Employability Support Worker 16+, Spark Your Future

• Salary: £24,000 - £26,000 based on relevant experience

• Hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

• Contract: Fixed term until 31/03/2026, funded by East Lothian Council, Employability Grants Programme, No One Left Behind

• Status: Full time

• Closing date: 05/05/2025, 12pm

Are you passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people? Do you want a flexible, varied and meaningful job in a supportive team? Do you value great employee benefits such as generous holidays and an annual training budget? Apply to join us!

We have a vacancy for an Employability Support Worker 16+ to deliver an effective casework and group work service to young people aged 16 – 24 in East Lothian experiencing a range of challenges such as non-attendance at school, poor mental health and family poverty which impacts on securing positive destinations.

The successful candidate will:

• Support young people to gain employability skills, life skills and accreditation; helping them into work, apprenticeships, further education or vocational training

• Provide vocational/industry specific accreditation and training to groups of young people alongside individual support to address particular barriers

• Develop a programme of delivery which will provide young people with clear pathways to positive destinations and sustainable and fair work

• Take the lead on the service and to provide an effective interface between young people, partners and stakeholders involved in the service

This is an exciting position in which the successful candidate will take pride in developing a programme of delivery which will provide young people with clear pathways to positive destinations.

It is essential that candidates have a full, clean driving licence and constant use of a car.  Membership of the PVG scheme will be an essential requirement of the post.  A contributory company pension scheme is offered with a 10% employer contribution.

Application notes:

An application pack may be downloaded below or may be requested by email: mail@bridgesproject.org.uk  or by telephone: 0131 665 1621.

Completed applications should be emailed to mail@bridgesproject.org.uk

Please note we do not accept CVs.

Closing date: Monday 5th May, 12pm. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis and suitable candidates may be invited for interview prior to the closing date.

 Interviews: Ongoing

Application documents:

• Cover Letter

• Job Description & Person Specification

• Application Form

• Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form

Lived Experience Trustee

Have you accessed Bridges Project’s services in the past? Are you interested in making decisions on how we will help other young people in the future? Join our Board as a Trustee!

We want to strengthen the lived experience of our Board of Trustees and are looking for someone who has used our services to help us shape the future direction of Bridges Project as we’re approaching our 40th anniversary.

As a Trustee, you would be part of our Board of eight other volunteers, who meet four times a year to make decisions on the priorities and future plans of Bridges Project.

This is a unique opportunity to gain valuable decision-making and interpersonal skills transferable to a variety of jobs and the experience would be a boost to anyone’s CV!

Email us at mail@bridgesproject.org.uk or call us at 0131 665 1621 to discuss further.

Join us and make a real difference to the lives of future generations of young people!