Fife Gingerbread specialises in supporting and empowering lone parents and families in need. We have over 30-years of experience supporting families in Fife through early intervention and partnership work.

We are looking for a ‘can do’ dynamic, adaptable, and innovative individual to join our team!

The job involves using a whole family and trauma-informed approach to support unemployed lone parents with multiple complex barriers in their journey toward employment, training, and education.

The person we are looking for will work well as part of a team and have the ability to use their own initiative.

Fife Gingerbread is looking for an enthusiastic and conscientious Support Worker to join our Early Years team working with families with a child under 8 years.

Using a whole family support and trauma-informed approach this early intervention project empowers families to reach their potential and overcome barriers by offering 1:1 support and group activities as required. Our hopes are that the confidence of families will flourish, and they will be given the right support to secure the best futures for their children.

The successful candidate for this position should have experience of working in childcare, education, health, playwork or another relevant discipline.

Richmond’s Hope will provide a comprehensive induction and training programme which will include training in the methodology of Richmond’s Hope. Working as part of the staff team of Richmond’s Hope at our base in Fife you will provide bereavement support to children and young people aged 4 to 18 years.

Applicants should have enthusiasm and vision for the work of the organisation, excellent interpersonal skills and be able to work as part of a team.

The post is part time: 16 hours over two days with the potential to rise to 24 hours over 3 days from April 2025. Our days of operation in Methil are Tuesday and Wednesday.

Home-Start Edinburgh, Home Link Family Support, NHS Lothian’s Parent and Infant Relationship Service (PAIRS), Citizens Advice , Circle, Stepping Stones North Edinburgh, and City of Edinburgh Council’s Early Years Education are delighted to recruit staff for a new transformational partnership approach that will test bespoke holistic whole family supports throughout the early years. The project, ‘The Family Hub’, will ensure that appropriate, universal, and enhanced support is available at the earliest stage possible for all families with a child not yet in an ELC or school setting. This will be achieved by developing a cohesive pathway and menu of supports alongside families.

The project aims to:

• Improve family wellbeing
• Reduce inequalities in family wellbeing
• Long-term reduction in families requiring crisis intervention
• Long-term reduction in the number of children living away from their families
• Increase the number of families taking up wider support.

Home-Start Edinburgh is recruiting a Senior Co-ordinator, Evaluation & Impact, to support this project as well as the activities of Home-Start Edinburgh. The right person will be someone with a background working alongside families, and an understanding of how to gather evidence to illustrate the impact our service makes. With skills in quality assuring services and data, and supporting improvement activities, you will help drive forward support to families in Edinburgh.