Circle is a registered charity working at the heart of communities across central Scotland. We work with families facing multiple disadvantages because of structural inequality, poverty, drug and alcohol use, imprisonment, physical or mental health, trauma, abuse and loss. We believe that every child, no matter their background or circumstances, should have the support they need to live a happy and healthy life.

Circle is seeking a Family Outreach Worker (21 hours/week) to join our project in East Lothian. Funded by Children’s Services, East Lothian Council/MELDAP (local alcohol and Drugs Partnership) this post aims to provide support to children and families affected by parental drug and/or alcohol use, reducing risks and minimising the impact on children. The post holder will work directly with parents, carers and children to strengthen family relationships, improve parenting capacity, and promote safer, healthier lifestyles.

We are looking for a skilled and empathetic professional with a qualification in social work, social care, education, health, or another relevant discipline.

The successful candidate will have strong communication, teamwork and organisational skills, a good understanding of rights-based approaches and the challenges facing vulnerable families, and a commitment to equality, inclusion and anti-discriminatory practice.

This is a meaningful opportunity to be part of a supportive organisation dedicated to improving outcomes for children, parents, carers and their families. We offer excellent staff benefits including a competitive salary, generous pension contribution, flexible working, an employee assistance programme and generous annual leave.

We are seeking a new Chair to lead our committed Board of Trustees. This is a pivotal leadership role for someone passionate about resolving housing insecurity who wants to make a lasting impact at a national level.

The Chair provides leadership to the Board, works in close partnership with the Chief Executive and ensures the organisation remains accountable to its members and mission. Key responsibilities:

1. Leadership & Strategy: Guide the Board in setting strategic direction, aligned with our purpose, values and resources. Champion long-term vision and monitor progress.
2. Meeting Management: Work with the Chief Executive to set agendas and chair productive, inclusive Board meetings that lead to clear decisions.
3. Governance and Compliance: Promote excellent governance, risk management and financial oversight. Ensure the Board meets all legal duties as company directors and charity trustees.
4. CEO & Staff Support: Provide support and conduct the performance review for the Chief Executive. Facilitate effective communication between the Board and staff.
5. Board Development: Support trustee recruitment, induction and development. Conduct skills audits, nurture a positive culture and encourage full participation.
6. External Representation: Act as an ambassador for the organisation, representing Homeless Network Scotland at key events, with stakeholders, and in the media.

Qualities & Skills We’re Looking For

• Leadership Experience: Influential and impactful leadership in the public, private or voluntary sectors.
• Governance Experience: we value prior experience as a charity Chair, Trustee or Non-Executive Director in Scotland.
• Strategic Thinker: Strong facilitation, communication and decision-making skills.
• Commitment: Deep alignment with our mission to prevent and resolve homelessness. Experience in housing, health or social care is welcome, but not essential.
• Personal Attributes: Collaborative, relationship-builder, resilient and dedicated to good governance.

Practical Details

• Voluntary, unpaid role with reasonable expenses reimbursed.
• Term: three years, with option to stand for re-election.
• Time Commitment: Estimated time commitment is approximately 4-6 hours per month on average.

We are looking for an experienced Money Advice Worker with experience delivering benefit and debt advice to join our growing team at GEMAP. This is an exciting time to be part of the organisation as we expand our work to tackle poverty in Glasgow through high‑quality, person‑centred advice.

As a Money Adviser, you will be part of an energetic and supportive team, working directly with clients to maximise income, reduce household costs, and manage debt. You will provide accurate, practical advice that helps people improve their financial resilience and move towards greater stability.

We are looking for someone with experience delivering advice who can hit the ground running, with strong knowledge of welfare rights and money advice legislation, and a sound understanding of the principles of financial capability. You will have excellent knowledge of state benefits, tax credits, and grants, and be confident assessing entitlement and supporting clients to make applications.

More than technical expertise, we are looking for someone who sees the whole person. You will be committed to delivering high‑quality advice in a respectful, non‑judgemental way and to supporting people at often challenging points in their lives.

Our advisers are expected to work in line with the Scottish National Standards for Information and Advice and to manage a busy caseload effectively. In return, we support our staff to develop and excel through tailored Personal Development Plans, our Employee Assistance Programme and by fostering an inclusive, supportive working environment.

We are passionate about our mission and are looking for someone with the drive, empathy, and commitment to make a real difference. You will be an excellent team player, a confident and effective communicator, well organised, and comfortable using IT systems to support your work.

If you want to work for an organisation that truly puts people at the centre of everything it does, we would love to hear from you.

Are you an experienced leader with a passion for improving outcomes for Scotland’s youngest children and their families? Early Years Scotland is seeking a dynamic and committed Development and Support Officer to provide high-quality support to our members across Fife. This is a home-based role, with regular travel throughout the area, where you will visit settings, attend meetings and build and develop strong local relationships with a range of stakeholders.

With leadership-level experience and influence across settings, you will provide a wide range of support to EYS members, including remote advice, direct setting support, Business Health Checks, follow-up improvement planning and peer support opportunities. Working closely with local authority colleagues and member settings, you will help to strengthen quality, governance and leadership across the sector.

A key part of the role will include the development of EYS membership policies and resources, as well as supporting voluntary committees and recruitment activity where needed. You will also play an active role in partnership meetings with Fife Council and other stakeholders.

Early Years Scotland is a registered charity and Scotland’s leading national specialist organisation dedicated to supporting our youngest children, from pre-birth to age five. With over 50 years of experience as a Third Sector organisation, we take immense pride in our long-standing commitment to those who work for and on behalf of Scotland’s youngest children.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver universal and direct support to settings, both remotely and in-person, based on requests and identified needs
• Conduct annual Business Health Check audits and visits, analysing findings and developing individual action plans for settings, as well as facilitating follow-up meetings to support improvement
• Organise and attend termly in-person meetings for all members, in partnership with the local authority
• Share local and national information to support member settings
• Work collaboratively with Fife Council colleagues, as well as attending funded provider update, quality improvement support and collaborative EYS/Fife Council meetings
• Facilitate termly peer support meetings for EYS member managers and senior staff across the area
• Support voluntary committee governance through advice, training and practical guidance, as well as assisting with recruitment activity including job adverts, interview questions and professional advice at interviews
• Support the development of EYS membership policies and resources as directed
• Complete quarterly and annual reviews of the EYS Fife service and participate in ongoing professional development

What we’re looking for

• Proven experience of supporting early learning and childcare settings
• Knowledge of quality improvement, charity governance and the operational challenges facing ELC settings
• Strong communication, relationship-building and organisational skills
• Ability to work independently from home while managing a local caseload
• Experience of writing reports, action plans or support documentation
• Experience of working in partnership with local authorities or funded providers
• Experience of delivering training, facilitating groups or supporting peer networks
• Knowledge of the Fife early years sector

Please note, for this role a relevant professional qualification in early years, childcare, community development or a related field is required, as well as a full driving licence and access to transport, and a qualification meeting the requirements for a practitioner in a day care of children service, as a minimum, to be considered for this post.

What Early Years Scotland will offer

• Competitive salary and generous annual leave
• Family-friendly policies that support work-life balance
• 5% employer pension contribution after 3 months
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Ongoing professional learning and development opportunities
• A supportive, collaborative team culture where your contribution is valued
• A rewarding opportunity to support EYS members and strengthen early years provision across Fife

An exciting opportunity to join a team supporting people affected by substance usage in conjunction with the Edinburgh Access Place

About the project

The Access Place is an integrated service comprising health, housing and social work services under one roof for people experiencing homelessness. The clinical team are supporting people in receipt of medication assisted treatment.

About the role

Working alongside clinicians in the Edinburgh Access Place, you will provide one-to-one person-centred support to people in contact with the GP practice team. You will work with individuals to enable them to identify personal outcomes and priorities for their health and wellbeing and link them to local support services and activities. The role will involve regular travelling around the city to visit clients, attend appointments and conduct assertive outreach. The use of a car may not always be appropriate as parking arrangements vary across the city.

About you

You will have experience of working with people who are experiencing complex social and emotional circumstances, and a strong understanding of the challenges faced by people experiencing homelessness. You will use your excellent interpersonal skills to deliver effective one-to-one work as well as make connections with other organisations to establish referral pathways on behalf of people who use the service

How we will support you

We will encourage you to be creative and innovative in your approach to supporting people.

You will be part of a small team, led by a supportive manager. You’ll also have access to wider Cyrenians support, including our learning and development programme, and staff wellbeing services.

About us

At Cyrenians we tackle 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.

Our values

• Compassion: We believe that everyone should have the chance to change, no matter how long that might take.
• Respect: We believe in tolerance, acceptance, valuing diversity and treating each other as equals.
• Integrity: We are committed to the highest quality of work, grounded in honesty, generosity, sincerity and professionalism.
• Innovation: We are willing to take risks, challenge convention and be creative in our search for new ways of working, in particular by taking account of the environmental impact of our decisions.

Website: cyrenians.scot

At the Hawkhead centre, we provide innovative services to veterans who have various degrees of Sight Loss.

This job exists to support the Centre Services Manager/Senior and Chef to provide a safe working environment and plan a varied and nutritious diet for veterans who attend.

You will work be working in a fun and friendly environment.

What does a day in this role look like?

• To assist in the preparation of high-quality food as directed by the chef
• To assist with meal service
• To assist with clearing and washing up.
• To maintain a clean, safe working environment as directed by the Centre manager/Senior and by working to cleaning schedules
• To ensure Food Hygiene and Health & Safety recommendations are complied with.
• To advise the of any concerns in relation to Food Hygiene and Health & Safety
• To advise the Chef/Senior/Deputy Centre manager of any malfunction of equipment or fittings that require maintenance or cannot be kept to standard through normal cleaning procedures.

About us

For more than 230 years we've been supporting and empowering people with sight loss to live fulfilling lives. We’re proud of what we’ve achieved, but we want to do more. We will build on our rich history to create an organisation which is prepared for the future, and ready to respond to the needs of people impacted by vision loss.

Our vision is bold. We want to be at the leading edge of positive societal change by:

• Investing our funds in the support that makes the biggest difference
• Putting our community at the heart of what we do
• Campaigning for change
• Accelerating prevention and treatment of eye conditions
• Fostering a collaborative culture of innovation and learning

We're determined that no-one should face sight loss alone. We're committed to improving, diversifying and growing our services to make sure we can reach many more people with sight loss - when and where they need us.

Our organisational values - Transform, Unite and Thrive - underpin all the work we do at Sight Scotland and Sight Scotland Veterans.

Benefits

• Generous employee pension scheme
• Learning and Development opportunities
• Employee assistance programme
• Discounted cinema tickets
• Discounts for carers

Our Coordinator represents Stirling Street Pastors and supports the promotion, management and co-ordination of the initiative in Stirling.

Reporting to a Board of Trustees the Coordinator’s key duties will be to:

• Organise and manage the rotas
• Provide leadership to our volunteers
• Organise volunteer recruitment and training
• Manage the patrol base, and monitor and order equipment/street supplies
• Promote and develop relationships with churches, the Council, Police and other key stakeholders
• Identify funding opportunities and apply, where appropriate
• Be our liaison with Ascension Trust (AT) and Ascension Trust Scotland (ATS)

The post holder must:

• be a Christian with an active relationship with a local church
• subscribe to the Street Pastors core values and ethos
• be trained or willing to train as a Street Pastor volunteer and participate in a patrol rota

We offer:

• a salary of £15,000 p.a. for 18 hours a week
• a degree of flexibility over working arrangements
• an employer pension scheme – employee contribution of 4%; employer 3%

A full job description can be found on our website or below.

Around since 1923, SAMH is Scotland’s national mental health charity. We have represented the voice of people most affected by mental health problems in Scotland for almost 100 years. Today, in over 60 communities we work with adults and young people providing mental health social care support, services in primary care, schools and further education, among others.

These services together with our national programme work in respectme, suicide prevention and active living; inform our policy and campaign work to influence positive social change. SAMH is dedicated to mental health and wellbeing for all: with a vision of a society where people are able to live their lives fully, regardless of present or past circumstances.

For Scotland’s Mental Health

About the Role

SAMH are recruiting to the posts of Peer Wellbeing Practitioners. This is an exciting new role for people with a lived experience of mental health issues and their own recovery journey.

Peer Wellbeing Practitioners will be a dual role, embedded within Community Mental Health Teams (CMHT) working as a team to support individuals accessing the service in a hospital in-reach, home and community-based settings. The CMHTs provide specialist multi-disciplinary interventions for people with significant mental health difficulties, where there is a complexity of difficulties and / or risk to self and / or others.

Peer Wellbeing Practitioners use their own lived experience of mental health issues to support service users in a recovery focussed way using goal setting and person-centred approaches. Using formalised peer support models they will enhance the support provided to the individual by developing mutually empowering relationships. There is an expectation that Peer Wellbeing Practitioners will have experience of supporting individuals. Practitioners will facilitate group work or individual sessions that will aid individuals in their recovery journey.

Peer wellbeing practitioners will offer a proactive approach, working with people in communities of diversity and will have a strong people focussed values base. Peer Wellbeing Practitioners are role models of recovery and will have responsibility for working in a professional, boundary manner that values this asset.

What we are looking for

Respect and dignity for the people who use our services is at the heart of everything we do. We’re looking for people with great people skills who are honest, reliable and resilient in challenging situations. This role will require a high degree of autonomous working, working within Community Mental Health Teams (CMHT) as part of a multi-disciplinary team and contributing to risk and support management in a clinical setting therefore previous support experience is essential.

Everyone we support is different and we use individually tailored recovery and wellbeing plans to help them to identify where their strengths lie and support them in the areas where they may need it. In this role your attitude and personality matter as much as your skills and experience. We are looking for initiative, compassion, energy and determination and the ability to motivate and inspire people who use our services to develop their skills and self-confidence and realise their aspirations.

Please note that travel is an essential part of the role and due to the geographical reach, a valid driving licence and access to own vehicle are a requirement for the post.

What we will provide for you

You will work in a supportive environment and will be provided with a full induction and training opportunities. You will be given the chance to develop your knowledge and skills, as well as develop professionally. Some of our benefits include;

• Fully funded PDA peer support qualification
• Reimbursement of PVG
• Funded continuous learning and development opportunities, access to over 100 courses online in addition to classroom and virtual training sessions
• 30 days annual leave rising to 33 after 5 years’ service (pro rata)
• 4 public holidays (pro-rata)
• 2 paid wellbeing days off per year to use on what matters to you (pro-rata)
• Team wellbeing budgets
• Workplace pension scheme
• Life Assurance policy
• Employee Assistance Programme

Job purpose

To contribute to SIAA’s work to promote and protect people’s human rights by strengthening the understanding, practice and impact of independent advocacy in Scotland. The postholder will work on specific policy and advocacy priorities and respond to legislative, policy and practice developments that affect independent advocacy, human rights, and people who rely on independent advocacy.

What is Independent Advocacy

Independent advocacy is about speaking up for, and standing alongside individuals or groups, and not being influenced by the views of others. Fundamentally it is about everyone having the right to a voice addressing barriers and imbalances of power, and ensuring that an individual’s human rights are recognised, respected, and secured.

The Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance

The Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance (SIAA) is a membership organisation, set up in 2002, to promote, support and advocate for independent advocacy across Scotland. SIAA’s vision is a Scotland where independent advocacy is available to strengthen everyone’s voices. Our aim is to actively influence, support and maintain high quality independent advocacy which uphold people’s human rights. Read more about how SIAA advocates for independent advocacy.

SIAA provides support for SIAA member organisations and groups and raises awareness and understanding of independent advocacy across Scotland. SIAA is funded by the Scottish Government Advocacy, Access and Models of Care Unit.

About RASAC P&K

Our Mission… Working Together to end Sexual Violence

RASAC P&K is an established 3rd sector feminist, survivor centred organisation, we work towards our mission by providing a range of Support, Prevention and Advocacy services for survivors of sexual violence living across Perth and Kinross.

Who we’re looking for…

Are you passionate about supporting survivors of sexual violence and making a real difference?

We’re looking for a compassionate and dedicated Justice Advocacy Worker to provide emotional, practical and specialist support to survivors engaging with, or considering engaging with the criminal justice system. You’ll work alongside partner agencies to improve survivor experiences, support access to vital services and raise awareness of our advocacy service. If you’re committed to empowering survivors and driving positive change, we’d love to hear from you.

At RASAC, we take a whole-person approach. This means the role is varied and may involve supporting survivors who experience challenges with trust, self-esteem, self-care, relationships, or education. Some may also use self-harm or substances as coping strategies. Because of this, we’re looking for someone who is kind, empathetic, and non-judgmental, while also confident in maintaining safe boundaries and adapting their approach to meet the individual needs of each person.

You should have a consistent and reliable work ethic, and be comfortable working within a culture that values respect, integrity, and innovation. The role also requires a willingness to reflect, appropriately challenge both yourself and others, and actively share knowledge and learning with colleagues.

Support is provided within our city centre premises, and in community/public locations across Perth and Kinross, therefore a full driving licence and access to a vehicle is a requirement of this post. Travel will also be expected across Scotland when supporting survivors to court (you will not be expected to transport survivors to and from appointments/court).

What we offer…

Full induction, including training across a broad range of relevant areas, such as Rape and the Justice System, Support Skills, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Suicide and Self-harm, Feminism and Gender Based Violence and Commercial Sexual Exploitation, Boundaries and Confidentiality.

Paid monthly external supervision, as well as monthly supervision with line manager.

Competitive salary £34665 pro-rata.

Employers pension contributions.

Generous annual leave of 42 days per year pro-rata (inclusive of public holidays).

Off-street Parking (on rota basis).

The chance to be part of a mission and values led organisation, we’re proud of the difference we make together, and we want someone who shares our values…

• We believe that all women, young people and children, regardless of ethnic background, culture or sexuality, should have access to non-judgemental, confidential support at any given time
• We believe that no woman, young person or child regardless of behaviour or lifestyle is to blame for any form of rape, sexual abuse or sexual assault
• We believe that it is everyone’s responsibility to adopt zero tolerance to any form of rape, sexual abuse, and sexual assault of any woman, young person or child

Please note we are currently trialling a 4-day week for full time workers, should this not be continued the 35 hours would revert to being worked across 5 days Mon-Fri, with occasional out of hours work.

Only females need apply under Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

RASAC is committed to the safety and welfare of all survivors and staff and employs a rigorous recruitment process and PVG checks.

This post is fixed term until March 2027 and future funding will be actively sought. We have been successful in seeking on-going funding for this post since 2016.