Venture Trust
Venture Trust

Charity registered in Scotland SC038932

We believe in the potential of people. We want everyone to succeed and to continue to do so throughout their lives. At any stage in life, people can struggle, and it becomes about surviving not thriving. We support those struggling with issues such as long term unemployment, recovery from addiction, homelessness, isolation, involvement in the criminal justice system in Scotland, and a history of trauma or harm.

Current vacancies

Outreach and Support Worker

  • Full time
  • £26,471
  • Hybrid: Glasgow and Inverclyde
  • Closing 20th December 2024

Do you have a passion for enabling individuals to make a positive change in their lives? We’d love to hear from you. Venture Trust works with people experiencing complex life circumstances. Through our work, we provide the opportunity for people to recognise their confidence, motivation and core life skills that they need to make positive changes in their lives.

​We have an exciting opportunity for a new Outreach and Support Worker to join our Glasgow and Inverclyde locality team. This role will be working across Greater Glasgow ​and you will be the first person our participants meet.

​You’ll be a caring, dynamic and driven person, dedicated to levelling the playing field and equipping people with the tools they need to thrive. You’ll be comfortable and confident working autonomously, working alongside people with complex lives. Working across Greater Glasgow, and wilderness places across Scotland, you’ll provide bespoke and holistic 1:1 support for participants, spending time to get to know them, their strengths and where they want to go.

​You’ll help to shape their journeys, navigating 1:1, community and wilderness journey support, always harnessing the benefits of the outdoors and nature spaces to provide therapeutic benefit. You’ll accompany them on wilderness journeys and support them to develop employability skills. Across Greater Glasgow, we need you to work closely with referrers and partners to provide joined up support for participants, managing the differing needs of your case load, including working with young people and adults.

​As a Outreach and Support Worker, you will:

  • Deliver group activities outdoors in community greenspaces
  • Provide one-to-one support for participants, identifying and removing barriers to participation and supporting towards their individual goals
  • Maintain positive relationships with stakeholders, generating referrals for all programmes
  • Promote Venture Trust within local communities
  • Support the delivery of wilderness journey opportunities in Scotland’s wilder places
  • Work closely with referral partners and any other stakeholders to provide joined up support for participants
  • Work within a team structure with hybrid working arrangements

View the full Job Description.

​If you have the skills and experience we are looking for, and want to play an important role in enabling people to achieve lasting change in their lives, we want to hear from you.

​In return, we offer a range of generous benefits including a generous annual leave entitlement, flexible and hybrid working, an employee benefits package and a joint contributory pension scheme. We also offer a great working culture that embraces our core values of courage, care, curiosity and collaboration in all we do.

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