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Project Worker - Youth Befriending

  • Part time
  • £24,732 – £28,265 pro-rata
  • Edinburgh
  • Closing 21st March 2024


  • Advertised from 4th March 2024
  • 18 hours per week, including some evening and weekend hours. Flexibility of schedule, split over 3 days or more. Post funded until July 2027.

Role

About Space

Space @ the Broomhouse Hub is a community anchor organisation supporting people and their families in South Edinburgh, with some of our services stretching citywide.

At Space we see a future where communities thrive, where people belong and lead fulfilling lives. We believe that connections build communities

We deliver 17 projects, with 70 staff and over 250 volunteers. We deliver diverse services supporting young people, families and older people,

For more information about Space and all our projects can be found on our website – spacescot.org

The Role

Space are seeking to recruit an experienced and enthusiastic Project Worker to join our expanding Youth Befriending Team as we increase our service, which currently covers South West Edinburgh, to take in the whole of the city.

The Project Worker will join our existing team of three staff who coordinate our volunteer based befriending service for young people aged 5-16 years who are affected by parental drug and/or alcohol use. Matches between volunteer befrienders and the young person last for a minimum of 12 months.

Key tasks in this role include:

  • Managing a caseload of volunteer befriender and befriendee matches.
  • Recruiting, training and supervising volunteer befrienders.
  • Identifying interests and personal attributes in befrienders and befriendees to create appropriate and fulfilling matches.
  • Supporting befrienders to plan activities the child/young person would benefit from to help them engage in additional opportunities and connect to suitable networks in their local area.
  • Plan and attend group activities for children/young people and volunteers.
  • Record appropriate information gained through assessment, monitoring and review in order to provide quantitative and qualitative data about the service.
  • Provide On Call telephone support for befrienders/befriendees, being part of a rota schedule for evening and weekend cover.

The successful person will have a minimum of two years’ experience working directly with vulnerable children, young people or families.

They will have a sound understanding of the needs and challenges faced by families effected by drug and/or alcohol use.

They will be educated to HNC level in Youth Work, Community Education, Child Care or another topic relevant and beneficial to this role.

*This role requires a degree of flexibility around hours of work. This role will involve being On Call until 8.30pm some weekday evenings (approx. 6 per month) and some Saturdays (approx. 1 in 4).

If you would like to discuss any areas of the role prior to applying please contact youthbefriending@spacescot.org

Application notes

Download an application pack below.

Please return your completed application pack to careers@spacescot.org. If you require any assistance in order to complete an application or would like to know about alternative formats available please contact careers@spacescot.org or call 0131 455 7731.

Space @ The Broomhouse Hub is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.


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