- Advertised from 21st April 2023
- 16 to 21 hours per week. Part time – initially fixed term to 31 March 2024
- plus pension
Role
Are you a creative person with experience of working with vulnerable young people?
Do you have skills to build relationships and create supportive networks with young people?
Can you facilitate interesting groupwork sessions?
If so, this new role in our Lotus wellbeing hub may be the perfect opportunity for you.
About Lotus Community
Lotus is the home for a group of 14 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. We provide them with support and pathways to independent living.
We have an exciting new opportunity to develop a new shared Community hub within Lotus for our residents, and other UASC within Edinburgh, with a focus on wellbeing.
About the role
The post holder will create a timetable of events to run in the hub and facilitate these group work sessions and activities.
You will provide ad-hoc support to the young people at Lotus, and other young people referred into the service.
You will also build relationships with other services and organisations, to enhance the range of services accessible to young people.
About You
You will be an outgoing individual with excellent interpersonal skills and a creative approach to problem solving. You will have the ability to work collaboratively with the young people and partners to create and deliver a programme suited to the young people’s needs.
How we’ll support you
You’ll be joining a small but experienced and knowledgeable team who will give you a full introduction to all aspects of the current Lotus service.
You’ll have a supportive manager as well as access to wider Cyrenians support, including our learning and development programme, and staff wellbeing services.
About us
At Cyrenians we tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness. We understand that there are many routes into homelessness, and that there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach to supporting people towards more positive and stable futures. That’s why all our work is values-led and relationships-based.
Our values:
Compassion | Respect | Integrity | Innovation
Read more about us and our values
Website: cyrenians.scot
Application notes
For full details and an application pack please visit cyrenians.scot , call 0131 475 2354 (during working hours) or e-mail: recruitment@cyrenians.scot
CVs will not be accepted.
Closing Date: 12 noon on Monday 15th May 2023
Interviews: Monday 22nd May 2023
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Ask & Act Education Manager
- Full time
- £36,128 – £40,686
- Hybrid: Fife, West Lothian, Perth ,or Edinburgh and WfH, with occasional travel, across sites.
- Closing 7th January 2026
Who We Are
We are Scotland’s leading youth homelessness charity. We believe that no young person should ever face homelessness. That’s why we deliver bold, youth-specific solutions, built around young people’s experiences and what evidence tells us works.
We support young people to avoid and move on from homelessness, helping them build the confidence, skills and stability they need to thrive in adulthood. We also influence policy and practice to create a Scotland where no young person is left behind.
We don’t follow the system, we change it, continually championing the voices and experiences of all young people.
Context
Rock Trust delivers the Upstream prevention project in schools and the post holder will work with the Upstream Team, pilot schools and education departments to create a toolkit for the implementation of Upstream. This will involve working with current pilot schools to document the changes required in school systems, the challenges and how to overcome them and an assessment of the resources required to deliver Upstream. The Ask & Act Education Manager will use this learning to create a toolkit and implementation plan to be used for national implementation.
This role is responsible for:
- Coordinating work with multiple local authority Education departments, senior leaders and cross-sector partners (Housing, Social Work, Health, third sector)
- Designing and documenting processes, guidance and training materials that enable schools to embed early identification of housing risk
- Capturing learning, gathering data and producing a national implementation framework
- Ensuring all activity aligns with statutory duties, local contexts and Rock Trust’s prevention approach
The Ask & Act Education Manager will need to be methodical, have strong report writing skills and interpersonal skills to co-ordinate the information gathering and documenting. They will be responsible for delivering the toolkit to a high standard, making a lasting contribution to Scotland’s homelessness prevention system.
People and Organisational Development Lead
- Full time
- £27,928
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 16th January 2026
At Rock Trust, our people are our greatest asset. As the organisation grows, we are introducing a People and Organisational Development role to ensure our staff have continued access to excellent HR support, including recruitment, on-boarding, induction, Learning and development and talent management. Working with the People and Business Support Manager and colleagues across the organisation, you will deliver all aspects of people support, management and development.
This is a role that would be ideal for an aspiring HR Manager looking to develop their HR career working with an experienced CIPD qualified People Manager, and in an organisation that, although growing, is small enough to offer experience across the full range of HR practice. Some previous HR experience is essential.
In addition to the responsibilities in the Job Description, the successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following key competencies:
- Working as part of a small team.
- Confidentiality.
- Reliability.
- Professionalism.
- Proactivity.
Mission Statement
Our long-term vision is to end youth homelessness, our more immediate mission is to ensure that every young person in Scotland has access to expert youth specific services to assist them to avoid, resolve and move on from homelessness.
Context
Working as part of our Fife Short Term Housing Support Team, the Project Worker will work directly with young people age 16-25 yrs to coordinate and provide emotional and practical support to avoid, resolve and move on from homelessness.
Working directly with young people in their home or within a community setting the Project Worker will support young people to improve their independent living skills, access other services, manage finances and secure/ maintain a permanent home.
The 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.
Project Worker – West Lothian
- Part time
- £25,295 – £28,487 pro-rata
- On site: Livingston with travel throughout West Lothian.
- Closing 23rd December 2025
Mission Statement
Our long-term vision is to end youth homelessness, our more immediate mission is to ensure that every young person in Scotland has access to expert youth specific services to assist them to avoid, resolve and move on from homelessness.
Context
Working as part of our West Lothian Team, the Project Worker will work directly with young people age 16-25 yrs to coordinate and provide emotional and practical support to avoid, resolve and move on from homelessness.
Working directly with young people in their home or within a community setting the Project Worker will support young people to improve their independent living skills, access other services, manage finances and secure/maintain a permanent home.
The 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.
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