Practice Development Advisor (Contextual Safeguarding) - 851180

Salary: £48,337 - £59,390 

FTE: 1

Term: Fixed Term (24 months) 

Closing Date: 15 November 2026

The Children & Young People’s Centre for Justice (CYCJ) is looking to recruit a full-time Practice Development Advisor to lead on Contextual Safeguarding across Scotland. The post is for someone with expertise in developing, supporting and understanding safeguarding outside the home; for children, young people and adults who require support and protection.

The post holder will lead on awareness raising across leadership on the extent and impact of extra-familial harm; develop Scottish-specific guidance aligned with existing guidance, legislation and policy; work in partnership to develop of a suite of learning and development materials and resources and support the development of a dataset to understand the extent of extra-familial harm in Scotland.

As part of the Practice Development team, the post holder will work well within a team, leading on Contextual Safeguarding as well as supporting colleagues to deliver on the strategic priorities of the CYCJ.

Close links will be made with all partners who are involved in contextual safeguarding in Scotland, to co-facilitate training and embed Scottish Government policy across Scotland.
This post will initially be funded for two years. Secondments are welcome.

About CYCJ
CYCJ works towards ensuring that Scotland’s approach to children and young people in conflict with the law is rights-respecting, contributing to better outcomes for our children, young people and communities. We produce robust ground-breaking work by bringing together children and young people’s contributions, research evidence, practice wisdom and system know-how to operate as a leader for child and youth justice thinking in Scotland and beyond.

Children and young people are at the heart of all our activity, although one of our key mechanisms for change is by supporting policymakers and practitioners.

Formal interviews for this post will be held on Thursday, 26 November 2026.

Informal enquiries about the post can be directed to Ranald McTaggart, Deputy Director. Ranald.mctaggart@strath.ac.uk