Assistant Project Worker (p/t) – Brave Stirling

Team:   Brave Stirling

Location: Stirling

Hours: 22.2 hours per week , 3 days over 7

Contract: Permanent in line with service funding

Salary: £15,527 p/a

Our BRAVE service in Stirling addresses immediate and underlying reasons for drug and alcohol usage, enabling children and young people to live their lives to the full and feel loved, nurtured, and respected. BRAVE supports children and young people aged 12-26 years old who are either actively using substances or at a higher risk of using substances. It has a strong whole-family approach, building on parental capacity, using existing family strengths to address family needs.

Includem is committed to developing employees and will help you to achieve the relevant qualifications required to carry out the role. These qualifications will be fully funded by includem. The successful candidate must have a full UK driver’s license and access to a vehicle.

What does the role involve?

To support the provision of relationship-based support delivered to young people and families in the community and to promote positive outcomes in line with the values and principles of includem.

The postholder will work alongside the Project Worker to deliver aspects of the support plan that has been developed with the young person. They will understand and respond to individualised needs identified in the support plan to improve outcomes in line with GIRFEC principles and includem’s model of support.

An Assistant Project Worker will demonstrate leadership and ownership over effective service delivery to young people by managing outcomes for young people through the use of line managers, colleagues and organisational tools, processes, policies and procedures.

Key Deliverables 

• To build relationships and deliver outcome-based support to young people and families, involving all key stakeholders.
• To be available for young people and families at critical times.
• To explore values and attitudes with young people in a supportive manner, to affirm and validate their feelings and ideas, and nurture and confirm their learning
• Actively contribute to case progression to help young people and families recognise progress.
• Ability to assess and respond appropriately to situations where young people/families may be at risk of harm.
• To actively participate in the delivery of the Includem Helpline evening service so support is available for young people and families 24/7
• To respond to young people and families using the Helpline and source support for them from allocated teams and workers. To offer support and generate solutions where required, with risk enablement being at the heart of professional judgement and decision making

We value our staff, and employee benefits include:

• A full and robust training and induction programme
• Holiday entitlement of 28 days rising to 31 with length of service, and 9 public holidays
• Enhanced Employer Pension Contributions
• Free Confidential Employee Counselling Service
• Access to Mental Health First Aiders across the organisation
• Free Vehicle Breakdown Cover
• Company Mobile Phone and Laptop
• Flexible and agile working
• Family-friendly policies

Includem are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

To apply, email your CV to recruitment@includem.co.uk

The closing date for applications is 14th May 2026 at midnight.

Group Interviews will take place on 20th May 2026.

If you are successful following the group selection event, individual interviews will be held on 27th May 2026.

Download the job description here.