The Veterans’ Foundation (VF) is an independent grant-making charitable foundation. It has established a substantial grants’ programme to support charities and organisations in the UK that provide charitable support to those in need among serving armed forces personnel, veterans, operationally qualified seafarers and their immediate families. The charity has grown rapidly since inception in July 2016 and has to date (Oct 24) given away more than £25M to good causes and handed out around £1.6M to good causes each quarter for the past year.
Head of Grants will have the following responsibilities:
Experience and Qualifications. Candidates should possess the following experiences, qualifications and skills:
Experience
Qualifications
The successful candidate will play a senior and supervisory role in the operation of our Esmond Street Service: a 22 place supported living project for older people with learning disability and/or complex needs. The successful applicant will have experience of support planning and review systems, and will be in a position to work on a shift-rota basis. She/he will have experience in a supported living setting, the ability to work on their own initiative, and have a positive, empowering and flexible approach to the support of people with learning disabilities. The post requires the successful candidate to be involved in the supervision and development of the staff team; including training, developing systems, mentoring and auditing. She/he should also possess an appropriate qualification, or be willing and able to achieve this within an agreed timescale.
Are you an inspiring leader with a passion for transforming services and making a lasting impact in the social care sector? Care Support Scotland is looking for a dynamic Director of Service Delivery & Development to shape our strategic direction and lead with purpose." We are looking for an inspiring individual to join our Senior Leadership Team as Director of Service Delivery & Development, guiding our strategic direction and ensuring top-quality service delivery. This is a unique opportunity to lead with purpose, shape our future, and leave a lasting impact in our organisation and the community.
At Care Support Scotland, we are dedicated to providing high-quality social care services that enhance the lives of those we support. As a forward-thinking and compassionate organisation, we champion a culture of inclusivity, collaboration, and innovation.
About the Role
Key Responsibilities:
Your Benefits:
We offer an exceptional benefits package to ensure your personal and professional well-being:
Why Join Us?
At Care Support Scotland, you will be part of a mission-driven organisation committed to making a meaningful impact in our communities. We offer a collaborative and supportive environment where your professional development is a priority, and you can lead transformative initiatives.
If you’re a forward-thinking, values-driven leader ready to make a meaningful impact, we’d love to hear from you!
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.
SWAN is an autistic-led Charity run for and by autistic women, girls and non-binary people across Scotland.
Reporting to the CEO, the role will involve providing dedicated admin support to SWAN as an organisation and to the staff team. The post holder will be working with other SWAN staff and volunteers to provide the best possible service to those who come to SWAN, and to operate an effective remote office system.
SWAN is a small but very active Charity, so multitasking, time management skills, and the ability to prioritise tasks and function well at busy times are key. The role is interesting and varied and there are opportunities to develop the post in line with your strengths and skills.
You will be working as part of a friendly, supportive team of autistic professionals, in a neuro-inclusive environment.
You can find more information about SWAN on our website and in our Strategy.
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.
We’re looking for a Community Care Assistant (CCA) with a passion for diversity and inclusion to join our team. Could that be you?
Who are we?
Deaf Action is a deaf-led charity, supporting and celebrating deaf people. We were established in 1835 and work with deaf people across Scotland and the South of England. Our work is geared towards empowering all deaf people to achieve their potential and fully participate in society, with equality of rights, access and opportunity.
You can find out more about us at deafaction.org.
About you
We are seeking a CCA who is fluent in BSL to support our clients in the deaf community to be better able to take part in decisions and make informed choices about the care and support they receive.
You will either have successfully completed Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 Level 2 training or be prepared to obtain this certificate during your probation period and maintain the capability to fulfil the requirements from this training.
The ideal candidates will be fully committed to our values, which can be found on our website.
The role
The CCA is accountable to the Statutory Operations Manager.
Key responsibilities of the role include:
Additional responsibilities include:
What’s on offer?
Do you want to help a local charity support our local community. We are looking for new Trustee Board Members to join us. We’re looking for individuals who share our passion and values, who will support us to deliver our mission to empower and support citizens throughout Perth and Kinross in areas such as debt, benefits, employment, consumer rights, and to create a more equal and inclusive society.
The Board’s role is to provide overall governance for the Bureau, to set strategic direction, and to ensure that as an organisation we are providing the services required to support the community. We are looking for individuals who want to share their knowledge and experience, to work collaboratively with other trustees and our CEO to ensure Perth Citizens Advice Bureau continues to thrive in responding to the needs of our community.
If you don’t think you meet the ‘traditional’ profile of a charity trustee which may have put you off applying in the past then we want to hear from you! We want our board to reflect the communities we serve and would welcome applications from diverse backgrounds.
Our trustees are asked to attend a board meeting once every two months and to join at least one sub-committee; Finance, Governance or People. The time commitment is between four and six hours a month including meeting preparation.
Values in Action Scotland (VIAS) is recruiting for the post of Lead Consultant (Job Coaching), based in East Renfrewshire Reporting to the Senior Lead Consultant, this exciting opportunity will give the role holder scope to help VIAS to expand delivery of the Triple E service into East Renfrewshire. This will grow and develop the organisation’s commitment to disabled people, in particular, people with learning disabilities and/ or autism gaining and sustaining paid employment.
Background
Values in Action Scotland is a Quality Improvement Service. Our vision is for a Scotland where people with learning disabilities and/or autism have the same opportunities as everyone else and are supported to achieve their goals including access to meaningful paid employment. Through our supported employment services, Scotland VIAS excels in demonstrating best practice in all aspects of the supported employment process.
The Candidate
The candidate must be a mentor eager to support their fellow person. You must be able to discover people’s strengths/ support needs and help them to achieve meaningful, paid employment. Having communication skills partnered with critical thinking are prerequisites for this job. With proven experience in working with people with learning disabilities and/ or autism, the successful candidate will be confident in their ability to deliver Triple E Renfrewshire, our supported employment service. With an understanding or experience of issues affecting people, the successful candidate will be a multi-tasker working in an autonomous capacity. They will also be able to work with a range of stakeholders, demonstrating excellent interpersonal skills and an aptitude for building and nurturing successful partnerships. This includes directing marketing to businesses to encourage them to recruit Triple E clients. The candidate will have a high-level ability to plan, analyse and think through issues that arise and an ability to identify, prioritise and deliver a varied work programme.
What We Offer
We offer excellent training and development opportunities, competitive salary, a performance related bonus scheme, contributory pension scheme and 32 days annual holiday (including bank holidays).
The post is funded until the 31st March 2025 initially and could be extended depending on future funding. VIAS will carry out a PVG check on the successful applicant.
We have an exciting opportunity to join Alzheimer Scotland as a finance assistant.
Alzheimer Scotland is Scotland’s national dementia charity. Our aim is to make sure nobody faces dementia alone. We provide support and information to people with dementia, their carers, and families, we campaign for the rights of people with dementia, support vital dementia research and promote positive brain health.
We are seeking applications from individuals with demonstrable high volume transactional work experience within a complex organisation and who possess the skills to take on the tasks outlined in the job description.
The role is a varied finance transactional role and will undertake regular bank and sales processing including appropriate reconciliation to both Financial and Fundraising Systems. The role will also have involvement in supporting the wider finance function including areas such as purchase ledger, direct debit processing and general administration.
Prior experience in a high-volume transactional finance role is highly desirable.
You will be a strong communicator and able to balance competing priorities. You will have experience of working with a wide range of office systems including Microsoft 365 and databases or financial systems.
If you are interested by what you have read, and have the necessary skills, experience, and ability to make a success of this role, we would be delighted to hear from you.