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

At Children 1st our vision is that children in Scotland will be safer, will grow up in strong, resilient families and will have access to early help and support when they need it. They will have their rights protected in all areas of their lives. Prevention of harm to children, stronger, more resilient families and communities, greater respect for children’s rights and strong partnerships and community engagement will be our measure of success.

This is an exciting time for fundraising at Children 1st. In 2019 we launched our fundraising strategy which is designed to inspire people in Scotland to put children first. Since then, despite the pandemic, we’ve successfully grown our income.

This role requires an excellent candidate to produce high quality bids, proposals and tenders which communicate our unique approach to working with Scotland’s vulnerable children, young people and families and which capture our outcome focused delivery models with clarity and conviction.

This role would be great for you if:

• You believe in helping support some of Scotland’s most vulnerable children and families
• You can write excellent applications and funding bids
• Enjoy working with a wide range of partners and stakeholders
• Working with operational colleagues to find funding solutions to meet the need of those we support
• Delivering the best you can

Raising funds is essential to ensuring that we can help keep children safe, well and loved with their families.

Children 1st is looking for two new members of our Supporter Experience Team.

Due to internal career progression, we have two Supporter Care Officer vacancies.

Our Supporter Care Team help us deliver gold standard stewardship. Relationships start with donors and supporters from the minute they pick up the phone or respond to an email enquiry.

Alongside providing gold standard stewardship, the team supports the fundraising department by processing payments, reconciling income, ensuring data is accurate and up to date, and fulfilling supporter requests.

We need someone who is friendly, focused, organised, and has a keen eye for detail.

If you have customer service or operations experience or are looking to start a career in fundraising, and have a passion for supporting Scotland’s children - we want to hear from you.

This a permanent, full-time role of 35 hours per week. You will be based at our Edinburgh office at Whitehouse Loan.

Over many years, Children 1st have provided child-centred support which is trauma responsive and responds to the needs of whole families. We understand that the impact of the challenges faced by children, young people and their families can be supported through forming trusting and understanding relationships which value the experiences of each member of the family, while placing the safety and wellbeing of the child/ren at the centre.

This is an exciting opportunity to carry out an important role within an innovative partnership between Children 1st and East Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership. You will join our established Children 1st Wellbeing services and provide a vital role in supporting colleagues at various levels. The role of the Administrator is also a central point of contact for families and external agencies, so we invite candidates to bring a relational approach to their administrative skills and experience.

What kind of person will make a great Administrator for Children 1st?

• will possess excellent administrative, IT and financial skills to support the work of Children 1st
• provide a front-line reception service, as the first point of contact to external visitors and telephone callers, answering questions and responding to queries using own initiative as appropriate to ensure a relational and responsive service is provided
• ability to maintain diaries, schedule and coordinate meetings and appointments
• a cool head and clear mind at times of pressure
• thinks it’s a privilege to work for and on behalf of children and families and
• is kind and will bring their whole selves to the job: heart and mind

If you have an interest in supporting the activities of a compassionate and committed staff team then we would like to hear from you. We are open to discuss a really flexible approach to how the hours are spent across up to 5 days. In particular, we are seeking to further enhance our diversity from the perspective of ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender and disability.

Salary, Conditions, Pension

We will offer you a competitive salary, generous annual leave entitlement (40 days (pro rata) inclusive of 9 public holidays), flexible working opportunities and a contributory pension scheme.

Further Information

This is a part time, fixed term role of 21 hours per week, funded initially until 31 March 2024. The 21 hours can be worked across the week up to 5 days. However, Wednesdays are seen as our ‘core day’ and when essential service activities take place such as team meetings.