We are looking to appoint a project worker to join our team supporting children, young people and families in South East Scotland. We have key themes of provision across the locality such as Intensive Family Support, Early Intervention (Whole Family Support), Education Support, Family Support for those Affected by Imprisonment, CSE Awareness Raising and Support, Neurodiversity Support. The post holder could be asked to undertake work in any of the delivery areas detailed above depending on need across the locality but the role will focus on work within our service at HMP Edinburgh Visitor Centre At HMP Edinburgh Visitor Centre we offer practical and emotional support to all family members and visitors and to those who do not go into prison to visit their loved one. We aim to promote a positive visiting experience for anyone visiting a resident in HMP Edinburgh, to provide or signpost to independent and impartical advice, information and support which meets their needs and to voice the needs of families affected by imprisonment. We aim to provide a safe, relaxing and non-judgemental environment where anyone who has a friend or relatrive in prison can prepare for visiting, get information about prison processes, access a range of individual supports and get help to access other specialist agencies who can support their unique personal circumstances. The post holder will play a key role in all of these tasks and is likely to have a good understanding of the impact of imprisonment on friends and family, experience of multi agency partnership working and experience using trauma informed approaches to support service users. The post is for 15 hours per week and the post holder will be part of a rota that includes evenings and weekends Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident .