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.

Are you interested in a role that would support a wonderful, friendly, popular young woman to live her best life whilst providing you with a regular salary, brilliant development opportunities and a great work/life balance?

We have a part-time role available to complete this person’s support team. We are looking for someone caring, responsible, respectful and considerate. Ideally you will have creative interests and be keen to support this lady in basic arts and crafts and in her love of music and dancing. You will also have great attention to detail and be enthusiastic about supporting this young woman in her daily life including going to her classes and activities, seeing her friends and keeping in touch with her family.

You should be motivated to provide an excellent standard of support and want to use and develop person-centred approaches and basic therapeutic techniques to support this (full training will be provided). You must be responsible and proactive in supporting the person in running and maintaining their household. A range of additional benefits is provided alongside the salary.

A 16-hour or 25-hour role is available.16-hours is equivalent to one 24-hour shift a week including a paid sleepover (the sleepover pay is additional to the basic salary). 25-hours is roughly equivalent to 3 shifts over a two-week period. Each shift also includes an additional ½ hour paid handover.

Applicants should be looking to commit to the role for a minimum of 18 months to 2 years in the first instance. You would be working in a small, friendly team with ongoing support, training and supervision provided by a professional care provider. This role includes personal care.

Package includes

• Starting salary
  • 16 hours role - £10,066 rising to £10,316 plus sleepover payments,
  • 25 hours role - £15,730 rising to £15,729 plus sleepover payments
  • (£24,538 per annum rising to £25,147 per annum FTE).
• Fantastic training (on full pay) including enhanced learning in person-centred practice, leadership skills and other bespoke training courses.
• Contributory pension scheme, membership of HSF health plan and more.
• 30 days of annual leave, increasing by 1 day/year up to 35 days (pro rata for part time roles).

The Citizens Advice network in Scotland is the largest independent advice service in the country. Citizens Advice Scotland is a charity within this network – we act as a national organisation supporting and representing the service as a whole and the interests of citizens. At the heart of the network there are 59 individual citizens advice bureau across Scotland, all operating as independent charities in their own right, which focus on providing support and advice directly to clients. Each of these organisations is a member of Citizens Advice Scotland. We believe that every citizen should have access to free, impartial, and confidential advice that helps them make informed decisions, whenever they need it and however, they choose to access it.

Our vision is for a Fairer Scotland where everyone has the advice and information, they need to realise their rights, and that the barriers to accessing those rights are effectively challenged.

Citizens Advice Scotland is responsible for developing, implementing, and managing a series of projects which enable and support various national specialist services to be delivered with our network of 59 Citizens Advice Bureaux. The Lead Project Support Manager will have direct responsibility and accountability for the Project Management Office (PMO) and for ensuring effective service delivery and compliance across the portfolio of these projects.

Working alongside the Lead Project Delivery Manager your role includes managing a PMO team of Project Officers and coordinating their resource across projects within a matrix environment. You will also be responsible for coordinating support from other internal departments across the organisation to ensure consistency of delivery and meeting contractual obligations. Acting as a key departmental representative with our Network of Citizens Advice Bureaux, you’ll be responsible for liaising with Bureaux Chief Executives and Managers across Scotland along with other key stakeholders.

The PMO coordinates management information, data, and analysis requirements against governance, project controls and reporting needs, including programme level risk, change and performance management. You will be responsible for developing and co-designing new and innovative PMO tools and resources to meet future service needs and support for our systems, processes and procedures. Your aim should be to ensure our department delivers consistently and effectively, whilst proactively forecasting and anticipating future needs. This will be underpinned through maintaining the PMO’s focus on continuous improvement and a quality-of-service cycle of review and assessment.

This is an exciting time to join us where you can make a difference. Working within one of the largest directorates at CAS you will be collaborating with fellow managers and leading a dynamic and agile team at the forefront of a wide range of advice service delivery. Our services are even more critical now than ever before in helping those in need and are essential in helping citizens receive the necessary advice and support during these unprecedent times. As a line manager you are responsible for the PMO team and will be required to identify and manage the resources required, forecast and plan the work to realise the expected benefits as well as manage the project teams’ dependencies, workloads, and schedules.

We are flexible about your professional background and open minded about your career to date. You will need to be able to lead a Project Management Office function and engage with multiple stakeholders both internally and externally. You will be a compassionate manager with the ability to understand the challenges and opportunities that working within a membership organisation brings. You may well have experience of working in a charity, housing association or the broader public sector, though applicants from all sectors are welcome. You will have to be able to demonstrate the desire to put the people who matter most, our clients, at the heart of every decision.

Employee benefits

Citizens Advice Scotland offers excellent terms and conditions. We want our people to have a great work life balance, and we have designed our working practices and benefits to support this. Here are some of things our employees benefit from: a 35-hour full time working week, 40 days annual leave, genuine flexibility in working hours with a flexi-time system, and hybrid working opportunities for every role.

Citizens Advice Scotland is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies and flexible working arrangements to support all our staff. We are also committed to equality of opportunity for all and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

CAS provides options for hybrid working to allow employees to balance their time attending the office with time working from home. The number of days you will be able to work from home each week will be dependent on your job role and can be discussed as part of the recruitment process.

This is an exciting opportunity to manage the work and people of our social policy team, who lead our influencing and advocacy work on; social security, housing and energy.

Working closely with our Head of Social Justice, at the heart of Scotland’s largest independent advice and advocacy network, this role will focus on building culture, developing people and delivering a strategic work plan, alongside putting into practice policy and influencing skills to deliver outcomes that improve the lives of people across Scotland.

This role offers you the opportunity to use your passion and insight into pursing social justice, alongside your expertise in the coordination and delivery projects that enable team members to flourish.

Employee benefits

Citizens Advice Scotland offers excellent terms and conditions. We want our people to have a great work life balance and we have designed our working practices and benefits to support this. Here are some of things our employees benefit from: a 35-hour full time working week, 40 days annual leave, genuine flexibility in working hours with a flexi-time system, and hybrid working opportunities for every role.

Citizens Advice Scotland is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies and flexible working arrangements to support all our staff. We are also committed to equality of opportunity for all and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

CAS provides options for hybrid working to allow employees to balance their time attending the office with time working from home. The number of days you will be able to work from home each week will be dependent on your job role and can be discussed as part of the recruitment process.