Organisation profile:

ABWA provides information, emotional/practical support, refuge accommodation and accommodation advice to all women, their children and young people who are experiencing domestic abuse from their current or ex- partner.

Main Job Purpose

ABWA is seeking to recruit an experienced Crisis Support Worker.

Reporting to the Team Leader, the role of the Crisis Support Worker is to provide support and information to women and agencies who contact ABWA through our helpline, emails, and referrals.

The Crisis Support Worker will work closely with the Team Leader to ensure referrals are allocated to the appropriate part of ABWA’s service.

Candidates need to have experience of delivering crisis support, demonstrate a gender based analysis of domestic abuse, be motivated, an ability to work under pressure and must have a qualification suitable for SSSC Housing Support registration.

For an informal discussion regarding this post please text Fran on 07946 049199 or Leyona on 07483 036610 to arrange a suitable call time.

Could you help make The Venny somewhere young people feel welcome, valued and able to be themselves?

We're looking for a confident, approachable and enthusiastic Youth Worker to join our small team and help deliver our after-school and evening youth clubs. We want someone who can build positive relationships, bring ideas and initiative, and help create meaningful opportunities with young people.

YOU COULD BE A GREAT FIT IF YOU:

• Have experience working or volunteering with children or young people
• Can build positive relationships and engage confidently
• Bring ideas, energy and initiative
• Are reliable, approachable and a good team member

WHAT WE OFFER:

• £13.45 per hour - Real Living Wage rate
• Training and development opportunities
• A friendly, supportive small team
• The chance to make a real difference locally

Relevant experience can come from youth work, education, community work, sports coaching, childcare, mentoring, support work or a similar setting. You don't need to have followed a traditional youth work career path - we're interested in your experience, values and what you could bring to our young people.

This role may work particularly well alongside another part-time role, study or existing work with children and young people.

The Yard is an award-winning charity that runs adventure play services for children with disabilities and/or additional support needs and their families.

Join us to help improve the lives of disabled children, young people and their families and carers by becoming our new Family Worker in Fife.

As Family Worker you will be providing information, emotional and practical support to families with children with a wide range of additional support needs, empowering them to understand and access the support available to them from external services.

The Family Worker role is essential in ensuring that families get the right help when they need it most.

About you:

This job is for you if you have:

·experience of working with children and young people with a range of disabilities and additional support needs

·excellent relationship building skills

·knowledge of children’s rights, trauma informed and inclusive practices

·an understanding of child and adult protection practices

·excellent organisational skills and administrative abilities

If you would like to work in a supportive and understanding work environment, ensuring that families feel valued and part of an inclusive community, we would love to have you on board.

It does not matter whether your route into support work has been through housing, social care, homelessness, youth work, community services or lived experience-informed practice. If you care about young people having a safe, supportive place to call home, and you know how to lead with compassion, clarity and respect, this could be the next move for you.

Supported Accommodation South Ayrshire helps reduce repeat homelessness by providing high-quality housing support in Ayr for young people aged 16 to 25. As Senior Support Worker, you will support the Service Manager with the day-to-day leadership of the programme and help make sure young people receive safe, person-centred and strengths-based support.

Right There has spent 200 years standing alongside people in Scotland. Last year, we supported almost 4,000 people to stay in their homes and stay connected to the people they love. We provide tailored support for people living with the effects of homelessness, poverty, addiction or family breakdown, meeting people where they are with no judgement and walking alongside them at the right time.

What you’ll do

• Lead and support a team. You will build positive relationships with Support Workers, provide regular supervision and appraisals, support rota planning and help create a team culture where colleagues feel supported to do their best work.
• Keep young people at the centre. You will make sure support plans, risk assessments, reviews and Keeping You Safe Plans are meaningful, up to date and focused on each person’s strengths, safety and aspirations.
• Support a safe, high-quality service. You will help maintain a safe environment, support high standards of accommodation, audit files, follow incident processes and report required Care Inspectorate notifications.
• Work in a trauma-informed way. You will promote person-centred planning, unconditional positive regard, psychologically informed practice and harm reduction approaches.
• Build strong relationships locally. You will represent Right There with local authority colleagues, social work, housing services and community partners, supporting links that help young people move forward.
• Support improvement and participation. You will contribute to team meetings, reflective practice, service development, complaints resolution and opportunities for the people we support to shape the service.

What you’ll bring

You may already be supervising or leading a team in housing, social care or support services, or you may be ready to take the next step into a broader leadership role. We are interested in the experience you bring, the way you work with people and your commitment to learning.

• You hold SVQ Level 3 in Social Services and Health Care, or an equivalent SCQF qualification, or are willing to work towards this.
• You hold, or are willing to undertake, a relevant management or supervision qualification, such as PDA Health and Social Care Supervision.
• You have experience of supervising, leading or supporting colleagues, or can show clear leadership skills.
• You have experience of working with people whose needs are relevant to this service area.
• You understand person-centred support, professional boundaries, safeguarding, confidentiality and the importance of respectful relationships.
• You can organise your time, prioritise well, meet deadlines and support staff resources around people’s needs.
• You can communicate clearly and respectfully, including through written records, reports and day-to-day conversations.
• You are confident using Microsoft Office and can work with information to support service quality and improvement.

You do not need to have followed one fixed route into this role. Experience in third sector services, housing, social care, youth work, community support, crisis work, partnership working or team coordination could all be relevant. If this role excites you but you do not meet every point, we still encourage you to apply.

Our offer

• Full-time, permanent
• Salary up to £36,002 per annum
• Core place of work: 42 Chalmers Road, Ayr, KA7 2JQ.
• Working hours are Monday to Friday between 9.00am and 10.00pm in shifts defined by your line manager, depending on service needs. Flexibility is required to work evenings and weekends when needed.
• Annual leave of 234 hours, equivalent to 6 weeks, pro rata in the first year, rising to 312 hours, equivalent to 8 weeks, pro rata in the second year. This includes public holidays.
• People’s Pension, subject to eligibility.
• Access to flexible working around programme needs, wellbeing support, learning and development, funded qualifications where appropriate, Health Shield, Cycle to Work, Blue Light Card and other employee benefits.

About Us

We are a charity that recently celebrated 200 years of standing alongside people in Scotland. Last year we supported almost 4,000 people to stay in their homes and stay connected to the people they love.