Relationships Scotland Tayside and Fife

21/12/2025

Have you or your family benefited from our support in Dundee, before? Do you believe that we should be there if you needed us in the future?

Services like ours help before problems escalate into crisis — but a number of Council commissioned services are now at risk due to proposed budget savings.

If you believe in the power of early support, please contact your local MSP or Dundee City Councillor and ask them to protect preventative third-sector children and families' services in Dundee.

Your voice matters. Real experiences matter.
Now is the time to be heard.

👉 Find your MSP: https://members.parliament.scot/msps

👉 Find your Councillors: https://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/councillors

18/12/2025

This year, our team's annual Christmas collection benefitted the Angus Special Playscheme. We hope the families will enjoy their vouchers, Tracy. ☺️🎄🎅❄️

17/12/2025

🎄 Christmas is joyful, but it can also feel overwhelming.
Take care of your mental health this holiday season with these simple tips.

Your well-being matters—make space for peace and joy this Christmas.

16/12/2025

Our offices will close on Tuesday 23 December and will re-open on Wednesday 7th January. The child contact centres will remain open and will follow their own opening times during this time. 🎄🎅❄️

10/12/2025

Well done colleagues, it is great to see the Network creating new connections, placing positive relationships at the heart of Scotland.

https://www.facebook.com/share/1AUVsWb5tY/

A great meeting today with Monique Dreon-Goold (President), Seamus Searson (General Secretary) and Paul Cochrane (Vice President) of the SSTA (Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association).

Nicola Watson (RS Head of Network Services) and Mark Mackenzie Smith (CEO of Bright Light Relationship Counselling) shared the work of the Relationships Scotland Network and explored opportunities for working together. We are looking forward to working together to promote Relationships at the Heart of Scotland.

03/12/2025

30/11/2025

If you ever accessed our support in the past, if you might need it in the future, or if you are currently being supported by our team - we need your voice to strengthen ours. We need you.

Dundee City Council's budget consultation for 2026-2027 is live and our Service is included alongside other crucial local children and families' services that is being considered to be reduced, or to stop commissioning altogether.

We are the only local service whose sole aim is to support people to overcome family breakdown, relationship difficulties and conflict, and to build bridges. We are told by you time and time again, that without input from our mediators, counsellors or child contact centre team you wouldn't know where you would be. We need you to now let Dundee City Council know this, too, if you feel willing and able.

The survey is long (sorry, not our doing!) as it covers every aspect of commissioned services. It won't take you longer than 15-20 minutes and significantly less if you skip questions you don't want to answer. Part B4 (page 24) covers Children and Families services - you will find us there. The survey is entirely anonymous but naturally you do need a Dundee City postcode to confirm your entry. You can fill out the consultation any time before 19 December 2025, here: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=xW2RZNQhZkKk7pbw52UA0byTwXgGdmhAufV7ajKyWXlUMEw1MDBZVkdXMFJXNlRPQkRGNFY0Nlo3MC4u&route=shorturl

Thank you for joining us as we stand together to protect local services so crucial for many!

25/11/2025

Brechin - fancy a cuppa with our colleagues at Angus Citizens Advice Bureau? :)

21/10/2025

Sorry everyone, we are affected by telephone issues and while we remain open, we aren't currently receiving any calls nor can we make any! Please can you email us if needed, or hold off to tomorrow if you can - in the hope that things improve by then. Apologies, this is entirely out of our control.

14/10/2025

!!Have your say!!
Take part in Edinburgh Uni's Parenting After Divorce or Separation Study
https://edinburgh.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7NTbHGYUwglLQAm?Q_CHL=qr
Email: pads.study@ed.ac.uk

05/09/2025

Are you passionate about supporting children and families?

We’re looking for a Child Contact Centre Manager to join our friendly, dedicated team at Relationships Scotland Tayside and Fife.

Based in Dundee, this role oversees five Centres across Tayside and Fife, helping to deliver safe, supportive, high-quality services for children and families. You’ll work closely with Family Courts, and Social Work and other children’s services, ensuring children’s voices are heard and rights respected during challenging family times.

You’ll be part of a small (but mighty) management team, reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, and playing a vital role in leading staff who work to make a real difference every day.

What we offer:
-Salary £31,073 – £35,385
-10% employer's own pension contribution
-Enhanced annual leave (including public holidays, increasing after 5 years)
-Flexible/hybrid working opportunities
-Employee counselling support
-Development opportunities to grow your skills and career

📅 Closing date: 12 noon, Friday 26 September 2025
📧 Email info@rstf.co.uk or call 01382 201343 for an application pack.

✨ Lead with compassion. Support children. Make a difference.

25/06/2025

!!!FOLLOWING A SUCCESSFUL DRIVE WE ARE RECRUITING ONCE MORE!!!

Do you want to make a difference in the lives of children` and their parents/caregivers?
Are you free on Saturdays, to earn some money in a rewarding role, whether you are studying, in between jobs, caring for someone, or in part-time or full-time employment?

We are looking to recruit sessional Centre Organisers to work in our Children’s Contact Centres in Arbroath, Dundee and Perth, on Saturdays. (In Dundee we would welcome additional availability on Thursdays, too.) Full training will be provided and we will cover the cost of the appropriate PVG scheme application or update.

If you have worked with children, young people and families in any capacity (ELC, primary schools, sports and extracurricular activities, safeguarding, social work, family law etc.), or are studying to work in these fields, we are keen to hear from you. We are ambitious about diversity and inclusion. If you have the right skills for the role, we want to hear from you. We encourage applications from the right candidates regardless of gender, age, religion, belief, race, disability or sexual orientation.

For further details and an application pack, please contact us on 01382 201343 or e-mail info@rstf.co.uk. This is a rolling recruitment, and we will close for new applications as soon as sufficient number of applications have been received.