Heavy Sound is a Community Interest Company, incorporated in 2015, based in East Lothian. We work with disconnected
young people and adults, re-engaging them through strength-based activities of interest including music, biking,
sports, creative arts, education, mentoring and 1:1 therapy. By building trusting relationships we help inspire
positive opportunities for further learning, life skills development, and future training and employment.
Job Role:
The successful candidate will be a music practitioner with experience of taking a trauma-informed, therapeutic
approach. An additional skillset in creative arts, or sports/biking/outdoor pursuits/other activities would be
highly desirable.
- You will be facilitating 1:1 and group sessions as well as developing and delivering music-based projects with
young people, all of whom have experienced trauma. Your work will focus on providing opportunities for
participants to enjoy music and be playful with their own musicality in a trauma-inclusive environment. Sessions
and projects are adapted to suit the young people’s individual needs and interests. They may include listening
to music, creating music videos, writing, recording, and producing the young people’s music, learning songs and
playing together, or facilitating therapeutic group activities such as drumming workshops or beat making. You
will work in a resource-oriented way to empower and encourage the young people to explore their musical
interests and have fun with music. Our participants have diverse needs. You should be adaptable, patient, and
able to create an inclusive space where every young person feels valued and inspired.
- We are looking for
someone with an additional skillset in creative arts, sports/biking/outdoor pursuits/other activities to deliver
1:1 and group sessions as described above.
Successful candidates must possess a positive can-do attitude, a real talent for engaging young people, demonstrate
self-motivation, and exhibit a strong ability to adapt to changing circumstances in order to thrive in our
dynamic work environment.
Flexibility in working hours is essential, as the role includes a weekly evening drop-in, with occasional cover
needed for absences in our evening outreach programme supporting youth clubs in East Lothian, and occasional
weekend events work.
Full-time or part-time considered depending on skillset.