Temporary Support Worker

Black Lives in Musi; Dundee; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Part time

Job summary

Sistema Scotland is seeking a part-time Support Worker to join the Big Noise Douglas team. The role focuses on supporting musicians during after-school sessions and school holiday programmes, while fostering engagement and positive relationships with children and families.

The position runs during term time (4.5 hours weekly) and school holidays (9 hours weekly), contributing to a socially driven, community-based music education project in Dundee.

Qualifications

• Experience in a supportive role in education or community settings.
• Ability to work with children and families and build rapport.
• Willingness to engage actively in after-school and holiday programmes.

Responsibilities

• Support Big Noise musicians in delivering the after-school programme.
• Model engagement and attention for the children and families.
• Build strong relationships to maximise children's potential.

Skills

Experience with children

Community setting

Engagement skills

Relationship building

Job description

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, young people and their families, we focus on early intervention and stimulating generational social change. By playing music together in ensembles and orchestras, we aim to grow confidence, respect, teamwork and aspiration in the children, young people and communities we work with.

We deliver our work through six Big Noise programmes: in in Douglas in Dundee, Raploch & Fallin in Stirling, Govanhill in Glasgow, Torry in Aberdeen, and Wester Hailes in Edinburgh

We are looking for a Support Worker to join our organisation as part of the dynamic team in Big Noise Douglas, delivering a visionary, socially driven children’s orchestra centre. Big Noise Douglas 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 principal duties of a Support Worker at Big Noise Douglas 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 temporary post until the end of June 2027, offered on an all-year round basis and the hours of work are as follows:

• Academic Term Time: 4.5 hours per week as follows: Wednesday and Thursday 2.45 - 5.00pm
• School holidays:9 hours per week as follows: Wednesday and Thursday 9.00 am - 1.30pm

Contract Type

During Term Time: 4.5 hours per week & During School Holidays: 9 hours per week