Are you passionate and committed to making a meaningful difference for families with young children experiencing barriers to moving out of poverty.

Within the UK, there is an estimated £22.7 billion a year in unclaimed welfare benefits and in Edinburgh 1 in 5 children are living in poverty.

This is an exciting opportunity for an Advice Worker to join our ‘Advice For Families’ team and deliver a high quality advice service to families in Edinburgh with pre-school children. Taking an early intervention and trauma-informed approach, the adviser will provide benefits, housing and debt advice to parents, in order to promote improved financial and social wellbeing for families.

The role will involve developing strong professional partnerships with other early years practitioners including Early Years Centres; Nurseries; Midwifery and Family Nurse Partnerships and Health Visitor teams.

Extensive in-house training and support will be provided to the successful candidate who demonstrates the right qualities for this role.

Are you?:

• Passionate and committed to making a meaningful difference for families experiencing barriers to moving out of poverty
• Able to quickly learn complex rules and legislation on Welfare Benefits, Debt and Housing.
• Enthusiastic about contributing to the delivery and development of partnership services.
• Able to build trusting professional relationships.
• Understanding of people’s journeys and the challenges they have had in their lives, and how poverty and inequality can have an impact on them.

At CHAI we offer the following:

• Extensive training programme
• Flexible working
• Access to Simply Health benefit plan
• 32 days annual leave (inclusive of public holidays)
• Enrolment to NOW Pension Scheme
• Supportive work environment
• Opportunities to improve services and make a difference.

We have an opportunity for a Performance and Impact Advisor (PIA) with our Equality and Human Rights (E&HR) fund team. We are looking for a full time (35 hours per week) PIA to join our small team and play an instrumental role in supporting the 48 organisations within the fund.

The Equality and Human Rights fund (E&HR) aims to support civil society organisations and partners to develop, embed and mainstream equality and human rights within policy and practice in Scotland, in line with the ambitions of the National Performance Framework and relevant Scottish Government strategies.

The PIA (Performance and Impact Advisor) will deliver several functions to support funded organisations, the E&HR Programme Manager and Inspiring Scotland. They are a consistent, available point of contact for funded groups with responsibilities including management of fund related information, developing and participating in any portfolio events and creating support tools for funds.

Benefits:

• 9.25% employer pension contribution (salary sacrifice scheme available).

• Full private medical insurance with the option to include family members.

• 4 x salary Death in Service cover.

• 29 days annual leave plus 8 days public holiday.

Space is a community anchor organisation supporting people and their families in South West Edinburgh, with some of our services stretching city wide.

WE BELIEVE THAT CONNECTIONS BUILD COMMUNITIES

Space delivers 22 projects, with around 70 staff and over 200 volunteers. We deliver diverse services supporting young people, families, older people and carers amongst others.

For more information about Space and all our projects can be found on our website – spacescot.org

The Role:

Thanks to funding from the National Lottery Space is able to launch a new service for the local community in the form of a Drop-in ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Conversation Cafe at The Broomhouse Hub. This will provide a much needed safe space in the community for individuals and families to develop their English speaking skills in an informal setting.

The drop-in café will run on Saturdays from The Broomhouse Hub, the exact time for sessions is yet to be confirmed, but is likely to be either 10am – 12pm, or 1.30pm – 3.30pm each week.

We are currently recruiting for a Facilitator to plan and deliver a programme of engaging group sessions, supporting people from minority ethnic backgrounds to participate in conversation with others in the sessions in order to practice and develop their English skills.

We are looking for someone with experience of group facilitation, who has previously supported people to learn English. A qualification such as TEFL or CELTA is not a requirement for the role but would be an advantage.

Most importantly, the right candidate for the role will have:

• an excellent command of the English language
• a minimum of one year of experience directly supporting people who are learning English as a foreign language
• experience of designing and delivering group conversation sessions in order to enable learners to develop their English skills
• group facilitation experience and an encouraging attitude to learner participation
• a sound understanding of the needs and challenges faced by people from minority ethnic backgrounds, in particular those who are living in areas of deprivation
• excellent interpersonal skills and confidence to naturally form relationships with a range of people of all ages and walks of life
• great organisational skills and be self-motivated to deliver results with minimal supervision

PVG membership required, this will be processed by Space for the successful candidate.

About Us:

The Community One Stop Shop (COSS) is a registered charity committed to providing nutritious meals and support to individuals and families living in poverty. Our soup kitchen is one of 13 services we provide in the Calder’s area of Edinburgh offering a welcoming environment for all who enter. We are seeking a passionate and organized individual to join our team as Outreach worker for soup kitchen.

Job Description:

The Soup Kitchen Coordinator will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of our soup kitchen. This includes overseeing volunteers, ensuring food safety standards are met, engaging with the clients, managing the other services we offer and creating a welcoming atmosphere for our clients. The ideal candidate will have a strong commitment to serving the community and excellent organizational and leadership skills.