We are looking for a creative, confident, and experienced individual to join us at Families Outside to work on a new initiative, working directly with the families we support, to develop a wide-ranging support and participation programme.

Who are we?

Families Outside is the only national charity in Scotland that works solely to support families affected by imprisonment. We are dedicated to providing a range of practical, social and emotional support to children, young people and other family members with someone in prison. This support is relationship-based, prison-aware, and family-focused.

What do we want?

We are now recruiting for a new post within Families Outside at a time of growth for our organisation. This is an exciting opportunity to work in collaboration with a small team, with responsibility for developing a national programme for peer support, wider family participation, and volunteering. The post will have line management responsibility for a small team of Support & Participation Coordinators based in the West, North, and East of Scotland.

With a solid background in leadership including experience of personal development and objective setting, the Support & Participation Manager will also have experience of developing and managing volunteer services, embedding policy and practice and recording and producing evaluation reports. They will need to have excellent communication skills and the ability to set priorities for their own work and for the work of others.

However, this is a newly created position and isn’t limited in remit. Your role will be varied, and you’ll build relationships across a network of partners and volunteers, allowing you to use your initiative to support key activities and stakeholders.

What are the benefits of working with Families Outside?

If this post is of interest to you, in return we offer a wide range of staff benefits including hybrid working, travel expenses, access to a pension scheme, laptop and mobile phone and 25 days paid holiday plus 10 public holidays (pro rata).

If you are interested in this post, we want to hear from you.

You join us at an exciting time as we continue to play our part in helping Scotland's children and families recover from the impact of the Covid 19 pandemic. We are a dynamic charity focussed on leading transformational change for children so that they stay safe, happy and well in their own families and communities.

Children 1st has records dating back to 1884 and the Research and Archive Assistant will play a key role in turning this collection into a comprehensive, accessible archive enabling Children 1st to have a detailed understanding of its history, shape future research projects and facilitate access to those records from children and families who were supported historically. We have initially a two year funded position.

What kind of person will make a good Research and Archive Assistant for Children 1st?

• will have previous experience of conducting historical research
• will have an ability to plan and organise your own workload effectively
• will have a passion for learning and developing your skillset
• keen to pursue a career in the research or archives sector
• has an interest in social history
• has an interest in Archives
• able to deal with sensitive and triggering material
• has a methodical approach and close attention to detail
• able to record, process and analyse data

Your main office base can be Glasgow or Edinburgh with occasional travel to archive search rooms in Glasgow and Edinburgh

Children 1st works to keep children in their families and communities where they are safe and loved. We listen, we support, through relationships with families so that children’s human rights are protected and fulfilled. We listen to the voices of children and families to influence and transform systems for all of Scotland’s children.

At Children 1st we know the value of volunteers to children and families, the difference volunteers can make to children’s everyday lives. We have an excellent opportunity to join us and to play a vital role in the development and growth of volunteering across our organisation.

We are seeking an excellent person who can promote and develop volunteering with a focus on our East services and also across our organisation. You will put children and families at the heart of everything you do, engage with volunteers and cross organisational colleagues to strengthen the involvement and incredible contribution of volunteers.

We are looking for you to bring previous experience of co-ordinating the work of volunteers and the energy and passion to ensure that volunteers are involved, supported, and rewarded for their excellent contribution to all that we do. for children and families.

Funded by KPE4, the Mentor Co-ordinator at Circle’s Haven Project supports children in the Primary ages in the North Edinburgh area.

As part of Circle’s Haven Project, the Mentor Co-ordinator will provide support to mentors and mentees.

For mentees the project provides a consistent 1:1 mentor, one afternoon per week for the entire school year. They will be given support with homework using a positive approach to learning, by responding to individuals’ different needs and abilities.

The project provides a range of fun activities including arts and crafts, cooking and board games; and indoor as well as outdoor physical activities such as football.

For mentors we provide a first-class opportunity for volunteering, which increases their confidence and skills in working with young children while developing their knowledge of children’s development.

Our vision is for all children to be safe, happy, healthy and nurtured within a stable family environment which supports them to achieve their potential.

Circle are a children and families charity working at the heart of communities across central Scotland. Our purpose is to improve the lives of children by strengthening families.

Circle’s approach builds on strengths, is solution focussed and uses a whole family approach to create a family environment that promotes healthy development in children.

We offer excellent staff benefits including a competitive salary, generous pension contribution, flexible working, an employee assistance programme, and generous annual leave. We are committed to finding the right people for the jobs that we advertise.

Applicants should have experience working with children and families, and possess a professional qualification in health, education, social work, or social care.