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.

Our strategic objectives shape and guide all roles at OPFS. They are the pillars that underpin all our work. We all will:

1. Support single parents to build on their strengths and attributes to achieve their goals.
2. Strengthen single parent families’ wellbeing, enabling children to be happy and thrive.
3. Influence policies to eradicate child poverty taking an intersectional, equalities approach to policy making.
4. Involve single parents, experts by experience, to co-produce OPFS services and policy priorities.
5. Challenge societal attitudes and behaviours to fully support and respect single parent families.

About this role

We're looking for an experience Research Officer to join our Policy, Participation and External Relations team. This is an exciting opportunity to drive forward research projects, produce compelling findings, recommendations and high quality impact reports and webinars that bring our findings to life. We're looking for a creative and insightful person who is passionate about creating a Scotland where single parent families can thrive.

For more information, please download the Job Description & Person Specification below.

Overview

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.

Role and responsibilities

The Family Support Assistant will play an important role in delivering the OPFS Support for Families Service, working alongside Family Support Workers and the wider team to ensure single parent families receive high-quality, accessible support. Working within the OPFS My Life and Me framework, the postholder will assist with family support activities, group programmes, events, outreach work, and practical support to help families achieve positive outcomes. The role will contribute to creating a welcoming and inclusive service, supporting single parents and their children to access information, opportunities, and services that enhance their wellbeing, resilience, confidence, and social connections.

Overview

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.

Role and responsibilities

The Family Support Assistant will play an important role in delivering the OPFS Support for Families Service, working alongside Family Support Workers and the wider team to ensure single parent families receive high-quality, accessible support. Working within the OPFS My Life and Me framework, the postholder will assist with family support activities, group programmes, events, outreach work, and practical support to help families achieve positive outcomes. The role will contribute to creating a welcoming and inclusive service, supporting single parents and their children to access information, opportunities, and services that enhance their wellbeing, resilience, confidence, and social connections.

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.

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.

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.

Overview

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.

Role and responsibilities

The Childcare Connector will support single parents to overcome childcare barriers that prevent them from accessing and sustaining employment, education, training, volunteering and other progression opportunities. Working within the OPFS My Life and Me framework, the postholder will provide specialist childcare information, advice, guidance and practical support to help parents understand childcare options, access funding and secure sustainable childcare arrangements that support their family and future goals. Working in partnership with childcare providers, employability services and other local organisations, the postholder will help parents access coordinated support and reduce childcare as a barrier to work, learning and progression.