Purpose of Job - A Multiply Funded Project

The Project Coordinator will lead a team of three Project Workers to deliver an adult engagement programme across Shettleston, in particular supporting parents / carers of children at three primary schools in our area – Eastbank, St. Timothy’s and Thorntree Primary schools. In addition, we will deliver similar support to parents at St. Andrew’s Secondary as well as a programme of support within Fuse itself, targeted at the wider community.

The programme is targeted at those needing the confidence to take the initial steps to improving their numeracy and so will be relatively light touch, acting as a “gateway” to other numeracy support offered through Multiply. Our intention is not to duplicate existing numeracy provision but to complement and add value to it. Where we can best do this is by engaging potential participants in a way that others cannot because of our position and existing relationships and focusing specifically on light-touch confidence building and basic skills elements. We anticipate that this will encourage our participants to engage with further, more intensive numeracy support, and we will set specific targets for us referring participants to these other providers.

We anticipate that take-up at a school’s level will disproportionately be from female parents / carers, albeit we will encourage participation from both females and males. We expect that wider community provision will place a particular emphasis on encouraging males to take part and programmes and promotional activity will be constructed to encourage this.

Some of the initial platforms for engagement may be sessions which will be simple entry level participation. Walking Groups, health and fitness and baking have all been used in the past to build confidence and relationships.

Typically, these programmes will involve:

• 1-hour sessions over an approximate 6-week timescale; this will be enough to make a difference without being off-putting to participants, who have not previously had experience of such support. Support will be delivered on a small group (and sometimes individual) basis as required.
• This will be an introductory programme to engage people that would otherwise not take up numeracy support due to stigma and / or a lack of confidence; it will act as a “gateway” to more intensive support from other providers.

COVEY supports children, young people and families through their life challenges, and is continually seeking to develop as an organisation. We need an enthusiastic new team member who will enable us to further enhance the opportunities to support our participants.

As a valued member of our team, you will be responsible for organising and facilitating group activities for children, young people and adults. You may also give individual support when appropriate and be involved in the developing of new programmes. You will have an understanding and experience of families who are experiencing difficulties (including additional needs) and an ability to quickly build rapport.

You will ideally have experience of delivering informal, formal and at times complex interventions to children, young people and adults and have a clear understanding of the benefits of individual and group support.

You will be confident in taking the initiative, have problem solving skills and bring an enthusiasm to the role. Furthermore you will have the ability to think ahead, be highly organised and be able to input data into our systems and produce any necessary reports.

Our befriending groups run from 6pm – 8pm in the evenings.

Essential requirements:

• Available to work evenings
• Enhanced PVG required for this post
• Full Driving License with access to a car for business use/purposes

The Junction is a Health and Wellbeing centre in Leith for young people aged 12-21 in North East Edinburgh. To find out more about our services, please visit the-junction.org

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Project Worker Team as a part time Project Worker. The role involves leading on developing and delivering our street and school outreach, leading on and delivering partnership group work and providing one to one support for young people both in regular appointments and in our Open Access services.

Regenfx Youth Trust have established the first ever visible Youth Recovery Service in South Lanarkshire. We work with 13 – 25yr olds who are affected by problematic alcohol & substance use. The service is known as The GIVIT.

We use a blend of Youth Work, rapid access to CBT Counsellors backed up with a fully supported Recovery Model to help young people consider their own personal recovery needs.

Due to the exceptionally high demand for the service and The GIVIT exceeding their targets in the first year by 92%, we are expanding our skilled staff team to include an Family Navigator specifically to support the families of the young people referred to The GIVIT.

The Family Navigator will provide 1 to 1 support and possible groupwork for families. You will be given full training and excellent support from your colleagues including the opportunity to shadow in the first instance. You must be able to build solid relationships with young people based on trust, mutual respect, care and compassion. You will need to be a natural motivator who can work with a small caseload effectively.

This is a 7-day a week service that includes some evening & weekends. All work is done in person we have no working from home arrangements.

We are particularly interested in people with experience in Family Work and or the Recovery Field, but most importantly, people who are driven, genuinely interested in young people and who would welcome a challenge like no other supported by a very skilled staff team.

You will have experience of supporting families and increasing their uptake of support services to improve making connections to external support. A good knowledge of problematic alcohol and drug use and or experience in the Recovery Field is desirable.

It is important to us that we find the right people for the new posts. We know we might not find someone with everything we are looking for, but if you think it could be you and are hesitant on whether to apply or not please give us a call to discuss the post further.

Regen:fx Youth Trust is a registered charity established in 2007. We develop & deliver Youth Diversion Programmes and Specialised Projects throughout South Lanarkshire for 8 – 25yr olds. Checkout our website regenfxyouthtrust.org

Driving Licence and access to a car is required.