This is a great opportunity to join CAPS’ friendly, supportive Individual Advocacy team to provide Individual Advocacy to adults in East Lothian and Midlothian who are experiencing mental health issues. This post will also pilot Individual Advocacy to the LGBTQIA+ community in Edinburgh – an extension to our current work in East Lothian and Midlothian. CAPS also provides an adult Individual Advocacy service for people who are affected by drugs or alcohol in Midlothian and East Lothian.

The focus of the work is the provision of Independent Advocacy – making sure that people’s views and wishes are heard. You will make sure people are informed about their options and their rights and assist people who have mental health issues to redress power imbalances in their lives and in their interactions with services. Individual Advocacy is very rewarding work that makes a real difference. Full training will be provided.

This post will be subject to membership of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. There will be a 4 month probationary period attached to this post. A mix of home and office working is possible but face to face working with people is essential.

This post is a fixed term 24 hour per week contract until 30th September, 2026 (with likelihood of continued funding).

Partners in Advocacy has established itself as one of Scotland's leading providers of independent advocacy, delivering exceptional advocacy services since 1998.

We are thrilled to present a wonderful opportunity within our supportive and welcoming Highland Carers Advocacy team. As a Service Co-ordinator you will supervise our small team of Advocacy Workers whilst also providing one-to-one independent advocacy to unpaid carers across the Highlands. Through this role, you will ensure that unpaid carers’ voices and wishes are heard, enabling them to make informed choices, protect their rights and have a meaningful impact on decisions that affect their lives.

We strongly encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds to apply. If you believe your skills, experience, and expertise align with the criteria outlined in the person specification, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please complete the application form, ensuring that you provide examples of how your knowledge and experience fulfil each aspect of the person specification.

Partners in Advocacy takes pride in being a Disability Confident Employer, fully committed to creating an inclusive and accessible work environment.

This post is ‘Supported by Scottish Government’s Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund’

This is an exciting and challenging post for a person who supports social justice and the rights of vulnerable individuals, giving the successful candidate the opportunity to participate in the development of an established Advocacy Service.

This post will contribute effectively to the You First Advocacy Service, which provides independent issue-based Advocacy support to people at risk, aged over 16 in the community and in hospital. You First Advocacy provides free support to people who need help to understand their rights and express themselves. As an ambassador for You First Advocacy you will share our story by providing engagement and development expertise to work in partnership with our communities, to enable Advocacy provision that benefits people in Renfrewshire.

The post holder will be required to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the concept of Advocacy and be able to effectively articulate the skills and requirements to provide person-centred support.

As the You First Advocacy Engagement and Development Officer, you will communicate our values and mission throughout Renfrewshire. You will develop and deliver a work programme of community Advocacy engagement events with a focus on mental health. You will work with the Renfrewshire Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund and other community partners, to survey and confirm current levels of Advocacy skill and understanding across the community of Renfrewshire. You will develop training packages and manage a programme of delivery.

You will advise on the future direction for skills development in Advocacy in Renfrewshire and how we promote and develop the service for the overarching purpose of mitigating escalation of issues that exacerbate health and social inequalities.

Home-Start Clackmannanshire is a long standing, dynamic charity, striving to ensure every young child (under 12) has the best possible start in life locally. Raising a family has never been easy; our trained volunteers and staff are there to support families through challenging times.

We provide a bespoke support package of 1:1 and group services for families, helping them to cope with the stresses and strains of daily life and encourage them to build the skills, confidence, and strength they need to nurture their children for years to come. As part of our service, we run a charity shop in Alloa, which generates income for our support work, offers volunteering opportunities, and is a local Bairn Bank.

Through a Home-Start UK partnership and funding through The Pears Foundation, we are excited to be able to offer a brand-new role within our team, for a Volunteer and Community Engagement Worker, to allow us to provide dedicated resource to reviewing and developing our volunteering programme. Learning from this post will inform Home-Start UK work towards supporting the transformation of volunteering across the network. This is a fixed term contract, with potential of extension dependent upon sourcing continued funding.

Purpose of the job

In recent years, particularly since COVID, the volunteering landscape has changed significantly both locally and nationally. Traditional roles, such as home visiting and charity retail, have seen declining engagement, requiring us to adapt and evolve to continue supporting our communities effectively. We must remain flexible, create new opportunities, and leverage digital tools to recruit, train, and support volunteers.

Through introducing this new role, we will work to systematically assess and develop all aspects of our volunteer programme.

The role will be structured around three themes:

1. Understanding Volunteer Motivations to Improve our Recruitment and Retention
2. Developing and Implementing Diverse Volunteer Roles across our family support, and charity shop work.
3. Enhancing Accessibility of our Volunteer Programme

The Volunteer and Community Engagement Worker will have a key focus on community engagement, assisting to enhance our community fundraising profile and activities, contributing to the sustainability of the role.

You will also:

• Contribute to the effective day to day operation of the scheme in accordance with the Home-Start Memorandum & Articles of Association, Home-Start, Standards & Methods of Practice, Home-Start Agreement and Quality Assurance Standards.
• To maintain high standards of practice within the Home-Start model.
• To ensure equality of opportunity, fairness and diversity in all aspects of the scheme’s work.
• Implement good safeguarding practice in all areas of work.