Who Cares? Scotland is Scotland’s only national independent membership organisation for Care Experienced people. Our mission is to secure a lifetime of equality, respect, and love for Care Experienced people in Scotland and we currently have over 3000 Care Experienced members.

At the heart of Who Cares? Scotland’s work are the rights of Care Experienced children and young people, and the power of their voices to bring about positive change. We provide individual relationship-based independent advocacy and a broad range of imaginative participatory opportunity for Care Experienced young people across Scotland; we work alongside corporate parents and communities of all sorts to broaden understanding; we work with policy makers, leaders and elected representatives locally and nationally to shape law, policy and practice on the basis of all that can be learnt from the voices of those with experience of care – working together to build on the aspirations of The Promise and secure positive change.

This role offers the opportunity to work directly with children and young people with experience of care in a variety of settings including at home, in residential care, kinship care or secure care. The Advocacy & Participation Worker will provide individual relationship-based advocacy support and will be a key member of the Advocacy and Participation team, supporting young people across the Dundee area to ensure their rights are upheld and their voices are heard.

In this role you will have the opportunity to provide independent advocacy and participation opportunities for children and young people who are looked after, Care Experienced, or subject to formal processes and structures. The role will see you actively participating in child’s plan meetings, children’s hearings, and other formal processes. In partnership with professionals, carers, and organisations, you will help to achieve the best outcomes for children and young people.

The role will also include facilitating group opportunities for and with children and young people within the Dundee area. This includes providing engagement and participation opportunities, throughout the Who Cares? Scotland local and national networks.

The post holder will raise awareness of Who Cares? Scotland and its services to children, young people, professionals, third sector partners and carers. You will also help facilitate training to Dundee’s Corporate Parents alongside our national Corporate Parenting team.

The right candidate for this post will be able to form positive relationships with children and young people and have good interpersonal skills. You will feel confident communicating with individuals and groups, both in writing and verbally, and be able to adapt your approach to a wide range of contexts. Secure in making effective plans, as well as evidencing your work, you will prioritize and meet deadlines. You will take enjoyment from working collaboratively with partners, believing in equal opportunities and inclusive working. Committed to children’s rights, you are someone who knows that all young people can make transformative changes happen in their lives if given the opportunity. You can demonstrate knowledge of the current structure, developments, policy, and practice in relation to children and young people experiencing care in Scotland.

You will be flexible in your approach, be able to work occasional evening and weekends (with prior agreement), and have a full driving license, and access to own transport.

While we would welcome the knowledge gathered through relevant qualifications, we are just as interested in relevant work experience. We welcome and encourage applications from those with experience of care.

If this sounds like the role for you, we would love to hear from you. For an informal conversation about this opportunity please contact Leanne Murdoch, Advocacy and Participation Manager lmurdoch@whocaresscotland.org.

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.

Home-Start Lorn is looking for a passionate Service Manager to lead our fantastic team and take the charity into its next chapter. You'll run day-to-day operations, grow our income, and work closely with our Board, staff and volunteers to deliver high-quality, family-centered support across Oban, Mull and the surrounding area.

We're a growing, community-rooted charity with a proven track record. We support parents/carers with children under 5 via a number of routes, whether via 1-1 professional support, 1-1 volunteer support or through our family support groups. If you want a leadership role where the difference you make is immediate and impactful, we'd love to hear from you.

The Service Manager leads Home-Start Lorn's day-to-day operations and strategic direction, working closely with the Board of Trustees. You'll help deliver our 2025–2028 strategy, support and develop our staff team, keep us well connected across the communities we serve, and help make sure the charity stays financially sustainable, outcomes-focused and able to offer high-quality, family-centred support across the area we cover. You won't be doing this alone — you'll have a supportive Board and an established staff team.