Workforce North Community Delivery Lead
- Full time
- £32,703
- Remote: Highlands and Islands
- Closing 23rd November 2026
- Advertised from 9th November 2026
- Contract 12 months
Role
We are delighted to be expanding our reach in the Highlands and Islands through the Workforce North project and are looking for a dedicated Workforce North Community Delivery Lead.
This is a unique, impactful role responsible for building, coordinating, and embedding MCR Pathways’ transformational, relationship-based mentoring model within secondary schools and the wider employability landscape across the region.
As the Workforce North Community Delivery Lead, you will be the key enabler for MCR Pathways’ contribution to this initiative. You will provide career-focused mentoring support for S4 secondary school young people who are looking to disengage from education without a clear destination, empowering them to build confidence, focus on their goals, and realise their full potential.
Key Responsibilities
- Strategic Partnerships & Collaboration: Capitalise on established partnerships with local councils, Developing the Young Workforce (DYW), Skills Development Scotland (SDS), businesses, and voluntary sector organisations to create robust referral, enrichment, and positive destination routes for young people.
- Operational Caseload & Delivery: Carry an operational caseload of young people and mentors across schools and community settings. Actively support young people to rapidly secure and maintain a mentored relationship, conducting regular progress and impact reviews to keep them on track.
- Mentor Recruitment, Onboarding & Training:Collaborate with internal teams to build a steady pipeline of volunteer mentors. Organise engaging recruitment events and coordinate and deliver WFN Mentor Training, supporting mentors through onboarding (including PVG checks) and ongoing engagement via the Mentor Hub.
- Regional Support & Safeguarding: Support local Pathways Coordinators across the Workforce North area. Adapt and test the mentoring model for rural/remote settings, identifying safe, non-stigmatising venues, conducting risk assessments, and setting up robust venue vetting and confidentiality protocols (with support from colleagues and partners).
- Impact, Monitoring & Quality Assurance: Capture compelling case studies and good news stories, analyse programme impact data, and feed back best practices to support stakeholders, funders, and the future scaling of workforce initiatives across the UK.
About You
- Experience: Proven track record in project coordination, volunteer/team engagement, community involvement, and working directly with young people (aged 11–18) or vulnerable groups—preferably within education, social care, community development, or the third sector.
- Relationship Building & Communication:Exceptional ability to build trusted, meaningful relationships with education colleagues, operational partners, employers, mentors, and young people, with a talent for delivering compelling, emotionally engaging presentations and training.
- Safeguarding & Technical Skills: Sound understanding of safeguarding and child protection duties. Competent in digital literacy, data analysis, impact evaluation, and digital tools (including social media, Google Drive, and spreadsheets). Knowledge of the Scottish secondary education system is desirable.
- Qualifications: Evidence of a broad education including National 5+ (or equivalent) in English and Maths essential. An HNC level or above (or working towards) in a relevant subject (e.g., Children & Young People, Social Care, Community Development, Careers, Leadership) is desirable.
- Attitude & Values: Highly self-motivated, adaptable, and solution-focused. You put young people consistently at the heart of your practice and act as a genuine role model for MCR's core attributes: Motivation, Commitment, & Resilience.
Please note: A valid driving licence and access to a car are essential for this role due to regional travel across community venues and schools.
About Us
MCR Pathways is an award-winning charity established in Glasgow in 2007. Our mentoring programme is delivered in schools across Scotland and in North East and South East England, helping vulnerable young people gain self-confidence, identify their skills, and fulfill their potential.
Our Mission:To connect every young person with a trusted adult mentor—someone who sparks confidence, fuels ambition, and walks beside them as they find their way.
Our Vision: MCR Pathways will work until every young person has someone to help them find their way.
Our Values: Respect, Communication, Trust, and Growth inform everything we do.
What We Offer
Leave:30 days annual leave in Year 1 (rising to 35 days from Year 2), plus 3 additional days between Christmas and New Year public holidays, and an extra day off for your birthday.
Support & Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and Life Assurance (4 x salary).
Flexibility & Culture:Home working with travel expenses reimbursed, joining a friendly, passionate team dedicated to making a tangible difference.
Application notes
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Closing date: Monday 23 November 2026 at 9am (UK time)
Support Worker
- Full time
- £26,524 – £28,086
- On site: Glasgow, North Lanarkshire & Edinburgh
- Closing 30th November 2026
The Support Worker role is to support and engage with people to manage and recover their mental health, in line with our trauma-informed approach. You will help people with safer substance use and assist them with the process when they choose to stop. You will assist our people to build a positive network of connections to enable them to gain and sustain their own housing.
As a Support Worker, you will provide work alongside people impacted by homelessness, addiction, mental health challenges and trauma. You will provide guidance and assistance to the people we support to achieve their goals of securing safe housing and accessing the necessary support to feel secure, manage their challenges and live an independent life free from harm or abuse.
Manager
- Part time
- £37,770 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Primarily based at Safe Space in Dunfermline, Fife with opportunity to work from home when appropriate
- Closing 19th November 2026
Safe Space is seeking an experienced professional Manager to lead and manage a small, specialised trauma team delivering specialised counselling services and groupwork to adults and young people who have experienced childhood sexual abuse. The team offers long-term counselling and a wide range of groupwork that is well established and successful within the Fife community.
We are looking for an individual who can:
• Commit to working flexibly and creatively with a small team of professionals within a variety of modalities.
• Be creative, open-minded and curious about the way the service can be delivered.
• Use excellent interpersonal skills to communicate with a wide range of people.
• Operate with autonomy in a collaborative and supportive way with a team who are skilled and experienced in their field.
What we offer
• An opportunity to lead a small close-knit team that delivers life-changing support services to clients who have experienced trauma
• A Board of Directors who are professional and supportive to the Manager and the team.
• A collaborative environment within a very small team.
Service Lead: Women's Accommodation Services
- Full time
- £38,839 – £45,339
- On site: Glasgow
- Closing 30th November 2026
About Simon Community Scotland
Simon Community Scotland is the largest provider of homelessness services in Scotland. Our vision is for everyone to have a safe place to live, with access to the support they need. Every day we help make positive things happen for people facing extremely difficult circumstances. Everything we do is about and for people, the people we support, our staff, our partners and everyone affected by homelessness. Our values are built into every area of activity and tell the story of how people remain at the heart of Simon Community.
Day by day, person-to-person, we tailor what we offer to what people need. We are here to provide consistent, friendly and informed support so that people can explore options and take 'the next step' towards a positive future. We offer support across a range of service delivery points; Street Outreach teams, Housing First initiatives, Floating Support, Information Hubs, Managed Alcohol Program (MAP), Supported Accommodations, Emergency Accommodation, Rapid Access Accommodation, and our own rented properties. These services are delivered across many local authorities within Glasgow, North Lanarkshire, Edinburgh and Perth.
We welcome people with a wide range of skills and experiences to our team. To make a difference, we need to work flexibly, with everyday leadership and a 'can-do' approach. We want to make it right and make it happen –not only for the people we support, but also for each other.
Our #OneTeam ethos is core to who we are, and it means caring for and supporting each other regardless of our role, service or location. Find out more about our services here.
Job Role
Day to day management, coordination and supervision of staff to create an environment in which the physical, emotional and social needs of the people we support can be met in line with the vision and values of Simon Community Scotland.
- To lead and develop a diverse team through a period of exciting change and opportunity to deliver life changing and quality services.
- To create a culture which recognises the team, its strengths and their roles as leaders in every interaction through professional empowerment, risk informed decision making at the front line where it matters.
- Work within your discipline to promote and create a culture of real participation putting the people we support at the heart of what we do and how we do it.
- Work with key partners to develop effective sustainable relationships.
- Ensure people development and engagement to develop and build capacity to support the strategic vision.
Employment Coordinator (Highland & Islands)
- Full time
- £30,379
- On site: Highlands - Inverness
- Closing 17th November 2026
Do you have a passion for helping people?
Do you have excellent communication and customer service skills?
Do you want to work for one of the best employability providers in Scotland?
Would you like to help someone with barriers to work find their dream job?
Then come and work for Enable Works.
Your role, as an Employment Coordinator is to provide support to people who have barriers to work to make progress towards and achieve well paid, sustainable employment.
Enable Works are the leading specialist provider of employability services for people who have barriers to work. We believe that every person in Scotland has the right to work in a job that is high quality and well paid.
Enable Works supports over 7000 people every year across 30 Local Authorities to learn skills for work.
We partner with thousands of employers to create inclusive cultures and improve the diversity of Scotland's workforce.
We are incredibly proud of our smart, capable, and motivated colleagues across Scotland and following a period of significant growth we are looking to grow our team.
We offer a generous salary, excellent benefits, and opportunities to develop and grow in your role.
We offer flexible working practices that promote a strong work/life balance so that when you are at work you can be the best version of you.
Values are more important to us than qualifications or experience, so if you don’t think you meet every requirement that’s ok, we still want to hear from you.
Please make sure you include a detailed personal statement in the ‘More about you’ section of the application to tell us how you are suited to the post.
About You
We really need you to have these
- The drive, energy and commitment to support people to obtain high quality, well paid jobs
- Ability to manage your own workload and prioritise as needed
- Confident communicator
- Strong attention to detail
- Professional presentation and personality
- Some knowledge of the local community
- Ability to work with people at any age who have challenging barriers to employment
- IT literacy
- Comfortable working towards targets
- A natural, professional relationship builder
- A full driving licence
Why?
Our vision is that every person in Scotland is able to access the support they need to find a high quality job that pays them well and your drive and commitment to this job will help them get there. You will recognise each clients individual skills and aspirations and work with them to find a job that they love.
Our culture is autonomous so that means we trust you to make the right decisions for your clients, therefore you need to manage your work load well and be accountable for your time. Attention to detail is important as it means you can work accurately and follow instructions.
About Us
At Enable we believe in developing all our staff and we provide an extensive learning programme together with in-house career development opportunities.
We also have an excellent range of staff benefits on offer including but not limited to:
- Health cash plans providing a wide range of health benefits to help people cover the cost of their everyday health care.
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Season Ticket Loans
- Blue Light Card
Starting a career with Enable is the first step towards making a real difference in our award-winning charity’s mission to help create an equal society for every person who has a learning disability.
Enable is an equal opportunities employer and our recruitment, selection and assessment process is based entirely on values, skills and competencies required of the specific roles.
The cost of PVG is paid upfront by the organisation and deducted from your wage if successfully appointed.
Enable reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. Please submit your application as early as possible if this vacancy is of interest.
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