We are looking to recruit a Young People’s Support and Trauma Worker (30 hours per week)

The ideal candidate will have significant experience in providing support to people using trauma informed support skills and have a sound knowledge of the impact of rape, sexual abuse and exploitation on survivors. We offer a competitive salary, excellent terms and conditions and the opportunity to gain invaluable skills and experience

Help transform the lives of young adults with special needs every day

Beannachar is a special place. Located on a beautiful 28-acre estate only two miles from Aberdeen city, it provides a therapeutic and supportive space that transforms the lives of young adults with additional support needs.

Part of the Camphill worldwide community, Beannachar exists to provide a place where everyone can find purpose and belonging. With a dedicated team of staff and volunteers from all over the world, young adults are supported to uncover their latent potential and unique talents as they transition to adulthood. With a commitment to the environment and sustainability at its core, Beannachar has a walled garden; working farm; numerous craft, land-based and garden workshops and has both residential students living in accommodation on the Estate and a Day Service for non – residential students, all of which provide an enriching working, social and cultural environment to nurture student potential.

The senior leadership team is a newly formed team with some recent appointments but with a wealth of diverse and relevant experience which has created a dynamic, solution-focused and ambitious team where providing the best possible lives and outcomes for the students is the principal driver.

Beannachar is now seeking a compassionate and experienced Residential Service Manager to join them. This is a variable and diverse role providing leadership and management and accountable to the Executive Director which includes:

• Holding the overall operational responsibilities for the care and support arrangements of the residential students.

• Working in partnership with the colleagues in the Management Team in upholding Beannachar’s ethos and values and sharing responsibility for the strategic direction of the Community.

• Working directly with the House Coordinators in the house communities at Beannachar (currently four houses), the Day Service Manager and workshop leaders in promoting the wellbeing of students.

• Delivering on a positive approach to compliance with the regulatory framework in which the organisation must operate.

You should have previous experience in the Health and Care sector with a SVQ Level 9 in Social Services & Healthcare and SVQ Level 10 in Care Services Leadership & Management. As you will support the preparation work required for the Care Inspectorate reviews you should have a clear understanding of regulations, guidelines and required policies to ensure compliance.

We’re looking for someone whose values and ethos align with those of Camphill; someone who can ensure the student experience is person-centred and kept at the heart of everything Beannachar does. You should be inspiring and engaging; able to form great relationships while remaining professional; be calm and level headed with the ability to think on your feet, organised and compassionate.

The care sector has both challenges and opportunities, and we need you to be resilient in managing challenges to change. However, this is a rare and exciting opportunity to manage a truly person-centred community, committed to realising the best in everyone. Each day may be varied however what remains constant is knowing you’re transforming the lives of young adults with additional support needs every single day.

If you would like more information about this amazing opportunity, or know someone who might be interested, then please contact us for more information.

The Youth Agency works with young people aged 8-25, within Wester Hailes and the surrounding communities of Broomhouse, Sighthill and Parkhead, Longstone.

We are currently looking for staff to join our established sessional youth work team. The post holders should have experience of youth work or a related field.

Are you searching for a position with purpose? A role to make a real difference? Where your time can be transformational?

Join an award-winning charity and passionate team dedicated to ensuring the country’s most vulnerable young people are defined by their talent and never their circumstances. Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on mentees in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression. MCR Mentors make and experience a life changing difference.

At MCR, our driving force is simple – that young people who are in, or on the edges of the care system, will have the same educational outcomes, career opportunities and life chances as any other young person.

MCR Pathways supports over 3,500 young people from across the country. As we continue to grow, we are looking to recruit an Administrator to support our friendly and committed Mentor Services team, based in our Glasgow office. This is an important role, providing essential administration and mentor recruitment support to the central teams within our organisation.

If you are an organised and personable individual, with strong communication skills, who thrives as part of a team in a busy work environment, we'd love to hear from you. The successful candidate will be joining our organisation at a time of exciting development and growth where we are launching our programme into new local authorities in Scotland and councils across England.

Purpose: To take forward community and volunteering development as the VAA locality worker within a specific geography. As a locality development worker you will be expected to work at strategic and operational level and take forward the strategic decision making of VAA within locality partnership settings. More specifically post holders are expected to develop a competence in the following areas of work;

• Young people and volunteering- working with schools, communities and voluntary orgs to develop further the saltire awards and accredited qualification outcomes.
• To build a capacity of voluntary organisations, volunteering groups and aspiring social enterprises.
• To work in partnership with Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) and Community Planning Partnership (CPP) developments at a senior level.
• To develop local empowerment opportunities through meaningful community engagement approaches with local communities, organisations and volunteer movements.
• To promote and develop local volunteering including my street volunteering, and build buoyant volunteering cultures where all people are inspired to volunteer.
• To facilitate and co-facilitate volunteer management and volunteer skills training.
• To facilitate Voluntary Action Forums.
• Support Social prescribers within the area by making links and feeding back.
• Build Community assets and opportunities.
• Help support the start-up of organisations by helping with constitutions and organisations support.
• Work in partnership with our HSCP and CPP colleagues.
• Support volunteering by promotion, identify opportunities and matching individuals.
• Small community group support PVG, Governance etc.
• Make links with local health workers in order to identify other opportunities through locality locator and other means to prevent people being placed on care packages.
• Working with communities and voluntary organisations to promote Saltire and accredited qualification outcomes.
• Build capacity of volunteering groups and aspiring Social Enterprises first point of contact.
• Facilitate and co -facilitate volunteer management and skills training.
• Engage with communities and groups to establish needs and wants in order to promote preventive work around mental health and wellbeing.

This list is not exhausted you may be required to carry out other duties, and also you may be required to work in the evenings and at weekends.

This job description will be subject to review in the light of changing circumstances and may include any other duties and responsibilities as may be determined in consultation with the jobholder. It is not intended to be rigid or inflexible but should be regarded as providing guidelines within which the individual works.

Please Note: The interview panel reserves the right to enhance desirable criteria at short- listing stage depending on the number of applications received.

As SNAPs first ever Fundraising Engagement Officer, you will seek to increase individual and group contributions by building relationships and exploring new fundraising opportunities.

About you

This new role will entail building relationships to allow SNAP to forge new funding streams, as such you will be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, as well as having a proven track record in putting together funding applications to trusts and foundations. Experience in community fundraising will be a bonus, as will management of events of any description. You will be energetic and inspiring and have knowledge of the reality of life for children and adults with severe and complex needs and their families.

Role Purpose

SNAP is embarking on an ambitious chapter of its journey. Having been created in 1996 initially as a parent support group, we have grown with the needs of the children and young people and their families who benefit from the variety of services we now run. We currently benefit over 100 children and young people aged between 5 and 37 who live in or go to school in Inverness through our After School Clubs, Holiday Clubs, Saturday outings, Weekend Breaks, Youth Clubs, Transitions Services and a monthly Adults Club. Next year we are set to expand into a purpose built centre, the first of its kind in Scotland. We will double the number of children and young people able to access our existing services and will create many new, much needed services and activities. Crucially, young people from all over the Highlands will have access to our new services.

This role is crucial to our plans – without new funding streams and communicating the benefits of SNAP to a wider audience, we will not be able to flourish.

Networking is an important part of the role since success depends heavily on being able to forge positive relationships with supporters old and new.

• You will aim to raise the profile of SNAP through the Highlands’ Business Community in various ways – talks, organising payroll giving, Corporate Fundraisers, Legacy Giving or gaining sponsorship for specific activities or events.
• You will assist with funding applications, research new trusts and foundations and build relationships with funders new and old.
• You will be the point of contact for community fundraising initiatives, e.g 5k fun runs, sponsored walks
• You will use your initiative and imagination to create new and exciting ways to help raise funds for SNAP, recruiting volunteers to assist in any way they can

SNAP is a small charity and as such you’ll be made to feel a part of the family right from the start. You’ll see for yourself the impact your role has on the organisation

We aim to be flexible for the right candidate, so hours can be flexible and pay is negotiable. This post can also be home based, although one catch up a day in our office in Inverness will be required.

We’re recruiting for an exciting new role here at SNAP - a ‘Transitions Service Lead’.

If you are someone who understands the value of Youth Work - having fun, yet tailored support and have experience working with children and young people with additional support needs, this job is for you!

This role will be required to lead in the planning and delivery of our newly created and already well received SNAP Transitions Service, along with supporting some of our After School Clubs and one of our weekly Youth Clubs.

Our Transitions Service supports young people with additional and/or complex needs through the transition of leaving secondary education. Through this vital service, we offer a range of activities that help these young people achieve personalised outcomes and gain important life skills which will help prepare their transition into adult life.

This role will be a minimum of 25 hours, but will likely be 30+ hours a week, spread across Mondays – Fridays. With this being such a new service, it is a great opportunity for the right person to be creative and develop partnerships with other organisations to collectively work for the best outcomes for our young people. As the Transitions lead, good organisation, management and people skills are crucial.

Driving licence preferred.

Applicants should ideally possess an SVQ3 in Health & Social Care or similar such as a PDA in Youth Work.