Deputy Manager, Holiday Support
- Part time
- £33,500 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 20th April 2026
- Advertised from 24th March 2026
- £27,162 per annum, 30 hours per week – must be available to work during school holidays
Role
We are seeking a motivated and compassionate Deputy Manager to help oversee our holiday support service and develop improvements across our organisation.
This is an exciting time to join The Yard and play a key role in delivering and improving our specialist services for children and young people with additional support needs.
The Role
You will support the Children’s Services Manager in leading the day-to-day operations of the Holiday Support Service, providing direction to a team of Support Workers while liaising with parents & carers to maintain and review Personal Support Plans for each child.
During term-time, this post will involve additional duties in the delivery of our core services.
You will:
- Support the delivery of service in line with standards set by regulatory bodies (Care Inspectorate and SSSC)
- Support the engagement of children in creative play and the management of suitable activity plans for the different ages/stages of development and interests of children
- Provide effective support and direction to a team of support workers through motivation, supervision, and feedback
- Support the Children’s Services Manager to ensure compliance across the service and ensure the team receive training and guidance appropriate to their role
If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of children with disabilities and have the skills to help run a regulated service, we would love to hear from you.
About You
We are looking for a Deputy Manager who is inspired by our ethos and is excited to bring their knowledge and experience to our specialised Holiday Support Service for children with complex medical needs.
You will have:
- Supervisory experience, including direct staff supervision, development and implementation of rotas
- Knowledge and experience of facilitating indoor and outdoor play opportunities and environments and leading recreational activities
- Experience of working with children and young people with a range of disabilities
- Excellent organisational skills and administrative abilities
Desirable:
- Leaderships skills and team building capacity
- Previous experience of improvement work within a childcare setting
- First Aid at Work certificate
- Experience of Moving and Handling, delivering personal care and supporting complex medical needs
About the organisation:
The Yard is a Scottish charity offering adventure play, short breaks, training, and support for children and young people with additional support needs, and their families. We operate inclusive play centres, deliver outreach work, and run holiday and youth clubs. We aim to build supportive communities and promote understanding and inclusion for disabled children.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community. The post is subject to a PVG check and SSSC registration.
Application notes
To download an application form, please visit our website.
Closing Date: 09:00am, Monday 20th April
Interview Dates: Monday 27th & Tuesday 28th April
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Top job! Head of Communications
- Full time
- £52,000 – £57,000
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 15th June 2026
About The Yard:
The Yard is an award-winning charity delivering place-based family support across Edinburgh, Dundee, Glasgow and Fife to more than 3,700 disabled children and young people and their families.
About the role:
We are seeking a Head of Communications to lead our communications, public affairs and profile work to make the organisation the unmistakable voice on place-based, whole-family support.
You will be part of our executive team and responsible for making decisions that impact the whole organisation and shape how family support models are understood and adopted across Scotland.
Some of your key responsibilities will include:
- Developing a 12–18-month communications and public affairs strategy that positions The Yard as a sector leader
- Leading with a media-first approach to secure high-value national and regional media coverage
- Building relationships with policy teams, sector bodies and strategic partners
- Overseeing content strategy for our website, socials and newsletters to ensure consistent, evidence-led messaging and audience growth
About you:
Our culture is central to our success, and the successful applicant will need to lead and manage in line with our values.
This job is for you if you have:
- Senior communications experience with a strong track record in media relations, campaign delivery and public affairs
- Proven success securing national media coverage and managing broadcast interviews
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong strategic thinking, project management and stakeholder management skills
- Experience of leading and developing a small team
If you are inspired by our ethos and excited to bring your knowledge and experience to a team that is highly committed to our purpose, we would love to have you on board.
About Aberlour Sycamore Children’s Houses
Aberlour Sycamore Services’ vision is to provide warm, loving homes for children where everyone learns, laughs, grows into their future and is treasured always. At any one time, the residential houses within Sycamore require additional support to help to maintain stability and balance within the teams. Sycamore services are widely recognised in Scotland for providing a range of quality therapeutic residential houses for some of the most vulnerable children and young people in the country. The Service is a national resource and as such receives referrals from throughout Scotland.
What we are looking for....
We are looking for individuals who can integrate seamlessly into our existing team, working alongside it and relief adults to support excellent service delivery. We are looking for a Residential Worker to work 18.75 hours per week to work within our home in Glenrothes. You will work as part of a residential rota including early, late, sleepovers and weekend shifts. You will have a knowledge and understanding of the importance of attachment, trauma and how this can impact on an individual’s development. At times our children express their distress through their behaviour and the role can be emotionally and physically challenging; we are therefore looking for someone who is resilient, understands that behaviour is a means of communication and is trauma responsive.
You will be skilled in building therapeutic relationships with the children, young people and young adults to enable them to feel safe, loved and cared for.
You must have the ability to quickly build your relationships with the adults within the house. The nature of the role is such that you could be working to cover a shift or longer periods as required, including days and wakened nightshifts and you may also be supporting young people to attend school or participate in other learning programmes. You must therefore be able to quickly adapt to the working environment within each house.
You will be comfortable with working within Aberlour’s culture embracing respect, integrity, innovation and the ability to challenge. Demonstration of these qualities will be particularly important in this role given that you will be dipping in and out of the different teams. You must be able to be an exceptional role model for other staff and the young person.
Undertaking the role of Residential Worker will afford you the opportunity to develop and build on a range of transferrable skills which are valued in a range of employment. You will be able to demonstrate excellent flexibility and adaptability with exceptional interpersonal skills, ability to work with different teams and different children, young people and young adults living within our Sycamore Houses.
To have a look at our values to understand more about what we are looking for from our employees click here.
What we offer...
As well as a supportive team and excellent training opportunities, we want all our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, an excellent employer pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts across various retailers. Please click here to have a look at our Employee Benefits.
Are you passionate about play, and ready to lead the practicalities of delivery?
We are seeking a Team Leader to coordinate and deliver high-quality, self-directed play opportunities across Midlothian. This is a hands-on leadership role, combining practical delivery with day-to-day coordination and line management of a small team.
About Play Midlothian
Play Midlothian is a registered charity (no. SC025474) working to enable every child in Midlothian to thrive through play by creating opportunities, removing barriers and addressing inequalities. We have an office base at the One Dalkeith Business Hub in central Dalkeith, but deliver services throughout Midlothian, and if commissioned, beyond.
About the Role
On appointment, the postholder will lead Out2Play, using the play rangers model of delivery to enable children to play out in greenspaces close to their homes.
The postholder will also staff other sessions run by Play Midlothian. We champion adventurous, self-directed play, with a focus on loose parts, and use varied community settings to create rich play opportunities. A high proportion of sessions take place outdoors, all year round.
Travel and transportation of play resources to multiple sites across Midlothian is required for successful delivery of our services. Most sessions take place after school hours and at weekends, with some during the school day, so flexibility is required, though we do aim to share out weekend working on a rota pattern so that everyone gets predictable weekends off.
This role would suit someone with playwork, youth work or family support experience who is ready to step into frontline management — or an existing manager looking for a values-led, varied, community-based role.
If you are enthusiastic about enabling children to play in their own ways, we would love to hear from you.
Regional Family Support Coordinator – Edinburgh & Lothians
- Part time
- £29,467 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 16th June 2026
An exciting opportunity has become available to join Families Outside as our Regional Family Support Coordinator. If you are passionate about making a difference for families impacted by imprisonment and working to tackle and reduce stigma, we want to hear from you. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Regional Family Support Coordinator (RFSC) to support and promote the work of Families Outside in Edinburgh & the Lothians.
Role Summary:
• Hours: 28 hours per week
• Contract: 2-year fixed term contract (renewal subject to funding)
• Starting salary: Families Outside Scale Points 29-34 and updated annually subject to appraisal and where funds allow. Starting salary £29,467 pro rata (0.8FTE)
• Probation period: A probationary period of 6 months will apply.
• Location: Based in Edinburgh, with some work in the Lothians
Staff Benefits:
• 25 flexible leave days plus 10 public holidays (pro rata)
• 4% matched contribution workplace pension scheme
• Hybrid & flexible working
• Employee Assistance Programme (Health Assured)
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Laptop and mobile phone for all staff
The Role:
At Families Outside, we're the only national charity in Scotland working solely to support families affected by imprisonment.
Joining the East of Scotland regional team, within our national Family Support Team, the Regional Family Support Coordinator will support people living in the Edinburgh and Lothians area who have a family member in prison. They will:
• Support families at home and in their community via 1:1, family, and/or peer support
• Work closely with key professionals including prison staff and prison visitors centre staff to provide advice, information, and guidance on a range of issues
• Raise awareness with key professionals within the local community about the impact of imprisonment and our work to improve outcomes for families
• Work closely with HMP Edinburgh, contributing to meetings and events that support the rights of children and families affected by imprisonment
About You:
We are looking for an individual who is:
• Experienced in working with, and alongside families in a creative and flexible way
• Rights-focused in their work and all they do
• Trauma-informed and is willing to understand the impact of imprisonment upon families
• Skilled and knowledgeable in working with people to overcome challenges they face in their day-to-day life
• A confident and effective contributor to working in partnership with others to meet families’ needs.
If you are an experienced professional with social work, community work, family support, or other appropriate experience and are passionate about making a difference for families impacted by imprisonment, then we want to hear from you.
About Us
Families Outside is the only national charity in Scotland that works solely to support families affected by imprisonment. Imprisonment can often have a huge impact on the things that matter most to families: money and secure housing, safe and connected relationships at home and in the community, and the emotional health and wellbeing of families. Families Outside is dedicated to providing a range of practical, social, and emotional support to people with someone in prison that are relationship-based, prison-aware, and family-focused.
Help us make sure no family faces the impact of imprisonment alone.
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