CLLE Key Worker x2

Job Vacancy

The Parental Employability Keyworker will support parents and kinship carers to participate and progress in employment, thereby increasing the income available to them and their families. You will take a key worker approach, working one to one and in small groups where appropriate, supporting parents to identify their goals and aspirations and enabling them to achieve these.  The job also involves working with a wide range of partners and employers to identify parents/carers who would benefit from the programme and signpost as appropriate.  A significant part of the role will be to support parents/carers already in work to enable them to progress into a better paid job or one with more hours. Understanding the needs and challenges faced by parents/carers, especially those facing barriers to sustaining employment, is necessary.

Experience of working with people from a minority ethnic background and those with a disability is desirable.

Driving licence is desirable as the job will involve work across the Midlothian area.

KNOWLEDGE

Essential

The jobholder should be educated to SCQF Level 6 or have sound knowledge/experience of lifelong learning and/or employability programmes and projects including delivery of one-to-one caseloads.

CLOSING DATE - Sunday 5th April 2026

INTERVIEW DATE - Thursday 9th April 2026

Job Advert

Position Title: CLLE Key Worker x2

Directorate: Children, Young People & Partnerships

Location: Eskdaill Court

Contract Status: 2 x Fixed Term until 31/03/2027

Hours of Work: 1 x 36 hours per week, 1 x 18 hours per week

Working Pattern: TBC - includes evenings and weekends

Weeks per year: 52

Please note that it is Midlothian Councils policy that successful applicants will be appointed to the first point on the salary scale.

Based on 18 hours over 52 weeks per year, the minimum actual salary for this position is £15,722.88 per annum.

Based on 36 hours over 52 weeks per year, the minimum actual salary for this position is £31,445.76 per annum.

Requirements

This post is considered Regulated Work with Children and Protected Adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act, 2007. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children or protected adults.
Successful candidates will require PVG Scheme membership for Regulated Work with Children and Protected Adults, You will be required to join the Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check prior to commencing employment with Midlothian Council, the cost of which will be met by you. For further information on the PVG Scheme please visit www.disclosurescotland.gov.uk

Please note that Disclosure Scotland has changed the way PVG certificates are issued. You will be notified by email from Disclosure Scotland that your certificate is available to view. Once you have viewed your certificate you will be allowed to share this with your employer and it is only available for 14 days from the first day you have viewed the certificate. If you do not grant access to Midlothian Council to view before access is removed, a further application will need to be generated, and this will incur an additional cost.

Additional Information

If you have difficulty applying for this post or accessing attached documents, or if you have a disability and reasonable adjustment is required, please email recruitment@midlothian.gov.uk to speak to a member of the Recruitment Team stating the post reference number.

Midlothian Council is currently undergoing a period of transformation, changing and improving the way it delivers services in Midlothian. As a consequence, there are a number of existing employees for whom we are committed to seeking suitable alternative employment within the Council in accordance with our legal obligations. Candidates are advised that, for some vacancies, internal candidates in this situation will be interviewed before the wider selection pool and a slightly longer delay may be experienced before application outcomes can be advised to you. Thank you for your patience in this matter.

If you are a trainee of a Midlothian Council Training Programme, have a disability or you are a care experienced young person who has previously been a looked after child you are eligible for a guaranteed interview if you meet the essential criteria for the post.