Lead a National Service That Changes Lives Every Day
This is a rare opportunity to take on a newly created national role at the heart of CHAS’s mission. Every week in Scotland, three children die from a life‑shortening condition. CHAS is there for them - and for their families - providing unwavering, compassionate, specialist care.
Our Family Support teams include senior social workers, child and family workers, play specialists and other experts, working hand‑in‑hand with clinical colleagues across our two hospices, in hospitals, and in homes and communities across Scotland.
We’re looking for an exceptional Head of Family Support to shape and lead the full breadth of these services - from child & family support and therapeutic activities to bereavement, spiritual care and financial wellbeing. Your leadership will ensure families receive holistic, responsive and trauma‑informed support wherever and whenever they need it.
About the Role
Reporting to the Director of Nursing and Family Support, you will:
About You
You will bring:
Why CHAS?
For the families we support, time is precious - and the work you lead will help families live it fully.
Our 2024–2028 Strategic Plan commits us to providing unwavering care from the moment a child is diagnosed through living well, dying well, and beyond into bereavement. As Head of Family Support, you will play a pivotal leadership role in bringing this strategy to life for our family support workforce - shaping services, developing people, and ensuring the highest standards of safe, compassionate and effective care.
We offer:
If you’re looking for the next step on your career in social care, you’ve just discovered it.
Make a Real Difference Every Day
Do you want a role where your work has genuine impact? At Capability Scotland, our North Lanarkshire Care at Home & Supported Living Services deliver 24-hour care for adults in their own homes and communities.
Our mission is simple: to empower people to live independent, fulfilling lives while putting their voices at the heart of everything we do. As a Team Leader you will manage the support of a small group of supported individuals and their staff teams, building meaningful relationships that make a real difference.
Please note: This role does not qualify for Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship.
About the Role
We are looking to recruit a Team Leader who will work alongside a group of established team leaders to support our Service Manager in managing our team. As an experienced social care practitioner, you will ensure that our people continue to receive exceptional, person-centred support we provide by being responsible for:
Location – Suite 3.3, Dalziel Building, 7 Scott Street, Motherwell, ML1 1PN (managing a small team in the North Lanarkshire area)
Hours – 39 hours per week. Predominantly Monday-Friday & on-call, with occasional cover required therefore a flexible approach to working is required.
Experience/qualifications/key skills required
Experience of working in a similar role and environment is desirable as is a willingness to take on any personal development opportunities. You should have a care related SVQ Level 4, or the willingness to gain this qualification in a given timescale.
You should be, reliable, caring and patient. With demonstratable strong interpersonal, communication and team working skills and the ability to work as part of a team and on your own initiative.
A UK driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential due to the logistics of the role
Working with Capability Scotland brings you lots of benefits:
We are One Voice, One Charity, One Spirit, #OneCapability.
Are you an experienced communications professional who thrives on fast-paced media work, connecting colleagues internally, and meaningful storytelling?
The Church of Scotland is seeking a Senior Communications Officer to support the Head of Communications in delivering high-quality internal and external communications, protecting the Church’s reputation, promoting its mission and connecting with audiences in Scotland and beyond.
You’ll play a senior role in shaping how the Church communicates with the public, media and its own people. This includes proactive media relations, crisis communications, digital content creation and strategic internal communications.
Key responsibilities include:
You’ll bring:
This is a unique opportunity to use your communications expertise in a senior, influential role with real purpose — supporting a national Church at the heart of Scottish life.
Everyday people with chest, heart and stroke conditions leave hospital scared and alone. You can be part of our mission to make sure that there is no life half lived in Scotland.
By joining Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) as a Community Stroke Nurse you can be the difference between people just surviving and really living.
You will be part of Scotland’s leading charity providing support to people with Chest, Heart and Stroke conditions and Long Covid to live life to the full again.
Our Community Healthcare Support Services provide access to a range of supported self-management and community recovery services to support people across Scotland to manage their health as well as possible and adjust to life
after a diagnosis of a chest or heart condition or after a stroke.
The Stroke Nurse plays a key role in supporting a seamless transition from hospital back into the community for people who have experienced a stroke and their families. The role focuses on helping individuals adjust to life after stroke
by providing personalised information, advice and emotional support. A core part of the role is enabling people to develop confidence in self management, supporting them to build the skills and knowledge needed to manage their
condition, maxinmise independence and improve their long term wellbeing.
The Stroke Nurse will also help deliver the evidence-based, six-week Chronic Disease Self-Management Programme, supporting people to build confidence and skills in managing their long-term health.
We are seeking an enthusiastic individual who is organised and motivated, with good communication skills. Candidates must have a first level general nursing qualification and have a minimum of 2 years’ post-registration experience in
either a hospital or community setting. Experience working with people affected by stroke is essential.
CHSS employees enjoy a variety of organisational benefits including Company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance, company sick pay, employee welfare support, payment of NMC annual registration fees and life assurance.
An opportunity to work within our innovative & busy city-wide Prevention of Homelessness Team providing dedicated services to those at risk of homelessness and members of the Community Food Larders and Food Pantry’s in Glasgow as part of our Routes from Poverty Project. We have initial funding for one year for this post but hope to secure future funding.
The Welfare Rights Officer, reporting to the Service Manager, will provide a full benefits service in terms of supporting the client to access their benefit entitlement and will provide assistance with appeals and tribunal services representation to the highest level. The welfare rights officer will also deal with complex welfare benefits issues on behalf of the service users. Ability to manage a full & comprehensive caseload in a busy environment is essential
The post involves blended working; with a combination of working remotely from home and office-based casework and outreach work with our partners.
Based in Govan Law Centre with outreach throughout Glasgow.
Four Square is an Edinburgh based charity which is ambitious for people facing homelessness. We operate accommodation, support and mentoring services for people homeless or at risk of becoming homeless and we have a social enterprise furniture store and café to provide income to support this work. We operate across 7 sites in Edinburgh and employ over 100 staff and manage a huge range of suppliers. Our finances cover income from our social enterprises; grant income; gift aid; housing benefit; and donations.
We’re looking to appoint a skilled Finance Co-ordinator to work in our finance team at Four Square. Led by Chief Finance Officer, Heather Hartman, the role is part of a three-person team which covers all aspects of finance and financial reporting across the organisation. It’s a varied role which will include responsibility for the purchase and expenses ledgers, procurement of goods and services, including managing contracts to ensure good value and compliant operations.
Because of the size of the team and the range of areas we cover, this role is dynamic. You’ll not be in a box where you only do one thing, you’ll be able to see across the organisation, work with skilled colleagues and learn new skills.
If this resonates with you as you are looking to progress your career, please get in touch.
East Ayrshire Women’s Aid support women, children and young people affected by domestic abuse. We are looking for a compassionate and motivated Team Leader to join our management team. You will lead and support a team of practitioners to deliver high quality, trauma informed services that are safe, effective and responsive to the needs of the women and children we work with.
You will be an experienced supervisor or line manager with a strong knowledge of safeguarding, risk assessment and trauma informed practice. You will have excellent communication and problem-solving skills and the ability to motivate others.
We offer:
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
Working as part of our innovative Fife Housing First for Youth Project, the Project Worker will work directly with young people aged 16-25 years to coordinate and provide emotional and practical support to avoid, resolve and
move on from homelessness.
Working directly with young people in their home or within a community setting the Project Worker will support young people to secure/maintain a permanent home, improve their independent living skills, access other services,
manage finances and engage with resources within their communities.
The Project Worker will offer line management, guidance, and support to Support Assistants and volunteers. The Project Workers are responsible for completing support plans and risk assessments and acting as co-ordinator for any key people involved in the care and support of young people.
Midlothian Sure Start is a dynamic, award winning third sector organisation. It offers a quality support service to families with children up to age 12 across Midlothian. Midlothian Sure Start has been in existence since 2001 and employs over 70 members of staff providing a service in Family Learning centres and in the community. Our ethos is to provide a holistic, confidential community based service where families are at the heart of what we do.
We are looking for people who are as passionate about the services we provide as we are and in return we are keen to support professional development with excellent training and development opportunities, enhanced sick pay (following completion of probation), enhanced annual leave entitlement (we close completely for a well-earned break over Christmas and New Year) and we support our staff with an Employee Assistance Programme, Pension Scheme, Discounted Childcare, Health Cash Plan and Discounted Shopping.
We are currently recruiting a Senior Business Support Officer to support the effective and efficient operation of Midlothian Sure Starts business support function, including line management of the Business Support team, management of the day-to-day finance operations, data and IT/systems support and supporting the organisations business support function.
Qualifications - HNC in Administration or equivalent experience is required. The candidate must undertake an enhanced PVG check. An accounting/finance or relevant qualification is desirable but not essential.
Experience - Experience of working in an office environment at a senior level is essential as is an understanding of managing data and finance tasks. An understanding of the difficulties experienced by vulnerable families and good interpersonal and communication skills are required.
About Revive MS Support
Revive MS Support is the only charity in the West of Scotland providing nationwide support for people who are affected by Multiple Sclerosis. The charity was set up in 1984 by people living with MS and their families, and helps people manage the physical, emotional, financial, and social impacts that come with a diagnosis of MS. Anyone affected by MS can use Revive’s services, and they are free to access.
Job Purpose
As Social Media Officer, you will take the lead in managing and growing our social media presence across multiple platforms. You will be responsible for developing and delivering engaging content that raises awareness of our services, strengthens our online community, and supports our fundraising efforts. Working closely with the Marketing and Communications Manager, you will ensure our messaging aligns with Revive MS Support’s mission, values, and goals, while driving engagement and increasing our reach. This role is ideal for a proactive, creative and strategic thinker who has a passion for making a difference through digital storytelling.
A key focus of this role is expanding our video content, including launching a TikTok channel and producing storytelling content from our service users whose lives have been positively impacted by Revive MS Support.
This role requires a naturally proactive and confident communicator who can engage with our service users, making them feel comfortable sharing their stories. You should
be passionate about digital content, knowledgeable about the latest social media trends, and skilled in using these to benefit the charity sector.