Y sort it Care Connections programme aims to support care experienced young people aged between 10-16 years, within West Dunbartonshire.

The role of the Care Connections Support Worker will be to provide support appropriate to care experienced young people’s learning needs, raising attainment by providing a supportive pathway throughout the young person’s school life and beyond.

You will be active at providing support and encouragement, helping them to overcome challenges and /or barriers working towards goals to improve their learning, skills and personal development.

Care Connection Support Workers will be the #Keeping The Promise leads, work with young people currently accessing Y Sort It services who are care experienced. Offering guidance, rights based information, creating learning opportunities. You will be developing support plans, providing advice and information, training and peer support. Your role will be to work closely with schools, partner agencies and family members.

The post holder should be flexible as the actual times of work will involve working, evenings, school holidays and weekends. The post holder should be flexible as the actual times of work may change to respond to the demands of the work of the Care Connections programme including overnight stays.

An exciting opportunity exists at MYPAS to improve the health and wellbeing of young people across Midlothian, East Lothian and the Scottish Borders. This new role will be improving on existing successful fundraising as well as diversifying the organisation’s fundraising streams. With previous experience fundraising in at least some of the following areas - individual giving, community and events fundraising, corporate giving, trusts and grants, public sector contracts – you will occupy a pivotal role in increasing the organisations capacity to provide our much needed services for vulnerable young people.

This is a full-time role but we would consider part-time hours.

Role

We are seeking a proactive and experienced Fundraising Manager to develop and lead our fundraising strategy, drive income growth and diversify our funding streams.

The ideal candidate will be a creative problem-solver with a proven track record in securing funding from a variety of sources. You will be responsible for building strong relationships with our supporters and stakeholders, and managing all aspects of our fundraising activities.

This is a new post working with the Chief Executive, Service Management Team, the Ambassadors group, the Board, and the wider staff team to grow fundraising, and to establish a fundraising culture across the organisation.

With a primary focus on fundraising, the postholder will also work to support marketing and communications including developing social media.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone passionate about making a real difference and helping MYPAS achieve its mission.

This post may require evening and occasional weekend work: some evening and weekend work may be necessary – based on advance notice and a TOIL system. The post requires flexibility during peak fundraising periods such as seasonal events and MYPAS run community events.

Informal enquiries can be made to Dave Evans (Chief Executive) on 0131 4540757

Special conditions:

• The post is funded for an initial fixed term for one year – this is not dependent on meeting fundraising targets. Continuation of the post beyond the initial year is likely.
• The post may involve evening and occasional weekend working.
• You must be able to travel across Midlothian, East Lothian and the Scottish Borders if required.

Are you passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people? Do you want a flexible, varied and meaningful job in a supportive team? Do you value great employee benefits such as generous holidays and an annual training budget? Apply to join us!

Bridges Project is a leading youth work charity that helps young people aged 12-25 in East Lothian and Midlothian overcome challenges and adapt to adulthood. Since 1984, we have helped young people develop their life skills, improve their educational attainment and move into employment or further education. Join our team and take pride in empowering young people!

We have a vacancy for an Educational Support Worker to deliver an effective casework and group

work service to young people experiencing a range of challenges such as non-attendance at school,

low attainment, lack of confidence, poor mental health and family poverty.

The successful candidate will:

• Support young people to gain employability skills, life skills and accreditation; helping them in to work, apprenticeships, further education or vocational training
• Provide vocational/industry specific accreditation and training to groups of young people alongside individual support to address particular barriers
• Take the lead on the service and to provide an effective interface between young people, partners and stakeholders involved in the service

This is an exciting position in which the successful candidate will take pride in developing a programme of delivery which will provide young people with clear pathways to positive destinations.

It is essential that candidates have a full, clean driving licence and constant use of a car. Membership of the PVG scheme will be an essential requirement of the post. A contributory company pension scheme is offered with a 10% employer contribution.

EXPERIENCE /QUALIFICATIONS: prospective candidates must have basic accreditation to deliver physical activities/outdoor pursuits – although training may be provided to suitable candidate, external agencies will be used for advanced activities.

GY is looking for a youth worker with experience of delivering a physical activity programme activities programmes for young people aged 11+. The successful candidate will develop and implement a programme to work with young people, coordinating and designing the programme of activities, in conjunction with young people and networking with activity providers.

The post holder will deliver appropriate programmes to support and motivate young people to participate in the provision - including planning, development, decision-making processes and evaluation.

You will be responsible for managing any support staff as well as project monitoring and evaluation.

Funding for 1 year contract, which may be extended.

This post is supported by National Lottery Awards for All