Jobs in Upper Braes, Falkirk

Overview

One Parent Families Scotland (OPFS) is the national organisation for single parent families in Scotland. Founded in 1944, we support and empower single parents and their children by providing trusted advice and information, helping parents move into training, employment and education, and strengthening family wellbeing.

We work directly with families across Scotland, including Dundee, Glasgow, Edinburgh, North Lanarkshire and Falkirk. We reach families nationally through our multi-channel advice line, our FCA regulated Debt Advice Service, and digital tools including My Life and Me, the Budget and Debt Planner and the Single Parent Forum. The families we work with face some of the deepest and most persistent poverty in Scotland. Around 250,000 children, a quarter of all children in the country, live in a single parent family. Almost a third of these children are growing up in poverty. Over 90% of single parent households are headed by women.

A single parent is usually both the sole carer and the sole earner, so a setback in one part of family life quickly affects the whole household. Our work is shaped by that reality, and by our values of trust, equity, justice, collaboration and compassion.

We are an Investors in People Gold employer, committed to being an equal opportunity and family friendly organisation.

About the role

The Family Support Worker will play a key role in delivering the OPFS Support for Families Service, providing high-quality, person-centred, strengths-based and trauma-informed support to single parents and their children.

Working within the OPFS My Life and Me framework, the postholder will provide one-to-one and group support, undertake family assessments and case management, develop support plans and work alongside families to achieve positive and sustainable outcomes.

The role will involve working with families with a range of needs and barriers, including poverty, social isolation, wellbeing, parenting, housing, financial difficulties, employment and access to services. The Family Support Worker will work collaboratively with families and partner agencies to identify strengths, address barriers and improve outcomes for parents and children.

The postholder will work closely with the Service Manager and wider team to support effective service delivery, provide guidance to Family Support Assistants and contribute to the ongoing development and improvement of the service.

Our Support for Families Service delivers holistic support for single parents and their children, guided by the six OPFS My Life and Me priority areas: Money, Health & Wellbeing, Home, Work, Education & Training, Children, and Relationships.