Sacro’s mission is to deliver life-changing services that empower people, give hope and protection, and help to build safe communities.

Could you be our Community Justice Manager? We are looking for a dynamic manager to lead and be responsible for all aspects of the delivery and development of our Community Justice services. This currently includes bail mentoring, diversion, and arrest referral services, local voluntary throughcare, court peer mentor support and specialist intervention delivery.

The role forms part of the wider Justice management team with opportunity to contribute to Sacro’s organisation wide strategic and operational development.

This post is subject to PVG membership. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required including participation in the on-call out of hours rota.

We offer some great benefits, including family friendly policies, flexible and hybrid working and work-life balance. We also have generous annual leave entitlement, employee wellbeing scheme, cycle to work scheme, pension scheme and death in service, enhanced company sick pay. We will offer learning and development, progression and qualifications with the opportunity for growth and development.

We welcome applications from individuals who share Sacro’s aims and values and want to engage with those we support to help them move on to a more secure, settled and fulfilling life and value diversity from all sections of the community.

East Dunbarton Women’s Mentoring Service

A Criminal Justice Support Worker is required to provide support and advice through structured mentoring for females who are involved in the Criminal Justice System.

Support needs vary significantly dependant on criminogenic needs/risks, examples include: addressing offending behaviour through the delivery of behaviour change programmes, supporting service users with mental health and wellbeing, exploring housing options, compliance with statutory orders and supporting service users to access education/ employment. Experience of working with women in the criminal justice system is essential. The ability to use initiative and organise workload within a pressurised environment is essential. Successful applicants will be flexible and imaginative in their approach and sensitive and confident in their ability to help service users. Multi-Agency working is crucial as Sacro work in partnership with East Dunbarton Criminal Justice Social Work, housing and other agencies to provide holistic support to service users.

A valid driving licence is essential for this post.

Membership of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme (PVG) will be a requirement for this post

You should be able to demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills. A relevant qualification is desirable but is not essential. If you would like to discuss this position please contact Kerry Page, email address: kpage@sacro.org.uk

*For the purposes of the Equality Act 2010 it is an occupational requirement that this post is filled by a female.

Victim Support Scotland – Empowering People Affected by Crime.

We put victims and witnesses at the heart of everything we do so they are heard, have improved health and well-being, feel safer, more secure, and informed and that we are an effective organisation, that makes a lasting difference.

Who We Are?

Victim Support Scotland provides support and information to people affected by crime and campaigns for victim and witness rights. Regardless of whether a crime has been reported, or when it happened, our services are free, confidential, and tailored to individuals’ needs.

Our vision is that people affected by crime – victims, witnesses, and their families – are treated with dignity and respect and are at the heart of the justice in Scotland. Our mission is to ensure that all those affected by crime receive high quality support that will help them to recover from their experiences. All our work is guided and underpinned by our six core principles of being engaging and compassionate; inclusive and accessible; person-centred; adaptive, flexible, and responsive; collaborative; and knowledgeable and skilled. Now is the time to join Victim Support Scotland, helping us work towards the ambitions of our 5-year plan: Empowering people affected by crime: VSS Strategy 2021-2026.

VSS is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all of our service users and has a thorough and rigorous recruitment and selection process including PVG scheme checks in place to ensure this commitment is met.

What is the role

This is an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Support Co-ordinator, (up to 12 month Fixed-term contract) working 28 hours per week. Work pattern: Monday - Friday between 8AM - 8PM & Saturday 10AM - 4PM

Primary location: Glasgow, however you will be expected to cover all areas of the locality

Reporting directly to a Locality Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring, within your Service(s), that VSS’s local service development and delivery plan is being implemented within your geographical area(s). Service delivery is provided by a team of skilled and knowledgeable volunteers, you will be responsible for planning their deployment to ensure that the service delivered meets the desired outcomes of victims and witnesses of crime, our service users. Responsible for all aspects of a volunteer engagement with VSS at your services, including recruitment, induction, learning and development, ongoing performance management and support. Contributing to business planning and co-ordination ensuring that continuous learning takes place to monitor that the outcomes of service users are being met.

If you are looking for a role with a purpose, where you can really make a difference, then this may be the role for you.

What you’ll need to be successful

We are looking for someone who is experienced in a similar role and can evidence of continuing professional development, effective leadership style, able to build confidence, motivate and improve performance with a clean full driver licence. Analytical skills, must be able to understand, collect, analyse, report and present data. The ability to challenge stereotyping, prejudice, discrimination and bias. Good working knowledge of the voluntary/charity sector is required, as is a willingness to be flexible in working hours and able to travel as required.

Further details of this role are available in the job description: Support Co-ordinator - Glasgow - Victim Support Scotland

Please note - This post will be subject to a satisfactory PVG check

What we offer?

When you work for Victim Support Scotland, your wellbeing is important to us. Not only do we offer an enhanced annual leave package of 39 days (Pro-rata), but you will also have access to our free health cash plan which includes cover for you and your family across a range of benefits, which include, dental cover, access to a virtual GP, counselling, legal support and discounts on gym memberships, cinema tickets, retail and much more. In addition we offer a generous pension, enhanced maternity and paternity pay and access to a credit union. Supporting employee development is important to us and we offer comprehensive learning and development opportunities.

Would you like to join us during a period of transformational change? Join us in transforming our Hospice! We need your property and facilities expertise to help improve our building.

About us

The Ayrshire Hospice is finishing our “once in a lifetime” Capital Build project, which will ensure that we are prepared to meet the needs of our community to provide palliative and end of life care for future generations. Everything we do is about making today matter and our patients and family's voices are at the heart of all we do.

Upon the much-anticipated move back “home”, we are looking for someone to help support the smooth running of this exceptional and technical building as well as our entire estate. You will be expected to liaise with all departments across our organisation to anticipate any challenges and opportunities. Problem solving is key to this role, with our support, you’ll be well versed in the inner workings of the building, correcting commons faults, or being able to escalate to the appropriate team members.

About the Role

Reporting to the Head of Facilities and Property Management, you will support the day to day smooth running of our Hospice buildings.

Through regular checks you’ll ensure that all fire, health & safety, and security requirements are maintained, always to the highest standards. Actively following, and exhibiting our values of being kind and compassionate, honest and inclusive at each and every interaction with our patients, families, staff, volunteers and visitors.

We will ask you to take huge pride in providing information on all aspects of the building, with expert guidance and in a manner appropriate to each individual. You will be a natural ‘organiser’, you thrive supporting others and you are adept at managing a variety of sometimes conflicting priorities. Your attitude and approach are always fresh; no matter how many times an issue has been presented to you, you will ensure first class customer service.

About You

You are passionate about facilities management and delivering a great service, showing flair and the natural ability to project a positive and friendly image. You are highly motivated and possess an immense sense of pride in your work; you're enthusiastic about delivering high-quality work in line with various regulatory standards. You have a positive “can do” attitude to solving problems in a professional and courteous manner

A strong team player with great communication skills and you are well organised and punctual with an eagle eye for detail.

You want to be part of a team that works hard, supports each other and where our values are at the heart of all we do making a difference to the environment for our patients and their families and our staff and volunteers.

Job Summary

The Ayrshire Hospice is ambitiously developing its main site, and this development will support major organisational change, modernising service delivery for the benefit of staff, patients, carers and the public.

To enable us to be a modern, inclusive employer - the environment in which our staff work is fundamental to our success, providing effective space to deliver services and good working conditions, ensuring staff are safe, can work effortlessly and effectively

The Ayrshire Hospice is therefore seeking an individual to fill the position of Technical Support Supervisor, who, working with the Head of Facilities and Property Management and the facilities team, will enable this to happen.

The Technical Support Supervisor will report directly to the Head of Facilities & Property Management and will assist in the delivery of a responsive and effective facilities management service.

The individual will have a good knowledge of facilities management, preferably in a health care setting, and will have experience of conducting general repairs. They will also have the skills necessary to diagnose and co-ordinate the corrective actions required on all aspects of; mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) systems to ensure optimal operating results.

The successful candidate will support the planning and implementation of the organisation’s policies and procedures, including the day-to-day operations of the facilities portfolio. The successful candidates will manage facilities staff duties, liaising with contractors, hospice staff and volunteers, ensuring that health and safety policies and procedures are followed.

As a member of the Hospice team, you will be working in a clinical end of life care environment always putting the patients' needs first, despite conflicting priorities.

The Ayrshire Hospice is a values-based organisation, and the values of kindness, compassion, honesty and inclusiveness underpin the work undertaken by all staff and volunteers. The Technical Support Supervisor must demonstrate alignment with our values and a focus on the delivery of excellent services for patients and families.