Outreach Worker

Venture Trust; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave plus public holidays and Christmas holidays

Employee benefits package

Flexible and hybrid working

Joint contributory pension scheme

Job summary

Venture Trust is looking for an Outreach Worker to provide tailored support to individuals across North, East, and South Ayrshire. The successful candidate will foster trusting relationships and help participants remove barriers to achieve their goals.

This role involves working autonomously while being part of a dynamic team, and it offers flexible and hybrid working arrangements.

The position offers generous benefits, including 28 days of annual leave and a contributory pension scheme.

Qualifications

• Experience or knowledge of local services in Ayrshire.
• Ability to work autonomously with participants.
• Capacity to foster positive relationships.

Responsibilities

• Provide one-to-one support for participants.
• Maintain positive relationships with stakeholders.
• Promote Venture Trust within local communities.

Skills

Relationship building

Empathy

Autonomy

Communication

Job description

This is an exciting time to join Venture Trust as we continue to develop, embed and grow our teams, and apply our developmental approach in communities, in greenspaces and across Scotland’s wilder places.

Venture Trust supports people facing challenging life circumstances to overcome barriers and realise their potential. We work alongside people who have been impacted by trauma, and together we build the programme they need to move forwards in their journey, utilising in communities, greenspaces and wild places across Scotland.

About this role

We have an exciting opportunity for a new Outreach Worker to join our team working across North, East and South Ayrshire. You will be the first person our participants meet, so knowledge of services within this area would be beneficial.

You’ll be a caring, dynamic and driven person, dedicated to levelling the playing field and equipping people with the tools they need to thrive. You’ll be comfortable and confident working autonomously alongside people with complex lives.

Working across your area, you’ll provide bespoke and holistic 1:1 support for participants, spending time to get to know them, their strengths and where they want to go. You will prepare participants for wilderness journeys and support them to identify and work towards positive progression opportunities.

We need you to work closely with referrers and partners to provide joined up support for participants, managing the differing needs of your case load, including working with young people and adults.

Our Outreach Workers play an essential role at Venture Trust. Your skill at fostering positive, trusting relationships with people could be life changing.

Responsibilities

• Provide one-to-one support for participants, identifying and removing barriers to participation and supporting them towards their individual goals
• Maintain positive relationships with stakeholders, generating referrals for all programmes
• Promote Venture Trust within local communities
• Work closely with referral partners and any other stakeholders to provide joined up support for participants
• Work within a team structure with hybrid working arrangements

Benefits

• A generous annual leave entitlement: 28 days annual leave plus public holidays and 3 Christmas holidays
• An employee benefits package
• Flexible and hybrid working
• A joint contributory pension scheme

Venture Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity in employment and follows an equal opportunities policy.