This is an exciting opportunity to join our team in Midlothian.
The Midlothian Family Wellbeing Hub offers support to help improve the emotional wellbeing of children and their families across Midlothian impacted by parental substance use.
We are currently looking for a new colleague to join the team. In the Project Worker role you will connect with children and their families offering them space and time to begin to share their story and thinking with them about what they might need to help things feel better.
We offer a range of different supports for children and families, including individual and family support; peer led groups and connection through community partners. This is an exciting yet demanding role which will require you to get alongside children and their families where, when and how best suits them. We want to be able to offer children and families the right support at the right time.
What kind of people are we looking for?
What kind of Children 1st team member will you be?
Knowing our ambition for children, you will be someone who is:
If you have a professional qualification in a relevant area such as Social Work, Health, Teaching or equivalent in Child Care/Social Care or related area, accredited counselling qualification, or other relevant qualification at SCQF level 9 or higher then we want to hear from you. In particular, we are seeking to further enhance our diversity from the perspective of ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender and disability.
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