Advertised from 11 September 2026

Role

The Yard is an award-winning charity that runs adventure play services for children with disabilities and/or additional support needs and their families.  

Join us to help improve the lives of disabled children, young people and their families and carers by becoming our new Family Worker in Edinburgh.

About the role:

As Family Worker you will be providing information, emotional and practical support to families with children with a wide range of additional support needs, empowering them to understand and access the support available to them from external services.

The Family Worker role is essential in ensuring that families get the right help when they need it most.

About you:

This job is for you if you have:

• experience of working with children and young people with a range of disabilities and additional support needs
• excellent relationship building skills
• knowledge of children’s rights, trauma informed and inclusive practices
• an understanding of child and adult protection practices
• excellent organisational skills and administrative abilities

If you would like to work in a supportive and understanding work environment, ensuring that families feel valued and part of an inclusive community, we would love to have you on board.

Application notes

To understand more about the role, please download our Family Worker job description here: 

Please complete the job application form and equal opportunities monitoring form available on our website and return them to: jobs@theyardscotland.org.uk 

Closing date for applications is Monday 19th October at 5:00pm

Interviews will be held on Wednesday 28th, Thursday 29th and Friday 30th October

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