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Supporting children and families across Scotland since 1884
Our staff and volunteers are ambassadors for our work. We are committed to developing a skilled and flexible workforce to help deliver our strategic plan. And we work hard to nurture open and constructive working relationships right across our organisation.
At Children 1st we are motivated by the desire to make the best possible difference to the lives of Scotland’s vulnerable children, young people and their families. This is reflected on our core values of Respect, Integrity, Participation and Excellence. These values are reflected in everything we do. If you share our vision and values and would like to join our team then we would love to hear from you.
If you work with us, we can offer a high quality work environment – we have been an accredited Investors in People (IIP) organisation since 2008.
You can find out more about the standard on the IIP Scotland website.
We take pride in the high quality of services we provide to children, young people and their families. And we are committed to providing development and support that meets everyone’s needs.
Why work with us?
As well as a rewarding career and development opportunities, there are further benefits working with Children 1st brings, including:
- 40 days annual leave per year
- A contributory pension scheme
- Generous maternity/adoption and paternity leave benefits
- Flexible working opportunities
- Support services
- Fairness and equality
Current Opportunities
An opportunity has arisen for a Finance Business Partner to join our Finance Team within our Corporate Services Directorate.
This role is integral to the running of the organisation, working with the Director of Finance & Corporate Services across the organisation supporting managers in their business planning, budget setting and providing management information to allow our managers to make the best possible decisions. The role will also be responsible for producing management accounts.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Manager to lead a large, creative and vibrant team. Our Service delivers a number of diverse supports alongside children and families. Our activities include Whole Family Support alongside our Social Work Colleagues creating alternative plans to support children growing up where they are safe and loved, and Perinatal Mental Health Support for new parents across Moray. Our activity includes both early help and more intensive supports, all based on quality relationships with children and families.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our team in Midlothian.
The Midlothian Family Wellbeing Hub offers support to help improve the emotional wellbeing of children and their families across Midlothian impacted by parental substance use, poverty and poor mental health amongst other challenges. We are also funded to provide support for Kinship carers and the children they care for.
We are currently looking for a new colleague to join the team. In the Project Worker role you will connect with children and their families offering them space and time to begin to share their story and thinking with them about what they might need to make the changes they hope to achieve.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our Moray Family Wellbeing service working in partnership with partners to support children, young people and their families. We are looking for enthusiastic, warm, creative and relational workers to complement our team to offer individual and family support; peer led groups and taking part in community activities. This is an exciting yet demanding role which will require you to get alongside children and their families where, when and how best suits them.
Are you a brilliant bid writer, with a passion for improving children’s lives? Are you looking for that next opportunity to work for an inspirational cause? If this is you, then Children 1st is where you belong!
If you want to work within a creative, dynamic, and passionate team, where you will further grow and develop then join us as our new Senior Bid Writer. The role will be exciting, fast-paced and challenging.
To help govern and lead us as we deliver on our strategic goals, we are looking to appoint three new trustees to deepen and extend the skills, knowledge and experience of our board. Our volunteer trustees must share our values, believe in our purpose and be passionate about putting children first.