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Sacro’s mission is to deliver life-changing services that empower people, give hope and protection, and help to build safe communities.

Sacro provide Restorative Justice and one to one Behavioural change programmes to assist young people to address offending behaviour and, where appropriate, to support young people to make amends to address their behaviour by making amends to the person they have harmed.

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated individual to oversee the day-to-day operations of the Fife Youth Justice service. You will be responsible for working directly with young people as part of an existing Youth Justice team.

You should have experience of working with young people who offend and have knowledge of psychosocial and psychological interventions, Restorative Justice and experience of delivering group work programmes.

You should be able to demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills. The ability to work both as part of a team and independently is essential along with a commitment to Sacro’s value base.

Experience of multi-disciplinary team working would be an advantage.

Help us to make a difference!

Sacro’s mission is to deliver life-changing services that empower people, give hope and protection, and help to build safe communities.

Based at our Kirkcaldy Hub, working across multiple locations 3 days per week.

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated individual to manage youth justice operations across Sacro.

Responsible to the Youth Justice Manager, you will oversee the day-to-day operations of all youth justice services, ensuring that high-quality services are provided. Knowledge and experience of youth justice is essential. You will be required to support and manage teams across a number of geographical areas.

You will be a creative self-starter with excellent organisational and communication skills. The successful applicant will be flexible and imaginative in their approach and confident in their ability to support and lead teams through challenging situations. The youth justice services support young people who are at risk or who have committed offending or anti-social behaviour. We provide bespoke behavioural change programmes, restorative justice and other interventions to support young people to avoid re-offending.

The services work in partnership with Police Scotland, Social Work and other third sector organisations.

Duties include the line management of service staff, selection and recruitment of staff and volunteers, payroll duties and supporting and monitoring staff to manage a caseload. The post holder may be required to work outwith normal office hours and will be based within the Fife office following our Hybrid - Hub model.

Evidence of supervising and managing teams is also required.

About the Scottish Child Law Centre

The Scottish Child Law Centre is a specialist hub protecting children’s rights in Scotland. We provide free legal advice about child law and children’s rights to promote equitable access to justice and specialist training which strengthens advocacy and sustainable support for the rights of the child. We also use evidence from our direct engagement and work with partners to influence long term change for children.

Importantly, we are the only specialist hub for all ages of children and across all areas of child-related Scots’ law. We are here for children, and those who care for and support them, with all advice provided by our qualified solicitors.

Many more children and families are struggling with complex issues in the backdrop of increasing poverty, and demand for our free legal advice has significantly increased. We also know from feedback that our specialist training is deeply valued in the current fast-moving children’s policy environment and as children’s rights are implemented.

The Centre has been through a rapid transformation over the past few years with the introduction of new, innovative services - such as our free, in-person community clinic in Govanhill - being set up to ensure that children and young people have knowledge of their rights and how to realise them. We now wish to conduct research to identify how we can best protect children’s legal rights in Scotland through our current services, future developments and advocacy.

sclc.org.uk

About the Role

This research work will be led by those who need us most – children, young people and communities who face multiple disadvantages which make it more challenging to realise their rights.

The overarching question is how can we best realise children’s rights? Is the current online advice service the best way of doing this? If not, what is?

The work will cover the following areas:

• Comprehensive review of the advice service to analyse enquiry data, and identify key trends, issues, geographical coverage and impact.

• Wider trend analysis using data from the Law Society of Scotland, Government and other relevant organisations to understand patterns in demand, issue types, and outcomes across the sector.

• Review previous youth engagement and assist further engagement with young people and others who have used the service.

• Engagement with children and young people and families and communities who face barriers to realising children’s rights to find out how the SCLC can best realise their rights. What services and support would they like to see from us?

• Engagement with staff

• Engagement with third sector legal and advice organisations that cover issues related to child law.

• Engagement with private law firms on how we can build partnerships, referral services, and corporate responsibility.

• Engagement with legal volunteers, examining current engagement, barriers and ways to increase participation.

• Engagement with the Director and Board to determine how the service aligns with organisational strategy, risk appetite, impact, and decision points for service model changes.

• Full analysis of the current legal representation available in Scotland, identifying where provision is most needed and the areas of child law where gaps exist.

• Geographical analysis of unmet need and potential delivery models (in-house, partnerships, referral networks).

• Review delivery models of other advice lines within Scotland and elsewhere, with targeted scoping of operational insights and impacts.

• Wider engagement with SCLC community to identify how useful current services are and what the alternatives may be.

• Review current funding and consider what can be delivered within limits, as well as what would be needed to deliver different services to meet identified needs.

• Identify opportunities for partnership working.

Deliverables:

• Final report with data analysis, key issues, options, and recommendations, including delivery model, funding requirements, and comparative analysis of alternative models.

• Summary for staff and board.

• Work plan for recommended options and potential pilot.

• Report delivered by the end of June 2026

Costs:

For full review, expanded engagement, and reporting the fee will be £25,000.

We are a Fife wide independent charitable organisation providing free, confidential information, counselling and support to anyone affected by rape and sexual assault at some time in their lives.

A highly motivated and energetic individual is required to deliver Prevention Workshops to groups of young people, throughout Fife. Experience of presenting in a group environment is essential. Here at FRASAC, we are committed to developing a workforce that is dynamic and inclusive, where women of all backgrounds have an opportunity to contribute to the work we do. We welcome applications from women of all backgrounds and identities, in particular women of colour and those under-represented in the workforce.

It is our aim that everyone working with us feels welcome, valued and respected. We value diversity and celebrate the different perspectives and contributions this brings to our centre and the work that we do.

Only women need apply under Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010. The successful candidate will be subject to an

enhanced PVG check.

Candidates must have a full driving license and car with up to date MOT and business insurance.