Sessional Workers

3 weeks ago

Edinburgh, United Kingdom Let’s Talk (Young People) CIC Full time

**When life is tough, let’s talk**

**Sessional Worker Job Description**

**1. Job details**

**Job title Details Timescale/Hours**

Emotional/sexual We are looking for skilled and Irregular work at times to be health Sessional experienced Sessional arranged according to the
Worker Workers who are able to needs of the agency, for engage with young people and discrete time-limited periods. support delivery of sexual, Also attendance at emotional and mental health planning/development/training project work with children and sessions. young people.

Responsible to: Let’s Talk Managing Director

Base: 1-2 Craigmillar Castle Road, Edinburgh. EH16 4BX

Pay Scale: £10.90 per hour when training/shadowing, £13.66 per hour when delivering services and £16.79 per hour when leading on projects.

**2. Job purpose**

We are looking for skilled and experienced Sessional Workers who are able to engage with young people and support delivery of services.

To form part of a small team which will ensure the effective achievement of Let’s Talk activities as outlined below:
**Objective 1 **Establish

**Objective 2 **Innovate

**Objective 3 **Grow

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**When life is tough, let’s talk**

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, youth 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.
- 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

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**When life is tough, let’s talk ** services involved with those young people. This ongoing research will be used to develop and enhance the work of the Project.

3. **Key result areas and Key Qualities**

**3a Key Results**

i) Delivery of the aims and objectives of Let’s Talk work to a high standard, ii) To produce and implement a realistic and manageable work-plan in order to meet project targets, iii) To promote, implement and facilitate the development of Let’s Talk projects, iv) Using a variety of interactive/participatory methods and working with other professionals to engage young people (including vulnerable young people), v) Liaise closely and establish good working relations with other professionals and the public, working or involved in Health, Education, Youth and Community Work, vi) To complete evaluation and monitoring recording forms, vii) To report regularly on the progress of work assigned by the Managing Director.

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 Qualities**

All workers at Let’s Talk are expected to work in the following way:
**TECHNICAL INTER-PERSONAL**

**Knowledge Communication**
**The Sessional worker will be expected to The Sessional worker will be expected to: demonstrate a sound understanding of**: Interact with young people and colleagues
- The local community and its cultures and (internal and external) in a respectful, needs; dignified and professional manner at all
- Young people’s cultures and needs; times;
- Professional networks and practices; Network effectively and with purpose;
- Relevant sexual health and mental health Share appropriate information, verbally promotion theory and practice; and in writing;
- Groupwork and individual theory and Express ideas, thoughts and feelings in a practice relevant to the post; meaningful and constructive manner.
- Evaluation principles and practice.

**Skills**
**The Sessional worker will be expected to Negotiating and Influencing demonstrate their skills in: The Sessional worker will be expected to**
- Engaging positively with challenging **be able to**:
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