Employment Focus - 13 December

St Vincent's Hospice
Staff Nurse
Salary - £34,056 per annum +15% shift allowance for qualifying shifts. Join our In-Patient Unit Team providing excellent person-centred, safe & effective care.

Individual Giving & Fundraising Officer
In the role of Individual Giving and Fundraising Officer, you will have a pivotal role in supporting the delivery of Individual Giving and Fundraising activities that increase income and engagement for St Vincent’s Hospice. This diverse position demands outstanding organisational skills, precision, and the capability to prioritise a diverse range of tasks.

Online Trading Assistant
We’re looking for someone who loves researching and selling items online. The ability to spot desirable branded fashion and items of value is fundamental. A good knowledge of the eBay platform is essential together with strong literacy and IT skills to list items with an eye-catching image accurately and quickly. 


RAMH
Administration Officer (30 hours)
We are seeking a dedicated and pro-active Administration Officer to join our team. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth running of our services. This role requires someone who is highly organised, compassionate, has a good eye for detail. You should have good customer care experience and enjoy working in a busy office environment as a part of a friendly, well established team.

 

Summary of the Draft Scottish Budget 2025-26

Key Announcements Relevant to the Voluntary Sector

Springboard Hospitality programme January 2025

Age 18+
The 3-week programme with 1 week work placement
Diageo Learning for Life Hospitality for you.
Start Date 27 January
Venue: TBC - Glasgow City Centre
Suitable for persons wanting to gain employment or gain knowledge of front of house roles (specifically bars, restaurant)

Trainees have the opportunity to:

• Gain qualifications in SCPLH -Personal Bar License, Customer Service - great qualifications to have on their cv and get them to the top of the ladder for interviews.
• Visit the Glenkinchie whisky distillery and Johnny Walker Princess Street in Edinburgh for whisky experiences.
• Hear from guest speakers - people within the industry.
• Venue visits - showround of a venue and hear about all the opportunities in Hospitality.
• Practical days - cocktails, order taking, customer service, tray and plate carrying and more.
• Pre-employability session such as Confidence building, CV and Cover letters, Teamwork, Interviews and set up Mock interviews with people from Hospitality, Job search sessions, and more.
• Specialist Diageo Bar Academy e-learning, perfect serves, spirits and cocktails
• Module Unique to Diageo content,
• Access to over 60 modules on our E Learning platform
• Opportunity to attend/work at Diageo led events

After the 3^rd week we then look at a work placement, so they can gain more experience in the operations, and set up interviews for live vacancies.

See flyer here
 

Embedding a peer support workforce – webinar 

A useful webinar for local and national policy leads working in mental health and wellbeing.
Also helpful for third and public sector organisations, and service leads and managers.

• Watch and/or listen here https://bit.ly/PeerSupportWorkforce 

Lived experience roles are an integral part of the mental health workforce. This includes Peer Workers, Peer Managers and Lived Experience Strategic Leads. In this Peer Connects webinar we’ve brought together learning from Scotland and England to explore ideas and considerations around implementing these roles.

• Francesca Lepori is Trust Head of Lived Experience Workforce at Central North West London (CNWL) NHS Foundation Trust. She shares key insights from embedding a 150-person strong lived experience workforce.
• We also hear from Aoibheann Walsh, North East Welcome Team Coordinator. Aoibheann shares learning around the positive impact of Peer Supporter roles and why they are making a difference to those who have not got the help they need from statutory services. 

Read along with the https://bit.ly/PeerConnectsTranscript