Working as part of our innovative Housing First for Youth Team, The Project Worker will work directly with young people to coordinate and provide emotional and practical support. Providing an assertive outreach approach the Project Worker will Work with young people to secure and manage their own permanent home, providing support in their home and in their local community to ensure that a young person’s experience of homelessness is rare, brief, and non-recurring.

The Project Worker will support young people to improve their practical independent living skills, access other services and to reach their full potential. Project Workers are responsible for completing support plans and risk assessments and are the main contact for any key people involved in the care and support of young people.

About Aberlour Routes Falkirk

Routes is an evidence-based youth work programme which supports young people aged 12-26 years affected by someone else’s alcohol or drug use. Routes offers a mix of one-to-one and group support, along with a busy programme of activities and events, bringing young people together. There is no time limit to their involvement, allowing trust to develop with workers and other young people, and all support is individually tailored to each young person.

The Routes model engages young people to effect change in their lives, recognising that living with chaos and trauma in your family does not need to lead to poor outcomes. With the right support, young people can take a very different path and have a positive future.

What we are looking for....

As a Young People’s Worker, you will offer community-based support to young people through one-to-one and group support. You will plan and deliver a programme of activities and organise events bringing young people together.

Not afraid to test new ways of working, you will bring a fresh, caring, compassionate and collaborative approach which responds empathically to the needs of young people. You will be committed to co-developing alongside the young people and delivering a range of activities for them and with them.

You will work within a variety of locations in the Falkirk area. You will need to be able to drive and have access to a vehicle to be able to take young people out and about.

At Aberlour we want to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team. At Aberlour we have strong values - Respect, Integrity, Innovation and Challenging - which influence our everyday work.

What we offer...

As well as a supportive team and excellent training opportunities, we want all our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, an excellent employer pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts across various retailers.

JOB PURPOSE:

The School Programmes Officer is part of a UK wide team delivering high quality STE(A)M engagement programmes and events to schools/colleges. This role involves delivery (face to face and virtual), event organisation and administration.

ABOUT EDT:

We are an established educational charity and our mission is to connect youngpeople with STEM and inspire STEM futures. Our vision is a society where young people acrossthe UK have equal access to engage with STEM subjects and achieve their potential in STEMcareers and opportunities for further study whatever their background. Our values arepassionate, dynamic, collaborative and respect.

At EDT we deliver our own series of programmes & tailored activities supporting young peopleat every key decision-making point throughout their educational journey. Industrial Cadets isour widely recognised, accredited awards scheme providing industry-based pathwayexperiences through education to employment, delivering an employability equivalent ofDofE, patroned by His Majesty the King.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

By joining EDT as a School Programmes Officer, you will have the opportunity be a key part of our success and support thousands of young people each year by delivering engaging content to young people both virtually and face-to-face. You will work closely with our partners and volunteers to create and deliver STE(A)M-based and future-skills projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver and present large-scale programmes and events with schools and industry mentors to a high standard.
• Take responsibility for the overall planning and implementation of specific activities within a defined geographical area.
• Recruit and build strong relationships with local schools, working with the Development and Delivery Lead to match educators to funders requirements.
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with teachers and industry mentors.
• Use our CRM system to manage delivery, report and track progress, ensuring that all relevant data is reviewed, managed and kept up to date.
• Be the face of EDT – take a ‘Front of house’ role at face-to-face and virtual events.
• Contribute to the expansion and development of inspirational, hands-on, virtual or face-to-face activities for young people.
• Work dynamically with all levels of the organisation to help create new and exciting additions to our programmes.
• End to end event planning with venues to ensure all programme requirements are met.
• Volunteer recruitment and management.

Competencies and Attributes:

• Professional and proactive, with a real pride in quality of work.
• Possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• The ability to use dynamic and engaging presentation skills with the confidence to deliver activities to large groups of young people.
• A team worker who can liaise and collaborate with colleagues and other stakeholders.
• Attention to detail and good IT skills (databases, CRM, Excel, Canva & LMS).
• Organised: can manage workload and deadlines and demonstrate effective time management.
• Positive and resilient attitude.
• Experience in the third sector and/or youth sector is desirable.

Special conditions:

The successful candidate will be required to fulfil an enhanced DBS/PVG check and should hold a clean driving licence. The role will require regular travel around the region (Scotland) and at times nationally (involving overnight stays), access to reliable transportation is essential (own car preferred).

Barnardo's Threads service has been supporting young people in the Renfrewshire area for over 20 years.

Barnardo's in partnership with Renfrewshire Council is recruiting a project worker (PW2) for our GAP Homes service.

GAP Homes will provide a coordinated and intensive package of support for identified young care leavers. These young people can present with multiple and/ or complex support needs. The successful candidate will have knowledge and experience of supporting young people through issues including trauma, loss, substance use or exploitation. You will liaise with multi agency partners to deliver outcome focussed support. The support is delivered over seven days therefore a flexible working approach is required.

You must be SSSC registration or ability to be registered, please see the attached role profile below detailing further information.

When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document (if applicable). This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

Pay & Reward Framework

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.

Benefits

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.

• Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years service
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
• Service related sick pay from day 1
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
• Cycle2work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
• 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

*T&C's apply based on contract

About Barnardo's

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

Our basis and values