Charity registered in Scotland SC027878
Calman Trust is a young person’s service based in Inverness. Our aim is to improve the life chances of young people in Highland by providing a range of activity focused on improving their wellbeing and regular participation, managing personal challenges and with increased self-belief and confidence beginning to prepare for independent living and/or employment.
We are looking to recruit an experienced youth worker to provide first steps in this process. You will have responsibility for engaging young people in activities that enhance their wellbeing, matched to their personal interests and choices. You must be able to build the trust of disengaged young people and to encourage and inspire them to join in 1-1 or small group sessions.
You will be flexible in your approach, taking account of individual progress in delivering 1-1 and group sessions and collaborating with the wider Calman team. You will have responsibility for engaging with other services where appropriate.
The successful candidate will be:
• Experienced in working with disengaged young people affected by personal challenges, including anxiety, and low motivation
• Able to inspire the participation of young people
• Able to plan and deliver activity tailored to individuals
• Able to plan and deliver group activity that meets the needs of all participants
• Flexible in your approach to work, able to respond to the interests and choices of young people
Additional requirements of the role:
• PVG membership
• Driving licence
Job description and background details attached.
Calman Trust offers services that are aimed at improving the life chances of young people in Highland. We are looking to add a part-time youth worker to our team, possessing good youth work skills and experience, and the ability to engage a wide range of young people in positive activities. You must have the ability to deliver individual and group sessions, including a cookery programme where young people will ‘learn by doing’. You will have responsibility for engaging with other services where appropriate.
Successful candidate will be:
- Passionate about working with young people, shown in your youthwork experience.
- Professional and positive, able to plan.
- A creative team player.
- Motivated to share your skills with young people.
- Competent and confident in producing food that will appeal to a range of participants (Level 2 Food Hygiene certificate, or willing to work towards)
- Aware of other services for young people and able to engage with these.
PVG membership is required.
Download job description and background details below.
Calman Trust was formed in 1998 with the purpose of enabling vulnerable and disadvantaged young people aged 15-25 to experience improved life chances. We are looking for an experienced youth worker with track record of the design and delivery of learning programmes to young people, 1-1, in small groups and through use of digital technology. Our purpose is to deliver a regular programme of practical learning activity to improve the mathematical skills of young people aged 19-25, meeting the requirements of the Multiply programme (Shared Prosperity Fund).
PVG membership is required.
Calman Trust was formed in 1998 with the purpose of enabling vulnerable and disadvantaged young people aged 15-25 to experience improved life chances. We are looking for an outstanding candidate to replace our existing Chief Executive, who plans to retire this year, having led the organisation since its formation. We are seeking an inspirational, dynamic and supportive Chief Executive to lead our exceptional staff team.
With relationship-based practice at the centre, Calman offers young people in the Highlands an individualised learning experience which is designed to enable their progression towards independent adulthood and employment, finding and keeping a home of their own and a job. This is underpinned by practical support to overcome the personal challenges that place the young person at risk of disadvantage. In our Inverness-based Café Artysans social enterprise, operated by our trading subsidiary, a quality catering service offers simultaneously a transformational experience of the world of work. Here, young people who arrive with little personal agency ‘learn by doing’, their progress robust, meaningful and sustained because it is owned and understood.
You will have responsibility for providing strategic direction to the organisation, maintaining the delivery of a safe, impactful, accountable youthwork service and for delivering continued growth of our enterprising activity with professionalism, enthusiasm, drive and sensitivity. This is an exciting opportunity to lead the organisation in addressing the needs of young people in a post-pandemic world and in adapting to a post-Brexit financial environment.
It is planned that the existing CEO will overlap with the new CEO to assist through this period of adjustment.
The successful candidate must have sound leadership experience, knowledge of the voluntary sector, awareness of relevant legislation, entrepreneurial capability, and excellent financial management skills, including ideally securing and managing major grants. You will be a confident and passionate communicator, with an ability to create positive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders and partners. Previous Chief Executive experience is not essential.
PVG membership is required, as is the ability to drive.
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Training Manager
- Full time
- £35,000
- Inverness-based, with some travel within the Inner Moray Firth area
- Closing 31st May 2021
Calman Trust, based in Inverness, works with young people aged 15-25 who experience difficulty in the transition to independent living or employment, and are not yet ready to benefit from formal learning or training programmes. We are looking to recruit as Training Manager someone experienced in youthwork, informal learning or education, who is inspired by the belief that with a clear roadmap and support to overcome their personal challenges, young people can achieve great things.
Recognising that learning through practice and reinforcement is meaningful and embedded, Calman Trust takes a ‘learn by doing’ approach. This applies from the earliest stages of the young person’s involvement with the organisation, learning to travel independently, through to their participation in job roles in our Inverness social enterprise Café Artysans.
The Training Manager will be responsible for implementing the Calman model, managing our Training Team to deliver a structured programme through which any young person coming through the organisation has opportunity to access learning and support tailored to their needs and capability. They must be experienced and comfortable in building a culture of relational youthwork. Our purpose is that young people can reach their potential, living more independently and progressing towards further training, education or employment with the ability to sustain this.
Top job! Deputy Chief Executive
- Full time
- £40,000
- Inverness-based, with some travel within the Inner Moray Firth area
- Closing 29th April 2021
Calman Trust, based in Inverness, provides a range of support and learning opportunities for young people aged 15-25 who experience difficulty in the transition to independent living or the world of work, and who are not yet ready or able to benefit from more formal learning or training programmes. Experience convinces us that, with support to overcome the challenges encountered on the way to independent adulthood, young people are capable of sustaining their chosen work and a home of their own.
Our growing Café Artysans trading operation, delivered through our Calman enterprise subsidiary, is a vital source of independent income, whilst also providing experience in a real-life business through which young people can develop their readiness for work by working alongside industry professionals. Every business is a training opportunity, so the further growth of the commercial operation will strengthen the whole Calman Trust operation and the opportunities we can offer to young people, especially important in the post-Covid environment.
It is an essential principle of the organisation that young people should have a voice, be given the time they need to understand and to be understood, and enabled to choose and plan their future. The Deputy Chief Executive will be expected to embrace these principles, which are the key to sustained change, and the values of Calman Trust as an organisation that is focused on solutions and committed to enabling our people to achieve their best.
Role
The further development of the Café Artysans business is a cornerstone of the organisation’s strategic plan, and we are looking to appoint a Deputy Chief Executive. The role is to work with the Calman Chief Executive and the Boards of Calman Trust and Calman Enterprise with responsibility initially to manage and grow the commercial business, improving turnover and efficiency of the whole Café Artysans operation, and adding further outlets and products. Currently, this operation comprises 60 covers, a busy catering service, plus one additional outlet and one in the pipeline. In the immediate future there is to be significant internal refurbishment, in preparation for accessing wider markets.
Beyond this, the further development of our enterprise activity is important both in financial terms and in enabling the continuous improvement to the quality and range of training opportunities that the organisation can offer young people, and as such a priority attached to the role.
It is anticipated that the role will evolve over time to incorporate a lead role in supporting the CEO to deliver the consolidation and growth plan of the overarching Calman Trust charity and our work with young people, including through identification of additional grant income, viable contract opportunities, partnerships and mergers.