Keyworker - Key to Work

£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 a 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 Work service provides holistic, person-centred support, to help young people coming up to school leaving learn skills for work in a safe, supported work placement setting.

About the role

The Keyworker will support the Key to Work project and support young people on the project to complete the work placements. Your main responsibilities will be:

• Liaise with schools to recruit suitable young people
• Build trusted relationships with the young people on the project
• Work alongside the work placement leaders to develop and coordinate activities, including arranging transport for the young people.

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 organisations
• Organised, with excellent communication skills
• Passionate about supporting young people to reach their full potential

How we’ll support you

You’ll be working independently but 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 28^th July at 12 noon
First interviews will be held on the week commencing 4^th August at our Edinburgh office

Please note CVs will not be accepted.