The Scottish Child Law Centre has been providing free expert legal advice on children’s rights and child law across Scotland for 37 years.
As a research intern for the Scottish Child Law Centre, your role is to promote and further the rights of children and young people in Scotland, by conducting research into the Child Maintenance Service.
Specifically, you will prepare a research paper on barriers and themes that resident parents face when claiming child maintenance including but not limited to: contact, parental rights and responsibilities, self-employment, domestic abuse/safeguarding, escalating claims, going to tribunal and children’s rights.
The goal of the research paper is to further the Centre’s understanding of the Child Maintenance Service for us to help children and families who are navigating this service.
We particularly welcome applications from candidates of a Black, Asian or Ethnic Minority background, and from those applicants who would not be in a position to undertake an unpaid internship.
To apply, please send CV and short cover letter outlining how you meet the above criteria to enquiries@sclc.org.uk.
The deadline to submit your application is 5pm on 10th September 2024. Interviews will be conducted the week beginning 1st October 2024.
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About the role
The Legal Policy Manager will play a key role in empowering the children’s sector to use the law to drive systemic change and ensure children experience their rights in practice.
This exciting new role will be central to delivery of an innovative joint project between Clan Childlaw and Together (Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights), funded by the Human Rights Fund.
Clan Childlaw is a leader in child-centred strategic litigation that drives systemic change, while Together represents over 600 organisations working to promote and protect children’s rights in Scotland.
The post holder will support strategic legal interventions, including the use of the UNCRC, to drive change for children and young people in Scotland.
The project aims to empower and enable Scotland’s children’s sector to use the law to advance children’s rights. These legal interventions may include strategic litigation, and seeking legal opinions, as well as wider measures such as supporting Together members to challenge rights breaches through informal processes etc.
Responsibilities include managing Clan’s Strategic Litigation Group, helping Together members identify opportunities for legal intervention, identifying strategic cases for Clan, and developing resources to promote the implementation and advance of children’s rights.
Location: Edinburgh or Glasgow
You can choose the location that works best for you. We operate hybrid working with the opportunity to work from home some of the time. The role will also require travel between our office locations on a regular basis and throughout Scotland as required.
About Clan Childlaw
Clan wants a Scotland where all children and young people’s rights are respected, protected, and fulfilled. For that to happen, Scotland has to be a place where all children and young people can stand up for their rights. That means children and young people need:
Clan is an award-winning, independent children’s charity that actively supports children and young people to take ownership of their rights. We are the only charity in Scotland that provides free, independent legal representation exclusively for children and young people, which is child-centred by design. Because our lawyers work directly with children and young people whose lives are affected by legal decisions, we bring that unique practice-based knowledge to every aspect of our work. This includes our specialist training, our helpline supporting others who help children to use their voices and their rights, and our work to influence children’s rights respecting changes to practice, policy and law.
What We Do
Through our membership and training for legal professionals and in legal education we are making being a “children’s lawyer” an accredited legal skill set in Scotland. Our practical training and helpline and support for advocacy in Children’s Hearings provides adults that support children and young people information and guidance that they can use to empower young people to stand up for their rights.
We want our work to have as much impact as possible. We listen to what children and young people tell us about what they need from lawyers and others who support them to use their rights. We use what we learn to develop and design the services they need and talk about why young people’s rights matter, and why children and young people need lawyers.
We are lawyers for children and young people representing children and young people in court, at Children’s Hearings, and in important meetings working to give them equal opportunity to heard and use their rights. We take cases that make change for individual children and young people and help shape better rights respecting policy and practice. We use our knowledge of the law, and experience as practising lawyers for children and young people, to ask decision makers and lawmakers to change the law and the way the law is used to make sure that children and young people's rights are respected, protected and fulfilled.
Our Values
Our values are the principles we uphold in all our work, no matter what. They are the foundation of our workplace culture. Everyone who works at Clan shows our values in all they do and say.
We are supportive: We listen and respond, we provide encouragement and emotional help to children and young people, to others who support young people, and to each other.
We are bold: We are confident and courageous in amplifying the voices of children and young people. We are prepared to take risks when we need to, to defend children and young people’s rights.
We are dynamic: We are always active, always progressing. We are positive, full of energy and new ideas. We ask for change where it is needed.
What we can offer you
Clan Childlaw’s mission is very important to us, but our people are important too. We recognise the importance of a good work-life balance and a friendly supportive work environment. We offer:
Learning and development is important to us and our team. We hope it’s important to you too. You will be encouraged to engage in learning and continued professional development.
"I have never worked in such a lovely organisation before! I feel valued, seen and heard as an individual here." - A member of the Clan Childlaw team
"I love my job at Clan. It's busy and varied and no two days are ever the same. We have a great team here and everyone is really supportive." - A member of the Clan Childlaw team
If you’re thinking of applying but would like to have a chat about it first please get in touch at clientrecruitment@worknest.com
Victim Support Scotland – Empowering People Affected by Crime
We put victims and witnesses at the heart of everything we do so they are heard, have improved health and well-being, feel safer, more secure, and informed and that we are an effective organisation, that makes a lasting difference.
Who We Are?
Victim Support Scotland provides support and information to people affected by crime and campaigns for victim and witness rights. Regardless of whether a crime has been reported, or when it happened, our services are free, confidential, and tailored to individuals’ needs.
Our vision is that people affected by crime – victims, witnesses, and their families – are treated with dignity and respect and are at the heart of the justice in Scotland. Our mission is to ensure that all those affected by crime receive high quality support that will help them to recover from their experiences. All our work is guided and underpinned by our six core principles of being engaging and compassionate; inclusive and accessible; person-centred; adaptive, flexible, and responsive; collaborative; and knowledgeable and skilled. Now is the time to join Victim Support Scotland, helping us work towards the ambitions of our 5-year plan: Empowering people affected by crime: VSS Strategy 2021-2026.
VSS is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all of our service users and has a thorough and rigorous recruitment and selection process including PVG scheme checks in place to ensure this commitment is met.
What is the role
We are looking for a Bid Writer, working 35 hours per week Monday - Friday.
Reporting to the Head of Income Generations & Partnerships you will take a lead role in researching and reviewing funding and bidding opportunities, identifying key requirements and communicating the requirements effectively with internal and external stakeholders. You will be responsible for gathering information required to produce compelling, high-quality bids from internal and external stakeholders, including through own research. You will work collaboratively with key members of the Service Delivery teams to ensure that bids and proposals can be operationalised and are positioned in line with agreed priorities. You will drive continuous improvement through analysis of feedback, taking account of market/sector knowledge and suggesting changes/improvements.
What you’ll need to be successful
We are looking for a dynamic, driven, and motivated individual with University degree or equivalent professional qualification that demonstrates excellent analytical and writing skills. You must have the ability to plan and organise workloads with shifting deadlines in order to meet specific targets, ensuring quality output. You will have a good understanding and knowledge of trusts, statutory and lottery fundraising in the third sector. You should have experience in collating information for reports with knowledge and understanding of an outcome-based approach to measuring and monitoring performance. You should have excellent communications skills, along with the ability and confidence to develop effective internal and external relationships which deliver organisational goals. A willingness to be flexible on working hours and to travel as required is expected.
Further details of this role are available in the job description - Bid Writer - Victim Support Scotland
Please note - This post will be subject to a satisfactory Basic Disclosure and two satisfactory references.
To ensure you are in the best position to perform to your highest standards during our selection process, make sure you review the competencies outlined in the Job Description and have prepared examples of times you have successfully demonstrated these behaviours in the past.
What we offer?
When you work for Victim Support Scotland, your wellbeing is important to us. Not only do we offer a generous annual leave package of 39 days, but you will also have access to our free health cash plan which includes cover for you and your family across a range of benefits, which include, dental cover, access to a virtual GP, counselling, legal support and discounts on gym memberships, cinema tickets, retail and much more. In addition we offer a generous pension, enhanced maternity and paternity pay and access to a credit union. Supporting employee development is important to us and we offer comprehensive learning and development opportunities.
If you are looking for a role with a purpose, where you can really make a difference, then this may be the role for you.
Victim Support Scotland – Empowering People Affected by Crime
We put victims and witnesses at the heart of everything we do so they are heard, have improved health and well-being, feel safer, more secure, and informed and that we are an effective organisation, that makes a lasting difference.
Who We Are?
Victim Support Scotland provides support and information to people affected by crime and campaigns for victim and witness rights. Regardless of whether a crime has been reported, or when it happened, our services are free, confidential, and tailored to individuals’ needs.
Our vision is that people affected by crime – victims, witnesses, and their families – are treated with dignity and respect and are at the heart of the justice in Scotland. Our mission is to ensure that all those affected by crime receive high quality support that will help them to recover from their experiences. All our work is guided and underpinned by our six core principles of being engaging and compassionate; inclusive and accessible; person-centred; adaptive, flexible, and responsive; collaborative; and knowledgeable and skilled. Now is the time to join Victim Support Scotland, helping us work towards the ambitions of our 5-year plan: Empowering people affected by crime: VSS Strategy 2021-2026.
VSS is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all of our service users and has a thorough and rigorous recruitment and selection process including PVG scheme checks in place to ensure this commitment is met.
What is the role
We are looking for a Supporting Families Bereaved By Crime (SFBC) Manager, working 35 hours per week.
Monday to Friday between the hours of 9am - 5pm with some evenings & weekends.
Reporting to the Head of National Programmes, you will be responsible for leading, developing, and implementing the service delivery for your area. Responsible for day-to-day management of Victim Support Scotland’s national Supporting Families Bereaved by Crime Service to ensure the provision of a high quality, trauma-sensitive support service to families bereaved through homicide and culpable homicide. Responsible for implementing and managing ongoing effective delivery of Victim Support Scotland’s national service - Supporting Families Bereaved By Crime (SFBC) through a dedicated team of key support workers, support staff and volunteers.
You will be responsible for ensuring, with your area of responsibility, that VSS’s strategic objectives are being implemented and will have a key role in developing future strategies and business planning to ensure that the needs of victims and witnesses are being met.
You will have responsibility for the workforce planning in your area, including all staff and volunteers and ensure that they are supported, knowledgeable and capable to deliver services that meet service users needs.
Primary location: Glasgow
Salary: £40,290 - £53,184 + on call allowance.
What you’ll need to be successful
We are looking for a dynamic, driven, and motivated individual with a proven track record in experience of managing a multi-strand service in a fast paced and challenging environment. You must have a degree qualification or demonstrable equivalent experience, continuing professional development and the ability to plan and organise complex workloads with shifting deadlines in order to meet specific targets, ensuring quality output. Good verbal and written communications skills, along with the ability and confidence to develop effective internal and external relationships which deliver organisational goals. And willingness to be flexible in working hours and able to travel as required. In return you will receive, regular training, supervision and opportunities to expand your skills including learning about the criminal justice system.
Further details of this role are available in the job description - SFBC Service Manager - Victim Support Scotland
Please note - This post will be subject to a satisfactory PVG check and two satisfactory references.
To ensure you are in the best position to perform to your highest standards during our selection process, make sure you review the competencies outlined in the Job Description and have prepared examples of times you have successfully demonstrated these behaviours in the past.
What we offer?
When you work for Victim Support Scotland, your wellbeing is important to us. Not only do we offer a generous annual leave package of 39 days, but you will also have access to our free health cash plan which includes cover for you and your family across a range of benefits, which include, dental cover, access to a virtual GP, counselling, legal support and discounts on gym memberships, cinema tickets, retail and much more. In addition we offer a generous pension, enhanced maternity and paternity pay and access to a credit union. Supporting employee development is important to us and we offer comprehensive learning and development opportunities.
If you are looking for a role with a purpose, where you can really make a difference, then this may be the role for you.
Are you passionate about advocating for children's rights and tackling discrimination within the education system? Govan Law Centre’s Education Law Unit (ELU) is seeking a dedicated and experienced senior solicitor to lead the team. This full-time role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact, with job-share options available for the right candidates.
About Us: The ELU represents children and young people across Scotland who face challenges due to Additional Support Needs (ASN). We fight for fair treatment and work tirelessly to secure suitable educational provisions for those who have been marginalised or discriminated against. Our work often involves complex cases where legal expertise can change lives.
Our Policy and Strategic Litigation project collaborates closely with the Scottish Government and key advocacy groups to shape and implement impactful legislation. ELU members actively participate in national forums, ensuring that the voices of our client group are heard and that critical issues are addressed.
Currently, our Education Law Unit delivers the Let’s Talk ASN Scotland project - an initiative that provides legal representation to families of children with ASN. Through this project, we assist parents and carers in navigating the often-complex processes of securing appropriate educational support. GLC are awaiting the outcome of a tendering process to continue providing this service.
The Role: This role is ideal for a solicitor with experience in court and tribunal advocacy, particularly in cases involving education law and discrimination. You will be joining a progressive community law centre committed to expanding these nationally recognised projects. Based in Govan, Orkney Street, the position will require some travel within Scotland, but GLC offers a blended working model with flexible home/remote working options.
Key Responsibilities:
Person Specification:
Why Join Us? At Govan Law Centre, you’ll be part of a team that values justice, compassion, and community. We offer a supportive environment where your contributions will directly affect the lives of vulnerable individuals across Scotland. If you are driven by a commitment to social justice and have the legal expertise to make a difference, we encourage you to apply.