Development & Engagement Worker (Scotland)

The Boys’ Brigade is an international Christian youth organisation, providing opportunities for children and young people to learn, grow and discover in a safe, fun and caring environment.

Our vision is that children and young people experience ‘life to the full’.

We are seeking an enthusiastic communicator with experience of working with volunteers, to support existing BB groups and establish new groups in Scotland.

To apply, send a covering letter and CV outlining your suitability for the role to jobs@boys-brigade.org.uk by 12pm on Friday 17th January 2025.

We are looking for a Pathways Coordinator at Blairgowrie High School, to work with young people, mentors, and school staff involved in our programme.

About the Role:

You will be an integral part of the school community and wider MCR team and be the key person delivering the MCR programme to young people in the school.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Helping to build exceptional individual relationships with young people across S1 to S6 and delivering S1 & S2 group work.
2. Helping to drive volunteer mentor recruitment. Consistently supporting, actively engaging and motivating mentors from training through the length of their engagement with the programme.
3. Actively support MCR young people to set, experience then follow their education and employment pathways.
4. Evidence progression, impact and best practice with YP input, quantitative feedback and qualitative case studies.

About You:

1. Exceptional ability to build meaningful relationships with young people aged 11-18 years, education colleagues, volunteer mentors and local employers.
2. Awareness and understanding of the principles of safeguarding and child protection.
3. Ability and confidence to present programme information & deliver prepared training sessions to groups.
4. Ability to work well on own initiative, as part of a team and on a flexible basis in response to young person and organisational need.
5. An understanding of the challenges and barriers that care-experienced and/or vulnerable young people may encounter.
6. Experience or a knowledge of processes to document and evidence good practice and positive outcomes.

You may have experience as a Youth, Community or Advice Worker. You will be an empathetic person who is open minded, non-judgemental, resilient and who is driven to improve outcomes for care experienced and other vulnerable young people.

About MCR Pathways:

MCR Pathways is an award-winning charity established in Glasgow in 2007. Our mentoring programme is now delivered in schools across the whole of Scotland. Our passionate team is dedicated to helping the most vulnerable young people gain in self-confidence, identify their skills and recognise and fulfil their potential. Our vision is for all young people to experience equality of education outcomes, career opportunities and life chances. Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on school pupils in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression. MCR Mentors are volunteers who make and experience a life-changing difference. You will be joining a friendly and supportive team who love what they do and enjoy working with each other. We model our values and many of us are also mentors ourselves.

Benefits of Working for MCR Pathways:

33 days annual leave in first year rising to 38 days from 2nd year of employment, additional day off for your birthday, Living Pensions Employer, Life Assurance - 4 x salary.

Are you enthusiastic about making a difference in young people’s lives?

Helm’s Vision:

Helm’s long-term vision is a Scotland where all young people dare to dream and can make those dreams a reality. Our more immediate mission is to ensure that young people in Scotland have access to the education and training that supports them to learn. Our strategy for achieving this focuses on three key activities, which we believe will make education, training and employment accessible and achievable for all:

1. Remove Barriers to Learning and Employment
2. Develop Education, Training and Employment Services

We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic individual to support young people in Dundee with their health and wellbeing. The successful candidate will have the experience in supporting young people in groups and through one-to-ones.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Provide a therapeutic environment to engage young people and support their mental health to enable their participation in Helm employability programmes.
2. Promote the development of resilience in young people.
3. Create an inclusive environment where the voices of young people are heard and respected.
4. Ensure Helm provides quality services to young people and drive continuous improvement across the organisation.
5. Develop and establish positive relationships with voluntary and public sector partners and other local organisations.

What We Offer:

We provide you with a competitive salary, 35 days annual leave, health benefits, a pension plan, a generous range of benefits and job satisfaction with a real opportunity to make a difference every day.

We are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all young people and use a thorough and rigorous recruitment and selection process including PVG Scheme checks to ensure this commitment is not compromised.

Do you have a passion for enabling individuals to make a positive change in their lives? We’d love to hear from you.

Venture Trust:

Venture Trust works with people experiencing complex life circumstances. Through our work, we provide the opportunity for people to recognise their confidence, motivation and core life skills that they need to make positive changes in their lives.

We have an exciting opportunity for a new Outreach and Support Worker to join our Glasgow and Inverclyde locality team. This role will be working across Greater Glasgow and you will be the first person our participants meet.

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, working alongside people with complex lives. Working across Greater Glasgow, and wilderness places across Scotland, 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’ll help to shape their journeys, navigating 1:1, community and wilderness journey support, always harnessing the benefits of the outdoors and nature spaces to provide therapeutic benefit. You’ll accompany them on wilderness journeys and support them to develop employability skills. Across Greater Glasgow, 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.

As an Outreach and Support Worker, You Will:

1. Deliver group activities outdoors in community greenspaces.
2. Provide one-to-one support for participants, identifying and removing barriers to participation and supporting towards their individual goals.
3. Maintain positive relationships with stakeholders, generating referrals for all programmes.
4. Promote Venture Trust within local communities.
5. Support the delivery of wilderness journey opportunities in Scotland’s wilder places.
6. Work closely with referral partners and any other stakeholders to provide joined up support for participants.
7. Work within a team structure with hybrid working arrangements.

If you have the skills and experience we are looking for, and want to play an important role in enabling people to achieve lasting change in their lives, we want to hear from you.

In return, we offer a range of generous benefits including a generous annual leave entitlement, flexible and hybrid working, an employee benefits package and a joint contributory pension scheme. We also offer a great working culture that embraces our core values of courage, care, curiosity and collaboration in all we do.

Special Conditions:

The successful candidate will be required to fulfil an enhanced DBS/PVG check and should hold a clean driving licence. The role will require regular travel around the region (Scotland) and at times nationally (involving overnight stays), access to reliable transportation is essential (own car preferred).