Community Connector
- Full time
- £25,000 – £29,000
- On site: North Lanarkshire Disability Forum, 41-42 Civic Square, Motherwell, ML1 1TP
- Closing 26th July 2024
- Advertised from 3rd July 2024
- (Equivalent to NHS Band 4 Pay Scale) 35 hours per week. Part time hours will be considered. 18months, with the possibility of a further 2-year extension.
Role
Role Purpose and Background
Community Solutions is an exciting, respected and effective partnership programme which supports community and voluntary organisations to improve people’s wellbeing, promote equality and provide support to vulnerable people across North Lanarkshire by:
• funding 6 locality host organisations to facilitate joint working at local level, including sharing information and good practice; identifying priority needs; managing allocation of small grants through a Locality Activity Fund and promoting other funds managed through the Community Solutions Programme
• funding over 200 local and/or NL-wide thematic projects on a wide range of issues including advocacy and self-directed support; carers support; children and young people; mental health and wellbeing
• supporting wider community engagement in the Community Solutions programme and health and social care integration
• promoting the Community Solutions values and approach to inform development of other health and social care services and, where appropriate, other services and initiatives that support wellbeing.
The Community Solutions programme was established in 2012 and now has recurrent annual funding of around £1.1 million from Health and Social Care North Lanarkshire (HSC-NL), plus additional funding from HSC-NL and other sources – with a current annual total of over £3 million.
With additional funding over the coming two years coming from:
• Health and Social Care North Lanarkshire Prevention and Early Intervention additional funding
• NHS Charities Together – Connecting Communities for Health: Investing in Lanarkshire’s Social Prescribing Network
• Macmillan Cancer Support – Improving the Cancer Journey (ICJ)
The Community Solutions programme is piloting a new Improving Lives Initiative (ILI). In addition to increasing the resources to support the Locality Hosts and increasing the funding to distribute through the Locality Activity Fund; the ILI will also establish a team of Community Connectors to provide support to people who would benefit from informal community-based support and help accessing formal statutory support should they need it. The Community Connectors will signpost people to community supports provided by Community and Voluntary Sector (CVS) Organisations and where appropriate link to statutory services such as Home Assessment Teams and Integrated Rehabilitation Teams.
The Community Connectors will be employed by North Lanarkshire Disability Forum (NLDF), which was established in 1991 by and for disabled people and their carers, and continue to be a user led organisation. NLDF provide up to date information on disability issues throughout North Lanarkshire. The ethos of NLDF is keeping people independent and in their home for as long as possible by empowering people with information, access to appropriate supports and ensuring they know their rights.
NLDF are keen collaborators within Health and Social Care supporting individuals and their carers to contribute to consultations that matter to them such as National Care Service, devolved benefit consultations through Social Security Scotland, Strategy guidance on Self-Directed Support (SDS), and more local issues around supports for people with Additional Support Needs (ASN) such as accessing Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).
NLDF currently has four projects providing practical supports around finances, social needs and carer breather sessions for people in North Lanarkshire to link into providing information, advice and wellbeing tools.
NLDF are Volunteer Friendly accredited and Living wage employers.
Application notes
An application pack is available for download below.
Closing date: 26th July.
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Senior Programme Officer
- Part time
- £30,000 – £32,000 pro-rata
- On site: North Lanarkshire Disability Forum, 41-42 Civic Square, Motherwell, ML1 1TP
- Closing 26th July 2024
The Senior Programme Officer will be employed by North Lanarkshire Disability Forum (NLDF), which was established in 1991 by and for disabled people and their carers, and continue to be a user led organisation. NLDF provide up to date information on disability issues throughout North Lanarkshire. The ethos of NLDF is keeping people independent and in their home for as long as possible by empowering people with information, access to appropriate supports and ensuring they know their rights.
NLDF are keen collaborators within Health and Social Care supporting individuals and their carers to contribute to consultations that matter to them such as National Care Service, devolved benefit consultations through Social Security Scotland, Strategy guidance on Self-Directed Support (SDS), and more local issues.
NLDF currently has three projects providing practical supports around finances, social needs and carer breather sessions for people in North Lanarkshire to link into providing information, advice and wellbeing tools.
NLDF are Volunteer Friendly accredited and Living wage employers.
For more information on us visit our website nldforum.org.uk
Enable Works is the largest employability and EDI service in Scotland, specialising in disability and health. As a senior leader at Enable Works you will be a critical part of a team whose mission is to deliver exceptional employability services for disabled people, and you will play a pivotal role in driving our organisational impact and reach forward.
Your role as Head of Partnerships will be to develop and deliver our strategic vision, navigate through a challenging but rewarding environment and lead the development of new and existing partnerships that support people who have barriers to work into well paid, high quality careers.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who has vision, energy and creativity to join our senior leadership team and create real impact
What will you do?
Strategic Planning
- Develop and execute strategic plans aligned with organisational goals and sector developments.
- Identify and evaluate potential partners
Market Analysis
- Develop a strong understanding of the employability skills and training sector, including market trends, competitor analysis and potential opportunities for expansion
- Relationship Building
- Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders including existing and potential partners, government agencies and grant giving organisations
- Negotiate and execute partnership agreements that deliver mutual value
Partnership Development
- Oversee the implementation of partnership programmes, Think creatively and identify innovative solutions to address challenges and differentiate our organisation in the market
- Collaborate with internal teams to design and launch innovative partnerships, monitor and evaluate the impact of partnerships programmes, ensuring they meet defined objectives and deliverables.
Bid and Tender Writing
- Lead in the development, writing and completion of compelling bids and tenders for contracts, grants and funding opportunities
You will be accountable for:
- Meeting growth expectations and income targets
- Leading and mentoring our regional partnership managers
- Fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture within our partnerships
- Supporting our management team to deliver on their growth targets
- Managing data and income to accurate track impact
- Development of research leading to new business
- Researching opportunities for growth of our flagship ''All in'' partnership model
- Managing your time efficiently
- Handling and storing information in line with Enable Works GDPR and data protection policy
- Reporting accurately on all developments as requested
Contribution to strategy:
- Staying up to date with policy landscape developments, identifying opportunities for growth in existing and new areas
- Working alongside Director to develop growth strategy which increases our reach and impact
- Having a positive and flexible response to change
- Collaboratively working across the team on department delivery
- Taking part in our regular staff get together and sharing your experiences, challenges and successes
About You
The Skills you will bring
- We really need you to have these
- Ability to develop and execute strategic development and growth plans
- Ability to bring partners on a journey with us, understanding their unique contributions and strengths, delivering on each organisations ambitions
- Ability to analyse data and policy developments recognising opportunities and identify areas to increase our reach and impact
- Ability to breakdown and understand tender requirements crafting persuasive partnership proposals that effectively showcase Enable Works and our partners capabilities and value proposition
- Strong bid and tender writing skills
- A natural, professional relationship builder
- Confident communicator with effective negotiation skills
- Strong leadership skills to motivate and inspire leaders across our wider team, foster collaboration and drive results
- Excellent attention to detail
- Ability to meet strict deadlines and manage competing priorities
- Financial acumen with a keen understanding of budget management to develop accurate to develop accurate financial forecasts
- Demonstrate track record of success in commercial development
- Professional presentation and personality
- IT literacy
- A natural, professional relationship builder
- A full drivers licence
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.
*Terms and Conditions Apply
Project Advisors x 2
- Full time
- £28,000
- Hybrid: Hybrid working between SCLD’s Glasgow Office, Homeworking and other SCLD project bases in Scotland
- Closing 22nd July 2024
Due to a significant period of change and growth for the charity, we’re looking to fill new posts.
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.
Employment Coordinator - Forth Valley
- Full time
- £27,990
- On site: All Locations Stirling & Forth Valley
- Closing 12th July 2024
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.
*Terms and Conditions Apply
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