- Advertised from 22nd July 2022
- 24 month Fixed Term Contract
Role
Create Paisley (CREATE) is an innovative youth arts project aiming to reduce loneliness and inequality. Since 2009, this impressive charity has provided young people with the opportunity to express their creativity in a safe and inspiring space. Their goal is to increase this support for young people, offering them more opportunities that fit in line with their vision to see ‘young people transformed through creativity, community, confidence and finding their voice’.
CREATE began in response to local young people looking for a safe, inspiring space. At the time, there were so many capable, creative young people. Initially forming as a partnership between local churches and youth leaders, a monthly open-mic night was set up. In 2012, CREATE was constituted as a charity and increased the offering to include regular arts workshops, youth mentoring, a youth forum and fortnightly drop-ins. Through a mix of programmes, young people are supported to develop skills, support networks and strength to succeed and fulfil their ambitions. CREATE now runs programme across six locations in Renfrewshire.
Due to an exciting period of growth and access to new funding, the opportunity has arisen for a new Volunteer Development Worker to join the incredible Create Paisley team. The Volunteer Development Worker will lead and develop the charity’s approach to volunteering for young people and adults. Day to day, this will involve supporting a fantastic team of around 15 current volunteers and recruitment of new volunteers, providing opportunities for them to use their skills, develop new ones and gain experience.
The Volunteer Development Worker will be a dynamic and confident people person, with fantastic writing abilities. Previous experience working in the third sector and in managing volunteers is essential for this role. The Volunteer Development Worker will be able to sensitively train and support volunteers throughout their journey with Create Paisley, as well as being able to find and onboard new volunteers as the charity continues to expand. Experience working with Google Drive would be advantageous, as well as partnership working and recruitment experience. You should have an awareness of equal opportunities, safeguarding and confidentiality. The post entails working with vulnerable people.
CREATE will request a PVG scheme record and will make a final recruitment decision based on the information contained in the disclosure.
Application notes
Please email us at recruitment@brucetaitassociates.com or call us on 01786 542 224 to request an information pack, full job description and person specification. You are advised to get in touch well in advance of the closing date to give us time to consider your application and pre-interview the strongest applicants.
Closing Date: Midday, Friday 29th July
Interview Date: Friday 12th August
This search is being conducted exclusively for Create Paisley by BTA (Bruce Tait Associates). Our leadership team have all worked extensively in the voluntary sector and we use this experience to match organisations and individuals to create great appointments.
Are you passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people? Do you want a flexible, varied and meaningful job in a supportive team? Do you value great employee benefits such as 360 Wellbeing membership and an annual training budget? Apply to join us!
Bridges Project is a leading youth work charity that helps young people aged 12-25 in East Lothian and Midlothian overcome challenges and adapt to adulthood. For nearly 40 years, we have helped young people develop their life skills, improve their educational attainment and move into employment or further education.
We have a vacancy for an Educational Support Worker to deliver an effective casework and group work service to young people experiencing a range of challenges such as non-attendance at school, low attainment, poor mental health and family poverty.
The successful candidate will:
- Support young people to gain employability skills, life skills and accreditation; helping them in to work, apprenticeships, further education or vocational training
- Provide vocational/industry specific accreditation and training to groups of young people alongside individual support to address particular barriers
- Take the lead on the service and to provide an effective interface between young people, partners and stakeholders involved in the service.
This is an exciting position in which the successful candidate will take pride in developing a programme of delivery which will provide young people with clear pathways to positive destinations.
It is essential that candidates have a full, clean driving licence and constant use of a car. Membership of the PVG scheme will be an essential requirement of the post. A contributory company pension scheme is offered with a 10% employer contribution.
About us
The Pavillion is a youth organisation that provides a safe and fun environment for children and young people in the Easterhouse area of Glasgow. We provide activities and life skills for the young people including sports, arts and crafts, drama workshops, volunteering opportunities, girls/boys issue based groupwork sessions, drug and alcohol workshops, mental health groupwork sessions, cooking and healthy living. We help reduce social isolation in the community and promote positive friendships and social skills in our young attendees. Our aim is to create, support and inspire the young people by providing them with opportunities, skills and activities.
We are a fast-paced and progressive organisation that aims to support children, young people, their families and the wider local community through the provision of positive activities and opportunities.
The Pavillion supports and serves its community by; continually striving towards an inclusive facility; being a progressive organisation that meets the needs of its community and being a knowledgeable and informed organisation.
We are a key member of Blairtummock & Rogerfield Partnership; a collaboration of local community based organisations schools, nurseries and the college. We work collaboratively to improve the life chances and opportunities for people living in the communities we serve. As a group of partners, we work across all ages which makes this opportunity exciting, innovative and forward thinking.
About the Project
The 'Young Start Progressions' programme at 'The Pavilion' will be a dynamic 2-year programme, led by young people, supported by staff and volunteers and by existing and new partnership opportunities. Our three-pronged approach aims to empower young individuals across various stages of their development:
Primary/Secondary Transitions Programme: We will provide support for P7, S1, and S2 young people as they transition from primary to secondary school, fostering empowerment, confidence, and improved self-esteem in a non-school environment.
Volunteer Mentoring Programme: Expanding on our successful volunteering mentoring initiative, we offer diverse opportunities for young volunteers, connecting them with roles both within Pavilion and through our network of school partnerships and community collaborations.
Attainment Programme: Focused on enhancing pathways for Junior and Senior Club participants, we integrate life skills development seamlessly into existing activities. From goal-setting exercises, certificated activity programmes to accredited learning and further training opportunities.
Purpose of Job
We are seeking a Programme Coordinator to lead the delivery of this project as well as managing the Attainment Worker & Volunteer Development Worker posts attached to this project.
Being creative, innovative and ideas driven, to support delivery of multiple programmes of activity and be able to forge strong positive relationships with partners are key attributes for this post. The postholder will be responsible for taking a coordinated approach to implementing activities with young people that address the key identified issues affecting them, ensuring their needs are addressed and pathways created that help them to succeed.
The postholder should have experience working with a range of age groups and are able to demonstrate experience in taking a youth-led approach to service delivery.
Stepping Stones Project Coordinator
- Part time
- £28,555 pro-rata
- Tweed Horizons Business Centre, Newtown St Boswells, TD6 0SG (On site)
- Closing 24th April 2024
YouthBorders is the network of voluntary and community based youth organisations in the Scottish Borders, supporting and promoting good quality youth work.
As a membership organisation, YouthBorders facilitates networking opportunities and events and provides information and advice to voluntary and community based youth organisations, their volunteers, trustees, youth workers and other partners in the community. We are recognised regionally as the strategic voice of third sector youth organisations and work closely with partners in the public sector to improve outcomes for young people.
A vacancy has arisen for a Project Coordinator for our innovative Stepping Stones project, funded by the National Lottery Community Fund. This innovative and unique project has been developed by the Scottish Borders Youth Work Partnership which brings together seven youth work organisations from across the region together with YouthBorders. The post holder will be the principal point of contact and coordination for the Stepping Stones project; taking leadership and responsibility for the management of project data, finances, and governance.
We are seeking an exceptional communicator with experience of project coordination or management. The post-holder will be highly organised, self-motivated and have knowledge and experience of data collection, evaluation and outcomes monitoring.
Key Duties:
- To be the principal point of contact for the coordination of the project, communicating effectively with representatives of the Partnership including project workers, youth work managers, trustees and the Chief Officer of YouthBorders.
- To monitor and evaluate the delivery of the project’s outcomes – producing regular written reports to the Partnership and the YouthBorders’ board; and compiling and producing annual and end of project impact reports.
- To develop systems which capture project impact and activity, in a way which reflects the views and experiences of young people, project workers and other stakeholders.
- To support project workers to be confident and competent in the collection and recording of data related to young people they are supporting, and to build capacity in these workers to input the data in to the project database.
Stepping Stones Emotional Wellbeing Officer
- Part time
- Sessional
- Kelso and Jedburgh (On site)
- Closing 24th April 2024
The Emotional Wellbeing Officer will work closely with the Youth Work Lead, senior Youth Workers, and Youth Work Staff to ensure that an emotional wellbeing offering is run effectively and efficiently and in accordance with service guidelines, policies and procedures. The role’s main purpose is prevention and early intervention to aid and improve the mental health of children and young people aged 8 – 25 years by providing emotional and practical support in one-to-one and group settings. Support and supervision of this role will lie with the Youth Work Lead. It is expected that the postholder will hold their own case load with referrals coming from Cheviot Youth, schools, our partners in social work, police and the NHS and the charity’s Insight Youth division. They will be expected to lead on any service development and policy work, assisted where appropriate by the Senior Youth Workers and the Youth Work Lead.
Responsible to: Cheviot Youth, Youth Work Lead
Pre-Employment Checks: PVG and Satisfactory References
Further Information about Stepping Stones:
This post is part of a partnership approach to youth work where young people can have support, advice and make a difference to themselves and in their communities. Stepping Stones is developed and run by the award-winning Scottish Borders Youth Work Partnership. The Youth Work Partnership is made up of seven lead locality based universal youth groups: Beyond Earlston, Cheviot Youth, TD1 Youth Hub, Escape Youth Services, Connect Berwickshire Youth Project, Tweeddale Youth Action and Rowlands Selkirk.
For further information about Stepping Stones and the Scottish Borders Youth Work Partnership please visit YouthBorders website: Stepping Stones - YouthBorders
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