Facilitator

Salary

£26,007 per annum

Edinburgh, Scotland

Permanent - Full time, 37 hours

• 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave
• Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages
• Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover
• Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts

You will be joining the team in our Employability Service, providing support to young people aged 16‑24, who have a range of barriers or needs. Youthbuild (a construction training programme) works to tackle the underlying issues that might be preventing young people from entering and sustaining employment and capitalises on opportunities available. As an Employment Facilitator you'll be motivating, inspiring and directly supporting and delivering a range of both practical and vocational employability programmes aimed at young people to access, maintain and sustain future employment and further educational opportunities through the provision of comprehensive in‑house training programmes and work placements.

• Managing and coordinating a caseload of young people, providing tailored interventions through group, coordinated or individual support.
• Delivering a range of group preparation for work modules that contribute to our overall employability programmes, promoting inclusion and allowing for individual learning styles.
• Adopting a key worker approach to support young people for up to 6 months from securing employment.
• Organising, coordinating, and leading the delivery of construction training sessions.
• Delivering and/or coordinating practical 1–2 day sessions, intro trades, taster sessions on practical skills and using tools and equipment.
• Working closely with colleagues to monitor the progress of trainees and plan training accordingly.
• Organising and implementing workload, including up to date records of activity, risk assessments and learner packs/certifications.

• It would be great if you have an SVQ 3 in Social Care, Guidance or equivalent, but we are very open to relevant or lived experience, rather than a qualification.
• Experience working in group settings with young people facing multiple barriers.
• Knowledge and understanding of young people facing unemployment.
• Full driving licence and access to a car for business use.

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Jessica Jarvis, email us at recruitmentserv, quoting reference 13242

At Action for Children, we’re dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under‑represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.

For Children Service roles only: Male staff are under‑represented within our Children Service roles. We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles.