Keyworker

Edinburgh

Part time, 35 hours per week

£25,352 - £27,907 pro rata per annuam, plus pension
Based in Edinburgh

Are you looking for a role where every day is different, and you work in a team to make a real difference to vulnerable people in our community?

If so, this may be the perfect role for you!

About the service

Our Foundations Service is well-established in Edinburgh with over 15 years of experience supporting people to overcome a range of barriers to employment. This work is delivered on an outreach basis, visiting clients in their homes or in the community.

About the role

Working in a small team, you will provide relationship-based support to clients, many of whom have recently been released from prison or living with historical trauma. The aim is to help and support them to identify and address some of the barriers to moving towards employment including supporting them to get debt advice, housing and benefit advice, helping them access health and wellbeing support, and working with employers and training providers to get them closer to, or into, employment.

About you

We are looking for someone with experience working 1:1 with people in a supportive context and passionate about helping vulnerable people into a better situation. You will also have:

• Clear understanding of mental health and of the challenges faced by those living in areas of deprivation and surrounding areas.
• Able to build positive working relationships with clients to help them to achieve their goals.
• Highly self-motivated.
• Be well organised, able to work on your own initiative and be positive, creative and flexible in providing support.

How we’ll support you

You’ll be working independently as part of a team with a supportive manager. We will encourage you use your creativity to innovate new activities and support you to introduce them. You will have access to wider Cyrenians support, including our learning and development programme, and staff wellbeing services.

About us

At Cyrenians we tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness by taking a Public Health Approach to Homelessness Prevention. We take a values-led and relationships-based approach to delivering all our services. You can find out more about our impact and our values online.

Application details

Closing date is 12 noon on Monday 16th June
Interviews will be held on the week commencing 23rd June

Please note CV's will not be accepted