Training & Employability Project Worker
- Part time
- £27,442 pro-rata
- The Broomhouse Hub, Edinburgh, EH11 3RH
- Closing 12th July 2022
- Advertised from 20th June 2022
- 25hrs per week, flexible working options. Salary: C4 – £27,442 per annum pro-rata (actual salary £19,057). Annual Leave: 32 days in year one increasing to 37 in year two of employment, Pro-Rata.
- Access to Employee Assistance Programme
Role
We are looking for an experienced Training and Employability worker to join our team.
The project worker will work with people who are experiencing barriers to employment such as people with learning difficulties, mental health challenges, and those who have experience of the criminal justice system. The project worker will support these people through 1:1 support and group training, helping them to access opportunities to move them along the employability pipeline.
Key duties
- Deliver & develop a programme of engaging and inspiring employability group training & 1:1 support
- Support people to apply for suitable paid employment or other opportunities that helps them progress through the employability pipeline
- Stay abreast of job, work placement, volunteering and training opportunities in sectors of interest to support people into new opportunities
- On occasions work with external training suppliers to provide relevant training courses and/or specialised sessions
- Promote Space projects through a range of means in order to recruit people looking for training and support with a view to ultimately finding paid employment
- Provide 1:1 employability support to people to monitor progress and address issues
- Develop monitoring and evaluation systems to track work against targets and produce quarterly reports
- Recruit, train and support volunteers
The full Job Description and Person Specification for the role can be found below
About Space
Space and The Broomhouse Hub is a community anchor organisation supporting people in South Edinburgh, with some of our services stretching city wide. Our mission is: ‘To nurture, support & inspire, so that lives are fuller, potential is fulfilled & community connections flourish.’
As part of our developing services we are recruiting an experienced Training Employability Project Worker to work in our Training Academy, supporting people with barriers to employment to get into, or closer towards, paid employment.
Space Training Academy is a community training service run by a team of dedicated staff and volunteers that offers engaging group training and 1:1 employability support to people in the community.
Find more information about Space here- Our Services – Space
Application notes
To apply, please return your completed application form and a covering letter detailing how your skills and experience meet each required area of the person specification for the role. Your covering letter is essential and the contents will be used for the shortlisting process.
Email your completed application pack to admin@spacescot.org by Tuesday 12thJuly 2022
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- £31,407 – £32,978
- North East Edinburgh (On site)
- Closing 22nd April 2024
The Community Link Worker programme, funded by EVOC & Edinburgh Health & Social Care Partnership, is delivered in partnership with GP Practices and the 3rd sector to support people to live well through strengthening connections between community resources and primary care.
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Taking a person-centred approach, you will work with individuals to enable them to identify personal outcomes and priorities for their health and well-being and link them to local, city and national activities and support services.
The postholder must have experience of working with people who are facing complex social and emotional circumstances, a strong understanding of the challenges affecting people living in areas of disadvantage in relation to living well, extensive effective interpersonal skills in working with people on a 1:1 basis as well as experience in networking and relationship building with other professionals and organisations.
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- Part time
- £28,815 – £32,575 pro-rata
- Presbytery of Fife (On site)
- Closing 27th May 2024
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We are looking for someone who will help grow a vision for Pioneer outreach in Kingdom Park, and the surrounding Kirkcaldy area, by developing and initiating plans for an appropriate form of Christian witness and community. This successful candidate will have experience of planning and leading effective mission and outreach and/or implementing projects.
This role requires that the post holder is a committed Christian with a live church connection which is a Genuine Occupational Requirement in terms of the Equality Act 2010.
It is essential you have the right to work in the UK before applying to work with us. You will be asked to provide proof of your eligibility to work and remain in the UK if you are invited to attend for an interview.
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Candidates are required to have excellent interpersonal and organisational skills to provide managerial support, which is often provided from a distance.
Excellent communication skills are essential as the postholder is required to respond effectively to a wide range of enquiries which includes bereaved people. You will be required to establish effective working relationships with a range of Cruse Scotland volunteers and staff, as well as statutory funders and grant making trusts. Experience of volunteer management would be advantageous.
Due to the wide geographical spread of the role, the postholder will be required to travel occasionally to each of the service bases within our West Area; and to other locations within Scotland for meetings and training.
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