Jobs in Midlothian East, Midlothian

About Us

Mayfield and Easthouses Youth 2000 Project (Y2K) is a community-based youth organisation supporting young people aged 11–21 living in Midlothian.

We provide a wide range of services designed to meet the diverse needs of young people in our community. Our work focuses on creating safe, supportive environments where young people can build confidence, develop skills, and achieve positive outcomes.

The Role

We are seeking a motivated and committed Youth Worker to join our team on a 28-hour per week basis. This is a fixed-term position for 2 years, with the potential for extension subject to future funding.

This role focuses on supporting young people at risk of engaging in offending, risky, or anti-social behaviours. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering targeted interventions that help young people make safer, more positive life choices.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver holistic programmes and tailored packages of support to meet individual needs
• Buiid positive, trusting relationships with young people
• Support young people to engage in positive activities and opportunities
• Encourage reflection on behaviours and decision-making
• Raise awareness of the risks and consequences associated with harmful or risky choices
• Promote resilience, confidence, and personal development
• Work collaboratively with colleagues and partner agencies to achieve the best outcomes

About You

You will be an empathetic, proactive, and engaging individual with a passion for supporting young people facing challenges. You will be confident working both independently and as part of a team, with the ability to build strong relationships and inspire positive change.

This is a rewarding opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of young people and contribute to safer, stronger communities.

Important: This role includes a regular commitment to evening youth work. Successful applicants must be able to work weekly evening sessions as part of a monthly planned rota. Evening availability is an essential requirement of the post and should be carefully considered before applying. This is not an occasional requirement but a core part of the role, involving the delivery of evening youth groups and drop-in sessions.

It is essential that the successful candidate holds a full UK driving licence and has access to their own vehicle.

The post is subject to a PVG check.

ARC Scotland is seeking a Qualified Freelance Assessor and Internal Verifier to support delivery and quality assurance across health and social care qualifications.

We are looking for a professional with:

• Recognised Assessor and Internal Verifier qualifications.
• Strong occupational background across health and social care.
• Registerable qualifications and experience to deliver the Integrated Health and Social Care award at SCQF level 7, and Social Services and Healthcare awards at SCQF levels 6, 7 and 9.
• Experience delivering and/or verifying SVQs or work-based qualifications in a freelance capacity.
• Up-to-date knowledge of sector standards, compliance, and best practice.

This is an excellent opportunity for a flexible, reliable professional passionate about developing a skilled and confident workforce within the sector.

Midlothian Sure Start is a dynamic, award winning third sector organisation. It offers a quality support service to families with children up to age 12 across Midlothian. Midlothian Sure Start has been in existence since 2001 and employs over 70 members of staff providing a service in Family Learning centres and in the community. Our ethos is to provide a holistic, confidential community based service where families are at the heart of what we do.

We are looking for people who are as passionate about the services we provide as we are and in return we are keen to support professional development with excellent training and development opportunities, enhanced sick pay (following completion of probation), enhanced annual leave entitlement (we close completely for a well-earned break over Christmas and New Year) and we support our staff with an Employee Assistance Programme, Pension Scheme, Discounted Childcare, Health Cash Plan and Discounted Shopping.

Midlothian Sure Start is seeking an experienced Senior Practitioner to deliver and develop perinatal and infant mental health services, including A Good Start, Dads2B, Baby Steps, VIG, Circle of Security Parenting and more.

You’ll support families through 1:1 and group work while also providing mentorship to staff, contributing to service development, and deputising for the Perinatal Manager.

Essential:

• Experience supporting families and delivering group programmes
• Relevant qualification (Social Care, Community Education or equivalent)
• Strong understanding of infant mental health and trauma
• Ability to lead, mentor, and work collaboratively
• Access to own transport

We offer: excellent training, enhanced leave, EAP, pension, discounted childcare and more.

Do you want to help young people build confidence with money and make informed choices for their future? Leavers’ Money Skills is expanding, and we’re looking for an engaging part-time Financial Education Officer to deliver free, impartial financial education workshops in schools across Edinburgh, the Lothians, the Scottish Borders and the wider Central Belt.

This is a rewarding opportunity to work directly with senior phase students, delivering interactive sessions on practical money skills such as budgeting, banking and financial decision-making.

You’ll build relationships with schools and education partners, organise and deliver workshops, gather feedback and help improve our resources as the programme grows. If you enjoy teaching, communicating clearly and making a practical difference to young people’s lives, look at the Job description for further details.

Salary: £32,000 FTE pro rata for 14 hours per week (£12,800)

Hours: Circa 14 hours per week over 2-3 days. School term time.

Term: Fixed term until June 2027 with scope for renewal

Place of work: Home based with regular travel for school visits and workshops. Due to the nature of the role, the successful candidate must be able to travel for school visits and events (travel expenses will be reimbursed as per policy). We are unable to support relocation costs.

Future Asset is looking for a creative and organised Project Coordinator to lead Investment Investigators — an exciting new educational project helping secondary school students across Scotland explore investing, finance and business in an engaging, accessible way.

This part-time role will coordinate the development and delivery of a hybrid digital and physical game, alongside classroom resources designed for students aged 11–17. You’ll work with educators, developers and partners to shape high-quality materials, support pilot testing and help roll the project out to schools.

If you enjoy bringing ideas to life, building relationships and creating resources that inspire young people, there is more information in the job description.

Salary: £32,000 FTE pro rata for 14 hours per week (£12,800)

Hours: 0.4 FTE (e.g., two days per week). Some flexibility needed around pilot events.

Term: Fixed term until June 2027

Place of work: Home based with regular travel for school visits and workshops. Due to the nature of the role, the successful candidate must be able to travel for school visits and events (travel expenses will be reimbursed as per policy). We are unable to support relocation costs.