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Regional Wellbeing Co-ordinator

  • Full time
  • £34,609 – £38,009
  • Various Locations - Hybrid (with visits to Thistle House in Edinburgh when required)
  • Closing 10th September 2023


  • Advertised from 25th August 2023
  • Permanent. Full Time or Job Share. 35.00 hours per week

Role

Children’s Hearings Scotland (CHS) is undergoing an exciting period of reform, designed to make a step change in improving the outcomes for infants, children and young people who need us most. Children’s Hearings Tribunal Members play a vital role in Scotland’s society. They listen and make legal decisions for infants, children and young people. They ensure that the young person is at the heart of every decision taken – because every decision, no matter how big or small, has an impact.

You will be joining CHS at a pivotal point, as we implement our new regional tribunal support model. Alongside the Regional Tribunal Delivery Manager and our current Area Support Teams you will play a significant role in shaping and implementing wellbeing approaches within the new model, ensuring our communities are effectively supported through transition and beyond.

Working under the guidance of the National Wellbeing Manager, and reporting to the Regional Tribunal Delivery Manager, the successful candidate will deliver consistent approaches and levels to wellbeing management in all the areas in their region.

This new role will be part of the operational delivery team for each of 9 new CHS Area Support Team regions across Scotland and will work alongside and support our volunteer community through the change and transition now and in the future. It will help us to provide an enhanced and consistent support structure to better enable our volunteer Tribunal Members to support children and young people throughout Scotland. It will provide a strong foundation to support and enable our panel community to deliver our duties from the anticipated Care & Justice Bill and the recommendations agreed in the ‘Hearings for Children’ report.

Reporting to the Regional Tribunal Delivery Manager, the Regional Wellbeing Co-ordinator is responsible for the promotion of wellbeing support needs of Tribunal Members within one of 9 regions across Scotland. You will support the Regional Tribunal Delivery Manager and the Regional Partnership Co-ordinator to deliver the National Convener’s statutory duties for the provision of Children’s Hearings across a dedicated region in Scotland to a consistent high-quality standard.

The core purpose of this role will be the identification of wellbeing support needs on a regional level and signposting Tribunal Members to relevant support. This may involve contact pre/post hearings which are identified to have distressing subject matter and putting the relevant support mechanisms in place to promote the wellbeing of Tribunal Members. The role holder will be key to managing the relationship(s) between Tribunal Members who are volunteers and the organisation more broadly.

The role holder will be expected to be an exemplar for the values of CHS including listening to and valuing the voice of children and young people, the contribution of volunteers, and ensuring a respected, quality based, and sustainable tribunal system is delivered on behalf of the National Convenor.

Application notes

For more details, please download the application pack from our website which includes a full job description and a person specification.

Visit our website to access the application form.

Please note that CVs are not accepted.

For an informal and confidential discussion on the role or about any adjustments you might need, please email jobs@CHS.gov.scot