Help us to make a difference!

Sacro’s mission is to deliver life-changing services that empower people, give hope and protection, and help to build safe communities.

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated individual to oversee the day-to-day operations of the service. Responsible to the Service Team Leader, you will have primary responsibility to carry a caseload of mediation cases involving disputes between neighbours. You will provide practical and emotional support to individuals suffering from hate incidents and anti-social behaviour. You will be a creative self-starter with excellent organisational and communication skills. The successful applicant will be flexible and imaginative in their approach and confident in their ability to help clients steer their way through difficult situations.

Previous mediation or similar experience would be highly desirable for this position.

A full, valid driving licence and access to a car satisfying appropriate insurance requirements is required for this post.

Membership of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme (PVG) is a requirement for this post.

For further information, please contact Sean Martin email address: smartin@sacro.org.uk or by telephone: 01592 593100.

Sacro values diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community

We are recruiting for four Retail Assistant positions. As a Retail Assistant, you will join a fantastic and energetic team of staff and volunteers.

You will be involved in sorting, recycling, pricing, gift-aiding, and displaying donated goods in line with our guidance. The role would also require competent use of the till and some financial tasks, such as cashing up. You will be a keyholder and will be responsible for opening and closing the shop, working on alternating Saturdays.

The positions we have available are:

Morning Side Shop– Permanent/Part Time (22.5 hours/week)

Gullane Shop- Permanent/Part Time (15 hours/week)

Haddington Place Shop– Fixed Term till 30 September 2027 (15 hours/week)

Haddington Place Shop– Permanent/Full Time (37.5 hours/week)

We request all applicants to specify the name of the shop and the position they are applying for in the application form. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK as we are unable to offer visa sponsorship.

The purpose of our shops is to raise vital funds for our front-line services and also to play a key role in serving the local community. All of our services focus on relieving immediate suffering and meeting the long-term needs of homeless and vulnerable people in Scotland. By joining Bethany Retail, you would be supporting key projects such as the Welcome Centre, Care Van, Family Support work, Housing Support and many more.

We are committed to helping our employees flourish personally and professionally. Below are a few examples of the ways we support our employees.

• Bethany provides 30 days of annual leave initially to all contracted staff, rising to a maximum of 40 days depending on length of service.
• Bethany provides enhanced payments for maternity, paternity, and adoption.
• Bethany operates a company pension scheme to which all staff are auto-enrolled, with option to opt out. We will match any staff member’s pension contribution up to a maximum of 5%.
• Bethany provides a death in service benefit scheme.

Can Do:

We are an East Lothian based charity (SC049855) working to reduce social isolation experienced by children and young people with disabilities. Since 1982, we have been delivering school holiday playschemes and term-time youth clubs offering regular social opportunities, for young people with a wide range of disabilities, including those with severe and complex needs focusing on promoting fun, friendship and adventure. In addition, we offer a robust volunteering programme creating up to 50 opportunities each year. The voice of our members is central to our work, with our Board of parent/carer representatives meeting regularly throughout the year.

Working Pattern:

This post is contracted at 28 hours per week, worked Monday to Thursday. In addition, you will work an extra 7 hours every fortnight to support evening Youth Club sessions (3.5 hours on a Tuesday and 3.5 hours on a Thursday) during East Lothian school term times.

During school holiday periods (approximately 9 weeks per year, including Easter, Summer and October holidays), your hours will increase to 35 hours per week over 4 days to support the delivery of additional direct services and activities for children and young people.

This is a varied role which includes travel throughout East Lothian. A driving license and access to your own vehicle is required. The role is offered on a flexible working arrangement to support a healthy work-life balance. There is expectation that the hours will be split between the charity office (North Berwick), home/school visits, meetings, training, induction and working from home. There may be the requirement to work evenings or weekend on occasions.

When services are in operation (evening Youth Clubs and school holiday Playschemes) your working hours will be fully centre based. You will be based at either:

• Sandersons Wynd Primary School, Tranent
• Meadowpark School, Victoria Road, Haddington
• North Berwick Community Centre, 8 Law Road North Berwick, EH29 4PN

This will be discussed further during recruitment.

What We Offer:

• Salary of £34,600 to £35,300 per annum.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Meaningful and rewarding work supporting disabled children and young people.
• Opportunity to shape and develop services
• Real Living Wage Employer.
• Supportive and values-led team environment.

Additional Information:

The successful candidate will be required to:

• Undertake a PVG Scheme check.
• Register with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC).
• Provide references, including from their current employer.

Can Do is proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer and welcomes applications from all

sections of the community.

The Role & Responsibilities:

We are seeking an experienced and proactive Service Co-ordinator who is responsible for coordinating and delivering services that support disabled children, young people, and their families. The post holder will act as a key point of contact, ensuring families receive appropriate information, guidance, and access to support programmes. They will work collaboratively with families, staff, volunteers, statutory services, and partner organisations to promote inclusion, wellbeing, and positive outcomes for children and young people.

Fife Women’s Aid are looking to recruit a full-time support worker to join our Women’s Support Team.

As a service, we are expanding our capacity to better meet the needs of women who have experienced domestic abuse. Candidates should have good communication skills and a passion for supporting recovery from domestic abuse.

The successful applicants will have at least SVQ Level III or equivalent level of qualification in health and social care or other relevant subject, or a willingness to work towards a qualification.

The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate a high degree of motivation and have the ability to work on their own as well as part of a team. An ability to cover on-call is an advantage (additional payments are made for this role).

Please join us for an online session to find out more about FWA women’s services. This will be at 6.30pm on Wednesday 9th December 2026. Please confirm your attendance to info@fifewomensaid.org.uk and we will send you details of the zoom meeting. We hope to see you there.

If you would like further information about the post, please contact Gill Birtley, Team Manager, at gill.birtley@fifewomensaid.org.uk to arrange a call.

Fife Women’s Aid is a feminist organisation and strives to be a supportive and empowering employer offering competitive terms and conditions.

Membership of Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme is a requirement for this post.

Children First Support Line

Could you play a vital role within our national Support Line, helping deliver Scotland's mission to eradicate child poverty?

Join Children First and be part of a once in a generation transformation in how families access help to alleviate crisis, prevent harm and build long-term stability to break the cycle of child poverty. Funded by the Scottish Government, we are doubling the size of our Support Line with the aim of supporting 7,500 more families across Scotland in the first year.

We've been preventing harm, supporting recovery and driving change since 1884 and our ambitious plans for the Support Line build on our experience of delivering cash-first, short, medium and long-term holistic support to families living in, or at risk of, poverty.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our growing multidisciplinary team and help ensure every family in Scotland has somewhere to turn when they need help.

About the Role

You will play a vital role in the expansion and delivery of our national support line service, which offers practical, financial and emotional support to families through phone calls, webchats, advice and information on our website and in their homes and communities across Scotland.

This role plays a key role in supporting the effective day-to-day running of Children First services. The postholder provides operational, administrative and systems support to ensure services run safely, efficiently and in line with organisational requirements.

This role is central to enabling high-quality support for children, young people and families. The postholder will support the effective operation of the national Support Line by coordinating service administration across telephone, webchat and digital channels, ensuring accurate records, efficient service access and high-quality information to support performance monitoring and reporting.

By coordinating key processes such as data management, finance administration, service access and local operations, the Service Operations Administrator allows Support Line Coordinators, volunteers team leaders and managers to focus on delivering impactful support.

The role operates with a high level of autonomy and responsibility, often acting as the first point of contact for operational matters within a service. It requires strong organisational skills, initiative, and the ability to respond flexibly to changing service needs.

What You'll Be Doing

1. Service Operations and Coordination

Services are well-organised, responsive and able to operate effectively, with administrative and operational processes running smoothly and consistently.

2. Systems and Data Management

Accurate and timely data is maintained across systems (including Dynamics, Advice Pro and our Call Handling System), supporting service delivery, reporting and organisational insight.

3. Finance and Resource Management

Service-level financial processes are managed accurately and in line with organisational procedures.

4. Facilities, Health & Safety and Local Operations

Service environments are safe, compliant and well-maintained, with appropriate coordination of property, facilities and health & safety activities.

5. Team and Service Support

Practitioners and managers are effectively supported through coordination of meetings, diaries, resources and operational requirements.

Core Responsibilities

• Provide administrative and operational support to ensure effective service delivery
• Maintain accurate records and data within organisational systems (including Dynamics)
• Support financial processes including invoices, purchasing and petty cash
• Act as a key point of contact for enquiries, supporting service access and communication
• Coordinate meetings, diaries, resources and general service organisation
• Support compliance with organisational policies and procedures
• Support the administration of Support Line activity including contact volumes, service schedules and rotas, referrals, practitioner workflows and performance reporting
• Contribute to a positive, collaborative team environment

Service-Specific Responsibilities

· Health & Safety coordination and local compliance tasks

· Property and facilities management

· Reception / front of house responsibilities

· Supporting local funding, resources or community activity

· Event coordination or service-specific administration

· Additional systems or reporting requirements

· Support the administration of telephone, webchat and digital support channels.

· Assist with service performance reporting, data quality checks, case closures and monitoring against contract requirements.

· Support referral pathways, financial support administration and onward connections to local and national services.

· Coordinate practitioner rotas, meetings, training records and operational communications.

· Contribute to the oversight of the budget

What We're Looking For

We're looking for someone who is passionate about supporting children and families and who can build trust quickly through empathy, compassion and kindness.

· Strong organisational and coordination skills

· Ability to manage competing priorities and work independently

· Confidence using systems and managing data accurately

· Strong communication and interpersonal skills

· A proactive and flexible approach

· Alignment with Children First values

Our Values

Everything we do is guided by our values:

With Love

We put children first with compassion and kindness.

With Purpose

We work alongside families and partners to transform children's lives together.

With Strength

We do whatever it takes to protect Scotland's children.

What You'll Get From Us

At Children First, you'll be part of a values-led organisation committed to developing and supporting our people.

We offer:

• 40 days annual leave including public holidays.

• Contributory pension scheme.

• Flexible and hybrid working opportunities.

• Wellbeing support and health benefits.

• Blue Light Card discounts.

• Learning, training and career development opportunities.

• The opportunity to help shape an ambitious national service supporting thousands of families across Scotland.

Join us to provide early help and personalised support to families living in Perth and Kinross.

About Aberlour’s Family Advice and Community Connection Service

We provide early support and tailored advice to families who may feel they have become stuck or who need information, guidance, signposting, or referrals to other services. This specific post will have a main focus of supporting minority families and those with no recourse to public funds, who are facing additional barriers to accessing support.

All families with children under the age of 18 living in Perth and Kinross can contact us directly to access our service. We work alongside families from diverse nationalities and ethnic backgrounds to offer personalised, culturally responsive support on family matters when they need it most, in locations that suit them, while recognising and addressing the specific challenges faced by those with restricted access to public funds.

As part of this team, you will provide a vital, accessible service and lifeline for these families, advocating for their rights and helping them navigate complex systems to access appropriate support.

What we are looking for....

We are looking for an experienced, adaptable individual who can bring fresh, innovative and flexible approaches to family support. Working 37.5 hours per week, applicants must be flexible in order to deliver support at times that meet the families and communities needs, which may include out of hours (early mornings, evenings and weekends).

You will work alongside statutory and other agencies to achieve positive outcomes for children, young people, and their families.

You are someone who will have strong communication, teamwork, planning and decision making skills, along with a compassionate nature to understand the necessity of best practice and thrive on helping children and families overcome the challenges presented by everyday modern life.

At Aberlour, we want to make sure every child, young person and family has the support and opportunity they need to thrive and 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 are offering

This is an exciting role within our Family Advice and Community Connection service, which makes a difference to the lives of children and families in Perth and Kinross.

Aberlour is Scotland’s leading children’s charity and has been recognised as a Top 100 best places to work winner by the Sunday Times.

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.

Please also read our recruitment privacy notice - Aberlour | Privacy notice.

If you have any queries, please e-mail: jobs@aberlour.org.uk.

Aberlour is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our service users and uses a thorough and rigorous recruitment and selection process including PVG Scheme checks, to ensure this commitment is not compromised.

Are you a qualified, social care professional looking for your next move in the social care sector? Then we have an opportunity for you to join our growing team as a Locality Manager!

We're seeking a compassionate and motivated Locality Manager to help lead our services in Bridge of Earn. With a base in our Perth office, this full-time role is more than a leadership opportunity, it’s a chance to empower individuals, support dedicated teams, and make a genuine difference in the lives of people with additional support needs.

This new and exciting role is ideal for someone seeking to make a meaningful impact while developing their leadership career. With an initial focus on our services in Bridge of Earn, the successful candidate will support and creatively develop our team in this area. As a leader in practice, the locality manager will continue to promote person-centred working, enabling the people supported to live their best lives.

In addition to a 37-hour working week, you'll take part in a paid on-call rota, offering valuable extra earnings and the rewarding opportunity to provide support when it's needed most. Though the locality manager will predominantly work Monday to Friday, there is an expectation of some flexibility to support the services in the area.

If you’re ready to lead with purpose and bring energy to a dynamic team, we’d love to hear from you.

Please note and consider before applying;

• Due to the geographical spread of the services only applicants with a full UK driving licence will be considered.
• We do NOT currently offer visa sponsorship for our vacancies and would therefore ask that you do not apply if you require sponsorship.
• Any enquiries please contact Eileen Keddie, Head of Operations – ekeddie@sensescotland.org.uk

Perth and Kinross services

We deliver bespoke 24-hour packages of support to individuals living within their own homes within Bridge of Earn and Perth city. Each person has complex needs that are unique to them but include sensory impairment, learning disability, autism and physical disability. The people we support have complex communication support needs with a requirement for staff who support them to develop skills in specialist areas of communication. The people we support enjoy a range of opportunities within their local communities such as clubs, discos, attending football matches, pottery classes, walking, swimming, art and craft sessions. The teams across the area often work together to develop new and creative opportunities for the people we support to experience but also support them with day to day activity including personal and intimate care, shopping, cooking and cleaning.

About you

The Locality Manager role ensures a management presence in the services, taking responsibility for the day-to-day running of operations; overseeing safe rota development and cover in line with risk assessments and assessed need, delivery of commissioned hours, recruiting and skills matching staff and providing them with full inductions, training, support, supervision and, where there is a need, formal performance management.

Auditing and reviewing our services on an individual and holistic basis is important to us to ensure support strategies and records remain up to date and relevant. You will build working relationships that allow you to work in partnership with the people that we support, their friends and families and associated health and social work professionals to help overcome everyday challenges and plan for a positive future. You will be led by the Services Improvement Plan and the Organisations Strategic Plan, ensuring completion of action areas, audit, reviewing and celebrating successes while also identifying themes, learning and next steps to ensure continual development.

This is a new role and we are keen to find a leader to join our team who has a genuine passion to work towards this mission, making a significant, positive difference in the lives of the people with additional support needs and complex communication styles who use our services.

We believe having skilled leadership and management is key to ensuring our staff team members meet these needs by building trusting relationships, promoting independence and championing people to achieve their dreams and aspirations. We also believe that staff who feel supported, encouraged, appraised and part of a team are best placed to be able to deliver such practice.

What you will need to succeed:

• SVQ 3 or 4 and PDA in Leadership and Management
• An ability to build and develop positive, long-lasting relationships with the people that we support and their staff
• Experience of managing a team of social care professionals
• Passionate about delivering a high standards of quality care
• Evidenced ability to work in line with organisational policies and procedures
• An excellent communicator
• Good time management
• Flexibility in your approach
• Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and the vacancy may close early once filled. We encourage early applications.

Working for us

We offer a rewarding role with the opportunity to develop your skills and future career in an enriching environment. View our Work With Us Information Pack.

Fife Women’s Aid are looking for an additional full-time member of staff to increase the capacity of our existing MARAC team, working with women experiencing domestic abuse who are at high levels of risk.

If you want to help make a difference in the lives of women, children and young people with experience of domestic abuse, have direct experience of providing one to one person-centred support, an understanding of the causes and impacts of domestic abuse along with good interpersonal skills then you may be the person we are looking for. Applicants will have at least 2 years’ experience of working in a support or advocacy role. The MARAC team is a small supportive team with a wealth of experience to share with new workers. Training will also be provided for the successful candidates.

The successful applicant(s) will have at least SVQ Level III or equivalent level of qualification in social care or other relevant subject, or equivalent experience and willingness to work towards a qualification.

Please join us for an online session to find out more about FWA MARAC service. This will be at 6.30pm on Monday 16th November. Please confirm your attendance to info@fifewomensaid.org.uk and we will send you details of the zoom meeting. We hope to see you there.

Fife Women’s Aid is a feminist organisation and strives to be a supportive and empowering employer offering competitive terms and conditions.

Membership of Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme is a requirement for this post.

If you would like further information about the post, please contact Claire Rigby, Team Manager at claire.rigby@fifewomensaid.org.uk.

A fantastic opportunity to join Children First in East Ayrshire

Children First’s ambition is for every child in Scotland to be safe, loved and well with their family. As a charity we offer emotional, practical, and financial support to help families put children first and campaign to uphold the rights of every child.

Our service is continuing to grow as we further embed Family Group Decision Making at the heart of our practice with families in East Ayrshire. We are looking for Project Workers who will build meaningful relationships with children, young people, parents, and their wider family networks, creating a safe and supportive space for everyone to be heard.

Are you passionate about empowering families to find their own solutions and make plans that keep children safe and connected to those who matter most?

Would you like to engage wider family networks, facilitate meaningful discussions, and support families to work together during difficult times?

Do you have experience supporting children and their families through difficult times whilst encouraging them to take an active part in decisions that affect their lives?

The role will focus on helping families overcome barriers, strengthen relationships, connect with community resources and maintain progress towards agreed family plans. The post holder will promote family-led solutions, build resilience and support families to safely care for and nurture their children within their own family and community networks.

This is a relationship-based role where listening, curiosity, compassion and belief in families are as important as practical support. You will draw on family-led planning and strengths-based approaches reflected in FGDM practice and Children First's wider family support model.

What kind of people are we looking for?

• have experience of keeping children safe in their own families
• are fiercely passionate about children’s rights
• thinks it’s a privilege to work with and on behalf of children and families and,
• are kind and will bring their whole selves to the job: heart and mind

What kind of team member will you be?

Knowing our ambition for children, you will be someone who is:

• resilient, skilled and knowledgeable who wants to transform children’s lives
• determined to support children to stay safely with their own family
• big hearted and courageous
• able to build strong relationships and to manage the tricky conversations
• is compassionate and understanding of trauma
• a cool head and clear minded at times of pressure
• inspiring colleagues and teams to be even better
• an amazing ambassador for children and Children First

Above all else, the most important thing to us is that you are someone who will do the right thing for children and their families at every turn.

At Children First, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team that reflects communities across Scotland. Guided by our values, With Love, With Purpose, With Strength, we strive to create a culture where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported to thrive. We actively work to remove barriers to inclusion and promote equity in all aspects of our work. We warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, especially those from marginalised communities, and are dedicated to ensuring a fair and supportive recruitment process.

Base

You will be based with our East Ayrshire FGDM team, co located in the HSCP, Kilmarnock/Cumnock.

Salary, Conditions, Pension

We will offer you a competitive salary, generous annual leave entitlement (40 days inclusive of 9 public holidays). We have additional benefits such as a cash back health plan, cycle to work scheme, and option to join a Credit Union.

Further Information

We welcome and encourage applications from potential colleagues from all backgrounds, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, belief, disability who share our values. If you would like to discuss any aspect of the role before applying, please contact: rosemary.mccabe@childrenfirst.org.uk

A fantastic opportunity to join Children First

Children First’s ambition is for every child in Scotland to be safe, loved and well with their family. As a charity we offer emotional, practical, and financial support to help families put children first and campaign to uphold the rights of every child.

We are looking for a full time Family Group Decision Making Coordinator to join our team in East Ayrshire. As a Coordinator you will work with children and families of all ages and at different stages of risk and need.

Family Group Decision Making is working with family groups in a strengths-based way to support them to create Family Plans, keeping children safe and at home within their family networks.

This is an exciting opportunity for anyone interested in Family Group Decision Making, restorative and strengths-based approaches to working with families, and has experience of working with children where there are safeguarding or wellbeing concerns.

Children First are determined that the full incorporation of the UNCRC means that children will have their rights respected in all areas of their lives and will have a real say in the way they are supported. If you share this determination, we would love to hear from you.

What kind of people are we looking for?

• have experience of keeping children safe in their own families
• are fiercely passionate about children’s rights
• thinks it’s a privilege to work with and on behalf of children and families and,
• are kind and will bring their whole selves to the job: heart and mind

What kind of team member will you be?

Knowing our ambition for children, you will be someone who is:

• resilient, skilled and knowledgeable who wants to transform children’s lives
• determined to support children to stay safely with their own family
• big hearted and courageous
• able to build strong relationships and to manage the tricky conversations
• is compassionate and understanding of trauma
• a cool head and clear minded at times of pressure
• inspiring colleagues and teams to be even better
• an amazing ambassador for children and Children First

Above all else, the most important thing to us is that you are someone who will do the right thing for children and their families at every turn.

At Children First, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team that reflects communities across Scotland. Guided by our values, With Love, With Purpose, With Strength, we strive to create a culture where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported to thrive. We actively work to remove barriers to inclusion and promote equity in all aspects of our work. We warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, especially those from marginalised communities, and are dedicated to ensuring a fair and supportive recruitment process.

Base

You will be based with our East Ayrshire FGDM team, co located in the HSCP, Kilmarnock/Cumnock.

Salary, Conditions, Pension

We will offer you a competitive salary, generous annual leave entitlement (40 days inclusive of 9 public holidays). We have additional benefits such as a cash back health plan, cycle to work scheme, and option to join a Credit Union.

Further Information

We welcome and encourage applications from potential colleagues from all backgrounds, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, belief, disability who share our values. If you would like to discuss any aspect of the role before applying, please contact: rosemary.mccabe@childrenfirst.org.uk