Employment Focus - 06 February

Finding Your Feet
Corporate Fundraising Assistant
We are looking for a motivated and organised Corporate Fundraising Assistant to help us raise vital funds and awareness to continue our life-changing work. As a key member of the fundraising team you will have the opportunity to make this post your own as your skills and experience develop; being involved across all areas of fundraising but predominantly helping us to grow corporate & events income generation and ensuring effective donor stewardship. Salary - £24,570 pro-rata (21 hours a week). Closing date - 3 March 

Turning Point Scotland
Assistant Service Co-ordinator
As an Assistant Service Co-ordinator, you will work with individuals who have a wide range of support needs, providing them with practical and emotional support and encouraging them to achieve their own personal outcomes in all aspects of their daily lives e.g. keeping safe, meaningful activities, community involvement, physical health, relationships, emotional health and wellbeing. Salary - £30,049. Closing date - 16 February 

St Vincent's Hospice
Staff Nurse
Join our Team! We are recruiting for a permanent Staff Nurses within our In-Patient Unit. Hours - Full-time  (37.5 hours) Salary - £34,056 per annum (+15% shift allowance for qualifying shifts)
 
Bank Staff Nurse
St Vincent’s Hospice is looking to expand our bank team of Staff Nurses, help us make a real difference in the lives of patients & their families. Hourly Rate – £17.42 per hour (+15% shift allowance for qualifying shifts)

Specialist Palliative Care Nurse
Providing clinical expertise and leadership to our in-patient unit team. Hours -  Full-time (37.5 hours) - rotational. Salary -  £41,180 per annum. Closing Date -   13 February 2026
 
Healthcare Assistant
We are looking for a passionate individual to work alongside our IPU team providing a high standard of palliative care.
Hours - Part-time (23 hours) - rotational. Hourly Rate - £12.21 per hour (+15% shift allowance for qualifying shifts)

 

Making Work Work – Fair and Flexible Futures for Scottish Mums
 

Aligning with the Scottish Government's focus on tackling child poverty, the Challenges Group, in partnership with Renfrewshire LEP are aiming to recruit mothers who are looking for work that works around their families.

Participants will get: 

• Employability skills refresh

• Professional confidence and identity rebuilding
• Expanded networks 

• Chartered Management Institute-recognised training plus a CPD certificate 

• One to one job coaching  

• Support to maximise income and benefits 

• A 1-page professional profile

• A clear plan to return to work  
• Signposting to local services and support 

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If you are looking for: 

• improved skills and confidence to re-enter or progress in employment ​or self-employment 

• improved or refreshed understanding of positive workplace cultures and good management​ and self-management practice 

• increased awareness of fair, flexible working and improved confidence to develop their desired (work)life blend 

• clarity on your next steps into or towards paid employment 

• improved clarity on how to increase household income through paid work 
• clear understanding of how to maximise current income (e.g. benefits, switching providers, reducing debt, etc) 
• improved clarity on how to increase household income through paid work 

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And are a mother who falls into one or more of these categories:

• Lone parent families 

• Minority ethnic woman

• Families with a disabled adult or child 

• Families with a mother aged under 25 

• Families with a child under one 

• Larger families (3+ children) 

​ You may be eligible to join the programme: find out more from our Programme Information leaflet or make your application below.

Application page

SUSE is delighted to open registration to new training courses. Your employer must be based in Renfrewshire Council local authority area to register for training.
 

Reasonable Adjustments and Access to Work
Mon 16^th Feb 10-11.30am
This course offers the opportunity to build knowledge and skills around supporting people with a range of disabilities by focusing on the benefits of Reasonable Adjustments in the workplace and navigating Access to Work applications.

How to be a Confident Service Provider
Mon 23rd Feb 9.30-11.30am
Gain an understanding of your legal responsibilities and how to confidently support people with vision impairments as a service provider or employer.

In-Work Support: Progression Discussions and Assessing Risk
Tues 3rd Mar 9.30am-12.30pm
Provide practical guidance to support service users’ progression and risk management in employment. Delivering in-work support; progression discussions; practical advice and guidance; career development and progression; identifying and mitigating workplace risks; scenario-based exercises. Support service users to progress and sustain employment. Assess and mitigate risk while enabling career development opportunities.

How to be a Confident Service Provider
Mon 9th Mar 9.30-11.30am
Gain an understanding of your legal responsibilities and how to confidently support people with vision impairments as a service provider or employer.

Action Planning for service users
Tues 17th Mar 9.30am-12.30pm
Enable key workers to create tailored, SMART action plans aligned with service users’ guides. Techniques for identifying service users’ goals and aspirations; methods for developing SMART action plans; practical exercises on tailoring plans to individual needs.


Register now to avoid missing out: https://form.jotform.com/251663611002343

We are holding a recruitment networking day for Personal Assistants on 12th March 2026, from 10am to 1pm at our offices at 10 Falcon Crescent, Paisley, PA3 1NS 

The day is aimed towards:

• People who are having difficulty recruiting a Personal Assistant (including those who aren’t currently our clients)
• Anyone looking for PA work including college or university students studying health and social care

It will be a relaxed, informal opportunity for people to meet, chat, and see if there could be a good match 

52 Nice Things To Do…
 
Every week we’ll post something that’s nice to do…

Send a Card to a Friend
 
Tomorrow is apparently International Send a Card to a Friend Day (who knew?!). We're not suggesting you have to post something off to Australia, but who doesn't like receiving a letter or card through the post these days? 
 
Please, Mr. Postman, look and see
Is there a letter, a letter for me?
 
'Please Mr. Postman' by The Marvelettes

If you’d like to suggest something nice to do let us know at:
 
info@engagerenfrewshire.com