* North East Services Office with some flexibility (On site)
* Closing6th May 2024
* Advertised from 19th April 2024
* Cost of living award pending. 37 hours per week. permanent.
Role
Turning Point Scotland is a national social care charity who promote evidence based practice. We provide services inAlcohol and Other Drugs, Learning Disabilities, Mental Health, Justice and Homeless/Prevention.
This is a rare and exciting opportunity to join Scotland’s leading social care organisation in a key strategicrole.
About the role
As our Head of Services North East, you will provide operational and strategic leadership with overall responsibilityfor our services across the North East of Scotland. To achieve this, you will build effective partnerships bothinternally and externally with stakeholders in delivering our Turning Point Scotland Strategic plan. Your rolewill include:-
* Direct line management and supervision of Service Managers
* Develop and grow relationships with localpartners and commissioners in delivering high quality services for the people we support
* Contribute totendering, retendering and framework opportunities
* Ensure that all operational systems, policies andprocedures are fully implemented, and best practice is maintained
* Work in partnership with Director ofOperations, Director of Finance, Director of BDI to ensure the sound and efficient financial management of allservices
* Audit and manage significant budgets including making tough decisions regarding budget savings,restructuring or reallocating resources
About You
You will have experience of working at senior management level within the Social Care sector, with the ability todemonstrate leadership characteristics of: vision, creativity and innovation, self-leadership, collaborating andinspiring and empowering your management team.
With your Leadership abilities you will provide management and supervision to your Service Managers. Utilising yourknowledge and experience of working within the Social Care Sector from either Homelessness, Alcohol & OtherDrugs, Learning Disabilities, Justice and Mental Health.
As Head of Services there will be regular travel to the services where the Service Management teams work for a rangeof meetings and visits. We recognise the benefits of being flexible as an employer, and so we are able to offeran element of hybrid working on a non-contractual basis. This is something that we are happy to chat aboutduring the interview process. A driving license and access to your own vehicle is essential.
Turning Point Scotland offers a Salary Matching opportunity within the pay points of the role.
* Home or office based with occasional travel (Hybrid)
* Closing3rd May 2024
The Richmond Fellowship Scotland (TRFS) is Scotland’s largest third sector provider of high-quality care and supportservices. As the Business Development Manager, you will have an integral role focused on expanding our reach andthe positive impact that we bring to people’s lives.
We are seeking to appoint a Business Development Manager who shares our values and who will contribute to the overalldevelopment and strategic growth of the organisation as a member of the Development Team. It is important tohave a working knowledge of the social care and health landscape (including commissioning and funding practices)and direct experience of success in a business development focused role.
You will also lead important organisational initiatives, and will bring the creativity and strategic focus requiredto develop and grow key programmes and projects.
Excellent communication, analysis, influencing and partnership working are amongst the core attributes that are vitalfor this post. If you have these, and the other essential skills and experiences detailed in the full JobDescription, then we look forward to receiving your application for this exciting and important role!
For an informal and confidential discussion about this role please contact Stephen Plunkett (TRFS Head ofDevelopment) at splunkett@trfs.org.uk who will respond during the week beginning 15th April.
* Hybrid remote or office based in Prestonpans (Hybrid)
* Closing28th April 2024
About the role
ELCAP is a Scottish charity which provides care and support for individuals who live with learning disabilities,physical disabilities and mental health problems.
A vacancy has created a rare opportunity to join our back-office team at an exciting time in our organisation’sdevelopment. Reporting to our Business Manager, our Finance Officer will provide a payroll service to 300 staffand be responsible for ensuring invoices are raised and payments made on time.
We are looking for someone who enjoys working in fast paced environment and has excellent attention to detail.
As we embrace a period of change with a new internal system we are delighted to welcome a new colleague to joinus.
Job context
The purpose of the post is to work as part of a team to support the effective and efficient management of ELCAPfinances.
The post has four areas of responsibility:
* Providing accounts and finance services.
* Providing payroll services.
* Supporting the managementof the charity’s human resources.
* Recording and Reporting
This is a permanent post of 35 hours per week operating Monday to Friday.
* Demonstrated experience in a finance administrative role
* Experience in payroll or willing to undertake training
* Experience ininvoicing and purchase ledger
Skills
* Very good interpersonal skills, with the ability to relate well to people from a range of backgrounds andexperiences.
* Very good communication skills, in verbal and written forms.
* Ability to work wellwithin a team and work on your own initiative
* Competence in recording and reporting and analysis ofdata
* Excellent IT skills across the main Microsoft products, ideally with Sage accounts and Sagepayroll
* Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise tasks and work well underpressure in order to meet internal and external deadlines
* Ability to consistently demonstrate thehighest levels of personal and professional integrity and accountability, including consistent attention todetail.
* Ability to be resourceful and solutions focused with enthusiasm and a positiveoutlook.
Experience
* Experience of working in a busy and varied finance post.
* Book keeping experience
* Experience inpayroll
* Experience in Purchase ledger, invoicing and reconciliation
* Experience of onlinebusiness banking platforms
* Experienced / willing to keep abreast of legal frameworks that impact on our financedepartment
Key relationships
* ELCAP Executive Board and Committees
* Chief Executive
* Business Manager
* RegisteredManager
* Operational Leads
* Development Workers
* Individualswho receive support
The post requires a degree of contact with children and vulnerable adults. The successful candidate will be requiredto join the Protecting of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. The PVG Scheme is managed and delivered by DisclosureScotland.
The Community Link Worker programme, funded by EVOC & Edinburgh Health & Social Care Partnership, isdelivered in partnership with GP Practices and the 3rd sector to support people to live well throughstrengthening connections between community resources and primary care.
The Community Link Worker will be employed by Caring in Craigmillar and will work as part of two practice teams(Restalrig Park and Baronscourt) in North East Edinburgh, to provide 1:1 person-centred and practical supportsto people in contact with the GP practice team.
Taking a person-centred approach, you will work with individuals to enable them to identify personal outcomes andpriorities for their health and well-being and link them to local, city and national activities and supportservices.
The postholder must have experience of working with people who are facing complex social and emotional circumstances,a strong understanding of the challenges affecting people living in areas of disadvantage in relation to livingwell, extensive effective interpersonal skills in working with people on a 1:1 basis as well as experience innetworking and relationship building with other professionals and organisations.
PVG: This post requires membership of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. Application will be processedfor the successful candidate.
Your work will be challenging but it will transform lives for generations.
Simon Community Scotland is the largest provider of homelessness services in Scotland.
Our vision is for everyone to have a safe place to live with access to the support they need. Every day we help makepositive things happen for people facing extremely difficult circumstances.
Everything we do is about and for people: the people we support, our staff, our partners and everyone affected byhomelessness.
Our values are built into every area of activity and tell the story of how people remain at the heart of the SimonCommunity.
Job Summary
The Simon Community is Scotland's leading homeless charity. We are creative and innovative. We get things donewith care and compassion that make a difference to our community, being true to our values. We are a communityof staff, volunteers and the people that we support.
We are looking for someone who is passionate about changing expectations and experiences of people we support, manyof whom have experienced significant trauma, exclusion and stigma. They often engage in risk taking behavioursthat put their physical and mental health, and their lives at risk. Despite the challenges they face they haveincredible resilience, survival skills and a wicked sense of humour. They know what a good, and not so goodservice looks like.
As a residential support worker you will:
* support the development of life skills and homemaking in preparation for a tenancy,
* help to reduce harm caused by homelessness and trauma.
There is a rolling rota including night shifts and / or sleepovers.
Job Purpose
As a support worker it will be your job to work with a team to:
* Help people in our community to manage and recover their mental health
* Support people who use drugs andalcohol to do so as safely as possible
* Support people who choose to reduce or stop their drug andalcohol use to do so safely
* Help people in our community to build a positive network of connections thatwill help them to gain and sustain their own housing
* Provide emotional and practical support to ourcommunity
* Any other duties directed by your service lead
Key Responsibilities
* Warmth and positive regard
* Inclusion and participation
* Innovation and personalisation of careand support
* Ambition
* Partnership
* Learning and leadership
Your key responsibilities to support those values will be:
* Developing honest and open relationships with our community that foster trust
* Using our training andreflective practice to develop additional skills to support and respond appropriately to our community who haveexperienced trauma
* Working with people in our community with a wide range of experiences and culturalbackgrounds with dignity, respect and kindness
* Working as part of a team with a range of experiences andknowledge to the benefit of our community
* Supporting our community to influence their care and supportto meet their goals - Fostering connection, hope, a positive identity and meaning in life and a sense of controlfor our community
* Working with other teams in SCS and with partners to support good outcomes for ourcommunity
* Seeking opportunities that will make a difference to our community
* Ensuring that ourplaces reflect the respect we hold for our community
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications:
* SVQ 3 social care or willing to work towards
* SSSC Registered or willing to become so
* Assist/MHFA/SafeTalk trained
* Naloxone trained
Experience:
* Experience of providing support to people with a range of challenges including homelessness, mental ill healthand addictions
* Experience of working in a fast paced environment which requires quick decisionmaking
* Lived experience of homelessness
* Experience of working with a range of agencies as ateam
* Networking and connecting skills
Knowledge and Skills:
* Experience of working with people with a variety of individual and cultural beliefs
* Ability to useempathy and relational skills to build positive relationships with our community andcolleagues
* Understanding of and ability to work within ethical and relational boundaries
* Knowledge and understanding of homelessness, addictions and mental health
* Understanding of services thatsupport homelessness,addictions and mental health
* Evidence of good communication skills, written, verbaland digital
Personal:
* Able to lead by example.
* A team player.
* A desire to learn and to develop innovative practice
* Honest, ethical and keen to overcome obstacles
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