Keyworker - Key to Potential

£25,352 - £27,907 pro rata, plus pension
Based in Edinburgh 

Are you looking for a role where every day is different, and you work in role that makes a real difference to young people’s lives?

If so, this role may be the perfect opportunity for you!

About the service

Cyrenians Key to Potential service provides holistic, person-centred support, to help young people coming up to school leaving age to progress into further education, training, or secure employment. 

About the role

Using an outreach approach, the post holder will provide key work, careers guidance and tailored support to young people identified by their school as at risk of leaving without a positive destination. Your main responsibilities will be:

• Support a caseload of young people across Edinburgh
• Building relationships with partners in schools and other agencies
• Contribute to the continuous monitoring of the project’s success

About you

You should have experience working with young people and understand the challenges faced by young people when leaving school, including mental health. You should also be:

• Excellent at building trusted relationships, with young people and partner agencies
• Knowledgeable on the options available to school leavers
• Organised, flexible and able to manage your own workload

How we’ll support you

You’ll be working independently as part of a team of skilled, experienced keyworkers with a supportive manager.  We will encourage you use your creativity to innovate new activities and support you to introduce them. You will also have access to wider Cyrenians support, including our learning and development programme, and staff wellbeing services.

About us

At Cyrenians we tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness by taking a Public Health Approach to Homelessness Prevention. We take a values-led and relationships-based approach to delivering all our services.

You can find out more about our impact and our values online. 

Application Notes

Closing date is Monday 23^rd June 2025 at 12 noon
First interviews will be held week commencing 30^th June 2025 in Edinburgh

Please note CVs will not be accepted.