Norton Park SCIO is a charity that supports the voluntary sector in Edinburgh to maximise its positive impact.

We provide high-quality, affordable office space, meeting rooms, and conference facilities for charities, and community groups in our historic buildings near Edinburgh's city centre. We also provide operational support to tenant charities based at Norton Park.

Twenty-one charities are based at Norton Park and over one hundred community and voluntary organisations host meetings and events in our conference centre.

Norton Park, a key resource for Edinburgh's community and voluntary sector, is launching an ambitious strategy to enhance services for tenants and community stakeholders.

Development Worker role

To help implement our new strategy, Norton Park SCIO is introducing a Development Worker role. This position will play a key part in creating an inclusive and vibrant community within our historic buildings.

The Development Worker will work closely with colleagues and tenant organisations to establish a programme of activities aimed at promoting learning and knowledge sharing, fostering collaboration, and encouraging social engagement within the community.

This is a part-time position averaging 12 hours per week: we anticipate weekly hours will fluctuate based on workload demands. To accommodate this, we will employ an annualised hours approach. We seek a pro-active, adaptable individual who thrives in a creative role and is willing to work flexibly to meet varying needs.

Further Information

See Job Description and person specification below.

If you would like further information please contact Keith Robertson, Chief Executive krobertson@nortonpark.org.uk N.B. Please contact before 4th of July 2024.

Community Energy Scotland is recruiting for a new post of Policy Manager. We are looking to recruit an energetic, well-organised and self-motivated individual to lead on CES’s policy and advocacy work. Training as required, personal development opportunities, and support will be provided by Community Energy Scotland.

PVG: This post requires membership of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme. Application will be processed for the successful candidate.

Space @ The Broomhouse Hub is a community anchor organisation supporting people and their families in South West Edinburgh, with some of our services stretching city wide.

WE BELIEVE THAT CONNECTIONS BUILD COMMUNITIES

Space delivers 22 projects, with around 70 staff and over 200 volunteers. We deliver diverse services supporting young people, families, older people and carers amongst others.

For more information about Space and all our projects can be found on our website – spacescot.org

The Role:

The main role of the Community Link Worker is to provide a person-centred service that is responsive to the needs and interests of a GP practice and its patients. This Community Link Worker position is based in the Tollcross Health Centre which encompasses the GP practices of Polwarth, Leven and Gilmore.

The Community Link Worker will support patients referred by the Primary Care teams to:

• Identify issues affecting their ability to live well
• Identify personal outcomes and priorities
• Provide a person centred approach to support patients to overcome barriers to achieving personal goals
• Link people to local and national services and agencies.

The Community Link Worker will support the GP practice teams to have increased knowledge and understanding of local and national resources available to their patients. They will also build relationships and processes between the GP practice and community resources, statutory organisations, other health services and voluntary organisations.

The post-holder must have experience of working with people who are facing complex social and emotional circumstances. They will also have excellent and effective interpersonal skills, being able to demonstrate an ability to work with people on a 1:1 basis as well as experience in networking and relationship building with other professionals and organisations.

The full job description and person specification can be found below.

About the Community Link Worker Programme:

The Community Links Worker programme, funded by EVOC and Edinburgh Health & Social Care Partnership, is delivered in partnership with GP Practices and the 3rd sector to support people to live well through strengthening connections between community resources and primary care.

This Community Link Worker post holder will be employed by Space @ The Broomhouse Hub and will be supervised and supported by Space Head of Community & Connections, and the Community Link Worker Network Area Lead for South Edinburgh, who will work together to ensure that the post holder is on track to meet outcomes prescribed by the Scottish Government and Edinburgh Integrated Joint Board.

This post will be based predominantly at Tollcross Health Centre with some possible home working and occasional visits to the Broomhouse Hub.

The main purpose of the role is to support our clients into employment, training and further education. Working closely with our training and recruitment departments you will assess clients’ needs, providing a person-centred approach to enable clients to move forwards through individual action plans. This is a role where you can really make a difference, building a partnership with your clients throughout their journey with ongoing reviews, giving clients access to our drop-in facilities for job search to the introduction of basic IT skills where appropriate. The role is varied; managing a case load you will have the opportunity to utilise your skills in a number of ways from interview coaching to supporting clients with applications, building confidence throughout the process to increase skills and job readiness.