Family Journeys helps children and their families following separation and divorce. We are committed to developing a children rights-based approach in which we listen to and support children, and help parents as they move forward after separation (following divorce or other changes in family life).

If you have skills in youth work, children’s work or family support, consider joining our new and dynamic team as we develop and shape the services and experiences that children and parents need. We are interested in practitioners with a background in therapeutic approaches for children and parents.

We are facing a high demand for our services post-covid and a backlog of families whose services were interrupted during 2020. As we re-open our venues and services, our small team needs help to manage our cases and capacity, ensuring clients' journey from referral through assessment and into services is monitored, and that we are making best use of appointments and venue spaces. We need a highly organised person, with strong IT skills, to help us with logistics. Using our case management system and scheduling apps, communication with team members (all of whom are part-time) and service managers, you will help us to make clients' experience more efficient, whilst at the same time helping us to ensure prompt billing.

Nature Family Contact Club in Family Journeys

Family Journeys is developing an exciting new project helping children whose families are separated to maintain relationships with their non-resident parent, using nature and outdoor play. This is a short-term funded project (Inspiring Scotland Organised Outdoor Play Fund) helping us to evaluate the potential of this approach. You will deliver weekend outdoor play sessions in four locations around the Lothians enabling families to access this opportunity locally.

We are looking for a creative individual confident to work in the outdoors facilitating children’s free play, helping their parents engage and have fun with them, whilst co-ordinating safe contact through communication with both parents and case managers.

Driving license and access to a vehicle essential.

Nature Family Contact Club in Family Journeys

Family Journeys is developing an exciting new project helping children whose families are separated to maintain relationships with their non-resident parent, using nature and outdoor play. This is a short-term funded project (Inspiring Scotland Organised Outdoor Play Fund) helping us to evaluate the potential of this approach. You will deliver weekend outdoor play sessions in four locations around the Lothians enabling families to access this opportunity locally.

We are looking for a creative individual confident to work in the outdoors facilitating children’s free play, helping their parents engage and have fun with them, whilst co-ordinating safe contact through communication with both parents and case managers.

Driving license and access to a vehicle essential.

We are developing a project helping Family Journeys to put children's rights at the heart of everything we do, with young people and children working to share their views and experiences through peer support.

Family Journeys helps families affected by separation and divorce. We have been awarded funding to develop our approach to young people's participation and leadership, and their engagement of children who have been affected by separation. We aim to establish groups around Edinburgh and the Lothians for young people and children whose parents access our services or who may be our clients in their own right.

This is a new role and a new approach in family mediation and child contact services. We are looking for a confident, well organised individual who can think creatively, plan strategically, and engage with young people to inspire and support them to work with us.

Family Journeys supports families after separation. The team currently provide a range of family services, including mediation, child contact, parent coaching, therapeutic play and intensive family support work to parents and their children.

Role

Our new Team Leader role is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Family Practitioner to lead and support the Family Connections team deliver exceptional interventions to our children and parents.

As the Team Leader, you will ensure excellent service delivery, strong leadership and guidance and exceptional and consistent performance management across Family Journeys services.

You will ensure caseloads, staff rotas and schedules are seamlessly managed with a proactive and standardised approach to family services, and you will be committed to adapting a best practice model ensuring consistency with our policies, processes and procedures.

In this key role, you will line manage a team of Family Connections Staff across outreach locations in central Edinburgh, West Lothian and East Lothian.

About you

You will be a dynamic leader who is able to support and communicate with a diverse team during emotionally challenging situations.

You will have the ability to motivate and develop your locality teams and continually adapt and strive for best practice service delivery on behalf of our families.

You will have previously led a small team, be familiar with scheduling and case load management and have experience and expertise in working in vulnerable and high-risk situations.

What we offer

A truly flexible, supportive and rewarding working environment, making a real difference to the families we work with

• 34 days annual leave
• Extensive CPD Calendar and staff training
• Co-CEO support and supervision model
• Pension contribution
• Flexible working practices

Family Journeys supports families after separation. The team currently provide a range of family services, including mediation, “child contact”, parent coaching, therapeutic play and intensive family support work to parents and their children.

Role

Our new Family Connections Lead role is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Family Practitioner to support the Family Connections team deliver exceptional interventions to our children and parents

As a Lead Worker, you will ensure excellent service delivery, best practice and guidance and exceptional and consistent family management across Family Journeys services

You will ensure caseloads are seamlessly managed with a proactive and standardised approach to family services, and you will be committed to adapting a best practice model ensuring consistency with our policies, processes and procedures.

In this key role, you will work closely with a team of Family Connections Staff across outreach locations in central Edinburgh, West Lothian and East Lothian.

This role will require some weekend flexibility and working days of Friday, Saturday and Sunday

About you

You will be a dynamic childhood practitioner who is able to support and communicate with a diverse team and individuals during emotionally challenging situations.

You will have the ability to motivate and develop best practice service delivery on behalf of our children and families

You will have previously worked in a childcare or family support setting and be familiar with case load management and have experience and expertise in working in vulnerable and high-risk situations

What we offer

• A truly flexible, supportive and rewarding working environment, making a real difference to the families we work with
• 35 days annual leave
• Extensive CPD Calendar and staff training
• Co-CEO and Regional Manager support and supervision model
• Pension contribution
• Flexible working practices