Employability Support Worker (21 hours per week)

Govanhill Community Development Trust promotes the social, economic and environmental regeneration of Govanhill. We do this through the provision of affordable workspaces locally and a programme of community development activity. We are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Govanhill Housing Association – a community controlled Registered Social Landlord operating in the Govanhill and Merrylee areas of Glasgow. The Association owns and manages 2,800 homes and provides a Factoring Service to a further 1,400 owners. It has a substantial Development, Major Repairs and Planned Maintenance Programme and delivers wider regeneration activity in partnership with Govanhill Community Development Trust.

We are seeking a dynamic individual to support people looking for work by providing employability advice and assisting them to access opportunities for volunteering, work placements and training.

Central to the role will be support for a caseload of individuals at different stages of work readiness. Many local residents face additional barriers to work and so a flexible and creative approach will be required. As well as individual action planning, the postholders will support individuals with job search, CV building, job applications, and interview techniques. They will also provide some in-work support and engage with local employers and organisations to identify opportunities.

Postholders will also work with colleagues in GCDT and Govanhill Housing Association to ensure that a full package of support can be put in place for local people to improve their education, health, housing, awareness of local services and social connections. A positive, team-based approach will therefore be required with a focus on providing high-quality standards of service.

This role is currently funded until the end of March 2027.

If you share our commitment to providing excellent services to our customers in Govanhill and Merrylee and would enjoy working within this diverse community, you can find further information in the Application Pack which can be obtained from our website: www.govanhillha.org or contact:

Govanhill Housing Association, Samaritan House, 79 Coplaw Street, Govanhill, Glasgow, G42 7JG.

Telephone: 0141- 636 3626 Email: recruitment@govanhillha.org

Closing date: Tuesday 7th July at 10am

Interview Date: Wednesday 15th July

If a disabled applicant meets the minimum criteria for the role they may be given the opportunity to demonstrate their skills, talent and abilities at iornterview. There may be occasions however where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job. In certain recruitment situations, such as high number of applications for a role, we may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. We will do this through scoring against both the essential and desirable criteria which are noted in the person specification for the role

EVH conditions of service will apply.

Govanhill Housing Association is committed to Equality of Opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community