- Advertised from 22nd July 2022
- 37 hour contract, working flexibility 8am – 10pm, 5 days over 7.
- Holiday entitlement: starting at 28 days per annum and 9 public holidays
Role
At includem we work closely with children, young people, families and services across the community to support young people to make positive life choices and progress towards the type of future they want to live.
Keeping connected focuses specifically on providing 1:1 mentoring support and groupwork to promote positive mental health and wellbeing. As a support worker you will support children, young people aged 10 – 25 years, taking a whole family approach. You will work to a trauma informed and strengths-based approach and provide direct 1:1 support on a consistent basis and groupwork sessions. You will link with other community supports and opportunities and help children and young people to work towards their goals.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
The role focuses on building trusting relationships with young people to provide both emotional and practical support to promote positive mental health and wellbeing and to be connected positively to the local community. You will work in partnership with our partners in CAMHS primary mental health team and Our Minds Matters pupil support team. The service will be delivered through outreach and be embedded within local communities.
Duties include:
Each Wellbeing Community Support Workers will be responsible for:
- Building quality relationships which support and empower children, young people, and families to develop and have ownership of interventions which improve their emotional health and wellbeing
- Providing 1:1 targeted short-term mentoring and Whole Family support based around the strengths and needs of each young person and family. Support Workers will be allocated to support children, young people, and families with more complex needs.
- Using a strengths-based approach to empower individuals facing adversity to find solutions and make positive changes, ensuring resources are in place to sustain these changes
- Identifying appropriate group work sessions based around young people self-identified issues and work with community partners to develop and facilitate
- Ensuring practice within 1:1 and groupwork is aligned with strengths principles is family centred and rights based.
- Providing a whole family approach to consolidate change and provide the support the whole family needs for its members wellbeing
- Understanding the different coping mechanisms that young people and their families use to deal with stress and high emotions, and to respond appropriately
- Working collaboratively with children, young people and families, key stakeholders and external partners towards the achievement of shared goals and objectives.
- Work directly with CAMHS early intervention team and Our Mind Matters Pupil Support Officers to improve wellbeing and increase engagement in school and specialist mental health support
- Attend multi-agency meetings to support most complex cases
- Utilising a range of approaches to improve relationships with family and peers including restorative practice and Solihull Approach
- Supporting children and young people to build an individualised evaluation toolkit and regularly reviewing progress towards shared goals and objectives against assessment of wellbeing indicators
- Assessing and responding appropriately to situations where children, young people and families. may be at risk of harm.
- Responding to children, young people and families. and working in collaboration with others to ensure families have the required range of support they need through universal and statutory agencies.
- Identifying universal/specialist supports and support children, young people and families to access and engage, providing practical support e.g. getting to appointments/groups and barrier reduction.
- Taking direction from your team manager and participate in deployment to ensure time is used effectively to meet the needs of children, young people and families.
- Develop and maintain connections with local communities and neighbourhoods to support families to sustain positive change.
- Be accountable for the quality of support and be able to evidence this work effectively.
- Support participation of children, young people and families. in quality assurance practices, service improvement and Fife-wide identification of gaps and further commissioning design.
- Access support and supervision provided by CAMHS and your team manager
Additional Information
You will need a full driving license and access to your own car for work purposes.
Qualifications
- You will be educated to SCQF Level 8 or have relevant skills and experience in working with young people or young adults with mental health needs.
Service: Keeping connected 1:1 mentoring, supporting positive mental health and wellbeing, Fife wide
Reports to:Team manager
Financial Accountability:Low
Application notes
Closing date: 7th August 2022 at Midnight.
Completed Application form and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Questionnaire to be emailed to hrassist@includem.co.uk
Downloads
To support with the provision of relationship-based support delivered to young people and families in the community and to promote positive outcomes in line with the values and principles of Includem.
Purpose & Context of Role
The postholder will work alongside the Project Worker to deliver aspects of the support plan that has been developed with the young person. They will understand and respond to individualised needs identified in the support plan to improve outcomes in line with GIRFEC principles and Includem’s model of support.
An Assistant Project Worker will demonstrate leadership and ownership over effective service delivery to young people by managing outcomes for young people through use of line managers, colleagues and organisational tools, processes, policies and procedures.
To lead the provision of relationship-based support delivered to young people and families in the community and to promote positive outcomes in line with the values and principles of Includem.
Purpose & Context of Role
The postholder will manage their own caseload ensuring support plans are developed with the young person to respond to their individual needs and supporting them to improve outcomes in line with GIRFEC principles and Includem’s model of support.
A project worker will demonstrate leadership and ownership over effective service delivery to young people by managing outcomes for young people through use of line managers, colleagues and organisational tools, processes, policies and procedures.
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Fundraising Coordinator
- Full time
- £24,904 – £28,618
- Able to work from home and across various locations in Aberdeen/Aberdeenshire
- Closing 10th August 2022
Aberdeen Foyer’s vision is for everyone to have a safe place to call home and what they need to thrive. We are on a mission to end poverty and prevent youth homelessness. We do this by supporting young people and adults across Northeast Scotland discover their potential, transform their lives, and shape their own positive futures.
Aberdeen Foyer is looking for a passionate, driven and creative individual to join us as a Fundraising Co-ordinator, supporting our Funding Manager. Working with colleagues across the Foyer you will engage, inspire, and collaborate with individuals, communities, and businesses to deliver fundraising initiatives and events to support achieving key fundraising targets.
You will be able to build positive relationships locally with individuals, businesses, groups, and associations and maintain these with thank you letters, updates, and invitations to events. You will be a compelling storyteller, able to motivate and influence others through presentations, conversations, and formal and informal written formats. You will understand the needs and motivations of fundraising volunteers and oversee volunteering opportunities for fundraising, and you will be able to track and report income for all fundraising activities. You will help us to increase our online presence and expand on our use of social media platforms to raise our profile within the community and meet our fundraising targets.
Fundraising allows us to add the sparkle to our services, to innovate and be agile in creating opportunities that meet people’s needs and aspirations. We are seeking someone who is passionate about the work of Aberdeen Foyer, our mission and our values and takes pride in delivering a great experience.
We would love if you can bring fundraising experience to the role, however we appreciate the role also may suit someone who is starting out in their career or wants to use their existing skills in a different way. The role will involve being present in the local area of Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire. We trust our staff to do the best job possible and so the role offers autonomy and an opportunity to be creative.
To support with the provision of relationship-based support delivered to young people and families in the community and to promote positive outcomes in line with the values and principles of Includem.
Purpose & Context of Role
The postholder will work alongside the Project Worker to deliver aspects of the support plan that has been developed with the young person. They will understand and respond to individualised needs identified in the support plan to improve outcomes in line with GIRFEC principles and Includem’s model of support.
An Assistant Project Worker will demonstrate leadership and ownership over effective service delivery to young people by managing outcomes for young people through use of line managers, colleagues and organisational tools, processes, policies and procedures.
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