ANGELS (Additional Needs Gaining Experience in Life Skills) is a service which works with children and young people, aged 8 to 15, across South Lanarkshire who have additional support needs (ASN).

ANGELS provides a range of weekly group activities which work towards specific outcomes identified by young people and their parents/carers. These activities focus on both social and practical life skills, including:

• Creative workshops: arts, crafts, music, and drama that allow participants to express themselves creatively and build confidence.
• Life skills workshops: age-appropriate activities such as baking or Makaton that foster self-sufficiency and resilience.
• Physical activities: fitness and health sessions to promote wellbeing and improve physical health.
• Community outings: experiences designed to enhance social skills and broaden horizons, reducing isolation and creating a sense of belonging.

Children and young people will take part in activities that interest them, helping them to gain new experiences, develop skills, build confidence, and (importantly) have fun. Alongside developing trusting relationships with volunteers and peers, the project will reduce isolation, improve wellbeing, and create a sense of belonging.

COVEY is currently looking for a Group Facilitator to take on the organisation and delivery of our weekly ANGELS activities. Working under the guidance and supervision of the ANGELS Coordinator, the Group Facilitator will help create safe, welcoming and inclusive spaces where children and young people feel supported, heard and encouraged to engage positively.

A key part of the role will involve supporting volunteers, maintaining strong safeguarding practice and ensuring all activity is impactful and aligned with COVEY’s values. For children and young people with more complex or intersecting needs, the Facilitator will work with the Coordinator to develop robust support plans designed to meet the needs and desired outcomes for the participant.

If you are experienced in working with young people with ASN and have ideas for fun activities which help young people to develop life skills, then this is the right role for you.

What we offer

We offer a rewarding role with the opportunity to develop your skills and future career in an enriching environment with the following benefits:

• 6% employer pension contribution
• 22 days A/L (rising to up to 27 days) and 10 public holidays (pro-rata).
• One special leave day to celebrate your birthday
• Flexible working
• HSF Health plan (including dental, optical, physio claim back, personal accident coverage, GP, mental health counselling, legal support, and discounts for gym, cinema, and shopping)
• Quarterly staff wellbeing activities
• Access to ScotWest Credit Union (loans, mortgages, and savings accounts)
• Access to learning and development opportunities

About the job

Drumchapel Citizens Advice Bureau is looking for a highly motivated and experienced individual with the drive and enthusiasm to support the delivery of a high-quality advice and information service to the public.

We are an established Citizens Advice Bureau with a strong reputation for delivering well-managed, proactive and quality-assured services, both directly and in partnership with statutory and voluntary sector agencies.

The Session Supervisor will play a key role in supporting and overseeing the delivery of our generalist advice service. The postholder will provide day-to-day session support to advisers, including guidance on advice queries and more complex cases, helping to ensure that clients receive accurate, appropriate and high-quality advice.

The role will also involve undertaking case checking and quality assurance, providing constructive feedback to advisers, identifying areas for improvement and supporting the maintenance and development of advice quality across the service.

As the role provides day-to-day support to advisers during service delivery, the postholder will be required to work on site Monday to Friday. This post is not currently offered on a hybrid-working basis.

About you

Applicants must have:

• Strong knowledge and experience of delivering generalist advice, including welfare benefits, debt/money advice, housing and employment.

• Demonstrable experience of providing session support to advisers within an advice-giving environment, including providing guidance on complex or unusual enquiries.

• Experience of supervising, supporting and developing staff and/or volunteers.

• Experience of undertaking case checking and quality assurance, including assessing the accuracy and quality of advice and client records and providing constructive feedback.

• The ability to provide constructive feedback and support advisers to maintain and improve the quality of their work.

• Good communication and organisational skills.

• A commitment to delivering an excellent service to clients and to equality and diversity.

Knowledge or experience of Citizens Advice audit requirements and National Standards would be advantageous.

This is an exciting time to join Venture Trust as we continue to develop, embed and grow our teams, and apply our developmental approach in communities, in greenspaces and across Scotland’s wilder places. ​

Venture Trust supports people facing challenging life circumstances to overcome barriers and realise their potential. We work alongside people who have been impacted by trauma, and together we build the programme they need to move forwards in their journey, utilising in communities, greenspaces and wild places across Scotland.

​About this role

We have an exciting opportunity for a new Outreach Worker to join our team join our team working across North, East and South Ayrshire, You will be the first person our participants meet, so knowledge of services within this area would be beneficial.

You’ll be a caring, dynamic and driven person, dedicated to levelling the playing field and equipping people with the tools they need to thrive. You’ll be comfortable and confident working autonomously alongside people with complex lives.

​Working across your area, you’ll provide bespoke and holistic 1:1 support for participants, spending time to get to know them, their strengths and where they want to go. You will prepare participants for wilderness journeys and support them to identify and work towards positive progression opportunities.

​We need you to work closely with referrers and partners to provide joined up support for participants, managing the differing needs of your case load, including working with young people and adults.

​Our Outreach Workers play an essential role at Venture Trust. Your skill at fostering positive, trusting relationships with people could be life changing.​

​As an Outreach Worker, you will:

• ​​Provide one-to-one support for participants, identifying and removing barriers to participation and supporting them towards their individual goals
• ​Maintain positive relationships with stakeholders, generating referrals for all programmes
• ​Promote Venture Trust within local communities
• ​Work closely with referral partners and any other stakeholders to provide joined up support for participants
• Work within a team structure with hybrid working arrangements
• (N.B. For workers who are keen to support wilderness journeys, there may be opportunities to do this, but it is not essential.)

​Working at Venture Trust

​We offer a range of generous benefits including:

• ​a generous annual leave entitlement (28 days annual leave plus public holidays and 3 Christmas holidays)
• ​an employee benefits package
• ​flexible and hybrid working
• ​a joint contributory pension scheme

An opportunity to work within our innovative & progressive Legal Team within our busy projects preventing homelessness, assisting vulnerable groups, clients and their families, and those with complex needs.

Govan Law Centre is looking for an enthusiastic, dedicated solicitor to assist the legal team working closely with Govan Law Centre Prevention of Homeless Services and Inclusion Team to provide service users with advice, legal representation, individual casework and advocacy. Providing representation across all tenures; Social Rented, Owner Occupied & Private Rented Sector. Providing homelessness advice to vulnerable clients and provide support to vulnerable individuals and groups.

The successful candidate will be experienced in court work and relevant civil law. Based within the Govan Law Centre office, the successful applicant will work as part of a team and may be expected to attend outreach hubs across Glasgow.

The post involves blended working; with a combination of working remotely from home and office-based work.

The successful candidate MUST :

1. Hold a degree in Scots Law.

2. A diploma in legal practice.

3. A Law Society of Scotland practising certificate.

4. Have good research and analytical skills.

5. Ability to work well with minimum supervision.

6. Passionate about Equality and Human Rights.

It would be desirable if the candidate had

1. Knowledge and experience of issues relating to homelessness and housing law.

2. Knowledge and experience of issues relating to social welfare law

3. Experience in appearing in court or tribunal settings

4. Experience in dealing with vulnerable clients

5. Experience in handling a large and varied workload

6. Experience in working within a team setting