Move On
Job Description
Job Title:
Development Worker
Responsible to:
Senior Development Worker / Operational Manager
Main Purpose of Job:
Provision of training, advice, and support to volunteers
and young people as part of Move On’s Housing
Education Service, aiming to reduce levels of
homelessness among young people.
Hours:
35 hours per week, to be worked flexibly, to include
office hours (Monday to Friday 9am–5pm) regular
evenings and some weekends may also be required.
This will include participation in the on-call safety
phone rota.
Key Functions and Responsibilities:
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Have a clear understanding of the activities, policies and procedures within all
services.
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Attendance at team meetings.
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Involvement in the recruitment, training and support of volunteers including
volunteer peer educators, volunteer befrienders and volunteer mentors,
ensuring a positive and supportive volunteering experience.
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Establish and supervise ‘Matches’ between service users and Volunteers.
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Preparation and delivery of group work and training
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Establish good external relations and develop links with statutory and
voluntary organisations in order to promote and develop all of Move On’s
services.
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Have an understanding of both the complexity of the situations facing young
people who are, or have been in care and those have affected by
homelessness and potential solutions and routes out of homelessness.
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Managing the safety phone rota, and ensuring that staff adhere to Move On’s
lone working policies at all times.
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Undertake any other duties or tasks which may be reasonably considered
within the remit of the post.
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Supervision and support of sessional workers, volunteers, and students as
requested by the Operational Manager.
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Undertake written reports and other monitoring, recording and evaluation as
directed by the Operational Manager.
Creativity
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Shaping and delivering services, able to provide a flexible response to the
changing needs and circumstances of vulnerable young and homeless people.
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To support and manage volunteers to play a positive role, imparting valuable
information and experiences to young and/or homeless people to aid their
transition towards independence and employment.
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To work alongside the Senior Development Worker and Operational Manager
to generate and implement ideas for improving service delivery and achieving
outcomes.
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To understand and work within the ethos of ‘helping people to help
themselves’
Key Relationships:
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Volunteers – mentors, befrienders and peer educators
Housing Education Service team members
Visiting Support Team members
Ex-homeless and homeless people
Vulnerable young people
Edinburgh Operational Manager
Move On’s Executive Director
Move On’s Depute Director
Education Department, particularly schools
Social Work Staff
Statutory and voluntary service providers
Move On
Development Worker
Person Specification and Profile
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SKILLS
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QUALITIES
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EXPERIENCE
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Essential
Excellent
communication and
networking skills
Ability to build good
working relationships
with vulnerable young
people.
Commitment to the
ethos of helping people
to help themselves
Ability to develop
creative solutions to
problems
Excellent
organisational skills
Ability to work on own
initiative and work as
part of a team.
Experience of
supporting and
supervising volunteers
Experience of working
with socially excluded
or disadvantaged
groups
Experience of
designing and
facilitating group work
and training.
Experience of working
with statutory and
voluntary sector
partners
Please refer to web site for information on Move On
www.moveon.org.uk
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Desirable
Ability to manage a
complex workload
An understanding of the
issues facing both looked
after and young
homeless people.
Ability to adopt a service
user led approach to
service delivery and
development.
Experience of working
towards empowering an
individual or a group
Experience of managing
‘on call’ safety system
Experience of managing
a varied workload
Experience of monitoring
and recording systems