We’d love to have you! See below for our current vacancies for paid and volunteer positions.
Lived Experience Trustee
Have you accessed Bridges Project’s services in the past? Are you interested in making decisions on how we will help other young people in the future? Join our Board as a Trustee!
We want to strengthen the lived experience of our Board of Trustees and are looking for someone who has used our services to help us shape the future direction of Bridges Project as we’re approaching our 40th anniversary.
As a Trustee, you would be part of our Board of eight other volunteers, who meet four times a year to make decisions on the priorities and future plans of Bridges Project.
This is a unique opportunity to gain valuable decision-making and interpersonal skills transferable to a variety of jobs and the experience would be a boost to anyone’s CV!
Email us at mail@bridgesproject.org.uk or call us at 0131 665 1621 to discuss further.
Join us and make a real difference to the lives of future generations of young people!
Educational Support Worker, Support2Thrive
Salary: £24,000 - £26,000 based on relevant experience
Hours: 35 hours a week, Monday to Friday
Contract: Fixed term until 31/07/2025, funded by the Robertson Trust
Status: Full time
Closing date: Friday 17th May
Location: Musselburgh
Are you passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people? Do you want a flexible, varied and meaningful job in a supportive team? Do you value great employee benefits such as 360 Wellbeing membership and an annual training budget? Apply to join us!
We have a vacancy for an Educational Support Worker to deliver an effective casework and group work service to young people experiencing a range of challenges such as non-attendance at school, low attainment, poor mental health and family poverty.
The successful candidate will:
Support young people to gain employability skills, life skills and accreditation; helping them in to work, apprenticeships, further education or vocational training
Provide vocational/industry specific accreditation and training to groups of young people alongside individual support to address particular barriers
Take the lead on the service and to provide an effective interface between young people, partners and stakeholders involved in the service.
This is an exciting position in which the successful candidate will take pride in developing a programme of delivery which will provide young people with clear pathways to positive destinations.
It is essential that candidates have a full, clean driving licence and constant use of a car. Membership of the PVG scheme will be an essential requirement of the post. A contributory company pension scheme is offered with a 10% employer contribution.
Application notes:
An application pack may be downloaded below or may be requested by email: mail@bridgesproject.org.uk or by telephone: 0131 665 1621
Completed applications should be emailed to mail@bridgesproject.org.uk
Please note we do not accept CVs
Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis and suitable candidates may be invited for interview prior to the closing date
Interviews: Ongoing
Application documents:
Independent Living Support Worker, Homemaker Service
Salary: £24,000 - £26,000 based on relevant experience
Hours: 35 hours a week, Monday to Friday
Contract: Fixed term, 01/04/2024 - 31/03/2025
Status: Full time
Closing date: Friday 17th May
Location: Musselburgh
Are you passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people? Do you want a flexible, varied and meaningful job in a supportive team? Do you value great employee benefits such as 360 Wellbeing membership and an annual training budget? Apply to join us!
We have a vacancy for an Independent Living Support Worker to provide holistic, bespoke and person-centred one-to-one and group support to 40 young people aged 15-25 in East Lothian with the aim of:
Supporting people to thrive within the home environment
Preventing people from losing their home
Helping people into a home
The successful candidate will deliver a professional homemaker service to young tenants and prospective young tenants on an outreach and centre basis. The post holder will work with partner agencies to ensure the homemaking needs of young people who are referred in to the service are met and will support young people to develop the skills required to live independently. The post holder will work with colleagues to ensure young people benefit from the range of services and activities within Bridges Project.
This is an exciting position in which the successful candidate will take pride in helping people referred in to the homemaker service to take their next steps towards rebuilding their lives by helping them develop the independent living skills necessary to thrive.
It is essential that candidates have a full, clean driving licence and constant use of a car. Membership of the PVG scheme will be an essential requirement of the post. A contributory company pension scheme is offered with a 10% employer contribution.
Application notes:
An application pack may be downloaded below or may be requested by email: mail@bridgesproject.org.uk or by telephone: 0131 665 1621
Completed applications should be emailed to mail@bridgesproject.org.uk
Please note we do not accept CVs
Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis and suitable candidates may be invited for interview prior to the closing date
Interviews: Ongoing
Application documents:
Social Media Volunteer
Voluntary position
Hours: 2 hours a week, flexible
Length of commitment: Open-ended
Location: Musselburgh
Are you aged 12-25? Do you like creating content for social media? Then you might be just what we’re looking for!
We have a volunteering vacancy for a young Social Media Volunteer who will create content they're passionate about for Bridges Project's social media platforms.
The successful candidate will need to be able to come in to our building in Musselburgh on a regular basis but the volunteering hours can be flexible to suit their schedule.
Application notes:
For more information and to apply, please contact Fundraising & Communications Manager Simen Holm by email (sholm@bridgesproject.org.uk) or by phone (07494 476218).