Lead Practitioner: Child Poverty
- Full time
- £27,795 – £33,972
- Based at OPS Glasgow
- Closing 20th August 2021
- Advertised from 13th August 2021
- Hours: 35 hours per week, flexibly to meet the demands of the job. Salary: Point 19 – 23 (£27,795 - £33,972). Reports to: Project Manager, Glasgow & Lanarkshire Services.
Role
Role and Responsibilities
The Lead Practitioner role will contribute to the organisation’s vision of a Scotland in which single parents and their children are valued and treated equally and fairly by coordinating the various components which contribute to the Glasgow Helps Single Parents Project. The role holder will be responsible for day to day management of Financial Inclusion and Family Support staff to enable them to offer a consistent level of support to single parents and their children and to meeting funding obligations. All roles at OPFS contribute to our mission of working with and for single parent families, providing support that enables them to achieve their potential and help create lasting solutions to the poverty and barriers facing many single parents and their children.
Key Tasks
- To provide day to day management to OPFS Glasgow Financial Inclusion and Family Support staff
- Work closely with the manager to support the delivery of OPFS holistic service model across Glasgow through a range of funding streams.
- Be responsible for staff development through regular supervision and annual appraisals in line with organisational procedures
- To work within annual budget set for the Glasgow Helps Single Parents Project and funders’ grant conditions and liaising with project Manager on preparation of budgets.
- To work closely with the Project Manager to submit monitoring and evaluation information to funders in a timely and accurate manner.
- To work in a pro-active, non-discriminatory and culturally sensitive manner that encourages single parents to access services.
- To positively promote the work of OPFS Glasgow services and strengthening existing links with external stakeholders.
- To provide positive role modelling for staff supporting single parents while promoting and supporting good practice and compliance to OPFS’ ethos, policies and procedures.
- To adhere to confidentiality and information sharing protocols and legislation with regard to sensitive data between service users, staff and relevant agencies.
- To support the development of a marketing/ promotion strategy for the service.
- To take part in service evaluation, monitoring and consultations with service users.
- Establishing and maintaining effective liaison with relevant statutory and voluntary agencies including developing partnership initiatives.
- Identifying any new needs that service users may have and developing new services to meet such needs, including working to secure additional funding.
- Any other relevant duties as requested by the Project Manager.
Personal Specifications
Essential Experience
- Relevant degree level qualification or equivalent experience in a related field
- Experience of staff and financial management and monitoring of family support services
- Experience of partnership and multi-agency working Experience of supporting the development of new services
- Experience of submitting successful funding applications
- Understanding of the roles of key statutory and voluntary agencies supporting families.
- Ability to present to a range of audiences using a variety of communication styles
- Ability to demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Competent use of standard IT packages in word processing, spreadsheets, use of databases, and Microsoft Office 365.
- Knowledge of issues affecting single parents in Scotland
- Knowledge and understanding of current legislation whilst supporting the work with children and families
- Commitment to professional development
- Ability to plan, record and evaluate through written reports.
- Flexible to meet the needs of the service
- Clean driving license and access to a car
Terms & Conditions
- Confirmation of Appointment: Contract until March 2022 with the possibility of extending (dependent on funding). Confirmation of appointment is subject to satisfactory completion of a 3- month probationary period.
- Salary: Point 19 – 23 (£27,795 - £33,972)
- Hours of work: Hours of work will be 35 hours per week, worked flexibly to meet the demands of the job
- Holidays: Annual leave entitlement is 25 days and 12 Public holidays.
- Pension: You will be auto enrolled in our pension scheme with a 2% contribution from you and 3% from OPFS. Once the appointment has been confirmed you are eligible to join the Employer's Full Pension scheme with the Pensions Trust. OPFS pays 7% of your salary and you pay a minimum of 3%.
- Training and support and supervision: You will receive induction training and frequent support in the first three months. Thereafter you will receive monthly individual support and supervision and annual appraisals. Regular team meetings will be held and staff have access to internal and external training.
- Equal Opportunities and Family Friendly Employment: OPFS aims to be an equal opportunity and family friendly employer. OPFS has Investors In People status.
Application notes
Recruitment Timetable: Closing date: The closing date is Friday 20th August 2021.
Please download an application from our website opfs.org.uk and email your completed application form to jobs@opfs.org.uk
Please contact info@opfs.org.uk 0131 556 3899 if you require a paper application form. The job description is a broad picture of the post at the time of preparation. It is not an exhaustive list of all possible duties, and it is recognised that jobs change and evolve over time.
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Administration Officer
- Part time
- £30,000 pro-rata
- On site: Glasgow (plus working in our satellite office in Kilmarnock considered after 6 months)
- Closing 7th January 2026
Family Mediation West provides support to families affected by separation, divorce, and conflict. We have premises in Glasgow and Kilmarnock allowing us to offer services across the West of Scotland. We are affiliated to Relationship Scotland, who support a national network of 21 local service providers for individuals, couples and families experiencing relationship breakdown. The values and the standards of the organisation help to ensure effective support can be provided to help families through difficult times.
We are seeking an administrator, with experience, to support a broad range of administration tasks within a family conciliation service. Full support and training will be given for this role within both the service provisions well as all our operational systems. FM West operations largely deal with service users, their family solicitors, and the Scottish Court system. The role may suit a candidate well that has experience of administration within a legal, charity, social work, or child services background. There is full training on operations available, and the opportunity to work alongside our current administrators who will provide personalised 1-2-1 on the job support to the successful candidate.
The Yard is an award-winning charity that runs adventure play services for children with disabilities and/or additional support needs and their families across Scotland.
We are seeking an experienced HR Manager who is passionate about driving positive change at The Yard. You will bring the expertise and gravitas to influence and support senior leadership on HR and cultural initiatives.
About the role:
Some of your key responsibilities will include:
• Ensuring The Yard maintains the roles, skills and experience to deliver on its strategic priorities
• Measure employee engagement and agree action plans to develop and improve organisational culture
• Ensuring our recruitment policies and processes embody our values and enable us to recruit people with the skills and qualities to meet our goals
• Developing and managing our renumeration policy
About you:
This job is for you if you have:
• Proven experience of HR management
• Can lead by example, fostering a culture of trust and respect
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills
• Ability to develop HR strategies aligning with our strategic plan
If our ethos inspires you and you are eager to bring your knowledge and experience to a team that is deeply committed to our purpose, we would love to have you on board.
If you would like to discuss the role with our Director of Resources, please let us know and we can arrange a call.
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
FGDM Coordinator
- Part time
- £30,002 – £35,076 pro-rata
- On site: Selkirk, Scottish Borders
- Closing 5th January 2026
A fantastic opportunity to come and join the Children First team
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 to put children first and campaign to uphold the rights of every child.
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 to join our team as a Family Group Decision Making coordinator. We have funding for a 12-month fixed term post to work alongside the Whole Family Wellbeing Team within Scottish Borders Council supporting families at an earlier stage of intervention.
We’d love to hear from anyone interested in Family Group Decision Making, or strengths-based approaches to working with families, and would like to extend their skill set.
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 in Selkirk with travel across the Scottish Borders.
Salary, Conditions, Pension
We will offer you a competitive salary, generous annual leave entitlement (40 days inclusive of 9 public holidays). Additional benefits include cash back health plan, cycle to work scheme, and option to join a Credit Union.
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