Outreach and Employability Support Worker

Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway; Dumfries; Remote; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Full time

Job summary

Better Lives Partnership is seeking an Outreach and Employability Support Worker to deliver the Outreach and Transitions Programme in Dumfries. The role is 20 hours per week across 4 or 5 days, with a fixed term contract for 12 months subject to funding.

You will support the Service Lead, help run sessions, create resources, manage transition plans for young people, deliver outreach in hubs and schools, and work with partners to provide guidance to clients.

Responsibilities

• Support the Service Lead in delivering the Outreach and Transitions Programme and contribute to classes and resource creation.
• Plan and deliver sessions and courses for young people.
• Manage transition plans for young people to ensure progression.
• Deliver outreach sessions within hubs and schools in the East of the region.
• Collaborate to provide support, advice and assistance to clients.
• Provide curricular and personal support and supervision for young people.
• Moderate and deliver accredited courses.
• Represent Better Lives Partnership at events and meetings to explain the programme.

Job description

Outreach and Employability Support Worker

Outreach and Employability Support Worker for Outreach and Transitions Programme – Dumfries

20 hours/week to be worked over 4 or 5 days

(Fixed term contract – 12 months – which is subject to funding)

Better Lives Partnership has secured funding to employ an Outreach and Employability Support Worker:

• To support the Service Lead in delivering an operational service for and the Outreach and Transitions Project; this may take the form of supporting in classes, to creating resources; to the planning and delivering of sessions and courses.
• Manage transition plans for young people who have identified Better Lives Partnership as a positive destination.
• To offer on-going one to one guidance and support to ensure progression is sustained and ensuring transitional arrangements are appropriate to each individual.
• To deliver outreach sessions within hubs and schools in the East of the region.
• To work in partnership to provide further support, advice and assistance to respond positively to the needs of individual clients.
• To provide curricular support, personal support and supervision for young people.
• To moderate and deliver accredited courses.
• To represent Better Lives Partnership at events and meetings to ensure that all stakeholders have a good understanding of the Outreach and Transitions Programme.

The Board is looking for a motivated person to help join a new team to support this exciting project. You will need to share the following values:

• Honesty
• Empathy
• Team Work
• Innovation
• Resilience
• Flexibility
• Reliability
• Non Judgemental
• Open minded

This is a great opportunity for a person with experience of the Third Sector, education, employability or working with young people to play a key role in the delivery of our Outreach and Transitions Programme.

Better Lives Partnership is committed to creating and sustaining a positive and inclusive working environment for our employees. Our aim is to ensure that employees are equally valued and respected and that our organisation is representative of all members of society. We define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual – we value our employees, job applicants, young people, staff members, associates and visitors as people. This is reflected within our values.

Better Lives Partnership acknowledges the duty of care to safeguard, protect and promote the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and is committed to ensuring safeguarding practice reflects statutory responsibilities, government guidance and complies with best practice and Disclosure Scotland requirements.

This post is subject to the regulations of working with vulnerable children and adults and the successful applicant will be required to obtain a PVG certificate prior to the post starting.

Better Lives Partnership is a Disability Confident Leader. As a Disability confident Leader, we recognise the valuable role disabled people play in our success.

Being a Disability Confident Leader means that as an employer, we have met all the set criteria to achieve the highest level in the national Disability Confident scheme and that we encourage applicants with a disability to apply for roles within the organisation.

One of our commitments is to offer an interview to any applicant who declares a disability/long term illness who meets the essential criteria for a job vacancy and to consider them on their abilities. If you have a disability and require us to make reasonable adjustments to allow you to apply for this position or attend an interview please contact us on [e-mail].

CLOSING DATE: Friday 27th of November at 12 noon.

Interviews will be held in Dumfries week commencing the 30th of November

For an informal conversation about the post, please email Debbie Templeton (Service Lead) on [e-mail] or call 075937443480.