Home-Start Clackmannanshire is a long standing, dynamic charity, striving to ensure every young child (under 12) has the best possible start in life locally. Raising a family has never been easy; our trained volunteers and staff are there to support families through challenging times. In Scotland, Home-Starts have over 1,500 volunteers supporting over 3,500 families and 6,500 children each year through compassionate, confidential help to parents/carers when they need us most. The parents/carers we support are often overwhelmed and isolated. They may be struggling with mental health, illness, disability, multiple births, poverty, domestic abuse, separation and/or trauma. We provide a bespoke support package of 1:1 in home and group services for families, helping them to cope with the stresses and strains of daily life and encourage them to build the skills, confidence, and strength they need to nurture their children for years to come.

In 2024, Action for Children, NHS (speech and language) and Educational Psychology launched an exciting new provision called Play Roots with the support and funding from our local Child Wellbeing Partnership. Play Roots is an enhanced 0-5 group provision for local families operating across four localities in Clackmannanshire weekly.

Purpose of the job

Play Roots has developed rapidly since the first group launched, with families directly informing our sessions, allowing us to ensure we are delivering a communities based, group support system, providing a nurturing and educational environment for children (0-5) and their parents/carers. Play Roots aims to enhance positive well-being, parent-child attachment, support early childhood development, and encourage wider community connections and changes for parental progression; providing the foundations for children and families to flourish long-term.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, driven practitioner, capable of coordinating the delivery of our four local groups to ensure their effective running, and maximising impact through groups supporting the development of children and parents/carers by creating fun and interesting learning environments/activities to enhance skills, promote emotional resilience, and encourage positive behaviours and routines. Central to this role is effectively liaising with partners and supporting our delivery team made up of staff from Home-Start Clackmannanshire, Action for Children, Educational Psychology, Speech and language, and a growing team of volunteers.

You will also:

• Contribute to the effective day to day operation of the scheme in accordance with the Home-Start Memorandum & Articles of Association, Home-Start, Standards & Methods of Practice, Home-Start Agreement and Quality Assurance Standards.
• Maintain high standards of practice in supporting families within the Home-Start model.
• Ensure equality of opportunity, fairness and diversity in all aspects of the scheme’s work.
• Implement best safeguarding practice in all areas of work.

Main Responsibilities

Supporting the work of Home-Start Clackmannanshire and our Play Roots Partnership

• Undertaking work as delegated by our CEO to support the strategic management, development, evaluation, and future funding of Play Roots.
• Supporting the implementation of and upholding all Home-Start policies and procedures.
• Complying with the scheme’s administration, monitoring and financial systems.
• Promoting the work of the scheme, as required by the CEO.
• Contributing to and supporting the development of the Home-Start network locally, regionally and nationally.

Support for families

• Take a lead role in receiving and assessing referrals to Play Roots in a timely manner.
• Making initial contact/arranging implementation of support or delegating to operational team members within Home-Start and Action for Children to do.
• Lead delivery partners in planning, preparing for, and delivering group sessions (4 sessions across 4 locations, weekly, during term time).
• Enhance group support offer by leading the planning, preparation and delivery of Holiday Programmes for families.
• Providing rich learning environments where children and their families can engage.
• Facilitating interventions one to one or in a group to support identified areas of need.
• Building effective relationships and channels of communication with our partners, such as children, young people, families, colleagues, and external agencies.
• Ensuring support to families is of a high standard, in accordance with Home-Start’s model, policies and procedures.
• To undertake designated responsibilities to safeguard and promote children’s welfare.

Supporting Volunteers

• We could not deliver our services without the support of our incredible team of volunteers. As such, you will be involved in ensuring any Home-Start volunteers contributing to Play Roots sessions are appropriately onboarded, supported, informed, and adhere to all organisational policies and procedures.

Working in Partnership

• Ensuring appropriate liaison with referrers and other professionals.
• Networking appropriately within the community.

The post holder may be required to undertake any other duties that fall within the nature of the role and responsibilities of the post as detailed above.

As the Finance officer you will be an integral member of our team providing vital financial support to our CEO and Board of Trustees. Your accurate record-keeping and timely reporting will be critical to effectively managing our finances and Home-Start Clackmannanshire’s continued success. Your contribution to developing financial procedures and policies in partnership with our CEO and Board of Trustees will ensure that our financial operations are aligned with our values and objectives.

An overview of key tasks:

Financial management and accounting

• Check, process and record all payments, administer invoices, process expense claims.
• Initiate all online payments through our banking system.
• File all relevant financial paperwork.
• Follow up on overdue accounts as appropriate.
• Process all financial transactions through Quickbooks including year end and accrued income/expenditure.
• Maintain accurate records of payment receipts and the reconciling of purchasing cards.
• Undertake accurate monthly reconciliation of bank statements and receipts through Quickbooks.
• Produce monthly budgets report and cash flow statement.
• Support CEO in ensuring that employee expenses and mileage are claimed in accordance with financial policies and procedures.
• Process gift aid submissions and support CEO to acknowledge receipt of donations.
• Produce reports as requested detailing spending attached to restricted funds.

Payroll and HR

• Receive payroll reports from BrightHR, check to ensure accurate, and set up payment to cover salaries, HMRC payment and pensions.
• Input salary information related to core and restricted costs into Quickbooks.
• Prepare our pension payment via the NEST online system to ensure that pension contribution schedules are correct and timely.

Governance

• Support our CEO and Board of Trustees by producing the necessary financial reports.

General

• The Finance officer is responsible for reporting any problems or errors to the CEO in a timely manner.
• The Finance officer is expected to participate in regular supervision, annual appraisal, staff training and development programmes.
• The Finance officer is expected to adhere to Home-Start Clackmannanshire’s policies and procedures, particularly those relating to equality diversity and inclusion and health and safety at work.

Person specification

Essential

• A relevant financial qualification (for example HNC accounting; AAT Level 3 Diploma in Accounting or equivalent) and proven experience in financial reporting.
• Highly proficient and experienced in using Quickbooks and working with financial data.
• Accuracy in reporting detailed financial information.
• Advanced IT skills including the use of Microsoft Excel.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Exceptional organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Confident to work independently to meet deadlines.
• Knowledge of financial policies and procedures.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality at all times.
• Ability to learn new skills and keep up to date with changes in electronic systems.
• Commitment to the aims of the charity and our values.
• Positive attitude and willingness to learn.

Desirable

• Excellent working knowledge of accounting software that can be used for charitable accounting purposes.
• Knowledge of the charity sector and financial reporting requirements.

Other

Will be required to obtain a Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme Record Disclosure

The post holder may be required to undertake any other duties that fall within the nature of the role and responsibilities of the post as detailed above.

Are you passionate about nurture, high quality childcare and making a real difference to children and families in Scotland? Do you want to be part of SCMA – a thriving membership organisation, advocating on behalf of childminders and delivering services across Scotland?

We are recruiting a Childminding Development Officer to help us expand the childminding workforce across Scotland and support the delivery of school age childcare placements with childminders.

The Scottish Childminding Association (SCMA) is the national voice of childminding in Scotland. SCMA is a national Third Sector and membership organisation that promotes childminding as a quality childcare service. Working on behalf of its 2,500 childminder members, SCMA helps to improve the wellbeing and outcomes for Scotland’s children and aims to influence policy to ensure that it is informed by the experiences of childminding. SCMA provides a wide range of support and professional services for members including training and events as well as delivering local services. For more information about our organisation and services visit childminding.org

The successful applicant will work to support potential new childminders by delivering a childminding recruitment model in targeted local authority areas and by setting up funded placements for school age children. You will work closely with the Childminding Liaison Officer and Area Manager and recruitment team, using SCMA’s successful childminding specific models of recruitment and placements, with the aim of increasing the number of childminders across Scotland and the number of children accessing placements with childminders.

The postholder is required to have proven ability to prioritise work and forward plan. Enthusiasm, self-motivation, good communication and excellent organisational skills are required.

Full-time 36 hrs per week, starting salary £27,278

This post is fixed term, with initial funding to March 2027

The post is home/head office based, requiring regular attendance at Head Office in Stirling, and travel on occasion to local authority areas across Scotland as required.

Equipment will be provided.

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

The Link Academy team works primarily with people with complex and chaotic backgrounds. The service works hard and creatively to maintain the early engagement of participants. We support people by offering mental health and wellbeing programmes, independent living skills and a wide range of qualifications to support their progression including employability, tenancy, youth work and leadership award qualifications.

The Job

The Business Administration Assistant will provide a customer-focused and comprehensive administrative and reception service to the Practice and Participation team and all stakeholders, including support to the Service Manager. The Business Administration Assistant is responsible for providing facilities management within Link Academy ensuring the building is fit for purpose and adhering to Health and Safety policy at all times.

This post will include providing confidential administrative support; dealing with enquiries from a range of agencies; processing referrals, arranging initial assessments, and leading recruitment for courses for youths; preparing papers for meetings and training; tasks, materials and financial record keeping; data entry; stock control and ordering; arranging repairs and servicing for building; raising purchase orders, processing invoices and managing petty cash.

About You

You are an organised and proactive individual with proven experience in an administrative role, confident in managing a varied workload and supporting efficient service delivery. You bring strong written and verbal communication skills, alongside excellent numeracy and literacy, enabling you to produce accurate work and communicate effectively with a wide range of people.

You are highly IT literate, with hands-on experience of Microsoft Office systems including Word, Excel and Outlook, as well as using the internet in a professional capacity. You are comfortable working with database systems and have experience using electronic document management systems to maintain accurate and up-to-date records.

With excellent organisational and time management skills, you can prioritise tasks, meet deadlines and work both independently and as part of a team. You use your initiative to solve problems and respond flexibly to changing demands, ensuring a high-quality and responsive service at all times.

You have strong customer service skills and are committed to delivering a positive experience for everyone you work with. You value feedback and use it constructively to improve your performance. Importantly, you have experience of working in a person-centred way, ensuring that the needs of individuals are at the heart of your approach.

For a comprehensive list of the essential and desirable criteria required for this post, please refer to the Job Specification in the Job information Pack above.

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

• access to discounts on mobile airtime plans and much more!

For a full list of benefits available to employees, please see the following link - linkliving.org.uk/work-with-us

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.

Further Information

Interested? If you have any questions about the role, please email jobs@linkhaltd.co.uk and we can arrange for someone from the service to call you for an informal chat.

To find out more about what LinkLiving do and to view the generous pay and benefits package, please visit our website at linkliving.org.uk

Green Routes offer young people with support needs an opportunity to learn and grow, to develop skills for life learning and work. You can find out more about us and our work on our website at greenroutes.org.uk.

Green Routes is seeking a proactive Accounts & Admin Manager to support our friendly and dedicated small team of staff, volunteers, and trustees in the Walled Garden Gargunnock. You should come from a solid administration/accounts background, with strong IT skills. At least one year’s experience using an accounting package is essential. You must be able to use initiative and work with minimal supervision, and a flexible, pleasant, and confidential nature is equally important for this position. You will keep our finances running smoothly, lend a steady hand with day to day admin, and play a key role in our year end process.

If you enjoy variety, care about community impact, and like working with friendly people, we would love to hear from you.

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.

Sacro’s Veterans Mentoring Service (VMS) has a new post available to work with veterans in Forth Valley. The service aims to support veterans who have served within the British Armed Forces and find themselves involved in or at risk of becoming involved in Scotland’s justice system.

VMS is an intensive mentoring and one to one support service that is focussed on walking beside veterans, at a time of significant challenge in their lives. The post holder will assist veterans to recognise and develop their life skills including accessing education and employment training, sustaining their tenancies and accommodation, addressing alcohol and substance use and building the confidence to make critical changes in their lives. These critical changes include addressing their offending behaviour, understanding the effects of this on their lives, the lives of their families and friends and the wider community.

The post holder should be able to demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work both as part of a team and independently is required. A lived experience of the military or experience as part of a military lifestyle is essential to the post. Experience of collaborative working, advocacy and support is essential. A commitment to Sacro’s value base is crucial, as this type of work can be challenging. Experience of working with individual involved in the justice system is essential.

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

A valid driving licence and access to a car is essential for this post.

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

Stirling Baptist Church is a vibrant church in the heart of Stirling with a heart for the people of Stirling: ‘A church in the city, for the city’.

Our church family is made up of a diverse group of Christian people drawn from various backgrounds.

Based on Acts 1:8, our vision is to be a Spirit-filled & empowered witnessing community. We desire to see everyone in our church serving locally in Stirling, witnessing regionally in the areas that they live and work and engaging globally. We have a variety of programmes and ministries running throughout the week that enable us to see this vision fulfilled.

More information can be found on our website: stirlingbaptist.org

The Finance Assistant will support the Treasurer by maintaining financial records, producing reports for internal church management, reporting externally as required, help prepare annual church budgets, and assist in the preparation of annual accounts for audit.

The Finance Assistant will have accounting accreditation by examination and will have experience working in a similar church or charity environment.

The person appointed to this role will be a committed Christian who plays a key part in enabling the church to honour God through integrity, transparency, and good financial management.

This role is based at the church office, with flexibility for some home working by arrangement. Line management will be through the Operations Manager and Church Treasurer, both of whom will provide ongoing advice and support.

Role

Working with Xero and MyGiving software, maintaining income and expenditure records, producing management reports, reporting externally as required, helping prepare annual church budgets, and assisting in preparation of annual accounts for audit, the Finance Assistant will have already reached or gone beyond AAT Level 2 Certificate in Bookkeeping and will have experience working in a similar church or charity environment.

“I lost my kids a few times they went to foster care and I would have gone to a place like this if I had the chance. This is badly needed. I hid my drug use and people only found out about it when I had my baby and she was in withdrawal. I loved my daughter and would have welcomed something like this.”

A mother who has been supported by Aberlour

About Aberlour’s Mother and Child Recovery House

Aberlour is proud to be working with the Scottish Government for our dedicated Mother and Child Residential Recovery House based in Falkirk. Our service is designed to enable children of women with problematic substance use to stay with mothers during their recovery. Aberlour’s approach to rehabilitation aims to deliver positive outcomes for women and their children.

We are supporting families using the Parents Under Pressure (PuP) program which combines psychological principles relating to parenting, child behaviour and parental emotion regulation within a case management model. The program is highly individualized to suit each family. Parents are given their own Parent Workbook. For many parents, this becomes a personal journal of their treatment experience. The overarching aim of the PuP program is to help parents facing adversity develop positive and secure relationships with their children. Within this strength-based approach, the family environment becomes more nurturing and less conflictual.

What we are looking for....

Our relief workers play a crucial role in supporting our team. This work is offered on a casual, hourly paid basis to provide cover during staff absence and/or particularly busy periods. This is a 24 hour service. This is a variable shift pattern, 8am - 6pm, 12.30pm - 10pm, 2.30pm- 10.30pm & Sleepover. This includes weekends.

Ideally you will have experience of direct work with vulnerable families to support improved capacity for women and children and of working collaboratively with other professional agencies and a working knowledge of drug/alcohol use and its effects on women and children.

Applicants should hold a relevant professional qualification at least SCQF level 7, or equivalent knowledge acquired by other means, with a willingness to obtain the required qualifications for SSSC Registration.

Individuals with Lived Experience of alcohol or drug use are strongly encouraged to apply for these positions where they will gain experience and training to enhance their knowledge and skills. People with lived experience are vital members of the team delivering this service to the women and children.

At Aberlour we want to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team.

What we offer...

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.

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.

“I lost my kids a few times they went to foster care and I would have gone to a place like this if I had the chance. This is badly needed. I hid my drug use and people only found out about it when I had my baby and she was in withdrawal. I loved my daughter and would have welcomed something like this.”

A mother who has been supported by Aberlour

About Aberlour’s Mother and Child Recovery House

Aberlour is proud to be working with the Scottish Government for our dedicated Mother and Child Residential Recovery House based in Falkirk. Our service is designed to enable children of women with problematic substance use to stay with mothers during their recovery. Aberlour’s approach to rehabilitation aims to deliver positive outcomes for women and their children.

We are supporting families using the Parents Under Pressure (PuP) program which combines psychological principles relating to parenting, child behaviour and parental emotion regulation within a case management model. The program is highly individualized to suit each family. Parents are given their own Parent Workbook. For many parents, this becomes a personal journal of their treatment experience. The overarching aim of the PuP program is to help parents facing adversity develop positive and secure relationships with their children. Within this strength-based approach, the family environment becomes more nurturing and less conflictual.

What we are looking for....

Our relief workers play a crucial role in supporting our team. This work is offered on a casual, hourly paid basis to provide cover during staff absence and/or particularly busy periods. This is a 24 hour service, and we are looking for relief workers to cover our waking night shifts, from 10pm to 8am.

Due to the nature of this service and the women that we support, we require female applicants only for this waking nights post.

Ideally you will have experience of direct work with vulnerable families to support improved capacity for women and children and of working collaboratively with other professional agencies and a working knowledge of drug/alcohol use and its effects on women and children.

Applicants should hold a relevant professional qualification at least SCQF level 7, or equivalent knowledge acquired by other means, with a willingness to obtain the required qualifications for SSSC Registration.

Individuals with Lived Experience of alcohol or drug use are strongly encouraged to apply for these positions where they will gain experience and training to enhance their knowledge and skills. People with lived experience are vital members of the team delivering this service to the women and children.

At Aberlour we want to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team.

What we offer...

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.

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.

JOIN OUR BOARD: Become a Driving Force Trustee

Could YOU be the Driving Force for our community?

About The Driving Force

For20 years, The Driving Force has been a lifeline for cancer patients in Denny, Bonnybridge and Banknock. We provideFREE transportto vital treatment appointments for those who need it most.

Our Impact:

• 20 years of continuous community service
• Hundreds of cancer patients supported
• Thousands of journeys to life-saving appointments
• 100% volunteer-driven organisation

Every journey we provide is one more chance for someone to access the treatment that could save their life.Now we need more strategic leaders to help us drive our mission forward.

Why Become a Trustee?

Being a trustee isn't just about attending meetings – it's about making a real difference at a strategic level. You'll help shape the future of a charity that directly saves lives in your community.

What You'll Gain:

·Personal satisfaction of creating strategic community impact

·Development of governance and leadership skills

·Networking with other passionate community leaders

·Insight into charity sector operations and best practices

·The knowledge that your decisions help cancer patients access life-saving treatment

·Being part of something meaningful beyond your day job

What is a Trustee?

In simple terms:Trustees are the guardians of our charity – ensuring we stay true to our mission of helping cancer patients access treatment while managing our resources responsibly and planning for sustainable growth.

The legal bit:Trustees have overall control of a charity and are responsible for making sure it's doing what it was set up to do. They exercise their powers and duties with care, always acting in the charity's best interests, ensuring compliance with charity law and our governing document.

You'll be part of a supportive boardworking collaboratively to govern The Driving Force effectively.

Time Commitment

We respect that trustees are volunteers with busy lives. Here's what we ask:

Core Commitment:

• 5-6 board meetingsper year (approximately 1 1/2 hours each, scheduled in advance)
• Occasional email/phone consultations(1-2 hours per month)
• Annual strategic planning session(half day)

Total time: approximately 15-20 hours per year

Flexibility:We schedule meetings with trustees' availability in mind. If you can't make a meeting, we just ask for advance notice.

Additional Involvement (Optional):Some trustees choose to get involved in specific projects, sub-committees, or events – but this is entirely voluntary.