We have an exciting and unique role for the right person to join our Community Initiatives Team at Southside Housing Association. We are a friendly, welcoming, forward-thinking organisation where innovation, flexibility and positive communication is embraced. Our focus is on quality of service and helping others.

This role offers an excellent opportunity for innovative and creative working, built around community strengths and partnership working. Our community work focuses on supporting our tenants and communities with health, well-being, and social needs, through the organisation, development, and delivery of a range of community programmes and initiatives. The team is built on working with and developing volunteers to enable groups and projects to be shaped and facilitated by local people.

The successful applicant will be motivated, solution focussed and have strong organisational, team working and interpersonal skills.

This position offers a fantastic opportunity for the right person to join an innovative team, be creative and use and develop community work skills and experience.

In today’s environment, the ability to work in a changing environment with competing pressures is necessary, and the successful candidate will be a team player with a problem solving attitude and the desire to learn new things while ensuring that our customers receive the best possible service.

Please note that the days and times of work are open to discussion. If you would like to discuss this further before applying, please contact Shahnaz Shakoor (Housing Manager) on 0141 422 4802 (Ext 240).

We are looking for an experienced individual to fill an exciting role within our North Maintenance & Homeworks Team.

Cairn Housing Group require a Repairs Administrator to provide efficient and effective Customer Care and Administration Support to Cairn Housing Groups North repairs, maintenance and void services. Liaise with customers in a helpful and friendly manner ensuring a high level of customer satisfaction. Key duties and responsibilities include delivering an effective day to day service within the (team) to provide excellent customer service, understanding customers to diagnose what repairs are required and assisting on the maintenance of Partnership working across the Group to ensure collaborative working and consistency of Service.

The successful applicant should hold a recognised Administration/Repairs qualification or 2 years’ experience working in an admin role with experience of repairs and maintenance and experience working within an office environment and part of a busy team.

A Basic Disclosure Scotland check is required for this post.

We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity to join the Phoenix Futures Glasgow based Housing Services, in our new position of Living Skills Worker.

If you are looking for an organisation that values your energy, ideas and passion we’d like to speak to you. As a specialist addiction recovery charity and housing association, we have developed considerable expertise in the provision of housing to support our clients at all stages of their recovery. You will ideally have a background in housing, homelessness, addictions or a related field and have experience of working with multiple stakeholders to deliver outstanding services that meet local needs. In return for your commitment, we offer a generous salary and benefits package and flexible working.

About You

Are you ready to make a profound impact on people's lives? We're seeking an extraordinary person to support the success of our new residential rehab service. Your experience should include:

• SVQ level 3 or above compliant or equivalent qualification, or completion/willingness to complete an agreed number of modules in your probationary period
• Commitment to on-going learning and development
• Relevant experience of work in the field of substance use or other comparable field
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as being able to present practical living skills
• Actively demonstrate the values and beliefs of the organisation

Your Rewards

• Opportunity for pay increments on appraisal meaning salary can increase to £28, 500
• Benefits including season ticket loan, pension scheme and life assurance
• Support through occupational sick pay, eye-care vouchers and regular wellbeing talks and activities
• Continuous training and career development via PXL our dedicated learning management system
• Access to a 24/7 Employee Assistance programme including telephone and online access

The Role

You will support individuals to sustain and maintain their recovery and support with re-integration into the wider community by facilitating 1:1 and groupwork. You will assist individuals in developing their own skills, including tenancy sustainment and practical living skills, in the next stage of their treatment and to resettle within the local community and society. This will also include working as part of a team to provide quality accommodation and support services for vulnerable adults within a safe and secure environment. Additionally, you will be the lead with the Recovery Through Nature (RTN) programme within the service, supporting all RTN work within Glasgow.

As well as supporting the individuals in our services you will support family members and loved ones of the individuals that access the service and assist and facilitate family support groups for those that are accessing Phoenix services.

The Glasgow Housing service currently provides ongoing aftercare support for individuals on completion of a range of residential rehabilitation stays, and therefore you will assist all clients in sustaining long-term recovery.

The Service

Our Glasgow Housing Service is a supported accommodation consisting of 10 flats, housing up to 16 individuals. All our residents have completed a residential rehabilitation programme prior to entering the service. Tenancy sustainment skills and maintaining their recovery is at the forefront of what the service provides. Residents will stay at the service for up to 6 months in preparation for moving to their own tenancy and living independently. We also provide an aftercare service to ensure the transition of moving into their own house is a smooth as possible and the individual continues to receive the support they need.

About Phoenix Futures

Phoenix Futures Group is a charity with over 50 years’ experience and a leading provider of drug and alcohol treatment.

Our values are what define us and ensure we work to the highest standards. We believe in being the best, we are passionate about recovery, we value our history and use it to inform our future.

We work with local authorities, other charities and service providers across the country to deliver innovative programmes and projects that change lives for the better, setting people on the path to health and emotional wellbeing.

We provide a diverse range of services, our expertise in psychosocial treatment and support is the common thread that runs through everything we do. People need psychological interventions, social support, meaningful use of time, sense of purpose and a place of safety to sustain their recovery. At our core, we support people, families and communities to recover from drug and alcohol dependency.