196695 Youth Worker (KMc) inEdinburgh inEdinburgh PUBLISHED 13 SEP 2024

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

NHS Scotland is reducing their full-time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay. This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff. This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours. However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period for which you would be paid until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Recruiting Board.

This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/ record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a suitably experienced Youth Worker to support young people accessing abortion care at Lothian Sexual and Reproductive Health Service (LSRHS). The fully integrated service is composed of Chalmers Centre and up to 10 local clinics (pre-Covid). It provides Tier 4 and 5 specialist sexual health services working across 4 Community Health and Social Care Partnerships meeting the needs of 80,000 patient attendances per annum. The service is open Monday to Thursday 08.30-20:00 and 08:30-16:30 on a Friday. The hours will be flexible with an expectation of evening work.

The post holder would be expected to support young people attending the Choices Abortion Services providing SHBBV education, testing or treatment, providing health promotion around contraception and actively engaging and empowering young people to tackle barriers to accessing services. There will also be opportunities to work in our HR+ Service which can include Genitourinary Medicine, HIV and Contraception. Though the service is Sexual Health focused a good knowledge of holistic health issues is required as many health issues can arise. There will also be an Outreach element to the post, which will involve working in local communities.

A Degree in Public Health, Health Promotion or Community Education. Experience of working with the general public and delivering health promotion and interventions. Applications from people of all ages are welcomed, subject to meeting the relevant criteria. We are looking for a someone who is non-judgemental, friendly, excellent team worker, person centred approach, ability to use initiative and work independently; effective communication skills and a willingness to work unsocial hours and travel independently to local clinics throughout Lothian.


Desirable Criteria Include


Experience of working with young people and/or delivering health promotion activities and interventions and experience of using MI techniques to promote behaviour change.

The post is 2 year 6 months fixed-term, part-time (18 hours per week)

Please note: As this post is part-time the salary will be pro-rata.

For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If after reading this information you have any questions please contact Seonaid Boyle at