With Kids
Location
Ayr, South Ayrshire | United Kingdom
Job description
Would you like to join us during a period of transformational change? Do you have the desire to help makeimprovements to our Hospice with your knowledge, expertise and experience with all thing’s property andfacilities?
About us
The Ayrshire Hospice is coming to the most exciting phase of our “once in a lifetime” Capital Build project, whichwill ensure that we are prepared to meet the needs of our community long into the future. Everything we do isabout making today matter and our patients and family's voices are at the heart of our Hospice.
Upon the much-anticipated move back “home”, we are looking for someone dynamic, knowledgeable and forward-thinkingwho will lead and advise on the set up and maintenance of our brand-new Hospice building as well as our othercommercial properties.
About the Role
We have an exciting opportunity for an individual to lead the Estates & Facilities Service and as such we arelooking to appoint a highly motivated and conscientious individual to work as our Head of Facilities andProperty Management. You will introduce new processes, procedures & partnerships to adopt the higheststandards of health & safety to ensure successful ongoing operation of the Hospice. You will be responsiblefor the overall management of our buildings including the management of hard and soft services, health andsafety and statutory compliance and have budgetary management of expenditure.
About You
This important role calls for strong organisational and communication skills with a high degree of planning andattention to detail. Significant experience in the facilities management sector is essential. The successfulcandidate will also have strong financial skills and be able to work well under pressure. You will also haveexcellent communication skills and be able to prioritise and work under pressure.
If this is the right fit for you and if you believe you possess the skills and values we need, we very much lookforward to hearing from you.
We are committed to building a truly diverse workforce and welcome applications from all sections of society.
Please contact the HR team on 01292 269200 if you require any further information about the application process.
About Us
The Ayrshire Hospice provides quality specialist palliative care for adults with life-limiting illness withinAyrshire and Arran. We provide a wide range of services and care in people’s homes, care homes and hospitals, aswell as in the hospice itself. This is provided at no cost to our patients or their families. Our vision is toreach and improve the lives of everyone in Ayrshire affected by life-limiting illness.
What We Are Looking For
Join our dedicated team at The Ayrshire Hospice and become an integral part of our commitment to providingexceptional care to patients with life-limiting illnesses. We are currently seeking a passionate Charge Nurse tojoin our dynamic, multi-disciplinary team at our 11-bedded In-Patient Unit (IPU).
This is an opportunity for a compassionate nurse to lead our team with professionalism and empathy. As a ChargeNurse, you will play a pivotal role in providing guidance and support to our healthcare professionals, ensuringthat our patients receive the highest standard of care.
We offer great training, support and development to all our staff with regular PDP reviews, reflection sessions andinhouse training. Within our IPU, we have an excellent nurse to patient ratio which allows staff the ability togive individuals the care they require and provide support to them and their families. The Charge Nurse willwork alongside nurses, doctors, clinical pharmacist, social workers and allied health professionals to providecare for patients who may have been referred for symptom management, MDT assessment, Nursing care, Respite andend of life care.
We are currently based within East Ayrshire Community Hospital in Cumnock on a temporary basis until the completionof building work within our previous base at Racecourse Road in Ayr (Winter 2024). We will then return to abespoke and specifically designed unit (12 beds) which will have all the requirements to care for our patientsin the best way possible.
As part of the hospice team, you can enjoy a variety of benefits including a competitive salary, generous annualleave, NHS or organisational pension scheme, employee assistance programme, comprehensive induction, continuouslearning and development opportunities and access to the NHS Staff Benefits Scheme
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Join us and use your skills, knowledge, passion and energy to help us achieve a future free fromarthritis.
Use your experience of volunteering best practice to develop and embed a sustainable framework to support and growthe delivery of services by our community-based volunteers.
About the role
This role is key to developing a solid foundation to facilitate the growth of services delivered by volunteersthrough the creation of a fulfilling and positive volunteer experience.
You’ll be responsible for the budget and managing a team of 5 part-time community-based volunteer experiencespecialists (based across the 4 nations).
You’ll also be working with key stakeholders from across the organisation i.e. volunteers, services, people andculture, finance, IT, governance and legal, fundraising and research so those staff that work alongsidevolunteers as well as those volunteers that themselves lead volunteers, have access to up-to-date informationand resources.
A key focus will be to encourage greater diversity within our networks, so they reflect the communities in which theyserve, as well as empowering our lead volunteers through encouraging mentoring and engagement between volunteernetworks.
About you
If your knowledge, skills and experience include the following then we’d love to hear from you:
*As a hybrid worker the expectation is that you will spend around 40% of your working time in our office spaces orworking in community settings. As an inclusive employer we will consider home-based working for anyone whereoffice-based hybrid working would be a barrier to being able to work for us, for example for someone living witha long-term health condition or disability.
About the Role : We are seeking a dynamic individual to provide inspirational regional teamleadership for designated Regional and Area Associations and local volunteers. In this role, you will drive thedelivery of outstanding member benefits, sports, and leisure events at a local level using member insightgathered from local members.
Responsibilities:
At CSSC, we must ensure that our offer, both locally and nationally, provides our members with a great experience andenables them to do the things they love. To help us achieve this, you will:
• Support volunteers in delivering a regional and local programme aligned with CSSC's strategy, mission, vision,and values.
• Use the local member insight to deliver what our members are looking for, as well as introduce them to newopportunities and activities.
• Ensure adherence to operating processes, framework, and legislation.
• Enhance volunteer skills and experiences, celebrate volunteering, and attract new volunteers to CSSC.
• Collaborate with the Regional Chair and volunteers to monitor progress, attend local meetings, and evaluate thedelivery of activities and events.
• Foster effective networking and collaboration across the team, champion best practice and seek out new ideas andways of doing things.
• Attract, recruit, and induct new volunteers to ensure confidence and excellent service provision for ourmembers.
• Ensure key volunteering roles have potential successors, retaining and developing the services and commitment ofvolunteers with CSSC.
About You:
• Effective time and workload management skills.
• Resilient and flexible with the ability to work under pressure.
• Strong relationship-building and management skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team.
• Personal drive and enthusiasm with a positive attitude and a desire to succeed.
• Committed to continuous improvement and innovation.
• Minimum of 3 years relevant volunteer management experience.
• Good working knowledge of MS Office including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Full UK driving license (travel required).
• A relevant degree or professional qualification in volunteer management (not essential but advantageous).
• Experience with building and working with high-performing teams.
• Working knowledge of CRM and digital Event Management Systems.
What We Offer:
• 24 ½ days annual leave + Bank Holidays.
• 90 minutes of wellbeing time per week.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Excellent company pension schemes.
• Training and Development opportunities.
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme.
About Us: We are a not-for-profit membership organization with over 130,000 members. Our vision is toinspire our members to explore new ways to be active and healthy. Our four organization values are Passionate,Progressive, Supportive, and Social.
About Aberlour Sycamore Children’s Houses
Aberlour Sycamore Services’ vision is to provide warm, loving homes for children where everyone learns, laughs, growsinto their future and is treasured always. We have a strong ethos of values and a culture that enables us to BeBrave and to Keep the Promise of involving the children and young people as fully as possible in takingdecisions that affect their lives.
We are looking to appoint a House Manager who will join our strong and thriving residential child care community inAberlour.
What we are looking for....
We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with a passion for supporting vulnerable children to achieve the bestpossible outcomes in their lives. The successful candidate will have the drive, determination and culturalvalues to be able to lead their team to empower the children and young people to make the changes which willultimately transform their lives.
We want someone who believes that children living in a children’s house are deserving of love and someone who willsupport the team to ensure that our children are able to live fulfilling lives without having restrictionimposed on them in their every day lives.
The person we choose to join us must have experience of working in and leading practice in a children’s house andmust be visible to the team and children to ensure that the vision and values are lived every day – this willinclude working evenings and weekends.
Our homes provide a rich environment that provides safety, relationships, growth and healing for the children andadults who live and work there. To achieve this the successful candidate must have knowledge about developmentaltrauma, how this will have impacted children’s early life experiences and understand how to lead a team toensure that every response a child receives takes account of their trauma.
A comprehensive support package focussed on achieving excellence in practice is provided to all of our teams and thesuccessful candidate will also receive clinical supervision,
provided externally to support their professional practice development and well-being.
If you share our vision of Being Brave for every child and young person and Keeping the Promise and you have theskills and passion required to meet the challenges of this role we look forward to hearing from you.
For an informal discussion please phone Lynne Reid, Head of Admissions and Programmes on 07854958137.
Ideally, candidates will have experience of leading a team within a residential child care environment involving aresidential shift rota. You will be required to have or be willing to work towards the qualifications for beinga manager in a residential childcare facility: a relevant professional qualification at SCQF level 9 or aboveplus a management qualification at SCQF level 8 or above.
What we offer...
As well as a supportive team and excellent training opportunities, we want all our employees to feel valued andrewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generousannual leave, an excellent employer pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts across variousretailers.
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