Meet The Staff


The following are the staff members that work at Y Sort-It and a small profile on each of these crazy individuals:

May Craig
Project Co-Ordinator		 My Job Involves?
To manage and develop the engagement of young people in Y sort it network of provisions and the wider youth strategy initiatives. I support the staff to maximise the quality and number of contacts with young people and ensure that services delivered are responding to the needs of young people of West Dunbartonshire
Gillian Kirkwood
Depute
Co-Ordinator

My Job Involves?
My job involves me making sure that Y sort it Workers have access to useful information that they can use to help support young people.  I also work with loads & loads of Y sort it’s partners to help them distribute information about services or activities for young people. Or if they need to research anything to do with youth issues – I am here to give them a helping hand!!!      

Chris Rainey
Senior Youth
Information and Support
Worker

My Job Involves?
Going out to various areas with the Y Sorti-it bus and doing outreach in various areas. Visiting each high school once a month with the bus. Taking the bus to community days, fun days etc. Finally I make sure any repairs to the bus are carried out.

Laura Ward
Senior Youth
Information and Support
Worker		 My Job Involves?
My main role is one to one support work with the youth of today, may it be housing, homelessness, benefits, school, college, or employment, either way it keeps me on my toes as every day can be very different, other area’s of my job involve working at the drop in’s giving support, advice & helping young people with any issues they may face.  I also give support to the young mothers 2 be group, involving tax credits, healthy start vouchers or any other queries they have.

 




Lesley Scullion
Youth Information
Worker

My Job Involves?
I facilitate the running of the Action Groups Whitecrook, Dalmuir and Fafiley

David Nisbet
Youth Information
Worker

My Job Involves?
I work with Lesley by facilitate the running of the Action Groups Dalmuir and Fafiley

Stephen Burrows
Youth Information
Worker		 My Job Involves?
Outreach - engaging with young people on the street and sustaining these relationships.
MICS - On the bus I assist with any issues or queries (e.g. employment or leisure queries), offer c-card service and expert balance player =]
Alan Thomson
Website Development
Worker		 My Job Involves?
Maintaining the various websites of Y Sort-It. I mostly now deal with this site your currently on but I also help keep the West Dunbartonshire section of Young Scot updated and also the Y Sort-It bebo site too. I also help Y Sort-It in creating other websites such as the upcoming Wrecked site for West Dunbartonshire.
James Robertson
Website Development
Worker

My Job Involves?
Like Alan I help to do work on the various websites for Y Sort-It and also help the groups out when they are looking for posters to be designed to advertise the various activities that go on at Y Sort-It


Sarah O'Hare
Youth Information
Worker

My Job Involves?
Working at the Wednesday night drop in and the Thursday night Health drop in. Getting to know the young people wo attend the nights and having informal chats about important issues via workshops and most of all just having fun.
Catherine McQuistan
Youth Information
Worker

My Job Involves?
Working as part of the Wednesday drop in team and going out on the bus every Monday, out and about in the Alexandria and Vale of Leven area.

Iain Brown
Youth Information
Worker

My Job Involves?
Working at the Wednesday drop in and the Whitecrook Youth Action Group on a Monday night.