Temporary Support Worker

Black Lives in Musi; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 2,900 - 4,300; Full time

Job summary

Sistema Scotland’s Big Noise Govanhill is seeking a Support Worker to join our team, delivering a visionary, socially driven children’s orchestra centre. The role involves supporting musicians, participating in sessions, and building relationships with children and families.

This is a temporary post until the end of June 2027, working between 6 and 12 hours per week and between Monday and Thursday (exact hours and days to be agreed) term time only (40 weeks of the year).

Qualifications

• Experience in a supportive role in education or community settings.
• Experience working with children and families.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Experience in education

Experience with children

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 Govanhill in Glasgow, Raploch & Fallin in Stirling, Torry in Aberdeen, Douglas in Dundee 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 Govanhill, delivering a visionary, socially driven children’s orchestra centre. Big Noise Govanhill 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 Govanhill 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, working between 6 and 12 hours per week and between Monday and Thursday (exact hours and days of work to be agreed) term time only (40 weeks of the year).

Contract Type

Between 6 - 12 hours per week

Apply by

Mon 14 Sep, 2026