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 Manager 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 Hospital to Home services forms a nationwide network of local support groups, nurses, volunteers and one-to-one support teams helping families adjust to life with a heart or lung condition or after a stroke.

We are looking an enthusiastic Assistant Shop Managers for our new store opening in Pebbles. Working 2 days out of seven, including Sundays per-Rota 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”.

At Beatson Cancer Charity we support and enhance the treatment, care and wellbeing of current, former and future cancer patients and their families. We work in partnership with the NHS, The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre (BWoSCC) and all related facilities. We also offer the wider community a unique opportunity to contribute to the advancement of cancer care.

Our Specialist Health and Work Service (SHAWS) supports people who are affected by cancer, and their families, to plan for and manage the impact cancer can have on their employment. Our team of Specialist Practitioners provide advice and support across a range of issues such as return to work planning, reasonable adjustments and making decisions about the future as well as self-management techniques designed to enhance an individual’s coping strategies.

Role Purpose

The SHAWS Practitioner will work as part of a small team managing their own client caseload and delivering group self-management workshops. Based on the Biopsychosocial model, this requires triaging, assessing, and providing ongoing support to patients, carers and employers. In addition, they will contribute to the development and promotion of the service as a specialist resource across professional and community settings.

Key Responsibilities

- Responsible for triage and assessment of new referrals based on a biopsychosocial model.

- Support planning and provision of ongoing support/coaching utilising validated assessment tools as part of support.

- Monitor progress during the course of SHAWS and wider multi-disciplinary care provision.

- Undertake risk assessments and risk management for individual clients and refer on as appropriate in response to client need.

- Manage emotional/distressing conversations sensitively and compassionately.

- Devise and deliver SHAWS Workshop programme, in conjunction with SHAWS colleagues and colleagues across wider Care Services.

- Devise and develop employer sessions based on our ‘We’re with you at work’ toolkit.

- Contribute to on-going service evaluation and development via reflective practice, case review, evaluation framework and relevant audit.

- Maintain professional requirements and responsibilities in regard to supervision and professional development.

Essential Candidate Criteria

- Educated to a degree level or equivalent within a relevant field (Health, Psychology, AHP, Nursing, Social Sciences, Education).

- Awareness of key health and work legislation e.g. The Equality Act 2010.

- Experience of working with people in a healthcare, community or social work setting.

- Experience of working autonomously to assess, devise and deliver a personalised support plan.

- Understanding of psychological risk and levels of psychological support.

- Experience and strong understanding of validated assessment tools and their use in planning and delivering support.

- Understand the principles of psycho-educational approaches.

Person Specification

- Skilled and experienced practitioner.

- Strong assessment and support planning skills.

- Sound understanding of evaluation and research.

- Enhanced communication skills.

- Ability to remain calm and professional in challenging situations/conflicts.

- Excellent organisational and time management skills.

- Ability to work flexibly and in partnership with a wide range of stakeholders.

- Self-motivated with an ability to inspire and motivate others.

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 a Store Manger 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 Hospital to Home services form a nationwide network of local support groups, nurses, volunteers and one-to-one support teams helping families adjust to life with a heart or lung condition or after a stroke.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Store Manager for our Kelso 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”.

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 a Store Manger 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 Hospital to Home services form a nationwide network of local support groups, nurses, volunteers and one-to-one support teams helping families adjust to life with a heart or lung condition or after a stroke.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Store Manager for our Stockbridge 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”.