- Advertised from 25th June 2024
Role
At Venture Trust, we are looking for another Outdoor Therapist based in Fife (though may be asked to work in other localities) to join one of our locality teams on a fixed-term basis for 18 months.
Our Outdoor Therapists work with people experiencing complex life circumstances. They provide Outdoor Therapy in the hope to support clients to move forwards in ways that are meaningful for them. They work with clients to explore and reflect through individual (and sometimes) group therapy.
Our Outdoor Therapy Service is offered mostly outdoors in urban greenspaces, and on occasion, online. It is aimed at adults aged 16+, as well as younger people aged 10-16.
Successful candidates will:
- be therapists registered with an appropriate professional body who can work thoughtfully and ethically with a client group that can have complex clinical presentations
- be able to work individually to meet the specific needs of their clients whilst maintaining high professional standards
- have personal or professional experience of outdoor environments and will have the capacity to articulate the reasoning behind working therapeutically in natural environment
- be able to work reflectively and effectively within a team and be committed to working towards the aims of the service and the organisation
Ideal candidates will have:
- experience working with younger people aged 10-16
- experience of facilitating therapeutic groups and reflective spaces
- experience of training other professionals, particularly mental health professionals
- specific experience of the client groups that Venture Trust engages with, for example, with hard-to-reach young people, homelessness, forensic clients
- had training and have experience of working with complex trauma presentations
- qualifications to support working in outdoor environments
The full job description, can be downloaded here.
In return, we offer a range of generous benefits including a generous annual leave entitlement, flexible and hybrid working, an employee benefits package and a joint contributory pension scheme. We also offer a great working culture that embraces our core values of courage, care, curiosity and collaboration in all we do.
If you have the skills and experience we are looking for, and want to play an important role in enabling people to achieve lasting change in their lives, we want to hear from you.
Application notes
For more information and to apply, please visit our job board, or alternatively, if you have any questions about this vacancy, please e-mail hrteam@venturetrust.org.uk.
Closing date for applications: 5pm on 1st July 2024
Venture Trust is a personal development charity whose strengths lie in the trust and relationships we forge. If, like us, you believe everyone has the right to recover from trauma and experience the transformational benefit of being outdoors and in nature, join us and build your career with a charity dedicated to supporting people to live full and fulfilling lives.
This is an exciting time at Venture Trust and we’re looking for a new Director of Operations to join our organisation. This is an important and diverse role, and as a member of the Senior Leadership team, the Director of Operations will work alongside colleagues to develop, embed and grow our new multidisciplinary locality teams to apply our developmental approach in communities, in greenspaces and across Scotland’s wilder places.
We would like our new Director of Operations to:
- provide strategic leadership across all Venture Trust operations and participant service portfolio including 1:1, therapeutic and adventurous activity provision
- lead on ensuring the quality and safety of Venture Trust’s operations across all our services
- innovate new provision, health and safety and staff learning and development
In return, you will receive:
- £53,000 annual salary
- a generous annual leave entitlement (28 days annual leave plus 8 public holidays and 3 Christmas holidays)
- an employee benefits package
- flexible and hybrid working
- a joint contributory pension scheme
Senior Youth Development Worker
- Part time
- £30,030 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Balerno
- Closing 1st December 2024
Youth Vision is a children and young people's charity that provides a range of nature-based projects that aim to develop the skills and self-esteem necessary to support a healthy transition to adulthood. Our unique range of integrated services enable vulnerable young people to experience nature and personal growth in a safe and supported environment.
The Role:
Working alongside the Field Manager you will oversee all our various programmes and work in the office to support the running of the Charity.
You will have experience of project management and lead facilitation with vulnerable young people, staff, and volunteers in the outdoor environment. You will be involved in practical outdoor project delivery at Threipmuir Farm Steading and in the community. The role will also require good knowledge of relevant policies and procedures relating to working with vulnerable young people, communicating with clients and partner organisations, and updating social media.
Practical rural and horticulture skills would be an asset, as would previous experience of charity funding and grant applications.
You can have a mix of hybrid working from our office base in Balerno and from your home. As Balerno and our steading base are located rurally, you will need a full UK driving licence and access to a car.
GIRFEC Support Worker, Inclusion Support Programme
- Full time
- £24,000 – £25,517
- On site: Musselburgh
- Closing 11th November 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 generous holidays 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. Since 1984, we have helped young people develop their life skills, improve their educational attainment and move into employment or further education. Join our team as we celebrate 40 years of empowering young people!
We have a vacancy for a GIRFEC Support Worker to provide bespoke, individually tailored support packages to young people who have been identified as not engaging or coping with mainstream school.
The successful candidate will:
- Provide a mixture of one to one intervention and group learning to young people, including support in areas such as wellbeing, personal and emotional development and employability
- Support young people to gain employability skills, life skills and accreditation; helping them in to work, apprenticeships, further education or vocational training
- Deliver tailored support packages to young people enabling them to create and realise their career pathways and progress in to post school opportunities
It is essential that candidates have a full, clean driving licence with business insurance 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.
Office and Communications Administrator
- Full time
- £23,375
- On site: The administrative base is in Dalkeith. Travel throughout Midlothian and East Lothian including operating from other venues, may be required.
- Closing 18th November 2024
Special conditions:
- The post is funded for an initial fixed term for one year – continuation dependent on securing additional funding
- The post may involve occasional evening and weekend working.
- You must be able to travel across Midlothian and East Lothian if required.
Role
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.
Working as part of busy Core Team, the post holder will offer administrative and communications support to MYPAS management and service teams designed to contribute towards MYPAS aims and objectives, The key areas of focus for this role are:
- Administrative support
- Meeting and events support
- Communications co-ordination including social media
- Production of reports and resources.
The successful candidate will have experience of providing administrative support in a service-based organisation, a good knowledge of general office procedures, excellent IT and literacy skills, and the ability to accurately manage databases and spreadsheets.
This post may require evening and occasional weekend work.
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