Volunteer Progression Officer
- Full time
- £22,578 – £27,300
- Silverburn Park, Leven with occasional travel within Fife
- Closing 6th August 2023
- Advertised from 14th July 2023
- 35 hours per week. Contract Length: to end June 2024 with expectation to run to 31 March 2025, (subject to continuation funding). Annual Leave: 37 days per year including public holidays. Responsible to: Heart, Mind & Soul Project Manager.
- Annual Leave: 37 days (pro-rata) per year including public holidays
Role
Who are we
Heart, Mind & Soul is a volunteer project based at Silverburn Park in Leven. Volunteers give their time to help us maintain the Walled Garden and 27 acres of mixed woodland. They are vital to keeping Silverburn beautiful. In return they will learn new skills, enjoy socialising with each other and hopefully feel a sense of achievement, giving their time to their community. Tasks include the removal of invasive species and weeds, planting trees and shrubs, litter-picking and much more.
What’s the Job
As the Volunteer Progression Officer, you will be responsible for designing and executing a plan for helping volunteers move through their journey, rotating tasks, trying out new ones and stretching comfort zones. Working alongside a Gardener, who will organise and supervise practical tasks and volunteer sessions, the key areas of the overall programme are:
Delivering activities which will help implement the overall Park master-plan, Conservation Management Plan and Urban Woodland Management Plan supported by individual and group volunteers, peer supporters, local community members and partnership organisations.
Working closely with the Horticulture Project Lead, you will support volunteers in their progression towards qualifications through SQA, John Muir and other awards. You’ll help volunteers progress into employment, within Silverburn and more widely
More information about the job can be found in the job description.
Application notes
If this sounds like you then you can apply hereVPO Application
Closing date: 6th August 2023
What we offer
FEAT and HM&S foster a supportive and inclusive culture, where working as a team and helping each other to constantly improve is at our core.
We offer a comprehensive induction, ongoing training as well as weekly support and supervision. Ongoing training is part of the role where we offer a mixture of required training and personal development flexibility.
Organisationally we offer a competitive salary, pension and generous holiday allowance. FEAT are aDisability Confidentemployer and encourage applications from all members of the community including disabled applicants.
Whilst FEAT are a flexible employer, this role is based at Silverburn Park, with some volunteer meetings in the local community. The role allows a degree of autonomy and trust to achieve the best possible results for clients. On successful completion of probation, usually six months, we are happy to discuss other flexible work options.
Application Process
Before applying we recommend having a look at the below links to the HM&S pilotevaluation
We are also open to answering any questions about the role or the service in general. You can reach Martin McDonald, HM&S Project Lead by phone: 07736 901047 or martin@silverburnpark.co.uk, or Wendy People & Operations Lead by phone: 07736 901022 or wendy@feat.org.uk
We use a ‘seen interview’ which means, if invited we will provide you a list of the questions you will be asked prior to the interview to help you prepare fully and help what can be a stressful situation.
Thank you for taking the time to consider our job advert. Please let us know if there is anything we can help with and good luck in your application should you wish to go ahead.
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This is an exciting post to develop Lead Scotland Befriending Services to take forward our strategic ambition.
The successful applicant will:
- Work with the management team to extend our local projects and explore wider coverage of services.
- Lead
the development of:
- High-quality befriending opportunities, with links to our Learning Service.
- Online volunteer training resources/programmes.
- Enable more disabled people and carers to engage with befriending services which lead to a range of positive outcomes, including positive transition into learning services where appropriate.
- Manage befriending projects, contracts, and partnerships.
- Home-based in Fife to ensure close contact with our existing Befriending Services.
This post will suit someone who is passionate about the power of befriending services to reduce loneliness and isolation, and who has a track record of successfully managing people and projects.
You will need very good digital skills and excellent communication skills to balance a busy workload, supporting our strategic growth agenda and creating the conditions for staff and volunteers to flourish.
This post is home-based, with remote working generally focused on administrative aspects as there will be a significant element of leading the service through in-person partnership networking and team support/development. A satisfactory PVG will be required. Lead Scotland has a Recruiting People with Convictions Policy.
Lead has Disability Confident status, and we encourage applications from disabled people. All disabled people meeting the minimum requirements will get a guaranteed interview. Information about our commitment to recruit disabled people is available on our website. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this on your covering letter. This will in no way disadvantage you in the recruitment process. All job application information can be made in alternative formats on request including braille, large print and audio and people can make applications in alternative formats. Recruitment paperwork is kept for 6 months before it is destroyed. Please complete our anonymous equal opportunities form to help us ensure we are attracting a broad range of candidates.
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
- The drive, energy and commitment to support young people to gain an aspiration for work as they transition from school
- Ability to build relationships with employers to offer opportunities for our young people
- Ability to manage your own workload and prioritise as needed
- Confident communicator
- Strong attention to detail
- Professional presentation and personality
- Some knowledge of the local community
- Ability to work with people at any age who have challenging barriers to employment
- IT literacy
- Comfortable working towards targets
- A natural, professional relationship builder
- A full driving licence
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:
- Health cash plans providing a wide range of health benefits to help people cover the cost of their everyday health care.
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Season Ticket Loans
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.
Project Advisors x 2
- Full time or Part time
- £28,000
- Hybrid: Hybrid working between SCLD’s Glasgow Office, Homeworking and other SCLD project bases in Scotland
- Closing 7th October 2024
Due to a significant period of change and growth for the charity, we’re looking to fill new posts. SCLD are recruiting for:
1 x Full Time Equivalent Permanent Project Advisor 35 hours (Full time or part time applications welcome)
1 x Part-time (Fixed Term 1 Year) Project Advisor 21 hours
Please submit your application and specify the role that you are applying for and your preferred working hours.
The Project Advisor will work across SCLD’s projects and operational activity to create opportunities for co-production, meaningful engagement, and participation to ensure that people with learning disabilities are central to SCLD’s work.
The post holder will deliver co-production, participation, and engagement work with people with learning disabilities to ensure SCLD’s co-production and engagement work continues to be sector leading.
The post holder will be expected to meet the accessibility requirements for all group participants. This may be creating Easy Read information, video or audio files etc.
The post holder must have effective communication and organisation skills and experience of supporting people with learning disabilities to contribute individually and in group settings.
About SCLD:
The Scottish Commission for People with Learning Disabilities (SCLD) vision is of a fairer Scotland where people with learning disabilities live full, safe, loving, and equal lives.
SCLD is a human rights defender organisation and aims to make a significant contribution to systems and culture change across Scotland to
ensure people with learning disabilities are empowered to live the life they choose.
People with learning disabilities drive the charity’s work and are at the heart of all design and delivery.
Our key aims:
- People with learning disabilities champion and defend their own and other people's human rights and lead the work to improve policy, practice, and legislation.
- People with learning disabilities are confident about what they can achieve and use their voices to lead, participate and influence change.
- Practitioners and service providers learn from shared experiences, resulting in improved practice and services informed by human rights standards, data, and evidence.
Are you looking to make that step up the ladder in social care? Visualise Scotland, an Edinburgh and East Lothian based organisation, are recruiting for a Senior Support Worker to join our Housing Support services. We are looking for committed, determined people who are caring and passionate in what they do. If you have an SVQ 2/3 or an HNC (or equivalent) in Health & Social Care and at least one year experience supporting profoundly disabled people, this could be the job for you.
In exchange for your motivation, commitment, and care, we pay £28,782.00 per annum and provide excellent training and development opportunities.
We are seeking people with inclusive and caring values, to support amazing people who may have a sensory, learning, or physical disability to lead fulfilling and rewarding lives. You would be working with our service management team to ensure that people who use our services are provided with the highest quality of care. You will be based in one service, and you will be line managed by a Service Manager. This role also involves on-call responsibilities.
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Sick pay
- BHSF Rise- Free Confidential Advice and Support
- AIG Smart Health- Mental Health Support and Access to GP 24/7
- Hospital Saturday Fund- Contributory Scheme that covers Optical and Dental Expenditure, Physiotherapy, Hospital Stays and surgery.
Experience:
- supervisory: 1 year (required)
Licence/Certification:
- SVQ 2/3 or HNC (or equivalent) in Health & Social Care (required)
Work Location: In person
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