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Practitioner- Young People Accommodations - Day/Night Shift
- Full time
- £26,574
- Edinburgh
- Closing 22nd September 2023
- Advertised from 8th September 2023
- 35 hours per week, between Monday and Sunday with hours determined by the Accommodation Services Rota
- Annual leave entitlement of 35 days, rising to 40 days upon completion of 5 years' service.
Role
About the Organisation:
Four Square Scotland is an Edinburgh charity that has been working for more than 40 years to prevent homelessness and promote inclusion. We provide services directly to people who are homeless or who are at risk of homelessness to overcome any barriers they may face in creating a stable life for themselves in their community. At the core of Four Square are the values upon which the organisation is based.
These are equally applied to the people we support, our colleagues and our partners and are: Integrity; Excellence; Dignity; Support.
Alongside our support services, we have social enterprises, which provide independent income for our charity as well as volunteering and training opportunities for those who use our services.
We are driven by our mission to ensure everyone has the opportunity to have a home and a place in their community.
The Role:
The role of Practitioner in is vital to help us achieve our aim of ensuring everyone has a home, a place in their community and a network of positive relationships that support them to build the life they want.
Practitioners recognise people’s strengths and work alongside them to build their confidence, self-efficacy, resilience, and motivation and help them feel safe and to heal from trauma they have experienced. Practitioners also support people to develop practical skills, maximise their income, develop healthier coping skills, problem solving skills, social skills, and employability skills that will assist them in creating the life they want.
This role will be within one of our women's accommodation services and will require shift working.
To be a Practitioner within Four Square, you will need:
- To be proactive, highly organised, a problem solver, have a positive outlook, be approachable, friendly, patient, and confident;
- Experience of working within a safeguarding framework working with vulnerable people who may have complex support needs;
- Proficiency using a range of IT tools to carry out your work, including using case management systems, Microsoft Office applications, the Internet and email;
- Strong personal and professional values that align with our organisational values of integrity, excellence, dignity, and support;
- Excellent interpersonal skills with people who use our services, colleagues, and partners;
- Good understanding of gender-based violence, homelessness, trauma, and adversity and how it impacts life outcomes;
- Apply trauma-informed approach
- Work in a people -centred way
- An understanding of benefits, housing processes and legislation;
- A commitment to individual supervision and appraisal processes and motivation to action the personal development plan;
- Membership of regulatory bodies required of the role and application of the codes and standards to their practice;
- Experience as a keyworker and commitment to undertaking all duties required of this role;
- Experience of completing case files to ensure they are up to date with clear and concise information;
- A commitment to learning and developing and putting knowledge and skills into practice;
- Regular attendance at reflective practice group sessions;
- Engagement in regular casework review meeting with the Senior Practitioner or Service Manager;
- Engaged in the wider organisation’s activities;
- Commitment to working in partnership with other organisations and professionals to support people;
- Honest, trustworthy and respectful to colleagues, people they support, partners, commissioners and all other stakeholders;
- Committed to excellence and engaging in improvement plans for the services and wider organisation;
- Keep up to date with and follow and apply policies and procedures, standards and codes of practice;
- Be creative in your approach to supporting people;
- Able to produce clear written communications in the form of case notes, reports, diary entries, and case studies timeously.
Requirements:
- Have SVQ 3 or equivalent as a minimum in a social care subject that allows registration with SSSC and meets the standards of the Care Inspectorate or be willing to work towards this;
- Commitment to learning and development;
- An understanding of the impact of homelessness, trauma, adversity, gender based violence, mental health, exclusion and isolation, offending, substance use, poor relationships on people;
- Coaching and motivating people who have experienced trauma and adversity;
- Assessment and support planning skills and use of outcome measurement tools;
- Working successfully in a team;
- Using IT systems and word processing packages;
- Following and applying policies and procedures, standards and codes of practice.
- Induction and core training programme relevant to the role;
- Regular support and supervision;
- Annual appraisal and CPD action plan;
- Engage in organisational review and development plans.
The Organisation’s Offer to Practitioners:
- Induction and core training programme relevant to the role;
- Regular support and supervision;
- Annual appraisal and CPD action plan;
- Opportunities to engage in Organisational review and development plans.
Application notes
Please send your CV and cover letter to olgak@foursquare.org.uk by 22/09/23. Please specify whether you are applying for a day or a night role.
Public Affairs and Press Manager
- Full time
- £33,587 – £38,275
- Edinburgh based with some travel across Scotland as required
- Closing 2nd October 2023
Are you an experienced communications professional with a passion for tackling social exclusion and homelessness in Scotland? Do you enjoy working with journalists to keep the stories that matter high on the political agenda? Could you persuade decision makers in Government, in Parliament and across the public sector that the time for action to tackle Scotland’s homelessness crisis is now?
If so, this role leading our public affairs and influencing work is for you.
About the role
You will achieve positive change in policy and practice regarding homelessness and social exclusion by engaging with decision makers on new legislation, including the Housing Bill, and lead our engagement with mainstream media.
This will include assimilating complex information and developing clear and impactful communications. You’ll collaborate with colleagues across our organisation and with others working across the sector.
About You
You will be an experienced communications professional who understands how Government and Parliament work, the process for legislation and the influence of the media in political decision making. You may not have worked in the homelessness sector before, but you will have a passion for systems change to end poverty and social exclusion and a strong track record of achieving positive change to policy and practice at a national level.
How we’ll support you
As part of the Relationships Team you’ll be supported by experienced colleagues who share your passion to tackle homelessness and its root causes. You’ll be supported by the Senior Relationships Manager and Director of Commercial and Trading, with the opportunity to work closely with colleagues across our Marketing and Communications Team and Senior Management Team. You will have the opportunity to attend training and networking events to deepen your knowledge of the issues surrounding homelessness and social exclusion and extend your professional network.
About us
At Cyrenians we tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness. We understand that there are many routes into homelessness, and that there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach to supporting people towards more positive and stable futures. That’s why all our work is values-led and relationships-based.
Read more about our values here.
Website: cyrenians.scot
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Housing Rights Worker – Money and Debt
- Full time
- £29,012
- Flexible working – North, East or West of Scotland
- Closing 1st October 2023
Do you have some experience of advice work, an understanding of money and debt support and a real desire to develop your knowledge within this field? Then join Shelter Scotland as a Housing Rights Worker – Money and Debt and you could soon be playing an important role in helping to build the financial resilience of people in Scotland with poor financial health.
About Shelter Scotland
A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet over a million people in Scotland struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change, with individuals, in communities, across society, and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.
At Shelter Scotland we are united by our purpose to defend the right to a safe home. Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. We believe that to win that fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement for change. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent.
We have committed to combat racism both within and outside Shelter Scotland and welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.
About the Team
We recently launched a new 3-year partnership with a leading UK bank, with a strategy centred on building the UK’s financial resilience. Together we aim to break the vicious cycles that leave people with poor financial health which may negatively impact their housing situation. The project aims to improve and challenge financial resilience by delivering specialist advice and intervention and gaining evidence and insight into the issues.
In our Community Team, we identify, investigate and intervene in housing and homelessness issues. We are engaged in our local communities to understand the housing issues people are facing, and we apply our expertise to work toward solutions. Lived experience of the housing emergency is at the heart of everything we do.
About the role
You’ll be responsible for providing money and debt advice, advocacy and casework to clients, including homelessness prevention and financial resilience. We’ll also rely on you to deliver housing and financial health/resilience workshops to a variety of audiences, including clients and their families, local professionals and volunteers
About you
To succeed, you’ll need to be used to working with, and influencing, a range of internal and external stakeholders and enjoy collaborating with people from other teams and organisations. You’ll also need great time management skills, an enthusiasm for delivering workshops and presentations and a willingness to challenge practice and hold people to account. Adept at engaging with individuals and communities, you enjoy gathering evidence and identifying insights, issues and trends. What’s more, you present information and arguments in a clear and compelling way and have excellent problem-solving skills. Proficiency using IT like Word, Excel, email, internet and in-house CRM systems is also required.
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 Scotland helps over half a million 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.
Youth Participation Lead
- Full time or Part time
- £27,653 – £30,380
- Various sites, office base Edinburgh or Falkirk
- Closing 3rd October 2023
If you are as passionate as we are about young people’s voices being at the heart of designing, developing and evaluating the services they access, and the decisions which affect them, then we would love to hear from you!
About the project
Our Youth Participation Lead forms part of our commitment to #KeepThePromise, and will work alongside young people and our staff teams to support our commitment to being Psychologically Informed in all aspects of our work.
About the role
You’ll be empowered to create innovative, inclusive opportunities to engage with young people individually and in groups, online and in-person. You’ll work directly alongside them to build their self-confidence, and create spaces for young people to tell us what they want, how we are doing, and what changes they want to see. Working within our Policy and Participation team, you will also amplify the voice of young people in our policy work.
About you
You will be an outgoing, pro-active and approachable person who enjoys working with young people. You will be committed to promoting inclusion and passionate about developing participatory and innovate ways of working.
How we will support you
You’ll be joining an organisation which values you and the knowledge, skills and experience which you bring. You’ll join a friendly team with a supportive line manager and you’ll have access to our Cyrenians’ learning and development programme, to help you to develop and learn in the role.
About Cyrenians
At Cyrenians we tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness. We understand that there are many routes into homelessness, and that there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach to supporting people towards more positive and stable futures. That’s why all our work is values-led and relationships-based.
Income Maximisation Worker
- Full time
- £30,380
- Edinburgh with some travel to other areas (hybrid working)
- Closing 18th October 2023
Are you passionate about homelessness and interested in developing a new service and approaches? Are you creative in your working approach?
If so, this new role working with people and in partnership with others may be the perfect opportunity for you.
About the role
This post is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund.
You will lead our income maximization work across the organization, working to make sure that the 10,000 Plus people we support each year are able to access the welfare benefits and financial support they are entitled to.
As well as providing some case work directly to those we support, you will train and support our staff teams so that they can effectively guide the clients they support.
About You
You will be a highly organised individual with a good eye for detail and an ability to engage people in understanding what can often be complex and frustrating processes. You will be committed to promoting inclusion, and will have experience of working with people with a broad range of life experiences.
How we’ll support you
You’ll be working independently with a supportive manager and a range of internal and external colleagues and partnerships. You will have access to wider Cyrenians support, including our learning and development programme, and staff wellbeing services.
About us
At Cyrenians we tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness by taking a values-led and relationships-based approach to delivering our services. You can find out more about our organisation and our impact online.
Our values
Compassion | Respect | Integrity | Innovation
Website: cyrenians.scot
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