Child Contact Centre Family Support Key Worker
- Part time
- Sessional
- Galashiels
- Closing 13th January 2023
- Advertised from 13th December 2022
- Up to a maximum of 8 hours (2 Saturdays per month) £13 per hour
Role
Relationships Scotland Borders supports families with relationship difficulties and with post separation arrangements for their children, throughout the Scottish Borders. We offer the services of Family mediation, counselling and psycho-sexual therapy, Child contact and family support.
Checks: A Disclosure Scotland PVG check is essential as this is regulated work with vulnerable groups. We will also require 2 references, one from your current/most recent employer.
A Job Description and Person Specification is available for download below.
Application notes
If you are interested in applying for this role, please email your CV to Jill at practice@rsborders.org.uk
The closing date for this role is Friday 13th January 2023.
To arrange an informal chat about the job please contact us on 01721 724170 or email Jill at the above email address.
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Permanent and Freelance Therapists
- Part time
- £45,047 pro-rata
- On site: Within 60 mile radius of our office 111 Oxgangs Road N, Edinburgh, EH14 1ED
- Closing 5th January 2026
We are looking for a permanent therapist and a freelancer to join our Therapy Centre Team. We are open to considering a range of accredited therapists - art, music, drama, filial, play. If you are an experienced therapist with skills in working with children individually and in groups, we’d like to hear from you.
Scottish Adoption and Fostering is an established voluntary sector provider of specialist adoption services. We have built our reputation on the delivery of high quality and innovative services based on best practice. This is an exciting time to join the Agency as we expand our work to include a mainstream fostering service.
The permanent role is for 18 hours a week and will involve some travel to work with children and families within a 60-mile radius of our Edinburgh Office. We want to take a flexible approach so if there are therapists who can commit to a set number of hours a week that are fewer than 18 hours we would love to hear from you.
The freelance role is primarily to work with families in Glasgow and the West of Scotland, again we are flexible and could vary the number of hours for the right candidate.
Chair/Treasurer
- Management Board
- Unpaid
- Hybrid: Scotland (Quarterly Board meetings online annual get together central belt)
- Closing 26th January 2026
Volunteer Chair and Treasurer (Trustees) – Help Dads Rock Support Dads and Families across Scotland
Dads Rock is a fast-growing, dynamic Scottish charity with a clear vision: Children thrive when Dads thrive. We are looking for passionate and experienced individuals to join our Board of Trustees.
We are currently recruiting for two key volunteer leadership roles:
- Chair: To provide strategic direction and ensure strong governance as we expand our services across Scotland.
- Treasurer: To utilise your financial expertise in overseeing our financial viability, budgets, and compliance. Experience in a finance role is highly valued.
This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute your skills to a critical mission with a low time commitment (approx. 2-3 hours per month) and a high societal impact.
Top job! Director of Finance & Corporate Services
- Full time
- £87,178
- Hybrid: Glasgow
- Closing 23rd December 2025
Are you a qualified accountant looking for a leadership role? Are you a driven professional who is committed to people who require health and social care support? If so, then we have a rare opportunity for you to join our Executive Team as Director of Finance and Corporate Services.
About Quarriers
Quarriers is a self-confident and ambitious charity which provides health and social care services to the people of Scotland. We have a vision about the type of society we want to bring into being, and a mission that will help us achieve that.
Vision
A Scotland in which people can access support, find kindness and thrive.
Mission
To nurture supportive relationships, provide high-quality care, and promote inclusive communities.
Reach and Income
We operate more than a hundred services across Scotland, employ 1,600 members of staff and have around 100 volunteers. As of April 2025, we have an annual income of around £60m, most of which comes from contracts from statutory bodies for the delivery of health and social care services
Your new opportunity
We are currently recruiting a Director of Finance & Corporate Services to join our well-established Executive Team. As a key member of the Executive Team, you will direct Quarriers’ finance, IT and property services. You will be responsible for overseeing all financial aspects of our £60m budget, including financial reporting and planning, while liaising with internal and external stakeholders.
A key part of the role will include reporting to the Board of Trustees and Chief Executive, offering strategic advice and solutions on all finance and corporate services matters, and to support the Board in the preparation of budgets and financial reports.
This is a full-time permanent role working 35 hours per week in line with our agile working policy, which blends home-working with office time and service visits.
What you will need to bring to the role
- CCAB Qualified Accountant
- Extensive knowledge and experience at a senior level in a complex organisation
- Proven experience of contract negotiation and commercial focus
- Excellent problem solver who is driven by positive outcomes
- Chartered Accountant status or post-graduate management qualification is desirable
- Excellent IT and analytical skills
- Driving licence is essential
What you will get in return
- Substantial holiday entitlement
- Generous workplace pension
- Family-friendly working policies and procedures
- Life Assurance
- Wider benefits including our Employee Assistance Programme, free physiotherapy & occupational health support
About Us
Quarriers is one of Scotland’s leading social care charities. We provide practical care and support for vulnerable children, adults and families who face extremely challenging circumstances. We challenge poverty and inequality of opportunity to bring about positive changes in people’s lives.
Benefits
- Free physiotherapy and occupational health
- 24/7 access to Employee Assistance Programme
- Non-contributory life assurance scheme
- Workplace pension
- Christmas savings scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Long service rewards
- Significant discount opportunities
About Aberlour Children’s Charity
Aberlour is one of the largest Scottish children’s charities, celebrating 150 years helping to improve the lives of Scotland’s disadvantaged children and young people. At Aberlour we know that not all children are born with an equal chance so we work to support children, young people and families overcome poverty, disadvantage and discrimination.
Our staff teams are critical in delivering this support and therefore need exceptional training. Many of our services are registered with the Care Inspectorate and staff have to be registered with the Scottish Social Services Council. This registration includes a requirement to meet a minimum level of qualification.
What we are looking for....
We are looking for a qualified assessor to support SVQ assessment across the organisation.
We are approved by the SQA to deliver SVQs in Social Services (Children & Young People). To enable assessment in this award you should have a relevant professional qualification at SCQF level 7 or above along with your assessor award.
Your experience should include working in a relevant care setting, assessment of at least 4 candidates through to completion of their SVQ’s. You must be able to demonstrate that you have experience of planning, preparation, delivery and evaluation of learning activities in a social care setting.
The post is 37.5hrs per week and will require travel across Scotland. Your work base can be flexible, we are able to support a mix of office and home working as required.
What we offer...
As well as a supportive team, 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 and our commitment to Equality and Diversity here.
At Aberlour we strive 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. To have a look at our values to understand more about what we are looking for from our employees click here.
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