 Local Authority areas.
Ark has a long history of supporting people using Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) approaches and we want to build on this by making a step change in the way we support staffs’ understanding and development, placing PBS at the heart of our service delivery.
To support our PBS strategy, we now have an exciting opportunity to join Ark’s newly established Practice Development Team as a Care & Support Practice Leader. Reporting to the Practice Development Manager, Care & Support Practice Leaders will promote a learning culture and lead on embedding a coaching and mentoring practices within their area.
This is a newly established team that will have a national reach within Arks services across Scotland.
You will play a key role in staff and managers’ development through building knowledge, capacity, and resilience within their teams. This role will mainly be based out in our services allowing you to support with identifying potential areas for improvement and work with managers and teams to find appropriate solutions while maintaining consistency of care for our supported people. You will be innovative and committed to continuous improvement, actively engaging in proactive reflective practice and feedback in your work activity. You will ensure that all developments are based on evidence and best practice.
There will be a focus on the implementation of our Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Strategy within this role. You will ensure PBS personal planning processes are carried out and based on appropriate assessments and understanding of behaviours, risk assessments and developed with the supported person, family, and other professionals.
As this is a new role for Ark there will be a real emphasis on ensuring that we review, adapt, and improve our processes regularly to ensure that Practice Leaders are providing the right support to managers, team members and supported people.
The ideal candidate will have:
Does this sound like the perfect fit for you?
If you’d like to discuss the opportunity and find out more about the role, please contact Calum Robson, Practice Development Manager via email calum.robson@arkha.org.uk .
Find out more, download the Job Outline at arkha.org.uk/work-with-us
Please note this post will include travel across Ark services and while there will be some hybrid working flexibility within the role the majority of your working week you will be working within Arks services across Scotland.
Why Ark?
Hybrid Working: While mainly based in Arks services across Scotland there will be some flexibility for Hybrid working.
Flexible Working Times: Not a 9am - 5pm person. Arks allows you to flex your start & finish time in agreement with your line manager.
Employee Assistance Program: Arks Employee Assistance program (EAP) gives all employees access to counselling sessions. There is also support available through weekly webinars and the EAP Website & App.
Employee Discounts: Employee Discounts Portal with 1000s of discounts on your favourite brands including Supermarkets, Cinema Tickets, Gym Membership and Holidays.
In return for your valuable contribution, Ark will also offer you:
Ark is a major provider of Care and Support to people with long term and enduring conditions including learning disability, mental health issues, dementia and autism. As a Housing Association, we provide a range of accommodation much of which has been designed or adapted to meet the needs of people with disabilities.
Our aim is to create the best possible customer outcomes through our highly skilled people, the provision of high-quality affordable homes and excellent care.