This is a new role created to support the development of our Tenancy Support and Housing Support / Housing First provision in Midlothian. You will work alongside our two existing Service Managers in Midlothian (Homelessness Accommodation and Learning Disability and Neurodiversity) to ensure we meet the needs of the community of Midlothian, and develop and sustain meaningful, impactful relationships with our commissioners and wider stakeholders.

This is a critical role that is responsible for leading a team that works to ensure that hundreds of Midlothian residents are able to avoid homelessness, by providing pro-active and preventative tenancy support activities that maintain tenancies. The team also works to Housing First principles, providing an elastic tolerance and relationship based approach to working with individuals with complex and multi-faceted needs.

You will lead a dynamic team of staff and will work with colleagues in Business Development and Corporate Services to support the on-going development and innovation of the service, with the longer term aim to grow the service outside of the Midlothian area. This is a great opportunity for someone who wishes to bring their existing experience of leading and managing Housing Support services and who would like to develop their career further.

Care Support Scotland is committed to developing colleagues, ensuring they have the right support and opportunities to thrive in their career.

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

We are looking for a Mentor Services Coordinator to help recruit and support our volunteer mentors in North Ayrshire.

About the role:

Our Mentor Services Coordinators are the key contacts for our volunteer mentors from their first enquiry about mentoring until they are matched with a young person. The Mentor Services Coordinators conduct in depth interviews with all prospective volunteer mentors, organise training, organise PVG checks and make the process as smooth as possible.

Key responsibilities:

- Providing excellent customer service to mentors, volunteers and partners using strong communication skills on the telephone, in virtual meetings, by email and sometimes in person

- Ensure all of our volunteer mentors are individually supported and fully engaged at every stage of their mentor journey

- Deliver information sessions, participate in mentor one-to-one conversations and facilitate mentor training sessions and other mentor engagement activities.

About you:

- Customer service experience

- Experience of or strong interest in working or volunteering in the charity or third sectors

- People person with excellent communication and listening skills and empathy

- Well organised with great administrative skills and attention to detail

- Excellent desktop and database skills

About us:

MCR Pathways is an award-winning charity established in Glasgow in 2007. Our mentoring programme is now delivered in schools across the whole of Scotland as well as West London, Hertfordshire and Surrey. Our passionate team is dedicated to helping the most vulnerable young people gain self-confidence, identify their skills and recognise and fulfil their potential. Our vision is for all young people to experience equality of education outcomes, career opportunities and life chances. Our mentoring programme has profound impacts on school pupils in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression. MCR Mentors are volunteers who make and experience a life-changing difference. You will be joining a friendly and supportive team who love what they do and enjoy working with each other. We model our values and many of us are also mentors ourselves.

Read the Job Description and Person Specification

Benefits include:

• 33 days annual leave in first year rising to 38 days from 2nd year of employment, additional day off for your birthday
• Life Assurance - 4 x salary,
• Living Pensions Employer

Could you be part of something different? We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to use their gifts, skills and experience to make a difference to the lives of the people in our parishes and communities.

In the new Union of St David’s Carrick Knowe the congregation is very aware of the need to re-establish Children’s and Youth work and are looking for someone to take the lead with this.

The successful candidate will have significant recent experience of setting up, publicising and running events for children and families with strong interpersonal skills to maintain positive relationships. The candidate must be a committed Christian with an active Church connection (Genuine Occupational Requirement in terms of the Equality Act 2010).

About Simon Community Scotland

People are at the heart of who we are and what we do. We tailor our support to what people need. We offer consistent and informed support so that people can exploreoptions and take ‘the next step’ towards a positive future. We welcome people with a wide range of skills and experiences to our team – including those who have lived through homelessness. To make a difference we need to work flexibly, with everyday-leadership, humour and a ‘can do’ attitude. We want to make it easy, make it right, and make it happen.

The Simon Community is Scotland's leading homeless charity. We are creative and innovative. We get things done with care and compassion that make a difference to our community, being true to our values. We form a community; of staff, volunteers and the people that we support.

Job Summary

Simon Community Scotland is working collaboratively with the University of Edinburgh to recruit 400 people from sites across Scotland to the Phoenix for severe and multiple disadvantage study. You will be working in various sites across Edinburgh to support the research team and the people we support that are participating in the study.

We are looking for someone with a non-judgemental approach that will be embedded in one of our new exciting projects: Beggars and Choices or Creating Safer Communities. These projects engage with people who are homeless, roofless or street begging across the city. The work will take place wherever people are at; on the streets, in services or community settings as required.

Job Purpose

• Support people rough sleeping, begging and or engaged in harmful street lifestyles to access the services and support they need
• Offer assertive outreach to people facing homelessness and rooflessness
• Offer trauma informed care offering a holistic healthcare model
• Bring services to people that are unable to engage in building based services
• Identify eligible participants to the study and liaise with the research team regarding this
• Conduct face-to-face interviews with participants supporting the research team
• Reduce barriers for people that are facing multiple marginalisation through offering a person centred, trauma informed relational model of care