Top job! Chief Executive Officer
- Full time
- £53,000 – £57,000
- On site: Aberdeen
- Closing 17th November 2025
- Advertised from 31st October 2025
Role
The Chief Executive Officer is responsible for the successful delivery of the strategic direction of Avenue. Together, the Board and Chief Executive are responsible for the Avenue’s financial stability and its operations. The Board delegates responsibility for management and day-to-day operations to the Chief Executive. The Chief Executive also supports the Board to carry out its governance functions effectively by providing information, guidance and support. As Company Secretary, the Chief Executive oversees all compliance including ensuring the filing of all legal and regulatory documents and monitoring compliance with relevant laws and regulations.
Application notes
A Recruitment Pack is available for download below.
Start date: To be agreed
Closing Date: 17th November 2025
Interviews will be held on: 28th November 2025
Application: please send a CV and covering letter demonstrating how you meet the person specification and management competences to avenuehr@avenuecharity.org
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Fostering Practice Manager
- Part time
- £46,147 – £48,749 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Glasgow
- Closing 19th November 2025
Barnardo's Scotland is looking for a committed and experienced Practice Manager to join our Fostering team in Glasgow. This is a rewarding opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of children and young people, while working within a supportive and passionate team.
Please note: Applicants must hold a Social Work qualification, be registered with the SSSC, and have experience in the fostering field.
About the Role
As a Practice Manager, you will play a key role in leading and supporting our fostering services across the West of Scotland. You'll work closely with foster carers, young people, local authorities, and colleagues across Scotland and the wider UK.
What We're Looking For
We're seeking someone who brings:
- Proven staff management experience
- Strong partnership working skills with carers, education, health, and social work professionals
- In-depth knowledge of fostering legislation and frameworks
- Confidence using IT systems and a solid understanding of Data Protection
- A clear commitment to The Promise and improving outcomes for young people
You'll also be expected to take part in our duty rota and contribute to the delivery of foster carer training, which may include some evening and weekend work.
Top job! Head of Finance
- Full time
- £56,000
- Hybrid: Dundee, Edinburgh or Glasgow
- Closing 26th November 2025
The Yard is an award-winning charity that runs adventure play services for children with disabilities and/or additional support needs and their families across Scotland.
Having recently expanded our services into Glasgow and increased our facilities in Dundee, we are seeking an experienced Head of Finance to contribute to the strategic and business planning of The Yard, to support us through the next stage of our development.
About the role & your responsibilities:
As Head of Finance, you will work closely with our Executive Team to contribute to the strategic & business planning of The Yard.
You will also have management responsibility for the Finance Team while providing oversight to the Office & Facilities Manager.
Some of your key responsibilities will include:
- Developing and maintaining financial models to support strategic decision making
- Conducting detailed financial forecasts to anticipate future financial performance and funding needs
- Overseeing and managing our IT service provider contract and procurement of other key utilities
About you:
This job is for you if you have:
- Experience in a senior financial role
- Strong knowledge of financial forecasting
- Excellent leadership & communication skills
- Knowledge of IT strategy and management of utilities and other contractors
- Can work collaboratively with senior leaders and support the professional development of others
If you are inspired by our ethos and excited to bring your knowledge and experience to a team that is highly committed to our purpose, we would love to have you on board.
Benefits: Holiday pay, training & development opportunities, life assurance, company pension, health care cash back plan, employee assistance programme, payment for disclosures & PVGs
About Sycamore Red Squirrel
Aberlour is Being Brave for children where there is a need for them to live away from their family. Embracing The Promise, we aim to provide a safe, loving home for the children who live with us, enabling them, over time, to reach their full potential. We offer an environment and a practice approach that promotes and encourages healing and growth and gives our team a really rewarding job experience.
What we are looking for....
We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with a passion for supporting vulnerable children to achieve the best possible outcomes in their lives. The successful candidate will have the drive, determination and cultural values to be able to lead their team to empower the children and young people to make the changes which will ultimately transform their lives.
We are looking for someone who believes that children living in a children’s house are deserving of love and someone who will support the team to ensure that our children are able to live fulfilling lives without having restriction imposed on them in their everyday lives.
The person we choose to join us must have experience of working in and leading practice in a children’s house and must be visible to the team and children to ensure that the vision and values are lived every day – this will include working some evenings and weekends.
Our homes provide a rich environment that provides safety, relationships, growth and healing for the children and adults who live and work there. To achieve this the successful candidate must have knowledge about developmental trauma, how this will have impacted children’s early life experiences and understand how to lead a team to ensure that every response a child receives takes account of their trauma.
A comprehensive support package focussed on achieving excellence in practice is provided to all our teams and the successful candidate will also receive clinical supervision, provided externally to support their professional practice development and well-being.
If you share our vision of Being Brave for every child and young person and Keeping the Promise and you have the skills and passion required to meet the challenges of this role, we look forward to hearing from you.
You will be required to have or be willing to work towards the qualifications for being a manager in a residential childcare setting: a relevant professional qualification at SCQF level 9 or above plus a management qualification at SCQF level 8 or above.
What we offer...
As well as a supportive team and excellent training opportunities, we want all our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, an excellent employer pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts across various retailers.
Family Wellbeing Practitioner
- Full time
- £27,800 – £32,600
- On site: Edinburgh
- Closing 26th November 2025
Stepping Stones has 40 years of experience working in North Edinburgh, supporting children and families through both one-to-one support and group work across community settings and in the home.
Our vision is that all families supported by Stepping Stones are enabled to live happy, healthy and fulfilling lives which support children to thrive.
We are currently recruiting for the role of Family Wellbeing Practitioner. The role is funded by National Lottery’s Young Start fund and Capital City Partnership's Network of Employability Support and Training fund. The post is funded until March 2028.
The role will focus on supporting parents' wellbeing, creating connections for families and developing their aspirations and learning. This will be done primarily through group work delivery where you will create meaningful opportunities which are led by the parents' interests. Within the role you will also be expected to deliver one-to-one support where this is needed to help families achieve their goals.
The post-holder will work closely with the other staff to ensure families receive high quality support and equal access to learning and development opportunities. They will contribute to the broader events delivered by Stepping Stones, as well as networking with local agencies.
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