Job Description
To plan and deliver interventions with supports and challenges young people at risk of making negative choices in their lives that could lead to a unsustainable and/or negative post school destination.
Supporting and directly working with young people who have experienced challenges in their lives which are impacting on their life chances and leading to increased risk of exclusion and isolation. You will plan, deliver and review targeted pieces of work within the school to support and challenge the thinking of your hardest to reach young people. This work will be 1:1, small groups and planned programmes of interventions. As a member of the Elgin High Equity Team, you will work with school staff, families and local community organisations, to improve the chances of our hardest to reach young people to work towards more positive life choices and ultimately a sustainable and positive post school destination.
You will support and challenge the students to consider and access a range of coping strategies and approaches which will allow them to have the tools to be the best version of themselves and develop the positive working relationships that are needed to be successful in school and beyond into the local community. You will plan, deliver and review the range of strategies and supports. You will be part of the school’s wider pupil support team and work in close partnership with Pupil Support staff, mainstream staff and local community organisations, under the auspices of Elgin’s LMG. You are required to be a motivated individual who can take initiative and operate the develop and deliver the programmes on your own, supported by school staff.
Responsibilities
1. Actively promote effective group working, problem solving, decision making and develop productive working relationships with colleagues, stakeholders and partner organisations.
2. Contribute to the development of local initiatives and continuous improvement. Be an active participant in school and other multi-agency meetings. Be open to change and encourage innovation. Record information and communicate effectively.
3. Research, prepare and effectively report information. Use appropriate systems for communicating, storing and retrieving information.
The Individual
4. Substantial experience working with vulnerable young people and families
5. Successful at delivering group work interventions to vulnerable young people
6. Experience of working within a school environment
7. Can demonstrate success of building relationships with young people to achieve a positive outcome
8. Evidence of effective partnership working
9. Educated to HNC in Education and Childcare or equivalent demonstrable experience
10. Effective communication skills, oral and written
11. Person centred
12. Ability to facilitate and co-ordinate activities
13. Objective and non-judgemental
14. Adaptable to working conditions and needs of young people
15. Professional at all times
16. Outline clear boundaries
17. Consistent, fair and assertive
18. Can work on own initiative with minimal supervision
19. Confident to deliver group work
20. Effective organisational and time management skills
21. Collation and provision of management information
22. Feedback to young people, professionals and external partners regularly and accurately
23. Self confident and self motivated
24. Ability to work as a member of a team contributing to service development
25. Good time management skills
26. Knowledge of: Child Protection Policies; Children’s Services (Local and National);
Getting It Right For Every Child (GIRFEC); Curriculum For Excellence
27. Understanding of issues affecting young people and how to engage positively with them
28. You will be expected to travel efficiently and effectively between various work locations within Moray to meet the operational requirements of the service. Due to the rural nature of Moray this is normally undertaken by use of a car/van.
29. Willing to learn new skills
30. Passionate and motivated to work with young people
31. To be able to develop and create interactive and innovative service content
32. To be able to engage positively with young people
33. The ability to diffuse potentially difficult situations
34. Appreciation, acceptance of and a commitment to the importance of confidentiality in line with policies and procedures
35. Accept direction/delegation
36. Flexibility to meet the needs of the service which may include occasional unsociable hours of work
37. The capacity to handle stressful situations
38. Flexible in approach
This post is considered to be a ‘Regulated Role’ under the Disclosure (Scotland) Act. Under the Act it is a legal requirement for an individual undertaking a regulated role with children or protected adults to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme.
Therefore the successful candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check prior to any formal offer of employment being made by Moray Council.
Temporary appointment until 2 July
Closing Date: 10 October
Starting Salary: £31,.30 (pro rata)
£16.78 per hour
14.25 Hours per week (Monday & Tuesday, term time only)
For further information contact: Elgin High School, telephone, email