We’re looking for an enthusiastic Community Development Worker to strengthen local engagement and build meaningful connections in Johnstone and Gallowhill.

In this role, you will:

• Organise community events and activities
• Support community-led initiatives
• Connect families - especially those hardest to reach - with vital services

Key outcomes for this role include:

• Re-establishing a Community Council in Gallowhill
• Conducting a community needs assessment in Johnstone

About you:

You’ll be warm, approachable, and people-focused, with a talent for uniting communities and leading social initiatives.

Compassion and the ability to build positive, sustainable relationships with service providers are essential.

YoMo is looking for someone to cover Mat leave in our very successful Walk & Talk youth mental health service. This volunteer lead service is needing someone that has an interest & understanding of low level youth mental health issues, has good time management and a good listening ear.

Job description and Person Specification can be downloaded below.

GAMH services support people with mental health problems to recover and lead self-determined and purposeful lives. We currently have vacancies for reliable and enthusiastic people who can commit to our core values of equality, inclusion, and recovery. GAMH is a Scottish Living Wage accredited organisation and is committed to Fair Work First principles for all employment terms and conditions. Our Learning and Development Programme guarantees that you have continuous training opportunities to ensure that you have all the skills you need for the job as well as meeting the requirements for SSSC registration.

We are seeking Assistant Project Workers to join our city-wide Self-Directed Support Service and Service Centres located across the city. In this role, you will provide personalised support to adults experiencing or recovering from mental health challenges.

As an Assistant Project Worker, you will build supportive and trusting relationships with individuals, helping them achieve their personal goals and maintain their wellbeing. You will also demonstrate strong communication and organisational skills, ensuring that all personal planning guidelines are followed and that you work effectively alongside our key referrers and partner agencies.

While knowledge of the role and purpose of a social care worker is desirable, full induction and training will be provided. This includes training on the SSSC Codes of Practice, the National Care Standards, and how these frameworks apply to your role.

A qualification at SVQ Level 2 (or equivalent), or a willingness to work towards achieving this qualification, is essential.

As these services are registered with the Care Inspectorate, you will be required to pay an annual fee to maintain your registration.

Applicants must be able to demonstrate the values and attitude required to work with people who are living with mental health challenges and who may have complex needs and be able to work flexibly; some early morning, evening and weekend working may be required.

GAMH aims to promote equality of opportunity in service delivery as well as in employment practice. To achieve this, we positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. Accordingly if you have any particular requirements regarding your application, please contact Laura Middell, Central Resources Director, on 0141 552 5592.

These posts are regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. An offer of work with Glasgow Association for Mental Health will be subject to the outcome of this check being satisfactory.

Who Cares? Scotland is Scotland’s only national independent membership organisation for Care Experienced people. Our mission is to secure a lifetime of equality, respect, and love for Care Experienced people in Scotland and we currently have over 3000 Care Experienced members.

At the heart of Who Cares? Scotland’s work are the rights of Care Experienced children and young people, and the power of their voices to bring about positive change. We provide individual relationship-based independent advocacy and a broad range of imaginative participatory opportunity for Care Experienced young people across Scotland; we work alongside corporate parents and communities of all sorts to broaden understanding; we work with policy makers, leaders and elected representatives locally and nationally to shape law, policy and practice on the basis of all that can be learnt from the voices of those with experience of care – working together to build on the aspirations of The Promise and secure positive change.

The purpose of the post is to help nurture an environment where the voices, views and experiences of Western Isles Care Experienced and/ or vulnerable children and young people are at the heart of decision-making.

Advocacy and Participation Workers (APWs) provide independent advocacy support to children and young people who have a need for advocacy support. This means listening to what the child/young person has to say and supporting them to amplify their voices to ensure that their views are heard regarding all decisions which are being made about their lives.

As the APW on the Western Isles you will also provide supports to children and young people involved in the Bairns Hoose. The Bairns Hoose model provides a ‘one-stop’ service for children who have experienced or witnessed harm. It integrates 4 core areas: child protection, health, justice and recovery and adheres to 11 standards.

You will also facilitate participatory and engagement opportunities, both local and national, creating conditions for collective advocacy which brings young people together, allowing them to develop confidence, a sense of belonging and the opportunity to identify common issues. You will help ensure their voices are heard by Corporate Parents and communities, creating positive change. You will work closely with partner agencies including the Western Isles Council and other public services, in order to ensure that the voices of care experienced and vulnerable children and young people have an impact, and help create new opportunities and develop existing ones.

At the heart of the advocacy relationship is trust – built through transparent, honest, accountable and reliable interactions between the child/young person and the APW.

You will be skilled at developing positive relationships with children and young people. You will place young people at the heart of everything you do, helping them live a positive life and to reach their full potential in the future.

We welcome and encourage applications from those with experience of care.