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Every childhood is worth fighting for. This belief drives us, and it's the reason our Services team pushes themselves to transform the lives of children and families – in person, in Hubs nationwide, and through the knowledge they share.
Job Purpose
Provide direct services to babies, children, families, carers or adults (on an individual or group basis) while maintaining professional practice standards as outlined by legislation and consistent with NSPCC standards and guidance.
Hold case accountability for a number of cases, some of which may be complex, ensuring all safeguarding practices and case recording conform to NSPCC standards and guidance. Provide professional advice to internal and external partners.
Engage positively and respectfully with all partner agencies to serve the best interests of babies, children, and families.
Plan and deliver services and contribute to their evaluation, ensuring that issues of diversity and inclusion are identified and addressed in accordance with equal opportunity practices.
Develop and maintain professional relationships and work in partnership with other agencies to deliver effective services, attending a range of internal and external meetings as required.
Actively participate in supervision, team meetings, briefings, and training events, contributing to the development of learning materials or other resources.
Take responsibility for developing and improving your professional knowledge and skills and contribute to policy development within the organisation.
Work with fundraising staff to promote the work of the team and the organisation to various audiences, including supporters, fundraisers, and volunteers.
Support colleagues through co-working, mentoring, or critical appraisal and supervise students as appropriate in line with agency policy.
Key relationships - Internal
Reports to Team Manager
Hub Relationship Manager
Person Specification
* A recognised social work qualification and registration with the relevant social care authority within the UK.
* Experience of direct prevention work with children and their families and proven ability in identifying risk and initiating child protection interventions, informed by a good knowledge of best practice, research, and legislation.
* Experience and proven ability of working in a way that reflects a child-centered approach and an understanding of children's rights, participation, needs, best interests, and safeguarding practice.
* Ability to plan appropriate direct work and evaluate effectiveness.
* Evidence of an ability to develop and maintain professional relationships including with other child protection agencies and supporters and experience of effective multi-agency working.
* Experience and proven ability to champion equality, diversity, and inclusive practice.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including report writing and the ability to present the NSPCC to internal and external audiences.
Applications will be considered from social work students who will be qualified and registered within three months of the closing date for the vacancy.
Children's Services Practitioner Level 3 (Social Worker)
Postcode: G40 1DA
Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It is 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
This is an exciting opportunity to join Action for Children as a Senior Bid Writer, responsible for producing professionally written high-scoring bid responses to meet defined quality standards.
Reporting to the Head of Business Development for Scotland, the successful candidate will predominantly work on bids for the business in Scotland but will also work flexibly across the wider UK Business Development Team, as required.
The bids will be for a variety of service areas, and you will ensure that the written bid clearly articulates Action for Children's offer in a compelling way to provide a competitive advantage and is consistent with our brand and our passion to deliver service excellence.
How you'll help to create brighter futures
* Apply functional expertise to clearly articulate the quality of our service provision through written submissions.
* Work collaboratively and engagingly with internal colleagues to translate quality practice into conceptual model descriptors.
* Use a range of software packages to visually represent complex ideas in accessible ways.
* Work collaboratively and effectively with members of the Business Development team and Operational Colleagues.
* Interpret complex data to ensure the commissioners' preference is evident in the written submission.
* Source business opportunities, including finding out about the service/sector for the written bid.
* Gather evidence to answer PQQ (Pre-Qualification Questionnaire) questions, including collecting data for bids.
Let's talk about you
* High-level written skills to translate and structure complex information in a simple, straightforward, and logical way to support high-scoring bids.
* Demonstrates the ability to lead or support the development of bids that win new business.
* Ability to gather and manage intelligence to inform the development of bid win narratives.
* Experience of bid work; transferable experience will also be acceptable.
* High level of IT skills including the ability to use graphic design programmes to support bid production.
* Demonstrates the ability to lead or support the development of bids that win new business.
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 retailer's discounts.
Hybrid: West Central: Stirling and Seamab School
Closing: 23rd March 2025
Who Cares? Scotland is Scotland’s only national independent membership organisation for Care Experienced people. Our mission is to secure a lifetime of equality, respect, and love for Care Experienced people in Scotland and we currently have over 3000 Care Experienced members.
At the heart of Who Cares? Scotland’s work are the rights of Care Experienced children and young people, and the power of their voices to bring about positive change. We provide individual relationship-based independent advocacy and a broad range of imaginative participatory opportunities for Care Experienced young people across Scotland; we work alongside corporate parents and communities of all sorts to broaden understanding; we work with policy makers, leaders, and elected representatives locally and nationally to shape law, policy, and practice on the basis of all that can be learnt from the voices of those with experience of care - working together to build on the aspirations of The Promise and secure positive change.
The post holder will work directly with children and young people with experience of care, in an individual relationship-based advocacy role, and within participation and group activity across our West Central region. This unique role requires you to listen to what children and young people with experience of care say and support them to ensure their rights are upheld and their voices are heard in the processes of making decisions about their lives. You will also help facilitate a broad range of participatory and engagement opportunities and create the conditions for collective advocacy.
The right candidate for this post will be brilliant at forming positive relationships with children and young people. You will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, adaptable to a wide range of contexts. You will enjoy working collaboratively with partners. You will be committed to children’s rights, inclusive working, equal opportunities, and believe that all young people can make transformative change happen in their lives if given the opportunity.
The successful candidate will be joining Who Cares? Scotland and working within the West Central locality team at an exciting time, when the voices of those who are in or have experienced care are growing in power, individually and collectively - bringing with them insight, challenge, hope, and change. Flexibility will be required given the remit of the role. Some evening and weekend work will be necessary, as will a full driving licence and access to transport.
If this sounds like the role for you, we would love to hear from you. For an informal conversation about this opportunity please contact Jamie McAnally, our Advocacy and Participation Manager for our West Central team at jmcanally@whocaresscotland.org.
We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of care who meet the criteria for the post.
Home-Start Glasgow North and North Lanarkshire is a vibrant community charity making a big impact on families in both local areas. Our trained volunteers and staff help families with young children through challenging times. In Scotland, over 1500 volunteers support over 3500 families and nearly 6500 children each year through compassionate, confidential help to parents when they need us most.
The parents we support are often overwhelmed and isolated. They may be struggling with mental health, illness, disability, multiple births, poverty, domestic abuse, separation, or trauma. We provide 1:1, face-to-face, and remote support, and group and intensive support to families.
HSGNNL are now looking for a dynamic, outgoing individual who can deliver a programme of volunteer opportunities across North Glasgow.
Purposes of the job
* Ensure a creative, inspiring, and effective volunteer recruitment process.
* Maintain training & development programmes that prepare volunteers for their role and meet the needs of the organisation.
* Ensure all volunteers are supported and can contribute to service design.
* Identify opportunities to maintain the number of volunteers that allow us to deliver our work effectively and meet the needs of family support.
* Maintain and provide content for social media platforms.
A valid UK driving licence and access to a car is an essential requirement for the role.
Remote: Primarily remotely, with some work expected at our designated work hubs.
Closing: 10th March 2025
Circle is a children and families charity working at the heart of communities across central Scotland. Our purpose is to improve the lives of children by strengthening families.
Circle’s approach builds on strengths, is solution-focused, and uses a whole family approach to create a family environment that promotes healthy development in children.
National Voluntary Throughcare Programme
This Scottish Government funded programme will deliver inclusive voluntary throughcare services across Scotland for men, women, and young people serving a short-term sentence or following a period on remand. A collaborative and relationship-based partnership model underpins delivery to support to achieve positive outcomes for people and wider communities. Improving reintegration and wellbeing ultimately improves lives and reduces re-offending.
We are recruiting for values-driven people to join our Circle delivery team in the following Throughcare Community Worker roles:
Throughcare Community Workers (Full-Time and Part-Time)
Fife
1 Community Worker – Female & Young People (Full time – 36 hrs)
1 Community Worker – Female & Young People (0.6 FTE – 21.5 hrs)
Forth Valley
1 Senior Community Worker – Male (Full time – 36 hrs)
Tayside
1 Community Worker – Female & Young People (0.5 FTE – 18 hours)
Your role will be to support people returning to their community following a short-term sentence or period on remand providing relational and practical support that is tailored and responsive to the needs of the person. Working collaboratively with Throughcare Prison Worker colleagues and a range of partners you will support in-coordinated pre-release planning to ensure a person’s journey is effectively supported. This will involve supporting connections to local, and specialist, services where appropriate and importantly wider community connections.
You will have the ability to establish trusting and genuine relationships with compassionate approaches front and centre. You will be self-motivated and understand the importance of collaboration and working in partnership across organisations and sectors to support the best outcomes for people. You will be keen to support your team, Pod area, and wider service delivery demonstrating flexibility to service demands as required.
This role offers an exciting opportunity to be involved in shaping and delivering a new high-profile government-funded project that is truly making a difference to people’s lives.
This role will involve working as part of a dynamic local team with workers from across Partner organisations. Primarily remotely, with some work expected at our designated work hub (Fife & Forth Valley and Tayside) and travel as required to support engagement across the partnership and travel as required to support engagement events across the partnership.
Being educated to at least SVQ level 3 or equivalent is desirable. Experience of supporting individuals in a community setting, a current driving licence and use of a car for work, and being computer literate with proficient experience of Microsoft tools are essential.
Applicants should possess a qualification in social work, social care, education, or health, and have relevant experience.
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