Outreach and Support Worker
- Full time
- £26,471
- Hybrid: Fife
- Closing 28th April 2025
- Advertised from 9th April 2025
Role
This is an exciting time to join Venture Trust as we continue to develop, embed and grow our multidisciplinary 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.
About this role
We have an exciting opportunity for a new Outreach and Support Worker to join our team supporting individuals in Fife. In this role, you will be the first person our participants meet, so knowledge of services within this area would be beneficial.
You’ll be a caring, dynamic and driven person, dedicated to levelling the playing field and equipping people with the tools they need to thrive. You’ll be comfortable and confident working autonomously, working alongside people with complex lives.
Working across Fife and in the Scottish wilderness, you’ll provide bespoke and holistic 1:1 support for participants, spending time to get to know them, their strengths and where they want to go. You’ll help to shape their journeys, navigating 1:1, community and wilderness journey support, always harnessing the benefits of the outdoors and nature spaces to provide therapeutic benefit. You may accompany them on wilderness journeys and support them to develop employability skills.
Across Fife, we need you to work closely with referrers and partners to provide joined up support for participants, managing the differing needs of your case load, including working with young people and adults.
As an Outreach and Support Worker, you will:
- Have knowledge of services in the area that you will deliver (i.e. Fife)
- Deliver group activities outdoors in community greenspaces Have
- Provide one-to-one support for participants, identifying and removing barriers to participation and supporting towards their individual goals
- Maintain positive relationships with stakeholders, generating referrals for all programmes
- Promote Venture Trust within local communities
- Support the delivery of wilderness journey opportunities in Scotland’s wilder places
- Work closely with referral partners and any other stakeholders to provide joined up support for participants
- Work within a team structure with hybrid working arrangements
For the full job description of this role, please click see below.
Working at Venture Trust
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
Application notes
To apply, please visit our job board and complete an application form.
Closing date for applications: Monday 28th April 2025 @ 5pm
Interviews will be held on: Wednesday 7th May 2025 at our Stirling Office.
Please note, only fully completed application forms submitted on our job board will be accepted.
If you have any queries relating to this vacancy or about how to apply, please email our HR Team.
Venture Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity in employment and follows an equal opportunities policy.
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Participation & Rights Worker (Edinburgh)
- Part time
- £24,440 – £25,418 pro-rata
- Remote: Home-based covering Edinburgh
- Closing 5th May 2025
Forces Children Scotland supports children & young people from serving, reservist and veteran families across Scotland to realise their potential and thrive. We work with children and young people to co-produce services and projects to overcome their unique challenges to mental health and wellbeing, education and learning and important transitions.
Our approach to working with children and young people
Forces Children Scotland is committed to taking a children’s rights-based approach to all aspects of our work from planning to service delivery. This means we strive to ensure our work is grounded in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Engaging in co-production with children and young people can help ensure their right to participate in matters affecting them is meaningfully upheld and implemented.
Purpose of Job
Children and Young People from armed forces families face unique experiences and their voices are often unheard. In this role, you will provide an opportunity for them to share their experiences and inform policy and practices in our work and influence those in the MoD, Local Authorities, and the Scottish Government. You will work directly with children and young people to facilitate a broad range of participatory and engagement opportunities.
About The Polar Academy
The Polar Academy is a life-changing charity that transforms the lives of young people through adventure. We identify “invisible” teenagers—those who struggle with confidence and self-belief—and take them on extraordinary polar expeditions that unlock their potential.
As we continue to grow and inspire more young people, we are looking for a passionate and driven Fundraising Manager to help secure vital funding and build strong, lasting relationships with supporters.
The Role
As our Fundraising Manager, you will lead and implement our fundraising strategy, securing income that supports our annual budget and long-term growth. You will work closely with key stakeholders, including Patrons, Charitable Trusts, and corporate partners, ensuring they feel engaged and valued in supporting The Polar Academy’s mission.
If you love building relationships, thinking creatively about fundraising, and making a real impact, we’d love to hear from you!
We are seeking a fundraiser to maximise success in the role with a competitive salary of up to £45,000 per annum (depending on experience). As the charity expands, there is potential for this role to evolve, offering the opportunity to shape how we fund our work long term and build a team that supports The Polar Academy’s continued success.
Support Worker (Young Carers)
- Part time
- £24,000 – £26,000 pro-rata
- On site: Musselburgh
- Closing 12th May 2025
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.
Employability Support Worker 16+, Spark Your Future
- Full time
- £24,000 – £26,000
- On site: Musselburgh
- Closing 5th May 2025
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 an Employability Support Worker 16+ to deliver an effective casework and group work service to young people aged 16 – 24 in East Lothian experiencing a range of challenges such as non-attendance at school, poor mental health and family poverty which impacts on securing positive destinations.
The successful candidate will:
- Support young people to gain employability skills, life skills and accreditation; helping them in to work, apprenticeships, further education or vocational training
- Provide vocational/industry specific accreditation and training to groups of young people alongside individual support to address particular barriers
- Develop a programme of delivery which will provide young people with clear pathways to positive destinations and sustainable and fair work
- Take the lead on the service and to provide an effective interface between young people, partners and stakeholders involved in the service
This is an exciting position in which the successful candidate will take pride in developing a programme of delivery which will provide young people with clear pathways to positive destinations.
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.
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