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The Cottage Family Centre - Children’s Service Coordinator
Created: 08/07/2026
News/Events Category: Job VacanciesPost: Children's Service Coordinator
Organisation: The Cottage Family Centre
Hours: 35 hours per week Monday - Friday
Salary: £27,500The Cottage Family Centre are looking for a passionate, highly motivated and experienced individual with a sound knowledge and understanding of children’s learning and development as well as the challenges facing families across our communities.
As well as supporting individual children to reach their full potential, this role will enable parents to be individually supported to gain a better understanding of their children’s needs empowering them to improve their children’s development by using strategies and activities that they can incorporate within their daily lives.
You will require 3 years’ experience in a similar role.
The Role
The purpose of this role is to lead and support a small staff team within a registered childcare setting and provide advice, guidance and support to vulnerable families with children aged 0–8 years in the Kirkcaldy area who have been referred to The Cottage Family Centre.
This role will also support the management team to develop a broad range of learning activities, which are specific to the needs of vulnerable children and their families.
Qualifications are as follows:
Managers must have a practice and a management qualification.
The benchmark practice qualifications for a manager of day care of children services are one of the following:
- SVQ Social Services (Children and Young People) at SCQF Level 7
- HNC Childhood Practice
PLUS
- BA Childhood Practice
- SQA Professional Development Award (PDA) Childhood Practice (360 credits at SCQF Level 9) or equivalent
This post will be subject to a PVG Scheme Record check, SSSC registration (Manager) and two references.
How to apply
For an application pack, please contact a member of the admin team via phone: 01592 269489 or 01592 210189 or by e-mail: [email protected]
The closing date for applications is Friday 31 July at 5.00pm.
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