Job Description

Title of Post: / Self-Employed Sessional Worker.
Basic Function: / Support young disabled adults or carers in their journey towards a sustainable future.
Working with and supporting a volunteer network, in liaison with the relevant Lead ScotlandLearning Co-ordinator or Manager.
Working with partners and delivering a learner-centred service to deliver agreed outcomes.
REPORTINGRELATIONSHIPS
To whom accountable: / RegionalDevelopment Manager North
Who is accountable to postholder: / Volunteers

OTHER WORKINGRELATIONSHIPS

Within the organisation /
  • North Team colleagues
  • Lead Staff across Scotland

Outwith the organisation /
  • Learners
  • Learning providers
  • Partners
  • Referral agencies
  • Local voluntary agencies
  • Public sector agencies
  • Employers
  • Funders

KEY TASKS - FIVE MAIN AREAS OF WORK

  1. PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL GUIDANCE TO DISABLED YOUNG PEOPLE, ADULTS AND CARERS

Dealing with enquiries from learners. Supporting Learner registration, offering guidance and drawing up individualLearner Action Plans to enable learners to meet their own personal aspirations: Reviewing progress and communicating with the Regional Development Manager North on a regular basis: Supporting learners toward positive destinations of their choice and to exit the project by signposting to appropriate services.

2.ARRANGING APPROPRIATE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

Confidence building of learners, devising specific learning for specific learner outcomes, delivering 1-1 support and or group work, benchmarking of informal/non-formal learning against SCQF, performance monitoring and assistive technology consultations. To work in partnership with other organisations, as directed by Lead Scotland, to deliver joint group learning activities with specific aims for particular groups.

3.DELIVERING FORMAL LEARNING

Deliver and assess Lead Scotland’s SCQF level 3 (16 credits) Community Action and Leadership Award (CALA) course to small group of disabled people and carers.

The CALA learning programme was developed to enable disabled people and carers to be able to influence change and make a difference in their communities as active citizens. The learning programme is made up of four units:

  • Self Awareness and Identity.
  • Active Citizenship
  • Promoting Inclusion
  • Influencing Change.

Lead Scotland has a partnership with the SQA centre ARC Scotland, who accredit this Award.

4.RECORD KEEPING AND MONITORING

This post is funded through NTSF/Highlife Highland and as with any project requires excellent record keeping. Compliance with Lead’s Organisational Handbook is required. Record keeping requires maintaining initial enquiry forms, learner registration forms and action plans; keeping notes of hours of own, volunteer tutor and learner input; monitoring learner progress and recording outcomes and completion of activity records and reviews, regular progress reports for Lead Regional Development Manager North and end of project reports and learner and volunteer impact case studies.

5.LEAD VOLUNTEER SUPPORT

Compliance with the practices and standards within the quality standard, Investing in Volunteers required. Support of volunteers using materials prepared by Lead. Training in group work skills will be offered, up skilling of volunteers, rewarding and recognising volunteer achievements. Matching skills of volunteers with needs of learners and the project.

EXPECTED OUTCOME

The expected outcome is that the target number of learners will be supported to undertake relevant and accessible non formal and formal learning opportunities and will then progress into their chosen positive destinations, sustain their learning and ultimately be empowered to improve their lives, with a positive impact on their families and communities.

Person Specification

Essential

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Experience of supporting disabled and/or disadvantaged people who are experiencing a range of barriers
  • Track record of using a learned centred approach
  • Experience of tailoring and delivering learning opportunities
  • Holds an Assessors Award or experience of assessing
  • Flexible and adaptable approach
  • Ability to use initiative and work under pressure
  • Can demonstrate having very good digital skills
  • An equalities approach
  • Full Driving Licence and access to car

Desirable

  • Experience of working in literacy/adult education
  • Volunteer management experience
  • Commitment to continuous professional learning

Characteristics

  • Enthusiasm
  • Flexible in approach to delivery and receptive to change
  • Creative approach to problem-solving
  • Effective listener
  • Excellent social skills.