Family Support Worker (safe and secure tenancies)

The Family Support Worker will contribute to the organisation’s vision of a Scotland in which single parents and their children are valued and treated equally and fairly, by supporting the delivery of various components which contribute to the Edinburgh service, including proactively supporting single parents living in private rented accommodation. Using the OPFS My Life and Me tool, the Family Support Worker will support single parent families across all six Key Priority Areas of My Money, My Health and Wellbeing, My Home, My Work, Education and Training, My Children and My Relationships. .

The role will include direct work with single parents to understand their needs, their current housing situation, and their current barriers to secure, safe, private rented tenancies. Liaising with housing providers within Edinburgh, helping single parents navigate the complex housing system and understand their rights as a private tenant is a key element of this role. This role may include networking and events to promote the Edinburgh service and this new, unique role. The work will include outreach work with single parents, stakeholders, and partners in and around Edinburgh.

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 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.

Equal Opportunities and Family Friendly Employment

OPFS aims to be an equal opportunity and family friendly employer. OPFS has Investors In People Gold status.