About the Roles:Access to Industry (AI) is one of 8 partners delivering the new justice National Voluntary Throughcare Programme (NVTP) which is led by Sacro. We are looking for enthusiastic and compassionate self-starter to support with the engagement of men across HMP and YOI Polmont and HMP Glenochil as they transition from custody into the community. Your aim will be to support positive outcomes for the individuals you work with.

The NVTP works with men, women and young people across Scotland. This role focusses on supporting men whilst they are serving a short term sentence or are on remand.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Delivering supportive and collaborative partnership working with the Scottish Prison Service as a key stakeholder.
• Delivering effective pre-release support and planning.
• Proactively engage with individuals throughout their journey to ensure appropriate touchpoints with the NVTP, raising awareness and encouraging engagement
• Facilitate and lead engagement sessions across the prison estate
• Conducting needs assessment for individuals.
• Establishing trusting & genuine relationships, rooted in trauma informed principles.
• Participating in multi-agency meetings.
• Completing risk assessments and adhering to safeguarding best-practice.
• Maintaining accurate and timely records on case management system.
• Maximising engagement with partners across the prison estate.
• Identifying appropriate onward referral routeways at the earliest appropriate point.

You will do this by:

• Working collaboratively with the wider AI and national partnership team to deliver relational support for people accessing the NVTP, supporting team meetings, and service improvement.
• Participating in partnership meetings to support team working and service improvement.
• Upholding high quality service standards.
• Undertaking required role training (including that provided by the NVTP, Scottish Prison Service and AI).
• Being flexible and responsive to service demand including working across cohorts and prison establishments as required.

AI Team:You will play a part in the wider team of AI through attendance at internal meetings and participation in shared services across the teams.

Health & Safety and Property Management: You will ensure a healthy and safe environment and the protection and best use of property and equipment by implementing and observing AI policies and procedures.

Other Requirements: The post holder will be expected to manage their own caseload and work with minimum supervision partly in an outreach capacity.

Project Manager – From Struggle to Stability: Creating fair work for young mothers

Close the Gap is operating a hybrid working model, with the option to work from the Buchanan Street office or from desk space in Edinburgh.

Responsible to: Head of Policy and Development

The successful candidate will be required to undergo a Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) check. Employment will be subject to satisfactory PVG scheme membership or an update to an existing membership in line with legal and organisational requirements.

Close the Gap values diversity in our workforce, and recognise the benefits it brings to the organisation. We therefore particularly encourage applications from racially-minoritised people and disabled people who are currently under-represented in the organisation.

We’re strongly committed to enabling flexible working for staff, and will consider all options to enable applicants to work flexibly.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to lead a partnership project to improve job quality for young mothers. Young mothers are among the most marginalised in the labour market, experiencing high levels of in-work poverty. Young mothers’ poverty drives child poverty, the gender pay gap, and gender inequality more broadly. The Close the Gap and Save the Children project will gather evidence on young mothers’ workplace experiences and employer attitudes to them as workers, and use this to influence employment practice and policymaking to deliver improved access to fair work. Working with a project advisory group and a lived experience group of young mothers, the project will also develop a campaign for young mothers to raise awareness of their employment rights, with the ultimate goal of reducing in-work poverty in Scotland.

About you

We’re looking for someone who has proven experience in project management, and of working with multiple partners to deliver complex projects with multiple stages and timelines. You’ll also have experience of commissioning and managing external research projects, and sound understanding of quantitative and qualitative methodologies. You’ll be a core part of our team, able to work both independently and collaboratively, and to build strong relationships with project stakeholders. The right person for this role will be committed to tackling poverty and women’s labour market inequality, and involving women with lived experience in the project.

Organisation profile

Close the Gap is Scotland’s policy advocacy organisation working on women’s labour market participation. We work strategically with policymakers, employers and unions to address the causes of the gender pay gap. We deliver advocacy to influence policy and legislative change; produce research, analysis and insight into women’s diverse experiences of the labour market; and influence employers to develop intersectional, gender-sensitive employment practice.

About Options Fife Lochwood Park

Aberlour Options Fife - Lochwood Park service, based in Kingseat, is a forever home for one young man who has complex needs. Our service is a safe space for not only our young man but for his family to spend meaningful time. Although there can be behaviours that challenge, it is the small steps of progress that this young person makes daily that makes our work meaningful. We are looking for someone to join our small team, who is a patient and understanding person. These are key skills for this role.

What we are looking for....

As someone who has built up experience working in residential childcare, you will have the confidence to guide and direct the provision of care for our young person.

When on shift, you will play a lead role, mentoring and supporting staff and being a role model, delivering excellence in the services we provide. You will assist in assessing, planning and delivering services, taking responsibility for ensuring that assessment and interventions are prepared, monitored and evaluated.

Engaging positively with our Young Person and their family you will plan and implement appropriate support. Sensitive and accurate reporting is a key responsibility and so you will have good written communication skills and the ability to learn how to use effectively, Aberlour’s recording system: Dynamics.

This role offers the opportunity to consolidate and build on your experience combined with the ability to enhance your skills and knowledge through training, for example, in Dyadic Developmental Practice.

As part of the management team you will play an active role in ensuring that shift duties are delegated and completed in accordance with service guidance. You will work 2 x 7.5 hour shifts per week as part of a Residential Rota.

Overnight sleep ins are part of the role, alongside an awake member of night staff.

At Aberlour we want to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team. Aberlour’s values are critical and drive everything we do. We will be looking for someone who can demonstrate how Aberlour’s values of Respect, Innovation, Integrity and Challenge will be visible in their practice. You must be comfortable working in an environment where Aberlour’s values are lived in practice.

What we offer...

As well as a supportive team and excellent training opportunities, we want all our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, an excellent employer pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts across various retailers.

We are now recruiting for a Creative Communities Lead at Art in Healthcare.

Are you articulate, empathetic and values-led? We are looking for someone to lead Art in Healthcare’s ambitions to increase access to visual art and creativity for individuals and communities across Scotland, with a particular focus upon individuals and communities that have been over-looked and under-served historically. You will devise, develop and manage a range of creative programmes that meet the needs, interests and aspirations of participants. Working with the wider Art in Healthcare team and Artists you will ensure that our services are inclusive, impactful, developmental and sustainable. You will be part of the management team and will help us to meet our six strategic aims [these can be reviewed in our Strategic Plan].

Who are we looking for?

To succeed in this role, you will already have a good understanding of creative health and significant experience of developing and delivering creative programmes that prioritise access, inclusion and quality. We are looking for someone with at least three years of relevant work experience and a minimum of two years within a role with line management, budget and fundraising responsibilities.

You will have extensive experience of working with diverse audiences including vulnerable individuals and communities. You will also have experience of working with a range of visual artists to develop creative opportunities that are person-centred and that support creative journeys. You will be able to demonstrate your commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and an understanding of the value of lived experience through previous roles.

You will have experience of working in a reflective way, documenting and evaluating programmes and projects, using the findings to shape future developments and for reporting to external funders. You will also have some experience of supporting, developing and managing a small team that includes paid staff and volunteers. Experience of fundraising will be helpful. A knowledge of the visual art sector in Scotland and key organisations within the creative health space will be advantageous.