Do you have experience of supporting bereaved children and adults? Do you have the ability to engage and work alongside families, volunteers and other professionals?

We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic person who has previous experience of delivering bereavement support to children, young people, adults and families to join our new bereavement team.

This is a unique opportunity for an experienced bereavement worker to take their development to the next level - supporting our bereavement co-ordinator to develop and deliver our bereavement service to meet the individual needs of family members across Scotland.

You will be an innovative and tenacious individual with a real team-working ethic who identifies with CHAS’s core values, vision and purpose.

Benefits

• Continuation of NHS pension scheme if you are an existing member
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Superb training, clinical and professional development
• Regular externally facilitated supervision sessions
• Employee assistance programme
• Opportunity to join Lothian Pension fund

The CHAS service:

• Two children’s hospices, Rachel House, Kinross and Robin House, Balloch.
• An Outreach Service providing support to children and families in their own homes, hospitals and communities across Scotland
• Co-partnership working with Scotland’s three children’s hospitals.

The job:

To work alongside colleagues in the bereavement team and family support team to deliver a range of evidence based, high quality supportive interventions, and bereavement programmes, to meet the individual needs of family members, through:

• Service delivery
• Service Development
• Leadership
• Volunteer Engagement

Are you an experienced bereavement co-ordinator with a passion for ensuring families receive the best possible bereavement care? Do you have experience of leading a team of staff and volunteers?

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly skilled practitioner who has significant experience of leading and delivering bereavement support interventions, working with volunteers and with external partners. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced bereavement co-ordinator to take their development to the next level – leading on the development and delivery of a new bereavement team, transforming the delivery of bereavement care to families across Scotland.

You will be an innovative and tenacious individual with a real team-working ethic who identifies with CHAS’s core values, vision and purpose.

Benefits

• Continuation of NHS pension scheme if you are an existing member
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Superb training, clinical and professional development
• Regular externally facilitated supervision sessions
• Employee assistance programme
• Opportunity to join Lothian Pension fund

The CHAS service:

• Two children’s hospices, Rachel House, Kinross and Robin House, Balloch.
• An Outreach Service providing support to children and families in their own homes, hospitals and communities across Scotland
• Co-partnership working with Scotland’s three children’s hospitals.

The job:

To co-ordinate the operational and strategic delivery of the CHAS bereavement service. The post holder will also develop a counselling and emotional support service for families, ensuring that all counselling services are delivered in line with the BACP code of ethical and professional conduct. This will be done through;

• Counselling
• Service Development
• Staff Leadership and Management
• Volunteer Engagement

About Town Break:

Town Break is a local charity that provides support to people with lived experience of dementia and their carers throughout Forth Valley.

We provide an array of services and activities that meet the needs and interests of the communities we support, providing opportunities for people to get out, have fun, socialise and build friendships. Our vision is to inspire and enable people across Forth Valley to live well with dementia.

The Role:

• To support the work of the Town Break team, providing high-quality information and administration.

• To be a central source of information and support to Town Break, developing good professional relationships and ensuring that they are at the heart of Town Break’s work.

• To support the administration of Town Break’s events.

• To develop, monitor and review systems and procedures to ensure maximum organisational effectiveness.

If you wish to make a significant, positive difference to older people’s lives and you are ready for a new challenge, we look forward to hearing from you!

A driving license is desirable for the role as it may involve some travel throughout Forth Valley.

VisionPK is a small charity offering support and services to people in Perth & Kinross who have sight or hearing loss.

We want to recruit an experienced Worker to develop, implement, facilitate and evaluate our new ‘Listen Up’ project, an ongoing programme of group activities, learning and support for people with hearing loss.

With at least 2 years community development experience, your experience will include working with older people, setting up and facilitating groups, recruiting and managing volunteers and using a strengths-based approach to your work. You will be enthusiastic, self-motivated, with excellent people and communication skills. You will also need to be flexible, open to change and fit well with our values.

This post is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund, the Gannochy Trust and the Hugh Fraser Foundation