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* On site: Edinburgh North East and South East
* Closing: 3rd April 2025
* Advertised from: 21st March 2025
* 37 hours per week. Permanent.
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Turning Point Scotland has an exciting opportunity in our Edinburgh Visiting Housing Support Service for a Lead Practitioner.
We believe that in many cases, homelessness is entirely preventable. Where homelessness is not or cannot be prevented, the experience should be brief and non-recurring.
About the Role
We aim to help people ‘Get a Home and Keep a Home’.
As a lead practitioner, you will:
* Provide 1:1 support and assistance to people using the service in accordance with their support plans and the service aims.
* Support may include, but is not limited to: supporting people to explore housing options; bidding on social housing through ed index; support engaging with landlords/housing officers; assisting with budgeting/ maximising income and benefit entitlement; support to develop independent living skills; support to attend to household activities and external appointments.
* Be an active member of a supportive team, passionate about the work they do.
About You
We believe having the right values of respect, compassion, inclusion and integrity is all you need to join our team. As a Lead Practitioner, the support you provide will always be person-centred, by involving people who know the person well, this includes family and friends, other health and Social Work professionals, Advocacy services and your fellow team members.
Whilst we very much welcome experienced practitioners, no previous working experience is needed. You will be provided with all of the training, support and equipment required to successfully fulfil your role.
About Us
Our Edinburgh Visiting Housing Support Service supports people in the North-East and South-East of Edinburgh who are either homeless, at risk of becoming homeless, or have recently moved into settled accommodation following a period of homelessness.
The support we provide is always person-centred, we do this by involving people who know the person well, this includes family and friends, other health and Social Work professionals, Advocacy services and our own staff members.
Turning Point Scotland offers a Salary Matching opportunity within the pay points of the role and based on experience.
Please note that IT skills are required for all our vacancies.
Where applicable, successful candidates will be required to register with the SSSC within 6 months of start date.
Lead Practitioner - Edinburgh Visiting Housing Support Service
Postcode: EH6 6LU
Hybrid/ Remote: Home Based or opportunity to work from any Cruse Scotland office if preferred on either a regular or ad hoc basis.
Closing: 7th April 2025
We are excited to announce a new staff role within Cruse Scotland for a Client Services Co-ordinator. This is a great opportunity for someone who is keen to help bereaved people access the right bereavement support at the right time.
About you: This is an ideal role for someone who enjoys being part of a team who are committed to supporting people through difficult times. The role requires someone who has excellent communication skills, who can readily adapt their style to connect with a varied range of people on a day-to-day basis, including bereaved people; professionals from NHS, Social Work and Education; colleagues; and partner agencies. You will be someone who enjoys being at the core of operations, who enjoys variety and embracing change.
In addition to strong communication skills, you will be highly organised with robust IT skills and have a keen interest in embracing ever-changing tech to support our services. You will be confident organising your own workload, managing conflicting priorities and being part of a team working towards a common goal.
About the organisation: We are Scotland’s leading bereavement charity who provide bereavement support to anyone in Scotland who needs us. The range of support includes helpline, individual and group counselling support, children and young people’s services, bereavement support and training to workplaces… and so much more! crusescotland.org.uk
The support services offered to clients are delivered by a volunteer workforce who are trained to professional standards and it’s fair to say that their motivation and commitment is contagious. We value their contributions highly, and ensure an excellent programme of initial and ongoing training, as well as support and development opportunities for them.
About the Role: The Client Services Co-ordinator role will support and improve client services across Cruse Scotland. The post-holder will work closely with the Director of Client Services; our 4 geographical area teams; and our helpline team. Key tasks of the role will include: ongoing co-ordination of client waiting lists; talking with bereaved clients and referrers to advise of all options available; data management and input; and supporting the implementation of changes, where new processes are identified.
Areas that we are currently exploring changes within include: reviewing and improving client pathway to support National & local processes, changes to telephony and improvements to client administration systems. It would be expected that the post-holder would play a key part in reviewing and supporting the implementation of these.
Given the nature of the work, ongoing training and supervision is provided.
Your new colleagues: Our volunteer workforce of 250 people are located in communities across Scotland, and are supported by a small but mighty staff team of 22. The staff team comprise a mix of roles and talents, which include the co-ordination of client services, management and training of volunteers, income generation and governance of the charity. As a staff team of 22 we connect fortnightly to ensure a real sense of community and enjoy good relationships across the team.
Feedback from our staff satisfaction survey included:
“I haven't been here long but I can confidently say Cruse Scotland is one of the best organisations I have worked for, both from work and flexibility and overall organisation support from all staff and management.”
“I find Cruse Scotland to be a very inclusive organisation with a great ethos, responsive to staff and volunteers.”
LCIL is a person-led organisation providing a range of services that enable Disabled People to live independently in the community of their choice.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our team and help shape and develop our work with disabled people across Edinburgh and the Lothians.
We do this in part through our advice and information services:
* Our Independent Living Service provides independent advice and information as well as support to disabled people, their carers, and families on all aspects of Self-Directed Support. This service covers all of Edinburgh and the Lothians.
* Our Disability Advice and Information Service provides specialist advice and information to empower disabled people across Edinburgh and the Lothians, to understand and access their rights and welfare benefits entitlements.
We’re looking for a Service Manager to support our advice and information services, providing day-to-day leadership and support to both services, ensuring strategic and operational goals are successfully met.
* The post holder will manage a team and oversee the delivery of advice and information services.
* Implement strong monitoring and evaluation processes.
* Promote and represent LCiL at relevant networks and events.
We offer generous benefits, including 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, up to 8% pension contributions and company sick pay.
Please refer to the job description and personal specification for further information.
* On site: Clèir Eilean ì: Highlands and Hebrides (CEI)
* Closing: 15th April 2025
Could you be part of something different? We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to use their gifts, skills and experience to make a difference to the lives of the people in our parishes and communities.
We are looking for someone to provide leadership for Christian youth work in Cowal, primarily through eXp – Experiencing Faith in Cowal, which is an interdenominational charity set up by Cowal Churches. As well as leading eXp, this role will also support Christian youth work across the Presbytery.
Alongside having experience in working with young people and ability to engage with those young people in the local community who have little or no church connection, you will also have the ability to resource and develop the Christian elements of Youth programmes. With excellent communication skills, you will not only lead a team but also advocate for youth work within the Presbytery.
It is an essential requirement of this role that the post-holder is a committed Christian with a live Church connection which is a Genuine Occupational Requirement in terms of the Equality Act 2010.
Wellbeing Scotland operates an access-to-records service that offers survivors of childhood abuse emotional and practical support to access, catalogue, and process historic files, enabling them to participate in Scotland’s Redress Scheme.
Due to the growth in work, we are now recruiting additional Access to Records Support Workers to work with a caseload to access records, providing short-term, initial emotional support to ensure the process of access to records is started within two days of receiving a referral.
This will involve working with clients in a trauma-informed way to identify where records may be held and to seek an update from the record holder within twenty-eight days.
It will also involve ensuring ongoing risk assessment and ongoing evaluation with clients and to review client records if requested to do so by the client.
Support will be given to clients to go through their records and to support clients in cataloguing the records and ensuring a chronological arrangement.
Requirements
Essential Skills - The Access to Records Support Worker must have relevant qualifications or experience working with people (e.g., counselling, psychology, social work, education, law, health, youth work). Strong administration skills and the ability to manage and organise a busy caseload.
Desirable Skills - The post holder would benefit from a good understanding of Scotland’s Redress Scheme and historic care system. Knowledge of process related to subject access requests, GDPR and data protection are also desirable.
Workers should possess well-developed administration skills, knowledge of IT systems, be highly organised, a strong communicator and able to work autonomously whilst contributing within a team environment.
Reporting to: Access to Records Team Leader
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