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The Boys’ Brigade is an international Christian youth organisation, providing opportunities for children and young people to learn, grow and discover in a safe, fun and caring environment. Our vision is that children and young people experience ‘life to the full’.
We are seeking an enthusiastic communicator with experience of working with volunteers, to support existing BB groups and establish new groups in Scotland.
Closing Date: 12pm on Friday 28th March 2025
Interviews: Provisionally set for Thursday 10th April. Candidates selected for interview will be notified in advance.
Development & Engagement Worker (Scotland)
Postcode: FK5 3LH
* Hybrid/ Remote: Home based, with the option to work from our headquarters in Edinburgh part of the time.
* Closing: 12th March 2025
We are hiring for 3 new volunteer recruitment officers to join our membership development and growth team!
Location: This is a home-based role, with the option to work from our headquarters in Edinburgh part of the time. There is a requirement for regular travel throughout Scotland (including evenings and weekends with occasional overnight stays). You will also be required to participate in monthly in-person staff meetings, plus additional ad hoc project meetings and staff trainings at Girlguiding Scotland Headquarters, 16 Coates Crescent, Edinburgh, EH3 7AH.
Purpose of the role: As a volunteer recruitment officer you will play a key part in transforming how we advertise volunteering opportunities, work with external partners, and welcome more volunteers into guiding. You will work with the head of membership development and growth, other volunteer recruitment officers, and volunteers throughout the Girlguiding Scotland network to identify opportunities to improve how we recruit and welcome volunteers.
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 Northwest 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.
About the Roles: Access to Industry (AI) is one of 8 partners delivering the new justice National Voluntary Throughcare Programme (NVTP) which is led by Sacro. We are looking for enthusiastic and compassionate self-starters to support with the engagement of men across HMP and YOI Polmont and HMP Glenochil as they transition from custody into the community. Your aim will be to support positive outcomes for the individuals you work with.
The NVTP works with men, women and young people across Scotland. This role focuses on supporting men whilst they are serving a short-term sentence or are on remand.
Key responsibilities will include:
* Delivering supportive and collaborative partnership working with the Scottish Prison Service as a key stakeholder.
* Delivering effective pre-release support and planning.
* Proactively engage with individuals throughout their journey to ensure appropriate touchpoints with the NVTP, raising awareness and encouraging engagement.
* Facilitate and lead engagement sessions across the prison estate.
* Conducting needs assessments for individuals.
* Establishing trusting & genuine relationships, rooted in trauma-informed principles.
* Participating in multi-agency meetings.
* Completing risk assessments and adhering to safeguarding best practices.
* Maintaining accurate and timely records on case management system.
* Maximising engagement with partners across the prison estate.
* Identifying appropriate onward referral routes at the earliest appropriate point.
You will do this by:
* Working collaboratively with the wider AI and national partnership team to deliver relational support for people accessing the NVTP, supporting team meetings, and service improvement.
* Participating in partnership meetings to support team working and service improvement.
* Upholding high quality service standards.
* Undertaking required role training (including that provided by the NVTP, Scottish Prison Service, and AI).
* Being flexible and responsive to service demand including working across cohorts and prison establishments as required.
AI Team: You will play a part in the wider team of AI through attendance at internal meetings and participation in shared services across the teams.
Health & Safety and Property Management: You will ensure a healthy and safe environment and the protection and best use of property and equipment by implementing and observing AI policies and procedures.
Other Requirements: The post holder will be expected to manage their own caseload and work with minimum supervision partly in an outreach capacity.
* Remote: Home based, in or close to Glasgow / Renfrewshire with fairly regular travel.
* Closing: 10th March 2025.
About the Role: As a passionate professional in the identification, development, and management of a wide range of relationships in support of our programme partnership, you will ensure the Career Ready programme in Glasgow and West areas (currently Inverclyde, West Dunbartonshire, Renfrewshire and South Lanarkshire) continues to thrive, which includes securing charitable donations from supporting partners. Your responsibilities for the area will be as a team of two, alongside our other Regional Manager for Glasgow and West areas given this is our largest area in Scotland.
This role requires experience of partnership and account management and the scale and ambition of our social mobility work means you will need to be well organised, confident and able to positively influence a wide range of people including headteachers, teachers, CEOs and HRDs.
You will identify and approach opportunities that are well researched and pursue with unswerving perseverance. It’s also a great chance to develop personally.
Regional Managers are responsible for leading our work which involves growing, developing and maintaining the employer and education partnerships that deliver the Career Ready programme. This includes the Local Advisory Board, local authorities (key stakeholders), schools (we have a member of staff in each school who coordinates), the Developing the Young Workforce Regional Group, and the many employer organisations and their people who volunteer as mentors, provide paid internships and deliver masterclasses.
By assimilating what, why, when and how of our work, you will be able to:
* Lead, grow and develop our Career Ready partnership in Glasgow and the West, optimising the programme experience for all stakeholders and securing the engagement of employer support for the programme of approximately 300+ students each year who will participate in the 18-month long Career Ready programme annually.
* Support programme delivery, stakeholder engagement and business development by working closely with the Career Ready Glasgow & West Local Advisory Board, the other Career Ready Glasgow & West Regional Manager, the Head of Programme & Operations, Partnerships Manager and the Career Ready Regional Manager Scotland team all who are focused on quality, impact and sustainability underpinned by attention to detail via efficient and effective processes. You will be supported by and work with the Career Ready Scotland Operations Team to maintain thorough data and management information for the area.
Additional Benefits:
* A working from home allowance of £300 pa is provided.
* Annual leave: 25 days holiday plus bank/public holidays plus 2 additional days in the summer. In addition, Career Ready is closed between Christmas and New Year. Career Ready also allows flexible use of some Bank & Public Holidays.
* 6% of salary contribution to a private pension subject to an employee contribution of 3%.
* Access to both our Reward Gateway Portal and an Employee Assistance Programme.
* Interest-free season ticket or bicycle purchase loans.
* Business expenses including mileage allowance for car usage.
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