Support Worker, Big Noise Douglas (Dundee)

Part time Support Worker wanted

£22,550 - £24,148 per annum pro-rata (£12.39 per hour)

(all new staff start on the first point of the scale)

Do you have experience in a supportive role in an education setting?

Do you have experience of working with children and families?

Sistema Scotland’s vision is to improve lives and strengthen communities. Working with children and their families, the programme is focused on early intervention and stimulating generational social change, increasing confidence, aspiration, community cohesion, pride and developing high level skills in the young people involved. We deliver our work through the creation of Big Noise programmes within communities, and currently run five programmes in Douglas in Dundee, Govanhill, Glasgow, Raploch in Stirling, Torry in Aberdeen and Wester Hailes Edinburgh.

We have a vacancy for a Support Worker to join our organisation as part of the dynamic team in Big Noise Douglas delivering a visionary, socially driven children’s orchestra centre. Hours of work are:

2.45 – 5.00 pm Monday to Thursday (term time) - start time can be flexible)

and

4.5 hours a day, Monday to Thursday (school holidays)

Big Noise Douglas runs an after-school programme 4 days a week during term time and a holiday school 4 days a week during the Easter, summer and October holidays. The principal duties of a Support Worker at Big Noise Douglas is to support Big Noise musicians as they deliver the after-school programme; participating in sessions, modelling engagement and attention for the children, and building strong relationships with the children to assist them in maximising their potential.

We welcome applications from diverse musical and cultural backgrounds. We also welcome applications from all nationalities; however, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for these roles, so before you apply for these posts please ensure that you have the right to work in the UK.  For more details on eligibility to work in the UK, please visit https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.   

If you are invited to interview, we will ask that you bring evidence showing your right to work in the UK with you.

For further details please visit our website http://makeabignoise.org.uk/jobs/ where you can view the full job/person specification and complete our online application form (no CVs please). For any additional information please e-mail recruitment@sistemascotland.org.uk or telephone 07436 224565.

The closing date for applications is Monday 24th October 2022 at 10am

The successful applicant will be subject to PVG check.