About East Lothian Foodbank

East Lothian Foodbank provides food and emergency daily essentials to local people who are experiencing hardship in East Lothian. Alongside the provision of emergency food parcels, we offer a money advice service and practical support to help address the challenges individuals and families who use our service face. In addition to this, we work alongside partners and our local community, to influence policy towards ending poverty in East Lothian.

As an independent Scottish charity, we are fortunate to also be part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by Trussell, working together to ensure no one in the UK needs a food bank to survive.

About this role

This is a new post, which will play a key role in developing and embedding our signposting pathways – and an opportunity to play a pivotal role in improving outcomes for the people using our service.

The Community Signposting Worker will provide person-centred, trauma-informed support to individuals and families experiencing financial hardship (taking a "What Matters to You" approach) and empowering people as active agents in their own journey while also contributing to the development of new ways of working, improved outcomes, and stronger partnership integration.

The postholder will improve how we record and use signposting data through our E-referral system (DCS), and train and build the confidence of volunteers to take on a sustained signposting role when the funding ends. A key part of this role is bringing volunteers on the journey building their confidence and capability in signposting.

This is a time-limited, developmental role, designed to support both service delivery and system change.

Become part of a Charity Making a Difference Every Day

Healthy and Active in East Kilbride is entering an exciting phase of development as we continue to build healthier, more connected and more resilient communities.

We're looking for an experienced and highly organised Senior Operations Co-ordinator to help ensure the organisation continues to operate smoothly, efficiently and effectively.

Working closely with the Chief Executive, you'll play a key role in supporting our staff, strengthening organisational systems, and ensuring the charity has the operational foundations needed to continue delivering impact across East Kilbride.

About the Role

This is a varied and rewarding position covering:

• Operations and administration
• Staff supervision
• Finance administration using Xero
• Payroll administration
• HR support and compliance
• Health & Safety coordination
• Policies and procedures
• Governance and Board support
• Reporting and organisational development

No two days are the same, making this an ideal opportunity for someone who enjoys responsibility, variety and autonomy to make things happen.

About You

We’re looking for the right person who:

• Loves helping organisations run effectively.
• Enjoys working with systems and finding better ways of working.
• Has strong administration, coordination or operations experience.
• Is comfortable supervising staff and supporting colleagues.
• Has experience working with finance systems and organisational processes.
• Takes pride in delivering work to a high standard.

Why Join Us?

You'll be joining a respected and ambitious local charity with a strong reputation for community impact.

You'll enjoy a varied role, supportive team culture, opportunities for development and the chance to make a genuine difference every day.

A fantastic opportunity to join Children First

Children First’s ambition is for every child in Scotland to be safe, loved and well with their family. As a charity we offer emotional, practical, and financial support to help families put children first and campaign to uphold the rights of every child.

We are looking for a full time Family Group Decision Making coordinator to join our team in East Ayrshire. As an FGDM coordinator you will work with children and families of all ages and at different stages of risk and need.

Family Group Decision Making is working with family groups in a strengths-based way to support them to create Family Plans, keeping children safe and at home within their family networks.

This is an exciting opportunity for anyone interested in Family Group Decision Making, restorative and strengths-based approaches to working with families, and would like to extend their skill set.

Children First are determined that the full incorporation of the UNCRC means that children will have their rights respected in all areas of their lives and will have a real say in the way they are supported. If you share this determination, we would love to hear from you.

What kind of people are we looking for?

• have experience of keeping children safe in their own families
• are fiercely passionate about children’s rights
• thinks it’s a privilege to work with and on behalf of children and families and,
• are kind and will bring their whole selves to the job: heart and mind

What kind of team member will you be?

Knowing our ambition for children, you will be someone who is:

• resilient, skilled and knowledgeable who wants to transform children’s lives
• determined to support children to stay safely with their own family
• big hearted and courageous
• able to build strong relationships and to manage the tricky conversations
• is compassionate and understanding of trauma
• a cool head and clear minded at times of pressure
• inspiring colleagues and teams to be even better
• an amazing ambassador for children and Children First

Above all else, the most important thing to us is that you are someone who will do the right thing for children and their families at every turn.

At Children First, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team that reflects communities across Scotland. Guided by our values, With Love, With Purpose, With Strength, we strive to create a culture where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported to thrive. We actively work to remove barriers to inclusion and promote equity in all aspects of our work. We warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, especially those from marginalised communities, and are dedicated to ensuring a fair and supportive recruitment process.

Base

You will be based with our East Ayrshire FGDM team, co located in the HSCP, Kilmarnock/Cumnock.

What we offer:

• A workplace with values of with love, with purpose and with strength
• 40 days annual leave, inclusive of bank holidays
• Pension scheme and wellbeing support
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• Access to Westfield Health, giving colleagues and their families confidential counselling support, wellbeing resources, and access to health and lifestyle benefits to support physical and mental wellbeing.
• Blue Light card discount
• A Fair Work accredited workplace

Our Values:

Living our values, you will help create a workplace where our people can thrive, ensuring we deliver the best possible support to children and families.

With love, we put children first.

With purpose, we transform lives together.

With strength, we do whatever it takes to protect Scotland’s children.

This is a key role in our Whole Family Support Fund programme. We are recruiting four Senior Family Advisors (Hub Leads) for the following hub areas:

• Glasgow

• Dundee

• West Lothian

• Dumfries and Galloway

You’ll lead the hub in your area, holding a small caseload while co-ordinating day-to-day delivery, line managing a Family Advisor, contributing to monitoring and evaluation, and building the local partnerships that get families the right support at the right time.

You may be a highly experienced practitioner, ready to step into your first management post or already managing and keen to stay close to practice. You will be an excellent communicator, able to build trusting relationships with families and engage effectively with schools, health services and local partners.

This post may occasionally require evening and/or weekend work and will involve frequent travel across your hub area.

Organisation profile

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