Support Worker, Big Noise Wester Hailes

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 Raploch in Stirling, Douglas in Dundee, Govanhill in Glasgow, Torry in Aberdeen, and Wester Hailes in Edinburgh.

We have a vacancy for a part-time Support Worker to join our organisation as part of the dynamic team in Big Noise Wester Hailes, delivering a visionary, socially driven children’s orchestra centre.

Big Noise Wester Hailes 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 Wester Hailes are to support Big Noise musicians as they deliver the after school programme; participating in sessions, modelling engagement and attention for the children whilst building strong relationships with the children and families to assist them in maximising their potential.

This post is a permanent, part time contract, working 10 hours per week after the school day during school term time and 12 hours per week during the day in the school holidays (Tuesday to Friday).

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).   

We welcome applications from diverse cultural backgrounds.  We also welcome applications from all nationalities; however we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role, so before you apply for this post 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. 

For any additional information please e-mail recruitment@sistemascotland.org.uk or telephone 07436 224565. 

All successful applicants will be subject to PVG check. 

Closing date for all applications is Monday 3rd April 2023 at 10am 

Interviews will take place in Wester Hailes, Edinburgh (date to be confirmed)