Service Manager – Inclusion Services
- Full time
- from £40,800
- Hybrid: Glasgow
- Closing 6th November 2026
- Advertised from 19th October 2026
- 35 hours per week, Monday-Friday
Role
Are you an experienced leader with a passion for inclusion and improving outcomes for young children with additional support needs and their families?
Early Years Scotland is seeking an ambitious and knowledgeable Service Manager to lead the development, delivery and growth of our Inclusion Services, building on the success of our Creating Caring Connections programme. This is an exciting opportunity to shape and expand innovative services that support children, families and practitioners across Scotland.
Working closely with the senior leadership team, you will provide strategic and operational leadership for Inclusion Services, ensuring high-quality, responsive and impactful support for children with additional support needs and their families. You will develop programmes, build partnerships and champion inclusive practice across the early years sector.
You will also play a key role in supporting practitioners and partner organisations through the design and delivery of specialist professional learning, helping to build confidence, knowledge and capacity to meet the diverse needs of children and families.
Early Years Scotland is a registered charity and Scotland’s leading national specialist organisation dedicated to supporting our youngest children, from pre-birth to age five. With over 50 years of experience, we are committed to improving outcomes for children, supporting families and strengthening the early years workforce.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the strategic development and delivery of Early Years Scotland’s Inclusion Services.
- Build upon and expand the successful Creating Caring Connections programme, increasing its reach and impact.
- Lead, coach and develop staff teams, providing professional supervision and supporting a culture of reflective practice.
- Develop and maintain strong partnerships with local authorities, health services, education providers and third-sector organisations.
- Design and delivery specialist professional learning relating to inclusion, neurodiversity, attachment, trauma-informed practice and family support.
- Support early learning and childcare settings and partners to strengthen inclusive practice and improve outcomes for children with additional support needs.
- Manage projects and services, ensuring effective governance, safeguarding, risk management and quality assurance.
- Monitor and evaluate programme impact, using evidence and feedback to drive continuous improvement.
- Contribute to organisational planning, funding opportunities and service development.
- Represent Early Years Scotland locally and nationally, acting as a champion for inclusion and children’s rights.
What We Are Looking For
- Proven experience leading services, projects or programmes supporting children and families.
- Significant experience supporting children with additional support needs and their families.
- Experience managing, coaching and developing staff teams.
- Experience working effectively within multi-agency partnerships.
- Knowledge and understanding of neurodiversity and inclusive practice.
- Experience developing and delivering training, professional learning or workforce development programmes.
- Strong understanding of GIRFEC, The Promise, UNCRC, Additional Support for Learning legislation and early years policy.
- Experience monitoring and evaluating outcomes and using evidence to inform service improvement.
- Excellent communication, relationship-building and influencing skills.
Qualifications
Applicants should hold a relevant degree level qualification in an area such as:
- Childhood Practice/Studies
- Education
- Social Work
- Psychology
- Occupational Therapy
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Community Education
- Nursing or Allied Health Profession
In addition, applicants should be able to demonstrate specialist knowledge or training in additional support needs through qualifications or professional development such as:
- Postgraduate Certificate or Diploma in Autism
- Autism Practice Qualification
- Additional Support Needs qualification
- Inclusive Education qualification
- Attachment and Trauma-Informed Practice training
- Neurodevelopmental Conditions training
- Positive Behaviour Support qualifications
- Other relevant specialist inclusion qualifications
What Early Years Scotland Will Offer
- Competitive salary and generous annual leave.
- Family-friendly policies that support work-life balance.
- 5% employer pension contribution after three months.
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme.
- Ongoing professional learning and development opportunities.
- The opportunity to shape and grow a nationally recognised inclusion programme.
- A supportive, collaborative team culture where your contribution is valued.
- Hybrid working options following successful probation.
Application notes
Closing date for applications: 6th November 2026
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Top job! Finance Manager
- Full time or Part time
- up to £60,907
- Hybrid: Thistle House, Edinburgh
- Closing 23rd October 2026
The Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland is recruiting an experienced and motivated Finance Manager to lead our finance function and play a key role in supporting our mission to protect and promote the human rights of people with mental illness, learning disabilities, dementia and related conditions.
As an independent statutory body, we ensure that care, treatment and support across Scotland are lawful, ethical and person centred. This is an exciting opportunity to join a values driven organisation with a strong public service ethos.
About the Role
The Finance Manager is the most senior finance professional within the Commission, responsible for delivering robust financial management, statutory compliance, payroll oversight, and strategic financial advice. You will oversee an annual budget of approximately £7m and act as the organisation’s subject matter expert for all financial matters.
Working closely with the Head of Culture & Corporate Services, you will lead on:
- Financial reporting, analysis and advice to the CEO, executive leadership team and the Board
- Annual budget setting and multi-year forecasting
- Year-end accounts and external/internal audit
- Payroll and the annual pay award process in line with Scottish Government Pay Policy
- Financial controls, policies, procedures and risk management
- Procurement compliance and value for money
- Managing the shared services arrangement with Scottish Government (Oracle)
This role offers significant autonomy, influence and the opportunity to shape financial stewardship across the organisation.
About You
We are looking for someone who brings:
- A professional accountancy qualification (ACCA, CIMA, ICAS or equivalent)
- Significant experience in public sector financial management
- Strong knowledge of the Scottish Public Finance Manual (SPFM) and Scottish Government Pay Policy
- Experience managing payroll and related processes
- Excellent analytical, communication and influencing skills
- The ability to work independently across a wide remit
- A commitment to public sector values, integrity and continuous improvement
- People management experience and familiarity with Scottish Government shared services (Oracle) is desirable.
What We Offer
- Flexibility on contracted hours, subject to a minimum commitment of 21 hours/3 days per week (0.6 FTE).
- Hybrid working
- Modern open plan office and facilities in the centre of Edinburgh
- Generous annual leave and NHS pension
- Supportive, inclusive organisational culture
- Opportunities for professional development
- A meaningful role contributing to human rights and public service in Scotland
- An organisation which is keen to continue to adapt and transform to meet the needs of the people it serves
You will be part of an enthusiastic and caring team with your co postholders and be an integral support to the Leadership team for Sight Scotland veterans’ services. No two days are the same. One moment you might be supporting a colleague, welcoming a new veteran into the centre, or helping resolve an operational challenge. Facilitating activities which are fun and support the wellbeing and independence of the veterans The next, you will be working with colleagues to keep data base up to date and contact potential new veterans to the centre via phone completing all steps in the processes Working with various teams from our organisation, volunteers, and team members to improve services and create new opportunities.
The current duties of the role require a criminal records check or membership of the PVG scheme through Disclosure Scotland for the protection of adults and children and clean driving licence.
You don’t need to meet every single requirement to be a great candidate. Most people learn parts of the job once they’re in post, so if a role interests you and you believe you could grow into it, we’d love to hear from you.
We’re committed to fair, accessible recruitment. If you need any adjustments, like extra time, a different format, or other support, at any stage of the process, just let us know. Please contact People and Culture on 0131 378 2793 or via peopleandculture@sightscotland.org.uk who can arrange for any support you need.
About us
For more than 230 years we've been supporting and empowering people with sight loss to live fulfilling lives. We’re proud of what we’ve achieved, but we want to do more. We will build on our rich history to create an organisation which is prepared for the future, and ready to respond to the needs of people impacted by vision loss.
Our vision is bold. We want to be at the leading edge of positive societal change by:
- Investing our funds in the support that makes the biggest difference
- Putting our community at the heart of what we do
- Campaigning for change
- Accelerating prevention and treatment of eye conditions
- Fostering a collaborative culture of innovation and learning
We're determined that no-one should face sight loss alone. We're committed to improving, diversifying and growing our services to make sure we can reach many more people with sight loss - when and where they need us.
Our organisational values - Transform, Unite and Thrive - underpin all the work we do at Sight Scotland and Sight Scotland Veterans.
Benefits
- Generous employee pension scheme
- Learning and Development opportunities
- Employee assistance programme
- Discounted cinema tickets
- Discounts for
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Substance Use Nurse (Registered Mental Health Nurse)
- Part time
- £34,500 pro-rata
- On site: Ayr
- Closing 8th November 2026
We are looking for a Substance Use Nurse to join our service in South Ayrshire.
Our team in South Ayrshire is recruiting for an experienced Substance Use Nurse, to join them in providing high quality recovery care to a diverse service user group. If you are an enthusiastic and creative registered nurse, passionate about changing people’s lives for the better, we’d love to hear from you.
We need your passion and dedication to help us change the lives of the people we support. You will be part of a dynamic team who will value your input and ideas. Our clients will benefit from your clinical skill set, experience and knowledge as you empower them to overcome their personal challenges. We truly believe that education is a powerful tool, we are continuously learning how our clients want to be supported and reflecting on ways to improve our services.
This is an extremely rewarding role, one from which you will have the opportunity to be part of a patient's journey from end to end. We are certain this role will remind you of why you chose nursing as a career pathway. As a leading charity supporting people with drug, alcohol, and mental health challenges, we operate over 80 services across England and Scotland, providing free and confidential support to more than 100,000 people each year. Find out more about us on our website.
Job Description
As our Substance Use Nurse, you will provide a range of health and wellbeing and harm reduction interventions to service users in accordance with the agreed model of service delivery. You will deliver high standards of nursing care to those affected by substance use and be responsible for the assessment of care needs, development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care.
You will be an advocate for our patients, working closely with them to identify the physical, psychological, spiritual and social support they need. You will work flexibly providing a high standard of nursing care in a variety of settings, promoting the health and well-being of service users whilst maintaining a safe, caring and therapeutic environment.
You will participate as an active member of the nursing and multi-disciplinary teams, accountable for your practice, and work in partnership with other health care professionals, psycho-social case managers, patients and others in the delivery of care. You will support the delivery of specific healthcare clinics or groups, designed to support and educate clients, providing them with practical tools to overcome life’s challenges, this will include pre-session planning and post-session evaluation.
Please use the job description to support your application.
Additional Information
The role may occasionally require flexible working hours - this would consist of approximately 2 hours of late-night work every few months and around 3 hours of Saturday working once per year.
Please note a driving license and access to a vehicle is required for this role.
Please note that you must have current NMC registration as a Mental Health Nurse to be considered for this position.
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