Locality Development Worker
- Full time
- £22,000
- On site: Angus
- Closing 11th November 2024
- Advertised from 18th October 2024
Role
PURPOSE OF POST: Engage with Angus communities to promote community development and encourage volunteering, while supporting initiatives that drive positive change. This role helps build a more resilient and sustainable Third Sector in Angus by offering inclusive volunteering opportunities, organisational support, training, and evidence-based interventions.
MAIN DUTIES:
- Build capacity of voluntary organisations, volunteering groups and aspiring social enterprises.
- Create up to date and engaging resources tailored for specific target audiences.
- Identify barriers to volunteering and implement strategies to overcome them.
- Promote volunteering and the benefits to individuals and groups by a variety of means, including community events, delivering information sessions and online sessions
- Create positive working relationships with organisations where there is the potential for people to gain new skills, lead to employment and give back to the community
- Work in partnership with Angus Health and Social Care Partnership (AHSCP) and Community Planning Partnership (CPP) developments at an operational level.
- Develop local empowerment opportunities through meaningful community engagement approaches with local communities, organisations and volunteer movements.
- Build strong working relationships with community workers, key organisations, and local communities to encourage participation and promote coordinated approaches across Angus.
- Collaborate with communities and key partners through consultation, as well as awareness, learning, and training events.
- Coordinate with communities and partners to evaluate needs, including addressing issues raised by community planning partners, and contribute to collaborative efforts.
- Facilitate and develop volunteer management/coordination through providing facilitated forums and sharing best practice.
- Offer communities opportunities to build their capacity and empower them to foster positive and sustainable change, using models of best practice and co-production.
- In collaboration with communities and key partners, create and support new initiatives and opportunities that enhance service delivery
- Assist Community Link Workers in the area by facilitating continuous learning and development, sharing local information, and providing monthly updates.
- Assist in creating and delivering networking, learning, and development opportunities to help organisations and groups meet best practice standards
- Provide guidance on best practice and signpost to funding opportunities
- Help support the start-up of organisations by helping with constitutions and organisational governance support.
- Recognise and report issues and 'knowledge gaps' among volunteers, volunteer-involving organisations, and communities.
- Make links with local health workers to identify other opportunities through VAA online directory system (Community Connector) and other means to ensure people get the right help at the right time.
- First point of contact for all local Third Sector organisations, community/volunteering groups and social enterprises within the locality.
- Engage with communities and groups to establish needs and wants to promote preventive work around mental health and wellbeing.
- Undertake monitoring requirements, report outcomes and provide service updates as required
This list is not exhaustive and other duties may be required.
We have a post available for each of the below areas, please state which area you would like an application for when applying:
Brechin/Montrose
Forfar/Kirriemuir
Arbroath
Application notes
For an application pack, please contact Katrina Taylor katrina@voluntaryactionangus.org.uk.
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Senior Development Officer - Employability
- Full time
- £29,973
- On site: Dingwall
- Closing 11th November 2024
Purpose:
The post is a joint commitment between HTSI and the Highland Council and is intended to support strengthening employment outcomes for the people of the Highlands through improving the capacity, scope and influence of third sector employability provision.
The postholder will engage actively with local and national third sector providers to understand their strengths and challenges, identify opportunities for and support partnership working across sectors. They will support third sector employability providers with organisational and business development. They will advocate for the sector strategically on relevant partnership boards and working groups.
We’re looking for an ambitious and enthusiastic individual to support a number of projects that promote community justice in Inverclyde and beyond.
The Community Justice Coordinator will play a key role in Inverclyde’s partnership approach to community justice. The successful candidate will contribute to the local community justice agenda through cross-sectoral meetings, events and writing evaluations and reports on local activity. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to lead on specific projects and gain wider experience in relation to supporting people involved with the justice system, their families, survivors of crime and the wider community.
As Inverclyde’s Third Sector Interface, CVS Inverclyde offers a dynamic place to work where you can make a positive difference to the local community.
Organisation profile:
CVS Inverclyde is Inverclyde’s Third Sector Interface. CVSI aims to support the third sector to deliver the best outcomes for Inverclyde by providing practical support and improving the strategic environment for the sector. This project is in partnership with Inverclyde HSCP.
The organisation is committed to its people and is accredited with Disability Confident, Committed to Excellence, Flexible Working, Healthy Working Lives and the Living Wage.
Top job! Employers Advice Services Manager
- Full time
- £40,264 – £41,231
- Hybrid: Glasgow - Flexible combination of GCVS Offices and home working
- Closing 14th November 2024
GCVS is looking to recruit an experienced Employers Advice Service Manager to lead a team providing advice services to Third Sector organisations across Scotland on a commercial basis. The team offers third sector organisations expert advice, information, support, consultancy, and training in the areas of HR, Health and Safety, Recruitment and Data protection. The service has been running since 2000 and GCVS is ambitious to continue growing the service to ensure third sector organisations without access to internal specialised resources, receive personalised support that offers excellence and value for money.
Applicants should have a professional HR qualification (ideally CIPD qualified) and demonstrate extensive knowledge and experience of employers’ legal responsibilities as well as good practice in all aspects of Human Resources and managing staff. Significant experience of demonstrating astute situational awareness in the delivery of support to external organisations on sensitive matters is essential to succeed in this post.
Funding to ensure the sustainability of the service is supported from income generation through subscriptions, consultancy and training, so the post holder will be expected to market as well as deliver the service.
Responsible to: GCVS Head of Sector Development
More Information on the Job Description, Person Specification and Main Employment conditions is included in one document to make it easier to download.
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Care & Support Workers (older people)
- Full time or Part time
- £24,843 – £25,350
- On site: Glasgow, Edinburgh, Galashiels, Girvan, Fife, Inverness, Stornoway, Duns and more
- Closing 30th April 2025
The Supported Housing Worker role requires assisting in the management of the development thus ensuring the tenants are able to enjoy an acceptable standard of living in an environment which is clean, safe and friendly. You will be responsible for overseeing the wellbeing of the tenants and for assisting them in maintaining their independence.
As Housing Care Worker your role will involve working with our tenants to ensure they receive the support and personal care identified in their care plans. You will directly support tenants in their homes by providing individual advice, practical housing support assistance and personal care.
Both roles are to ensure that we are able to offer the best service to our tenants and make it possible for our tenants to continue enjoying as much independent living as they’re able.
As well as a competitive annual salary, our valued team also benefits from:
- competitive hourly rates of £12.25 - £12.50 per hour
- guaranteed rota hours working between 7.30am & 10pm
- generous annual leave entitlement
- a choice of pension scheme with employer contributions
- flexible working policies
- access to extensive paid training and development opportunities
- a supportive and inclusive culture.
We also have opportunities with our Trust Staff Agency - for employees who want to work across different locations, in various roles, with highly flexible hours to suit family commitments - it's a great opportunity with the same training and development that our other roles benefit from.
Previous experience working in social care or the housing sector would be an advantage but this is not always necessary. Our ideal candidate is someone with enthusiasm, a caring nature and willingness to learn as full training, support and ongoing development will be provided.
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