* 21 Hours per week (Hybrid & Flexible). This is a funded role with a fixed 2 year term subject to review.
Role
Job Purpose
The Volunteer Coordinator is responsible for providing support to the Governance & People Lead by optimising all aspects of the volunteer experience within Empty Kitchens Full Hearts.
Location
Based in Granton, Edinburgh, working on a flexible hybrid basis. Requiring occasional attendance at events - such as recruitment fairs and partnership events, and off-site meetings as required.
Duration
This is a funded role with a fixed 2 year term subject to review.
Responsibilities
Reporting to the Executive - Governance & People, leading the Volunteer Services volunteers and liaising with Department Heads, to recruit, train and develop our volunteers, delivering a great volunteer experience throughout.
Application notes
Interested but have further questions? Then please email our Governance & People lead Martin Clarke - martin.clarke@emptykitchens.co.uk who is happy to arrange a call to discuss the role informally.
Ready to apply? To apply for this position, please submit your CV together with a covering letter to Martin via hr@emptykitchens.co.uk. Your covering letter should make a compelling case for your application whilst providing a concise overview of your relevant skills and experience.
Closing Date for applications: The window for applications closes at midnight on Sunday 19th of January 2025. Note we will close this window earlier if we receive a large number of suitable applications, so you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible if you feel this role is perfect for you.
Interview dates: Interviews will be held w/c 27th of January and w/c 2nd February at our premises - 3-11 West Granton Road, Edinburgh. EH5 1HG.
Benefits
* 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave
* Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities
* Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages
* Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover
* Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts.
Wherever you work in the Action for Children family, you'll be helping to change the lives of the most vulnerable children in the UK.
Why Action for Children?
Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It's the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives.
A bit about the role
Couthie House provides long-term residential care and support to children who are unable to live within their family home. The service offers a stable, secure, and nurturing environment with a strong focus on individual needs and developing life skills. These life skills empower each young person to make meaningful choices, develop, grow up, and become resilient.
Our Team Leader Residential plays a pivotal role in ensuring the highest quality of care and support for children who are unable to live within their family homes. With a compassionate and dedicated approach, the Team Leader oversees the day-to-day operations of our residential care service, fostering a stable, secure, and nurturing environment.
You'll lead, encourage, inspire and motivate a team of up to 14 staff and will work closely with the Registered Manager. With a strong background in managing complex learning disabilities and challenging behaviours, this role exemplifies dedication, insight, and a deep understanding of the unique challenges faced by the children in our care. Your leadership is instrumental in creating an environment where every child can thrive and reach their full potential, as well as, creating and maintaining the culture across the services that's needed to support our staff.
How you'll help to create brighter futures
Some key responsibilities for the Team Leader Residential role are:
* Providing direct line management to a team of residential staff to deliver high standards of care.
* Support staff team development through training opportunities, staff supervision, and multidisciplinary working.
* Leading shifts and working with the Registered Manager to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and organisational policy and procedure.
* Working to achieve positive outcomes for individual children and young people and contributing to the achievement of an outstanding, good or equivalent rating in external inspection including deputising in the absence of the Registered Manager.
Let's talk about you
* Must possess SVQ4 Leadership & Management or willing to work towards within 2 years of taking up post.
* Experience of managing staff, also providing visible and effective leadership and management by example.
* SSSC registered.
* Significant experience of working with children and young people with Learning Disabilities.
* Demonstrate informed decision making and judgement, utilising these skills to anticipate and identify problems and find solutions.
* Good knowledge of Safeguarding, and keeping young people safe.
Edinburgh Young Carers is seeking a suitably experienced and qualified applicant to join the service in developing and providing high quality support to young carers in Edinburgh between the ages of 5 and 25 years, focused primarily on our 10-12s service.
The post-holder will work alongside colleagues to raise awareness of young carers and their support needs, identify hidden young carers, and develop and provide support plans to ensure that young carers identified personal outcomes are being met, in accordance with the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016.
The candidate will need to be suitably qualified and experienced in working with children and young people, with at least three years proven experience in a role including individual and group work.
Organisation Profile
EYC is a voluntary organisation working with and on behalf of young carers throughout Edinburgh. We are one of the largest and most well established independent young carers organisations in Scotland. We have a strong commitment to the rights of children and young people.
We take good care of our staff and offer a benefit package including: 27 days’ annual leave plus all public holidays, 6% matched pension, free healthcare through Benenden Health, hybrid working, flexible hours, Cycle to Work scheme and extensive training opportunities.
We are also a recognised Carer Positive employer.
Everyday people with chest, heart and stroke conditions are leaving the hospital scared and alone. You can be part of our mission to make sure that there is no life half lived in Scotland.
By joining Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) as an Assistant Manager you can be the difference between people just surviving and really living.
You will be part of Scotland’s leading charity providing support to people with chest, heart, and stroke conditions to live life to the full again. Our Hospital to Home services forms a nationwide network of local support groups, nurses, volunteers and one-to-one support teams helping families adjust to life with a heart or lung condition or after a stroke.
We are looking for two enthusiastic Assistant Shop Managers for our store in Stockbridge. Working 2 days out of seven, including Sundays per-Rota You’d be responsible for leading a team to engage with the community to deliver the set Key Performance Indicators. You will have the autonomy to be innovative in achieving your targets.
CHSS employees enjoy a variety of organisational benefits including Company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance, company sick pay, employee welfare support and life assurance.
CHSS also supports flexible recruitment through Working Families, and we are “Happy to Talk Flexible Working”.
In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a Basic Disclosure check. CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. We therefore aim to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.
* Hybrid: 32 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1PB (with some travel across Scotland) with the possibility of a maximum of 2 days weekly home-working
* Closing 20th January 2025
Crew is an award-winning national charity based in Edinburgh. We reduce harms and stigma associated with stimulant drug taking by providing a range of services for young people, their families, friends and communities. Crew acts from a public health perspective with the input of people with living and lived experience.
Our Mission: To reduce drug and sexual health related harms and stigma, improving mental and physical health without judgement.
Role Purpose: Supporting the CEO, volunteers and staff, ensuring the highest standards of service quality, effectiveness and efficiency and ensuring working at Crew offers opportunities for personal and professional growth. This includes Human Resources and recruitment management, overseeing management of resources, finance, our building, and the development, implementation and review of policies and systems.
Responsible to: Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
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