Play Therapy Base was founded in 2011 by four play therapists who identified a gap in child-centred play therapy provision in Midlothian. For 15 years we have supported children aged 3 to 14 and their families across the Lothians.

We are now entering the next stage of our development, with a restructure of our senior team. This has created an exciting opportunity for a qualified and experienced Play Therapist to join our team of 15 as Service Manager.

About the role

As Service Manager, you will lead the delivery of our therapy services, working closely with children, parents, carers, staff, and partner organisations. You will make sure our child-centred ethos and high standards of practice run through everything we do and help promote the service across the communities we support.

About you

We are looking for someone who has:

• A professionally accredited Play Therapy qualification with BAPT/ PTUK or equivalent
• Registration with BAPT / PTUK or similar
• Substantial post-qualification experience as a Play Therapist
• Experience of managing and supporting a team
• A real passion for play therapy and a strong commitment to helping children and families grow and flourish together

Help us build stronger connections across Scotland

We're looking for an experienced CRM & Audience Manager to join St Andrew's First Aid at an exciting time in our development.

As we grow our ambitions for Scotland, we want to build stronger, more meaningful relationships with the people and organisations we work with. From workplace training customers and volunteers to supporters and partners, understanding our audiences and how we engage with them will be central to our success.

This is an opportunity to shape our CRM capability from the ground up, introducing smarter systems, better audience insight and more personalised communications that make a real difference.

The opportunity

Working as part of our Marketing and Communications team, you'll lead the development of our CRM and audience strategy, helping us make better use of data, technology and automation.

You'll:

• Lead the development and implementation of our CRM and audience strategy
• Build meaningful audience segments and automated communications journeys
• Improve how we attract, engage and retain customers, volunteers and supporters
• Work with colleagues across the charity to improve data quality, processes and CRM capability
• Turn audience data into actionable insight that improves performance
• Help create a more joined-up, personalised experience across our audiences

Who we're looking for

You'll bring strong experience in CRM, lifecycle marketing or audience management, with a track record of turning data and insight into better engagement and measurable results.

You'll be confident working with CRM and marketing automation platforms, developing audience journeys and collaborating with colleagues across different teams.

Most importantly, you'll be someone who enjoys building and improving things, combining strategic thinking with a practical, hands-on approach.

Why join us?

St Andrew's First Aid has been supporting people and communities across Scotland for more than 140 years.

We're building on that heritage with ambitious plans to grow our reach, strengthen our training offer and help more people gain the skills and confidence to be ready when it matters.

You'll join a growing team, with the opportunity to shape a key part of our future and see the difference your work makes.

Ready to make your mark? We'd love to hear from you.

This role is based out of our Glasgow Head Office with hybrid working arrangements and some national travel.

Are you passionate about helping people to live a better life? Do you want to work for a charity where your health and wellbeing matter just as much as the people you support? Do you want to be part of a trauma-informed team where you will be supported to develop creative and flexible ways of working?

At LinkLiving, our values and people are at the heart of everything we do including how we recruit our staff. It is important for us to find people who share our values, which are:

• Empathy (listen to and understand an individual’s needs and circumstances)
• Respect (treat others the way they wish to be treated)
• Integrity (be honest and have strong moral principles)
• Caring (show kindness and concern for others)

LinkLiving is a Scottish health and wellbeing charity that supports people to manage or overcome the effects of negative life experiences (including trauma, mental health challenges, poverty and inequality) so that they can build on their strengths and aspirations in order to live their best possible lives. We support people through a range of models including:

· Personal development and employability programmes

· Self-help coaching

· Supported accommodation

· Care at home

· Housing support

· Befriending

· Social cafes

The Service

LinkLiving’s HoME service (Help on Managing Everything) provides an intensive housing management service to Link Housing Association tenants who are struggling to maintain their tenancies.

The Job

The purpose of the job is to provide practical and emotional support to people who have been referred to the service who’s condition of property requires specialist support. Through building positive relationships with tenants, you will work with them to maintain their home, working closely with Housing Officers as well as the wider Mental Health & Wellbeing Services team.

You will be responsible for the provision of individually tailored one to one support. The service you provide will focus on the safety and well-being of clients creating a supportive environment which to address the issues they are experiencing with their tenancy. This role will require a high level of multiagency working.

About You

You’ll be someone with a good standard of general education. With a genuine understanding of the challenges faced by individuals with complex needs, you will have experience supporting clients with a range of issues and demonstrate a strong grasp of the skills required to live independently.

Your positive, can-do attitude will shine through in your hands-on approach to providing practical support, while your non-judgemental mindset and commitment to embracing diversity will be at the heart of how you work. You’ll bring excellent communication skills—written, verbal and digital—and be comfortable using IT systems, including online client management platforms.

You will have knowledge of available grants and resources for individuals on low incomes. Adaptability is key, as is the ability to build meaningful relationships and partnerships with other voluntary and statutory organisations.

You’ll be a proactive team player who can work openly and honestly within a team setting, while also being confident in prioritising and managing both your own workload. Reflective practice will be important to you—you’ll welcome feedback and support to ensure continuous improvement in your work.

A full driving licence and access to your own vehicle is essential for this role.

What’s in it for you?

The benefits of being a LinkLiving employee (subject to the policies and benefit terms and conditions) include:

· Competitive salary, reviewed annually, and opportunity for annual performance related salary increases and discretionary non-consolidated pay awards, subject to terms of the scheme

· 35 days’ holiday per year (inclusive of public holidays) pro rata plus additional 3 days pro rata after 3 years’ service

· opportunity to buy and sell holiday

· enhanced company sick and family friendly pay

· access to paid SVQ qualifications and a wide range of learning and development opportunities

· funded Disclosure Scotland and Scottish Social Services Council memberships

· defined contribution pension scheme with generous employer contributions plus salary exchange and additional voluntary contribution options

· access to a Salary Exchange car leasing scheme, subject to the terms of the scheme

· life assurance scheme providing death in service benefits

· healthcare cash plan for employees (and dependents) to support health and wellbeing plus discounts on shopping, restaurants, and other services

· employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate household dependants to support health, mental and financial well-being

· access to purchase annual corporate clothing vouchers

· annual flu vaccination

· access to a credit union savings and borrowing scheme

· cycle to work scheme

For a full list of benefits available to employees, please visit the Link Living website.

This role is subject to PVG membership under the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020.

Individuals who are barred from working with children or protected adults will not be considered for this position. Link will meet the cost of any new PVG scheme membership or membership update.

East Park is… Recruiting

East Park, a Grant Aided Special School in Glasgow, is a leading provider of specialist day and residential education services for children with complex needs, including Autism.

• Excellent work life balance: Flexibity to choose your Days between Monday to Thursday 8.30am-3.30pm and Fridays 8.30am-3.00pm
• Competitive rates – £13.48 per hour

We provide specialised education programmes for children and young people aged 5-18 with complex additional support needs.

You will work in a class team and support the teacher and pupils in appropriate activities to facilitate their learning. You will be helping to develop the pupil’s individual potential and to enable participation in education, independent living and therapeutic activities. You will work at East Park’s main site where we have access to various facilities locally making the most of community resources.

Help our vulnerable young people gain confidence, promote their independence and help them lead rewarding and fulfilling lives, while enriching your own every single day. You can really change a life here at East Park!

Benefits:

• Casual dress

Scotland’s leading nature conservation charity is looking to co-opt a Trustee with knowledge and experience of nature conservation, land management practices and an understanding of relevant policy. This role includes being part of the Conservation Committee, a sub-committee which reports into our main Board of Trustees (“Council”) and provides vital oversight of conservation at the Trust.

For over 60 years, the Scottish Wildlife Trust has worked with its members, partners and supporters in pursuit of its vision of healthy, resilient ecosystems across Scotland’s land and seas. The Trust successfully champions the cause of wildlife through policy and campaigning work, demonstrates best practice through practical conservation and innovative partnerships, and inspires people to take positive action through its education and engagement activities. The Trust manages a network of over 100 wildlife reserves across Scotland and is a member of the UK-wide Wildlife Trusts movement.

Nature conservation has never been more important, and this is an exceptional opportunity to join a vibrant and committed Board of Trustees, which provides the governance function for the charity. Most members of Council are directly elected by the membership, but this will be a co-opted position.

The successful candidate will have:

• Experience and knowledge of nature conservation and land management practices; additionally, experience focused on the third/charitable sector would be desirable
• An understanding of nature conservation policy relating to Scotland
• Ability to think strategically and differentiate between strategy and operations
• Ability to constructively challenge fellow Trustees and senior management
• A strong personal commitment to environmental issues and the Trust’s mission and values The post is without remuneration, but reasonable out-of-pocket expenses may be reclaimed

If you would like to play a role in achieving the Trust’s vision of a network of healthy, resilient ecosystems across Scotland’s land and seas, we would love to hear from you.

For further details, please refer to the Application Information Pack on the Scottish Wildlife Trust's website.

If you would like more information please contact recruitment@scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk.

As our Near You Coordinator you will lead the development and delivery of the RNID Near You community service across the Edinburgh and Lothians region, supporting local communities through drop‑in sessions offering:

• Practical hearing aid support
• Information on hearing loss and tinnitus
• Hearing checks

You will be responsible for co-ordinating around 20 drop-in services and be able to recruit, train and manage a team of up to 30 volunteers to deliver the service across your area. You will have responsibility for the set up and running of these clinics and have good local knowledge of your area in order to seek new opportunities for delivery of our RNID Near You services.

We are looking to appoint a motivated person with a keen interest in supporting people with their hearing loss. While you will be home based, there will be some travel to venues where we will provide drop-in clinics in community settings.

You want to make a difference in people’s lives and love to interact with various audiences, including volunteers, health & care professionals and service users. You have experience managing events, your own workload and can work evenings/weekends if required. You can physically assist clients with hearing aids sensitively, giving clear guidance and taking into account individual wishes and health needs.

You are ready to work for a home-working organisation and have good IT skills, particularly with Microsoft Office applications including Outlook, Excel, Word.

We are RNID: the national charity supporting the 18 million people in the UK who are deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus. Together, we will end the discrimination faced by our communities, help people hear better now and fund world-class research to restore hearing and silence tinnitus.

We work with our communities and partners across industry, government, charity, education and more to change life for the better. RNID has a proud history and big ambitions. We’re focused on making the greatest impact possible across the whole of the UK. We champion the latest technology and the opportunities it brings. We also know the value of a friendly face in local communities to support people where they need it most.

We champion the value of difference and equality and celebrate our diverse and inclusive workforce. We actively encourage applications from eligible candidates from BAME backgrounds or who are deaf or hard of hearing. With almost 20% of our employees having a disability we proudly hold Disability Confident Leader status and guarantee an interview for disabled applicants meeting the minimum essential criteria.

While this role is offered on a fixed‑term basis, there is a strong possibility for extension subject to the availability of continued funding. Early application is encouraged.

We are seeking a person with extensive knowledge and understanding of Anti-Racism and Intersectional EDI to support the further development of the Scottish Environmental EDI Network (SEEN) which is part of our Race Equality Environmental Programme (REEP). SEEN is a wide membership of environmental sector organisations that are committed to developing improved anti-racism and intersectional equality policies and good practices within their organisations. You will therefore need experience in developing anti-racism and intersectional good practice guidance and toolkits such as race / equality policy templates and good practice briefing materials for shared learning.

It would also be highly desirable (though not essential) if your knowledge of anti-racism and intersectional equalities has been developed through experience in delivering race / equalities training and providing consultancy support to organisations.

You will also be responsible for promoting membership to the SEEN, developing SEEN newsletters and developing / updating anti-racism good practice materials on the REEP good practice hub, and so you will require good digital skills, ability to develop newsletters, and working knowledge of uploading materials onto websites / hubs.

If you have a strong passion for anti-racism, intersectional equalities and the environment then this post will an ideal opportunity to help influence and progress race and intersectional equalities within the environmental sector.

Carers of East Lothian is a values driven local charity making a real impact in the community supporting adults who care for family and friends. We have an excellent reputation, gaining recognition through the Carers Trust ‘Excellence for Carers’ Award and have secured the contract to deliver adult carer services across East Lothian for an initial two-year period and a total period of up to six years, to 2031. We are a Carer Positive Exemplary employer, Disability Confident Committed and a Living Wage employer. We are currently recruiting for the following opportunity:

Key Responsibilities:

• Re-establish, champion and promote Respitality as a valued part of Carers of East Lothian’s short breaks offer.

• Build relationships with local hospitality, tourism and leisure businesses, approaching at least one new business each month to secure donated breaks.

• Work with carers to understand their circumstances, preferences and support needs; match them with suitable local or national breaks and assist with bookings, donor communication and referrals where required.

• Develop partnership working with East Lothian Young Carer Service and colleagues to extend appropriate opportunities to young carers and families and, where helpful, combine breaks with other grants.

• Maintain accurate records of enquiries, donations, matches, outcomes, feedback and impact, and provide regular statistics and progress updates for funders and stakeholders.

• Ensure delivery complies with GDPR, confidentiality, safeguarding procedures and organisational policies.

• Contribute to the Respitality Delivery Network, maintain contact with Shared Care Scotland, and support related carer-friendly initiatives including Carer ID Card, Carer Positive and Think Carer training.

• Undertake other reasonable operational duties consistent with the purpose and level of the post.

Flexible working arrangements and 6% matched pension.

If this sounds like the kind of meaningful, varied and enjoyable role you are looking for, please apply and tell us how your skills, experience and enthusiasm would help us develop Respitality for carers in East Lothian.

We are Penumbra Mental Health, a pioneering charity providing dedicated services for people with mild to serious and enduring mental ill health.

We support people on their journey to better mental health, by working with each person to find their own way forward. The power of people’s lived experience enables us to deliver pioneering services which transform lives.

We have an exciting and rare opportunity Join our Milestone ARBD Service, an innovative, award-winning service that’s transforming the lives of vulnerable individuals every single day and revolutionising the way we support people with complex needs. Leading our dedicated and passionate team, you’ll be able to see the direct impact of your work and know that what you do really does make a difference.

As our Operations Manager, you’ll be at the heart of this groundbreaking service, ensuring our values of compassion, courage, curiosity and collaborationare fully embedded in everything we do. You’ll lead the charge in:

• Developing and enhancing person-centred services that empower our residents to live more independently.
• Collaborating with our incredible multidisciplinary team and our partners in health, social care, and voluntary sectors to deliver the best outcomes for our residents.
• Overcoming operational challenges with creative solutions that enhance service delivery.
• Ensuring that our work continues to be safe, effective, and fully aligned with regulatory requirements.

But most importantly—you’ll be inspiring others and shaping the future of how we support those with mental health challenges.

At Penumbra, we don’t just want you to succeed—we want you to grow and thrive. As an Operations Manager, you’ll be given access to continuous learning, formal and informal training, and plenty of opportunities to take on new challenges and develop your career. We’re committed to your professional development, so you’ll always be equipped with the tools and skills you need to excel.

What We Offer:

• A dynamic, supportive work environment where you’ll feel empowered to succeed.
• Competitive salary and a range of fantastic employee benefits.
• Ongoing career development and training opportunities.
• A chance to be part of something groundbreaking—a service that’s changing lives and winning national awards.
• A team that genuinely cares about you and your wellbeing.

Ready to Inspire and Be Inspired?

If you’re ready to take on a leadership role in a truly innovative service and work with an extraordinary team, then we want to hear from you!

At Penumbra, we believe in creating positive change, and we’re looking for someone who shares that passion. If you’re ready to help shape the future of mental health care, then please apply and join us on this incredible journey!

For more information, including full job description and application/interview guidance, please download our recruitment pack. If you are having issues with viewing this or downloading this please contact recruitment@penumbra.org.uk.

The Canmore Trust is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Project Lead to establish and grow a new Canmore Trust service. The service is a pioneering initiative providing confidential support and wellbeing services.

Working closely with our Management Team, and a multidisciplinary advisory board, you will support the development and delivery of this exciting service from the ground up. You will build partnerships, recruit and support volunteers, and develop safe and effective support pathways.

This is a unique opportunity to shape a service that will reduce isolation, encourage early help-seeking, challenge stigma and improve the mental health and wellbeing of dental professionals across the United Kingdom.

Who we're looking for

You'll be passionate about improving lives, committed to reducing stigma, and motivated by the opportunity to create meaningful, lasting change. As an experienced relationship-builder and service lead, you'll bring energy, initiative and compassion to everything you do. With the ability to turn ideas into practical solutions you'll make a genuine difference. You'll be comfortable working collaboratively with colleagues, volunteers, and partners, while also being confident to take ownership and drive projects forward.

Above all, you'll embody the values of The Canmore Trust. Treating everyone with kindness, dignity, and respect, demonstrating integrity in your work, and believing in the power of connection, hope, and early support to transform lives.