Looking to work for a flexible and family friendly organisation doing amazing HR work to support Scotland’s charity sector?

Our HR advice service is in demand and we’re looking for an HR generalist to join our busy team. You’ll answer diverse and often complex HR cases from voluntary organisations, providing best practice and best fit HR advice, developing resources, and contributing to the recruitment and retention of HR Service subscribers.

If you have experience of providing generalist HR advice and guidance at Officer / Advisor level, and have CIPD Level 5, we’d like to hear from you!

If you're excited about this role and believe your skills and experience could help you succeed in it, we'd love to hear from you, even if you don't meet all the person specification.

We share our interview questions in advance. We will fully consider flexible working requests, including working from home.

If you want to have a chat about the job or our flexible working approach, get in touch with us at recruitment@scvo.scot

SCVO is the membership organisation for the voluntary sector in Scotland. Our mission is to champion the role of voluntary organisations in building a flourishing society and support them to do work that has a positive impact.

Empathy is seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another and feeling the heart of another”

Alfred Adler

| Compassion | Integrity | Respect | Realising Potential | Inclusion |

Health in Mind is one of Scotland’s best-known and trusted Mental Health Charities. Established in 1982 we have evolved in response to need which means we actively promote positive mental health in local communities across Scotland. Our vision is straight forward, we build hope and live life through our values because people are at the heart of what we do.

We have a great opportunity for an experienced practitioner to join our team. You will bring compassion, integrity, positivity and reflection, delivering effective and high-quality support to those individuals who access support from Future Pathways.

Future Pathways offers support to people who were abused or neglected as a child when they were in the Scottish care system. The service was established alongside the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry and has expanded considerably since its start in 2016. Future Pathways’ aim is to help people live well. To change paths, enjoy life, succeed and grow.

Reaching our shortlist is straightforward providing you can say ‘yes’ to our list of ‘must haves’ below. Please kindly make sure they fit into your career and personal attributes. You can then ask for an information pack and application.

• We’d like a degree in Health and Social Care, Social Work or similar field but, if you hold a recognised, relevant professional qualification at a minimum SVQ Level 4 with relevant workplace experience this works too.
• Up to date child and vulnerable adult protection knowledge together and ideally completion of suicide prevention training such as ASIST.
• You are an exceptional compassionate individual with experience of working with those in society who’ve faced personal challenges, childhood disturbance, abuse, separation, institutional care and trauma
• Curiosity, empathy and a focus on learning, empowerment, collaboration and self-awareness.
• Experience of personal outcomes focused approaches, working in partnership with people to set goals, agree plan and support people to achieve their potential.
• Able to hold hope and walk alongside someone on their journey, you are good at nurturing self-confidence and supporting people to make positive changes in their lives.
• Worked in accordance with the statutory framework and requirement including GDPR, BACP, the SSSC and the Care Inspectorate.

With a great range of benefits including 30 days annual leave plus 10 public holidays and 2 wellbeing days we work fulltime 36.25 hours per week. The salary scale for this post is Point 39 to 43 (£39,047 to £43,202).

Committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, we embrace and encourage people from all walks of life, including welcoming applications from Neurodiverse individuals. It is important to us that you feel comfortable and confident and, as such, we are willing to adjust or adapt our application, interview and selection process to suit your needs, including working patterns and hybrid working wherever and whenever we can. Simply contact us and we’ll come back to you.

This role does, however, require periodic but not continuous office presence.

Organisation profile:

Dean and Cauvin Young People’s Trust is one of Edinburgh’s oldest and established charities, providing residential group living and community, family and group work support to children, young people and families. We are committed to implementing The Promise and building strong and caring relationships with our young people rooted in our values of Care, Perseverance, Acceptance and Hope. We provide a scaffolding of love and support around them as they take their first steps towards a confident and independent future.

Role:

This is an exciting opportunity to come and join our team as a Residential Worker based at Chestnut Wynd, our house for young people. Situated in West Granton, our purpose-built house provides a safe and nurturing home for up to five young people aged 15-21 and a range of modern facilities and wellbeing spaces designed to help them grow, develop and make a successful transition to young adulthood.

As part of a team you will work closely with the young people we live alongside to provide the daily care and support they need and the advice and guidance to manage their health and wellbeing, independent learning and living skills, education and training needs. Our house staff also work closely with our community-based team to provide additional 1:1 and group supports to young people and to further develop their social and community connections. We work together with families, social work, health services and other colleagues to keep the strengths, aspirations and voice of the young person at the heart of all we do while ensuring their safety and welfare is always maintained.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone to be part of our team as we adapt our services to #KeepThePromise. We are looking for skilled individuals who are passionate about working with young people building strong relationships with them. This role will suit someone who understands child development, trauma-informed practice and is skilled in planning and delivering robust assessment and interventions with young people, as well as being positive and thoughtful, and rights focused.

A residential worker is a hugely important role for us. As a key part of our team you contribute to creating a culture of nurture and care for our young people while also ensuring the house is maintained and resourced to meet the needs of young people and staff.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone to be part of our team as we adapt our services to #KeepThePromise. We are looking for someone who is:

• An individual who is skilled in planning and delivering a range of 1:1 and group-based practice approaches with young people.
• Values-led and rights focused.
• Able to have honest and courageous conversations
• Passionate about working alongside children, young people and families.
• Able to build strong and effective relationships with young people, their family and professional and social support networks.
• Works in a way that that is rooted in an understanding of child and young people’s developmental needs, trauma-informed and restorative approaches.
• Can undertake assessment and care-planning processes for young people to ensure a focus on positive outcomes.
• Flexible, creative and fun!

This role involves a shift pattern over a six-week rota and therefore requires weekend working, and sleep-ins.

We are committed to the development of all our staff and the successful applicants will have access to:

• Regular support and supervision
• Continuous Professional Development
• Training and learning opportunities.
• Discounted access to our holiday caravan
• Our Employee Assistance Scheme

If you are someone who can make a difference for young people and have relevant experience with social work, youth/community/family work or other relevant experiences then we want to hear from you!

We're growing and looking for talented people to join our team across Scotland and help create positive choices, chances and connections for young people.

Who we are

Working Rite is a Scottish employability charity supporting young people age 15 - 25 to build confidence, develop skills, gain meaningful experience and move towards employment, apprenticeships and further learning. We are currently operating across Aberdeen, East Ayrshire, East Lothian, Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Relationships and mentoring sit at the heart of our approach. We work alongside young people, schools, employers and communities, providing practical opportunities and individual support that help young people take their next steps.

We're ambitious about what young people can achieve, and we're looking for people who share that ambition.

Why work with us?

We want Working Rite to be a place where people can do great work, develop professionally and have flexibility in how they balance work and life. We are proudly a Flex Mark Accredited organisation for our commitment to flexible working, and we’re a Living Wage employer.

Our employee offer includes:

• Flexible working by default
• 5% employer pension contribution
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption leave
• Compassionate leave
• Additional annual leave based on length of service
• Opportunities for continued professional development
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Team building and social activities
• Access to Mintago employee benefits, including cycle-to-work, grocery salary sacrifice, pensions advice and electric vehicle leasing

The Development & Fundraising Manager plays a vital role in securing the income, partnerships and resources that enable Working Rite to transform young lives. Leading on fundraising, income generation and relationship management, you will identify new opportunities, develop compelling funding proposals and build lasting partnerships with trusts, foundations, corporate supporters and other stakeholders. Combining strategic thinking with practical delivery, you will help drive sustainable growth and maximise Working Rite's impact across Scotland.