Working as part of our innovative Housing First for Youth Team, The Project Worker will work directly with young people to coordinate and provide emotional and practical support. Providing an assertive outreach approach the Project Worker will Work with young people to secure and manage their own permanent home, providing support in their home and in their local community to ensure that a young person’s experience of homelessness is rare, brief, and non-recurring.

The Project Worker will support young people to improve their practical independent living skills, access other services and to reach their full potential. Project Workers are responsible for completing support plans and risk assessments and are the main contact for any key people involved in the care and support of young people.

Rock Trust are delighted to offer a new position of Youth Housing Hub Coordinator in Glasgow, thanks to funding from the National Lottery Fund.

The service will provide support and advice to young people to prevent homelessness. Where homelessness cannot be avoided, services will ensure it is rare, brief, and non-recurring by assisting young people to establish appropriate professional and other supportive networks, to support a successful transition to permanent, independent accommodation.

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For over 30 years, we have been dedicated to preventing youth homelessness and supporting young people in building better futures.

The primary function of this role is the effective management and delivery of the organisation’s Edinburgh, East & South service delivery and development activities. Leading our service teams to ensure that we provide quality services and are reaching our funder and organisational targets. This key management role will support the Head of Services to

implement strategy, ensuring that regulatory standards are met, and policies and procedures are implemented. Part of a highly collaborative team, the Service Manager reports directly to the Head of Services and works alongside the rest of the management team.