Youth Work
Youth Work Services are for young people aged 5 - 21 years who reside in central Edinburgh.
The following opportunities are available: Youth Clubs, School Based Work, Referral or Support Work, Specialist Projects, Family Work or Group Work
Please view our Youth Club programme or download a printer-friendly document with all the details here.
Playing Pool at the breakfast club
Project staff work in the local primary and secondary schools and offer a range of supports and services to the schools and their pupils. The services that are provided range from individual counselling, support, advocacy and problem solving with individuals to working alongside school staff to provide groupwork programmes on a wide range of topics. Reports are completed on a regular basis outlining work undertaken within groupwork programmes.
Currently the Project is working with James Gillespie's High School and its feeder primary schools, Royal Mile, Preston Street, Sciennes, James Gillespie's and Tollcross.
The Project offers this service to young people and their families and referrals can be made for a wide variety of reasons. These can include offending, family difficulties, abusive situations, general support and problem solving, isolation, anger management, low self esteem, school based difficulties, housing issues, and mental health difficulties.
This service is available to the 5 - 21 year old age range that the Project works with. Referrals are made by a wide variety of individuals and agencies within the community and these include Schools, Social Workers, the Police, Educational Psychologists, the Reporter, voluntary organisations and by parents and young people themselves.
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