Support Co-ordinator - Maternity Cover
- Full time
- £25,152
- Central Scotland & Fife · Stirling
- Closing 22nd February 2023
- Advertised from 13th February 2023
Role
Victim Support Scotland – Empowering 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
This is an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Support Co-ordinator , working 35 hours per week. This is a fixed term contract covering a period of maternity leave.
Reporting directly to a Locality Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring, within your Service(s), that VSS’s local service development and delivery plan is being implemented within your geographical area(s). Service delivery is provided by a team of skilled and knowledgeable volunteers, you will be responsible for planning their deployment to ensure that the service delivered meets the desired outcomes of victims and witnesses of crime, our service users. Responsible for all aspects of a volunteer engagement with VSS at your services, including recruitment, induction, learning and development, ongoing performance management and support. Contributing to business planning and co-ordination ensuring that continuous learning takes place to monitor that the outcomes of service users are being met. Primary location Stirling Court, however you will be expected to cover all areas of Central Scotland and Fife.
If you are looking for a role with a purpose, where you can really make a difference, then this may be the role for you.
What you’ll need to be successful
Qualifications
- Demonstrable experience in a similar role.
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
Skills/Abilities
- Ability to plan and organise complex workload with shifting deadlines in order to meet specific targets, ensuring quality output.
- Effective leadership style, able to build confidence, motivate and improve performance.
- Ability to deliver change using a range of influencing, negotiation, facilitation and process skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills, along with the ability and confidence to provide advice and guidance to build positive working relationships.
- Demonstrate digital approaches to your area of work.
- Ability to think in innovative ways and skilled at problem solving.
- Strong and demonstrable focus on delivering outcomes for service users.
- Analytical skills – must be able to understand, collect, analyse, report and present data.
- Ability to prepare, manage and monitor budgets and resources.
Experience
- Over 2 years’ experience of managing staff and/or volunteers.
- Experience of staff/volunteer deployment using rotas and/or other shifts patterns.
- Experience in influencing, communicating and working collaboratively.
Knowledge
- Good working knowledge of the voluntary/charitable sector in the Scotland.
- Knowledge of working with partnerships.
- Willing to undertake statutory training as required by VSS.
- Knowledge of VSS and the work we undertake.
Behaviours
- Highly self-motivated with effective leadership style and a self-managing “can do” attitude.
- Determination and willingness to take on new challenges and responsibilities.
- Willing to challenge stereotyping, prejudice, discrimination and bias.
- Ability to cope with rapid and sustained change and competing demands
- Honesty and integrity.
- Strong approach to performance management with the ability to define and measure outcomes of success.
- Ability to think of a vision for the future organisation.
- Willingness to travel to other areas within your locality.
- Willing to be flexible in working hours.
Application notes
To find out more and apply please visit our website
Closing date – 22nd February 2023.
Interview date - Panel interviews will be held on 3rd March 2023 at Community Office, Falkirk Business Hub, 45 Vicar Street, Falkirk, FK1 1LL
Women’s Services Worker (Female Only*)
- Full time
- £28,260 – £31,282
- On site: Co-located in Patons Building, Alloa, Clackmannanshire
- Closing 23rd August 2024
Help us to make a difference!
Sacro’s mission is to deliver life-changing services that empower people, give hope and protection, and help to build safe communities.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the early interventions introduced by Clackmannanshire Councils Justice Hub aimed at addressing Domestic Abuse. This multi-disciplinary team works in partnership with Clackmannanshire’s Violence Against Women and Girls and Community Justice Partnerships, providing support on a voluntary basis for those affected by Domestic Abuse.
Space is a co-production partnership between Sacro, Clackmannanshire Justice Services and Clackmannanshire Housing Service. Safe Space will provide early intervention support to females who’s partners have behaved abusively towards them.
This is a transformational role and the successful candidate will split their time between:
- Working closely with Clackmannanshire Housing Service supporting women where domestic abuse is an issue and to achieve secure and sustainable housing outcomes, including support to retain their own home where that is the preferred outcome
- Providing support for female victims of domestic abuse whose partners/ex-partners are being assessed for, or are attending, the Caledonian group
- Supporting women who are referred in via one of our three Early Intervention pilot projects (STRIVE and Non Court Mandated Caledonian and men’s self-referral phone line)
- To work collaboratively as part of a multi disciplinary, multi agency hub to provide a wrap around service for women referred to Safe Space
Successful candidates will undertake the suite of Caledonian training necessary to undertaking all aspects of the role. This training will take please over the coming months.
Support will include:
- Providing information, support and safety planning to all women who are referred appropriately to the service. This will in most cases involve working closely with them in a variety of settings including their own homes
- Conduct risk assessments and needs assessments
- Liaise with agencies and work to a multi agency model in order to contribute effectively to the safety of women and their children
The successful candidate will be co-located with the Clackmannanshire Justice Team – two days of which will be within the Housing Support Service.
Applicants are required to have a working knowledge and understanding of domestic abuse and will involve delivering a service tailored to the needs of women surviving domestic abuse. Experience of working in this area, the ability to work on one’s own initiative and to work in partnership is desirable. Good communication and organisational skills are required as well as risk assessment and management skills.
Applicants should be educated to at least a Higher National Certificate level or hold a SVQ 3 in a relevant subject, such as Social Care.
The post holder will work with statutory and non-statutory agencies and partners. They will also receive specialist training and ongoing supervision for this role. The post requires hours to be worked flexibly and will include some evening work.
We are looking to recruit a passionate, committed person, with experience of working with young people and adults to join our team join our team as a Navigator supporting individuals away from violence.
In this equally challenging and rewarding role you will have the opportunity to be a stabilising influence on young people & adults and walk alongside them as they create healthier, safer lives.
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Legal Services Agency (LSA) are seeking an experienced Finance Assistant to join our Finance team.
LSA is one of Scotland’s largest Law Centres. Through its solicitors and other staff, operating as Brown & Co. Legal LLP, LSA has a 30-year legacy of serving individuals, families and communities across Scotland, addressing unmet legal need and the effects of poverty, disadvantage and discrimination. LSA’s legal service has developed pioneering legal remedies through test cases and campaigns on issues such as dampness, housing repair and evictions, Criminal Injuries Compensation, mental health law and asylum and immigration law. LSA also delivers a wide range of seminars and training programmes and publications on legal themes.
We provide high-quality legal advice, assistance and representation in areas of housing law, preventing homelessness, mental health, discrimination, welfare benefits and social security, community care, criminal injuries compensation and employment law.
The work is rewarding, and the expertise of the Service is highly regarded and nationally recognised. The post offers scope to develop your skills through LSA’s in-house training seminars.
About you
You will have experience in undertaking day to day responsibilities in maintaining accurate financial records and undertaking bank reconciliations to audit standards. Working with the Finance Manager, you will have experience of assisting in preparing financial reports and budgeting. You will be able to assist in communicating with the wider team to progress and resolve matters falling in the remit of the Finance Department. You will be a team player and will be flexible in taking on a variety of tasks.
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To be responsible for the Supervision and Direction of Support staff across 3 sites, maintaining an overview of (and compliance with) established service delivery procedures.
PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- To assist the Operations Manager manage the execution of all passenger transport requests and other support services.
- To Manage, support and supervise staff of multiple disciplines.
- To identify ongoing training needs and support for all team members
- To ensure the effective maintenance and delivery of support services.
- To co-ordinate forward planning of all service and support activities
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