Home Skills and Hospitality Project Worker
- Full time
- £24,160
- On site: Palacerigg Country Park, Cumbernauld
- Closing 14th March 2025
- Advertised from 17th February 2025
- 37.5 hours per week Duration: 3 years
Role
Watch Us Grow is a charity based in Palacerigg Country Park on the outskirts of Cumbernauld. We work with adults who have Additional Support Needs. Our aim is to help people become more independent both at home and within the communities they live. We do this by creating purposeful, educational and work style roles that build skills, knowledge and self confidence in our students. We work both outside in our public garden growing and selling plants and inside our house where we learn the skills to live more independently.
Job Description
The job will involve you driving a 9-seater minibus and a van. So clean driving license is required.
We are looking for someone to join our team as a project worker on our home skills and hospitality project. You will be supporting our students to learn how to live more independently in their own home or taking a more active role in a shared home. This will include cooking, cleaning, laundry, organizing home spaces, shopping and identifying any other needs each student may have and working on it with them. You will work with students to create a clear 8-week personalized schedule of learning; you will support students with positivity, patience and clarity and at a pace that works for each student individually.
You will also be part of a team developing a new opportunity which will see students working directly with the public serving refreshments.
Watch us Grow is looking for a person who enjoys keeping a house tidy and in order. Someone who has experience in housekeeping, catering or hospitality but most importantly someone who can guide and support our students to thrive. You will be guiding students, documenting all their achievements and activities, working towards personal goals for each individual, inspiring students to learn more and providing them with a purposeful role.
You will also be part of our weekly social activity evenings which include arts and crafts projects, movie clubs, games night and sports activities.
This job will involve you being creative, organized, good at planning, able to engage imaginations and keep things evolving. We are an organization that embrace and try out creative ideas.
Watch Us Grow is known primarily for its work outdoors in the garden, we teach about horticulture, wildlife and nature, we grow fruit, vegetables and flowers. You will be required to work outside at times, we are a small team and work together on everything.
You will report to the General Manager and work within an existing and established staff team to develop Watch Us Grow in new and exciting directions.
You will need to be enthusiastic and patient, showing an understanding of people with additional support needs. You will have experience in either Housekeeping, Catering or Hospitality in a commercial, You will need to be creative, friendly and engaging.
Duties and responsibilities
- Collect and drop off students before and after a shift. (Shared role)
- Support our students and volunteers in all aspects of their work offering an experience which is purposeful and fulfilling both physically and mentally.
- Ensure a safe working practice which will keep all areas safe for visitors, members, volunteers and staff.
- Ensure that all Health & Safety and Hygiene legislation is adhered to.
- Help to create and deliver engaging projects for our students.
- Help students to complete in-house and external qualifications.
- Working some evenings and weekends on social activities or on other fund raising events
- Work closely with all of the Watch Us Grow staff team
- Work that may include representing and promoting the values and work of Watch Us Grow at events
- Any other tasks and activities as reasonably required to fulfil the needs of the organisation.
- Driving a minibus and vans for work related reasons.
- Working in the garden when required.
Application notes
To apply please download the Job Application below. When completed, this form can be returned by e-mail to: info@watchusgrow.org.uk
Or by post to: Watch Us Grow, Palacerigg House, Palacerigg Country Park, Cumbernauld, G67 3HU
Contact 01236 727970 if you require any additional information or clarification.
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Inclusive Leisure and Culture Programme Development Officer
- Part time
- £28,248 – £31,525 pro-rata
- Remote: PAMIS Headquarters at 7 Luna Place, Dundee, DD2 1TP.
- Closing 4th April 2025
PAMIS are the only organisation that solely supports children, young people and adults with a profound learning and multiple disabilities (PMLD) and their families to lead healthy, valued and inclusive lives. Profound means deep, wide and expert and we have for 32 years been educated and supported by this community to deliver responsive, inclusive, and innovative projects, research, education, and family support.
We are now offering two exciting opportunities to join our highly skilled team as an Inclusive Leisure and Culture Programme Development Officer. You will support the development and delivery of the Inclusive Leisure and Culture Programme within either the Clackmannanshire or Grampian region for people with PMLD and their families. Your role will support the entire family, foster community connections, and deliver inclusive events throughout one of the regions.
Not only will you develop and deliver a range of appropriate accessible and inclusive leisure and cultural activities and events but you will work with the PAMIS team to provide support and advice to local communities and other organisations on how to include some of the most marginalised in society.
About You
You will have a higher education qualification or equivalent experience in a relevant field – health, social care, arts, sport, leisure or culture. A high degree of confidence in communicating, networking, building relationships and advocating for the people you will be supporting.
You will preferably have experience in delivering accessible and inclusive leisure and/or cultural activities and knowledge and experience of working with people with a learning disability, their families, and carers.
You will be committed to developing and maintaining effective relationships with a range of key stakeholders, e.g., family carers, children, young people, and adults with PMLD and others involved in their lives, local communities and services, schools, colleges, and resource centres.
You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to liaise and work with colleagues in statutory and voluntary agencies
With excellent organisational, verbal, and written communication skills, including researching and assimilating information and compiling reports, you will be competent in managing a varied workload. You will be proactive and resourceful, at times working under pressure, and managing complex relationships.
Benefits of working at PAMIS
At PAMIS, we respect and value true partnership, collaborating productively together is core to the work we undertake.
We want you to understand how much we value your contribution and in addition to your salary we offer the following benefits:
· A minimum of seven weeks (pro rata) paid annual leave.
· 24/7 free employee assistance and support when you need it.
· An enhanced sick pay scheme.
· Flexible working arrangements that enable you to balance work and home life.
· Employer pension contribution of 5%
· Enhanced family-friendly policies.
· Continuous professional development opportunities, including monthly support and supervision.
· The opportunity to share and grow your knowledge within a high-performing, friendly, and inclusive team.
Paralegal – Commercial Contracts
- Part time
- up to £34,000 pro-rata
- On site: North Lanarkshire
- Closing 21st March 2025
Enable, a visionary charity and leader of social care and employability services to people with a learning disability across Scotland, requires an in-house Paralegal with demonstrable commercial contracts experience to join its Legal and Corporate Governance function.
This role’s main purpose is to provide commercial contract support to the Legal and Corporate Governance Team which seeks to ensure all aspects of contractual and organisational compliance. We seek someone who can work autonomously, to lead on various contractual matters and who can work closely with procurement and operational colleagues on new and existing business. Additionally, the Paralegal may be required to support with ad-hoc projects and any commercial matters which may arise.
At Enable we believe in an equal society where everyone has the right to live, work and participate as an active and respected citizens in the community of their choice.
What We're Looking For:
- Excellent interpersonal and teamworking skills,
- Excellent attention to detail and strong prioritisation and organisational skills,
- Professional presentation and personality,
- Demonstrates core values of integrity, care and collaboration,
- Willingness to enhance skills and professional development.
Your experience and any relevant qualifications must be gained and or completed in Scots Law
About You
Essential Criteria
- Relevant Paralegal certifications with demonstrable experience in private practice or commercial team or in-house legal environment,
- Strong knowledge of relevant commercial contract legislation,
- Exceptional verbal and written communication, drafting and report writing skills,
- Strong analytical and numerical skills,
- Strong ability to prioritise a high workload and meet strict deadlines,
- Strong PC skills, in various packages, particularly Microsoft Word and Excel.
Desirable Criteria
Some Knowledge and understanding of:
- third sector/ local authority legislation (health and social care) and contracts,
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Commercial awareness
About Us
What’s also great about Enable is that we’re passionate about developing all our staff and provide an extensive training programme, combined with a commitment to create career development opportunities.
We also have an excellent range of staff benefits on offer including but not limited to:
- Health cash plans providing a wide range of health benefits to help people cover the cost of their everyday health care.
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme*
- Season Ticket Loans*
Remember, this is an exciting opportunity to join a group which is shaking up the social care sector in Scotland and making a real difference to people’s lives. Don’t miss the chance to help shape this journey.
Enable is an equal opportunities employer and our recruitment, selection and assessment process is based entirely on values, skills and competencies required of the specific roles.
*Terms and Conditions Apply
The Green Action Trust is a trusted delivery partner for the Scottish Government and a wide range of stakeholders including local authorities, regional partnerships, landowners, environmental groups, and local communities. We are passionate about delivering positive environmental and social change in Scotland and are seeking candidates who have a similar passion to help us deliver and grow our activities.
We’re recruiting for a Project Officer to play a key role in the successful delivery an ambitious multiyear project, the River Park Programme. This is part of the Leven Programme, an ambitious environmental regeneration programme in the Levenmouth area of Fife.
This position will support on a range of archaeological and heritage projects within the River Park Programme, liaising with volunteers, partners and stakeholders to deliver focused activity and provide monitoring information.
At the Green Action Trust we believe that staff should enjoy their work. We support a strong work life balance through flexible and hybrid working, training and support, a range of staff activities throughout the year and a strong employee support package.
This is a 3-year fixed term, full time position, based from the project office in Leven, Fife. Due to travel across Scotland, a clean driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential.
The Green Action Trust is a trusted delivery partner for the Scottish Government and a wide range of stakeholders including local authorities, regional partnerships, landowners, environmental groups, and local communities. To further our work turning policy into action on climate change, biodiversity and environmental inequality, we are pleased to be recruiting for a Project Assistant.
As part of a multi-disciplinary team, this role will be key to the successful delivery an ambitious multiyear project, the River Park Programme. This is part of the Leven Programme, an ambitious environmental regeneration programme in the Levenmouth area of Fife. You will support the Project Manager and Project Officer to deliver archaeological and heritage projects within the River Park Programme.
At the Green Action Trust we believe that staff should enjoy their work. We support a strong work life balance through flexible and hybrid working, training and support, a range of staff activities throughout the year and a strong employee support package.
This is a 3-year fixed term, full time position, based from the project office in Leven, Fife. Due to travel across Scotland, a clean driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential.
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