Are you passionate about homelessness and interested in developing a new service and approaches? Are you creative in your working approach?

If so, this new role working with people and in partnership with others may be the perfect opportunity for you.

About the role

You will work as part of a team to support people experiencing homelessness and working towards recovery from gambling harm. You will also work with people affected by someone else’s gambling issues.

Partnership working will be central to this role. You will work alongside Cyrenians colleagues, 3rd sector, statutory partners and service users to shape the delivery this project.

About You

You will be an outgoing individual with excellent organisational skills with a creative and innovative approach. You will be committed to promoting inclusion, and will have experience of working with people with a broad range of life experiences. You will have experience working 1:1 with people, and ideally in delivering group work.

How we’ll support you

You’ll be joining an organisation which values you and the knowledge, skills and experience which you bring. You’ll join a friendly team with a supportive line manager and you’ll have access to our Cyrenians’ learning and development programme, to help you to develop and learn in the role.

About us

At Cyrenians we tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness by taking a values-led and relationships-based approach to delivering our services. You can find out more about our organisation and our impactonline.

The Project Worker will work directly with young people to coordinate and provide emotional and practical support on a 1:1 and group basis. Working with young people in their home and in their local community, the Project Worker will ensure that a young person’s experience of homelessness is rare, brief, and non-recurring.

The Project Worker will support young people to improve their practical independent living skills, access other services and to reach their full potential. Project Workers are responsible for completing support plans and risk assessments and are the main contact for any key people involved in the care and support of young people.

Rock Trust are delighted to be expanding the successful ‘Housing First for Youth’ service into Glasgow. We are looking for a team member who has experience of supporting young vulnerable people accessing our services. The role will involve working intensively with a small caseload of young people to coordinate and provide emotional and practical support.

The Project Worker will work directly with young people to coordinate and provide emotional and practical support on a 1:1 and group basis. Working with young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness to ensure that when homelessness can’t be avoided, their experience of homelessness is rare, brief, and non-recurring.

The Project Worker will offer line management, guidance, and support to Support Assistants and volunteers, working together to support young people to return or remain at home, improve their practical independent living skills, set up their own tenancy and access other services and to reach their full potential. Project Workers are responsible for completing support plans and risk assessments and are the main contact for any key people involved in the care and support of young people.

In addition to the responsibilities in the JD, the successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:

• An ability to build trusting, lasting relationships with young people
• Support young people to manage and thrive in their home
• Motivate young people to set goals and reach their potential
• An ability to work effectively with partners and other key people to provide young people with
• excellent care and support
• Adopt a ‘whatever it takes’ and rights based approach
• Work in a psychologically and trauma informed manner

Do you have a passion for good food and the power of sharing a meal?

Do you want to support your community through food education?

If so, our Community Food Worker role could be for you!

About the service

Our Food Education team is passionate about cooking, teaching people about the health benefits of using fresh ingredients and passing on budgeting tips for keeping food bills as low as possible whilst eating well. We also place enormous importance on the social benefits of cooking and sharing a meal with others.

We deliver a range of programmes and accredited training from our in-house cooking classes to accredited REHIS (Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland) courses including food hygiene, food and health, cooking skills and REHIS/Cyrenians Joint Award Good Food Good Health.

About the role

This role will deliver and sustain our existing Community Cook Club programmes, including 3 for young people (age 13+) and a mums group, in our cook school and other community settings across Edinburgh. The aim is to, through the use of food, help participants learn new skills, develop a sense of belonging and self-worth, and build new relationships.

About you

We are looking for someone who shares our passion for good food. You will understand and appreciate the power that food and eating together has to support people’s mental health and wellbeing.

You should also have:

• Excellent communication skills
• Experience of working in a group setting
• Experience of building trusted relationships
• The ability to demonstrate our values of compassion, respect, integrity, and innovation in the work that you do.

How we will support you

You’ll be part of a small team, led by a supportive manager. There will be

great opportunities for you to learn and develop, while sharing your skills and experiences. You will have access to wider Cyrenians support, including our learning and development programme, and staff wellbeing services.

About us

At Cyrenians we tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness by taking a Public Health Approach to Homelessness Prevention. We take a values-led and relationships-based approach to delivering all our services.

You can find out more about our impact and our values online.