The Open Door Edinburgh (Scottish Charity Number SC007315) has provided activities and services for adults at our Morningside hub for over 40 years. This charity is in the heart of the local community and provides a high-quality day service for vulnerable older adults, including transport and meals, Mondays-Fridays. Care, connection and community are central to The Open Door and this role will lead, and be supported by, a dedicated and skilled team of staff and volunteers who keep the service welcoming and enriching for all.

We are seeking an experienced, compassionate and highly organised Operations and Day Service Manager. This role is to lead and act as Named Manager for our Care Inspectorate-registered adult day services and support other projects to promote community inclusion.

We are looking for someone who can provide strong operational leadership, ensure excellent governance and regulatory compliance, and support our staff and volunteers to continue to deliver meaningful, high-quality services every day.

Help Shape the Future of Oak Tree Housing Association

Oak Tree Housing Association is looking for enthusiastic, committed individuals to join our voluntary Management Committee and help shape the future of housing and community services across Inverclyde.

As a community—based housing association, we are proud to provide high—quality homes and services for our customers and tenants. Our Management Committee plays a vital role in setting the strategic direction Of the Association, ensuring good governance, and helping us deliver positive outcomes for the communities we serve.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences and skill sets. You do not need previous board committee experience to apply, as training and support will be provided. We are particularly interested in individuals who can bring skills or experience in areas such as:

• Business and strategic planning
• Finance and accountancy
• Housing and property services
• Legal and governance
• Human Resources
• Customer service
• Information technology and digital services
• Sustainability and environmental management
• Community development and regeneration

Most importantly. we are looking for people who share our values. have a passion for their local community. and want to make a positive difference.

WHAT DOES THE ROLE INVOLVE?

Management Committee Members:

• Attend regular committee meetings
• Help shape the Association’s strategic direction.
• Monitor organisational performance
• Support good governance and effective decision-making
• Ensure the Association continues to deliver excellent services to tenants and customers
• Act in the best interests of the Association and the communities we serve

The role is entirely voluntary, although reasonable expenses incurred while carrying out committee duties can be reimbursed.

WHY JOIN US?

This is an opportunity to:

• Make a real difference within the community
• Influence decisions affecting local housing and services
• Develop new skills and experience
• Work alongside experienced professionals and community representatives
• Gain valuable governance and leadership experience
• Contribute to the long-term success of a respected organisation

We have an opportunity for an experienced Estates Manager to lead the operational delivery of building and facilities management services across a Scotland‑wide estate through effective collaboration and strong supply‑chain partnerships. Based at Eurocentral, the primary purpose of the role is to ensure that the built environment and internal spaces consistently support diverse social care services, aligning with organisational priorities, clear standards, robust governance, and high‑quality service delivery.

Working closely with internal stakeholders, the postholder will assist, guide, and support managers to ensure that work environments actively promote staff wellbeing and deliver an outstanding, person‑centred care experience for the people we support.

The successful candidate will be an experienced Buildings and Facilities Manager with experience in a range of activities to ensure the Enable estate is adaptable, compliant, sustainable, and resilient across different regulatory contexts and operating environments. You will hold a relevant degree-level qualification (such as construction management, architecture, quantity surveying or a related built‑environment field), or equivalent professional experience in estate and facilities delivery.

About You

• Significant experience in estates or facilities management within a large, multi‑site organisation, ideally with diverse operational environments.
• In‑depth knowledge of health and safety legislation, CDM requirements, statutory compliance obligations and estate operations.
• Strong financial and commercial acumen, including experience managing budgets, procurement activity, and complex supplier and contract arrangements.
• Proven ability to manage, motivate and develop a support team within a large, complex organisational structure.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, acting with credibility and confidence when working with external consultants, contractors and internal colleagues.
• A clear commitment to service excellence, sustainability and enabling high‑quality service delivery across the estate.
• Full UK driving licence required due to travel between sites.

This role will involve travel and remote working.

All applicants must have the Right to Work in the UK.

For full details on Person Specification, please see attached job description.

About Us

At Enable we believe in developing all our staff and we provide an extensive learning programme together with in-house career development opportunities.

We also have an excellent range of staff benefits on offer including but not limited to:

• Health cash plans providing a wide range of health benefits to help people cover the cost of their everyday health care.
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme*
• Season Ticket Loans*
• Blue Light Card

Where required, Enable will fully fund SVQ Health and Social Care qualifications – required for SSSC registration

Starting a career with Enable is the first step towards making a real difference in our award-winning charity’s mission to help create an equal society for every person who has a learning disability.

Enable is an equal opportunities employer and our recruitment, selection and assessment process is based entirely on values, skills and competencies required of the specific roles.

The cost of PVG is paid upfront by the organisation and deducted from your wage if successfully appointed.

We are fortunate to have a fantastic Board of Trustees. They play a crucial role in determining the direction and tenor of our work. We would be unable to operate without their willingness to face challenges, their courage in making difficult decisions, and their unwavering dedication to the staff team and the families we support.

Join our board and help shape our future.

We are currently seeking new Trustees to share with us their experience, talents, and passions. We are particularly interested in those with experience in:

• Finance or accountancy
• Business or leadership
• Public or third sector services
• Marketing, communications, or fundraising
• Lived experience as a parent or carer

Help shape a national service that protects children's rights.

Every child deserves to have their voice heard and their rights upheld.

At Children First, we stand up for Scotland's children by protecting them from harm, helping them recover from trauma and ensuring they have the opportunity to thrive. As Scotland's national children's charity, we are looking for an experienced and values-led leader to join our National Safeguarders Panel team.

This is a unique opportunity to influence practice at a national level while leading quality improvement, children's rights and accountability across one of Scotland's most important child protection services.

About the role

Working alongside the Assistant Director and two other Service Managers, you will help lead the National Safeguarders Panel on behalf of the Scottish Government.

You'll take the lead on complaints and concerns relating to Safeguarders, ensuring these are managed fairly, consistently and in line with legislation and best practice. You'll champion children's rights throughout our work, drive continuous quality improvement and help shape learning and development for Safeguarders across Scotland.

You'll also build strong partnerships with Scottish Government, Children's Hearings Scotland, the Scottish Children's Reporter Administration and other key stakeholders to ensure children remain at the heart of everything we do.

This is a strategic leadership role where you'll combine operational management, quality assurance, relationship building and service development to make a lasting difference for children and young people.

What you'll bring

We're looking for someone who can demonstrate:

• Significant leadership experience within children's services or a related environment.
• Experience of managing investigations, complaints or quality assurance processes.
• Strong knowledge of Scotland's Children's Hearings System and children's rights.
• The ability to build effective relationships across complex partnerships.
• Experience leading teams, managing resources and delivering service improvement.
• Excellent judgement, communication and decision-making skills.
• A collaborative leadership style that reflects our values.
• A Social Work qualification or another relevant professional qualification at SCQF Level 9 (or equivalent) is essential.

Why join Children First?

By joining us you'll be helping to shape services that protect children's rights across Scotland while working alongside passionate colleagues who share your commitment to making a difference.

We offer:

• A workplace with values of With love, With purpose and With strength
• 40 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays)
• Flexible and hybrid working
• Pension scheme
• Westfield Health wellbeing support
• Blue Light Card discounts
• Learning and development opportunities
• A Fair Work accredited workplace

Our values

Everything we do is guided by our values.

With love, we put children first.

With purpose, we transform children's lives together.

With strength, we do whatever it takes to protect Scotland's children.

If you're an experienced leader who shares our commitment to children's rights and wants to influence practice on a national scale, we'd love to hear from you.

We're offering an exciting opportunity to become a Fostering Practice Manager within our Scotland Glasgow Fostering Team. This is a part time position, working over 3 days reporting directly to the Operations Manager you will lead a team of skilled and passionate social workers, children's workers and our therapist ensuring they deliver support, supervision and training to foster carers, their families and young people. Your leadership will help ensure that our carers provide trauma informed care that transforms the lives of children and young people.

In this pivotal role you will;

• Lead and inspire your team to meet evolving service demands through high quality support and supervision whilst adhering to fostering regulations in Scotland
• Support recruitment and retention of foster carers, contributing to strategic development and service improvement
• Collaborate with external partners, including local authorities, health and education professionals to ensure holistic care for children and fostering families
• Support our commitment to delivering positive outcomes for young people in line with the ambitions of The Promise Scotland

We are looking for a driven individual with experience in fostering and social work who is seeking a fresh challenge, this role offers the opportunity to join a committed team to share your expertise and make a lasting impact. You'll be part of a supportive and knowledgeable team with access to training and development opportunities working flexibly in a hybrid manner across the West of Scotland with our office base in Glasgow.

What you will bring:

• A relevant social work qualification and current SSSC registration
• a strong knowledge of fostering regulations in Scotland
• confidence using social media to promote fostering and enhance visibility across Scotland
• proven ability to lead change, manage performance and drive service delivery
• strong communication skills, especially in complex or challenging situations

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible

Pay & Reward Framework

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of ourPeople & CultureStrategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.

Benefits

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role.

Barnardo's require colleagues to be UK residents, based in the UK and to complete their roles from within the UK (with the exception of colleagues providing Barnardo's services in Jersey and colleagues who live in the Republic of Ireland providing services in Northern Ireland)

• Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
• Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme
• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
• Service related sick pay from day 1
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
• Cycle2work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
• 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

*T&C's apply based on contract

About Barnardo's

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

Our basis and values

PMH Borders is a much valued perinatal mental health charity established for over 16 years with a proven track record and evidence of growing demand. We provide psychological therapies and counselling to parents and families across the Scottish Borders from our base in Galashiels.

As we develop our service, we are looking to recruit four new Trustee Board Members with experience in business management, change management, social media or HR.

This is an exciting time to join our Team. We are at the start of a new chapter, with ambitious plans to redevelop our service and drive meaningful growth to become a sustainable and socially responsible charity.

Home-Start Stirling is a local charity that provides support to families with young children who are experiencing challenging times. Our support is delivered through various services including home-visiting and group support. The manager will provide strategic and operational leadership for Home-Start Stirling, ensuring that we continue to deliver high-quality, safe and effective support for families. The role is responsible for the day-to-day leadership and management of the charity, working closely with the Board of Trustees to strengthen governance, develop strategy, support staff and volunteers, maintain strong partnerships and ensure the charity is well-positioned for the future. Home-Start Stirling is registered with the Care Inspectorate under the category of Housing Support Service.

Fair Deal is a social care organisation based in Glasgow who is recruiting a Support Manager to work in the Glasgow area. We are passionate about providing the people we support with the opportunity to live as independently as possible with greater choice and control.

The Support Manager role will manage and develop highly individualised support services, providing positive leadership and line management to ensure the delivery of high-quality support by staff in line with individual needs, agreed outcomes, aspirations and individual budgets. The role will maintain direct contact and involvement with the people we support and will involve the management of staff resources and budgets.

You will require the following Essential Qualifications and Experience:

• Minimum SVQ 3 in Social Services and Healthcare
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in a Social Care environment
• SSSC Registration
• Experience in supporting and developing relationships with clients and families
• Experience in liaising with social work departments and community organisations
• Line Management Experience in a Social Care Environment (desirable)
• A recognised management qualification (desirable)
• Willingness to work towards a recognised management qualification (essential)
• Excellent leadership and organisational skills with an ability to delegate effectively
• Must be familiar with and have good working knowledge of Microsoft 365 applications (Teams, Outlook, Excel, SharePoint)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to motivate both individuals and a team
• Commitment to the ethos and values of Fair Deal
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements affecting care organisations
• Willingness to occasionally work out with office hours to meet organisational needs
• Full Driving licence and access to own car for business purposes (desirable)

Duties:

• To oversee the day to day running of the designated services
• To manage, supervise and support onsite staff
• To lead on service provision and service development
• To manage learning and development of staff
• To maintain effective communication within the team and with all relevant stakeholders

You will be required to provide emergency on-call cover at evenings and weekends. This will be on a rotational basis shared among the wider leadership team and you will be paid a standard on-call rate over and above your salary for any cover provided. There are also opportunities for optional overtime.

In addition to a rewarding career, with competitive rates of pay and ongoing training, Fair Deal can offer a wide range of staff benefits including, competitive holiday entitlement, company sick pay scheme, workplace pension scheme, enhanced maternity/paternity benefits and flexible working.

For more information on Fair Deal please call us on 0141 634 4996.

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Free parking
• Sick pay
• Employee assistance programme including access to free confidential counselling
• Access to Discounted Health Plan for staff and family members

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Glasgow: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• supervisory: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

• SVQ Level 3 Health & Social Care (required)

Rock Trust is looking for a Trustee and Company Director to help us expand the range of skills around the table.

We are looking for people who are interested in being on our People Committee, Finance & Risk Committee or Services Committee. We would welcome people with experience of strategic fundraising & communications, organisational & people development or delivering and developing social care & youth services.

Political acuity would also be highly desirable.

Candidates do not need experience or knowledge of youth homelessness but must be committed and passionate about making a difference for young homeless people.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community and are committed to creating a diverse team.

Who We Are

We are Scotland’s leading youth homelessness charity. We believe that no young person should ever face homelessness. That’s why we deliver bold, youth-specific solutions, built around young people’s experiences and what evidence tells us works.

We support young people to avoid and move on from homelessness, helping them build the confidence, skills and stability they need to thrive in adulthood. We also influence policy and practice to create a Scotland where no young person is left behind.

We don’t follow the system, we change it, continually championing the voices and experiences of all young people.