Children & Young Person's Support & Participation Worker bei Stirling Council

Closing Date: 26th September 2025
Contract Type: Permanent 
Salary: £26,966 - £29,174
Hours: 28 hours

Stirling Council is committed to hearing from those who receive our services to evaluate the impact of our supports.  We value the voice of lived experience to continue to improve service delivery and enhance the outcomes for those we support.

Recognising VOICE as a key pillar within The Promise. We have begun this journey with previous posts with a focus on advocacy and participation, and are seeking to further our commitment, continuing to focus on the voices of those who are harder to reach.

We are seeking to recruit an individual to help us continue our commitment to #Keepthepromise.

The post is a part time, permanent post (28 hours).

The aim of this post is to enhance the support available to those in a range of groups which may be otherwise marginalised, recognising some young people can find it challenging to participating with existing offers to provide feedback. 

This post seeks to align this participation alongside mainstream offers within existing and established groups, in order to ensure equity of offer.  This will in turn produce a rounded representation of the voice, reflective of a range of those who receive our services.

In doing so the post holder will work alongside 

• those receiving voluntary support from our service
• care experienced young people
• those who have, or are at risk of coming into conflict with the law, and 
• those who have left the care system and are in receipt of, or are eligible for, aftercare support.

In order to create trusting relationships to support meaningful engagement this post could involve both providing direct support (individual or group) and creating spaces for seeking coordinated views of those receiving a service. 

These views and experiences will be heard by senior leaders and will provide opportunities for collaborative co-production of future service design and strategic planning by taking account of those with lived experience.

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who is compassionate, enthusiastic and committed to amplifying the voice of young people in order to influence necessary change. 

The successful candidate will be required to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme (PVG) for Adults & Children.  If your application is progressed after the interview, you will be asked to complete the form and have your details verified.

If you’ve got the right skills for the job we want to hear from you. We encourage applications from the right candidates regardless of age (restrictions apply to Modern Apprenticeships), disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief or race. 

Job Description

Salary Additional Information

Stirling Information February 

The Benefits 

• 30 days annual leave plus 7 public holidays (rising to 35 after 5 years continuous service) 
• Flexible working including hybrid office/work from home arrangements. Our colleagues are encouraged to work flexibly as we know that busy lives don’t always fit around a traditional working pattern, if you need flexibility to complete your role just let us know and we will do our upmost to help you to invest in your career with us while balancing other aspects of your life. 
• Biennial incremental progression until top of your payscale is reached 
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme. For further details visit https://www.scotlgpsmember.org/about-the-lgps/ 
• Up to 6 months full sick pay and 6 months half pay dependent on length of service 
• Carers Leave 
• Up to 4 weeks paid Paternity Leave 
• Access to Health & Wellbeing support 
• Ongoing opportunities for Learning & Development 
• Cycle to Work Scheme 
• Lift share Scheme 
• Car Lease Scheme 
• Technology Benefit Scheme