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Support Worker

  • Full time or Part time
  • £19,847 – £26,852
  • Scotland (working from home)
  • Closing 3rd April 2022


  • Advertised from 24th March 2022
  • Please note successful candidates should expect to be appointed at the starting point of the salary scale & consideration may be given to a higher salary depending on the experience of the individual. Up to 35 hrs – Flexible hours - Fixed-term contract until 30 June 2022 with the possibility of extension
  • Ref: SNS-221

Role

Are you a collaborative and proactive individual with experience of delivering employment related workshops?

If so, St Giles Trust is looking for a Support Worker to join our team and provide much needed guidance and support to our Peer Advisors.

About St Giles Trust

An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others.

Our Peer Advisor Programme provides training, support and placement opportunities for people with lived experience of disadvantage. This enables them to gain professional qualifications and a future career supporting others. The Programme originated in our prison work over 18 years ago and we have since expanded it by developing seven community-based centres for delivery through ‘peer hubs’. These Hubs develop and train Peer Advisors linking them in to volunteering and work opportunities with wider St Giles services and local partner organisations.

About this exciting role

We are looking for a support worker to support our existing peer advisors while they progress on the peer advisor programme, undertaking training in professional advice & guidance qualifications and completing volunteering placements with local agencies, using their lived experience to support others. In the first instance this role will support peers during a period of transition in our model of working in Scotland with the possibility of future opportunities from April 2022.

What we are looking for:

  • Knowledge of current agencies available of sourcing employment, training, housing support, substance misuse support and other related barriers and ability to support clients to access them
  • Ability to demonstrate knowledge and awareness of the issues faced by our learner group, in particular barriers faced by people with lived experience
  • Ability to assess client needs and provide client led support
  • Excellent time management, prioritisation and communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • A professional, flexible and collaborative approach to your work

In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, access to clinical supervisions, season ticket loan and much more.

Application notes

St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy.

For further information, or to apply, please visit our website or email HR@stgilestrust.org.uk if you have any queries or require an application form

Closing date: 11pm, 3 April 2022. Interviews: 11th April 2022