An exciting opportunity has risen to join the Home-Start East Lothian Team to deliver the Thrive Early programme in partnership with Citizen’s Advice and Save the Children UK.

Funded from the Scottish Government, the aim of Thrive Early is to prevent and mitigate the impact of poverty for families with children under five years of age by providing integrated, whole-family support within local communities. The successful postholder will work closely with families to provide practical and emotional support, alongside specialised financial, welfare and holistic advice from a dedicated Citizens Advice Bureau staff member.

This post is full time however we will consider part time/job share applications.

An exciting new opportunity to join the team at Home-Start East Lothian based in Tranent has become available.

Do you have a passion to support children and their parents to ensure that children have the best start in life? Do you have the experience and qualifications to work with children?

We are looking for someone who can support families in their own homes and through some group work in community settings.

Evening and occasional part-time weekend work may be required. Car ownership is essential, as is a PVG check.

Home –Start East Lothian is committed to equal opportunities.

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Established in 1977 as one of Scotland’s first community-based Housing Associations we have a strong track record of fantastic work in the local community. We now have a housing stock exceeding 1700 units across a wide range of types and ages.

The group comprises of Parkhead Lettings Company, Parkhead Development Company. We have also refurbished Parkhead Schoolhouse along with the outbuilding which is now ‘The Pantry’. The Schoolhouse facilitates the community and local businesses.

We are positioned close to the 2014 Commonwealth Games Village, Celtic Park and the Emirates Arena. The centre of our community is Parkhead Cross which is a conservation area hosting a number of listed buildings.

We are seeking to appoint a dedicated Energy Advisor on a fixed-term contract for two years. This role will play a vital part in supporting tenants across Parkhead, a community experiencing high levels of deprivation and fuel poverty. The service will be rooted in the community, accessible to all, and focused on practical, long-term solutions that help residents take control of their energy use and costs.

About the Role

The Energy Advisor will provide tailored energy advice, advocacy, and hands-on support to help residents reduce energy consumption, address and resolve fuel debit, secure fixed rate energy tariffs with supplier to mitigate their energy costs and strengthen long term financial and energy resilience.

You will work closely with internal teams and local partners to ensure a coordinated, inclusive service for all residents, regardless of tenure.

We welcome applications from candidates with experience in energy advice and/or advocacy services. To be considered for this role, you must hold a City & Guilds Energy Awareness Level 3 Award and have experience of providing face-to-face advice and in-homes. You will also have excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills, together with a strong understanding of the challenges faced by communities experiencing deprivation.

If you are passionate about supporting communities, tackling fuel poverty, and making a meaningful difference, we would be delighted to receive your completed application. We offer full EVH terms and conditions of employment, including a Strathclyde Pension Fund Career Average Pension Scheme to the successful candidate.

“Our children and young people have fun, feel loved & included, and go home with a smile.”

Join Our Team at Options Aberdeen

Options Aberdeen is a unique service created through a dynamic partnership between Aberlour and Aberdeen City Council. We deliver a flexible range of support - residential short breaks, care at home, and care in the community - tailored to meet the needs of children and young people with complex disabilities.

When families trust us with their child’s care, they know we provide a safe, nurturing, ‘home-from-home’ environment. This gives parents the chance to recharge while their child enjoys new experiences, builds confidence, and makes lasting friendships.

Working with us is not about quick fixes - it’s about making a real difference over time. You’ll help children achieve small, meaningful steps that lead to life-changing progress. It’s challenging work, but it’s also incredibly rewarding.

Why join Options Aberdeen?

• Impact that matters: Every day, you’ll make a positive difference in the lives of children and families.
• Career development: We’ll support you to consolidate your skills and build new ones, opening doors to future opportunities.
• Team culture: Be part of a respected service with a strong reputation for excellence.
• Variety and growth: No two days are the same - you’ll gain experience across residential care, community support, and family engagement.

If you’re passionate about helping children thrive and want a role where your contribution truly counts, we’d love to hear from you.

Family feedback:

“Aberlour Options Aberdeen for us has been a godsend. Our lives have changed at home. They listen to your views and try and help with whatever is the problem.” Parent.

What We’re Looking For

Are you ready for a new challenge and the chance to build on your existing skills? At Options Aberdeen, you’ll join an inclusive, supportive team where your development matters. Our experienced Lead Practitioners will provide guidance and mentoring to help you grow in confidence, enhance your skills, and deliver outstanding care for the children and young people we support.

We welcome individuals who can bring their own experience and expertise to complement our team. But if you’re just starting your career in social childcare, you’ll also be a valued addition. In return for your commitment and hard work, we’ll invest in your training and development so you can thrive in your role.

We are looking for candidates with enthusiasm, motivation and a caring nature with a commitment to working in a child-centred, outcomes-focused way. Candidates will have a collaborative approach and the ability to contribute to care and support plans that make a real difference. We are particularly interested in candidates with healthcare experience and skills to support children and young people with complex health needs in their own homes. This post is worked as part of a rota and includes, evenings, weekends and sleepovers.

Please note, due to the nature of this role, a full, valid driving licence is essential and the driving of service vehicles will be required. You must have held your licence for at least 12 months.

At Aberlour we want to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team. To have a look at our values to understand more about what we are looking for from our employees click here.

What We Offer

As well as a supportive team and excellent training opportunities, we want all our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, an excellent employer pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts across various retailers. Find out more about our Employee Benefits here and our commitment to Equality and Diversity here.

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Do you want to make a positive impact on the lives of children and young people with a disability and or Autism?

About Options Moray

Aberlour Options Moray is a community-based service for children/young people with learning disabilities offering residential, short breaks, family-based care and community support matched with the individual needs of every young person.

What we are looking for....

We have an opening for a Young People’s Worker working nightshift on a permanent basis. Usual hours would be 33.25 hours per week working 4 nights on 4 nights off rota. Shifts are from 10pm - 7.30am.

Individuals need to bring a range of qualities to the role including being playful, warm and accepting and must be able to adapt their practice to appropriately meet the varying individual needs of each young person. This role can be challenging but is also immensely rewarding and provides postholders with rich opportunities to develop their own practice and understanding of the needs of children and young people with disabilities.

You must be comfortable working in a culture based on respect, integrity, innovation and the ability to challenge - both yourself and other people. We support our staff to be as effective as they can be through dedicated training and supervision. In return our staff act as exceptional role models supporting the children and young people, as well as sharing knowledge and learning with colleagues. To have a look at our values to understand more about what we are looking for from our employees click here.

Ideally, you will have a relevant professional qualification at SCQF level 7 or above or be willing to work towards this requirement as per SSSC registration.

At Aberlour we want to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team.

What we offer...

As well as a supportive team and excellent training opportunities, we want all our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, an excellent employer pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts across various retailers. Find out more about our Employee Benefits here and our commitment to Equality and Diversity here.

This role requires an individual that likes working outdoors, with experience in mammal control work, who is approachable and enjoys interacting with people. The Grey Squirrel Control Officer will contribute to a programme of targeted grey squirrel control to protect key populations of Scotland’s red squirrels, in accordance with the Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels plan to protect red squirrels in priority landscapes in the Scottish Borders.

Main objectives:

Delivering grey squirrel control, including supporting grey squirrel control volunteers and Red Squirrel Networks in the SSRS Priority Areas for Red squirrel Conservation (PARCs). The role covers the Scottish Borders with the main areas of responsibility being Peebles and the Tweed Valley to Selkirk and surrounding areas. This includes the wider Tweedale PARC and northern parts of the Central Borders PARCs.

This includes:

• Carrying out targeted and strategic grey squirrel control in agreed areas according to the SSRS project’s Standard Operating Procedures.
• Working collaboratively with other Grey Squirrel Control Officers, area volunteer group(s) and external organisations. This includes assisting with training new volunteers to take on the roles of Local Dispatcher, Volunteer Grey Squirrel Officers and Rapid Response Monitors.
• Providing trapping and despatch services as required.
• Where required, carry out monitoring to assess squirrel presence e.g. feeder box camera traps
• Work with the Lead Control Officer to deliver training sessions, where required, to new SSRS staff, volunteers and/or land managers in all aspects of best practice grey squirrel control, Rapid Response Monitoring and Squirrel Pox Sampling techniques.
• Assist the SSRS Lead Control Officer and SSRS Communications Officer, as needed, in responding to enquiries from the public regarding grey squirrel control for red squirrel conservation.

The successful candidate will have:

• An SVQ/NVQ level 2 or equivalent in Game and Wildlife Management or related discipline or relevant experience of game keeping, invasive/non-native mammal control or pest control.
• Good understanding of conservation principles, practices and legislation.
• The ability to keep and maintain accurate records in Word and Excel.
• Relevant previous experience is essential, together with experience working with landowners, gamekeepers, foresters and the public.
• Knowledge of forestry/woodland management and native tree species and familiarity with the town of Peebles and Tweeddale and Central Borders PARCs would be advantageous.
• There may occasionally be a requirement to work out of normal working hours.
• You must possess a full clean driving licence.

Could you help shape the future of bereavement support in Scotland?

Cruse Scotland is looking for new Trustees to join our Board.

When someone dies, life can change in an instant. At Cruse Scotland, we are here to make sure people don't have to face that experience alone.

For 60 years plus, we have provided compassionate, personalised bereavement support to adults, children and young people across Scotland. As Scotland's only open-to-all bereavement charity, we have a unique role – and we're ambitious about what comes next.

We are about to embark on a new three-year strategy and big plans for the future. We're looking for people who can bring expertise, fresh thinking and constructive challenge to help us turn those ambitions into reality.

What could you bring?

We're particularly interested in people with experience in one or more of these areas:

• AI awareness and governance
• Charity finance
• Children's counselling and GIRFEC
• Commercial expertise
• Counselling supervision
• Culture and organisational development
• Cyber and information security
• Fundraising
• Immigration and asylum
• Insurance
• Legal
• Property and estate management

You don't need previous trustee experience.

We're looking for people who care about our purpose, bring sound judgement and are willing to share their knowledge, ask questions and help us make good decisions.

This is an opportunity to use your experience for something that really matters – helping people navigate one of life's most difficult experiences.

What you'll do

Our Trustees provide strategic leadership, governance and constructive challenge, helping to ensure Cruse Scotland is well placed to deliver its ambitions now and in the future. Our current trustees can be viewed here XXXX

This is a voluntary, non-remunerated role. Trustees attend quarterly Board and relevant Committee meetings, a mix of in person or online via Microsoft Teams, with opportunities to take part in Trustee and Volunteer events throughout the year.

Could you be our next Trustee?

If you have expertise we could benefit from and want to use it to make a meaningful difference to bereaved people across Scotland, we'd love to hear from you.

Refugee Sanctuary Scotland's aim is to relieve destitution and promote wellbeing for people within the asylum system in Scotland.

Role Purpose

The Hub Coordinator will support the effective, welcoming and safe day-to-day operation of Refugee Sanctuary Scotland's Hub, based in the city centre of Glasgow.

The postholder will help ensure that the Hub is a warm, inclusive and well-organised space for people seeking asylum and refugees, supporting opportunities for connection, wellbeing, learning, creativity and community.

Working closely with the Operations Manager, the Hub Coordinator will coordinate day-to-day Hub activity, support volunteers, welcome and engage with people using the Hub, maintain appropriate records, support activities and events, and work with partner organisations.

The role requires someone who has a good understanding of the UK Asylum System and the experiences of people seeking asylum, together with a practical, organised and person-centred approach.

*We offer a flexible working pattern, with occasional earlier or later starts depending on class schedules. The role may also require some evening or weekend work, although this will be rare.

Some weekday classes at the Hub finish circa 6pm,

so flexibility is important to ensure appropriate cover and support.

About Us:

Murray’s Initiative (formerly known as Glasgow Council on Alcohol) is an independent Scottish charity that works to reduce alcohol and drug-related harm at both individual and community levels. Established in 1965, Murray’s Initiative adopts a long-term, trauma-informed and asset-based approach to changing the culture around substance use. Its services are built on a person-centred, harm-reduction model, supporting people whether their goal is to reduce consumption or achieve abstinence.

Murray’s Initiative offers free, confidential counselling services for people concerned about their own or someone else's drinking. Murray’s Initiative delivers a range of interventions including groupwork and employability support as well as a number of holistic and inclusive services, such as a women’s service for survivors of gender-based violence, young person’s peer education service, LGBTQ+ health and wellbeing support and tailored wellbeing programmes.

Murray’s Initiative is also a recognised provider of professional development, offering a comprehensive training portfolio including education aimed at increasing awareness of alcohol use and promoting healthier lifestyles, COSCA Counselling Skills and a Diploma in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Murray’s Initiative delivers services over 6 days per week and throughout Glasgow, East Dunbartonshire and East Renfrewshire, helping people make meaningful, positive change in their lives.

The foundation of Murray’s Initiative is our supportive and inclusive culture for all who engage and work with us.

About the Role:

The role of the Employability Support worker is to support participants who are in the earlier stages of their employability journey. The Employability Support Worker will support participants with confidence building and motivation and will prepare participants to work towards training, education and volunteering.

The Employability Support Worker will make a real impact to individuals’ day to day lives as they uniquely tailor their personal development, offer emotional and practical support and set realistic goals as part of their journey to employability opportunities.

The Employability Support Worker will report to the Service Manager - Employability.

This post requires membership of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme for children and/or protected adults. Successful applicants will be required to join the PVG Scheme.

This is an opportunity to use your communication, relationship-building and support skills to help people who are facing sight loss find the support, information and confidence they need to move forward.

A diagnosis that affects someone’s sight can bring uncertainty and a huge number of questions. As an Eye Care Liaison Officer (ECLO), you’ll be there at a crucial time, providing practical information, emotional support and guidance to people with sight loss, their families and carers.

Working as part of RNIB’s Eye Care Support Services in Dumfries & Galloway, you’ll help people understand the support available to them, identify their individual needs and make informed choices that enable them to maintain their independence. You’ll support people face to face within hospital and community settings, as well as by telephone and digital channels.

About the role

This is a varied, people-focused role where you’ll provide person-centred advice and support to people of all ages affected by sight loss. You’ll help individuals navigate the sight loss pathway, signpost and refer them to appropriate services, and provide guidance on areas such as certification and registration, falls prevention and the wider support available to them. Where needed, you’ll also advocate on behalf of patients to help them access the right services.

Partnership working will be an important part of your role. You’ll build strong relationships with NHS eye care teams, statutory services, third-sector organisations and community partners, developing effective referral routes and helping ensure people receive joined-up support. You’ll also contribute to service evaluation and improvement, attend relevant clinical and professional forums and help raise awareness of the ECLO service.

About you

You’ll have experience of providing information, advice or person-centred support, ideally within a health, social care or community environment, and an understanding of how these services work together. An excellent communicator, you’ll be comfortable supporting people who may be dealing with difficult or life-changing circumstances, while remaining empathetic, impartial and non-judgemental. You’ll also be confident building relationships with professionals and influencing others to achieve positive outcomes for the people you support.

You’ll be organised, adaptable and able to manage your own workload, with good IT skills and an understanding of the importance of accurate record keeping, GDPR and information governance. The role may involve working across different locations and occasional travel for meetings or training.

You’ll also undertake the RNIB and City University Eye Clinic Support Studies qualification, which is provided by RNIB.

What We Offer

RNIB prides itself on being a great place to work with a positive, progressive culture. We offer a wide range of benefits including 27 days of holiday per year (plus bank holidays) which rises with service, enhanced family friendly benefits, a contributory pension scheme with an employer contribution of up to 11% and a rewards platform with employee discounts across over 800 retailers.