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Mentor Project Worker – PES (Parental Employment Support)

  • Part time
  • £25,000 pro-rata
  • Aberdeenshire
  • Closing 25th September 2023


  • Advertised from 14th September 2023
  • £12,500 pro rata. 17.5 hours per week. Fixed term till March 2024.

Role

Overview

Volunteering Matters is a national volunteering and social change charity. We harness the unique power of volunteering to bring people together and build stronger, more resilient communities across the UK.

By bringing people together, we aim to resolve some of society’s most complex issues and have a real impact in communities. From tackling social isolation and loneliness; improving health and wellbeing; building skills, confidence and opportunities; and ensuring young people can become change makers in their community.

And we won’t stop until everyone in the UK has the opportunity to thrive.

In April 2021, the Volunteering Matters family grew to include ProjectScotland, who work to support young people facing multiple barriers or disadvantage to get on in life, through the power of volunteering. As part of our ProjectScotland offer, we have a national mentoring team, who recruit, train and support our diverse community of volunteer mentors across the country. Every young person we support through our projects has the opportunity to be matched to a mentor based on their personal needs, goals, interests and location. Each mentoring relationship and journey is very unique and the support a mentor can offer is dependent upon the goals their mentee has and what they want to achieve.

Mentoring is a vital component of the support we offer at ProjectScotland and we have an exciting opportunity to join our team in Aberdeenshire, strengthening our mentoring offer. In line with the priority family groups identified for the PES funding, the beneficiaries of this project will be: Lone Parents, Parents with disabilities, Young parents age 25 years and less, Minority ethnic families, Families with a disabled child, Families with 3 or more children, Families where the youngest child is under 1 year

This project will be community based, supporting parents in spaces and places they are comfortable in within their communities. This will include partner premises, where parents will already attend/have a connection with.

To ensure a good local knowledge and coverage by team members across the whole of Aberdeenshire, we will have 4 part-time mentor workers, each dedicated to a specific area within the local authority:

  • Marr
  • Kincardine & Mearns
  • Buchan & Banff & Buchan
  • Garioch & Formartine

Role Purpose

Our PES Mentor Managers will recruit, train, match and support local volunteer mentors. They will work closely with key workers from existing providers - Aberdeenshire Council, Enable Works, and The Foyer to build strong referral pathways and partnership working. Our Mentor Managers will also engage with parents directly, to gain an understanding of their wants and needs from a mentor, to ensure they are able to make the best match possible.

Application notes

To apply, send a CV and covering letter to kim.maxwell@volunteeringmatters.org.uk.

Closing date - 25th September


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