- Advertised from 27th May 2021
Role
Reports to: Kickstart Team Leader
Location: RTW Delivery Centres & Outreach venues throughout North Lanarkshire (Initially Working from home)
Contracted Hours: Full Time 35 hours per week
Contract Duration: Post is to cover Maternity Leave and Funded to March 31st 2022 with a possibility of extension
Last year has been more than a drop in the ocean. However, at Routes to Work, we believe in the power of people and the transformative effect we have. Do you fancy taking a dip in the ocean?
About us
Routes to Work Limited (RTW) is a registered Charity and a strategic partner within North Lanarkshire’s Working, the North Lanarkshire Partnership’s Employability Service. At RTW, we deliver employment support services and skills development to economically disadvantaged residents of North Lanarkshire who require our support to access and sustain work and make improvements in their lives.
What’s new?
We have been successful in securing funding to deliver a range of services for young people under the Scottish Youth Guarantee and are delighted to be helping this disproportionately affected group as part of the economic recovery. We are looking for team members to help us deliver on the Scottish Youth Guarantee services as well as supporting the other programmes at Routes to Work that continue to be crucial to ensure that North Lanarkshire and its’ residents are able to avail themselves of the labour market opportunities that will occur once the economic recovery starts.
About you
Candidates must have a drive and passion to improve the lives of North Lanarkshire residents. You must demonstrate that you can be resourceful; resilient; self-motivated and are completely client-centric.
About the job
You will work with Kickstart employers to ensure an integrated programme of support is provided to Kick Start participants to maximise the benefit of their participation on the programme. To provide a job broker & development service for all Kickstart participants to ensure that their temporary employment opportunity is improving their longer-term employability prospects and personal development opportunities are being provided to maximise their chances of moving into sustainable employment.
Main duties and responsibilities will include:
- To establish & develop positive & effective working relationships with Kick Start employers and participants.
- To provide a high-quality initial assessment of client skills, qualifications, experience and barriers to employment within an agreed framework with a view to identifying an effective six-month development plan.
- To make referrals as required to specialist agencies to deal with client barriers such as motivation, social issues, debt & money advice, housing issues as identified.
- To provide a range of individual support sessions on an incremental basis to all Kick Start participants to support their personal development and transition into more sustainable employment.
- To promote and job match Kick Start participants to suitable vacancies for sustainable employment.
- Review client progress by conducting regular action plan review & updating participant records, as necessary.
- To ensure accurate and up-to-date records are maintained on individual clients via the Management Information Database to ensure accurate reporting of individual & company achievements and claiming of outcomes can be made.
- To achieve engage targets in line with Kick Start service level agreement.
The post being recruited for are to support the following programme.
Kickstart
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create new 6-month job placements for young people who are currently on Universal Credit and at risk of long-term unemployment.
RTW is acting as a Gateway Organisation for a number of Third Sector organisations in North Lanarkshire who wish to take part in the scheme and we will be providing the employability wrap around support for those successful Kickstart participants as well as the participants of small businesses that have accessed the Kickstart scheme through North Lanarkshire Council who are also a Gateway Organisation.
All posts are subject to membership of the PVG scheme.
Application notes
To apply you must download the relevant information by clicking on the link below
kickstart employability support worker - Routes to Work
Contained within the link will be information offering further guidance to apply and the following documents;
- Expression of Interest
- Job Description
- Person Specification
- Application Form
- Job Applicant Data Policy
Closing Date for Applications: Monday 7th June.
Routes to Work Ltd is committed to the principles of Equal Opportunities, please contact us if you require any adaptions for the recruitment process.
Facilitator
- Full time
- £28,000 – £35,000
- Staffin, Isle of Skye with some travel around Scotland. (On site)
- Closing 29th April 2024
At Columba 1400 we enable young people, especially from tough realities, and the key adults in their lives to lead lives of meaning, purpose, and contribution. Since 2000 we’ve helped more than 12,500 young people and adults transform their lives.
Through our bespoke values-based leadership experiences, we create a nurturing environment where participants can explore their strengths, build confidence, and embrace their unique talents.
Our founding principles of warmth of welcome, warmth of hospitality, and the sense of being on a shared journey guide everything we do.
Participants emerge from our academies with greater confidence, clarity about their goals, and a renewed sense of purpose, ready to make a positive difference.
Overall Purpose of Role
The purpose of this role is to facilitate the delivery of our Young People’s Leadership Academies and to be alongside participants as they realise their true potential.
The successful candidate will work in partnership with the Columban Team to ensure the highest standards of delivery are maintained throughout our leadership academies as well as supporting the information and data gathering to demonstrate our impact.
In this post you will help to provide a supportive, warm, and nurturing environment for young people, and key adults. Through your compassionate approach and values-based leadership, you will inspire and uplift young people, helping them to realise their inherent strengths and capabilities.
About us
The Pavillion is a youth organisation that provides a safe and fun environment for children and young people in the Easterhouse area of Glasgow. We provide activities and life skills for the young people including sports, arts and crafts, drama workshops, volunteering opportunities, girls/boys issue based groupwork sessions, drug and alcohol workshops, mental health groupwork sessions, cooking and healthy living. We help reduce social isolation in the community and promote positive friendships and social skills in our young attendees. Our aim is to create, support and inspire the young people by providing them with opportunities, skills and activities.
We are a fast-paced and progressive organisation that aims to support children, young people, their families and the wider local community through the provision of positive activities and opportunities.
The Pavillion supports and serves its community by; continually striving towards an inclusive facility; being a progressive organisation that meets the needs of its community and being a knowledgeable and informed organisation.
We are a key member of Blairtummock & Rogerfield Partnership; a collaboration of local community based organisations schools, nurseries and the college. We work collaboratively to improve the life chances and opportunities for people living in the communities we serve. As a group of partners, we work across all ages which makes this opportunity exciting, innovative and forward thinking.
About the Project
The 'Young Start Progressions' programme at 'The Pavilion' will be a dynamic 2-year programme, led by young people, supported by staff and volunteers and by existing and new partnership opportunities. Our three-pronged approach aims to empower young individuals across various stages of their development:
Primary/Secondary Transitions Programme: We will provide support for P7, S1, and S2 young people as they transition from primary to secondary school, fostering empowerment, confidence, and improved self-esteem in a non-school environment.
Volunteer Mentoring Programme: Expanding on our successful volunteering mentoring initiative, we offer diverse opportunities for young volunteers, connecting them with roles both within Pavilion and through our network of school partnerships and community collaborations.
Attainment Programme: Focused on enhancing pathways for Junior and Senior Club participants, we integrate life skills development seamlessly into existing activities. From goal-setting exercises, certificated activity programmes to accredited learning and further training opportunities.
Purpose of Job
We are seeking a Programme Coordinator to lead the delivery of this project as well as managing the Attainment Worker & Volunteer Development Worker posts attached to this project.
Being creative, innovative and ideas driven, to support delivery of multiple programmes of activity and be able to forge strong positive relationships with partners are key attributes for this post. The postholder will be responsible for taking a coordinated approach to implementing activities with young people that address the key identified issues affecting them, ensuring their needs are addressed and pathways created that help them to succeed.
The postholder should have experience working with a range of age groups and are able to demonstrate experience in taking a youth-led approach to service delivery.
The Post
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the University of Stirling Students’ Union as Sports Development Coordinator to plan, coordinate and deliver our comprehensive sports development programmes, in conjunction with the Sports President. You will manage and develop the Sports Administrator. You will also support sports union members, with particular focus but not exclusively, in the areas of Club Development, Participation, Health and Wellbeing and Finance & Funding.
About Us
Stirling Students’ Union is the representative student body at the University of Stirling. We are a registered charity and exist to support students getting the best degree, helping students make friends, supporting students when they need support and building skills for the future. We do this by supporting academic reps, providing volunteering opportunities, societies and sports clubs. We also offer support, employability skills, advice and opportunities to influence our sustainability work. We are proudly student led and each spring elect four full time paid students to lead our work: President, Vice President Communities, Vice President Education and Sports Union President.
About You
We’re looking for a talented and passionate individual to join our organisation. You’ll be driven, using your initiative to support a wide range of organisational initiatives, programmes and projects. Specific duties of the role include:
Club Development
· Strategic approach to development and delivery of BUCS, ensuring improvement and effective use of funding.
· Develop and implement a comprehensive plan (actions, targets, responsibilities and resources).
· Increase club membership and participation.
· Ensure clubs are accessible and inclusive to all participants.
· Contribute to the formulation of policy and procedures as required, in collaboration with other Coordinators.
· Design and deliver training for committee members of Sports Clubs.
· Effectively engage students and provide ongoing support and assistance where appropriate.
· Coordinate and deal with member discipline and complaints, contributing to effective process development.
· Assist in the recruitment of coaches to ensure quality of sports provision within clubs.
Participation & Engagement
· Work in partnership with the University to provide opportunities for students to engage in physical activity and sports.
· Work closely with the Student Sport Development Officer on participation programmes for recreational sport.
· Develop mutually beneficial relationships with external partners, (BUCS, SSS, Community Clubs and National Governing Bodies) to increase the range, and quality of sports provision and coaching services provided.
· Work with BUCS, SSS and National Governing bodies to promote volunteering opportunities.
· To monitor, evaluate and report on club activities and identify opportunities for growth.
· To be a mentor on the panel of the Tier 2 programme.
Health & Wellbeing
· Promote and evaluate student wellbeing through engagement with student sport and club activity.
· Plan and take forward projects and campaigns that aim to use physical activity and sport as a method of improving Health & Wellbeing whilst positively impacting on the student experience.
· Engage with Union, University and national campaigns and initiatives for establishing healthy and resilient student communities.
· Embed innovative practices in engaging sports members with sustainability opportunities.
Finance & Funding
· Working with Sports President and Finance Manager to ensure club funds are managed appropriately.
· Oversee the effective running of the Sports Union budget.
· Responsibility for administration of funding requests for Coaches and Capital Equipment.
· In collaboration with Union colleagues deliver signature sports events such as Sports Ball and Varsity.
· Work with Stakeholders on the Kit Tender process.
Our Activity Centres provide innovative and person-centred services and support to veterans struggling with sight loss. This job exists in order to provide tailored support to veterans carrying out woodworking projects. You will work alongside the veterans to identify abilities, share ideas and plan projects within the activity Centre. You will ensure that the support provided is person-centred, tailored to their needs and is the right support for them. You will support the leadership team to coordinate and manage the activities provided within and from the Activity Centre which will support the overall wellbeing of the veterans and their families. You will work closely with colleagues across the organisation and external stakeholders to ensure that veterans can access the relevant support.
About us
We're one of Scotland's oldest charities - for more than two centuries, we've been supporting and empowering people with sight loss to live fulfilling lives. We're proud of all we've achieved in the past - but we have our sights set firmly on the future.
We're determined that no-one should face sight loss alone. We're committed to improving, diversifying and growing our services to make sure we can reach many more people with sight loss - when and where they need us.
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