Advertised from 10 June 2025

Role

Canongate Youth’s mission is to provide high quality youth work services that support children and young people to flourish. We aim to nurture aspirations, build relationships, provide opportunities, and strengthen wellbeing. Throughout our history we have put children and young people at the heart of what we do to deliver services to those who need it most. Across the organisation we support children and young people to:

• Have increased confidence and to be themselves
• Have improved health and wellbeing
• Be more capable of developing positive relationships
• Participate more in their communities and feel more included
• Have increased life skills

As part of our ongoing commitment to supporting children and young people we are seeking to recruit for the following post:

Sessional Youth Worker 

Canongate Youth provides a range of services, opportunities and support to children and young people aged 5-24 over the South East locality of the city. As part of our ongoing commitment to empowering children and young people and providing quality youth work services we are seeking to recruit for the following post: 

Sessional Youth Workers @ £16 per hour

Various hours available

We are looking for an enthusiastic, creative, and fun person who can support the delivery of our youth work services. The post holder will have experience of working with young people, delivering high quality activities and building relationships with young people and their families.

Sessional staff may be required to deliver innovative and creative one-to-one and group work support, actively helping young people (YP) in schools and/or in the community. This may include working outdoors and delivering play-based activities with children and young people.

Additional responsibilities may involve covering our Open All Hours provision at the Commonwealth Pool on Friday evenings—facilitating activities such as swimming, providing a chill-out space, supporting sports sessions, and working alongside personal trainers in the gym. Sessional staff may also be asked to support our universal youth work provision for young people aged 5–18.

We are looking for individuals with excellent communication skills who can demonstrate the ability to build positive relationships. The ideal candidate will help us work towards our outcomes and uphold the values of the organisation.

The post is subject to the receipt of two suitable references and membership of the PVG Scheme.

Application notes

The closing date for applications is Thursday 31st July 2025 at 12 noon.

For an informal chat about the post please contact Jax Weir on 0131 556 9389

For further information about CY and for an application pack please visit our website canongateyouth.org.uk

All applications, along with a supporting statement and CV should be returned to CY Info info@canongateyouth.org.uk

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