Freedom from Torture has an exciting opportunity for an Associate Director of Clinical Services (Clinical Operations) to join our team. This role will provide strategic and operational leadership across our Northwest and Scotland clinical services, while supporting quality improvement and the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality rehabilitation services for survivors of torture. The role will require regular travel between our Northwest and Scotland centres and occasional travel elsewhere in the UK as required.

About us

Freedom from Torture is an established charity that has been supporting survivors of torture for over 35 years and has a dedicated donor base. We are committed to providing high-quality, evidence-based interventions for people who have survived torture. We provide therapies to improve physical and mental health, medically document torture, and offer legal and welfare support. Our clinical model has been co-designed with survivors of torture and includes a range of interventions, including trauma-focused therapy, psychotherapy, family and couple systemic psychotherapy, group work, pain management and health assessment.

In addition to our treatment services, we expose torture globally, campaign for the rights of survivors and work to hold torturing states to account. We use evidence from our services and survivor voices to influence national and international change, placing survivors at the centre of everything we do.

Our current strategy seeks to increase access to rehabilitation services for survivors of torture, strengthen our clinical excellence through research, and explore innovative models of service delivery that enable us to reach more people in need. This includes piloting new approaches to service delivery and developing partnerships that help sustain and expand our impact. We undertake our work under our four core values of Hope, Compassion, Empowerment and Resolve. This is an exciting time to join Freedom from Torture and make a meaningful contribution to our future development.

We offer an active CPD programme to clinical staff, including opportunities to train in EMDR and NET.

We offer a competitive package, with a generous 30-day annual leave entitlement (pro rata), 6% employer pension contribution, and flexible and hybrid working arrangements.

About the role

This is a key leadership role within Freedom from Torture and reports to the National Director of Clinical Services, deputising when required. The role compliments another Associate Director role who is currently re-deployed part time on another project. The role has a particular focus on clinical operations, quality improvement and service development within our Northwest and Scotland centres.

The role will have a strong focus on ensuring safe and effective clinical operations, including oversight of clinical governance, clinical risk management, safeguarding, health and safety, quality assurance and audit activity.

An important aspect of the role will be supporting innovation and growth, including developing external partnerships, contributing to the piloting of new service models in Scotland, and working with colleagues in fundraising to identify grant, commissioning and partnership opportunities that support the sustainability of clinical services.

The role works closely with colleagues across clinical services, survivor empowerment, fundraising and organisational leadership to ensure effective collaboration and delivery of organisational objectives.

About you

The successful candidate will want to make a real difference through your clinical leadership by working for an organisation committed to justice, empowerment and high-quality service provision for survivors of torture.

Board Treasurer opportunity for National Children’s Charity

Could you use your financial expertise to help children and family wellbeing across Scotland?

Fathers Network Scotland improves children's lives through the positive involvement of dads, father-figures & whole families.

This is a voluntary role requiring attendance at six 2-hour Board meetings each year, held in Edinburgh and online. Support and induction will be provided.

The Treasurer supports the Board in maintaining financial oversight and helps achieve the charity’s financial objectives.

You will

• have a background in financial management;
• be confident in reading financial accounts and reports;
• have experience in overseeing budgets with multiple income streams;
• enjoy senior leadership roles;
• most importantly - you will be passionate about supporting Scotland’s families through the positive involvement of fathers.

Project Managers - Ready for your next challenge?

Our new HR & Payroll system is underway and we’re looking for a driven, hands-on Project Manager to take ownership and lead this high-impact transformation for our organisation. If you thrive on complexity, love driving change, and know how to bring people with you, this could be your next move.

What you'll be doing

• Own and deliver a major HR & Payroll system implementation
• Lead the rollout of the HR module this year, with Payroll & Expenses to follow (2027)
• Keep the project on track — managing timelines, risks, and stakeholders
• Work across HR, Finance, and IT to streamline and improve complex processes
• Solve problems fast and keep momentum high

What you'll bring

• Proven experience delivering HR & Payroll system implementations and managing the wider business change
• Strong project management skills — confident using tools like MS Project (or similar) to plan, track, and report
• The ability to influence, negotiate, and communicate effectively at all levels
• A natural leader who can motivate teams and drive collaboration to hit deadlines
• Solid understanding of change management principles and practices
• Excellent planning, organisation, analytical and problem-solving skills
• A professional, solutions-focused mindset with a focus on quality delivery

It would great if you also have: -

• A project management qualification such as Prince2 Practitioner, PMQ, PMP
• Knowledge and experience of the health and social care or third sector

About us

Cornerstone is one of Scotland's largest charities with over 45 years' experience providing great care and support for adults and children with various support needs across Scotland.

We operate over 18 local authorities in Scotland and provide a wide range of services to over 2,000 individuals each year. Our focus is to encourage social inclusion, reduce loneliness, and improve health, independence and wellbeing by working closely with the people we support and their families, setting personal goals with them, and ensuring they receive the care and support they need to live the best life possible.

It's an exciting time to join us as we deliver our new strategic plan, Improving Lives Together, built around the following organisational priorities:

• The Foundation– Digital innovation: empowering everything we do
• Pillar 1 – Voices of the people we support at the heart of all decisions
• Pillar 2 – People: leadership, workforce and culture
• Pillar 3 – Financial sustainability: building for the future
• The Roof – Quality: evidence based improvement

Why join us

This is a chance to lead a business-critical programme, shape how we work, and leave a lasting impact - all within a supportive, forward-thinking environment.

What are you waiting for? Apply today! We'd love to hear from you.

There will be occasional travel across our branches (travel expenses would be reimbursed as set out in Cornerstone's expense policy with travel reimbursed by HMRC legislation).

Have any questions? Please contact Lesley de Jager, our Director of People & Culture at lesley.dejager@cornerstone.org.uk.

The successful candidate will be subject to a Level 2 Disclosure check through Disclosure Scotland.

We are looking to appoint a part-time Project Worker 1 within our Thrive Service. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced worker to join Barnardo's and support service delivery within our children and young people's disability service.

We are seeking individuals who are keen to develop their experience of supporting children and young people through groupwork and on a 1-1 basis at our service base. The Thrive service operates Monday – Thursday from after school until early evening to 7pm. The work pattern each week would be 24 hours over Monday – Thursday from 1.30 – 7.30pm.

General responsibilities and requirements

• HNC Social Care or equivalent
• Previous experience of working with children and young people
• Have experience of developing and facilitating groupwork
• Being creative, dynamic and flexible to meet the needs of children and young people
• Working effectively as part of a team
• Experience and knowledge of applying safeguarding policies and procedures
• An understanding of the adversities experienced by children, young people and families, particularly around disability and ASN
• Complete assessments, care plans and maintain recordings in line with local and organisational policy
• Work collaboratively and flexibly with partners and alongside children, young people and families to shape their support

Pay & Reward Framework

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.

Benefits

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role.

Barnardo's require colleagues to be UK residents, based in the UK and to complete their roles from within the UK (with the exception of colleagues providing Barnardo's services in Jersey and colleagues who live in the Republic of Ireland providing services in Northern Ireland)

• Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
• Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme
• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
• Service related sick pay from day 1
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
• Cycle2work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
• 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

*T&C's apply based on contract

About Barnardo's

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

Our basis and values