Cafe Project Worker Edinburgh, Scotland
Job description
When life is tough, let’s talk!
Café Project Worker Job Description
This post is subject to PVG Disclosure and is funded by the Community and Capacity
Resilience Fund
1. Job details
Job title: Café Project Worker
Responsible to: Managing Director
Base: 1-2 Craigmillar Castle Road, EH16 4BX
Pay Scale: £27,961 (SJC point 28) pro rata. Funding is initially for two years.
Hours: 15 hours a week (3 hours a day, Monday to Friday), may include some evening/weekend work.
We will review pay levels annually on 1st April. Our aim as our agency grows is to mimic SJC scale points 28-30, but this will depend on funding and our financial situation. Any annual pay award will take into account the rate of inflation and any other relevant factors.
2. Job purpose
To ensure the efficient and effective achievement of our Community Café for young people, and Let’s Talk (Young People) CIC objectives and aims as outlined below:
Let’s Talk agency objectives for 2021 – 2023 are to:
Objective 1 Establish
Objective 2 Innovate
Objective 3 Grow
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Our Mission
Our mission is to help reduce the impact of poverty and inequality and support children and young people in Edinburgh and Scotland, to improve their own sexual, emotional and mental health.
Our work focus
Our current work focuses on:
- Sexual health, relationships, and parenthood,
- Emotional wellbeing,
- Mental Health,
- Employability,
- Substance use and risk taking,
- Understanding the impact of trauma,
- Reducing inequality.
Our Aims
Let’s Talk has three core organisational aims:
1. To deliver a variety of therapeutic, educational and health promotion services for young people to access in the following environments: a. Schools, b. Informal community settings, c. Streets, d. Drop-ins.
2. To enable young people’s voices to be heard through advocacy and youth participation,
3. To build the capacity of professionals through training, development and consultancy.
Let’s Talk will achieve our aims by:
- Developing, facilitating and evaluating health education via group work – within schools, community services and other informal settings.
- Developing accessible, therapeutic group work and one-to-one support services that are responsive to the needs of young people.
- Training and supporting those who work with young people on a range of health education issues.
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- Collaborating with local young people and other service providers, to ensure that a consistent strategy on health is undertaken.
- Developing ongoing research into the needs of young people, via evaluation, needs assessments, consultation and word of mouth with young people, local workers and services involved with those young people. This ongoing research will be used to develop and enhance the work of the Project.
3. Role of the Project
Let’s Talk (Young People) CIC is responsible for the efficient and effective delivery of the key areas of work detailed within the Business Plan, namely:
- Direct work with young people in schools, community agencies and through detached and street work.
- Training.
- Support work.
- Community development.
- Strategic development.
We have received funding to open a small community café where young people can come and meet, connect and get involved in some of the other projects that are going on at Let’s Talk. This worker will set up the café and then develop and deliver placements with young people.
3a Key Results
i) Delivery of the aims and objectives set for the target areas of work within Service Level
Agreements and the Let’s Talk Business Plan to a high standard. ii) To produce and implement a realistic and manageable work-plan in order to meet organisational targets. iii) To set up and develop our small community café for young people. Promote, implement and deliver placements and training for young people with additional barriers who want to learn about catering work. iv) To open the café once a week on Fridays during term time and then as many days as possible during school holiday periods. v) Work closely with young people on placements and with young people visiting the café, to develop self-esteem and confidence. vi) Liase closely and establish good working relations with other professionals in our Community
Mental Health Partnership, the public, and those working or involved in Health, Education,
Youth and Community Work. vii) To work with the rest of the team to promote and market the café and the employability opportunities. viii) To complete regular reports on the progress of work assigned by the Managing Director. ix) To keep up to date with development work and research within the field of employability and nutrition.
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x) To respond to local and national developments within the field of employability and nutrition.
Note: The key result areas are not intended to be exhaustive, and the post holder will be expected to undertake any other duties as required.
3b Key Competences
Key results will be achieved through the application of these Key Competences:
TECHNICAL INTER-PERSONAL
Knowledge
Project Workers are expected to demonstrate a Communication sound understanding of: Project Workers are expected to:
- The local community and its cultures and needs; Interact with young people and colleagues (internal
- Children and young people’s cultures and needs; and external) in a respectful, dignified and
- Professional networks and practices; professional manner at all times;
- Relevant sexual, emotional and mental health Network effectively and with purpose; promotion theory and practice; Share appropriate information, verbally and in
- Groupwork and individual theory and practice writing; relevant to the post; Express ideas, thoughts and feelings in a
- Evaluation principles and practice. meaningful and constructive manner.
Skills
Project Workers are expected to demonstrate Negotiating and Influencing their skills in: Project Workers are expected to be able to:
- Engaging positively with challenging children and Present sound arguments relating to work young people in different settings; priorities;
- Engaging positively with professionals from a Compromise; variety of backgrounds; Hear other people’s points of view and take them
- Planning, delivering and evaluating groupwork and on board; support work with young people in formal and Act assertively (rather than passively or informal environments; aggressively);
- Evidencing the impact of health promotion Meaningfully influence others where appropriate; interventions; Encourage and nurture best practice.
- Analysing and responding to evaluation and
feedback evidence; * Writing concise, accurate and reflective reports Empathy
appropriate to the relevant audiences; Project Workers are expected to be able to: * Use information technology effectively (specifically Recognise and demonstrate an understanding the
Microsoft Word, Outlook Express and Internet emotional needs of young people and colleagues;Explorer). Actively seek support to develop further understanding of the emotional needs of youngFocus people and colleagues;Project Workers are expected to demonstrate Adapt to the emotional dynamics within thetheir abilities to: workplace; * Plan their workload with support from line Demonstrate emotional sensitivity to others at allSC697667 4
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manager; times;
- Take responsibility for their own emotional needs
- Prioritise competing demands appropriately; and allow others to do likewise.
- Manage time and priorities effectively;
- Provide accurate information relating to work activities;
- Implement work that is specific to the needs of young people and contribute directly to the Vision and Aims of Let’s Talk.
SELF REGULATION LEADERSHIP
Self Control Vision and Aspiration
Project Workers are expected to: Project Workers are expected to:
- Remain composed and calm under pressure; Understand the broader policy and
- Manage impulsive feelings appropriately; environmental context of the work of Let’s Talk;
- Identify and respond to personal and emotional Have dreams for the future that are grounded in needs appropriately. sound and rational principles;
- Demonstrate abilities to develop new ideas;
Self Directedness Think creatively.
Project Workers are expected to:
- Take personal responsibility for implementing Inspiring Others their Workplan; Project Workers are expected to:
- Assess and implement their own learning and Act as role models for young people and fellow development needs; professionals;
- Take appropriate responsibilities; Maintain high standards of conduct and working
- Demonstrate initiative and drive. practices;
- Demonstrate a passion for, belief in and
Integrity commitment to the work of Let’s Talk.Project Workers are expected to:
- Express feelings and thoughts with honesty; Innovation
- Demonstrate regard for others; Project Workers are expected to:
- Act ethically at all times; Demonstrate creativity and flair;
- Nurture trust through consistent application of Seek fresh ideas from a variety of new andLet’s Talk Values. existing sources;
- Be enterprising within realistic limitations.
VALUES
Our values
- Young people are at the centre of everything we do,
- We believe in kind, open and honest communication,
- We have integrity and we take responsibility,
- We want to understand what has happened to you, how you feel and what might help,
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- We are caring and compassionate, and we listen,
- We take responsibility and are accountable,
- We keep innovating and learning.
Our organisational values are underpinned by UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
4. Assignment and review of work
Work is generated through a variety of sources including the Managing Director, staff team, external agencies and service users.
A significant proportion of work is self-generated; therefore the post holder is expected to exercise a high degree of self-motivation and autonomy whist working within the organisation’s aims and objectives.
Workload will be monitored on a regular basis by the Managing Director.
The target areas of the Service are formally monitored and evaluated throughout the financial year (April – March).
Staff are appraised on an annual basis using a 360o Appraisal Method against Key
Results Areas and Core Competences (Section 3).
5. Communications and Working Relationships
Internal:
The post holder is expected to communicate effectively both orally and in writing with all members of staff within Let’s Talk (Young People) CIC.
The post holder is expected to attend team meetings, supervision with the Line
Manager and any other working groups.
The post holder is expected to exercise written, verbal and presentation skills.
The post holder is expected to produce regular reports for management, funders, team members and external partners.
External:
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Regular liaison is expected with project partners, community workers, youth workers, teachers, health professionals and others, both within the statutory, voluntary and private sectors.
6. Supplementary information
Annual leave entitlement: 25 days with a further 11 public holidays (pro rata).
Pension
Let’s Talk will comply with the employer pension duties applicable to your employment under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2008. You will be provided with further details in writing of the pension arrangements applicable to you. Further details of the pension arrangements can be obtained from management.
A contracting-out certificate is not in force in respect of this employment.
Probationary period: Not less than 6 months and not greater than 9 months.
Project Worker: Person Specification
Essential Desirable
Competences The post holder is expected to be able to demonstrate the Key
Competences required of the post (pages 3 and 4).
Education & Significant and demonstrable A qualification (or equivalent
training: understanding of nutrition, experience) in the fields of mental health and social issues social work, health, psychology, affecting children and young nutrition, occupational therapy people in Scotland. or education is highly desirable.
Significant and demonstrable An understanding of child understanding of employability development and trauma- approaches for young people informed practice. who may face additional barriers.
Experience setting up a new project (especially around food and wellbeing.
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Relevant Experience of developing and Experience of working in a
experience facilitating training with community development setting. professionals and mental health project work with children and A passion for and an interest in young people. cooking and healthy eating.
Experience of promoting children and young people’s mental health services in a range of formal and informal settings.
Experience of working in catering or with food and nutrition.
Personal Warm, enthusiastic and flexible
qualities: approach to service provision
(including willingness and ability to provide services in the evenings/weekends when required).
Solution focused.
A positive and proactive approach to user involvement.
Effective ‘team-player’ and ability to work autonomously.
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Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 24 months
Part-time hours: 15 per week
Benefits:
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: One location
Reference ID: Cafe Project Worker
