Do you want to make a difference to our children and young people?

Do you believe that every one of Scotland’s children and young people deserve the chance to flourish?

If so, this is the post for YOU!

About Aberlour Glasgow Intensive Family Support Service (IFSS)(City Wide)…

Aberlour will be working in partnership with the Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership and other Third Sector providers to promote the wellbeing of children and young people by offering caring and responsive support, something which is now needed more than ever as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. Aberlour Glasgow Intensive Family Support will deliver the support families need, when they need it. The aim of the service is to ensure that children and young people can continue to flourish at home, at school and in their local community.

What we are looking for....

We are looking to recruit a Family Support Worker, working 26.25 hours per week, you will work directly with families to nurture relationships, build on existing strengths and interests, help children and families build skills and confidence and strengthen community connections. You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team that works for a period of up to 12 months with families to support and enable positive change and improve outcomes. Our ambition is to help children, young people and families feel safe, confident, capable, and included, offering support when it is needed, including evenings and weekends. We believe in working alongside families, empowering them to lead positive change in their own lives.

We are looking for candidates who are experienced in working alongside vulnerable families to assess strengths and needs as well as plan, deliver and evaluate interventions and strategies which enable families to thrive. You will have experience of child and adult protection issues. Experience of working within other childcare settings such as Residential Child Care will be considered.

You must share our vision that collaborative working and relationship based early intervention is the best option for children and families who are feeling overwhelmed or excluded. Ideally you will hold a relevant professional qualification at SCQF level 7 or above, together with relevant experience of working directly with children or young people and their families. Not afraid to test new ways of working, you will bring a fresh, caring, and collaborative approach which recognises strengths and responds empathically to the needs of children, young people, and their families – this will include early mornings, evenings, and weekends.

To succeed in this role, you will need to work flexibly within a variety of locations across Glasgow City, including family homes, schools, and community settings.

At Aberlour we want to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team. Have a look at our values to understand more about what we are looking for from our employees.

What we offer...

As well as a supportive team and excellent training opportunities, we want all our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, an excellent employer pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts across various retailers. Find out more about our Employee Benefits and our commitment to Equality and Diversity

This role is responsible for coordinating, monitoring and managing operational activities and service delivery for Bikes for Refugees (Scotland) and its two community Hubs in the West and East of Scotland. Supported by the CEO and the board of trustees, you will work on a variety of tasks and projects, including staff management, support and supervision; volunteer co-ordination and support; risk management; health & safety; implementation of policy and procedures; recruitment and induction; supporting the monitoring of expenditure and budgets; providing reports; project monitoring and evaluation; partnership working, and engaging with refugees and asylum seekers in the delivery of activities.

The post holder will be expected to maintain an excellent working knowledge of Bikes for Refugees (Scotland) programmes, policies, systems and procedures, particularly in relation to health and safety as the designated H&S officer.

You will maintain good working relationships with a variety of external stakeholders and partners.

You will be expected to travel between community hubs (Glasgow and Edinburgh) on a regular basis in the management and support of staff, overseeing of health and safety, and implementation and monitoring of activities. As Glasgow is our largest community hub with staffing, volunteers and demand for bikes you will be expected to be based in Glasgow at least 3 to 4 days per week.

If you are passionate about bikes and cycling; are an experienced people manager; have an interest in project coordination and development, and supporting disadvantaged groups, then this could be the job for you.

Do you want to make a difference to our children and young people?

Do you believe that every one of Scotland’s children and young people deserve the chance to flourish?

If so, this is the post for YOU!

About Aberlour Early Intervention Family Support Service Glasgow…

Our Aberlour Early Intervention Family Support Service, based in Glasgow will work in partnership with children and young people (aged 12 years and under) and their families to develop relationship-based, strengths-focused whole family support.

What we are looking for....

We are looking to recruit Family Support Workers, working 21 hours per week. As a Family Support Worker you will develop a person-centred working relationship with your families, based on a model of ‘VOICE, VALIDATION and HOPE’. As a Family Support Worker, you will work directly with families to build on their existing strengths and interests, help children and families build skills and confidence and strengthen community connections. Our ambition is to help children, young people and families feel safe, confident, capable, and included, offering support when it is needed, including evenings and weekends. We believe in working alongside families, empowering them to lead positive change in their own lives in a variety of settings including family homes, schools, and within the community.

We are looking for candidates who are experienced in working alongside vulnerable families to assess strengths and needs as well as plan, deliver and evaluate interventions and strategies which enable families to thrive. You will have experience of child and adult protection issues and of working with children, young people and parents/carers affected by domestic abuse, mental health and/or substance misuse. You must share our vision that collaborative working and relationship based early intervention is the best option for children and families who are feeling overwhelmed or excluded.

Ideally you will hold a relevant professional qualification at SCQF level 7 or above, together with relevant experience of working directly with children or young people and their families.

Not afraid to test new ways of working, you will bring a fresh, caring, and collaborative approach which recognises strengths and responds empathically to the needs of children, young people, and their families – this will include early mornings, evenings, and weekend work.

At Aberlour we want to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team. Have a look at our values to understand more about what we are looking for from our employees.

What we offer...

As well as a supportive team and excellent training opportunities, we want all our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, an excellent employer pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts across various retailers. Find out more about our Employee Benefits and our commitment to Equality and Diversity

Step Forward to End Homelessness

Turning Point Scotland is one of Scotland’s leading Social Care developer and providers. Our work within Homelessness and Prevention is pioneering, from implementing the UK’s first Housing First service in 2010 toward our current innovation of developing a Whole System Approach to ending and preventing Homelessness.

We want to affect policy and systems as well as developing new and innovative service provision. To help us achieve our goals, we have created this permanent full-time post.

This is a rare and exciting opportunity to join Turning Point Scotland in a key strategic role.

About the Role

The main responsibilities will be to:

• Assist on the co-ordination of the Homelessness forum, delivering on an agreed action plan

• Assist with the co-ordination and delivery of the Homelessness and Prevention forum, delivering on an agreed action plan

• Enact on agreed Stakeholder engagement plan on behalf of the Head of Homelessness and deputising for them at key meetings / partnerships

• Operationalise non-service specific developments within TPS and ensure continued management / oversight of them

• Lead on agreed / delegated practice developments within TPS, nationally and internationally

• Keep abreast of the evidence base, best practice and the policy landscape in relation to homelessness and prevention, and work closely with our Policy and Business Development Officers to inform and support our work to shape and influence external policy and practice

About You

As our Practice and Innovation Lead, you will deliver our vision of Homelessness being seen as a Health and Social Care issue, imbedded within Health and Social Care Partnerships, and integrated as part of a whole system approach. You will be working closely with Head of Homelessness and will work across the different care groups and social issues where TPS deliver services across., Alcohol and Other Drugs, Justice, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities.

You will operationalise new developments identified within the organisation. This will include new projects to help meet our goals, influencing policy, developing position statements, and developing best practice across our services, nationally and internationally

You will have an awareness of the current social policy relating to homelessness and prevention and effected political systems. Ideally have with success in writing briefings or papers and addressing informed and influential audiences.

Engage and lead on work internally and externally across Scotland, UK, and Europe. This will include interpreting, analysing, and acting on key policy matters. With the ability to think creatively, network successfully, form positive relationships and work in collaboration with others.

Travel across Scotland to our Services and attend meetings at our main office in Glasgow is required.

If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team.

To have a look at our values to understand more about what we are looking for from our employees find out more on our website turningpointscotland.com.

Turning Point Scotland offers a Salary Matching opportunity within the pay points of the role.