The Playleader will assist in implementing the organisation’s innovative childcare service. While ensuring that the Quality and Implementation of Gingerbread’s after-school club delivers childcare at the highest standard and in keeping with all local and national requirements.

Every day people with chest, heart and stroke conditions are leaving hospital scared and alone. You can be part of our mission to make sure that there is no life half lived in Scotland.

By joining Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) as a Community Support Services Coordinator you can be the difference between people just surviving and really living.

You will be part of Scotland’s leading health charity providing support to people with chest, heart and stroke conditions and Long Covid to live life to the full again. Our Community Healthcare Support Service provides access to a range of supported self management and community recovery services to support people across Scotland to manage their health as well as possible and adjust to life after a diagnosis of a chest or heart condition or after a stroke.

The Coordinator plays a vital role in delivering Community Support services across the Lothian area for people living with chest, heart, and stroke conditions, as well as Long Covid.

They are responsible for leading a high-quality, person-centred service that empowers individuals to build confidence, manage their condition, and work towards their own goals. This includes the recruitment, retention, and line management of volunteers who provide goal-oriented and time-limited support, helping people take positive steps towards greater independence and self-management.

The Coordinator will also develop strong local connections and a detailed community map to support effective signposting, ensuring people can access the right support at the right time.

CHSS employees enjoy a variety of organisational benefits including: Company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance, company sick pay, employee welfare support and life assurance.

CHSS also supports flexible recruitment through Working Families and we are “Happy to Talk Flexible Working”.

In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a PVGcheck. CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. We therefore aim to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.

About Prostate Scotland

At Prostate Scotland, we are dedicated to support men across Scotland in their prostate health journey. Nearly 1 in 2 men in Scotland will be affected by prostate disease at some stage of their lives and 1 in 10 are likely to develop prostate cancer.

Our mission is to inform, educate, support, campaign, and advance on prostate disease in Scotland.

Purpose of Job

The Information Co-ordinator is responsible for ensuring that accurate, clear, and accessible information is produced, maintained, and disseminated by the charity. This role involves:

• creating a range of printed and digital information materials and tools for men, their families, healthcare professionals and the public,
• collaborating with medical specialists including consultants, GPs, and allied health professionals to ensure content is evidence-based and clinically accurate.
• coordinating and managing the PAGES committee, including organising quarterly meetings, preparing agendas and documentation, and overseeing follow-up actions.
• ensuring the charity’s information is compliant with regulatory and accessibility standards and is effectively shared with relevant stakeholders.

The Information Co-ordinator plays a key role in supporting the charity’s mission by providing authoritative, respected, accessible, and high-quality information that empowers service users, supports clinical professionals, and raises awareness.

To work within Crew’s Counselling Team providing trauma-informed drug counselling and a range of psychosocial interventions to support people wishing to address their consumption of psychostimulant drugs and other substances. To reduce harm and the incidence of physical and mental health problems associated with the consumption of psychostimulant drugs. Some counselling may be by telephone or the NHS Attend Anywhere secure platform.

Major Activities and Responsibilities:

• To provide trauma-informed drug counselling and evidence-based psychosocial interventions to support clients who wish to address their consumption of psychostimulant drugs and other substances.
• To take on a complex client caseload and work collaboratively with supervising psychologist to support clients presenting with underlying trauma and/or mental health difficulties and problematic substance consumption.
• To co-ordinate additional support and signpost clients who would benefit from specialist support by liaising with relevant services.
• To commit to working in a trauma-informed way and to undertake any further training to meet this requirement.
• To organise own case load and co-ordinate counselling and other appointments.
• To provide assessment appointments for clients entering the service and recovery-oriented support sessions for clients on the waiting list if and when required.
• To work constructively and supportively with the Crew Counselling Team.
• To contribute to the monitoring, evaluation and on-going development of the service.
• To liaise with other agencies and stakeholders if and when required.
• To undertake any other duties as requested by the Crew Counselling Coordinator or CEO

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