- Advertised from 22nd May 2026
- £13.45 p/h. ‘As and When Required’ pool basis
Role
Values into Action Scotland (VIAS) is recruiting for the post of Sessional Job Coach based at our head office in Hillington, Glasgow and surrounding areas.
We are looking to recruit a pool of Job Coaches to support our Triple E clients to develop their job skills in a real working environment.
You will work with the Senior Lead Consultants and the Triple E teams to provide practical job coaching support in what, for many is their first real job. No experience in necessary as full training will be given.
Background
Values Into Action Scotland provides quality supports and services to create a world that is inclusive for all. Come and help us achieve our vision for a Scotland where people with learning disabilities and/ or neurodivergent people have the same opportunities as everyone else to achieve their goals.
Triple E is a wraparound supported employment service designed to help disabled people aged 16–67 find high-quality jobs. This post will support our services in Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire.
The Candidate
With a strong interest in learning about supported employment, the successful candidate will be confident in their ability to support our clients to develop.
They will also be comfortable working one-to-one within a business setting.
Candidates would benefit from an understanding of the issues that affect people with learning disabilities and/or neurodivergent people.
What We Offer
We offer flexibility, excellent training/ development opportunities, and a competitive salary.
Further Details
The post is as and when required.
VIAS will carry out an PVG check on the successful applicant.
For further information or an informal discussion, please call Courtney Norris (Glasgow) on 07586 690707.
Application notes
To apply, please send your CV and covering letter to courtney.norris@viascotland.org.uk for Renfrewshire/ East Renfrewshire roles.
Please ensure that in your CV you have covered all the criteria as detailed in the person specification for this post. We have a rolling programme of recruitment so applications are welcome at any time.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
VIAS is committed to equality and inclusion. We actively welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, skills, experiences and lived experience.
We are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and flexible working arrangements throughout the recruitment process.
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Values in Action Scotland (VIAS) is recruiting for the post of Lead Consultant (Job Coaching), based in Renfrewshire with some travel in this area. Reporting to the Senior Lead Consultant, this exciting opportunity will give the role holder scope to help VIAS reach a wider target audience, and to grow and develop the organisation’s commitment to people with learning disabilities and/or neurodivergence gaining and sustaining paid employment.
About us:
Values in Action Scotland is a Quality Improvement Service. Our vision is for a Scotland where people with learning disabilities and neurodivergent people have the same opportunities as everyone else and are supported to achieve their goals including access to meaningful paid employment. Through our Job Coaching Service, Scotland will take the lead in demonstrating best practice in all aspects of the supported employment process.
What we’re looking for:
We value potential, passion, and the right attitude just as much as experience or a traditional career background.
- The candidate must be a mentor eager to support their fellow people. You must be able to discover people’s strengths and support needs and identify what works best for them and their employer.
- Having communication skills partnered with critical thinking are prerequisites for this job. With proven experience in job coaching and working with people with learning disabilities and neurodivergence, the successful candidate will be confident in their ability to create and implement development plan to help grow the job coaching service, VIAS and our capabilities.
- Candidates must have strong administrative skills, with a willingness to learn new systems, build detailed profiles, and take the time to get to know individuals and their needs.
- With an understanding or experience of work-related issues affecting people with learning disabilities and/ or neurodivergence, the successful candidate will be a multi-tasker working in an autonomous capacity throughout Renfrewshire.
- The successful candidate will also be a team player and have the ability to work be a with a range of stakeholders, demonstrating excellent interpersonal skills and an aptitude for building and nurturing successful partnerships.
- They will have a high-level ability to plan, analyse and think through issues that arise and an ability to identify, prioritise and deliver a varied work programme.
We’d love to hear from you, even if you don’t meet every requirement listed. If you’re excited about this opportunity, passionate about making a difference, and believe you can bring value to the role, we encourage you to apply.
A cover letter is a great opportunity to demonstrate your passion for the role and give us an insight into who you are, your experience, and what motivates you.
What We Offer
- We offer excellent training and development opportunities,
- Competitive salary, a performance related bonus scheme, contributory pension scheme
- 32 days annual holiday (including bank holidays).
- Supportive working culture with regular one-to-one support sessions focused on your development, wellbeing, and continuous growth.
Further Details
The post is permanent. VIAS will carry out a disclosure check on the successful applicant.
For further information or an informal discussion, please call Courtney Norris on 07586 690707.
Top job! Head of Advice and Rights (Scotland)
- Full time
- £51,458 – £56,875
- Hybrid: Glasgow - may be able to agree a pattern of regular remote working
- Closing 8th June 2026
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who has extensive track record of welfare rights advice and practice, experience of line management and the desire to ensure frontline services have access to the highest quality benefits advice, information and training.
As Head of Advice and Rights (Scotland) you will take responsibility for leading the development and delivery of CPAG in Scotland’s highly regarded welfare rights services.
This is a unique opportunity to lead a well-established and highly regarded team and to actively help shape the future of our work.
As well as drawing on your own welfare rights experience to lead, support and manage the team you will maintain your own expertise by contributing to the delivery of advice, information or training. You will also have the opportunity to work with policy colleagues to ensure that our welfare rights evidence and expertise is contributing to CPAG’s highly successful influencing work.
You will have the opportunity to work closely with CPAG colleagues across our Glasgow and London based Policy, Advice, Business and Fundraising teams, helping maintain CPAG as the leading provider of expert welfare rights advice, information and training and making a crucial contribution to our wider mission to prevent poverty among children and families.
We welcome applications from individuals with the skills and experience outlined and we can be flexible about working arrangements. We operate a hybrid working system and would be happy to discuss any flexibilities required. CPAG is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion which you can read more about in the job pack.
Top job! Chief Executive Officer
- Part time
- £55,000 – £60,000 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Dumbarton
- Closing 8th June 2026
We are looking for a new Chief Executive Officer who will bring fresh thinking, energy and strong leadership to support Lomond and Argyll Advocacy Service (LAAS) as we continue to develop and build on what we already do well.
The Chief Executive Officer will provide clear, visible and inspiring leadership to Lomond and Argyll Advocacy Services (LAAS). Working closely with the Board, leadership team and other colleagues to deliver our vision of ensuring that people’s voices are heard and their rights are protected. The CEO will be responsible for the overall management and strategic direction of LAAS. They will ensure the effective use of resources (financial and human) and compliance with legal, contractual and regulatory requirements.
The role
The role is pivotal to the development, growth and sustainability of LAAS along with ensuring the quality of the advocacy delivered . The post requires someone with strategic and operational skills, who is driven by their values and who places high quality independent advocacy services, alongside the wellbeing of their team
at the centre of their thinking and approach.
The CEO will ensure that effective and robust systems are in place to enable LAAS to deliver a high quality independent advocacy service and demonstrate the impact of this on the lives of the people we support. They will secure and manage funding from advocacy commissioners and grant making trusts to ensure the independence and sustainability of the advocacy we deliver.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide clear and effective leadership that motivates staff to deliver a high quality, independent advocacy service that ensures that people’s voices are heard and their rights protectedBuild and maintain a positive workplace environment and culture that fosters team working, accountability, innovation and continuous improvement
- Develop the leadership and wider team in a way that ensures LAAS has the right capacity, capability and succession planning in place to continue delivering a high quality service
- Support, guide and supervise the Operational Manager who leads a team of paid and volunteer advocates to provide high quality advocacy across Argyll and Bute and West Dunbartonshire.
- Ensure there are meaningful opportunities for people with lived experience to be involved in the development and governance of LAAS Strategic Planning
- Work with the Board of Trustees to develop a strategic plan that reflects LAAS’s vision and values and the needs of communities across Argyll and Bute and West Dunbartonshire
- Ensure that effective planning frameworks are in place to support long term sustainability
- Keep abreast of changes in policy and legislation, provide recommendations for action and lead change through sound operational processes Financial Management and Resources
- Work alongside the Business Manager and Treasurer to ensure LAAS’s financial strength and sustainability with robust financial planning, control and monitoring processes
- Negotiate and manage contracts with NHS and local authority advocacy commissioners for the delivery of independent advocacy.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory financial requirements and maintain the highest standard of probity and accountability
- Ensure that effective systems and processes are in place to monitor activity and measure the impact of the advocacy provided.
- Ensure that LAAS are engaged in discussions at a local or national level to review or develop independent advocacy quality standards
- Managing Risks, change and improvement
- Maintain and review risk management systems
- Lead the organisation through periods of change, ensuring colleagues are engaged and supported
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement, ensuring that effective use is made of the learning from feedback, training, performance results and reflective practice
- Act as LAAS’s main spokesperson, representing the organisation with credibility and integrity
- Influence policy and practice at a local and national level
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Partners in Advocacy has been delivering independent advocacy services since 1998 and is recognised as a trusted and established independent advocacy provider across Scotland.
We are pleased to offer an opportunity to join our Edinburgh Carers service as a Service Coordinator.
This is a rewarding role in a supportive, experienced team, where you will make a genuine difference by providing line management to the team and one-to-one independent advocacy to unpaid adult carers. You will support individuals in having their voices heard, helping them express their views, understand their rights, explore their options, and participate in decisions that affect their lives.
The role involves travelling throughout Edinburgh to meet people in a range of community and other settings. Travel expenses are covered, and you will be supported to plan your work in a way that is both effective and sustainable.
Working closely with the Service Manager for Edinburgh & The Lothians, you will help maintain accurate service data and support the development of service reports, helping demonstrate the impact of advocacy.
This is a role that offers a high degree of autonomy, alongside regular support, supervision, and opportunities to connect with colleagues across the organisation.
We warmly encourage applications from people from diverse backgrounds. If your skills and experience align with the job description and person specification, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Please complete the application form, providing examples of how you meet each aspect of the job description and person specification.
Partners in Advocacy is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible working environment.
What the role is really like
- Your work will be team-focussed, in terms of practice and outcomes, though you’ll need to feel comfortable working independently at times, managing your own diary and priorities.
- You will provide one-to-one support and supervision to your team colleagues.
- Your work will support unpaid adult carers in Edinburgh who, in turn, are supporting a family member who may have mental health needs or other additional support requirements.
- Your days will vary from supporting someone in a meeting, to travelling across Edinburgh, to completing case notes at home.
- Some situations can be complex or emotionally demanding, and good professional boundaries are essential.
- You’ll need to be able to understand complex information and processes, translate them in the context of your advocacy partners’ needs, helping them to understand their rights and explore their options.
- You’ll need to be comfortable making decisions and working proactively, while staying connected to your wider team.
- You’ll be speaking to professionals and others in a range of settings, communicating, and amplifying your advocacy partners’ opinions and wishes.
- You’ll record, track, and compile statistical and other information, writing it into tracking spreadsheets, Microsoft Word forms and creating anonymised case studies.
You’ll be a good fit if you:
- Are comfortable working autonomously and managing your own workload whilst recognising and reacting to the needs and development of your team colleagues
- Have recent line management experience and value high-quality, person-centred people management
- Can recognise the right times to check in with your line manager
- Have good planning skills and are punctual
- Can build trust with people and communicate clearly in a range of situations
- Are organised and able to balance direct work and administrative responsibilities
- Have good writing and IT skills
- Are confident travelling independently across Edinburgh
- Value equality, diversity, human-rights, and person-led support
- Can research, read, and understand complex information, then translate it and explain it in clear terms
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