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The Boys’ Brigade (BB) is a Christian uniformed youth organisation, providing opportunities for children and young people to learn, grow and discover in a safe, fun, and caring environment.

BB Companies (groups) meet in communities across the country, supported by dedicated volunteer leaders who give their time and skills every week.

We are delighted to have recently secured funding for Phase 7 of CashBack – ‘Location CashBack’. Working together with Youth Scotland, Guides and Scouts – Location CashBack is a three-year Leadership and Participation programme funded by Scottish Government CashBack for Communities Funding.

Location CashBack will support young people aged 10-25 years in SIMD 1-2 areas who may also face barriers including being impacted by poverty, crime and anti-social behaviour.

Building on connections to trusted local youth groups, like the BB, it will offer safe spaces, mentoring, personal development and leadership opportunities that open new pathways for learning, life and work.

We are now looking to recruit a part-time Development worker to lead the Location CashBack project with our local groups.

Mission Statement

Our long-term vision is to end youth homelessness. Our more immediate mission is to ensure that every young person in Scotland has access to expert youth specific services to assist them to avoid, resolve and move on from homelessness, making it rare, brief, and non-recurring.

Context

The Project Worker will work as an intensive support worker linking directly with young people either in the community or from the office base in Govan. They will coordinate and provide emotional and practical support on a 1:1 and group basis. Working with young people to secure a tenancy or to maintain their tenancy to ensure that a young person’s experience of homelessness is rare, brief, and non-recurring.

The Project Worker will offer line management, guidance, and support to volunteers, working together to support young people to improve their practical independent living skills, access other services and to reach their full potential. Project Workers are responsible for completing housing applications, support plans and risk assessments and are the main contact for any key peopleinvolved in the care and support of young people.

We are delighted to announce that the Board of YouthLink Scotland is recruiting a new independent Chair to succeed Angela Leitch CBE, who stepped down in November 2025 after three years in post. Find out more and nominate a suitable candidate by 1st March.

At our AGM on 26th November 2025, Bill Stevenson was appointed as Interim Chairperson replacing Angela and we are thankful that he has taken on this extra responsibility on the board during this period of recruitment.

A sub-group of the Board has met to review the recruitment process for a new Chair, in line with our Memorandum and Articles of Association. We are now seeking your support to nominate an independent Chair. This person will be someone not currently employed within the youth work sector, but who brings the skills, experience and strategic fit needed to lead the organisation into its next chapter.

This is an important appointment for YouthLink Scotland and our members, as we continue our role as the national intermediary for youth work. We will also be seeking to co-opt one or two additional Board members during this period, and it is therefore vital that we attract people with a strong track record, high standing, an appropriate public profile, and a genuine commitment to our mission.

As a national charity this role is not remunerated, but expenses incurred in supporting the role will be covered.

The Common Good Cafe is a Social Enterprise of Tullochan which is a youth development charity, based in West Dunbartonshire, providing a range of projects and services aimed at helping young people lead full and rewarding lives and supporting them to achieve their full potential.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Café Manager to lead our community focused social enterprise café in Dumbarton. This is a unique opportunity to manage a vibrant hospitality environment while playing a key role in delivering meaningful social impact.

As Café Manager, you will lead daily operations, support staff and volunteers, drive excellent customer service, and ensure the café continues to be a welcoming and inclusive community hub.

To work as part of the school team to provide an inclusive curriculum for pupils within Rossie. In adherence with Rossie’s policies and those of the education department, the duties of teachers are to perform such tasks as the Head of Education, Skills and Life Long learning will direct having reasonable regard to overall teacher workload related to the main accountabilities listed below. As required, contribute to the continuous improvement development and delivery of all services provided by the school. Contribute to the development and delivery of new cross service initiatives.

Join our team in the Edinburgh region as Education Advisor. The postholder will provide frontline education advisory support to kinship, adoptive and foster families, as well as professionals, regarding education services for care experienced children.

They will lead the development and delivery of education training across Scotland, contributing to organisational lobbying and campaigning on education issues.

The role also includes coordinating education-focused support groups for families and young people, and working collaboratively with youth services to ensure that the voices of young people inform service design, resources, and delivery - particularly in relation to education and employability.

The Senior Development Officer will work as part of a team to support the delivery of the No Knives Better Lives initiative at a local and national level, ensuring youth work plays a key role in violence prevention. They will also be responsible for managing the delivery of the Thrive financial literacy programme

The post holder will be expected to have a clear understanding of Scotland’s educational landscape and the range of statutory and voluntary sector organisations working with young people.

This post will be funded until the end of March 2027 in the first instance and is based at YouthLink Scotland’s offices in Edinburgh. YouthLink Scotland operates a hybrid working policy. Secondments will be considered.

Please note that within the normal duties of this post you will be required to carry out regulated work with children and will therefore be required to become a member of the PVG Scheme.

For over 50 years, Cyrenians has tackled the causes and consequences of homelessness.

We understand that there are many routes into homelessness, and that there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach to supporting people towards more positive and stable futures. That’s why all our work is values-led and relationships-based. We meet people where they are and support them towards where they want to be.

Our mission: To tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness through learning from lived experience; by delivering targeted services which focus on prevention, early intervention and support into a home; and by influencing changes in legislation and policy.

Compassion | Respect | Integrity | Innovation

Read more about us and our values

About the team

Our Policy & Participation Team helps develop Cyrenians’ work to influence policy and systems change through learning from lived and professional experience.

Based within Cyrenians’ Outreach pillar, we work closely with services across the whole organisation, as well as external stakeholders and partners, including national and local government, funders and other third sector organisations.

The team currently consists of a Policy & Participation Manager and Youth Participation Lead.

We cover three main projects:

• The Scottish Frontline Network: Part of a UK wide network for frontline professionals who support people at risk of or experiencing homelessness. We facilitate free events and training opportunities, providing a regular opportunity for frontline workers in Scotland to network, share expertise and link to policy makers.
• All in for Change: A platform for lived and professional experience of homelessness in Scotland. The programme is co-facilitated by Cyrenians and Homeless Network Scotland and led by the Change Team – a group of around 25 people who bring their own unique experience and expertise of homelessness to influence policy change.
• Youth Participation: taking a youth work approach, we provide opportunities for young people supported by Cyrenians to share their experience and expertise and influence change in policy and practice in areas such as youth homelessness, The Promise, neurodiversity etc.

In addition to delivering the projects above, the team works closely with the Press & Public Affairs Manager on influencing opportunities and – when capacity allows – supports other policy and participation initiatives across Cyrenians’ services, e.g. cross-organisational responses to public policy consultations.

About the role

This is a new role created to mainly support delivery on two of our participation projects: the Scottish Frontline Network and All in For Change.

Working closely with the Policy & Participation Manager, you will deliver activities across both projects. The main focus will be to create safe and inclusive ways for people with experience of homelessness and frontline staff to share their expertise and influence change. Key activities will include organising and facilitating various types of engaging events, workshops, focus groups and meetings (both online and in-person) for frontline professionals and people with lived experience of homelessness.

As this is a new post and there will be scope to shape the position depending on your own interests and experience. We are keen to support you to try things out and bring your own ideas to the table.

We are looking for someone who can listen to, and learn from, people from all walks of life; has a passion for participation and co-production; and a desire to make a difference and create change at policy and systems level.