Senior Support Worker - Big Noise Torry, Aberdeen

Sistema Scotland; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 33,000; Part time

Job summary

Sistema Scotland seeks a Senior Support Worker to join the Big Noise Torry team, focusing on community engagement through music. The role involves direct interaction with children, supporting their development and participation in a visionary orchestra programme. Working part-time, the position is vital for enhancing community cohesion and children's aspirations.

Qualifications

• Experience in supportive roles in education or community settings.
• Experience of working with children and families.
• Strong interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Key contact for the Support Worker team, ensuring communication.
• Support musicians during the after-school programme.
• Build strong relationships with children and families.

Skills

Experience in supportive roles

Working with children and families

Building relationships

Engagement and attention modeling

Job description

Location: Greyhope Community Hub, Tullos Circle, Torry, AB11 8HD

Salary: £28,891 - £32,512 per year per annum, pro rata

Contract Type: Permanent

Position Type: Part Time

Hours: 9 hours per week

Do you have experience in a supportive role in an education or community setting?

Do you have experience of working with children and families?

Sistema Scotland’s vision is to improve lives and strengthen communities. Working with children and their families, the programme is focused on early intervention and stimulating generational social change, increasing confidence, aspiration, community cohesion, pride, and developing high level skills in the young people involved. We deliver our work through the creation of Big Noise programmes within communities, and currently run six programmes in Torry in Aberdeen, Raploch & Fallin in Stirling, Govanhill in Glasgow, Douglas in Dundee and Wester Hailes in Edinburgh.

We are looking for a Senior Support Worker to join our organisation as part of the dynamic team in Big Noise Torry, delivering a visionary, socially driven children’s orchestra centre. Big Noise Torry runs an after-school programme 4 days a week during term time and a holiday school 4 days a week during the Easter, summer and October holidays.

The Senior Support Worker will act as the key contact for the Big Noise centre Support Worker team, particularly with regards to communication and Support Worker “voice” and will be the key link between the Support Worker team and the rest of the Big Noise Torry team as well as carrying out the duties of a Support Worker at Big Noise Torry. These are: to support Big Noise musicians as they deliver the after-school programme; participating in sessions, modelling engagement and attention for the children whilst building strong relationships with the children and families to assist them in maximising their potential.

This is a permanent post, working as follows:

During school term time, you will work Monday to Wednesday 2.15 to 5.15 pm (9 hours per week) plus an additional 3.5 hours per week to cover the Senior Support Worker part of the role (hours to be agreed with line manager).

During the school holidays, you will work Monday and Tuesday 9.30 am to 2.30 pm (10 hours per week) plus an additional 3.5 hours per week to cover the Senior Support Worker part of the role (hours to be agreed with line manager).

We welcome applications from diverse cultural backgrounds. We also welcome applications from all nationalities; however, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for these roles, so before you apply for this post please ensure that you have the right to work in the UK. For more details on eligibility to work in the UK, please visit https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa .

For further details please visit our website https://makeabignoise.org.uk/work-with-us where you can view the full job/person specification and complete our online application form (no CVs please). For any additional information please e-mail [e-mail] or telephone [phone].

Closing date for all applications is Monday 16th June 2025 at 10.00am.

Interviews will take place in Torry, Aberdeen (date to be confirmed)

All successful applicants will be subject to PVG check.