With funding from the Glasgow Communities Fund, Shettleston Community Growing Project (SCGP) is recruiting a Project Worker to join our team to work with the local community in Shettleston and surrounding areas. SCGP is a community organisation based in the heart of Shettleston. SCGP provides community gardening plots and runs activities for the community.

The post will focus on engaging with the community, networking with local organisations, and developing services aligned with community needs.

We are looking for a passionate and enthusiastic individual who believes in community empowerment and has experience in community development with strong networking and communication skills. You will have experience in marketing and social media, as well as organising community events and workshops.

If you believe you have the skills and attributes for this post, we welcome your application.

About Street Soccer

Street Soccer is a charity using football to create lasting change in the lives of isolated and excluded adults and young people. We run 60 sessions a week of free, inclusive and judgement-free football. These sessions provide person-centred support to players facing a number of challenges including mental health, homelessness, long term unemployment, problem substance use, criminal justice and seeking asylum. Our mission is to create hope and opportunity for all.

We support thousands of players a year on their journey to positive change by providing a safe space, trusting relationships and a sense of belonging. We fight isolation and exclusion by bringing people together, building confidence and creating supportive communities. We support people of all ages and backgrounds through relationship-based support, focusing on trust and personal development, supporting everyone to set and achieve their own goals. Thanks to the support of Street Soccer, 82% of players say that their quality of life has improved.

Lived experience is at the heart of what we do, with over 80% of our staff having lived experience of the challenges our players face. 97% of players think that Street Soccer is a unique organisation. With 15 years of experience delivering positive change through football, we are now working in more communities than ever, with city hubs in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen and South London, and network of sessions across 6 other local authorities.

Role Purpose

Since 2015 Street Soccer has been delivering Football themed personal development qualifications within 12 prisons across Scotland to both men and women, focusing on building transferable life skills and self-esteem to best prepare for release. Street Soccer players who have engaged in our Prisons Programme are 9x less likely to experience prison or probation following their engagement.

We are now pleased to be delivering our Prisons Programme in partnership with SACRO. This exciting partnership means that we are looking to expand our team delivering this programme across East & West Scotland to support delivering the programme to our players but also to support those nearing liberation and then through the gate into our 60 community drop-in sessions that take place across the country.

We are particularly interested in applications from those with experience of Criminal Justice, further information about our Safer Recruitment process can be found within section 8 of our Safeguarding Policy.

We are looking for someone to develop and deliver quality, creative and engaging youth projects while guiding young individuals through their formative years, with a focus on fostering positive growth, resilience and life skills.

To enhance the quality and scope of youth provision in Tillydrone so that its young people can be healthy, stay safe, enjoy and achieve, make positive contributions and achieve economic wellbeing.