Jobs & employability blog

Since lockdown hit, we’ve worked together as a staff team at SCVO to do everything we can from our makeshift desks and offices to... Read more

COVID-19. Pandemic. Furlough. Lockdown. Zoom. FM briefing. Social Distancing. Clap for carers. We’ve heard these phrases a lot over... Read more

I left school with good grades, a HNC in Media and Communications, and an offer of an unconditional into year two of Events... Read more

A programme which creates job opportunities in the third sector for vulnerable unemployed young people across Scotland is celebrating... Read more

You could be forgiven listening to today’s Ministerial statement on the award of contracts to deliver Fair Start Scotland – the new... Read more

The campaign to devolve employability services to Scotland lasted more than a decade. It was based on the simple proposition that... Read more

SCVO strongly disappointed that near replication of Work Programme means third sector regulated to role of sub-contractors The... Read more

Summary SCVO briefing 04 October 2017 The contracts awarded today sees the vast majority of contracts – 80 per cent – being awarded... Read more

It’s an exciting (and busy!) time for the CJS team. After six successful phases which have created 7,670 jobs, we’re now into Phase... Read more

An employment service run by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is looking for third sector employers across... Read more