Brian Webb Email & Phone Number

Aberdeen, Gb

Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

Managing the youth work offer within the thematic priority of Youth Participation. Working with partners to develop, plan, deliver and evaluate the Youth Participation offer for Aberdeen City Council. Improving outcomes for young people in relation to wellbeing with a focus on those who are vulnerable and at risk.*I support 6 Aberdeen Based democratically elected Scottish Youth Parliament members with local and national issues and motions alongside facilitating face-to-face engagement opportunities with young people across the city.*I developed and launched a new youth engagement strategy for the youth work team which replace Aberdeen City Youth Council with Aberdeen Youth Movement (AYM) and this group has become a key representative body for young people and elected members to engage with.*I Line manage and provide ongoing management support to the staff team who are focused on the Harlaw Academy and the local feeder primary schools.*I work in partnership with Aberdeen Cities Housing Department to make sure the voices of young people are at the front of their work and strategies*I support city-based representatives on the national Northern Alliance group to develop youth engagement tools for the North of Scotland*I represent ACC in several groups across the city

Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

My role within YPI Scotland was to lead on the strategic and operational elements of the YPI programme, develop links with communities across Scotland and formed part of the strategic leadership team.During my time in the role, I led a team of 1 national coordinator and 10 freelance Regional Facilitators who linked to the 32 local authorities to provide guidance and support on the YPI initiative.I had responsibility for Sustaining the growth of YPI Scottish National Targets, Further Developing the national standing of YPI Scotland, Overseeing the long-term sustainability strategy of YPI, and Increasing the quality and consistency of YPI programme delivery in schools and Increasing whole school impact and community engagement.During my time in post alongside the above, my key achievements were:* Designing and developing an Alumina engagement strategy * Designing and developing a third sector engagement strategy * Designing and developing a mentoring strategy for external funders.I was also the lead on the COVID-19 school engagement strategy which provided clear guidance to staff and facilitators on how they could support schools virtually and face to face.

Aberdeen City, Scotland, United Kingdom

My role involved leading in enabling the university to meet its strategic ambitions in widening access. This included the implementation of the college engagement strategy and development of a progressive schools strategy.I was also overseeing the university’s relationship development work with Scottish Colleges. This involved ensuring effective development of clear routes to university from college, enhancing the partnership with North East Scotland College and the expansion of partnerships in key areas of high deprivation.Another key aspect of my role was the creation of a clear and progressive school strategy which ensures a high-quality service to deprived young people across Scotland. This includes -1. Identifying a cohesive approach to engaging with priority partners and target groups2. Developing a programme of interventions which enables RGU to become the preferred provider for students3. Developing tracking and robust programme KPIs to ensure investment impact4. Working with student recruitment to develop and implement a plan for out-of-region schools engagement and work with other parts of the university to remove barriers to enrolment and ensure success for deprived young people.Within my role, I was also the strategic lead for RGU on the TWO PLUS Alliance with NESCOl. As part of this role, I am involved in this unique partnership offering a unified tertiary model for skills-rich education in the North-East, inspiring and supporting learning that transcends institutional barriers.I served as the university's Child Protection and Safeguarding lead for Widening Access Students.•Achievement – Lead the University to be the top post-1992 institution for retention of MD20 students and exceeded the Scottish Average.•Achieved - Lead the team to achieve 100% retention rate for Care experienced students over the last 2 years at RGU•Achievement – Increase applications from SIMD20 applicants by 100 this was the highest ever increase to date at RGU.

Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

I worked alongside the SHMU Chief Executive and SHMU board in order to develop and manage the strategic and operational aspects of SHMU and the shmuTRAIN Employability strand.The strand included the following projects; Early Interventions School-based work which targeted pupils in the senior phase at local academies. The project worked with pupils who have been identified by the school as not progressing onto a positive destination after leaving school. Up to there date I left had guided my team to engage with 241 pupils and successfully move 209 onto positive destinations (87%) of Education, Employment and training.The other project was Positive Transitions which targets 16-19-year-olds with a 12-week full-time employability programme using digital media to engage young people and develop the key employability skills employers are looking for. I guided the team to successfully engage with 207 trainees with 163 moving onto positive destinations (79%). shmuTRAIN also engaged with LAC young people across the city and within HMP Grampian.I also managed the Activity Agreement offer for City and Shire.I was responsible for the strategic development of the initiative at both a local and national level including reporting to our main funders on targets, outcomes and finances; management of the shmuTRAIN staff team; overseeing the shmuTRAIN budget; reporting on programme and liaising with external agencies and partners.Within SHMU I was also the SQA coordinator for the building, and developed 5 SQA awards, I was also the Lead Health and Safety and Fire officer of the building and the Designated Child protection officer. I also delivered new staff members’ induction programmes.Alongside staff management of my own team I also supervise 4 additional staff members from different strands within SHMU. I was also responsible for our external SQA provision where I offer face to face training and support to projects across the Scotland and England.

Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

I worked as a Project Worker for New Directions I worked with young people aged between 12 and 18 who had persistent/ serious offending behaviours, with the aim of reducing their offending behaviour and diverting them from secure accommodation and/or custody.A comprehensive assessment was used which provides intensive intervention, utilising cognitive behavioural programmes to challenge negative attitudes and beliefs and progress is captured within SMART action plans.My role was to deliver specific individual programmes utilising a variety of tools to actively engage the young person, namely Cognitive Behaviour, Art Therapy, Solution Focused, Externalisation, Family Work and ASSET.I travelled across Scotland to Secure Units to support young people from Aberdeen who were accommodated out with the city on a weekly basis.I was also responsible for maintaining good working relationships with Social Work Department, Children's Reporter's Department and Court.

Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

Community Worker, Tilly Youth Project:As a Project Worker I worked with 14 to 25 year olds within a Community setting and was responsible the employment and supervision of a staff team of 6 part-time Youth Workers. I was responsible for the day-to-day running of the Centre and developed programmes which actively engaged them and provided a safe, stimulating and challenging environment. I developed a number of projects to support young people including:*Employment - I supported young people in applying for appropriate vacancies, helped them fill out application forms, create cv's, and through role play improved their interview techniques. and apply for vacancies*Healthy Living - I developed an initiative to help young men cook healthily on a budget, this led them to passing their FoodHygiene Certificates.*Arts - Developed specific art projects to engage the young people in the CentreThe main aim of this community-based role was to raise the self-confidence of the young people, allowing them to make informed choices and encouraging them to engage with the project and others agencies as appropriate.

Edinburgh City, Scotland, United Kingdom

I supported Youth Workers across Scotland by establishing, developing and consolidating quality youth work programmes that engaged young people in effective youth work. This was done through the development and promotion of the Dynamic Youth Awards and Youth Achievement Awards throughoutScotland. As part of my role, I had to regularly visit every local authority in Scotland to promote and sell the Youth Achievement Awards and Dynamic Youth Awards as a good model of engagement and recognition of work.In regards to the Dynamic Youth Awards I developed the new format for the awards and worked on several of the booklets Youth Scotland still uses today to develop good practice In this role I line managed 4 area Coordinators for the Dynamic Youth Awards across Scotland.

Bathgate, Scotland, United Kingdom

I was the Manager of the inaugural Healthy Living Centre for Children 1st. This was a purpose built drop-in facility for 12-25 year olds where they were provided with healthy living advice and information.I was responsible for :*Overseeing the construction work and the launch of the brand-new centre*Responsibility for the continued development of the project*Employing, leading, and supervising a multidisciplinary staff team including youth work, NHS staff and Social Workers*Responsible for a large budget

Level 5 Certificate In Leadership And Management, Operations Management And Supervision

City and Guilds of London Institute are the awarding body/awarding organisation for ILM qualifications.

Ceve Scotland National Post Qualification Module, Filedwork Supervision In Community Education

Professionally endorsed by Community Education Validation and Endorsement (CeVe Scotland), a committee of the Scottish Community Education.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Community Education