STAND is a Fife charity which exists to provide peer support to people who are living with a diagnosis of dementia and their families and friends, to support people to live well with dementia taking an asset-based approach, valuing and building on members’ skills and experiences. It does this through a range of approaches - including the provision of Dementia Friendly Meeting Centre Spaces across the Kingdom.

STAND’s Board of Trustees is made up of people with lived experience of dementia and their supporters.

The Cupar DFMCS will take place on Friday afternoons. There may be the opportunity for additional freelance hours at other DFMCS across Fife.

Are you a creative and motivated individual with the passion and drive to support people with a recent diagnosis of dementia to live well in their community?

If so, you can be part of a National Team of Post Diagnostic Support Link Workers (PDS Link Workers) providing high-quality, person-centred support to people living with dementia and their families for a minimum of a year following diagnosis in line the Scottish Government’s minimum guarantee.

The aim of the PDS National Service is to enable people to live well with dementia and is centred around Alzheimer Scotland's 5 pillar model so that people move on to a period of supported self- management.

The model includes understanding the illness and coming to terms with the diagnosis, peer support, connecting and maintaining links with their community along with planning for future care and decision making to develop an outcome focused plan to support their future hopes, desires and aspirations.

Supporting our Wester Ross Highland locality, the post will be based within the Community Mental Health Team at The Health Centre, Ullapool. Alzheimer Scotland’s PDS Link Workers are required to be effective team workers and have the skills to build and maintain relationships with colleagues both within Alzheimer Scotland, the NHS and other stakeholders.

Skills in using digital platforms are essential as we use a blended approach to support people that involve some virtual meetings and on-line groups.

Applicants must hold a recognised relevant professional qualification, have a good understanding of dementia and how it affects people and their families along with excellent communication skills, a warm flexible approach, combined with skills in empathy and relationship building.

In addition, you should have skills and knowledge at the Enhanced Level of the Promoting Excellence Framework or be able to evidence you are working towards its completion.

This post requires a full driving license and access to a car.

If you are bright, reliable, energetic and passionate about making a difference and have access to your own vehicle, we want to hear from you!

ESUB is an award-winning charity based in Edinburgh. We support families experiencing hardship by providing school uniform and other essentials so that children and young people can go to school with dignity and confidence, fitting in with their peers and ready to make the best of their education.

ESUB is looking to recruit an enthusiastic Operations Assistant to work closely with the small staff team and a busy group of volunteers. We are based in the Gyle area of Edinburgh, and travel in and around Edinburgh will be required. We welcome applications from individuals with transferable administrative skills and experience gained in a work or volunteering If you genuinely have an eye for detail and are committed to providing a quality customer service then we would love to hear from you.

The Position:

To assist the Operations team with the day to day running of the charity including:

• Supporting outreach activities to make school uniform available in local communities in a dignified and accessible way.
• Assisting in the provision of packs of new school uniform via referrals.
• Supporting the Operations Coordinator as directed in overseeing the following: sorting and recording donations, packing bags of uniform, delivering uniform around the city and various other activities.
• There will also be some responsibility alongside the Operations Coordinator for developing outreach services.
• The Operations Assistant will work closely with our volunteers ensuring they are guided towards completing allocated tasks and are following ESUB tracking and recording guidelines.

The Operations Assistant will need use of their own vehicle to travel in and around Edinburgh as part of the role. Please note that this post is not suitable for working from home.

Our Benefits:

• Base salary up to £24,570 (pro rata)
• Family-friendly working hours (15 - 20 hours per week, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays).
• Provision of work laptop and mobile phone
• 25 days per year annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rata)
• Initial 12 month contract, renewable subject to funding.

We’d love to hear from you if you have the following:

• Work experience in a similar or transferable capacity.
• Great organisational skills and attention to detail
• Basic proficiency in using Excel, Word and Email
• High level of administration skills and logistics
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

Midlothian Wildflowers are excited to offer two freelance sessional youth work opportunities to engage local young people in climate education and actions, local organic food growing, horticulture, conservation and environmental arts. The engagement with students will mainly take place within a local high school community garden setting in Midlothian, but will also involve facilitating sessions in other outdoor locations. The successful applicants will be part of a unique project opportunity to make a difference in young peoples’ lives through building positive relationships by engaging with the environment while working and developing networks and opportunities with our partner organisations and the MWF Board.

Working on Fridays - 2.5 Hours Per Week (Term Time)

Start Date Term 1 - April 25th - June 27th. (Times to be confirmed)

Start Date Term 2 - August 15th - 10th October

Start Date Term 3 - 24th October - 19th December

Start Date Term 4 - 6th March 26 - 27th March 26

Total Sessions - 30 @ 2.5 hours

Meetings, Training & Supervision 20 hours per youth worker for year

Total Hours per Youth Worker - 95 hours = £1710.00

The successful applicants will be provided with the necessary resources and support to facilitate creative outdoor youth programmes. Supervision,team meetings and necessary training will be paid - youth workers will be expected to attend in person at a suitable location.

The sessions

Youth workers will be paid for 1.5 hours per session with an additional 1 hour of prep time to set up, tidy up and evaluate the session. There will be development meetings per term to discuss the creation and facilitation of seasonal programmes. The sessions will take place on Friday afternoons during term time.

Please note: There will be a probationary period of 2 months.

The position is freelance and you will be responsible for your own tax, sick pay and any other leave. There is no Annual Leave provision.