Are you passionate about leading a community organisation with an experienced, committed team delivering vital health services to local people facing entrenched multiple deprivation?
The Health Agency (THA) is a leading community-based organisation providing services within the integrated Health and Social Care Healthy Living Centre in Wester Hailes. Set up in 1999, it aims to make a positive and meaningful impact on the physical and mental health and wellbeing of those who live within the local community.
THA does this in partnership with the local community through a rich provision of services covering;
We are seeking an inspiring and dynamic Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to lead our organisation. As the CEO you will be overall accountable for the vision and delivery of exceptional standards of critical services to the local community in Wester Hailes as well as the best possible employee experience for all working at The Health Agency.
Key Responsibilities
About You
The ideal candidate will have:
What We Offer
We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity to join the Phoenix Futures Scotland team and lead our Glasgow based Residential and Housing Services, as the Residential Registered Manager.
As a specialist addiction recovery charity and housing association, we have developed considerable expertise in the provision of residential and housing services to support our clients at all stages of their recovery. As the Residential Registered Manager, you will act as the strategic lead managing and driving all areas of service delivery for both Scottish Residential Service and Housing Service in Glasgow.
About You
Are you ready to make a profound impact on people's lives? We're seeking an extraordinary person to support the success of our well established residential rehab service. Your experience should include:
Your Rewards
AWS Executive are working in partnership with Space to appoint their Head of Service (Enterprise and Learning) based The Broomhouse Hub in Edinburgh. This is a part time role 21 hours per week, over 3 days.
Space @ The Broomhouse Hub is a Scottish Award-nominated charity championing community development and bringing people together.
Job Purpose
Key Responsibilities:
Delivery
Leadership and people management
Finance and Fundraising
Victim Support Scotland – Empowering People Affected by Crime.
Do you want to work with an organisation that makes a difference to the lives of people affected by crime? We put victims and witnesses at the heart of everything we do so they are heard, have improved health and well-being, feel safer, more secure, and informed and that we are an effective organisation, that makes a lasting difference.
What is the role
Are you passionate about people and shaping organisational culture? We are seeking a Head of Human Resources to join us as a key member of our Corporate Leadership Team. Reporting directly to the Director of Corporate Services you will be responsible for driving forward a number of people initiatives within VSS to support strategic and operational plans. You will play a key role in working collaboratively with colleagues to ensure continuous review and improvements and provide HR and L&D support across the organisation.
You will be able to work with colleagues from a variety of backgrounds with an approachable and solution-oriented style; keen to support and drive the development of a positive working culture across the organisation.
What you’ll need to be successful
We are looking for an exceptional candidate who is passionate about continuous improvement and able to contribute professional expertise to develop the service and support key projects.
The ideal candidate should be used to working independently and be able to demonstrate experience of managing a challenging workload in a busy environment to meet deadlines. The postholder will be required to ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements is maintained at all times and must have excellent understanding and practical knowledge of employment law and best practice.
Educated to degree level or equivalent with CIPD professional qualification at Chartered level, you will provide supportive leadership to a small team to provide a high standard of service.
Salary: £47,266 - £62,420. Salary on appointment will normally be at the lower salary point, with progression subject to review - in line with VSS progression arrangements. A higher salary placing will be considered in exceptional circumstances subject to experience demonstrated.
Further details of this role are available in the job description - Job description and Candidate Information Pack
Please note - This post will be subject to a satisfactory Basic Disclosure Scotland check.
Who We Are
Victim Support Scotland provides support and information to people affected by crime and campaigns for victim and witness rights. Regardless of whether a crime has been reported, or when it happened, our services are free, confidential, and tailored to individuals’ needs.
Our vision is that people affected by crime – victims, witnesses, and their families – are treated with dignity and respect and are at the heart of the justice in Scotland. Our mission is to ensure that all those affected by crime receive high quality support that will help them to recover from their experiences. All our work is guided and underpinned by our six core principles of being engaging and compassionate; inclusive and accessible; person-centred; adaptive, flexible, and responsive; collaborative; and knowledgeable and skilled.
Now is the time to join Victim Support Scotland, helping us work towards the ambitions of our 5-year plan: Empowering people affected by crime: VSS Strategy 2021-2026.
What we offer
When you work for Victim Support Scotland, your wellbeing is important to us. Not only do we offer an enhanced annual leave package of 42 days (Pro-rata), but you will also have access to our free health cash plan which includes cover for you and your family across a range of benefits, which include, dental cover, access to a virtual GP, counselling, legal support and discounts on gym memberships, cinema tickets, retail and much more. In addition we offer a generous pension, enhanced maternity and paternity pay and access to a credit union. Supporting employee development is important to us and we offer comprehensive learning and development opportunities.
For further information and an informal discussion about this opportunity please contact Jobs@victimsupportsco.org.uk
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Operations manager in Carr Gomm (due to the retirement of the current post holder), primarily based in our Falkirk office in Forth Valley.
This role would suit an experienced, values-oriented, person-centered social care professional. With a desire to lead teams working to support adults with learning and physical disabilities, you will be familiar with the complex challenges that people can face, with a determination to support people to live full, meaningful lives.
The role:
As an operations manager, you will be working closely with the Local Management Team – a brilliant team of experienced, social care managers. With the ability to manage your own diary and work routines you will thrive in roles with a good degree of autonomy, within clearly defined values and strategic objectives. You will be working within a busy and dynamic locality, which requires the flexibility to be responsive to the ever-changing environment. Contributing to the strategic management of Carr Gomm, you will have an appreciation of organisational values while developing a greater understanding of the organisational goals and objectives both for the people we support and all colleagues.
Excellent communication skills are crucial as a key contact for our internal and external partners. This role requires strong leadership and the passion to drive the locality towards achieving Carr Gomm’s strategic objectives.
This is a dynamic role in which you will never settle for ‘good enough’ but will always prioritize effectively in an ever-changing environment. You will appreciate that there is always capacity to innovate, improve, develop and stretch targets in the pursuit of a more equitable society in which people can lead full and positive lives as active citizens.
Reporting to the Senior Operations Manager, the Operations Manager is a key role for the success and development of the locality.
Success in this role includes, but is not limited to:
Who we are looking for:
Successful Operations Managers may come from different backgrounds and have a range of work and life experiences. All are creative and a have flair for engaging and inspiring people, whilst sharing our values of respect, interdependence, choice, control, openness and honesty, kindness, and compassion.
Key to being successful in this role in Forth Valley is the experience of managing person-centered services to individuals with often quite complex learning and physical disabilities, and an awareness of what getting it right for people means, both when developing new services, and when driving quality in existing services.
In our eyes, the best Operations Managers are natural leaders who are passionate, logical, and flexible; they have excellent communication and people skills which they use to forge strong, productive relationships; and they have the capacity to deliver. They are also confident problem solvers – curious with potential solutions and ideas to improve new ways of working and contribute to the development of Carr Gomm.
We expect that you will have experience of managing a range of community care services providing complex support. We also expect that you will have an understanding the Scottish Social Care sector, alongside good knowledge of the requirements of regulatory bodies such as the Care Inspectorate and SSSC. Professional qualifications (enabling registration with SSSC) and / or the ability to demonstrate relevant skills and experiences are desirable, as is an ability to demonstrate the experience of work which matches the requirements of this profile.
About Carr Gomm
Carr Gomm is a leading Scottish social care and community development charity. We provide person-centered support to over 4500 people every year so they can live their best possible life.
Our services are based on our values and reflect the choices and aspirations of each individual and community we work with. Our qualified staff work with people in their homes and communities, supporting people in their day-to-day lives and making plans to achieve their hopes and dreams in the future. Carr Gomm also fundraises to tackle isolation and loneliness in our communities through projects and activities across Scotland.
Benefits
The Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland’s role is to advocate for the systematic improvement in the safety of health care and to promote the importance of the views of patients and other members of the public in relation to the safety of health care.
This is a new high-profile appointment. We are looking for a talented individual who has drive, integrity, credibility, resilience and excellent communication skills to be the inaugural Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland.
We would welcome applications from those working in academia, the legal profession (e.g those doing medical negligence) and NHS Primary Care.
The appointment is for a fixed term of up to 8 years, attracts a starting salary of £89,685 and is pensionable.
This is a senior role in the Scottish Green Parliamentary Group, managing the group’s central staff team, and working with the MSPs and staff to develop and deliver the Green agenda in Parliament, coordinate and support the delivery of parliamentary campaigns, and to communicate the Green MSPs’ work effectively.
Job purpose
To manage the provision of research, communication and campaign services for the Green Group of MSPs, advise on and coordinate the Group’s parliamentary activity, and line manage the central team of staff.
Duties and responsibilities
● Manage the provision of research, communications and business management services for the Green Group of MSPs
● Line manage the Group’s central team (currently eight members of staff)
● Advise on and coordinate parliamentary activity, including positioning and approach to chamber business
● Work with MSPs in the delivery of the group parliamentary strategy, and advise MSPs on the delivery of their duties
● Ensure group research and communications work is joined up, performance driven, and co-ordinated with individual Green MSP staff teams
● Support the Group in developing and delivering parliamentary and regional campaigns
● Manage the Group budget and commission external services to support the Group’s communications and research programme
● Maintain a strategic oversight of comms output and strategy, in close cooperation with the Communications Manager
● Support the Group Convenor and the MSPs in ensuring group cohesiveness and developing positive ways of working together
● Other duties in support of the MSPs carrying out their parliamentary duties as required
About You - Person specification
Essential
● Experience of working in a political, public affairs and/or campaigns environment in a senior role
● Experience of line management
● Understanding of the Scottish political landscape and an interest in politics
● A quick learner with the ability to multitask and work within tight timescales
● Excellent verbal and written communication skills
● Be sympathetic to the aims and objectives of the Green Parliamentary Group of MSPs in carrying out their parliamentary duties
Desirable
● A good understanding of the Scottish Parliament and parliamentary process
● Experience of managing multi-disciplinary teams to deliver successful campaigns
● Experience of development and delivery of strategic organisational plans
● Strong relationships across policy and media landscape in Scotland
Reporting to:Mark Ruskell MSP, employment lead for the Scottish Greens Parliamentary Group
Do you have a passion for helping people?
Do you have excellent communication and customer service skills?
Do you want to work for one of the best employability providers in Scotland?
Would you like to help someone with barriers to work find their dream job?
Then come and work for Enable Works.
Your role, as Employment Coordinator is to provide support to young people who have barriers to work, to make progress towards and achieve well paid, sustainable employment. You will work in the local community engaging with young people face to face on a one to one and/or group basis to profile their skills and aspirations for work.
Enable Works are the leading specialist provider of employability services for people who have barriers to work. We believe that every person in Scotland has the right to work in a job that is high quality and well paid.
Enable Works supports over 5500 people every year across 28 Local Authorities to learn skills for work.
We partner with thousands of employers to create inclusive cultures and improve the diversity of Scotland's workforce.
We are incredibly proud of our smart, capable, and motivated colleagues across Scotland and following a period of significant growth we are looking to grow our team.
We offer a generous salary, excellent benefits, and opportunities to develop and grow in your role.
We offer flexible working practices that promote a strong work/life balance so that when you are at work you can be the best version of you.
Values are more important to us than qualifications or experience, so if you don’t think you meet every requirement that’s ok, we still want to hear from you.
Please make sure you include a detailed personal statement in the ‘More about you’ section of the application to tell us how you are suited to the post.
About You
We really need you to have these
Why?
Our vision is that every person in Scotland is able to access the support they need to find a high-quality job that pays them well and your drive and commitment to this job will help them get there. You will recognise each client’s individual skills and aspirations and work with them to find a job that they love.
Our culture is autonomous so that means we trust you to make the right decisions for your clients, therefore you need to manage your work load well and be accountable for your time. Attention to detail is important as it means you can work accurately and follow instructions.
About Us
At Enable we believe in developing all our staff and we provide an extensive learning programme together with in-house career development opportunities.
We also have an excellent range of staff benefits on offer including but not limited to:
Starting a career with Enable is the first step towards making a real difference in our award-winning charity’s mission to help create an equal society for every person who has a learning disability.
Enable is an equal opportunities employer and our recruitment, selection and assessment process is based entirely on values, skills and competencies required of the specific roles.
Be Here, Be You, Create Change
Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of autistic people? Do you have leadership skills and a desire to mentor and develop others? If so, we’d love to hear from you!
Our Clannalba Service is on the lookout for a Senior Autism Practitioner to join our fun, supportive, and friendly team. Located in the beautiful village of Lamington, we provide essential care and support to nine autistic adults. This is a hands-on role that combines leadership with direct support, ensuring high-quality care aligned with Social Care Standards.
Key Responsibilities:
Requirements:
Join us and take the next step in your career, leading a dedicated team and making a lasting impact on the lives of individuals with autism.
Scottish Autism offers you:
Staff wellbeing is priority, and we strive to ensure all colleagues feel valued and supported at work. We provide an excellent benefits package which includes a competitive salary and a personalised learning pathway for all. We keep it simple with 3 pay points. You progress at your pace as you develop. We benchmark regularly to ensure the rates are competitive.
This post is subject to a PVG Disclosure check. All new employees must have applied to register with the Scottish Social Services Council within 3 months of starting in post and be registered within 6 months. Scottish Autism cover all the costs of PVG membership and SSSC Registration for employees.
Valuing diversity and promoting equal opportunities is at the heart of our vision, mission, and values. We encourage and welcome applications from people with lived experience of autism.
Unleash Your Potential: Help us Change Lives?
Because People Matter at Turning Point Scotland, why not join us to reach your full potential.
Our Turning Point Scotland Service in Leith, Edinburgh are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic Administration Manager, who is motivated to work as part of our thriving and diverse team.
Your ability to work on your own initiative, manage and prioritise a busy work schedule and demonstrate attention to detail is essential. Along with your excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills and experience of working in a proactive and flexible way you will support our team in delivering the highest standard of Care and Support in our homelessness service.
If this is, you then join us as our Administration Manager.
Edinburgh Visiting Housing Support Service
Turning Point Scotland is the biggest provider of services to people experiencing or at risk of Homelessness across Scotland, delivering support to around 2000 individuals on any given day, 4500 per year.
We believe that in many cases, Homelessness is entirely preventable. Where Homelessness is not or cannot be, prevented the experience should be brief and non-recurring.
We provide support to people who are;
Our Edinburgh Visiting Housing Support Service provides Housing Support to people who are at risk of becoming homeless, who are homeless or who have recently experienced homelessness to move to or keep settled accommodation and gain independent living skills.
The support we provide is always person centred, we do this by involving people who know the person well, this includes family and friends, other health and Social Work professionals, Advocacy services and our own staff members.
Full training will be provided to you. We believe having the right values of respect, compassion, inclusion and integrity is all you need to join our team! We would offer you full support in completing your application.