It is an exciting time at the DRC Youth Project! Our charity is growing, and we are looking to strengthen our team by welcoming a new motivated group worker onto our team of staff.

• Are you motivated and passionate about working together with young people?

• Do you have a ‘can do’ attitude?

• Can you inspire young people to make positive changes in their lives?

• Are you excited about working for a modern charity with great opportunities for career progression?

• Do you have a UK Drivers License (held for a minimum of 12 months)?

The DRC Youth Project is a modern youth service which offers safe spaces and supports young people. The new group worker will work together with groups of young people across DRC personal development initiatives. The aim of each group is to provide support, advice and guidance on employment, training and career and personal development for the young people. In doing this, the new group worker will liaise with relevant bodies as directed with a key focus on prevention, employability and in some cases, recovery. At the DRC, young people are at the heart of everything we do, and our aim is that every young person we work with is empowered to live their life to its fullest potential.

The group worker’s core function is to offer a variety of information and support that will help fulfil the personal development requirements of each young person. The group worker will equip the young people to meet life challenges and in particular allow them to access employment and a career path within their own aspirations and capabilities. To achieve this, the post holder will continually engage with young people utilising various DRC Youth Project resources and key specialist partners. The post holder will also support the DRC management team in the day to day running of the project’s various youth provisions.

Make a Difference in Young Lives as an Early Interventions Youth Navigator

Regenfx Youth Trust is a well-established charitable youth organisation, proud to have created Scotland’s first-ever visible Youth Recovery Service - The GIVIT. Our innovative approach supports young people aged 11–25 who are impacted by problematic alcohol and substance use, blending youth work with harm reduction, rapid access to CBT Counselling and a robust recovery model.

We’re looking for a committed Early Interventions Youth Navigator to work within our GIVIT some STREET Project. You will work with young people aged 11–20 yrs who are taking risks around alcohol and substance use or are affected by a loved one’s problematic substance use.

What You’ll Do:

• Provide meaningful 1:1 support and facilitate group sessions for young people engaging with our service.
• Build strong, trust-based relationships grounded in respect, care, and understanding.
• Work closely with a supportive and experienced team, with opportunities to learn and develop through comprehensive training and shadowing.

Who We’re Looking For:

• A motivated individual with experience in Youth Work and or the Recovery Field.
• Someone capable of managing a small, impactful caseload and fostering genuine connections with young people.
• You should be flexible and ready to contribute to a 7-day-a-week service, including some evening and occasional weekend work.

Experience delivering youth work activities, successfully engaging young people, and knowledge of alcohol and substance use recovery is desirable. However, we value genuine interest in youth work and a drive to make a difference.

Driving Licence and access to a car is required.

Not Sure If You Fit the Criteria?

We understand that you may not tick every box, but if this role excites you, we’d love to hear from you. Feel free to reach out for a conversation to learn more about the role and our team.

Be part of something impactful - help us support young people before alcohol and substances become a problem for them or help create spaces that provide respite for those that are affected by someone else’s substance use.

Organisation Profile:

Regen:fx Youth Trust is a registered charity established in 2007. We develop & deliver Youth Diversion Programmes and Specialised Projects throughout South Lanarkshire for 8 – 25yr olds. Checkout our website regenfxyouthtrust.org

This is an exciting time to join Venture Trust as we continue to develop, embed and grow our new multidisciplinary locality teams and apply our developmental approach in communities, in greenspaces and across Scotland’s wilder places.

Venture Trust supports people facing challenging life circumstances to overcome barriers and realise their potential. We work alongside people who have been impacted by trauma, and together we build the programme they need to move forwards in their journey, utilising in communities, greenspaces and wild places across Scotland.

The Venture Trust Outdoor Therapy Service is an important service aimed at reaching clients who can sometimes have difficulty accessing traditional clinical settings. Our service is highly committed to maintaining an ethical therapeutic practice in which safety and risk are given careful consideration.

Our accredited counsellors and therapists meet with clients in their local outdoor spaces; and for our clients, who have often experienced severe adversity and trauma, meeting them in their own community may be what allows them to take the step to engage in therapy. Furthermore, working outdoors allows them to access the varied benefits of working therapeutically in nature, with the metaphors, embodied experiences and regulating effects that can occur.

About this role

The Clinical Practice Manager role is a pivotal role in the Operational Leadership team at Venture Trust. It contributes to maintaining and fostering physical and psychological safety within the organisation, its staff and in work with participants. The Clinical Practice Manager holds an integral role within the organisation, through holding a therapeutic stance and reflective thinking with Operational Leads and the Senior Leadership Team.

They will hold a knowledge and understanding of organisational dynamics, as well as group and unconscious processes. They will bring this on behalf of the organisation to support and develop staff and practice with participants. They will facilitate Reflective Practice Groups alongside the Outdoor Practice and Development Manager for inter-disciplinary Locality Teams and undertake periodic reviews.

The Clinical Practice Manager provides a framework of clinical governance throughout service areas in line with best practice. This includes creating and reviewing relevant processes and policies. The Clinical Practice Manager holds joint responsibility for overseeing and maintaining practice standards across operational staff. This includes considering the practice of clinical staff, such as Outdoor Therapists, as well as operational staff, such as, Outreach Support Workers or Senior Outdoor Practitioners.

We are recruiting for fixed-term maternity cover, and during this period we would like the Clinical Practice Manager to prioritise leading on:

• Working closely with the Outdoor Practice and Development Manager to maintain a therapeutic stance within Leadership Teams within the organisation

• Supporting and maintaining safe ethical practice across operations

• Maintaining robust clinical governance and oversight of processes and policies

• Facilitating Reflective Practice Groups for inter-disciplinary Locality Teams

• Overseeing the Outdoor Therapy Service and its staff, including periodic 1:1 meetings with staff

• Organising and Leading Outdoor Therapy Service Meetings and Supervision

• Arranging quarterly Development Days for Outdoor Therapy staff

• Working alongside the Senior Outdoor Therapist to manage the delivery of the Outdoor Therapy Service for Younger People (10-24 year olds)

• Maintaining and building relationships with key stakeholders

Key relationships:

• Reporting to Director of Operations.

• Part of Operational Leadership team, alongside Outdoor Practice and Development Manager and Head of Operations

• Senior Outdoor Therapist / Outdoor Therapists / Senior Field Therapist

• Senior Outdoor Practitioners

• Senior Leadership Team

• External Clinical Supervisors, who provide 1:1 or group supervision for colleagues

About you

Essential

During this maternity cover, we need someone who can bring a robust and deep understanding of providing therapy and therapeutic services to our client group and is able to support multidisciplinary staff across the organisation.

You will have:

• Significant experience overseeing practice of staff and managing services

• Significant experience of working therapeutically in an organisational context.

• Experience of working with Venture Trust’s client group and, preferably, young people

• Experience supervising staff, preferably qualified to offer clinical supervision.

• Ability to articulate a rationale for integrating therapy work into natural environments, and its theoretical foundations.

• Experience of participating in and an understanding of reflective practice groups

• Personal competence in outdoor environments

Desirable:

You will have:

• Experience of facilitating reflective practice groups

• Experience of facilitating trainings to professionals

• An ability to understand outdoor safety management systems when working in dynamic outdoor environments with support from Head of Operations and Outdoor Practice and Development Manager

• An understanding of and willingness to operate in the 3rd sector

• Experience of building and fostering relationships with key stakeholders

• Professional experience of working in outdoor environments

Working at Venture Trust

We are looking for someone who can work 22.5 – 30 hours a week, including Mondays. The role will be hybrid working, with some time spent working from home and some time spent with colleagues in the Locality Teams and at our Head Office in Stirling.

We offer a range of generous benefits including:

• a generous annual leave entitlement (28 days annual leave plus 8 public holidays and 3 Christmas holidays)

• an employee benefits package

• flexible and hybrid working

• a joint contributory pension scheme

View the full Job Description

Working under the direction of our Team leader, Youth Workers are key to ensuring the successful delivery of our provision for young people. The role will include the development and delivery of specific youth work projects and programmes delivered in accordance with the policies and procedures of the organisation, helping young people 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