MND Scotland is the only charity in Scotland dedicated to supporting people with MND, their families, and friends.

Since being founded over forty years ago, MND Scotland has provided practical, financial and emotional support to anyone affected by MND whilst also funding essential research into finding effective treatments and a cure.

Everything we do and the way that we do it puts the MND community at its core.

We are looking for qualified and experienced counsellors to work with MND Scotland on a freelance basis. Counsellors will deliver 1:1 online or telephone counselling sessions, supporting people with distress related to MND. Clients will be people living with an MND diagnosis, carers and family members, and bereaved carers. Ideal candidates will have experience supporting people living with a terminal illness, and working with loss, grief and bereavement. Training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is preferred but not essential.

Counsellors will be paid £50 per 60-minute session. Currently counselling sessions are conducted remotely.

VOCAL is the Voice of Carers across Lothian, a Scottish charity run by carers and for carers since 1994. We are looking for a Customer Experience Administrator to work alongside our Business Development Manager supporting the development of VOCAL social enterprises: Treasure Tree (an online and in-person sales service of donated mobility items) and Wee Breaks Enterprise (comprising three holiday homes providing breaks for unpaid carers and those they care for).

The postholder will support a range of administrative and customer service tasks across both enterprises, including responding to customer and carer enquiries, supporting carers with their short break bookings and stock control and registration.

Our ideal candidate will be someone with previous experience gained in a customer service role (including online promotion and sales) who has excellent interpersonal, administrative and organisational skills. It will be a varied and rewarding role that requires a flexible, collaborative and proactive approach.

Money Advice Scotland is Scotland’s money charity. Established in 1989, the organisation has grown significantly but retains its core activities in promoting free independent debt advice and personal finance education. Our mission is “to be the driving force towards the financial wellbeing for the people of Scotland”. Our vision is “A fairer Scotland where people are not stigmatised by debt”. We are a vibrant organisation whose staff want to be the leader, and not the follower. We believe that people in debt deserve to be treated fairly and with dignity. And we believe we will achieve that by supporting the advice workforce, empowering citizens to get help and support, and advocating for fairer policy.

Money Advice Scotland is Scotland’s money charity. Established in 1989, the organisation has grown significantly but retains its core activities in promoting free independent debt advice and personal finance education. Our mission is “to be the driving force towards the financial wellbeing for the people of Scotland”. Our vision is “A fairer Scotland where people are not stigmatised by debt”. We are a vibrant organisation whose staff want to be the leader, and not the follower. We believe that people in debt deserve to be treated fairly and with dignity. And we believe we will achieve that by supporting the advice workforce, empowering citizens to get help and support, and advocating for fairer policy.

Parent Network Scotland is seeking a compassionate and skilled Facilitator to join our team. This role is central to delivering our programmes through our Scottish Parent Academy and supporting parents on their learning journeys.

About the role

As a Facilitator, you will:

• Prepare and deliver engaging peer -to-peer group sessions that build safety, trust and connection.
• Support parents to explore their own strengths, confidence and wellbeing, both online and in community settings.
• Follow quality assurance processes, including capturing and maintaining attendance records and contributing to reporting requirements.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues to review and develop resources, ensuring they remain relevant.
• Maintain knowledge of safeguarding, child protection, and health and safety responsibilities.

About you

We are looking for someone who:

• Brings strong facilitation skills and the ability to create a safe, inclusive learning environment.
• Can sensitively manage group dynamics, including moments of challenge or distress.
• Is confident facilitating both online and in-person
• Communicates with clarity and empathy, building relationships with parents, schools, community partners and other agencies.
• Is self-motivated, organised, and able to manage administrative tasks around delivery.
• Is enthusiastic, flexible and passionate about supporting families.

Required Experience

• Experience in the voluntary sector.
• 3 years experience of delivery to parents
• Flexibility to occasionally work evenings and weekends.
• Access to transport for travel across local areas.

Are you passionate about empowering parents and building stronger communities? Parent Network Scotland (PNS) is looking for a creative, self-motivated individual to join our team and make a real impact across Scotland. This role focuses on genuine engagement, supporting our peer-led approach, and strengthening local partnerships. You’ll work alongside experienced facilitators to support parent group leaders through our unique Network meetings. If you have strong communication skills, know your way around social media, and enjoy community work, we’d love to hear from you. Some flexibility for occasional evenings and weekends is required, with a supportive environment where your contribution truly matters.

Main Statement of Responsibilities

As Family Engagement Officer at Parent Network Scotland (PNS), you’ll play a vital role in delivering our mission through meaningful, face-to-face engagement with families and professionals across Scotland. This dynamic and rewarding position involves planning and organising local events, coordinating partnership pop-up activities, and promoting our Scottish Parent Academy and wellbeing hubs. You'll work independently to meet agreed targets while also collaborating closely with staff and volunteers, ensuring our peer-led approach continues to thrive. As a key team member, you’ll be committed to our values and bring energy, reliability, and motivation to everything you do. Your strong interpersonal and communication skills will help build trust and credibility with

Building Relationships

Nurturing and strengthening our existing partnerships is a key part of this role, while also exploring new opportunities to connect with individuals, organisations, and groups within the community. We're looking for someone who communicates with warmth and clarity, and who enjoys engaging with people from all walks of life. You’ll help us grow meaningful collaborations with partners, local businesses, and community-based organisations—creating new opportunities to further our mission and provide even better support to families across Scotland.

Analysis, Reporting and Documentation

This role involves reflecting on and evaluating activities as they happen, allowing for timely and responsive changes that better meet the needs of local families and communities. You'll gather feedback and work closely with the Parent Network Scotland team to help shape and improve how we deliver our services. Keeping clear and accurate records is important, as is monitoring and reporting on the progress of our partnership and engagement efforts. Your contribution will also support us in meeting key funding outcomes, ensuring we continue to grow and deliver meaningful impact.

Communication & Support

This role helps expand the support available to parents and families by strengthening our networks and building community resilience. You’ll support parent facilitators to grow in confidence and skills, while developing creative ways to engage—both in-person and through social media. With a clear and consistent voice, you'll communicate our aims and impact, help reach underrepresented communities, and support the rollout of our engagement and partnership plans.

Strategy, Learning & Relationships

You'll help shape and deliver a community engagement plan that supports continuous improvement and strengthens our presence in local communities. By staying open to learning and development, you’ll grow your credibility and influence among parents and carers. This role reports to the Operations Lead for Scotland and plays a key part in driving forward our mission through thoughtful, strategic engagement.

What We’re Looking For

Essential

• Relevant community development or similar qualification at senior level
• 3 years experience of parent/carer/family engagement
• Excellent communication and written skills and IT literate
• Confident communicator to a wide range of audiences especially parent/carers
• Experience in monitoring and reporting against set targets and outcomes
• Self motivator with ability to organise tasks and manage time effectively
• Friendly and reliable with a positive, helpful attitude
• Passionate about our aims and values
• Willingness to travel to outreach community hubs

Desirable

• Additional Criteria
• Community partnership building
• Supporting parent/carers to flourish
• Confident in designing and distributing social media content

The SPSO is the final stage for complaints about organisations providing public services in Scotland. We investigate complaints across a wide range of sectors including councils, the NHS, housing associations, most water and sewerage providers, the Scottish Government and its agencies and departments, colleges and universities, prisons, and most Scottish public bodies.

We also carry out independent reviews of decisions that councils have made on community care and crisis grant applications under the Scottish Welfare Fund.

We have an additional role as the Independent National Whistleblowing Officer, the final stage for the process for those raising whistleblowing concerns about the NHS in Scotland.

We are looking to recruit a new Team Assistant to join our Improvement, Standards and Engagement (ISE) team. The post-holder will play a pivotal role in the effective running of our team by providing administrative support across all functions of the team. The role will involve management of all shared team email inboxes and administration associated with incoming emails. You will also provide important administrative support for work led by colleagues in the ISE team, such as supporting our project work and our Engagement and Communications Team.

To be successful in this role, ideally you will have a minimum of 1 year's general clerical or administrative experience. You will be able to demonstrate an eye for detail, strong administration and organisation skills, accurate data input skills together with excellent interpersonal skills.

Are you passionate about supporting LGBTQ+ young people across Scotland to flourish and thrive? Do you have an interest in strategy and governance and supporting the charity to develop into the future? If so, we want to hear from you.

We are looking for a number of enthusiastic and innovative people to join our vibrant board, leading the charity to supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex young people right across Scotland. These will be motivated and committed individuals who share the Charity’s values and bring expertise and experience at a strategic level.

You will need to attend four board meetings, an additional four sub-committee meetings and occasional additional events or meetings. In partnership with other board members you will be responsible for the good governance of the organisation and ensuring that LGBT Youth Scotland complied with relevant legislation.

This is a fantastic opportunity to help shape the charity, ensuring strong governance and to make a lasting, and sometimes life-saving, impact for LGBTQ+ young people

We want to hear from you if you have specific skills across:

• Youth Work and Safeguarding
• Fundraising and Income Generation
• Education and Policy

We also welcome general trustee expertise. A strong profile in the third, public or corporate sector would be advantageous.

Are you passionate about working with young people with additional support needs?

Do you want to make a difference to their lives?

Do you have relevant experience of working with them?

About Options Ayrshire

In addition to us having a short residential breaks service, our Out of School Club is based within 3 bases throughout South Ayrshire, however your main base will be Mosshill Industrial Estate.

We offer a safe, nurturing and explorative environment for young people to come and play either after school or on a Saturday morning that gives their families and/or carers a rest from their caring role. During that break, children enjoy a range of fun activities and experiences with our staff who specialise in taking care of children with additional support needs. In addition to this, we run a busy Easter and summer Holiday Activity Club.

What we are looking for...

We are looking for someone who will contribute to the leadership, management and development of services for children, young people and their families in line with agreed objectives and assist with service review and evaluation.

You will have relevant experience of working with children and young people with a disability and/or autism in a community or residential setting and understand the impact of disability on inclusion. You are required to meet the qualifications requirement for this post which is at SCQF Level 8 (e.g. SVQ Level 4). This post requires you to register with the Scottish Social Services Council as a Day Care of Children Worker with Supervisory Responsibilities.

There is an expectation that you will split your hours between management time, and being on shift, offering direct support to the young people, which includes working evenings, weekends and public holidays.

Shifts are typically Tuesday – Friday, 2.30pm – 6.15pm, and 9.30am – 1.30pm on Saturdays.

At Aberlour we want to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team. To have a look at our values to understand more about what we are looking for from our employees click here.

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. Please click here to have a look at our Employee Benefits.

Do you want to make a positive impact on the lives of children and young people with a disability and or Autism?

About Options Moray

Aberlour Options Moray is a community-based service for children/young people with learning disabilities offering residential, short breaks, family-based care and community support matched with the individual needs of every young person.

What we are looking for....

We have an opening for two Young People’s Workers, to work 16 hours per week on a permanent basis. The team work no more than 4 days before a day off and currently have every second weekend off. Rotas are designed around the needs of the young people we care for and ensuring the wellness of the practitioners we employ. Late shifts are 2pm to 10pm. Early shifts are 7.30am to 3.30pm. Overnight sleep ins are part of the role, alongside an awake member of night staff. Shifts can be subject to change as and when required for the needs of the service.

Individuals need to bring a range of qualities to the role including being playful, warm and accepting and must be able to adapt their practice to appropriately meet the varying individual needs of each young person. This role can be challenging but is also immensely rewarding and provides postholders with rich opportunities to develop their own practice and understanding of the needs of children and young people with disabilities.

You must be comfortable working in a culture based on respect, integrity, innovation and the ability to challenge – both yourself and other people. We support our staff to be as effective as they can be through dedicated training and supervision. In return our staff act as exceptional role models supporting the children and young people, as well as sharing knowledge and learning with colleagues.

Ideally, you will have a relevant professional qualification at SCQF level 7 or above, or be willing to work to this requirement as per SSSC registration.

At Aberlour we want to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team. Aberlour’s values are critical and drive everything we do. We will be looking for someone who can demonstrate how Aberlour’s values of Respect, Innovation, Integrity and Challenge will be visible in their practice. You must be comfortable working in an environment where Aberlour’s values are lived in practice. To have a look at our values to understand more about what we are looking for from our employees click here.

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. Find out more about our Employee Benefits and our commitment to Equality and Diversity here.