Family Support Worker

## Family Support Worker
* One Parent Families Scotland
* Full time or Part time* £26,640 – £32,560
* On site:  North Lanarkshire/Edinburgh/Glasgow
* Closing  18th October 2026
* Advertised from 5th October 2026
* One position in North Lanarkshire (35 hours), one position in Edinburgh (28 hours) and three positions in Glasgow (between 25 and 35 hours each). Flexibility around hours.#### Role
** The postholder will be expected to operate in line with our values which are:
**** justice, equity, trust, collaboration and compassion.
**** Overview
* * All roles at OPFS contribute to our mission of working with and for single parent families, providing support that enables them to achieve their potential and help create lasting solutions to the poverty and barriers facing many single parents and their children. Our core values of justice, equity, trust, collaboration and compassion are at the heart of everything we do and underpin all aspects of our work.
** About this role
** The Family Support Worker will play a key role in delivering the OPFS Support for Families Service, providing high-quality, person-centred, strengths-based and trauma-informed support to single parents and theirchildren.

Working within the OPFS My Life and Me framework, the postholder will provide one-to-one and group support, undertake family assessments and case management, develop support plans and work alongside families to achieve positive and sustainable outcomes.

The role will involve working with families with a range of needs and barriers, including poverty, social isolation,wellbeing, parenting, housing, financial difficulties, employment and access to services. The Family Support Worker will work collaboratively with families and partner agencies to identify strengths, address barriers and improve outcomes for parents and children.

The postholder will work closely with the Service Manager and wider team to support effective service delivery,provide guidance to Family Support Assistants and contribute to the ongoing development and improvement of the service.

Our Support for Families Service delivers holistic support for single parents and their children, guided by the sixOPFS My Life and Me priority areas:
Money, Health & Wellbeing, Home, Work, Education & Training,Children, and Relationships.#### Application notes

Please visit our website to apply;