The postholder will be expected to operate in line with our values which are: Justice, Equity, Trust, Collaboration and Compassion.

Overview:

All roles at OPFS contribute to our mission of working with and for single parent families, providing support that enables them to achieve their potential and help create lasting solutions to the poverty and barriers facing many single parents and their children. Our core values of Justice, Equity, Trust, Collaboration and Compassion are at the heart of everything we do and underpin all aspects of our work.

The Assistant Family Support Worker will play a key role in supporting the delivery of the Edinburgh Family Support Service for single parent families. The role involves providing practical and emotional support to parents, facilitating group activities, and helping families access relevant resources, supports and opportunities to improve their wellbeing. A core part of this role will be planning and facilitating our weekly stay and play at McDonald Road library.

Equal opportunities and family friendly employment

OPFS aims to be an equal opportunity and family friendly employer. OPFS has Investors In People Gold status.

Job description

The role description is a broad picture of the post at the time of preparation. It is not an exhaustive list of all possible duties, and it is recognised that roles change and evolve over time.

Key tasks and responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Outreach and Engagement
  • Actively engage with single parent families through our stay and play in the community.
  • Promote the service and encourage participation in activities and support sessions.
• Group Activities and Sessions
  • Plan, organise, and deliver weekly Stay and Play sessions for single parents and children.
  • Create a welcoming, safe, and inclusive environment for families.
• Information, Advice, and Support
  • Provide accurate information and guidance on issues affecting single parents, including childcare, benefits, housing, and employability.
  • Signpost families to relevant services and resources.
• Collaboration and Reporting
  • Work closely with the Edinburgh Regional Coordinator and other team members to ensure effective service delivery.
  • Maintain accurate records of engagement and support provided, in line with organisational policies.

The job description is a broad picture of the post at the time of preparation. It is not an exhaustive list of all possible duties, and it is recognised that jobs change and evolve over time.

Established in 1944, One Parent Families Scotland (OPFS) is the leading charity working with single parent families in Scotland. We provide expert advice, practical support and campaign with parents to make their voices heard to change the systems, policies and attitudes that disadvantage single parent families.

We work alongside single parents and their families, placing them at the centre of everything we do. Creating ways to overcome barriers, changing their lives and fulfilling their potential. We also celebrate the many achievements of single parents and their children.

Our vision is to see a Scotland where single parent families are celebrated in all their diversity, are treated fairly and live free from discrimination and poverty.

Our mission is to amplify the voices of single parent families in their unique role as sole carers and providers and together challenge stigma, poverty and inequality to achieve change.

Our values are trust, equity, justice, collaboration and compassion. These are the principles or standards that we consider important in life. They shape behaviour and guide our decisions and actions.

All roles at OPFS contribute to our mission of working with and for single parent families, providing support that enables them to achieve their potential and help create lasting solutions to the poverty and barriers facing many single parents and their children. Our core values of Justice, Equity, Trust, Collaboration and Compassion are at the heart of everything we do and underpin all aspects of our work.

Overview:

The Employability Advisor will contribute to the organisation’s vision of a Scotland in which single parents and their children are valued and treated equally and fairly, by supporting the delivery of various components which contribute to the Glasgow and East Renfrewshire service, including proactively supporting single parents to enter or re-enter employment, training or education.

The Employability Advisor will be responsible for community engagement, outreach and registration of parents onto the programme, and delivering quality employability support, whilst also engaging with partners in the community and undertaking employer engagement duties to improve outcomes and referral pathways for single parents accessing the service.

They will report to the Glasgow and East Renfrewshire Service Manager and will work as a member of OPFS Employability Team, within the wider OPFS Glasgow and East Renfrewshire Service, to provide employability services for single parents facing barriers to entering suitable employment.