Ocean Youth Trust (OYT) Scotland is a leading voluntary organisation and youth work charity. For 25 years, we have been transforming the lives of disadvantaged young people through residential youth work voyages. To date, the Trust has supported more than 15,000 young people aged 12-25 from a range of backgrounds and circumstances across Scotland.

We firmly believe that all young people – particularly those facing deprivation, social isolation and exclusion – should have the opportunity to realise their full potential and lead healthy, fulfilling lives while contributing to their community.

For more than ten years, OYT Scotland has been a proud partner of the Scottish Government’s CashBack for Communities programme, which reinvests criminal assets recovered through the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) and invests in projects delivering positive futures for our young people. This programme is aimed at changing the attitudes and behaviours of those most at risk of anti-social behaviours, offending/reoffending, entering the criminal justice system, and those who have been impacted by Adverse Childhood Experiences and trauma.

We are looking for an individual who is passionate about working with young people to join our team as a Youth Development Worker and help deliver this project. The ideal candidate will bring energy, creativity, and a commitment to helping young people overcome challenges and reach their full potential. If you are passionate about empowering young people and creating a lasting positive impact, we’d love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

Key Personal Skills and Duties

• Liaise with the other Youth Development Worker for monthly, quarterly and annual reporting including outcomes and indicators.
• Deliver the On Board with CashBack programme in-line with approved budget, and maintain this budget to ensure apprpriate spending of funds.
• Working with the Client Liaison Officer, develop and grow the existing client relationships and have a focus on working with different local authorities.
• Your interpersonal skills will enable you to build lasting relationships with both new and existing clients.
• Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines as part of a team. Excellent project planning skills.
• Good IT skills and an ability to use a database/CRM system.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate with a range of internal and external stakeholders.

Preparation of Voyage Participants

• Support and prepare participants for the On Board with CashBack programme - working closely with staff from referring partners and any other stakeholders to ensure that targets are met.
• Ensure that information about potential participants is clearly identified and communicated to relevant staff. Ensuring all relevant paperwork is completed in a timely and confidential manner.
• Deliver Pre-Voyage Preparation presentations that are tailored to the needs and accommodations of each group.

Personal Development of Young People

• Develop and maintain supportive and effective relationships with your caseload of participants, providing one-to-one support sessions in conjunction with other colleagues.
• Create and deliver sessions to groups of young people on a range of topics including the UNCRC, teamwork, managing your emotions, and communication.
• Support participants through the achievement of SQA Level 3 Core Skills in Numeracy, Communication, Working with Others and Problem Solving.
• Support young people’s personal development in line with the National Youth Work Outcomes and Skills Framework, and the project-specific outcomes of CashBack for Communities
• Contribute to the personal development of young people by identifying sources of support and guidance, volunteering or employability opportunities to support participants in their transition to a positive destination.

Relationships

• Liaise with referral partners and individual referral agents to ensure that the programme is appropriate to the needs of their clients, keeping them informed of progress and outcomes for participants.
• Liaise with and provide support to skippers and sea staff to ensure the needs of the young people are appropriately met.
• Maintain positive relationships with stakeholders, reporting any issues in a timely manner to your line manager.
• Proactively engage stakeholders and partners in representing Ocean Youth Trust Scotland’s programme, including delivering presentations and attendance at meetings and conferences as required.
• Liaise with support staff to ensure effective communication throughout the wider staff team and the efficient use of any resources.

Sailing Responsibilities

• Whilst on a voyage, you will form part of the sea staff team, delivering a safe and empowering experiences for all of those on-board.
• Be motivated to learn some sailing skills to enable you to feel comfortable in a sailing environment.
• Be proactive in building a cohesive team between sea staff and group leaders.
• Usually, you will be sailing in the familiarisation or bosun’s berth on-board, although if you have the correct qualifications, you may be asked to be a Watch Leader in exceptional circumstances.

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Prepare participant information and keep records as appropriate, ensuring that systems are maintained for tracking and recording progress against the project outcomes and indicators.
• Liaise with any external evaluators to ensure accurate compilation of data for post-course support and evaluation purposes.

Other

• Attend and engage in team and external meetings, support and supervision sessions, and the Performance and Development Review process.
• Undertake any training and professional development as and when required to ensure effective work with young people at risk.
• Undertake any other reasonable duties, commensurate with the job title, as may be determined by the line manager.

Project Esperanza supports women and families from multi-ethnic backgrounds affected by poverty, chronic health conditions, caregiving responsibilities, language barriers, inadequate housing, racism, and migration trauma.

We are seeking a dedicated individual to enhance the well-being of multi-ethnic and care-experienced young people by connecting them to vital services. You will collaborate closely with our people.

The ideal candidate will be expected to:

● Conduct assessments to identify the needs, strengths, and barriers faced by individual and multi-ethnic youth.

● Build trusting relationships with young people, particularly those at risk or facing challenges such as poverty, racism, migration trauma, and lack of access to essential services.

● Provide therapeutic support to youth who have experienced trauma, especially care-experienced and neurodivergent youth. Offer emotional support, counselling, and guidance on personal, social, and educational issues.

● Connect youth to resources such as education, job training, healthcare, and housing, while addressing mental health, employment, and social integration.

● Serve as a mentor and role model, helping youth develop life skills, set goals, and make positive choices.

● Advocate on behalf of youth to ensure their needs and human rights are upheld.

● Organise and participate in community events, workshops, and programs to promote youth engagement and development.

● Provide immediate support in crisis situations such as homelessness, substance abuse, or mental health emergencies.

● Maintain accurate records of youth interactions, assessments, and progress.

● Identify areas for personal training and development.

● Follow Project Esperanza's policies, including child protection, equal opportunities, and anti-discriminatory practices.

● Gather data to assess outreach impact and identify emerging needs of multi-ethnic youth.

● Develop and execute social media campaigns targeting Black and multi-ethnic communities, in collaboration with partners and schools.

● Ensure campaigns are inclusive, culturally sensitive, and visible to young audiences.

This job description is intended to indicate the broad range of responsibilities and requirements of the post. It is neither exhaustive nor exclusive but, whilst some variation can be expected in particular duties,the outline is considered to provide a reasonable general description of the post.

Are you passionate about supporting young people – especially those who have experiences of care or need extra help to make the transition to adulthood, parenthood, employment and education?

Dean and Cauvin Young People’s Trust is one of Scotland’s oldest charities – working in Edinburgh since 1733. Today, we exist to be a place of hope for vulnerable and care experienced children, young people and families in Edinburgh and the Lothians and we do this via our interconnected services which include:

• 2 residential houses for young people aged 15-21 and young mums and babies

• Our Community and Transition team which delivers support to young people and families in the community

• Our Wellbeing Hub and outings, breaks and activities

• Room 4U our teenage fostering service.

We have been working hard in the last few years to redesign our services to best meet the recommendations of The Promise. We are now looking for new trustees to join us on the next stage of our development as we seek to deliver high-quality care and support with the voices of young people at the heart of all we do.

Join us

This is an incredible opportunity to make a difference with young people and build your skills alongside our other trustees. Our Board will always contain those with experience in key areas of work with young people including social work, education and fostering as well as finance and organisational governance. As a part of our origins, we also have representatives from:

• The Sheriff Principal of the Lothians and Borders

• The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

• The Royal High School of Edinburgh

• The Presbytery of Edinburgh of the Church of Scotland

• The Councillors of the City of Edinburgh Council

• The Faculty of Advocates

Skills and experience

It is important that we continue to build and diversify our board to ensure we have a range of voices and experiences represented to help us reflect and understand the needs of young people in Edinburgh today.

We are recruiting for Trustees in the following areas:

• Leadership roles in children and families and child-protection focused services (i.e. social work, residential care, family support)

• Charitable / third sector – delivery and governance

• Fundraising and income generation

• Those with lived experiences of care/care-experienced

• Those from ethnically diverse and ethnic minority groups

• Young people aged 18-26

No previous board experience is necessary as full support and training will be provided.

What we do need is someone who is committed to our values and has an understanding of the current issues affecting young people, of high-quality practice approaches as well as the opportunities and challenges of the third sector.

The most important attributes of trustees joining us include:

• A willingness to ask questions

• A shared belief in our values, aims and objectives

• Energy to be an active and engaged trustee

• Desire to be a champion for young people and our organisation

Your responsibilities

Being a trustee requires a time commitment to the role. Duties/tasks include:

• Attend 4 board meetings a year (quarterly)

• Take part in our annual Development session with staff and/or trustees

There are additional opportunities to attend and contribute to our Finance sub-group and/or Care & Support sub-group. These meet 4 times per year (1-2 weeks before a Board meeting).

If this sounds like an opportunity you can bring your time, skills and passion to – we would love to hear from you.

CEMVO Scotland is a national intermediary race equality organization with the aim of building the capacity of the ethnic minority voluntary sector and its communities.

The main role of this post is to support the further development of an ethnic minority environment network that we have developed over the past 10 years which has a membership of over 100 EM groups / individuals. Thus, you will need to have extensive knowledge of climate change issues and the ability to contribute effectively to environmental policy development and decision-making processes.

The ideal candidate should also have a good understanding of race equality and the ability to empathise with the issues affecting ethnic minority communities and using that knowledge to work with mainstream environmental agencies / stakeholders to be more inclusive in environmental decision making.

The ability to help build the capacity of EMEN members is also important, so that they have the skills and knowledge to contribute and influence environmental policy.

The person will also need to have extensive skills and experience in organizing events and organizing / delivering capacity skills training, including environmental race/equalities leadership.