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* 35 hours per week. Fixed term until March 31st, 2026
Role
About us
We are a fast-paced and progressive organisation that aims to support children, young people, and their families through the provision of positive activity.
Fuse makes a commitment to contribute to the Scottish Government’s National Performance Framework and its contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals in supporting our community to adapt to life in 2025 and beyond. With poverty, digital exclusion, and rising unemployment prevalent in our community, Fuse has identified and embedded the following key themes into their business strategy and programming:
* Life skills & Employability
* Digital Inclusion
Fuse supports and serves its community by continually striving towards an inclusive facility; being a progressive organisation that meets the needs of its community and being a knowledgeable and informed organisation.
Job Role:
The overall aim of the project is to deliver a programme of services to target and support young people in the east end of Glasgow who are under-achieving by raising and recognising achievement and creating opportunities.
Working across the Fuse programmes you will ensure that each participant is matched to an award, has an individual development plan where appropriate accreditation folders are kept up to date with all evidence captured and support young people to overcome barriers to participation and learning.
The aim is:
* To develop and inspire young people (including volunteers)
The Outcomes are:
* Improved access to accredited training and learning
* Increased employability and employment options
We are looking for dedicated and motivated individuals to join our team. Y Sort It Young Carers Service supports young carers/young adult carers aged between 8-18 years across West Dunbartonshire.
This exciting post offers a unique opportunity to work with Young Carers within school, home & community-based settings. The role of the Young Carer Support Worker will be to support young carers in making informed choices around issues that are important to them, through one-to-one, group work sessions & respite.
You will be offering and completing Young Carers Statements (Assessments), developing support plans, providing advice and information, training, and peer support to help young carers with their caring role.
Young carers are supported through a range of measures to alleviate the caring role and your role will be to work closely with schools, partner agencies, and family members to ensure they are able to be a young person first and foremost.
You will be active at providing support and encouragement, helping them to overcome challenges and/or barriers working towards goals to improve their learning, skills, and personal development. Offering guidance, rights-based information, creating learning opportunities. You will be developing support plans, providing advice and information, training, and peer support.
The post holder should be flexible as the actual times of work will involve working evenings, school holidays, and weekends. The post holder should be flexible as the actual times of work may change to respond to the demands of the work of the Young Carers Service including overnight stays for respite.
You will be directly managed by Y Sort It Young Carer Manager.
Purpose and Objectives
Y Sort It Young Carers Service aims to support young people within West Dunbartonshire who play a caring role within their family.
The postholder will provide critical support to Y Sort It, schools, and communities to drive West Dunbartonshire’s Carers Strategy & Integrated Children’s Services Plan for Young Carers.
Y Sort It Young Carers Services aims to provide:
* Information & Awareness – Improve the awareness & visibility of Young Carers within West Dunbartonshire, encouraging our schools, partners, and community to help identify Young Carers early & ensure that information is available in regards to support that can be offered.
* Support & Involvement - Support Young Carers by offering 1-2-1 support, offering each young carer the opportunity to complete a Young Carers Statement to identify their support needs and personal outcomes. We involve them in the planning of their support, with their needs being reviewed on a regular basis. We aim to ensure young carers are listened to & heard – we aim to engage and consult with young carers on issues important to them, influencing local and national policy and planning.
* Short Breaks & Respite – Provide opportunities for Young Carers to have a break from their caring role, be a young person first and foremost – Y Sort It provides weekly group sessions, drop-ins, day trips, overnight residentials, and holiday programs. These are opportunities for Young Carers to meet other Young Carers (Peer Support), try new things, learn new skills, and have fun.
Requirements
You will have a relevant qualification or evidence of previous experience working within social work, healthcare, or youth/community/voluntary work or in the field of Health Promotion, or relevant/equivalent experience, working with children, young people, and/or families.
Please note, a driving license is essential for this role.
Remote: Home-based covering Fife and Edinburgh areas.
Closing: 13th March 2025
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