Working under the direction of our Team leader, Sessional Workers are key to ensuring the successful delivery of our programmes. The role will include the development and delivery of specific community/youth work projects and programmes delivered in accordance with the policies and procedures of the organisation, helping participants to develop personally, socially, and educationally. The role will include providing support to vulnerable and at-risk service users. Also responding to their needs, encouraging, and enabling achievement, self-expression, positivity, confidence, and the development of self-esteem based on equality and respect for each other.

Community Volunteers Enabling You (COVEY) has operated across Lanarkshire for 32 years supporting 5,000 children, young people and parents/carers to become more resilient, safe and better equipped to reach their full potential. COVEY provides 1-1 and group-based befriending, mentoring and family support.

COVEY has an exciting opportunity available for a Coordinator to manage delivery of 1-1 and group-based befriending/ mentoring support to children and young people.

COVEY’s consistent relationship-based support, which is centred on the participant’s needs, interests and hopes, improves health and wellbeing, social connections, confidence and increases their engagement with education, training, volunteering or employment.

As a Coordinator, you will have the ability to work collaboratively with children, young people, their families and others who support them. This will involve engaging with various, community, statutory and voluntary agencies and working in close partnership to support vulnerable families.

You would ideally have experience of supporting volunteers, managing a caseload, evaluation and monitoring. We are looking for someone who has a real passion around supporting those who are most vulnerable in our community.

What we offer

We offer a rewarding role with the opportunity to develop your skills and future career in an enriching environment with the following benefits:

• 6% employer pension contribution
• flexible working (including flexi-time)
• access to learning and development opportunities
• one special leave day to celebrate your birthday
• annual staff and volunteer recognition awards
• quarterly staff wellbeing activities
• annual all staff outing/activity
• HSF Health plan for employees (and their spouse/partner and children) including dental and optical claim back, physio claim back, personal accident coverage, GP, mental health counselling, legal support, discounts for gym, cinema and shopping
• access to ScotWest Credit Union offering loans, mortgages and savings accounts

Community Volunteers Enabling You (COVEY) has operated across Lanarkshire for 32 years supporting 5,000 children, young people and parents/carers to become more resilient, safe and better equipped to reach their full potential. COVEY provides 1-1 and group-based befriending, mentoring and family support.

COVEY is seeking a passionate, professional and proactive individual to provide support to families who are experiencing difficulties or challenges in their everyday lives such as isolation, mental and physical health problems, disability, poverty and trauma. This involves direct work with children, young people, parents/carers and whole families via 1-1 intervention/support and group-based mentoring.

The successful candidate will provide person centred, relationship-based support to children, young people and parents/carers to help them identify and address short-term needs (strengthening confidence, wellbeing and family/community relationships) and support long-term aspirations into positive destinations.

This role offers the opportunity to collaborate with experienced professionals, manage complex cases, and support volunteer mentors. If you have a strong background in family support and are driven by our mission to create positive change, apply today and help families thrive.

Our befriending groups run from 6pm – 8pm in the evenings.

What we offer

We offer a rewarding role with the opportunity to develop your skills and future career in an enriching environment with the following benefits:

• 6% employer pension contribution
• flexible working (including flexi-time)
• access to learning and development opportunities
• one special leave day to celebrate your birthday
• annual staff and volunteer recognition awards
• quarterly staff wellbeing activities
• annual all staff outing/activity
• HSF Health plan for employees (and their spouse/partner and children) including dental and optical claim back, physio claim back, personal accident coverage, GP, mental health counselling, legal support, discounts for gym, cinema and shopping
• access to ScotWest Credit Union offering loans, mortgages and savings accounts

Essential requirements:

• Enhanced PVG required for this post
• Full Driving License with access to a car for business use/purposes

Notes: You will be required to travel Scotland-wide, with potential overnight stays aware from home with expenses paid.

Includem is looking for Community Youth & Family Support Workers to join our Includem Response Team working in Scotland Central Belt to support children, young people, and families, when they need it most.

You will manage your own caseload ensuring support plans are developed with the young person to respond to their individual needs and supporting them to improve outcomes in line with GIRFEC principles and the organisations model of support.

You will be expected to actively demonstrate leadership and ownership over effective service delivery to young people, by managing their outcomes through use of line managers, colleagues, and organisational tools, processes, policies and procedures.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Build relationships and deliver outcome-based support to young people and families, involving all key stakeholders.
• Explore values and attitudes with young people in a supportive manner.
• Ensure a focus on regular and appropriate case progression to help young people and families recognise progress.
• Actively participate in the delivery of the Helpline evening and night service so support is available 24/7.
• To support with crisis management and generate solutions for young people and families.
• To build relationships with Local Authorities with varying demands and priorities.
• To ensure support is delivered in line with organisations Policies Procedures, SSSC Codes of Practice & National Guidelines.

A full job description you can find on our website: includem.org/careers

About you

As a Community Youth & Family Support worker, you will have experience of working with young people and engaging vulnerable young people and families who are likely to have faced challenging life circumstances.

You will also have:

• Experience of effectively engaging vulnerable young people and families.
• Experience of managing caseloads and influencing decision making.
• Experience of responding to difficult circumstances where people may be in crisis or engaged in risk taking behaviour.
• Able to provide emotional, practical and social support to young people and families.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Able to routinely evidence practice, including completion of formal reports.
• Reliable and committed to deliver the relationship-based model of intervention.

A UK driving license is an essential requirement to the role. Ideally it would be if you live in the central belt, but not mandatory.

If you would like further information about the role, please call Recruitment on 01414270523