* 35 hours per week. Fixed contract for 1 year from date of starting. Possibly subject to continuation but this would be dependent on funding.
Role
Stepping Stones North Edinburgh is a third sector organisation that supports children and families across NorthEdinburgh. Our aim is to support families to improve their wellbeing, build resilience and reduce the isolationthat families can experience.
This is a exciting opportunity to join the Stepping Stones Family Wellbeing team in a new development. This positionwill primarily be based within Pirniehall Primary School supporting learners and their families who can benefitfrom a holistic whole family support approach. You will work closely alongside both the Pirniehall Schoolcommunity and Stepping Stones to meet the needs of local families.
Closing date for application - Noon on the 7th of May. Successful candidates will be notified by close of business onthe 9th of May.
Interviews to be held on - Monday 13th of May.
* Options Fife – Respite and Outreach, Glenrothes (On site)
* Closing28th April 2024
Do you have relevant experience of working with children and young people with a disability/and or autism or relevantexperience in a similar sector or work environment?
About Aberlour Options Fife - Respite and Outreach
Options Fife Respite and Outreach provides a range of flexible support through outreach and overnight short breaks atweekends, evenings and school holidays to children and young people with complex learning disabilities andautism. We offer a high-quality child centred service providing positive and enabling experiences for the youngpeople, supporting them through the challenges and complexities that enable them to work towards theirindividual outcomes and personal goals. We work closely with families and other professionals in providingsupport tailored around the child’s plan.
What we are looking for....
We are looking to recruit two Young People’s Worker Nights, working four nights on (10 hours per night) every secondweek. You will play a fundamental role in ensuring that the young people you work with have the best possibleexperience in working towards their objectives in line with their care plan, supporting children to progresswithin their individual outcomes. Whilst not without its challenges and demands, this is a highly rewardingrole, where the work we do has a demonstrable impact on each young person's progress. Using a person-centredapproach, you will provide enabling support ensuring the highest level of physical, personal, and emotionalcare. We support young people who have epilepsy, need personal care and need gastrostomy feeding. Aberlour, inconjunction with NHS, provides all staff with training.
We are looking for candidates who have a passion for working with young people with disabilities. It is desired butnot essential that candidates hold a relevant qualification at an SCQF level 7 or above. Due to SSSCrequirements you may be required to gain qualifications after starting with Aberlour.
At Aberlour we want to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need toreach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team.
What we offer...
As well as a supportive team and excellent training opportunities, we want all our employees to feel valued andrewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generousannual leave, an excellent employer pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts across various retailers.Find out more about our Employee Benefits and our commitment to Equality and Diversity on our website.
Circle is a children and families charity working at the heart of communities across central Scotland. Our purpose isto improve the lives of children by strengthening families.
Circle’s approach builds on strengths, is solution focussed and uses a whole family approach to create a familyenvironment that promotes healthy development in children.
Offering peer support across Edinburgh to parents who are affected by substance use.
We have an exciting opportunity for a committed and enthusiastic individual to join our Harbour team and be part ofdelivering a service for parents, children and young people affected by parental substance use inEdinburgh.
Funded by Scottish Government, and administered by Corra Foundation, our project aims to develop family inclusivepractice and involve families in the development of group opportunities within the recovery community.
The post holder will work alongside families to ensure that their views and experiences inform not only theirsupport, but wider family inclusive practice.
Applicants should be parents and have lived experience of substance use.
Expected to be funded until 31 March 2027
We offer excellent staff benefits including a competitive salary, generous pension contribution, flexible working, anemployee assistance programme and generous annual leave.
We are committed to finding the right people for the jobs that we advertise.
* Gyle Shopping Centre, Edinburgh (On site)
* Closing2nd May 2024
Pregnancy Counselling and Care (Scotland) is currently looking to recruit a Baby Bank Development Worker to supportthe running of our Baby Bank, to enable us to increase the capacity of the service.
We have recently moved to the Gyle Shopping Centre which is giving us greater space to work within and access tovolunteers and baby items donations. This role will work closely with the other Baby Bank Development Worker toenable the service to open all weekdays, as currently it is only open Mon to Wed.
This post will also have a particular focus on; firstly, supporting the marketing of the charity, working withvolunteers to deliver regular posts on social media, and secondly, on supporting volunteering opportunitiesthrough working with third sector partners and corporate organisations.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and organised person with volunteer management and marketing experience to joinour friendly team. The post will be managed by our Operations Manager.
The Association for Fostering, Kinship and Adoption Scotland (AFKA) is an independent charity that promotes andfacilitates evidence-informed best practice in fostering, kinship care and adoption, through advising, training,and influencing practitioners and policymakers, and supporting them to improve outcomes for children andfamilies.
Our Vision is a future where every practitioner working with children, young people and their families isknowledgeable, skilled, confident, and empowered to support the safe, secure, and loving care to which everychild has a right.
Our services support agencies and professionals to implement child centred, evidenced informed practice that involveschildren and their families in decisions about their lives, protect their rights and promotes inclusion. Throughour multi-disciplinary communities of practice, we enable social workers, lawyers, and health professionals towork effectively across professional boundaries to meet the needs of children, their families, and their Carers.As a membership organisation, AFKA Scotland uses its links with professional bodies and agencies across thecountry to contribute to the development of policy and practice at a local and national level. We have acollaborative agreement with CoramBAAF.
AFKA Scotland’s multi-disciplinary team has a wealth of experience and up-to-date expertise in practice relating tokinship care, fostering and adoption and delivers a wide range of workshops, training and consultancy, postqualifying courses, and conferences to assist professionals to develop the knowledge and skills they requirewhen working in this specialist area.
We work closely with our research colleagues in AFKA Scotland, and our research underpins our evidence informedapproach. We are committed to #keepthepromise, have been instrumental in promise funded work and have been on ajourney to adapt to the changing landscape of care in Scotland.
We are seeking to recruit a highly experienced and motivated individual to the role of Administrative Assistant. Thisrole is key in supporting the Business Support and Finance Manager in the day-to-day operational activities ofthe organisation and to the smooth delivery of our Forums, training and workshop activities.
JOB SPECIFICATION
PURPOSE
To provide administrative support to the Business Support & Finance Manager on a day-to-day basis and to supportthe overall work of the organisation.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
National Practitioner Forums and Consortia - in conjunction with lead facilitator, manage the arrangements for thefull range of forums and consortia meetings, including setting dates, sending out agendas, formatting andsending out final notes, collating meeting papers, and keeping distribution lists up-to-date.
Support training and development events (Commissioned Training, Conferences and workshops) – in conjunction withTrainer/Consultants, provide administrative support for management of events including: finalising trainingmaterials for training booklets, creating and sending out booking forms; logging bookings and maintainingdatabase; preparing attendance certificates for participants at all external events; create, collate andanalyse evaluation form returns.
Information Technology – Support staff in their use of IT apps and platforms when they are producing materials ordelivering training.
General Administration – Undertake a range of administrative tasks to support the work of the organisationincluding:
* In conjunction with the Business Support & Finance Manager plan and monitor the action required to run theplanned programme of events.
* Telephones - answer the phone and pass messages to staff asappropriate.
* Email - check generic emails and respond / forward messages asappropriate.
* Photocopying – where required, photocopy training materials / meeting papers for allevents.
* Banking/Post Office – posting office mail and banking cheques when required.
* Library –maintain database and record when books taken out on loan.
* Take notes at staff meetings.
Scotland’s Adoption Register - provide administrative support to Register staff including support for the running offamily finding events when required.
Advice Line Enquiries – record all enquiries, forward to staff, follow up as required, maintain records of completiondates and provide statistical information to Business Support & Finance Manager.
Participation in conferences and other external events – provide administrative support for the running of events aspart of the AFKA Scotland team.
Experience
* A working knowledge of an office environment
* Ability to work as part of a team
* Ability to workon own initiative
* Personal or professional experience of the care system
* Experience of working as part of small enterpriseor charity
Knowledge, skills and abilities
* Computer literate in a range of computer processes which must include Microsoft Access, Word, PowerPoint andExcel and have proficient keyboard skills
* Familiarity with Microsoft 365 including MSTeams
* Working knowledge of social media platforms
* Excellent oral and written communicationskills and telephone manner
* Ability to collate and analyse information and to produce accurate, wellpresented documents
* Self-motivating with excellent organisational skills
Attitude and beliefs
* Positive, problem solving and resourceful
* Clear understanding of the need to maintainconfidentiality
* Flexible working approach
Organisational Relationships: Line Managed by the BusinessSupport & Finance Manager / Responsible to the Executive Director.
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