An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Access to Industry (AI) working on a new project supporting people through redundancy and into employment. AI are looking to recruit a full time (35 hours) caseworker. You will be a self-starter, creative and have the skills and sensitivity to guide individuals aged 50+ years towards new careers.

Your role will be to identify skills in people and match them with employer vacancies, progress either directly into employment or onto training. You will make the project available at a time, and place, that works for them.

An exciting Opportunity has arisen to join the Access to Industry’s Young Peoples Service. You will work in a trauma informed way supporting young people aged 16-21, with complex health and social care issues, to progress towards education, training or employment. You will be part of a small team working one-to-one with young people, having responsibility for developing and delivering structured group work.

*The post is based at 156 Cowgate. Currently there is a blend of office-based, outreach and home-working.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Access to Industry’s (AI) team of Passport CashBack staff working with young people within HMP YOI Polmont and in the community. You will be a self-starter who has a passion for engaging one-to-one with young people to progress them into a positive destination. You will be comfortable working both in Polmont and on outreach with young people being liberated back to the West of Scotland mainly (but not exclusively) to Lanarkshire, Glasgow and Ayrshire. You will work well with others to achieve the best support for young people.

Working within North Lanarkshire and HMP Addiewell, you will be a self-starter with a drive to progress individuals aged 21+ who have convictions towards training, education and employment. You will be able to build a rapport with people known to criminal justice, you will be equally at ease working in a custodial setting and also in lone-working across North Lanarkshire. With this initial project funding period being short, it will be vital that you will be able to engage clients quickly and act dynamically to open doors for people.

An exciting Opportunity has arisen to join the Access to Industry’s Young Peoples Service. You will work in a trauma informed way supporting young people aged 16- 21, with complex health and social care issues, to progress towards education, training or employment. You will be part of a small team working one-to-one with young people and you will have lead responsibility for developing and delivering structured group work.

This project is funded by City of Edinburgh Council and Corra PDI.

A rare opportunity has arisen to join Access to Industry (AI) working within our established East Lothian Offenders Employability Programme. As Caseworker you will be a self-starter, creative and have the skills and sensitivity to guide long term unemployed individuals towards employment. This role is funded through European Social Fund meaning you will have strong administration skills around gathering evidence and record keeping. You will be a skilled networker working with a range of agencies across East Lothian.

Access to Industry (AI) is a Third Sector organisation that supports individuals into employment. We work with clients who are experiencing barriers to employment and provide one-to-one support to assist them finding courses and jobs. We work with a diverse range of clients both in Edinburgh & the Lothians and across other areas in the central belt of Scotland. Learning is key to our delivery, and we work in close partnership with Edinburgh College, as well as deliver in-house courses to ensure our clients have access to relevant learning opportunities.

An opportunity has arisen to join Access to Industry (AI) to be part of a small administrative team and provide vital support and reception role within AI’s Cowgate base. AI are looking to recruit an administrator to work on a part-time basis. You will have the sensitivity to work with a range of clients, working alongside other staff members. You will be skilled in administrative duties and keen to learn new skills. As you will spend some of your time front-of-house meeting and greeting clients, staff and visitors, the most important skill you will have is the ability to give a warm welcome.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Access to Industry’s Shine Mentoring Service. The posts are for Edinburgh or Midlothian and East Lothian.

You will work in a trauma informed way supporting women who are currently involved within the justice system, with complex trauma, mental health, health and social care issues, to empower and build resilience within their community. You will work one-to-one with women across the communities to provide person centred, strength based, holistic and flexible support to create individual tailored action plans. You will work closely with social work and with the women justice centres in the areas.

Post 1: Maternity Cover (maximum of 12 months) - Midlothian and East Lothian Mentor.

Post 2: Edinburgh Mentor.

An opportunity has arisen for AI to recruit a dynamic, enthusiastic individual who is able to work creatively within our Recovery Project Team in Mid and East Lothian. You will manage a caseload of clients within an outreach setting and be operational contact for our Edinburgh College partnership in Mid and East Lothian. You will have the opportunity to develop meaningful activity for clients working with colleagues and external partners.

A full job description is attached below.

An opportunity has arisen for AI to recruit a dynamic, enthusiastic individual who is able to work creatively within our EnCompass Team. You will be skilled in managing a caseload, working one to one with people around goal setting and working with them to achieve these goals. You will be experienced in delivering group work and work collaboratively with external partners.

An opportunity has arisen to join Access to Industry (AI) working within our Dundee Project. You will be a self-starter, creative and have the skills and sensitivity to guide long term unemployed individuals towards employment. Your role will be to work one-to-one with individuals on an outreach basis, creating action plans and goal setting alongside progressing them into skill-based training and employment opportunities.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for AI to recruit an enthusiastic individual to work within our EnCompass team, specialising in working with people with experience of Justice or Housing (for further details see ‘About AI’ in this pack Caseworker - Justice; Housing).

You will be a self-starter and able to motivate people to engage; you will be creative in planning and sourcing activity that progresses people towards employment. You will be able to manage your own time and work effectively across the EnCompass project.

An opportunity has arisen for AI to recruit a dynamic, enthusiastic individual who is able to work creatively within our Recovery Project Team in Mid and East Lothian. You will manage a caseload of clients within an outreach setting and be operational contact for our Edinburgh College partnership in Mid and East Lothian. You will have the opportunity to develop meaningful activity for clients working with colleagues and external partners.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Access to Industry’s (AI) team of Passport CashBack staff working with young people within HMP YOI Polmont and in the community. You will be a self-starter who has a passion for engaging one-to-one with young people to progress them into a positive destination. You will be comfortable working both in Polmont and on outreach with young people being liberated across Scotland. You will work well with others to achieve the best support for young people.

Based within HMP YOI Polmont you will be responsible for the coordination and delivery of an Employability Programme within the Employability hub of Polmont. In addition to this you will offer employability casework to individual clients. You will also work externally with employers across Scotland to ensure a national profile of employment opportunities are maximised for our young people.

Application pack attached below.

An opportunity has arisen to join Access to Industry (AI) working within our Dundee Project. You will be a self-starter, creative and have the skills and sensitivity to guide long term unemployed individuals towards employment. Your role will be to work one-to-one with individuals on an outreach basis, creating action plans and goal setting alongside progressing them into skill-based training and employment opportunities.

An opportunity has arisen to join Access to Industry’s project encouraging people into work in the data sector. You will be a self-starter and be creative to engage and support eligible clients across Edinburgh. Your role will include developing confidence and skills to progress into continued learning & employment and/or increase in-work prospects. You won’t necessarily know about the data sector or have those skills yourself, but you will have an interest and see the opportunities the sector can provide to clients.

An opportunity has arisen to join the Access to Industry’s team supporting adults who are parents, in Edinburgh. Access to Industry (AI) are looking to recruit two Caseworkers, one dedicated to our Access Progress project and the other to work across both Access Progress and Access Data. You will be a self-starter and be creative in order to find and engage with eligible unemployed parents across Edinburgh. Your role will be to support them develop confidence and skills to progress either into learning and employment. You will make the project available to parents at a time, and place, that works for them.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Access to Industry’s (AI) team of Passport CashBack staff working with young people within HMP YOI Polmont and in the community. You will be a self-starter who has a passion for engaging one-to-one with young people to progress them into a positive destination. You will be comfortable working both in Polmont and on outreach with young people being liberated across Scotland. You will work well with others to achieve the best support for young people.

An opportunity has arisen to support adults who are parents in Edinburgh, towards employment. You will be a self-starter and be creative in order to find and engage with eligible unemployed parents across Edinburgh. Your role will be to support them develop confidence and skills to progress into learning and employment and develop activity that supports this. We are looking to recruit two Caseworkers and this part-time (minimum 14 hours per week) to full-time (35 hours per week).

An opportunity have arisen for AI to recruit an enthusiastic individual to work within our EnCompass team focusing on work with our clients in recovery from substance misuse. You will be a self-starter and be creative in order deliver casework and develop activity that develops clients’ confidence and skills in order to progress them into further learning and employment.

An opportunity has arisen to join Access to Industry (AI) to be part of a small administrative team and provide vital support and reception role within AI’s Cowgate base. You will have the sensitivity to work with a range of clients, alongside other staff members and our Board. You will be team player, skilled in administrative duties and keen to learn new skills.