Are you searching for a job where you can make a difference? Kindred supports families of children with the most complex medical needs in Scotland.
As a Fundraising & Communications Assistant you will work with our Fundraiser to support our fundraising strategy. This is a wide-ranging post: meeting families, organising fundraising activities and supporting our social media.
Applications by 9am on Wednesday 9th April to barbara.wait@kindred-scotland.org
Please re-name the completed Application Form with your name.
Interviews will be held on Wednesday 23rd April 2025 in central Edinburgh
Fundraising & Communications Assistant
Postcode: EH3 8ES
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We have an exciting opportunity for an individual to join our Head Office Scotland as Regional Health & Safety Lead.
As Regional Health & Safety Lead you would be responsible for the effective and efficient management of all Health of Safety in Scotland. Ensuring that the services and staff in Scotland are supported to deliver an effective, efficient and safe service through the coordination and management of Autism Initiatives’ property and facilities.
The ideal candidate will have a working knowledge of health & safety, property/facilities management and managing projects, and will be confident liaising with staff and external contacts. The post holder will be expected to travel regularly to our services throughout Scotland to conduct inspections and property visits.
Benefits of working with us include:
• 31 days pro rata Annual Leave, including Bank holidays
• Your birthday off every year, to treat yourself!
• Auto-enrolment pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Medicash Healthcare Plan
• Eligibility to become a Blue Light Card Member for online & high street discounts
The successful candidate must be willing to apply for a Basic Disclosure through Disclosure Scotland. Autism Initiatives will cover the cost of the application.
The RSSW is a key role within Fair Deal which has been developed in order to provide skilled direct support to individuals with very complex and varied needs, including behaviour that challenges. The RSSW will work in services where alternatives to traditional models of care may be explored and implemented.
In addition to working directly with individuals with complex and varied needs, the RSSW will play a pivotal role in working in partnership with a multi-disciplinary team, families and those being supported to ensure a robust and outcome focussed support plan and guidelines are agreed and implemented.
Reporting to the Team Leader, the RSSW will provide day-to-day support to people within Fair Deal’s services, ensuring that all support provided is of the highest quality. They have a responsibility for ensuring that they fully understand and are able to deliver support as per the individual’s Support Plan and able to follow and develop robust guidelines and Risk Assessments in collaboration with families and other relevant agencies.
Key Responsibilities:
The Individual:
Ability to commute/relocate:
Experience:
Licence/Certification:
Work Location: In person
In addition to a rewarding career, with competitive rates of pay, Fair Deal can offer a wide range of staff benefits including, competitive holiday entitlement, company sick pay scheme, workplace pension scheme and enhanced maternity/paternity benefits.
Please note the post is for permanent night shift however there is an expectation that the post holder will be available for some initial training in daytime hours for the first few weeks in post. There may be a requirement beyond this for occasional daytime training course planned in advance.
RNIB is pleased to announce this exciting opportunity to join RNIB’s Eye Care Support Services (ECSS) as a Service Manager.
In this role, you will be a vital member of the management team providing operational leadership and line management support to Eye Care Liaison Officers (ECLOs) and manage all aspects of operational delivery in our ECLO Services across Scotland. You will also participate in the strategic and business planning processes, working with key internal and external key stakeholders.
Working with the ECSS Management team, you will support and maintain key relationships across health and social care to ensure that RNIB can reach more people with sight loss earlier. Working across RNIB functions, you will also manage key internal relationships to support the delivery of our service to ensure patients access support at a time which is right for them.
Supporting ECLOs and services across Scotland and other UK services as required, this role will involve regular local and occasional national travel, including occasional overnight stays.
About you
You will have a vocational qualification in management, advice and guidance, or experience in successfully managing information and advice services. In addition to this, you will be capable of influencing and establishing relationships with key stakeholders involved in health and social care.
You will have excellent people management skills and the ability to motivate and manage a geographically dispersed team, demonstrating an open and transparent management style, with a can-do approach to motivate and inspire your team.
You will be experienced in producing reports, delivering presentations, meeting Key Performance Indicators and a proficient user of Microsoft Office packages and CRM systems.
Specialist Knowledge, Skills and Experience
To succeed in this role, you will need:
What We Offer
RNIB prides itself on being a great place to work with a positive, progressive culture. We offer a wide range of benefits including 26 days of holiday per year (plus bank holidays) which rises with service, enhanced family friendly benefits, a contributory pension scheme with an employer contribution of up to 11% and a rewards platform with employee discounts across over 800 retailers.
For more information on our available benefits, please visit our Benefits of Working at RNIB page.
Deaf Services Lanarkshire are currently going through a period of transition and are amid, a Community Asset Transfer application. To support current service delivery and increase in demand for our support/service growth we are seeking an Administration Support Worker/Trainee Interpreter.
Deaf Services Lanarkshire is a small but extremely busy centre.
For many members of the Deaf Community, our centre is a home from home environment with no barriers. We have an ethos of encouragement and empowerment of the Deaf Community as well as our Staff.
We provide an environment of mutual respect, dignity and professionalism and Paternalism is not a model which is encouraged.
We currently provide 3 main services:
We provide many other services, such as Befriending, Education/Training and Employment opportunities to the Deaf Community, as well as providing a Social Space to the Deaf Community, supporting local groups and Coatbridge Deaf Club.
Terms and Conditions of the Role:
(Due to the nature of our business, leave can be flexible to meet the needs of the service and staff).
NB. The post will be probationary for 6 months. The post will become a permanent post on successful completion of the probationary period.
Essential Requirements:
Desirable Requirements
Office Administrator/Trainee Interpreter Duties and Responsibilities
Their primary duties and responsibilities include:
You are overall responsible to the Centre Manager.