Join Us at Staf – Be Part of our work with young people moving on from the care and justice system.

Staf are delighted to be recruiting for a new role to support the expansion of Youth Justice Voices our national participation project for care and justice experienced young people.

This is an exciting opportunity for the right applicant to support a prestigious, creative and dynamic youth-led project which is influencing real change in the care and justice systems in Scotland. If you are passionate about driving change and developing meaningful participation opportunities and relationships with young people, then we want to hear from you.

Background:

Established in 1998, Staf (Scottish Throughcare and Aftercare Forum) is a membership organisation for all those working with young people leaving care. Staf is a national organisation which represents all 32 Local authorities in Scotland

At Staf (Scottish Throughcare and Aftercare Forum), we believe that young people’s voices should shape the systems that affect their lives. That’s why we developed Youth Justice Voices to ensure that young people with experience of the care and justice system are heard, valued, and influential in driving change.

The Role

We are looking for passionate, skilled, and values-driven individual who will promote and support the expansion of a national network, (specifically in the North East) of youth-led steering groups for care and justice experienced young people.

You will be skilled at developing and sustain relationships with young people in order to amplify their voice and influence systems and practice change in the care and justice sector.

The postholder will play a key role in ensuring that participation is embedded, impactful and contributes to improved outcomes for young people.

Why This Matters

At staf we create meaningful opportunities for young people to share their experiences, influence policy, and shape practice across Scotland. Our work supports participation that is authentic, trauma-informed, and rooted in relationships.

This is your chance to be part of something that makes a real difference.

If you

• Are committed to children’s rights, participation, and social justice
• Have experience working with young people, particularly those facing adversity
• Have experience of superivising a team
• Can work flexibly and creatively in a dynamic environment
• Value reflection, learning, and trauma-informed practice
• Shaer our values : We listen, we care, we love

Then we would love to hear from you.

What You’ll Get

• The opportunity to influence real change for young people in the care and justice system
• A supportive, reflective, and values-led team culture
• Opportunities for learning, development, and progression
• Flexible working and a strong commitment to staff wellbeing

If you are passionate about amplifying young people’s voices and want to be part of a team that is shaping the future of youth justice in Scotland, we would love to hear from you.

Join Us at Staf – Be Part of our work with young people moving on from the care and justice system.

Staf are delighted to be recruiting for a new role to support the expansion of Youth Justice Voices our national participation project for care and justice experienced young people.

This is an exciting opportunity for the right applicant to support a prestigious, creative and dynamic youth-led project which is influencing real change in the care and justice systems in Scotland. If you are passionate about driving change and developing meaningful participation opportunities and relationships with young people, then we want to hear from you.

Background:

Established in 1998, Staf (Scottish Throughcare and Aftercare Forum) is a membership organisation for all those working with young people leaving care. Staf is a national organisation which represents all 32 Local authorities in Scotland

At Staf (Scottish Throughcare and Aftercare Forum), we believe that young people’s voices should shape the systems that affect their lives. That’s why we developed Youth Justice Voices to ensure that young people with experience of the care and justice system are heard, valued, and influential in driving change.

The Role

We are looking for passionate, skilled, and values-driven individual who will ensure the effective delivery and continuous development of a high-quality national participation project, enabling young people with lived experience of the care and justice systems to influence policy, practice and service design.

The role requires a balance of project management, staff supervision, stakeholder engagement, learning development and direct work with young people, ensuring that participation activity is safe, ethical, impactful and aligned with Staf’s values and strategic priorities.

This role presents an opportunity to lead a nationally significant project that supports young people with lived experience to influence meaningful change within youth justice systems in Scotland.

The postholder will play a key role in ensuring that participation is embedded, impactful and contributes to improved outcomes for young people.

Responsible for: Youth Justice Development Worker / Participation Assistants.

Why This Matters

At staf we create meaningful opportunities for young people to share their experiences, influence policy, and shape practice across Scotland. Our work supports participation that is authentic, trauma-informed, and rooted in relationships.

This is your chance to be part of something that makes a real difference.

If you

• Are committed to children’s rights, participation, and social justice
• Have experience working with young people, particularly those facing adversity
• Have experience of superivising a team
• Can work flexibly and creatively in a dynamic environment
• Value reflection, learning, and trauma-informed practice
• Shaer our values : We listen, we care, we love

Then we would love to hear from you.

What You’ll Get

• The opportunity to influence real change for young people in the care and justice system
• A supportive, reflective, and values-led team culture
• Opportunities for learning, development, and progression
• Flexible working and a strong commitment to staff wellbeing

If you are passionate about amplifying young people’s voices and want to be part of a team that is shaping the future of youth justice in Scotland, we would love to hear from you.

We are open to appointing either one candidate across the full role or two part-time candidates covering its distinct area management and finance/governance functions

About the Role

We are looking for someone with a strong understanding of upstream prevention to provide essential delivery and operational support, ensuring the smooth and compliant delivery of the model across the six existing areas. This role is crucial for managing key relationships, governance, finance, data coordination and event management, while also offering ad hoc executive support to the leadership team.

This role will provide delivery and operational support in the implementation of Planet Youth’s prevention model in Scotland. The postholder will work closely with the Head of Prevention and local areas to support impact measurement and enhance our ability to embed prevention into systems and structures across Scotland.

In this role, you will:

• Lead and co-ordinate lead partners in their Planet Youth journey

• Manage the behind-the-scenes governance and finance requirements

• Engage and drive momentum for embedding prevention across partner areas

Planet Youth in Scotland is co-ordinated by national charity Winning Scotland, and the post holder will be employed by Winning Scotland, reporting to Head of Prevention and working with the CEO and external partners - predominantly the lead professionals in each Planet Youth area.

Following the award of ongoing funding by the Scottish Government, Planet Youth is at a pivotal point in its journey in Scotland. We want to support existing partners who work with the model to maintain momentum on their prevention journey, and to continue to develop the model and buy-in locally. This support includes the management and distribution of grant funding for local areas to build capacity for implementing the model. As well as regular communication, development and support.

You will be expected to manage a range of complex and sensitive relationships as well as contributing to the development and delivery of a programme of work spanning diverse local and national partners. You will bring clear leadership to this work, working closely with other Winning Scotland colleagues and supporting area leads.

Please see recruitment pack for further details on responsibilities and person specification.