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- Advertised from 16th May 2024
- 35 hours per week. Fixed Term Contract to December 2025 with the potential to extend.
- Annual Leave Entitlement: 25 days, plus 9 public holidays, plus 3 days for Christmas shutdown.
Role
About us
FARE Scotland is a voluntary organisation working within disadvantaged communities throughout Central Scotland. At FARE Scotland we strive to raise people’s aspirations, encourage them to become more involved in their communities, create opportunities for personal development and equip them with the skills required to deal with the demands of 21st century life.
Working at FARE Scotland, you will be part of passionate and hard-working team that aims to improve the lives of the people in the communities we serve.
What you’ll do
We have an exciting new opportunity for a Youth Employability Keyworker to join our Employability team. Reporting to the Employability Manager, you will work closely with them to ensure high-quality employability support and programme delivery to achieve individual aims for young people across the employability pipeline. You will provide holistic support to young people that will minimise barriers to employment and offer training to increase skills, development, and support access to further training, and education to allow people to move on to sustained progressions along the employability pipeline.
The successful candidate will have a sound knowledge of the national and local policies including No One Left Behind, The Young Person’s Guarantee, the Local Employability Partnership, barriers young people face to enter employment and the skills to support their development and ability to achieve goals. You will be responsible for forming relationships with key stakeholders including, SDS, GCC and local retailers at Glasgow Fort.
As part of your role, your main responsibilities will include:
- Designing, delivering, and evaluating training for young people that supports sustained progressions into further education, training, employment, or reg-engagement in schools.
- Recruitment for programmes.
- Undertaking one-to-one goal setting interviews and reviews.
- Delivering training in-group settings using a range of learning materials accommodating a range of learning styles to meet groups' learning needs.
- Design and deliver employability training session to be delivered from our Skills and Community Hub.
- Maintaining up to date knowledge of the employment sector for young people and pre-employment training provisions that may be needed.
- Ensuring Employability Programme trainees get the support that they require to help them remain engaged, focused and progress to their identified goals.
- Building trusting relationships with FARE Scotland and Employability Programme trainees, challenging negative attitudes and behaviours whilst motivating individuals to retain focus.
- Supporting participants’ FE and job search activities, personal development, goal setting, identifying, and overcoming barriers, CV development, completing applications, interview skills, and accredited qualifications.
- Liaising with employers to identify job opportunities, further training and/or education within the stages of the Employability Pipeline in order to meet recruitment targets and outcomes for our Youth Action Fund programmes.
- Providing post-employment support to achieve sustained employment outcomes, including tracking, and database record-keeping.
- Attending meetings to represent FARE Scotland, promoting the Employability Programme at external events.
- Monitoring and evaluating all employability training programmes.
- Adapting to changing needs and requirements as the position and organisation grows and develops.
About you
The successful candidate for this role will have:
- Experience of delivering employability support and training to young people.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to motivate young people with multiple barriers to employment.
- Organised and systematic approach to monitoring and reporting.
- Ability to work with people at all levels, both internally and externally.
- The drive and initiative to work independently.
- Ability to share learning and develop practice through feedback.
- Ability to challenge, in a constructive manner, negative attitudes.
- Excellent IT skills in Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access particularly for database-related work and report writing.
- Good knowledge of the employability landscape.
- Good knowledge of Scotland’s new National Performance Framework and Economic Strategy and No One Left Behind.
- Experience working with young people.
- Experience in supporting sustained progressions.
- Educated to HNC/HND level or minimum of 2 years relevant experience.
- A full UK driving licence.
Ideally you will have:
- Knowledge of statutory organisations including Skills Development Scotland.
- Experience providing outcomes-focused employability skills to individuals excluded from mainstream employment.
- Experience in the delivery of SVQ/PDAs.
- Recruitment and selection experience.
- A L&D9I (Assessor Qualification) and/or L&D11 (Verifier Qualification).
Along with the above, we would be looking for an individual who shares, and is able to demonstrate, the organisation’s values of being compassionate, open, collaborative, innovative and driven.
Along with the above, we would be looking for an individual who shares, and is able to demonstrate, the organisation’s values of being compassionate, open, collaborative, innovative and driven.
What we can offer
In return, we can offer you:
- Enhanced holiday entitlement
- Christmas shutdown period
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme
- Flexible working options
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
- Death in Service benefit (4 x basic salary)
Application notes
If this sounds like you, and you are looking for an exciting new opportunity, then please apply by sending us a copy of your CV and a cover letter to hr@fare-scotland.org.
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You will work within our Welfare Rights team and alongside our Employability, Digital, Youth & Families teams utilising a joined-up approach to provide a well-rounded and inclusive service, ensuring local residents are aware of and are accessing other services where required.
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Welcome Through Football - Group Worker
- Part time
- £23,660 pro-rata
- On site: Edinburgh
- Closing 10th January 2025
Role overview
To assist the Project Lead in the delivery of a programme of interesting and fun sessions/activities in consultation with young people to ensure they are at the centre of their own planning. ‘Welcome Through Football’ aims to assist in the integration and inclusion of recently arrived young refugees, asylum seekers and young people with a migrant background aged 15-25.
ORGANISATION PROFILE
Big Hearts Community Trust is the official charity of Heart of Midlothian Football Club. Based in South West Edinburgh, we aim to improve outcomes for individuals and families, using the power of football. We work across three key areas: Mental Health, Social Connections and Equal Opportunities.
We work closely with local and specialist partners to identify areas of need, understand where we can best add value and ensure our activities are designed and delivered effectively within the communities we serve. More information on our work can be found at bighearts.org.uk
Full details can be found in the job description attached below.
The organisation
The Venny Neighbourhood Centre in Craigneuk (Wishaw) has for many years run clubs for Children and young people of this community. These clubs have provided a safe meeting place for young people, with opportunities to try new activities and develop new skills. The Clubs run after school and in the early evening during school term times.
We are now seeking to appoint new Sessional Children/Young People’s Workers to join the team.
The role
We hope to recruit people who
- Who want the very best for Children and Young People in this community
- Who are positive and enthusiastic about working with children and young people
- Who are able to work as part of a team.
- Who recognise the importance of creating a safe space where children can flourish.
- Who share our values of inclusion and welcome to all local young people
- Who are able to work 2 sessions weekly
- Who are willing to be flexible and participate in the wider work of the Venny
We are able to offer
- The opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of children and young people.
- A friendly and supportive working environment and committed staff team.
- The opportunity of training.
School Programmes Officer
- Full time
- £24,700 – £30,900
- Hybrid: between the Glasgow office, schools in the region (Scotland) and home.
- Closing 15th December 2024
JOB PURPOSE:
The School Programmes Officer is part of a UK wide team delivering high quality STE(A)M engagement programmes and events to schools/colleges. This role involves delivery (face to face and virtual), event organisation and administration.
ABOUT EDT:
We are an established educational charity and our mission is to connect youngpeople with STEM and inspire STEM futures. Our vision is a society where young people acrossthe UK have equal access to engage with STEM subjects and achieve their potential in STEMcareers and opportunities for further study whatever their background. Our values arepassionate, dynamic, collaborative and respect.
At EDT we deliver our own series of programmes & tailored activities supporting young peopleat every key decision-making point throughout their educational journey. Industrial Cadets isour widely recognised, accredited awards scheme providing industry-based pathwayexperiences through education to employment, delivering an employability equivalent ofDofE, patroned by His Majesty the King.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
By joining EDT as a School Programmes Officer, you will have the opportunity be a key part of our success and support thousands of young people each year by delivering engaging content to young people both virtually and face-to-face. You will work closely with our partners and volunteers to create and deliver STE(A)M-based and future-skills projects.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver and present large-scale programmes and events with schools and industry mentors to a high standard.
- Take responsibility for the overall planning and implementation of specific activities within a defined geographical area.
- Recruit and build strong relationships with local schools, working with the Development and Delivery Lead to match educators to funders requirements.
- Develop and maintain good working relationships with teachers and industry mentors.
- Use our CRM system to manage delivery, report and track progress, ensuring that all relevant data is reviewed, managed and kept up to date.
- Be the face of EDT – take a ‘Front of house’ role at face-to-face and virtual events.
- Contribute to the expansion and development of inspirational, hands-on, virtual or face-to-face activities for young people.
- Work dynamically with all levels of the organisation to help create new and exciting additions to our programmes.
- End to end event planning with venues to ensure all programme requirements are met.
- Volunteer recruitment and management.
Competencies and Attributes:
- Professional and proactive, with a real pride in quality of work.
- Possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- The ability to use dynamic and engaging presentation skills with the confidence to deliver activities to large groups of young people.
- A team worker who can liaise and collaborate with colleagues and other stakeholders.
- Attention to detail and good IT skills (databases, CRM, Excel, Canva & LMS).
- Organised: can manage workload and deadlines and demonstrate effective time management.
- Positive and resilient attitude.
- Experience in the third sector and/or youth sector is desirable.
Special conditions:
The successful candidate will be required to fulfil an enhanced DBS/PVG check and should hold a clean driving licence. The role will require regular travel around the region (Scotland) and at times nationally (involving overnight stays), access to reliable transportation is essential (own car preferred).
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