- Advertised from 27th October 2026
- 37 hours per week, Monday - Friday
Role
Benefits:
- Over 7 weeks inclusive paid leave and the option to buy or sell leave
- Cycle to work scheme
- Excellent training and the opportunity to undertake professional training for some roles
- Flexible maternity, paternity and adoption packages
- Up to 5% employer contribution and life assurance cover
- Blue Light Card eligibility with discounts at 15,000 national retailers
- As part of our commitment to staff wellbeing, you’ll receive a paid annual Wellbeing Day to use however you choose, supporting a healthy balance between work and life.
A bit about the service
Dundee Youth Housing Service is spread across two residential sites in the city of Dundee. We can accommodate 25 young people at one time through a mixture of housing support and care at home intervention.
The Dundee Youth Housing Service, in collaboration with the Dundee City Council, fulfils its statutory duty by supporting homeless/care experienced young people aged 16 and above. The aim of the service is to engage with young people and families at the earliest opportunity. To be responsive, to prevent situations escalating, and take the pressure off the local authority front line services.
As the initial point of contact for any young person facing homelessness in the city, our service plays a crucial role. Within the strategic housing partnership, Action for Children stands as the sole organisation dedicated to preventing young individuals from becoming homeless. Our service operates 24/7.
Our primary focus is to provide temporary accommodation for young people who have been assessed as homeless. We extend our support to young individuals who are homeless and have care experience.
A bit about the role
As a Team Leader within Housing Support, you will provide operational leadership to practitioners and support workers delivering support to young people, ensuring high‑quality, consistent and person‑centred services. You will oversee the delivery of structured support pathways, including referral, assessment, support planning and regular review, ensuring interventions are effective and outcomes‑focused.
You will work closely with Social Work, DCC Housing Teams and the AFC Prevention Team to ensure robust baseline assessments are completed prior to accommodation placements. Through supervision, guidance and quality assurance, you will support your team to empower young people to develop independent living skills and progress confidently towards sustainable, permanent accommodation.
You will manage and coordinate staffing arrangements for a continuous 24‑hour, year‑round service to ensure staffing levels consistently meet service demands, responding quickly to unplanned absences and allocating resources effectively to maintain performance and service continuity.
This post will predominantly be worked on a Monday to Friday basis, however, flexibility is required to meet the needs of the service. The postholder will also participate in the on-call rota, providing management support as required. This will include responding to incidents, offering guidance to staff, supporting decision-making out with normal working hours, and escalating concerns appropriately in line with organisational policies and procedures. An additional payment will be made for participation in the on-call rota.
The role involves leading partnership working with internal and external agencies to develop and deliver holistic, tailored support packages that respond to individual needs. You will promote best practice, encourage reflective working, and ensure safeguarding, risk management, and equality principles are consistently applied.
Ultimately, you will support your team to help young people live independently, engage positively with their communities, and achieve long‑term, positive outcomes—while maintaining service standards, compliance, and a focus on continuous improvement.
How you'll help to create brighter futures
As a Team Leader within Housing Support, you will lead and support staff to deliver effective, person‑centred support to young people. While maintaining an understanding of frontline practice, your role will focus on overseeing the delivery of general support and guidance, including independent living skills, tenancy sustainment, housing applications and access to appropriate services.
You will ensure your team has a strong awareness of local services available across Dundee and that young people are effectively signposted to relevant support based on assessed need. Through supervision, guidance, and role‑modelling best practice, you will support staff to deliver consistent, high‑quality interventions that promote independence and wellbeing.
You will also be responsible for:
- Promoting and maintaining effective working relationships with colleagues, partner agencies, young people and families to support positive outcomes
- Ensuring safeguarding and child protection responsibilities are fully understood, embedded in practice and escalated appropriately in line with policy
- Providing regular supervision and facilitating practice meetings, ensuring reflective practice and a cohesive, consistent approach across the team
- Monitoring compliance with policies, procedures, and professional standards, addressing issues through support and performance management where required
- Leading and embedding practice aligned with GIRFEC, The Promise, the Health and Social Care Standards, and the SSSC Code of Conduct
Through strong leadership, oversight, and support, you will ensure services are delivered safely, consistently and in line with statutory and organisational expectations, contributing to positive long‑term outcomes for young people.
Let's talk about you
- Must possess SVQ 3 in Social Services & Healthcare, or HNC Social Services or equivalent / SVQ4 in Social Services or Healthcare or willing to work towards / SSSC registered.
- Previous experience of supervising staff.
- Significant experience of working with children and young people with Learning Disabilities.
- Confident in all aspects of MS Office.
- Experience of coaching and supporting staff to reach a competent standard.
- Ability to work under pressure while maintaining drive and enthusiasm and to be able to deal with children and young people effectively and safely with challenging behaviour.
Why Action for Children?
Every child should have a loving home, food, warmth, the chance to grow and learn - the support to cope with life’s challenges. But too many children don’t. By bringing your passion and unique skills and experience, you’ll help us change that where it really matters.
We've been driven by love to take action for children for over 150 years, giving them the protection and practical help they need. A lot’s changed since 1869. But what children really need, hasn’t. So as long as children need us, we’ll be here.
Will you join us?
Application notes
For further information and to apply, please visit our website.
If you have any further questions, you can contact Jessica Jarvis at recruitmentservice@actionforchildren.org.uk quoting reference 13884
Our Commitment to Equity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism
At Action for Children, we are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels respected, valued, and able to thrive. We know that racism and discrimination create barriers, and we are taking active steps to challenge these inequalities in our organisation and in the communities we serve.
We strongly welcome applications from people who are Black, Asian, or from other racialised and ethnically marginalised communities, as well as disabled people, who are currently under-represented in our workforce. We are committed to removing barriers in our recruitment processes and ensuring fair access to opportunities.
We also encourage applications from men, who are under-represented in our Children’s Services roles. We recognise that people hold multiple identities, and we value the richness this brings to our team.
Advocacy & Participation Worker – Dundee
- Full time
- £25,354 – £30,184
- Hybrid: Dundee
- Closing 1st November 2026
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.
The Yard is an award-winning charity that runs adventure play services for children with disabilities and/or additional support needs and their families.
As a Playworker, you will plan and deliver a range of inclusive, social, recreational and adventure play activities at The Yard
About the role:
Is creating fun and friendship your superpower? Do you get a buzz from helping children and young people, creating laughter, mess and happy memories? If so, we think we have the ideal role for you.
As a Playworker, your daily routine will be shaped by the diverse needs of the people you support. You will help plan, deliver and develop recreational activities, engaging children in creative play, ensuring activities are appropriate for their ages, interests and abilities.
About you:
This job is for you if you have:
- Knowledge and experience of facilitating indoor and outdoor play opportunities and environments and leading recreational activities
- A demonstrable understanding of, and experience in, the value of play and working with children and young people with disabilities
- A proven ability to work in a flexible and creative manner, as an individual and as part of a team
- Knowledge and experience of facilitating young people’s social activities
If you would like to work in a supportive and understanding work environment, ensuring that families feel valued and part of an inclusive community, we would love to have you on board.
Benefits:
32 days holiday per annum (pro rata - including public holidays), training & development opportunities, life assurance, company pension, health care cash back plan, employee assistance programme, discounted gym memberships fees, free uniform.
Richmond’s Hope was founded in 2003 in the Craigmillar area of Edinburgh and is a charity that supports children and young people aged 4-18 who have experienced a bereavement. We offer tailored one-to-one support for children and young people once a week for an average of 12 weeks. Children and young people are seen in A neutral space which is adaptable for each age and stage of development. The children who come to Richmond’s Hope have experienced the bereavement of a significant person in their life that has significantly impacted their physical and mental health.
The successful candidate for this position should have experience of working in childcare, education, health, playwork or another relevant discipline.
Richmond’s Hope will provide a comprehensive induction and training programme in preparation for starting work with bereaved young people at Richmond’s Hope.
This role will be part of our wider team at Richmond’s Hope, the Therapeutic Grief Practitioner (Community Outreach) will provide direct bereavement support to children and young people aged 4–18 years across Fife through outreach delivery in schools, community settings, family wellbeing hubs, and other appropriate locations. The postholder will provide practical and emotional support to parents and carers while also offering guidance to help them support grieving children. The role will include developing peer support opportunities for parents and carers and older siblings, such as coffee mornings and informal group sessions
Applicants should have enthusiasm and vision for the work of the organisation, excellent interpersonal skills and be able to work as part of a team and on your own initiative.
Application Form, Job Description and Person Specification are all available for download below or you can request by email.
This post is part time for 24 hours per week. Working days to be confirmed.
Family Wellbeing Worker (Whole Family Support)
- Full time
- £28,167
- Hybrid: Glasgow (blend of home/office/community settings)
- Closing 9th November 2026
Quarriers are an ambitious organisation, and we believe that we have a role in making Scotland a better place.
North West Carers Service provides support to improve the quality of life and wellbeing of unpaid carers of all ages in the Northwest of Glasgow.
We have an exciting opportunity to recruit a Family Wellbeing Worker (Whole Family Support)
This role has been designed to complement the existing Family Wellbeing Worker position by focusing on preventative, strengths-based groupwork and whole-family wellbeing interventions, particularly for Parent Carers, Young Carers and Sibling Carers.
The Family Wellbeing Worker (Whole Family Support) will develop and coordinate a programme of support that recognises the impact caring can have on the wellbeing of all family members. The postholder will deliver a whole-family model of support that promotes resilience, strengthens family relationships, reduces isolation and improves wellbeing outcomes for parent carers, siblings, children and young people.
The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and facilitating a range of family wellbeing groups, peer support opportunities, workshops, learning programmes and community-based activities that support families to build confidence, connect with others and improve their overall wellbeing.
This role is an agile working role with blend of home/office/community settings dependant on service requirements.
Please note a driving licence and access to your own vehicle is essential as you will be required to travel to various locations and participate/lead on group work.
What you’ll bring
- Reliability, flexibility and a positive attitude
- Experience in Microsoft packages, Word, Excel etc. is essential
- Ability to build trusting relationships
- Empathy and excellent communication skills
- Excellent team player
- Ability to apply transferable life experience and skills to support and enable individuals.
- Knowledge of unpaid carers and relevant legislation
- A full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle is essential for this role
What you’ll get
- SVQ qualifications via our accredited centre
- Generous leave
- Training & development opportunities
- Opportunity to change lives through meaningful work
- Family-friendly policies
- Health benefits: HSF cash plans, physio & occupational health
- Free 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
- £500 refer-a-friend bonus (T&Cs apply)
- Life Assurance & Pension
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Access to Concerts for Carers
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