Youth and Family Support Workers
- Full time
- £22,000 – £24,000
- West Dunbartonshire
- Closing 29th August 2021
- Advertised from 12th August 2021
- 1 post to April 2023, 1 for up to 6 months. 37 hours per week (to be worked flexibly between the hours of 8.00am and 10.00pm, 5 days over 7)
Role
Youth and Family Support Workers – ADAPT for CashBack Project – West Dunbartonshire
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Youth and Family Support Workers to deliver an early intervention service to young people within the West Dunbartonshire area who are aged between 10 – 15 and are on the periphery of offending. The successful candidate will work within the local community to provide 1 to 1 relationship based support to young people and their families/carers.
Do you believe that young people are never beyond help and that with support they can achieve better things and reach their full potential?
Are you able to build professional relationships that matter, built on trust and mutual respect?
Are you committed and able to support young people by not giving up on them and continuing to support them when it matters most?
Do you believe that for lasting change to be achieved that it needs to be made across all generations?
All posts require individuals to:
· Build effective relationships with young people and their families and engage them in 1 to 1 support within their local community
· Identify and record individual support needs and work collaboratively with young people and their families to develop and deliver a sustainable individual support plan based upon presenting and underlying behaviours
· Use appropriate tools in order to help young people and families understand the impact of their behaviour within the wider community
· Use communication skills effectively to influence, record and evidence positive change and provide personalised, risk enabled, professional support
· Work in partnership with existing community resources, organisations and supports to sustain positive change with families
· Develop and deliver groupwork activities
· Become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups scheme (paid for by Includem)
· To be registered or become registered with Scottish Social Services Council and hold or be willing to work towards HNC Social Care and SVQ 3 in Social Care or equivalent (qualifications are fully funded by includem)
· Have a driver’s licence and access to a car for work purposes
We value our staff and employee benefits include:
· A full and robust training and induction programme
· Holiday entitlement of 28 days rising to 31 with length of service and 9 public holidays
· Enhanced Employer Pension Contributions
· Free Confidential Employee Counselling Service
· Access to Mental Health First Aiders across the organisation
· Free Vehicle Breakdown Cover
· Company Mobile Phone and Laptop
· Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations Credit Union
· Discounted holidays and associated benefits
· Access to discounts for charity workers which includes gym memberships, high street shops, online retailers, travel, insurance
· Flexible and agile working
· Family friendly policies
* CashBack for Communities is a unique Scottish Government programme which takes money seized from criminals under the proceeds of crime legislation and invests them in our future – our young people.
Application notes
If you would like more information regarding this role, please contact our HR department on 0141 212 8800 who will arrange for an informal chat with the recruiting manager.
You can apply directly online via the includem website (includem.org).
Alternatively, you can request a pack by e-mailing hrassist@includem.co.uk or contact our Head Office on the number above.
The closing date for applications is Sunday 29th August 2021 at midnight.
For applicants who are successfully shortlisted a group selection event will take place via video conferencing week commencing 6th September 2021.
If you are successful following the group selection event individual interviews will take place week commencing 13th September 2021.
Independent Living Support Worker, Homemaker service
- Full time
- £24,000 – £26,000
- Musselburgh (On site)
- Closing 17th May 2024
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 Independent Living Support Worker to provide holistic, bespoke and person-centred one-to-one and group support to 40 young people aged 15-25 in East Lothian with the aim of:
• Supporting people to thrive within the home environment
• Preventing people from losing their home
• Helping people into a home
The successful candidate will deliver a professional homemaker service to young tenants and prospective young tenants on an outreach and centre basis. The post holder will work with partner agencies to ensure the homemaking needs of young people who are referred in to the service are met and will support young people to develop the skills required to live independently. The post holder will work with colleagues to ensure young people benefit from the range of services and activities within Bridges Project.
This is an exciting position in which the successful candidate will take pride in helping people referred in to the homemaker service to take their next steps towards rebuilding their lives by helping them develop the independent living skills necessary to thrive.
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.
Community Volunteers Enabling You (COVEY) has operated across Lanarkshire for 31 years supporting 4,500 children, young people and parents/carers to become more resilient, safe and better equipped to reach their full potential. COVEY provides 1-1 and group-based befriending, mentoring and intensive family support.
COVEY has an exciting opportunity available for a Coordinator to manage delivery of 1-1 and group-based befriending/ mentoring support to children and young people.
COVEY’s consistent relationship-based support, which is centred on the participant’s needs, interests and hopes, improves health and wellbeing, social connections, confidence and increases their engagement with education, training, volunteering or employment.
As a Coordinator, you will have the ability to work collaboratively with children, young people, their families and others who support them. This will involve engaging with various, community, statutory and voluntary agencies and working in close partnership to support vulnerable families.
You would ideally have experience of supporting volunteers, managing a caseload, evaluation and monitoring. We are looking for someone who has a real passion around supporting those who are most vulnerable in our community.
What we offer
We offer a rewarding role with the opportunity to develop your skills and future career in an enriching environment with the following benefits:
- 6% employer pension contribution
- flexible working (including flexi-time)
- access to learning and development opportunities
- one special leave day to celebrate your birthday
- annual staff and volunteer recognition awards
- quarterly staff wellbeing activities
- annual all staff outing/activity
- HSF Health plan for employees (and their spouse/partner and children) including dental and optical claim back, physio claim back, personal accident coverage, GP, mental health counselling, legal support, discounts for gym, cinema and shopping
- access to ScotWest Credit Union offering loans, mortgages and savings accounts
Essential requirements:
- Available for at least two evenings per week where required
- Enhanced PVG required for this post
- Full Driving License with access to a car for business use/purposes
Community Volunteers Enabling You (COVEY) has operated across Lanarkshire for 31 years supporting 4,500 children, young people and parents/carers to become more resilient, safe and better equipped to reach their full potential. COVEY provides 1-1 and group-based befriending, mentoring and intensive family support.
COVEY are seeking a passionate, professional, proactive and caring individual to provide support to families who are experiencing difficulties or challenges in their everyday lives such as loneliness and isolation, poor mental health, illness, disability, poverty, gender-based violence, separation, or trauma. We provide 1:1 and/or group support to families in their home and within the community.
COVEY are looking for an experienced Family Support Worker to join our team. The successful candidate will provide person centred support to children, young people and adults.
The focus of our work involves the ability to quickly build rapport with a wide range of individuals, to ensure positive longer-term outcomes for families. Experience of working with families who have complex issues, such as trauma, is highly desirable.
Working hours are generally through the week, with occasional evening work required. (Hybrid office-based/working from home)
What we offer
We offer a rewarding role with the opportunity to develop your skills and future career in an enriching environment with the following benefits:
- 6% employer pension contribution
- flexible working (including flexi-time)
- access to learning and development opportunities
- one special leave day to celebrate your birthday
- annual staff and volunteer recognition awards
- quarterly staff wellbeing activities
- annual all staff outing/activity
- HSF Health plan for employees (and their spouse/partner and children) including dental and optical claim back, physio claim back, personal accident coverage, GP, mental health counselling, legal support, discounts for gym, cinema and shopping
- access to ScotWest Credit Union offering loans, mortgages and savings accounts
Essential requirements:
- Available for at least two evenings per week where required
- Enhanced PVG required for this post
- Full Driving License with access to a car for business use/purposes
School Counsellor (Midlothian)
- Part time
- £33,800 – £35,735 pro-rata
- The administrative base is in Dalkeith. Travel throughout Midlothian including operating from other venues, will be required. (On site)
- Closing 29th April 2024
Midlothian Young Peoples Advice Service (MYPAS) promotes the health and wellbeing of young people across East Lothian and Midlothian and currently focuses on working in the areas of mental health and substance use. MYPAS is a community-based organisation with charitable status and based in Dalkeith.
The postholder will be responsible for providing counselling with children and young people aged 10-18 who reside in Midlothian. The postholder will assist in establishing, developing, delivering, evaluating and reporting on, the School Counselling service.
Qualified to Diploma level in a Counselling therapeutic discipline, a member of a recognised professional body (either BACP or COSCA) and have experience of working with children and young people, you will also be committed to delivering a service according to best practice and within community settings.
The postholder will work within a multi-disciplinary environment and work effectively with other agencies, especially schools, in partnership settings.
MYPAS will deliver a School Counselling service across Midlothian. MYPAS is providing this service on a contract basis for Midlothian Council.
This post may require evening and occasional weekend work.
You must be able to travel across Midlothian.
Responsible to: Service Manager
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