Employment and Volunteering Focus - 01 March

Vacancies

Engage Renfrewshire
Support Officer
This post, funded by The National Lottery Community Fund, will support our ethnically diverse community groups and act as an integration conduit for Renfrewshire’s communities and public sector providers. The post holder will deliver a programme of support to reduce barriers as described by our target communities. The post holder will support the development of strong sustained advocacy by empowering participants to act as local advocates themselves, for their growing communities. As part of Renfrewshire’s ongoing commitment to using culture as a means of improving life chances, the officer will also support the codesign of and involvement in local cultural programmes.


Jubilee House
Domestic Abuse Outreach Worker
An exciting new role has been created at Jubilee House. We are looking for someone with passion and experience to join our team as we are currently growing and expanding our services. Jubilee House is an independent domestic abuse charity situated in the west end of Paisley. We have been operating full time since February 2023, and since then we have developed several new services. We have more in the pipeline. We are client centred and try to find ways to help each individual woman who uses our service. This often involves thinking outside the box. We are also client led in the production of new services.

Path (Scotland)
Manager
Salary: £38,220 pa pro-rata
The Manager will be responsible for providing leadership and developing and implementing PATH (Scotland)’s business plan.  They will represent PATH (Scotland) at all levels and ensure effective engagement with stakeholders.  They will manage staff, ensure financial control and support and advise on good governance. 
To request an application pack for either post, please contact PATH (Scotland) on info@pathscotland.org.uk or 07947 402166.

Funding Officer
Salary: £27,300 pa pro-rata
The Funding Officer will source new streams of funding and sponsorship to ensure PATH (Scotland)’s continued sustainability.  They will work with the Manager and other staff to develop, fund and implement services.
To request an application pack for either post, please contact PATH (Scotland) on info@pathscotland.org.uk or 07947 402166.

Volunteering

Volunteering – A Human Rights and Equalities First Approach

THRE - Third Sector Human Rights and Equalities is a new nationwide project led by GCVS in partnership with HTSI and EVOC.
This free training session will provide you with the tools to recruit a more diverse range of volunteers, looking at the different models of volunteering, different recruitment techniques as well as understanding the legalities around human rights and Equalities within the volunteering world.

• What a human rights and equalities first approach is.
• How human rights and equalities are relevant to your volunteering programme.
• How to apply human rights and equalities to your volunteer recruitment practices and the culture of your volunteering programme.

Upcoming dates –
Thursday 04 April, 1pm – 4pm
Wednesday 01 May, 10am – 1pm

Sign up here THRE - Third Sector Human Rights & Equalities Events | Eventbrite
 

 


Erskine Arts in partnership with Engage Renfrewshire are hosting a Youth Volunteering Celebration evening on Friday 07 June from 6-8pm in conjunction with Volunteers Week 2024. The event will be held at Erskine Arts, Erskine Arts - About.
We would like to extend the invite to your organisation as well as any youth volunteers (age 12-25) you have been supporting over the past year.
What will be involved: -

• Saltire/Youth Volunteering Awards presentation (they don’t need to be signed up to Saltire Awards)
• Spotlight on local organisations/volunteering activity the young people of your organisation have been doing. Ideally we would ask for one or two young people from each organisation to present as we want this to be youth led. It could be a short video/photo slide or a young person talking about their experience. Of course there is no pressure here, I know this is a big ask!
• Stalls showcasing your organisation with any promotional material you wish to bring.
• Music performances from local young people.

 
We are still in the early planning stages of this event. Our ask to you is:

• If you would like to have a stall on the evening please let us know by Wednesday 06 March
• If you would like to nominate any young person you have been supporting over the past year to attend please let us know by Wednesday 06 March (Young people will have a plus one)
• If you/your youth volunteers would like to do a short spotlight on the evening please let us know by Wednesday 06 March.

 
If you would like to be involved or find out more information, please get in touch with Louise:  lwalker@engagerenfrewshire.com.

 


Have you pledged your support for the Volunteer Charter?

This Charter sets out the 10 key principles for assuring legitimacy and preventing exploitation of workers and volunteers. You can read them here Volunteer Charter - Volunteer Scotland.

You can pledge here: Become a Charter Champion - Volunteer Scotland

You can also sign up to Volunteer Scotland’s Volunteer Charter 1 hour learning bite to find out more OLCreate: Learning Bite - A Volunteer Charter Learning Bite - A Volunteer Charter (open.edu).

This Learning Bite has been developed by Volunteer Scotland and the STUC and will introduce the key questions that should be reflected on as you think about whether or not you are applying the principles of the Volunteer Charter within your group or organisation. This short learning bite will help you interpret the ten principles of the volunteer charter to your own situation.

Who Cares? Scotland are looking for volunteer Mini Bus drivers who can spare a few hours per month to transport a young person/small group of young people between home and local groups and events using their own mini bus.
Skills required:

• Have a full driver’s license, MOT and insurance
• Be over 21 and have category D1 on their license
• Be reliable and responsible, have effective communication skills and have a good understanding of safety issues
• Like working with young people

This is a flexible opportunity and you will be required to agree when you can attend directly with the provider of the opportunity.
You can find out more information here Volunteer Mini Bus Driver (engagerenfrewshire.org)

Do you want to make a difference to children and young people in hospital? Radio Lollipop Glasgow are celebrating 32 years of service for children and young people in the Royal Hospital for Children.

The primary responsibility of a Radio Lollipop Volunteer is to provide care, comfort, play and entertainment to a consistently high standard for a minimum of two hours per week, one night between 6pm and 8pm.

Main Areas of Responsibility:
• To assist in making a child’s stay in hospital brighter and better
• To be accessible, available and adaptable to meet the needs of sick children and their families in hospital and elsewhere.
• To work as part of a care team supporting sick children
• To keep the welfare of the children uppermost in your mind at all times
• To promote awareness of the importance of play for children in hospital and elsewhere
• To assist in the development of Radio Lollipop’s play and entertainment services
• To assist with external Radio Lollipop events
• To act as an ambassador for Radio Lollipop, actively promoting the best interests of the charity within the local area and beyond

Occupational Health Assessment and PVG checks are carried out on all volunteers.
Find out more information here Volunteers required to provide play, care, comfort and entertainment for children and young people in hospital. (engagerenfrewshire.org)

Everyone has the right to live life to the full. After a diagnosis of a chest or heart condition, stroke, or Long Covid, many people experience fear and isolation, and struggle with the impact on their lives.

The walking project at CHSS aims to increase access to walking as part of the prevention of chest, heart or stroke conditions. They are looking for volunteer walk leaders to enable walks in their community. The Erskine walk takes place on Thursdays at middays and last for approximately 1 hour.

Why should you get involved?

• Make a real difference to people
• Meet new people
• Use, learn and develop new skills
• Access to a bespoke range of training and development to support you in your role
• Opportunity to explore different roles within our organisation
• Improve your own health and wellbeing

What skills will you need?

• Good listening and communication skills
• Ability to motivate people to reach their potential
• Reliable, patient and empathic qualities
• Encouraging and supportive
• Ability to volunteer independently with guidance and support
• Understand the need for confidentiality
• Able to maintain boundaries
• Willingness to travel within own area
• Able to commit to initial and ongoing training and development
• Ambassador for Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland

 
You can find out more information here Walk Leader | Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland Volunteering (chss.org.uk)