Every day people with chest, heart and stroke conditions are leaving hospital scared and alone. You can be part of our mission to make sure that there is no life half lived in Scotland.

By joining Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) as Policy and Campaigns Officer you can be the difference between people just surviving and really living.

You will be part of Scotland’s leading charity providing support to people with chest, heart and stroke conditions to live life to the full again. Our Community Healthcare support service is a supported self-management and community recovery model that aims to boost the health and wellbeing of the one in five people living with a chest, heart, stroke or Long Covid condition in Scotland.

We work in partnership with NHS Health boards across Scotland, helping provide better care for people who need it most.

The Policy and Campaigns officer supports our Policy and Campaigns manager and the Head of External Engagement to deliver government and parliamentary focused engagement work. You’ll advocate for access to our Community Healthcare Support Service and supported self management, support our Right to Rehab campaign, promote integrated NHS referrals and the role of third sector health organisations in the National Care Service, and work with partners across the public, private and third sectors to ensure there is No Life Half Lived in Scotland following the diagnosis of one of our conditions.

CHSS employees enjoy a variety of organisational benefits including: Company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance, company sick pay, employee welfare support and life assurance.

CHSS also supports flexible recruitment through Working Families and we are “Happy to Talk Flexible Working”.

In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a Basic Disclosure check. CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. We therefore aim to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.

Every day people with chest, heart and stroke conditions are leaving hospital scared and alone. You can be part of our mission to make sure that there is no life half lived in Scotland.

By joining Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) as an Assistant Shop Manager you can be the difference between people just surviving and really living.

You will be part of Scotland’s leading health charity providing support to people with chest, heart and stroke conditions and Long Covid to live life to the full again. Our Community Healthcare Support Service provides access to a range of supported self management and community recovery services to support people across Scotland to manage their health as well as possible and adjust to life after a diagnosis of a chest or heart condition or after a stroke.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Assistant Shop Manager for the Drumchapel store. You’d be responsible for leading a team to engage with the community to deliver the set Key Performance Indicators. You will have the autonomy to be innovative in achieving your targets.

CHSS employees enjoy a variety of organisational benefits including: Company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance, company sick pay, employee welfare support and life assurance.

CHSS also supports flexible recruitment through Working Families and we are “Happy to Talk Flexible Working”.

In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a Basic Disclosure check. CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. We therefore aim to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.

Department: Retail

Care Support Scotland

We are a charity with decades of experience supporting people across Scotland, providing those who need us with support that ranges from Mental Health, Learning Disability and Neurodiversity, Youth and Adult homelessness and Older People services.

Why work with us?

We have the following benefits to help attract and retain the best talent, ensuring we provide high quality care to those we support, this includes:

• 6% employer pension contribution
• Death in benefit cover (2 times salary)
• Enhanced Sick Pay
• Fully funded qualifications
• Career development and progression opportunities

Who we are looking for:

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of others through Positive Behaviour Support and Trauma-Informed Practice? Care Support Scotland is looking for a dynamic individual with a proven track record in social care to lead and inspire our team.

The ideal candidate will have prior experience as a registered manager of an adult social care service, along with expertise in staff management and service development. Strong ICT skills and the ability to articulate and implement service improvements are essential.

Join us in our commitment to promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion. We seek someone dedicated to our mission and values, who can bring innovative ideas for service delivery, staff development, and business development. If you have the experience and drive to support and expertly supervise our talented team while enhancing service delivery, we want to hear from you. Be a part of something meaningful and help us grow and develop our services to better serve our community across Edinburgh and the Lothians.

Responsibilities of the Service Manager include:

(please read the full job description attached for more information on the role)

Service Delivery

• Offer and maintain a comprehensive, procedurally correct, high standard and forward-thinking service, which meets health and social care standards requirements; Provide vision, creativity and a multi-disciplinary approach to service delivery. Manage the selection process for all applicants, supervise the management of each tenancy support / care package’s delivery ensuring collaboration with all relevant parties and facilitate regular reviews;

Service Management

• In collaboration with finance team, ensure the Service’s invoice management is timeous and effective. Ensure all support delivery provided by staff, including direct support, indirect support, group work, cancelled support, travel, third party notes and telephone calls is accounted for administratively and systematically. Ensure the provision of support is monitored, analysed and reported on a weekly basis, and that any contract variations are reported timeously.

Participation and Integration

• Facilitate the people you support lifestyle choices, rights and communication needs. Develop participatory methods to enable the opportunity for people we support to be involved in the overview, development, and evaluation of their Service and Care Support Scotland. Enable access to independent advocates

Service Development

• Develop services in partnership with the Developments Team by pursuing local growth through Spot Purchase of non-core care at home and supporting people, trusts / grants or block grant. Support and lead key elements of service development, this could include the opening of new services, or the expansion of current services.

Staff Management

• Manage, lead and motivate staff by ensuring an innovative and dynamic support service; Work in partnership with People and Culture to ensure best practice in the application of people policies and in leadership add management. Facilitate training that is either statutorily required or required to ensure the positive development of staff.

Essential Skills and Attributes:

• A relevant practice qualification (at least SCQF level 9 or above) recognised by the SSSC, in the category of managers of a Housing Support Service
• A relevant management qualification (SCQF level 9 or 10) recognised by the SSSC, in the category of managers of a Housing Support Service.

Additional Notes:

Shift work, weekend work and sleepovers may be a requirement of this role, sleepovers attract an additional payment. Flexible working arrangements are also available. These can be discussed at your interview.

PVG scheme membership and SSSC registration are requirements of this post.

Every day people with chest, heart and stroke conditions are leaving hospital scared and alone. You can be part of our mission to make sure that there is no life half lived in Scotland.

By joining Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) as an Impact and Evaluation Officer you can be the difference between people just surviving and really living.

You will be part of Scotland’s leading health charity providing support to people with chest, heart and stroke conditions and Long Covid to live life to the full again. Our Community Healthcare Support Service provides access to a range of supported self management and community recovery services to support people across Scotland to manage their health as well as possible and adjust to life after a diagnosis of a chest or heart condition or after a stroke.

This is a key role in supporting the Service Delivery team to develop and maintain a high quality and effective insights and evaluation process to support the roll out of the Community Healthcare Support Service Model.

The CHSS Community Healthcare Support service model is a quality supported self-management and community recovery pathway informed by expertise and most importantly, by people with our conditions.

The model includes a range of interventions from clinical support services, structured and evidence based self management workshops, 1:1 community support, health information and more, which are available to everyone with our conditions. Each service is aligned with the principles of supported self management and aims to educate and support individuals to manage their chronic disease.

This model will be evaluated robustly by CHSS within each NHS board in which we work, and we will seek to demonstrate the positive impact that our service delivery can have on patient outcomes, experiences, and on the NHS & social care sector.

They will be the main point of contact for service user evaluation by ensuring that everyone who accesses our services has an opportunity to feedback on their outcomes and experiences in a way that is most accessible to them.

CHSS employees enjoy a variety of organisational benefits including: Company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance, company sick pay, employee welfare support and life assurance.

CHSS also supports flexible recruitment through Working Families and we are “Happy to Talk Flexible Working”.

In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a Basic Disclosure check. CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. We therefore aim to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.