Advertised from 20 August 2026

Role

TACT is looking for one exceptional and experienced individual to become a member of the new Family Forward Ayrshire team. 

The Role:

The Practice and Supervision Programme Lead will provide professional leadership, operational oversight and reflective supervision across the TACT service, ensuring children, young people and families receive high-quality, strengths-based, trauma-informed and relationship-centred support.

The postholder will oversee the delivery of integrated whole-family support across Ayrshire, supporting a team of Navigators and specialist workers to coordinate services, remove barriers, improve family wellbeing and strengthen pathways into education, training and employment.

The role will be responsible for embedding consistent practice standards, quality assurance processes and continuous improvement across the programme whilst fostering effective multi-agency partnerships and ensuring the voices of families inform service delivery and development.

Equality and Inclusion

We are committed to building a diverse workforce and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Applications from people with lived experience of poverty, caring responsibilities or barriers to employment are encouraged.

About TACT:

The Ayrshire Community Trust (TACT) is a charity based in North Ayrshire that provides programmes and projects that make a difference to people’s lives by encouraging, supporting and promoting community action.

TACT are a Living Wage and Living Hours employer.

TACT and CEIS Ayrshire are recruiting jointly as part of this programme, view the CEIS posts here.

Application notes

Applications closing date in Sunday 6th September, we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we have a strong response to the vacancy. Applications are therefore encouraged as soon as possible, as the vacancy may close early if suitable candidates have been identified.

Interviews are likely to take place in the week beginning Monday 7th September, but this may be brought forward or pushed back dependent on response or availability of candidates.

Completed application forms, Equality Monitoring Forms and Self Declaration Forms should be sent to:

bryan@ceisayrshire.co.uk or Bryan Hamilton, People, Skills & Culture Manager, CEIS Ayrshire, Landek House, 44-46 Bank Street, Irvine, KA12 0LP

If you are sending by post please mark the envelope PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL

All information will be treated in strictest confidentiality in accordance with UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018.

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