Join the Early Years Service of the Multi-Cultural Family Base (MCFB) for this exciting new role of Antenatal Project Worker. Supporting ethnically diverse pregnant people, new parents and infants in the early postnatal period, you will play a transformative role in fostering early relationship and promoting positive perinatal and infant mental health.

We aim for our staff team to be representative of the families we support. We welcome applications from ethnically diverse backgrounds.

The post is funded until October 2027.

Avenue is dedicated to supporting families during challenging times. We provide a safe, supportive and nurturing environment where families can spend quality time together during Family Time sessions. Our aim is to strengthen family relationships and ensure the wellbeing of children.

We are looking for a compassionate and experienced Family Time Service Manager to lead and oversee our Family Time service. In this role, you will be responsible for managing day to day operations, ensuring the highest standard of service delivery, whilst supporting both families and colleagues.

The Family Time Service Manager will work in collaboration with external stakeholders to facilitate positive and safe family interactions, while also managing staff, maintaining service delivery, and ensuring that all processes comply with relevant guidelines and safeguarding protocols.

The Family Time Service Manager must be a highly organised, empathetic and pro-active individual with proven experience in a managerial role, and experience in childcare or family-facing role. The ideal individual will have excellent communication skills, a strong understanding of safeguarding and child protection, and the ability to manage both people and processes efficiently.

PVG: New applications or scheme record updates will be paid for by Avenue.

Are you a highly organised, proactive, ambitious Fundraiser? Are you looking for the opportunity to work with a great team?

Home-Start Glasgow North and North Lanarkshire is a local family support charity that works alongside families with babies and young children. Supported by volunteers, we are embedded in our local communities and provide a range of services which support families struggling with the challenges of everyday life.

We are seeking a passionate, creative and experienced Fundraising Manager to join our dynamic team. This newly created role will be crucial in developing and implementing fundraising strategies to support our mission and ensure the financial sustainability of the charity.

As the Fundraising Manager, you will play a pivotal role in securing major funding from trusts, foundations, statutory sources and corporate partners to support the vital work of the charity. You will be responsible for managing and growing our portfolio of funders, ensuring excellent stewardship, and identifying new funding opportunities. You will be part of a small fundraising team which includes a Community Engagement and Fundraising Officer who you will manage.

What we’re looking for:

• At least 3 years’ experience in charity fundraising securing major funding.
• Excellent written skills for developing successful proposals and grant applications.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to quickly build and sustain relationships.
• Experience of managing donor relationships and developing new partnerships.
• Proven track record of budget management.

What we offer:

• 25 days holiday per year (plus 12 days public holiday) pro rata.
• 8% employer contribution to a workplace pension scheme.
• Flexible working hours with the ability to work between home and the office. (Based in Netherton, near Anniesland).
• A positive, supportive environment and learning opportunities.
• The chance to be part of a great team.

A fantastic opportunity to support a national service across Scottish sport

This is an exciting time to contribute to the development and delivery of a national service which will support Scottish governing bodies of sport (SGBs) to effectively manage wellbeing and protection concerns for all who participate in sport. The service has been established through a strategic partnership between sportscotland, Children First and SGBs.

We are now looking for a passionate, skilled and confident individual to deliver and implement the service. As Project Worker, you will be part of a team working in partnership with SGBs to:

• support their management of wellbeing and protection concerns, and any subsequent investigations and disciplinary hearings effectively, in a timely and appropriate manner.
• build the knowledge, skills, and confidence of SGB staff and volunteers through training, mentoring and directed learning.
• facilitate the development of resources including practice guidance, tools and templates that support SGBs’ case management of wellbeing and protection concerns.

What kind of person will make a great Project Worker for the Case Management Support Service?

Knowing our shared ambition with sportscotland to ensure safer sport for everyone, you will be someone who:

• believes in the positive value of sport and is committed to making it a safe place for everyone.
• empowers people, staff and volunteers, through successes and challenges.
• is resilient, skilled, and knowledgeable about wellbeing and protection.
• builds strong relationships and works collaboratively with partners.
• is passionate about human rights and anti-discriminatory practice.
• has strong organisational skills and an ability to respond to complex and changing situations.
• assesses situations and provides clear advice.
• is determined and motivated in contributing towards building and delivering a new service to meet identified needs.

Above all else, the most important thing is that you are someone who will do the right thing for children, young people, and adults in sport at every turn.

If you have the above and possess a professional qualification and/or relevant experience from an appropriate sector, such as social work, law, human resources, sports governance, or volunteer management, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Base

You will work flexibly, in a hybrid approach, with a requirement to attend our offices, or those of our partners, for meetings and work as agreed with your line manager.

Salary, Conditions, Pension

We will offer you a competitive salary, generous annual leave entitlement (40 days inclusive of 9 public holidays, pro rata), flexible working opportunities and a contributory pension scheme.

Hours

Full time post of 35 hours per week funded initially until June 2025, with funding anticipated to be extended to June 2027.