Job Description

Job Title:

Employability Keyworker (Childcare)

Reporting To:

Employability Manager

Contractual Status:

Fixed Term Contract until 31st August 2026

Working Pattern:

35 hours per week

Salary:

Starting salary 26,500.00 per annum

Annual Leave Entitlement:

25 days, plus 9 public holidays, plus 3 days for Christmas shutdown

About us

FARE Scotland is a voluntary organisation working within disadvantaged communities throughout Central Scotland. At FARE Scotland we strive to raise people's aspirations, encourage them to become more involved in their communities, create opportunities for personal development and equip them with the skills required to deal with the demands of 21st century life.

Working at FARE Scotland, you will be part of passionate and hard-working team that aims to improve the lives of the people in the communities we serve.

What you'll do

We have an exciting opportunity for an Employability Keyworker (Childcare) to join our Employability team. You will work closely with the Employability Manager to ensure high-quality employability support and programme delivery to achieve individual aims for young people and adults looking to progress into the childcare industry across the employability pipeline.

You will provide holistic support to young people and adults that will minimise barriers to employment and offer training to increase skills, development, and support access to further training, and education to allow people to move on to sustained progressions along the employability pipeline.

You will have a sound knowledge of the Childcare industry, national and local policies including No One Left Behind, The Young Person's Guarantee, the Local Employability Partnership, barriers young people and adults face to enter employment and the skills to support their development and ability to achieve goals. You will be responsible for forming relationships with key stakeholders including, SDS, GCC and local childcare employers.

As part of your role, your main responsibilities will include:

Responsibility for designing, delivering, and evaluating sector-based training that supports sustained progressions into employment within the childcare industry, further education or training. Designing all referral, induction and training materials and providing an induction and assessment to all young people and adults to identify holistic support to remove barriers. Evaluation and recruitment for programmes. Undertaking one-to-one goal setting interviews and reviews. Delivering training in-group settings using a range of learning materials accommodating a range of learning styles to meet groups' learning needs. Designing and delivering sector-based employability training sessions be delivered from our base and Skills and Community Hub. Maintaining up to date knowledge of the employability and childcare sector for young people and adults and pre-employment training provisions that may be needed. Building trusting relationships with FARE and Employability Programme trainees, challenging negative attitudes and behaviours whilst motivating individuals to retain focus. Supporting participants' FE and job search activities, personal development, goal setting, identifying, and overcoming barriers, CV development, completing applications, interview skills, and accredited qualifications. Liaising with employers and childcare providers to identify job opportunities, further training and/or education within the stages of the Employability Pipeline in order to meet of TFW contract Providing 52-week post-employment support to achieve sustained employment outcomes, including tracking, and database record-keeping. Attending meetings to represent FARE, promoting the Employability Programme at external events. Monitoring and evaluating all employability training programmes.

About you

The successful candidate for this role will have:

Experience of delivering employability support and training to young people and adults. Experience of working within a childcare sector. Good knowledge of national policy and guidance in relation to Early Years Educations and Child Development. Excellent communication and presentation skills. The ability to motivate young people and adults with multiple barriers to employment. An organised and systematic approach to monitoring and reporting. The ability to work with people at all levels, both internally and externally. The drive and initiative to work independently. The ability to share learning and develop practice through feedback. The ability to challenge, in a constructive manner, negative attitudes. Excellent IT skills in Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access particularly for database-related work and report writing. Good knowledge of the employability landscape. An HNC/HND/SVQ 3 or a minimum of 2 years relevant experience.
Along with the above, we would be looking for an individual who shares, and is able to demonstrate, the organisation's values of being compassionate, open, collaborative, innovative and driven.

What we can offer

In return, we can offer you:

Enhanced holiday entitlement Christmas shutdown period Company Sick Pay Access to an Employee Assistance Programme Enhanced maternity and paternity pay Death in Service benefit (4 x basic salary)

How to apply

If this sounds like you, and you are looking for an exciting new opportunity, then please apply by sending us a copy of your CV and a cover letter.

Application Closing Date:

8th August 2025

Interview Date:

14th August 2025

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From 26,500.00 per year

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 08/08/2025