The role of Practitioner in our women's services 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 them, 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 supporting women who. have experienced domestic abuse and other forms of gender-based violence and will require shift working.

About you:

• To be proactive, highly organised, a problem solver, have a positive outlook, be approachable, friendly, patient, confident.
• Experience of working within a safeguarding framework working with vulnerable people who may have complex support needs.
• Strong personal and professional values that align with our organisational values of integrity, excellence, dignity, and support.
• Good understanding of domestic abuse and other forms of gender-based violence, homelessness, trauma, and adversity and how it impacts life outcomes.
• A commitment to learning and developing and putting this into practice.
• A commitment to individual supervision and appraisal processes and motivated to action the personal development plans.
• 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 casefiles 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 engage 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.
• Proficiency using a range of IT tools to carry out your work, including using case management systems, Microsoft Office applications, the Internet and email.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with people who use our services, colleagues, and partners.
• Have a good standard of English and maths and able to produce clear written communications in the form of case notes, reports, diary entries, case studies timeously.

The Organisation’s benefits to Practitioners:

• 35 days holiday, rising to 40 after 5 years.
• Pension with People’s Pension (employees 3%; employers 5%)
• Access to advice and support through our Employee Assistance Programme
• 15% shop staff discount plus free delivery for items purchased in our furniture store.
• Access shop discount offers.
• 20% café discount (food and soft drinks)
• Access to a staff support fund to help with unexpected one-off costs.
• Free travel costs (up to £100) for the first month of employment for those joining from education or unemployment
• Involvement in Four Square’s strategy planning

BEFS Communications Lead will drive the communication activities of the organisation. Working closely with the Board, Director, and team, and communicating with our Member organisations, the post holder will be responsible for managing the breadth of the organisation’s (digital) communications channels. Adopting a proactive cross-sectoral approach, the post holder will play a key role in maintaining and raising BEFS profile with policy makers, the sector, and wider stakeholders.

Responsibilities, supported by the team, range from being the strategic lead for the organisation’s communications, to content creation and design.

In our 20th year we are seeking the right individual – with an excellent turn of phrase, and an eye for detail – to fit into a small, friendly team.

The Communications Lead will be involved in all aspects of BEFS newly funded NLHF project which develops BEFS governance, BEFS strategic framework development, BEFS equalities, diversity and inclusion (EDI) offer for the sector (and internal training) – as well as related events and workshops.

Person specification

Applicants should be confident communicators with strong written and inter-personal skills, and experience of using a wide range of communication methods (which have a focus on digital), including websites, social media, news releases, and press liaison.

Applicants should be able to demonstrate an understanding of the key issues affecting the existing and historic environment, with knowledge of the main players and lead organisations in the wider built environment sector.

This post will suit an experienced communications professional and is an ideal opportunity to gain valuable experience working for a national organisation.

If invited to interview, you will be asked to demonstrate how your experience meets the requirements of the post. We will look for evidence of past experience, and your approach to the key responsibilities outlined above.

This varied and challenging post requires an experienced person to visit, interview and assess practicing and retired registered nurses and midwives seeking financial assistance from the Fund.

Applications are invited from Qualified Individuals from Health or Social Care Sector, with a minimum of 5 years experience in that field. Applicants will have excellent communications skills, will be self motivated and be able to work on their own initiative. Experience of working in the community is essential.

Current driving licence is essential to carry out home visits throughout Scotland (vehicle can be supplied).

This is a home based post requiring a flexible working pattern and good computer skills.

Salary Range £45,833 pa (£22,000 pro rata) reviewed annually. Annual Leave to reflect part time hours.