A combination of Full-Time and Part-Time permanent posts are available. Shift patterns will include evenings, weekends, overnights and public holidays.

LinkLiving is a not-for-profit organisation and Scottish charity. We have been providing specialist services to support health, wellbeing, and community inclusion for over 25 years.

We are committed to positively supporting people to overcome the negative impacts on their lives of ill-health, poverty, inequality and isolation. We work to make a positive difference to the lives of people who are often excluded from society due to vulnerabilities including homelessness, mental health issues, and social isolation. We provide care, support and employability services to over 1,500 people a year.

Whilst we support people of all ages, we have a particular specialism in working with people affected by trauma and in supporting young people. Over the last decade we have increasingly become recognised for our approach to supporting young people to develop the personal resilience, practical and emotional skills and experience necessary for successfully managing key transitions in their lives, including leaving care, moving into their own tenancy, achieving positive destinations.

At LinkLiving, our values are at the heart of everything we do and we put the people we support first. Our values are:

• Empathy (listen to and understand an individual's needs and circumstances)
• Respect (treat others the way they wish to be treated)
• Integrity (be honest and have strong moral principles)
• Caring (show kindness and concern for others)

Our main aim for this job role is to find people with the right values, behaviours and attitudes to match our own.

We're seeking to recruit some great support workers to work in our new project in Grangemouth. If you share our values, this could be the role for you.

The Service

This exciting new service has been designed by Falkirk Council in consultation with care experienced young people. It aims to provide a stepping stone from local authority care to independent living by providing intensive support to enable young people to develop the skills needed to successfully maintain their tenancies. For a better understanding of LinkLiving’s approach to delivering this type of service please click here.

The Job

We have a great opportunity for Support Workers to join our team and be part of an innovative new supported accommodation service for care experienced young people, delivered in partnership with Falkirk Council.

Your main role will be to support care experienced young people to create a home, offering practical, emotional and social support to assist them to develop the skills necessary for successful independent living. You will need to be able to develop warm and effective relationships with service users, supporting them to cope with their lives in a positive and planned way so that they feel valued and supported and in control of their own lives.

You will ideally have some experience of multi-agency working, housing support/care at home systems and knowledge of the challenges faced by care experienced young people.

The service will operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week so flexible working will be required to meet the needs of individual service users and the needs of the service.

What you will need

• Personal values which align to those of LinkLiving.
• Willingness to work towards and achieve an appropriate qualification recognised by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) - for example, SVQ Social Services and Healthcare at SCQF Level 6.
• Ability to meet the standards of care set out in the national Health and Social Care Standards.
• Ability to meet the requirements of membership of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme.
• An approach which is flexible, practical, proactive and reliable.
• Successful applicants will be required to register with SSSC within 6 months of their start date.

Open Day

LinkLiving are holding an open day to provide information on current job opportunities within our new Care Leavers project and to provide information about LinkLiving’s values. The open day will be held on Wednesday 24 July from 10am to 12 Noon at Link Academy, McKinven House, George Street, Falkirk, FK2 7EY.

The Deal

LinkLiving offer up to 38 days annual leave pro rata, a wide-range of benefits including flexible working arrangements and access to a generous contributory pension scheme. Working within a supportive environment you can expect a range of training and development opportunities

This post is subject to Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme registration.

LinkLiving is a not-for-profit organisation and Scottish charity. We have been providing specialist services to support health, wellbeing, and community inclusion for over 25 years.

We are committed to positively supporting people to overcome the negative impacts on their lives of ill-health, poverty, inequality and isolation. We work to make a positive difference to the lives of people who are often excluded from society due to vulnerabilities including homelessness, mental health issues, physical health issues and social isolation. We provide care, support and employability services to over 1,500 people a year.

Whilst we support people of all ages, we have a particular specialism in working with people affected by trauma and in supporting young people. Over the last decade we have increasingly become recognised for our approach to supporting young people to develop the personal resilience, practical and emotional skills and experience necessary for successfully managing key transitions in their lives, including leaving care, moving into their own tenancy, achieving positive destinations.

At LinkLiving, our values are at the heart of everything we do and we put the people we support first. Our values are:

• Empathy (listen to and understand an individual's needs and circumstances)
• Respect (treat others the way they wish to be treated)
• Integrity (be honest and have strong moral principles)
• Caring (show kindness and concern for others)

Our main aim for this job role is to find people with the right values, behaviours and attitudes to match our own.

We're seeking to recruit a Team Leader to work in our new project in Grangemouth. If you share our values, this could be the role for you.

The Service

This exciting new service has been designed by Falkirk Council in consultation with care experienced young people.

It aims to provide a stepping stone from local authority care to independent living by providing intensive support to enable young people to develop the skills needed to successfully maintain their tenancies.

For a better understanding of LinkLiving’s approach to delivering this type of service please click here.

The Job

We have an exciting opportunity for a Team Leader to be part of an innovative new supported accommodation service for care experienced young people, delivered in partnership with Falkirk Council.

The purpose of the job is to provide leadership, support and supervision to a team of support workers within a supported accommodation environment whilst ensuring that funding is monitored, the service to individuals is co-ordinated and that appropriate policies and local procedures are in place. The Team Leader is the first line manager and is responsible for ensuring the service is of high quality. The Team Leader will combine a thorough knowledge of social care practice and processes with first class leadership, staff support and development skills.

The service will operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week so flexible working will be required to meet the needs of individual service users and the needs of the service.

Multi-agency partnership working will be a crucial part of this role, with a particular focus on working with our employability services to provide seamless support to young people living in our project.

A significant part of the role involves using technology to help deliver the best service we can to the people we support. You will embrace technology by using LinkLiving's IT equipment to help drive efficiency and provide a quality assured service. You will be given the tools to access our integrated care system to enable the monitoring of support plans, risk assessments, daily notes, outcome achievement and to gain feedback from service users.

What you will need

• Personal values which align to those of LinkLiving.
• An appropriate qualification recognised by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) - for example, SVQ Social Services and Healthcare at SCQF Level 9 plus SVQ Care Services Leadership and Management SCQF Level 10 - or a willingness to work towards these.
• Ability to meet the standards of care set out in the national Health and Social Care Standards.
• Ability to meet the requirements of membership of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme.
• An approach which is flexible, practical, proactive and reliable.
• Successful applicants will be required to register with SSSC within 6 months of their start date.

Open Day

LinkLiving are holding an open day to provide information on current job opportunities within our new Care Leavers project and to provide information about LinkLiving’s values. The open day will be held on Wednesday 24 July from 10am to 12 Noon at Link Academy, McKinven House, George Street, Falkirk, FK2 7EY.

To find out more about a career in care, the following video provides an insight into what you can expect - aquestionofcare.org.uk

The Deal

LinkLiving offer up to 38 days annual leave pro rata, a wide-range of benefits including flexible working arrangements and access to a generous contributory pension scheme. Working within a supportive environment you can expect a range of training and development opportunities.

This post is subject to Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme registration.

The Carers Centre is a growing and forward-thinking organisation with ambition to support an increasing number of children, young people and adults who provide unpaid care for a family member or friend due to disability, illness, addiction or frailty.

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join our dedicated team of workers who deliver information, support and involvement services for carers of all ages across Falkirk district and Clackmannanshire.

The post holder will be responsible for the provision of personalised support for parents in Falkirk district who are caring for a child with additional support needs. This will require a commitment to partnership working and a good understanding of the services and agencies that exist to support parent carers including health, education and social care.

The successful candidate will be enthusiastic and motivated, have good interpersonal skills and the ability to use their own initiative whilst contributing effectively within a team. In addition, applicants will need to evidence an understanding of the needs and difficulties faced by carers and the importance of the support provided to them.

This role will require PVG Scheme membership.

The Carers Centre is a growing and forward-thinking organisation with ambition to support an increasing number of children, young people and adults who provide unpaid care for a family member or friend due to disability, illness, addiction or frailty.

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join our dedicated team of workers who deliver information, support and involvement services for carers of all ages across Falkirk district and Clackmannanshire.

This is a pivotal role in our organisation, as the post-holder will be the first point of contact for the many carers and professionals who contact the Carers Centre. In addition, the provision of quality office, administration and finance support is essential to support the staff team to deliver services for carers.

Applicants will be required to demonstrate good interpersonal skills, enthusiasm and the ability to use their own initiative whilst contributing effectively within a team. Sound knowledge and experience of Microsoft word processing, spreadsheets and database programmes is essential.

The Carers Centre is a growing and forward-thinking organisation with ambition to support an increasing number of children, young people and adults who provide unpaid care for a family member or friend due to disability, illness, addiction or frailty.

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join our dedicated team of workers who deliver information, support and involvement services for carers of all ages across Falkirk district and Clackmannanshire.

The post holder will work closely with individual carers to help them to access the information and support they need for their caring role. This will require a commitment to partnership working and an understanding of the needs and difficulties faced by carers and the importance of the support provided to them.

The successful candidate will be enthusiastic and motivated, have good interpersonal skills and the ability to use their own initiative whilst contributing effectively within a team.

The Carers Centre is a growing and forward-thinking organisation with ambition to support an increasing number of children, young people and adults who provide unpaid care for a family member or friend due to disability, illness, addiction or frailty.

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join our dedicated team of workers who deliver information, support and involvement services for carers of all ages across Falkirk district and Clackmannanshire.

The post holder will work closely with individual young carers in Clackmannanshire to help them to access the information and support they need for their caring role. This will require a commitment to partnership working and an understanding of the needs and difficulties faced by children and young people with caring responsibilities.

The successful candidate will be enthusiastic and motivated, have good interpersonal skills and the ability to use their own initiative whilst contributing effectively within a team.

This role will require PVG Scheme membership.

Barnardo's Scotland has three established services working with young men and women in custody. Outside in Youth Work service, Parenting Matters and Hear and Now, our trauma, bereavement and loss service.

A vacancy has arisen for a skilled and experienced Project Worker 2 who can demonstrate a commitment to providing high quality services to vulnerable young people and women and a professional Youth Work qualification recognised by the CLD Standards Council or equivalent.

As such you will bring a range of experience including delivering innovative Youth Work and Parenting programmes within HMP/YOI Polmont.

You will work flexibly and creatively, alongside Youth Work colleagues, and in partnership with the SPS and other agencies to develop and deliver a service that reflects the needs of young people and women in custody.

Central Scotland Regional Equality Council is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to lead the organisation, oversee current projects and shape the future of the organisation as a leader in the field of equality and human rights work in Forth Valley.

This is a challenging but highly rewarding role, providing you with an exciting opportunity to be creative, lead service transformation, engage with communities, respond to the communities and promote equalities with the involvement of residents and other stakeholders.

You will have experience of advising and working with a Management Board of Directors, managing a diverse team, working with funders, government and public bodies, working in or with the Third Sector with a demonstrable commitment to equality work and combating all forms of discrimination.

Alongside developing and guiding the staff team, you will be responsible for delivering and developing high quality projects and services for all who live, work, study and visit the areas of Falkirk, Stirling and Clackmannanshire Councils.

We offer a competitive salary, flexible working, and generous annual leave entitlement.

If you have a passion for equality, human rights and anti-discrimination work, building relationships, drive and creativity along with the relevant expertise, and want to join our committed, hard-working and ambitious team then please consider applying to join us.

We have live vacancies across various locations in Scotland. And they’ll be a steady flow of new vacancies released over the coming months. Please search for a job in your postcode by clicking apply, and if there’s not a job near you right now then remember to sign up for alerts and we’ll notify you when we have one in your community.

We’re looking for member pioneers to join Co-op, in communities across the country. In this unique role you’ll be focused on bringing people together to make a difference in your community. That means talking to Co-op members, colleagues in stores and funeral homes, and representatives of the many local causes we support. By building relationships with and connecting these people you’ll be the catalyst for new ideas, initiatives and projects that will make our communities better places to live.

We plan to have a member pioneer dedicated to each of our communities and you’ll be a part of this ambitious plan for a better future. Everything you do will contribute to our community plan, making sure we make the biggest impact possible across the UK by increasing community co-operation. It’s an opportunity to make a visible difference where you live, supported by an organisation with nearly 70,000 colleagues.

What you’ll do:

• develop an action plan to improve community wellbeing, aligned to key themes
• establish and run a local community forum, or make connections with one that already exists
• build a strong group of contacts locally, making use of social media platforms to help with listening to and getting involved in community conversation
• get activities off the ground and encourage lots of involvement from members in your community
• prioritise your time, making your hours count and focusing on opportunities to make the biggest difference

This role would suit someone who:

• has lots of enthusiasm with the ability to get things moving
• is interested in all things community focussed
• can inspire and motivate people through their communication style
• loves working with and connecting people
• can prioritise their time and remain focussed on a long term goal
• is confident using social media
• has good basic IT skills (ideally with experience using collaborative tools like the Google suite or Skype)
• is both committed and dedicated
• lives within or very close to the community you’ll support, detailed above

Why Co-op?

As a member pioneer you’ll have the chance to support local communities, making a visible difference by encouraging people to work together. As a Co-op colleague you’ll also receive a competitive salary and a wide range of benefits including:

• 24 days holiday (rising to 30 with service)
• discounts on all kinds of Co-op products and services
• a pension with up to 10% employer contributions

Building an inclusive work environment

We’re actively building diverse teams and welcome applications from everyone. But simply having a diverse workforce is not enough. We want to build an inclusive environment, where everyone can develop to their full potential. We celebrate our differences, and recognise the importance of teams reflecting the communities they serve.

We can make adjustments to the interview process according to your needs. And we offer a flexible working environment so you can adjust your hours to suit your personal circumstances. You can find out more about Co-op people policies at coop.co.uk/peoplepolicies

As part of your application you’ll need to complete an online assessment. It will take you around 12 minutes to complete this test.