Helm Employability Schools; H.E.D.S Instructor

About the Program

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:

• Give Young People a Voice
• Remove Barriers to Learning and Employment
• Develop Education, Training and Employment Services

H.E.D.S. (HELM Employability with Dundee Schools) is a year‑long programme offering a flexible, youth‑work‑led alternative to traditional education for young people who benefit from a different approach to learning. Combining school study with supportive, relationship‑based sessions at the Helm Centre, it provides personalised learning pathways tailored to each individual’s strengths, interests, and goals.

Participants can gain recognised qualifications while exploring vocational areas such as mechanics, beauty, and game development, alongside developing key life and employability skills. Ultimately, H.E.D.S. focuses on building confidence, independence, and real‑world capabilities, helping young people progress toward positive destinations and a future they feel confident about.

• Resource, prepare and deliver student training, obtaining feedback from students to assess programme effectiveness and identify areas for improvement.
• Deliver training for designated SQA Core Skills and other accredited SQA qualifications using a range of assessment methods.
• Key Worker to your own caseload of young people working effectively to support and progress them to a sustainable progression.
• Ensure set targets and outcomes are met relating to your caseload and contractual requirements in programme delivery.
• Promote the development of resilience in young people, as well as raised ambitions and life skills.
• Create an inclusive environment where the voices of young people are heard and respected.
• Work collaboratively with a range of organisations including social work, youth justice, community groups, college, employers and local voluntary organisations to support and enhance student’s ongoing personal learning and development.
• Plan and organise a range of individual or group activities (in‑house/outside) to best support the needs of the young person.

We provide you with a competitive salary, 35 days annual leave (pro‑ratio), 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.