Family Engagement Practitioners (Rise & Shine)

FAMILY ENGAGEMENT PRACTITIONER

Glasgow, Renfrewshire, West Dunbartonshire and North Lanarkshire

We are looking for passionate and committed Family Engagement Practitioners to join our Rise and Shine Programme, supporting children and families across a range of local communities.

Family Engagement Practitioner (Renfrewshire):

• Part Time, 30 hours per week (£22,456 per annum pro rata)

Monday to Friday, 9.30am - 2.30pm plus 5 flexible hours per week

• Part Time, 25 hours per week (£18,713 per annum pro rata)

Monday to Friday 9.30am - 2.30pm

Family Engagement Practitioner (West Dunbartonshire):

• Part Time, 30 hours per week (£22,456 per annum pro rata)

Monday to Friday 9.30am - 2.30pm with additional flexible 5 hours

• Part Time, 25 hours per week (£18,713 per annum pro rata)

Monday to Friday 9.30am - 2.30pm

Family Engagement Practitioner (North Lanarkshire):

• Part Time, 30 hours per week (£22,456 per annum pro rata)

Monday to Friday 9.30am - 2.30pm plus 5 flexible hours per week

• Part Time, 25 hours per week (£18,713 per annum pro rata)

Monday to Friday 9.30am - 2.30pm

Family Engagement Practitioner (Glasgow Knightswood):

• Part Time, 20 hours per week (£14,971 per annum pro rata)

Tuesday to Friday 9.30am - 2.30pm

Family Engagement Practitioner (Glasgow Ruchill):

• Part Time, 30 hours per week (£22,456 per annum pro rata)

Monday to Friday 9.30am - 2.30pm plus 5 flexible hours per week

• Part Time, 25 hours per week (£18,713 per annum pro rata)

Monday to Friday 9.30am - 2.30pm

All post are fixed term contracts to 31 March 2027, subject to continued funding. Additional 

funding is expected but not confirmed.

Closing date for all applications: Sunday 18^th October 2026

Early Years Scotland is a registered charity and Scotland's leading national specialist organisation dedicated to supporting our youngest children, from pre-birth to age five. With nearly sixty years of experience as an expert Third Sector organisation, we take immense pride in our long-standing commitment to those who work for and on behalf of Scotland's youngest children.

Key Responsibilities

Family Engagement Practitioners (FEPs) with Early Years Scotland (EYS) have a unique, exciting role within the early years sector. An EYS Family Engagement Practitioner has responsibility for providing support and promoting parental engagement and a whole family wellbeing service through the adoption of a multi-agency collaborative approach.

Our EYS staff team work together with children and families on a continual basis, across a variety of settings within communities with a focus on enriching and enhancing parental skills and capacity to improve, strengthen and maximise:

• positive attachments and relationships between parents/carers and children

• early literacy and communication skills

• shared interactions and approaches to learning

• cost-free, enriching and nurturing home learning environments

• healthy living approaches

• support for entitlements

• meaningful transitions

You will be fully involved in shaping, developing, and evaluating our programmes and innovative shared play and learning sessions you deliver.

What Early Years Scotland will offer

EYS will likewise invest in you, providing regular and supported professional learning and experience opportunities that will enhance your career profile, develop your skills and knowledge in creative and unique ways and inspire your practice in new and exciting ways!

• Competitive salary and generous annual leave

• Family-friendly policies that support work-life balance

• 5% employer pension contribution after 3 months

• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme

• Ongoing professional learning and development opportunities

• A supportive, collaborative team culture where your contribution is valued

• The opportunity to build a genuinely new function for the organisation, with  

       lasting impact for   children and families across Scotland beyond the funded  

       period.

Qualifications

Applicants’ qualifications must be consistent with those required to register as a Practitioner with SSSC, e.g.:

• HNC Childhood Practice at SCQF Level 7

• SVQ Social Services (Children and Young People) at SCQF Level 7

• Additional ELC qualifications welcomed

PVG Scheme membership will be required.

How to Apply

If you're passionate about making a meaningful difference for Scotland's youngest children and their families, we'd love to hear from you!

Please return a completed application form to recruitment@earlyyearsscotland.org by Sunday 18^th October 2026

Full details of this post and the application pack can be found at Job Vacancies | Early Years Scotland 

Early Years Scotland is an Equal Opportunities Employer