SCOREscotland are recruiting a Young Start Project Worker position.
The post is part-time working 7 hours per week with a salary of £29,439 pa (pro rata) until October 2025.
Purpose of Job
To work closely with the Project Coordinator to develop and deliver an anti-racism programme with the black and minority ethnic (BME) young people of South West Edinburgh.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Help create a safe and stimulating environment that provides young people from various cultural backgrounds with opportunities to develop socially, physically and emotionally.
- Coordinate an anti-racist peer-education focused programme (Youth CommUnity Voices) encompassing social, anti-racist education, heritage and recreational elements.
- Provide administrative, programming and coordinating support to the project. Liaise with facilitators and professionals. Book venues and coordinate trips.
- Support the young people to raise awareness of issues affecting them and share these with young people from mainstream youth clubs.
- Lead in the setting out of equipment, planning, and preparation of materials and activities in advance of each session. Evaluating work and clearing away at the end of the session.
- Ensure young people have the opportunity to participate in all aspects of the provision including planning, development, decision-making processes and evaluation.
- Provide opportunities for young people to develop awareness, knowledge and skills, which will assist them in becoming involved in the wider society.
- Establish and sustain positive working relationships with young people based on youth work professional boundaries.
The closing date for applications is 5pm on Tuesday 23rd April 2024.
To apply please complete an application form in black ink or typescript and return it to SCOREscotland, 30 Westburn Grove, Edinburgh, EH14 2SA or by email to: info@scorescotland.org.uk.
You can read the full job description and download an application form online here.
