Ravenscroft 0131 672 2555 / Liberton Brae 0131 468 4239 / East Lothian 0131 563 9714 / Edinburgh Centre 0131 563 9461
Role: Project WorkerContract: Full-time, Permanent
Location: Musselburgh, East Lothian or Ravenscroft, Edinburgh or Liberton Brae, Edinburgh
Hours: 35 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
Salary: £24,336 per annum
Purpose of role
We help young adults with additional support needs to realise their potential by providing person-centred education, life and social skills.
We are currently looking for passionate people who want to make a difference to join our Project Worker Team. You will work alongside our Centre Manager, the Education Team and Senior Project Workers to provide support and development for our students, each of whom have their own special talents and support needs. You will be able to inspire the people you work with, make a difference in their life and enhance their skills to enable them to reach their fullest potential.
The successful applicant for this post will be required to join for membership of the PVG (Protection of Vulnerable Groups) Scheme.
What we offer:
* A full and robust training and induction programme, including access to additional training during the course of employment
* Holiday entitlement of 36 days from the start of employment
* Free Confidential Employee Counselling Service
* Flexible and agile working
* Family friendly policies, including family friendly working hours (8.30 am – 4.30 pm Mondays to Thursdays and 2pm finish on Fridays)
About Teens+
Teens+ is a charitable service provided by the non-profit, Capella. Teens+ provides post-school education and lifelong learning services for young people with complex communication needs including autism and learning disabilities. It is based in four centres (Gilmerton, Liberton, Leith and Musselburgh).
The service is person-centred and individualised to ensure each student, regardless of their needs, can reach their fullest potential.
Our values
For us, it’s not so much about what you know, but your attitude and values that are most important. We will provide full training on what you need to know, but you must be able to live our values:
Tailored – We always put people at the centre of our work.
Humour – Great things can be achieved when we are happy and have fun.
Resilient – Flexibility, confidence and creativity turn challenges into opportunities.
Integrity – Passion and professionalism are vital for all involved in our organisation.
Value – Everybody deserves respect and we are enriched through our differences.
Empathy – Compassion and care are in everything we do.
At Capella, we believe in lasting change through lifelong learning, because everybody deserves to thrive.
Capella is a registered charity that runs a number of charitable services, including Teens+, a transitional education project for young adults with complex and severe communication needs and Sleep Action, the UK’s oldest sleep charity and leading provider of sleep support, training, and resources in the UK.
Capella is a great place to work with fantastic people, strong values and a clear sense of the difference we make. 94% of our team are proud to work for our organisation and 98% think we take positive action on health and wellbeing. We invest in our staff and offer extensive training and mentoring opportunities. As a growing organisation, we want to attract ambitious staff with a desire to achieve great things. If this sounds like a journey you’d like to join us on, we would love to hear from you.
Capella was awarded Employer of the Year at the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce Awards 2023 and is nominated for the Outstanding Leadership Award at this year’s Scottish Living Wage Awards.
More info
For more information about this role, please see the job description and person specification below:
* To apply for this role, please complete our application form
o Application form part 1
o Application form part 2
You can submit completed forms to us by e-mail.
Note: we do not accept CVs and we do not use recruitment agencies.
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