Special conditions:

• The post is funded until July 2025 (continuation dependent on MYPAS securing further funding)
• The post may involve some evening and occasional weekend working.
• You must be able to travel across Midlothian and East Lothian – if required.

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 a range of business support functions including fundraising and business development to the Chief Executive, Management Team, the staff team and to the Board, to allow the service delivery teams to provide services that meet the needs of young people. This will include elements of business development, fundraising, communications, marketing, policy development, research and administrative support.

Educated to degree level/equivalent professional qualification or can demonstrate equivalent experience, you will be comfortable working with a wide range of organisations and individuals, have excellent communications skills and able to manage the pressures of working in a swift moving landscape in a service dedicated to improving outcomes for vulnerable young people.

This post may require evening and occasional weekend work.

We are seeking a dynamic, highly motivated individual who will play a key role in developing and delivering a program of support services and activities for Care Experienced children and young people across West Dunbartonshire.

This exciting post offers a unique opportunity to develop, deliver and evaluate services, learning opportunities and mentoring activities, that supports care experienced children & young people to reach their full potential.

The main aim of the role is to ensure Y sort it plays an integral role in supporting Care Experienced children & young people with their school, family and community life. We aim to build on the aspirations care experienced young people via The Promise, along with our local partners within West Dunbartonshire Promise Keepers, an established group of stakeholders.

You will be directly managed by Y sort it Head of Services & Development. The postholder will be responsible for the management of the Y sort it Care Experienced Staff & Volunteer Team.

Purpose and Objectives

The postholder will provide critical support to Y sort it, schools, and communities to drive West Dunbartonshire’s Integrated Childrens Services Plan for care experience children and young people. You will lead and co-ordinate the team and activities required to do so. With support from West Dunbartonshire Education, Promise Scotland / Corra Foundation and Inspiring Scotland / Intandem - West Dunbartonshire is one of eleven local authorities in Scotland to adopt the approach of Intandem Mentoring model and a carryout a Test of Change initiative with the aim to develop a Supportive School Structure (Right to Education) for Care Experienced children and young people across West Dunbartonshire.

The post holder will have a primary focus on developing & evaluating the impact of learning opportunities, to raise the attainment of care experienced young people and support our established Intandem Volunteer Mentoring program, by focusing on children and young people aged 8 to 14 who are subject to a compulsory supervision order (or at-risk of becoming so), living at home or in kinship arrangements (ages 8-16 years).

You will be responsible for leading, supporting and managing a team of staff and volunteers, and must demonstrable recent knowledge and experience of the Promise, GIRFEC (Getting it Right for Every Child), UNCRC (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child). Experience of monitoring and evaluation frameworks, writing funding bids, and the ability to work independently as well as part of a Leadership & Management Team.

The post holder should be flexible as the actual times of work will involve working, evenings, school holidays and weekends . The post holder should be flexible as the actual times of work may change to respond to the demands of the work.

Requirements

You will have a degree or equivalent in Social Work, Community Education, or in the field of Health or Health Promotion, or relevant / equivalent experience.

Responsibilities:

You will have experience of Community Development approach, relevant experience in a community based/voluntary role with children, young people and/ or families. You will have an awareness/experience of primary prevention approaches and experience of developing and implementing action plans. You will have excellent leadership, oral and written communication skills with the ability to communicate with a variety of stakeholders, good interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders to bring people together. You will have good assessment and reporting skills with the ability to work with members of the public, to work without constant supervision, and meet deadlines, to identify and apply for appropriate funding and the ability to work flexible hours.

Please note, a driving license is essential for this role.

This post is considered Regulated Work with Children and/or Protected Adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme update check, prior to a formal offer of employment being made by Y sort it.

About us

“Y sort it is a young person led service, providing opportunities that responds to the support needs of local young people and inspires them to reach their full potential- we will #Connect # Support #Inspire WD Young people”.

Y sort it Youth project is aimed at young people aged between 8-18 years old that reside within West Dunbartonshire. We are unique in the fact that Y sort is governed by a Youth Management Board, with all members registered as company directors. This ensures that Y sort it continues to be FOR young people BY young people of West Dunbartonshire. Young people of West Dunbartonshire will reach their full potential through learning and have the capacity to make informed choices and play a key role in decisions that affect their lives.

Up2Us is a dynamic and innovative third sector organisation, recognised by the Care Inspectorate as “going the extra mile” in providing residential care and community support to children and young people who have experienced childhood trauma and need support in their journey to adulthood. We are committed to nurturing the potential of our young people, supporting families, and enhancing the wellbeing of those we care for.

Job Purpose

Being a Trustee is both rewarding and challenging! Our Trustees play a key role in making sure that Up2Us stays true to its mission and values by serving the interests of our young people and families to achieve better life chances, better life experiences and better wellbeing.

It is an exciting time to work with Up2Us as we endeavour to expand our free “Time for Change” project which supports young women, caught up in the Criminal Justice System. We also plan to proceed with building a therapeutic centre named by our young people as “The Ace Space,”. The first Trauma Centre in Scotland will combine a full range of therapeutic, life, leisure, learning, and work skills for young people from one central hub.

As a member of the Up2Us Board you will:

• be responsible for the strategic, tactical and operational direction of Up2us
• uphold our values and principles
• receive reports from the Chief Executive and other staff on Up2Us operations and finances, to inform decision making and make sure that all statutory and legal requirements for Up2Us are met.

Reporting to: Chairperson/ Company Secretary

Board meeting dates: Last Tuesday of each month online (4.00pm-5pm)

Who should apply?

We want a diverse Board of Trustees with a depth and breadth of insight, experience and perspective. We welcome and value people of diverse backgrounds, thinking and skills and we would love to hear from people with skills in:

• Children and young people's care and support services
• Finance/Fundraising
• Human Resources
• Communications/ Digital Technologies

We are recruiting for a Locality Manager to lead our service provision across the city of Edinburgh and the East.

In Edinburgh this is directly managing Our Visiting Home Service in the Northwest and Southwest of the city as well as overseeing the management of three supported accommodation programmes in the Broomhouse and Pilton areas. The Locality Manager will directly line manager a Service Manager in the city.

Right There is a charity working to prevent people becoming homeless and separated from their loved ones.

We’re here for children and adults who are living with the effects of poverty, addiction or broken relationships. Walking alongside people at home and in the community, we provide tailored support and form trusting relationships to help people feel happier, safer and more confident to live their lives.

Rooted in communities across Scotland for 200 years, we’re there for people going through tough times. Our work won’t stop until everyone has an equal chance to create a safe and supportive place to call home.

Main duties and responsibilities include:

• Directly manage delivery of the Edinburgh and East service and be service located in the city(potentially from Leith in the first instance)
• Lead service delivery in line with Right There’s aims, values and strategic objectives
• Lead your portfolio with emphasis on best practice, qualitative based outcomes and robust operational controls
• Ensure robust person-centred planning is at the heart of delivery with maintained and accurate support plans recording SMART outcomes.
• Responsibility for service development and excellence leading on the collation and implementation of annual review and improvement programme.
• Take ownership for growth of services under responsibility
• Investigate new opportunities allied to and/or supporting existing service provision
• Support leadership and senior management colleagues develop new service proposals and tenders of new and existing activity.
• Lead the Edinburgh and East delivery teams with a clear focus on delivery performance and outcome attainment
• Lead the teams to deliver great “customer” service and a People First Approach
• Work in partnership with Right There colleagues; promote clear and singular communication
• Embrace a positive working culture working collaboratively, promoting inclusiveness, cooperation, trust and open exchange of ideas to fulfil Right There’s strategic aims supporting line managers and delivery staff to do likewise.
• Accountable for service specific data collection, analysis and regular agreed reporting
• Deliver on service performance, using KPI data to support decision making and planning for current programmes.
• Responsible for upholding the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) Codes of Practice and Health and Social Care Standards within your programme.
• Lead the Edinburgh and East services in partnership with key commissioners involved in service review and reporting.
• Take the lead in service delivery matters as they apply to the Care Inspectorate, building positive working relations with respective Inspectorate staff.
• Responsible for compiling and managing the approved annual budgets
• Ensure services operate within financial parameters and targets

What we expect from you

Our values make us who we are and define our actions and behaviours every day. We’d expect the post-holder to uphold and represent our organisation in a way that reflects our values and person-centred way of working.

We need you to be qualified to SVQ Level 3 in Social Services and Healthcare (previously Health and Social Care), SCQF Level 7 or HNC in Social Services. We also need you to be qualified in, or willing to work towards SVQ Level 4 Social Services and Healthcare and SVQ Level 4 in Management, or SCQF equivalent.

We’re looking for someone that has experience of managing a service, with the ability to lead and take ownership and accountability for the programmes. We also need you to have knowledge and experience of working to Care Inspectorate standards as well as having experience of building, leading and managing a team.

What you can expect from us

We value our staff as our greatest asset and will provide the following working conditions:

• The post holder will report to the Head of Operations-Services.
• Your normal working hours are an average of 35 per week. These hours are usually worked Monday to Friday, and flexibly between the hours of 8.00am to 6.00pm, with core hours over the period from 10am to 4pm with one-hour unpaid. Variations to these hours must be agreed with your line manager.
• Your usual place of work will be 26 Leith Walk, Edinburgh, EH6 5AA
• Annual leave entitlement of 210 hours holiday (equivalent to 6 weeks) pro rata per year in the first year rising to 280 hours (equivalent to 8 weeks) pro rata per year in the second. This includes public holidays.
• You will be automatically enrolled into the People’s Pension in the month that you will complete 3-months of employment, provided you meet the auto-enrolment criteria.
• Life Insurance from day one
• Option to purchase and sell annual leave.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Ongoing learning and development
• Wellness programmes