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Supporting Scotland's vibrant voluntary sector

Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations is the membership organisation for Scotland's charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises. Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.

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Criminal records checks

Certain positions will enable the employer to apply for a Basic Disclosures check for the potential applicant,Criminal records checks should not be requested until a job offer is made, but you should make it clear,, in writing, that the job offer is conditional upon a Basic Disclosures check.,copy of the Disclosure Scotland certificate, you can assess whether the candidate is suitable for the job,category according to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland

https://scvo.scot/support/hr/recruitment-selection/guide-to-pre-employment-checks/criminal-records-checks

Seven charities aim to receive vital funding boost

£30,000 is up for grabs in the ScottishPower Foundation Awards

https://tfn.scot/news/seven-charities-aim-to-receive-vital-funding-boost

Holyrood 2021: what the voluntary sector wants

TFN's guide to charity election manifestos

https://tfn.scot/news/holyrood-2021-what-the-voluntary-sector-wants

SCVO Workforce Survey 2015

Some respondents felt their employer’s contributions (3% cited by several) are too low.,Reasons given for increased workloads fell into 4 main categories: Staff who have left, were made redundant,The pay is certainly much lower than similar posts in the private or public sector (I have worked in,Every year we wait to find out if we've got the funding to keep my post.,This is short sighted as previous third sector employers viewed as essential.

https://scvo.scot/p/7977/2015/02/25/scvo-workforce-survey-2015

SCVO Response to Devolution Committee call for written evidence on the Scotland Bill

These fall broadly into three categories: the need for Gift Aid to be considered alongside the devolution,of income tax; the prescriptive nature of the social security and employability clauses; and the lack,of social security and employment powers (with the exclusion of pensions) from the outset of the Smith,The full devolution of competence for job search and support to the Scottish Parliament, in order to,integrate service provision in the area of employability, was recommended by the Christie Commission

https://scvo.scot/p/9890/2015/08/14/scvo-response-to-devolution-committee-call-for-written-evidence-on-the-scotland-bill

SCVO Briefing – Creating a Fairer Scotland

Households in this category are also more likely to consume higher levels of sugars than more affluent,Employment When it comes to employment the key areas for the third sector are fair work; the living wage,solely focusing on getting people into jobs is a mistake.,SCVO believes that we need to value all forms of contribution, not just jobs, and to tailor support to,We would like to see: Continuation of the Fair Work Forum and job creation focused on ‘good’ work.

https://scvo.scot/p/12643/2016/06/22/scvo-briefing-creating-a-fairer-scotland

The Taylor Report is a small step along the road to fair work

Commission tasked with examining how a higher NMW rate might apply to non-guaranteed hours Recommends a new category,He does suggest that people should be entitled to a free tribunal to find out what their employment status,loophole that allows temporary staff from agencies to be paid less than direct employees doing the same job,and will bring little comfort to those already fearing for our hard-won employment rights post-Brexit,Oxfam’s research has found that the second biggest priority for Scotland in terms of ‘decent work’ is job

https://scvo.scot/p/15799/2017/07/14/the-taylor-report-is-a-small-step-along-the-road-to-fair-work

Reference briefing: Scotland’s Labour Market Strategy

and achieving ‘job outcomes’, rather than promoting sustainable employment and skills.,jobs reduces has led to people being trapped in low-skilled, low-paid employment.,the space to realise how they can best contribute to society outside the traditional Beveridge-era categories,The social contract which has governed our welfare state in the post-war era appears out-dated in the,for employment’s sake, ultimately ignoring the nature of the job.

https://scvo.scot/p/13428/2016/07/24/reference-briefing-scotlands-labour-market-strategy-july-2016

Developing this website

to set up and run a charity by our information service, and finding out about the employability programmes,Job smarts Current/prospective employers, employment advisors, students and job seekers are all regular,As a job seeker, I want to find out about careers and specific job opportunities, so that I can apply,to work in the sector or move jobs.,The facility to show blog posts, press releases, authors, related posts, and post categories was pulled

https://scvo.scot/p/24481/2018/01/31/developing-this-website

AI and the third sector

reading an article about some new AI milestone, or a comment piece about why we are all going to lose our jobs,To my mind, these fall into three broad categories: new ways for charities to achieve their mission changing,If automation leads to many jobs becoming obsolete in the near future, large numbers of people will have,to adapt to a post-work world.,Given that employment is so strongly tied up with our notions of purpose and self-worth, this is likely

https://scvo.scot/p/23628/2018/01/19/ai-and-the-third-sector