Three Sixty is an independent mental health charity based in Ayr supporting people across South Ayrshire. We work to promote mental wellbeing, reduce social isolation, raise awareness of and challenge the stigma and barriers associated with mental health.

To achieve this we provide information, advice and activity based support for people aged 16+, including their families and carers. We engage with communities through our outreach service to develop services that reflect what people need and want.

This is an exciting time to join Three Sixty as we begin work on our ambitious strategy to develop our service, increase our profile, impact and reach so that people feel connected and can develop the tools they need to support their mental wellbeing.

We are looking to recruit an Outreach Worker (Fixed Term for 3 years) to support the ongoing development of our outreach service.

Travel throughout South Ayrshire and further will be required.

See Job Description for full details.

Do you have an interest in improving the lives of people living with dementia, their families and carers in Inverness and Nairn, with a key role in shaping the valuable existing Alzheimer Scotland service locally? Then this rare and exciting opportunity for a permanent, part time Dementia Advisor role may be for you or someone you know.

Dementia Advisors provide advice, information, practical support, and develop social and therapeutic activities that meet the outcomes of local people affected by dementia.

You will support people living with dementia, their families, and carers to find their way through the health and social care system and have more meaningful conversations with decision makers in the local community, by encouraging people with dementia, and carers to be heard.

You will work with a range of external partners and colleagues to promote and develop a broader understanding of and positive attitudes to dementia.

To be successful in the role you will be required to adopt and demonstrate a positive leadership approach for the small but effective team that will influence a positive culture of engagement in the local communities. This will also include tasks related to maintaining the resource centre in Lerwick.

This is a very flexible role aimed at meeting the needs of people with dementia and their carers throughout Inverness and Nairn. The focus and location of the post holder’s activity will vary from time to time depending on the needs of the people we support, although he/she/they will have a fixed office base.

You will have a positive approach to dementia, have good communication and IT skills and poses a caring attitude. A willingness to learn and participate in training is essential. Relevant qualifications and/or experience of working with people with dementia would be an advantage.

If this sounds like a perfect fit for you, or someone you know, please share this advert, or get in touch with us for an informal discussion by emailing Sarah Fraser at sfraser@alzscot.org

For a full job description and person specification please see the attachments section of this advert.

A full driving licence and access to a car is essential for this role.

The successful candidate for this post will be subject to a criminal check through Disclosure Scotland.

We are recruiting – come and join Scottish Families!

We are seeking a Business Support Administrator (0.8-1.0 FTE) to provide a full range of business and administrative support to Scottish Families’ Board and staff team across the whole organisation.

The post is based at Edward House, Glasgow – Scottish Families’ national office. Staff work flexibly between home and office, but the post-holder is expected to work in the office at least two days a week. The post is a national support role and so involves occasional travel and very occasional out-of-hours working for meetings and events. The post is part of the Scottish Families’ staff team and is supervised by the CEO. The post is one of two business support posts within the organisation.

The post-holder will assist in the development, maintenance and implementation of organisational and office systems, including our Salesforce Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system and HR systems. Responsibilities include handling basic Salesforce administrative functions including user maintenance, modification of page layouts, generation of reports and dashboards, creation of new fields and other routine tasks, as well as supporting financial processing systems (including processing incoming invoices and raising outgoing invoices, financial record-keeping, petty cash-handling and reconciliation). The post provides secretariat support to the Scottish Families Board and Business Committee, including minute-taking, as well as business support across the Scottish Families team as appropriate, to support service delivery. The role also involves preparing high quality reports, presentation materials and other documents; assisting with event management; and providing administrative support for Scottish Families networks and meetings.

We are seeking applicants who have a minimum of SVQ Level 3 in Business Administration or a relevant discipline, or equivalent experience; with experience of the use and understanding of the Salesforce Platform (Customer Relationship Management [CRM] system); financial processing, systems and record keeping; managing corporate correspondence; office management; and event management. Knowledge of SAGE or a similar accounting package, along with awareness of issues for families affected by substance use, and an understanding of the voluntary sector are all an advantage. Applicants must have outstanding IT skills (including full range of Microsoft packages and Outlook 365 including Sharepoint); the ability to produce high quality reports, presentations and other documents; to work on their own initiative with excellent organisational skills, and to prioritise their workload. You must be able to deal appropriately with confidential and sensitive information, and work to a high standard with minimal supervision.

We have an exciting opportunity to join Alzheimer Scotland as a Transactional Finance Manager. This is a new role due to growth in Alzheimer Scotland’s finance team and income.

Alzheimer Scotland is Scotland’s national dementia charity. Our aim is to make sure nobody faces dementia alone. We provide support and information to people with dementia, their carers and families, we campaign for the rights of people with dementia, support vital dementia research and promote positive brain health.

This role will lead on our day to day financial transactions across all areas. The transactions are varied and high volume and the successful candidate will ensure these are co-ordinated, planned and developed alongside the finance team.

The role will have line management and supervisory responsibility for the support, development and management of a team of finance assistants.

We are seeking applications from individuals with at least 4 years’ experience of working in a transactional finance role within a complex organisation alongside management and supervisory experience and who possess the skills to take on the tasks outlined in the job description.

You will have had significant exposure to the full finance function and will be a strong communicator and able to balance competing priorities ensuring routine workload along side ad-hoc tasks, analysis and reporting is completed to a high standard within deadlines.

If you’re interested by what you’ve read, and have the necessary skills, experience and ability to make a success of this role, we would be delighted to hear from you.