In our temporary supported accommodations, the core purpose of this job is to support people who are experiencing homelessness, to build the skills and support networks they need to prepare them for independent living when they move into their own tenancy.

In our supported settled accommodations, the core purpose is to support people who have experienced homelessness and have complex needs, to give them a secure home for life in a supported environment.

The Dedicated Support Worker / Key Worker provides one-to-one, person-centred support to an individual who has allocated social work funding for specific identified tasks. This role focuses on delivering both practical and emotional support in line with the individual’s assessed needs, agreed outcomes, and personal goals. The post holder will promote choice, independence, dignity, inclusion within the community of the person’s choice, and encourage personal responsibility wherever possible. The post holder will be an effective team player in a challenging environment and establish and maintain positive professional relationships with a range of external services. The post holder will also maintain the building protocols such as, fire testing, reporting repairs, checking and reporting on equipment, preparing for PAT, daily cleaning duties and alerting the Service Lead to any concerns or issues arising.

Charity Leadership Scotland is the membership organisation for Scotland’s voluntary sector leaders. We support leaders to be influential, resilient and trusted, ensuring the sector can make its full contribution to Scotland’s future.

Our work focuses on three core aims:

• Voice – advocate with, and for, voluntary sector leaders
• Challenge – equip leaders to have the difficult conversations that drive change
• Change – support innovation for a fair, inclusive, diverse and sustainable Scotland

We are a values-driven team. Our people are courageous, authentic, open to challenge, collaborative, and inclusive.

The Role

We are seeking a Finance Executive to ensure the smooth running of Charity Leadership Scotland’s financial operations. You will work closely with the Head of Operations, maintaining accurate financial records, supporting reporting and compliance, and contributing to improvements in our systems and processes.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys hands-on finance work combined with process improvement in a collaborative environment.

About You

We are looking for someone who is accurate, proactive, and solutions-focused with experience in financial administration or finance roles. Please see the job description for the essential criteria for the role.

Why Join Us?

You will be part of a supportive, values-driven team making a real difference across Scotland’s voluntary sector. This is an opportunity to combine financial expertise with organisational impact, working on processes that improve efficiency and strengthen governance.

VOCAL – Voice of Carers Across Lothian is a carer-led organisation delivering a wide range of services to support unpaid carers in their caring role. We are seeking an experienced Training and Engagement Officer to design and deliver meaningful and engaging opportunities that help carers learn, connect and share peer experience in a way that positively impacts their lives and their caring roles.

Joining our team in Midlothian, and working closely with Carer Support colleagues, the postholder will: plan and deliver flexible, person centred training opportunities (face to face and digital); work with external trainers and partner organisations; and ensure carers are supported beyond events to access VOCAL’s wider services.

We’re looking for someone with: strong training and facilitation experience; a good understanding of health and social care systems and relevant legislation; and an understanding of the diverse nature of caring roles, the impact of caring on people’s lives and the barriers that unpaid carers may face. An understanding of strengths-based, person-centred and outcomes-focused approaches to support and engagement is essential, as well as a commitment to inclusive practice with marginalised and underrepresented groups.

Applicants will also evidence: digital confidence; excellent interpersonal and communication skills; strong presentation skills; and an ability to plan and manage a varied workload.

Care and Repair Edinburgh is an independent charity offering a range of practical services to help older people and those living with disabilities in Edinburgh to repair, improve or adapt their homes so that they can live safely and independently for as long as possible.

We have been serving Edinburgh’s older and disabled residents since 1985 and complete over 5,000 jobs every year in homes across the city. Our services include minor and major home adaptations to improve accessibility, comfort and energy efficiency as well as a handyperson service that uses volunteers to complete DIY services and help with technology in the home.

Care and Repair Edinburgh (CRE) aim to deliver the highest quality for our clients, so you will be required to show enthusiasm for standards and best practice, demonstrate patience and empathy with older people and understand the impact of loneliness and isolation.

We are looking for an Administrator to join our team, where you’ll be required to provide all aspects of quality administrative support to CRE employees, ensuring effective and efficient service delivery, as well as providing administrative support to the Senior Administrator, Operations Manager and Director of CRE.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

• Salary: £27,278 per annum
• Pension: 4% employer contribution. Employees may opt out of this contractual enrolment at any time by notifying the Operations Manager.
• Annual Leave: 25 days per year, plus 12 public holidays, of which 3 are fixed statutory days to be taken on the following public holidays: January 1, and December 25-26. Up to one working week of annual leave may be carried over each year. Pro-rata for part-time employees.
• Hours: Normal working hours are 0900-1700hrs Mon-Fri with 60 minutes for lunch.
• Sick Leave: Sick pay relates to length of service. Further details available on request.
• Eligibility to work: Successful candidates will be required to produce proof of their eligibility to work in the UK.
• Probation: 6 months
• Notice: Notice period 4 weeks

Job Purpose: To work within Edinburgh Women’s Aid’s administration team, ensuring efficient and effective administrative support to the organisation. The role involves tight timescales and deadlines, and requires the ability to thrive in this environment and to prioritise and manage workload to ensure that these are met.

A satisfactory Disclosure Scotland Level 2 check will be required for this position.

Would you like to help make a genuine difference in someone’s life? Join LCIL and be part of a team that is changing lives every day.

We are currently recruiting a full-time Disability Advice & Information Officer to join our dedicated and supportive team. If you are passionate about rights, inclusion, and empowering individuals and communities, this is an opportunity to deliver meaningful, person-centred support that has real impact.

At LCIL, we are a user-led organisation committed to supporting vulnerable people to live independently in the community of their choice. Everything we do is grounded in inclusion, respect, and collaboration - placing people at the heart of our services.

This is a rewarding opportunity to deliver high-quality advice and information services to disabled people, individuals with long term health conditions, parent carers, people aged 65+, and women with health issues, particularly those impacted by the cost-of-living crisis across Edinburgh and the Lothians.

You will provide welfare benefits advice, income maximisation support, and one-to-one casework, helping individuals to understand and access their rights and entitlements. The role also involves co-designing and delivering accessible cost-of-living workshops, supporting people to improve financial wellbeing, confidence, and independence.

You will work flexibly across office, home, and community settings, including outreach and home visits, ensuring services are accessible, responsive, and person-led.

We are looking for someone who can demonstrate:

• Knowledge of welfare benefits and income maximisation, with the ability to provide accurate advice and support
• Experience of managing caseload, including providing ongoing casework support
• Confidence in working both one-to-one and in group settings with a diverse range of people
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise a varied workload

Why Join LCIL?

We offer a supportive and flexible working environment, including:

• Flexible and hybrid working patterns
• 25 days annual leave + 10 public holidays
• Generous employer pension contribution
• Opportunities for personal and professional development

We want you to feel confident and prepared. That is why all shortlisted candidates will receive interview questions in advance.

We value thoughtful, considered responses and are keen to hear about the full range of skills and experience you can bring. This is your chance to show us what matters and how you can make an impact.

Chair, Treasurer and Trustees, Ravelrig Riding for the Disabled Group

Join Us at an Exciting Time for Ravelrig Riding for the Disabled

Ravelrig Riding for the Disabled, based in Balerno, Edinburgh, provides life enhancing opportunities for children and adults with physical and/or learning difficulties to experience horse riding for fun, therapy and personal achievement.

As we move into 2026, we are entering an exciting new chapter. Our brand-new indoor arena is now fully operational, enabling us to offer both riding and non-riding equine experiences all year round, whatever the weather. This development significantly expands what we can offer to our participants and the wider community.

To help guide us through this next phase, we are looking for enthusiastic, committed individuals to join our Board as Chair, Treasurer, and Trustees. This is a rewarding opportunity to make a meaningful difference to a well-established charity with a strong local impact.

We are particularly interested in hearing from people with experience in:

• Fundraising
• Communications and marketing
• Financial management
• Governance of small organisations

Experience with horses is welcome but not essential—what matters most is your passion, skills, and desire to contribute.

If you are looking for a chance to use your expertise to support an inspiring organisation and help shape its future, we would love to hear from you.

Scottish Historic Buildings Trust is seeking to appoint a Development and Engagement Officer (Director's Office), a new role contributing to our fundraising strategy over the next five years.

For almost fifty years, SHBT has played a unique role in preserving and promoting Scotland's architectural heritage. As Scotland's largest historic buildings preservation trust, with a small expert team and no core public funding, we have restored over 30 buildings and raised more than £40 million.

The Role

Reporting to the Director, the postholder will expand a newly established donor database through varied engagement work including lectures, conferences, events and publications, manage our new supporters' scheme and corporate sponsorship offer, and provide executive assistance to the Director through diary and inbox management and coordination of a broad network of contacts.

Key responsibilities include:

• Developing high quality relationships with all categories of donors as part of a tailored acquisition, retention and acknowledgment programme.
• Developing fundraising initiatives with corporate partners and acquiring new corporate partnerships.
• Leading the delivery of the autumn/winter lecture series and academic outreach.
• Supporting fundraising strategies for capital projects including Leith Custom House and Edinburgh's Tron Kirk.
• Providing administrative and organisational support for the Director

Person Specification

The successful candidate will have demonstrable experience in individual giving, a proven ability to achieve income targets, and experience of fundraising through social media and digital channels. A degree or equivalent experience is required. Excellent communication, organisational and IT skills are essential.

West Lothian Drug and Alcohol Service is a well-established 3rd sector organisation with a history and reputation for delivering a wide range of effective early interventions and psychological therapies around alcohol and drugs throughout West Lothian as well as providing Young Peoples Services. We also have significant experience in delivering bespoke training and education inputs to an eclectic audience covering many subjects.

This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in the production/development and delivery of a training programme to secondary school staff and other professionals working with older young people, with a focus on SIMD (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation) 1/2 areas. This project will therefore focus on addressing the clear disconnect between the ever-increasing prevalence of vaping among children and young people and the workforce’s capacity to respond effectively. For example, a lack of confidence in discussing vaping, confusion due to mixed messages between adult and young people’s guidance and a need for accurate information and practical tools for behaviour change conversations.

This is a fixed-term pilot project for 12 months funded by NHS Lothian. The role will involve partnership working and the formation of a small steering group and programme delivery in a group setting over various locations within West Lothian to multiple agencies engaging with young people as well as, the oversight of sessional staff who will support the roll out of training. There may also be a requirement for evening and weekend work however, this would be negotiated/agreed well in advance.

This post is in person working across various locations within West Lothian and is therefore, not suitable for hybrid or home working – office base is The Almondbank Centre in Craigshill, Livingston.

For further information please telephone 01506 430225 or email enquiries@wldas.org marking your correspondence for the attention of Mark Vance, General Manager.

Are you passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people? Do you want a flexible, varied and meaningful job in a supportive team? Do you value great employee benefits such as generous holidays and an annual training budget? Apply to join us!

Bridges Project is a leading youth work charity that helps young people aged 12-25 in East Lothian and Midlothian overcome challenges and adapt to adulthood. Since 1984, we have helped young people develop their life skills, improve their educational attainment and move into employment or further education. Join our team and take pride inspiring young people!

We have a vacancy for an Employability Support Worker to deliver an effective casework and group

work service to young people experiencing a range of challenges such as non-attendance at school,

low attainment, lack of confidence, poor mental health and family poverty.

The successful candidate will:

• Support young people to gain employability skills, life skills and accreditation; helping them in to work, apprenticeships, further education, training, work experience and volunteering
• Provide training to groups of young people alongside individual support to address particular barriers

This is an exciting position in which the successful candidate will take pride in developing a programme of delivery which will provide young people with clear pathways to positive destinations.

It is essential that candidates have a full, clean driving licence and constant use of a car. Membership of the PVG scheme will be an essential requirement of the post. A contributory company pension scheme is offered with a 10% employer contribution.