- Advertised from 9th February 2024
Role
Hours: Term Time: Up to 8 hours per week (mainly after school)
School Holidays: up to 15 hrs/week (day time)
Hourly Rate: £13.50
Responsible to: Children & Young People’s Development Worker
Play work at Linkes
We are looking for playworkers with amazing energy and ideas, who love to be active and have fun! Our Playworkers bring play to the heart of the Linkes community: encouraging, supporting and motivating Children & Young People (CYP) to participate in free play activities and enjoy the outdoors in an Open Access setting.
Linkes playworkers provide an inclusive service so that children and young people will have fun, stay safe, be inspired, make friends, learn and contribute, while gaining life skills socially and individually. Playworkers assist the Children & Young People’s Development Worker to organise, deliver and facilitate such stimulating and innovative free play sessions.
Application notes
The application form, job description, equal opportunities and information on Linkes are attached below.
Closing date: 11th March 2024.
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Are you an experienced Community Development worker with an interest in Social Justice?
If so, then please see details of the role below
Purpose of role
To support communities to organise, take action and engage on the needs and issues that matter to them.
Help local people to come together to form:
- Action / issue-based groups to identify and challenge the economic, gender and race inequalities that exist within communities.
- Groups of mutual support aimed at building confidence and self-esteem and developing a positive sense of purpose.
Crossroads Youth and Community Association’s work and values are built on the central belief that “everyone had the right to live gloriously: whatever in society prevents this, should be challenged and whatever in the individual helps should be nurtured”
This role will involve working across the community with young people, families and the wider community.
The Chief Executive plays a key role in setting strategic direction with the organisation’s Board and in ensuring the organisation adheres to financial, legal and ethical guidelines and standards. The Chief Executive oversees planning and implementation of the Scottish Fair Trade Forum’s budgetary and financial management and its fundraising, communications and operational strategies. The Chief Executive of the Scottish Fair Trade Forum also acts as Chief Executive of the organisation’s trading subsidiary, Fair Change Co.
Location: There will be a number of agreed days (at least 10%) when the role-holder will be required to work from Scottish Fair Trade’s office in Glasgow with other members of the staff team and at other times will be able to work from home or in the office. Some travel around Scotland and on occasions to other parts of the UK and elsewhere to attend meetings etc. will be required.
Outreach worker for soup kitchen
- Part time
- Sessional
- On site: Southwest Edinburgh
- Closing 1st August 2024
About Us:
The Community One Stop Shop (COSS) is a registered charity committed to providing nutritious meals and support to individuals and families living in poverty. Our soup kitchen is one of 13 services we provide in the Calder’s area of Edinburgh offering a welcoming environment for all who enter. We are seeking a passionate and organized individual to join our team as Outreach worker for soup kitchen.
Job Description:
The Soup Kitchen Coordinator will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of our soup kitchen. This includes overseeing volunteers, ensuring food safety standards are met, engaging with the clients, managing the other services we offer and creating a welcoming atmosphere for our clients. The ideal candidate will have a strong commitment to serving the community and excellent organizational and leadership skills.
Community Development Worker (Freelance)
- Part time
- Sessional
- On site: Edinburgh
- Closing 29th July 2024
This is a new and exciting opportunity to support the growth of the Wester Hailes Community Trust (WHCT) and to oversee the delivery of the Wester Hailes Local Place Plan (WHLPP) - Scotland’s inaugural local place plan.
The responsibilities of this position are split between the administration and capacity building of the Trust, and the oversight of WHLPP projects. The post is responsible for the everyday operations of the Trust, such as managing correspondences, tracking finances, and arranging board meetings, as well as the development of the Trust through an increase in membership, networking, presence in the community, and working with the members of the WHCT to understand and respond to the emerging needs of the Wester Hailes community. The key deliverable over the period of this contract is to work collaboratively with the Trust to oversee the continued implementation and management of the eight WHLPP projects funded by the National Lottery Community Fund. This will require a combination of independent project management and consistent collaboration with key LPP Stakeholders, the wider Wester Hailes community, the City of Edinburgh Council (CEC), and the Scottish Government.
This role is a part time freelance post with the opportunity for discussion to agree a working pattern that is viable to both the successful candidate and the Trust. The successful candidate to the post will be line managed by WHCT trustees and will receive support from the Trust’s additional freelance community development worker.
This post is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund.
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