A vacancy has arisen for a Children’s Wellbeing & Development Workers at the Cottage Family Centre. You will have a range of experience working with children and knowledge of issues affecting families with young children.

You will have an ability to work creatively with play resources in order to provide young children with high-quality nurturing experiences within our playroom settings. You are also required to demonstrate an ability to work effectively and flexibly within a team.

You will be expected to have experience in a similar role and an HNC in Childhood Practice or HNC in Childcare and Education or SNNEB and/or SVQ 3 Social Services Children and Young People.

The post will be subject to PVG, References and SSSC Registration.

You will be expected to work a minimum of 16 hours per week but also have flexibility to work hours in addition to this where required.

Fife Gingerbread has an exciting opportunity for you to join our Making it Work Lone Parent team.

If you enjoy working with people and making a genuine difference, we’d love to hear from you. We’re looking for a motivated, adaptable and forward-thinking individual with a positive, “can do” approach. If you thrive as part of a team, use your own initiative, and enjoy finding creative solutions, you could be exactly who we’re looking for.

This role takes a whole-family approach, supporting parents to build confidence, overcome barriers, and move towards flexible, sustainable and rewarding employment.

Job Description -Support Worker - Making it Work for Lone Parents

To find the right person for our team and to avoid unnecessary disappointment, we ask that you download and study the above job description carefully before applying.

OPFS is the lead partner and accountable body for the Weave Partnership, offering single parent families, and other priority family groups, a single, strengths based plan built around one trusted relationship, on the principle of ‘no wrong door’.

The Weave Project Lead will support the Head of Service (Weave) by leading the operational coordination, implementation and monitoring of the Weave Partnership. The postholder will ensure effective governance, strong partnership working, consistent use of the My Life and Me framework, robust referral and delivery arrangements, clear

evidence of outcomes for families, and high-quality reporting and learning for the Scottish Government, partners and wider networks.

Key responsibilities

Partnership Governance and Operational Accountability

• Lead the day-to-day coordination of Weave Partnership governance arrangements, supporting the Head of Service to ensure the Steering Group, operational delivery structures and partner protocols function effectively.
• Maintain clear action tracking, decision records, escalation routes and accountability mechanisms across OPFS and partner organisations.
• Support the Head of Service in preparing governance reports, briefing papers and updates for senior leaders, funders and partners.

Programme Delivery and Implementation

• Manage implementation of the Weave Partnership delivery plan across target local authority areas and national delivery channels.
• Coordinate delivery activity across in-person, telephone and digital support routes, ensuring services are accessible, joined-up and responsive.
• Monitor progress against milestones, deliverables, risks and dependencies, escalating issues to the Head of Service where required.

My Life and Me framework

• Coordinate implementation of the My Life and Me framework across partner organisations as the shared Whole Family Support planning and outcomes framework.
• Support partners to embed consistent practice, recording, review and reporting arrangements linked to MLAM.
• Support OPFS Heads of Support for Families to embed MLAM across all delivery services.
• Gather evidence that the framework is being used to support strengths-based, familycentred planning and outcome measurement.

Partnership Working and Referral Pathways

• Strengthen warm referral pathways, joint working arrangements and operational coordination between participating organisations.
• Act as a key contact for partners on delivery processes, shared systems, meetings, data collection and operational problem-solving.
• Identify gaps or barriers in partnership working and support practical solutions with the Head of Service and operational leads.

Reaching Priority Families and Reducing Barriers

• Monitor evidence that support is reaching low-income single parent families and families at highest risk of poverty.
• Support partners to extend access for families affected by family breakdown, imprisonment, rurality and other barriers to services.
• Use monitoring data and partner feedback to identify under-reached groups and inform improvements to access and delivery.

Financial Inclusion and Progression Pathways

• Coordinate evidence of family access to income maximisation, welfare rights advice, debt advice, child maintenance support and other financial inclusion interventions.
• Support partners to evidence access to childcare, employability, education and training opportunities.
• Ensure reporting captures how practical support contributes to improved family outcomes and poverty reduction.

Outcomes, Monitoring and Evaluation

• Oversee collection and collation of monitoring, evaluation and learning evidence across the partnership.
• Track outcomes relating to family wellbeing, parental confidence, resilience, relationships, social connectedness and coordinated support.
• Prepare monitoring and learning outputs that demonstrate outcomes achieved, lessons learned and opportunities for wider application of the model.

Learning, Reporting and System Influence

• Support the Head of Service to share evidence and learning with the Scottish Government, funded partners and relevant networks.
• Coordinate learning events, partner reviews and continuous improvement activities.
• Contribute to wider system learning on Whole Family Support, anti-poverty practice and effective partnership delivery.

Would you like to join a vibrant, exciting team working alongside families and volunteers in North Lanarkshire?

Home-Start Glasgow North and North Lanarkshire is a charity making a big impact on families with young children (under 5) in the local area.

We are excited to welcome a new, confident, passionate and enthusiastic Volunteer Coordinator to our team who will support the recruitment and training of our volunteers.

Day-to-day, the Volunteer Coordinator will play a key role in creating a positive and inclusive volunteering experience, welcoming and supporting volunteers throughout their journey with the organisation. They will build strong relationships with volunteers, providing effective induction, training, guidance and ongoing support to help them feel confident and valued in their roles. They will identify opportunities to engage, develop, and retain volunteers, ensuring that their skills and experiences are utilised effectively to support families. Working across North Lanarkshire, they will

promote volunteering at events, open days and through social media. They will promote an inclusive volunteering environment, actively seek and respond to volunteer feedback, and support volunteers to contribute to the development and delivery of family support services.

The role is initially funded until 31st March 2027, but with an expectation of multi-year funding thereafter.

Do you have what we are looking for?

• Friendly, approachable and passionate about supporting and developing volunteers to make a positive contribution to children, families and the wider community.
• Experience of recruiting, welcoming, supporting and training volunteers, with the ability to create a positive and inclusive volunteering experience.
• The ability to develop creative and innovative volunteer recruitment campaigns.
• Experience of planning and delivering engaging volunteer training, development and induction programmes that build confidence, skills and knowledge.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build trusted and supportive relationships with volunteers, colleagues, partners and diverse groups.
• Knowledge and understanding of effective volunteer engagement, motivation and retention, with the ability to recognise and respond to volunteers’ individual needs.
• Confident in using IT systems (Microsoft Office, CRM platforms) for monitoring and administration.
• A car driver with access to a car for which expenses will be paid.