We have an exciting opportunity for an individual to join our Edinburgh Outreach services as an Area Manager.

Autism Initiatives Scotland provides a range of person centred services throughout Scotland. The charity provides services to autistic people who are 16 years old and over and encompasses supported living and outreach services.

Our Edinburgh Outreach services are delivered across the city, with some individuals using our dedicated bases. These services are designed to be flexible and person-centred, often involving lone working and dispersed support arrangements.

The Area Manager will play a key role in recognising and supporting the unique nature of outreach work. This includes understanding the challenges of managing remote teams, ensuring robust communication and supervision, and maintaining high standards of autism-specific support across varied settings.

A key responsibility of the role is ensuring safe staffing across all services. This includes effective rota planning, maintaining appropriate staffing levels, and responding to changing needs to ensure the safety and wellbeing of both staff and the people we support. In addition to operational leadership, the Area Manager will oversee financial management across the services. This includes managing budgets, monitoring expenditure, and ensuring resources are used effectively to support service delivery and development

The Area Manager is responsible for the design of the support programme to the people we support and to ensure, through the management team, the delivery and maintenance of high level autism specific services. The Area Manager’s responsibilities also include service development and liaison with external agencies. To provide leadership to the group of services, the Area Manager must ensure all staff are managed and supervised effectively.

You will have excellent leadership and supervision skills, knowledge of current legislation and regulations relating to the social care sector and management of an operational budget. A Social Work / health care qualification or equivalent as noted within the Scottish Social Service Council (SSSC) guidelines for the qualifications for managers is essential for this role.

The successful candidate will be required to register with the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme, the SSSC and be registered manager with the care inspectorate.

Kindred Advocacy is looking for an experienced, values-driven Service Manager to lead our front-line Independent Advocacy services for families, both in the community and within the Royal Hospital for Children & Young People in Edinburgh.

This is not a role for someone seeking routine. It’s for someone who sees potential - in people, in services, and ultimately in the transformational power of Independent Advocacy. You’ll bring in-depth knowledge of managing services and evaluating impact, ideally combined with knowledge of Scotland’s disability landscape. But more than that, you’ll bring energy, creativity, and initiative - the kind of approach that turns challenges into opportunities for lasting change.

You might come from social work, health, advocacy, or third sector leadership - what matters most is your understanding of what family life looks like for those living with disability, and your commitment to ensuring their voices are heard where it matters most.

As a key member of Kindred’s senior management team, you will help shape the future of our services, manage project budgets, contribute to strategic decision-making, and play an active role in influencing policy and partnership across the public, NHS and voluntary sectors.

We offer a supportive, inclusive and collaborative environment built on compassion, mutual respect and shared purpose. Benefits include an 8% employer pension contribution, generous leave, paid carers’ leave and clinical supervision.

If you are ready to take on a meaningful challenge and make a real difference for families, we want to hear from you. And if you’re wondering whether you meet every single requirement please don’t hold back. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and lived experiences who share our passion for advocacy and inclusion.

You will be delivering our mission to give everyone the chance to feel unstoppable. As Family Support Lead covering the North and North East of Scotland you will be delivering vital support to families affected by spina bifida and hydrocephalus.

You will be the person who will empower them to reach their potential, offering one-to-one support and coordinating chances for people to get together, make friends and build their support network.

You will be the person that raises awareness of spina bifida and hydrocephalus within the community and with service providers to ensure that no one affected by our conditions feels alone.

We are looking for someone based in the North East of Scotland. Occasional travel will be required to the Highlands.

What Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Scotland can offer you

Flexibility– We offer flexible working, including the opportunity to work from home or around caring responsibilities.

Supportive colleagues supporting you to express yourself - Staff scored SBH Scotland 8 out of 10 for being supportive in taking risks with new ideas.

We also offer:Workplace pension scheme, salary sacrifice scheme, death in service benefit, childcare voucher scheme, 30 days annual leave entitlement and 4 days Public Holidays.