About the Candidate

Scran Academy is an Edinburgh youth work charity, supporting young people facing poverty and trauma to succeed through our innovative education and employment programmes.

We exist to alleviate poverty and provide opportunities for all young people, no matter their background or barrier. How we do this by creating real-life experiences and positive adult relationships in professional kitchen settings that help shine a light on the strengths and aspirations of young people.

We’re currently looking for a talented, experienced hospitality professional to join the frontline team in our exciting new café site at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People.

The successful candidate will be an experienced customer service professional; a talented and welcoming host with excellent communication skills and a track record of coordinating smooth front of house operations. They will be instinctively organised and process-driven, and demonstrate experience of meticulous due diligence.

They will also be deeply passionate about maximising the potential of all young people, and be ready to maintain a professional environment that supports and welcomes young people with diverse backgrounds and unmet needs. Our Front of House Lead will therefore be ready to inspire and be inspired by young people. Working with placements on our employability programme will be part of the fabric of the job, supporting many in what might be their first professional environment, so compassion, patience and a non-judgemental approach are essentials.

About the Role

This is not your average Front of House role. This is an exciting opportunity to shape our flagship employability café within the NHS Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, supporting young people to thrive in a professional catering environment. This role sits at the heart of our dynamic charity, and is critical to delivering both strong business outcomes and meaningful social impact.

The role is an operational lead in our newly opening café at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, leading customer service by providing a warm welcome and positive atmosphere for customers and workers alike. The role will be of critical support to the Kitchen Manager in ensuring compliance and logistics are maintained to the very highest standards of hygiene and due diligence, and that the café is seamlessly integrated with building operations.

Communicating the impact and stories of the café will be an important function of this role, and social media and building communications will sit in the Front of House lead remit.

This role is also central to maintaining the function of the café and kitchen as a learning and employment environment for vulnerable young people. A core part of the work will therefore be the delivery of supportive in-work training and activity, providing young people with professional skills and confidence.

The role will provide day-to-day supervisory support for the front of house team, and will be supported by experienced Scran catering staff who will assist on-site for the initial weeks after opening. Full operational and pedagogical training will be provided through a thorough induction process to ensure the post holder is equipped to succeed in this impactful and rewarding role.

This role embodies our values: We Love, We Trust, We Unite and We Lead:

We Love – the successful candidate will nurture young people. They will care deeply and see all behaviour as communication that deserves a dignified response. They will be non-judgemental and take a trauma-informed approach.

We Trust – the successful candidate will believe in the potential of young people. They will trust them to be the expert of their own life and circumstance. They will support young people to take responsible steps in learning, work and life.

We Unite – the successful candidate will courageously bring young people together. They will aim to create safe spaces where stepping outside comfort zones is supported and encouraged.

We Lead – the successful candidate will see all young people as leaders in their own lives. They will be ready to both lead and be led by young people. They will listen and provide a platform for young people to lead their learning and thrive.

Our Early Years Service are recruiting for Early Years Development Workers.

• To plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care and education for children under 5’s, in accordance with the Pre-Birth to Three, Realising the Ambition, the Curriculum for Excellence and the Jeely pedagogy.
• To set up the nursery in accordance with the curriculum and children’s care plans.
• To support parents and carers in their role as primary carers.
• To contribute to the evaluation of service provision

Post dependent upon successful PVG check.

Are you passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people? Do you want a flexible, varied and meaningful job in a supportive team? Do you value great employee benefits such as generous holidays and an annual training budget? Apply to join us!

Bridges Project is a leading youth work charity that helps young people aged 12-25 in East Lothian and Midlothian overcome challenges and adapt to adulthood. Since 1984, we have helped young people develop their life skills, improve their educational attainment and move into employment or further education. Join our team as we move in to the next 40 years of empowering young people!

We have a vacancy for a Support Worker (Young Carers) to deliver individually tailored support packages to young people with caring responsibilities.

The successful candidate will:

• Support young carers and young adult carers in areas such as personal development, wellbeing and employability
• Support young carers and young adult carers in achieving a balance between their caring role and being in education or employment
• Take the lead on the programme, liaising with key professionals to ensure an effective service across East Lothian

This is an exciting position in which the successful candidate will take pride in developing a programme of delivery which will provide young carers and young adult carers with bespoke support packages.

It is essential that candidates have a full, clean driving licence and constant use of a car. Membership of the PVG scheme will be an essential requirement of the post. A contributory company pension scheme is offered with a 10% employer contribution.

Signpost International SCIO is a Christian charity committed to tackling the root causes of poverty and inequality, both locally and internationally. Our work focuses on four themes of: food security; sustainable livelihoods; water and sanitation; and global citizenship.

While much of our work over the past three decades has focused on overseas programmes, since 2006 we have grown and strengthened our domestic activities to include a Global Citizenship Education programme and more recently a food security & food waste programme from our base at the Roundhouse in Dundee. Our vision is to create a unique educational hub within this space, inspiring young people & demonstrating sustainable living in a contextually relevant manner.

The Roundhouse comprises three distinct but inter-connected areas: a surplus food kitchen and growing garden, a learning centre with interactive exhibits, and rentable office & meeting space. We are keen to attract more tenants, increase visitor numbers, and develop our outside space and learning centre in line with our vision.

As the Roundhouse develops, we are looking for an enthusiastic and committed person who shares our vision and values to oversee the upkeep and expansion of the site, while maximising revenue through growth of income streams. The principal purpose of the job is to provide managerial and maintenance oversight of the Roundhouse building and grounds.

The ideal candidate will have experience working in facilities management, with a good understanding of applicable legislation, and a practical approach to work. Candidates will ideally have experience working in a garden and/or facilities management role, and be passionate about making a difference in the lives of individuals and in the world. A good deal of adaptability will be needed for the role, and the successful candidate will need to be a self-starter able

to lead on a variety of tasks. We value our people and are more interested in the individual than a candidate ticking every box, so even if you don’t yet have all the skills but are a committed, enthusiastic person with a passion for good food, for justice, and for making a real difference in people’s lives we would love to hear from you.