LinkLiving is a Scottish health and wellbeing charity that supports people of all ages to overcome the negative impacts of trauma, mental health, inequality, and isolation. We deliver our support to service users through a range of models including:

• Personal development and employability programmes
• Self-help coaching
• Supported accommodation
• Care at home
• Housing support
• Befriending
• Social cafes

At LinkLiving, our values are at the heart of everything we do and we put the people we support first. It is important to us to find people with the right values, behaviours and attitudes to match our own. 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)

As part of the UK government’s Plan for Jobs, a new Kickstart Scheme has been launched that will create hundreds of thousands of new, fully subsidised jobs for young people across the country. As well as aiming to kickstart the country’s economy, it will also provide the opportunity to kickstart the careers of young people who would otherwise be left behind as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Job

Accountable to the Service Delivery Manager, the Employability Project Worker will be responsible for coordinating the delivery of the Kickstart scheme within Link and its partners. This will be through providing one to one support to young people we employ and the departments hosting the six-month Kickstart jobs.

The Employability Project Worker will work in partnership with Job Centre Plus to recruit Kickstart participants and offer these participants one-to-one support and group training. In addition, the Employability Project Worker will provide support to the various departments hosting Kickstart jobs.

About You

The post holder must have a good standard of secondary education including Math’s and English. Due to the role of the Employability Project Worker in delivering group training, we would require you to have experience in the delivery and development of training programmes.

It is essential that the post holder has an understanding of issues affecting young people who are excluded and marginalised and demonstrate sensitivity and responsiveness to people’s emotional and social health.

It is also essential that the post holder has a flexible, practical and reliable approach and an ability to prioritise and plan your own workload.

You must also have a current driving license and access to a roadworthy car.

For a comprehensive list of the essential and desirable criteria required for this post, please refer to the Job Specification in the Job information Pack below.

LinkLiving is a Scottish health and wellbeing charity that supports people of all ages to overcome the negative impacts of trauma, mental health, inequality, and isolation. We deliver our support to service users through a range of models including:

• Personal development and employability programmes

• Self-help coaching

• Supported accommodation

• Care at home

• Housing support

• Befriending

• Social cafes

At LinkLiving, our values are at the heart of everything we do and we put the people we support first. It is important to us to find people with the right values, behaviours and attitudes to match our own. 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)

Falkirk Young Persons Service has a particular specialism and growing reputation in successfully working with young people affected by trauma. The service works hard and creatively to maintain the early engagement of these young people who often have very complex and chaotic backgrounds. Falkirk’s Young Person Service consists of Steps to Success and Employability Services which the Service Delivery Manager will oversee.

STEPS TO SUCCESS

Based in Grangemouth, this service is for care experienced young people and is delivered in partnership with Falkirk Council. It consists of 9 self-contained flats, all located in close proximity to a central hub which is staffed flexibly 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The service has been designed in partnership with young people and aims to provide intensive support to enable them to develop the independent living skills needed for successful tenancy sustainment as well as to access education / training and employment opportunities.

EMPLOYABILITY SERVICES

Based at Link Academy the Employability team have an excellent track record of supporting young people to develop the personal resilience, practical and emotional skills necessary for successfully moving onto their next steps in learning, personal development and accessing further education and employment. The wide range of supports offered through this service is delivered through a combination of group work and one-one interventions, along with access to accredited training as part of its status as a learning academy and SQA Centre.

The Job

The Service Delivery Manager will be responsible for both services aforementioned and will use their knowledge of social care and employability practice to lead, motivate, develop and supervise staff teams who provide professional trauma-informed services to young people.

Leading by example, the Service Delivery Manager will respond to a review of needs, gaps and best practice, maximising service user involvement and choice. They will oversee support services to service users in line with service delivery and regulatory standards requirements. The Service Delivery Manager will be required to be the Registered Manager for the service and will be required to participate in an on-call rota.

In addition to this the Service Delivery Manager will also manage a complex budget of funding from Health, Local Authority, Scottish Government and others including grant making trusts, and manage a complex and extensive range of stakeholders.

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About You

The post holder must have a good standard of secondary education and have gained a practice qualification (e.g. Social Services and Healthcare at SCQF Level 9). We are looking for applicants who have experience of leading or being part of a management team leading a care / employability service.

You must be able to demonstrate specialist knowledge and experience in at least one area of care and support (e.g. care-experience, trauma) and have knowledge of issues affecting service users (including any legislative issues).

In addition, the post holder must be able to remain focused in the face of conflicting demands and be able to prioritise and plan their own and other members of the team’s workload.

The Service Delivery Manager must be able to drive and travel between services as required and also meet the requirements of registration with the Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme.

Successful applicants will be required to register with SSSC within 6 months of their start date.

For a comprehensive list of the essential and desirable criteria required for this post, please refer to the Job Specification in the Job information Pack above.

Further Information

To find out more about what LinkLiving do, please visit our website at linkliving.org.uk

What’s in it for you?

LinkLiving offers excellent terms and conditions, and as an Investor in People and Healthy Working Lives Gold Award holder, we aim to provide a wide range of development opportunities and healthy living initiatives. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities.

You will work with colleagues who share our objectives – our employees, volunteers, funders, and our project partners. In return, we want people who are passionate, caring and dedicated, committed to our vision and values and will work to the highest professional standards.

As a LinkLiving employee, you'll benefit from generous annual leave entitlements, a wide range of learning and development opportunities, highly competitive employer pension contribution rates, discounts on shopping, restaurants and other services via Westfield Rewards, enhanced maternity and sick pay entitlements, employee support and counselling service and occupational health services.

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

LinkLiving is a Scottish health and wellbeing charity that supports people of all ages to overcome the negative impacts of trauma, mental health, inequality, and isolation. We deliver our support to service users through a range of models including:

• Personal development and employability programmes

• Self-help coaching

• Supported accommodation

• Care at home

• Housing support

• Befriending

• Social cafes

At LinkLiving, our values are at the heart of everything we do and we put the people we support first. It is important to us to find people with the right values, behaviours and attitudes to match our own. 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)

The Job

The Trauma Trainer/Self Help Coach will be responsible for delivering trauma-informed practice training to front line professionals, both across the Link Group of companies and to external partners and agencies. The post holder will also provide one to one self-help coaching to clients who are being supported through the Practice and Participation team and who could benefit from additional mental health support.

The Trauma Trainer/Self Help Coach will work with individuals to identify self-help goals and provide up to six sessions to work towards these. The sessions will be either face to face or could be delivered through an online platform dependent on individual circumstances.

About You

The post holder will be educated to diploma level (or equivalent) with experience of approaches to self help techniques and/or CBT approach. You must also have experience in the delivery and development of training programmes.

Due to the type of support you will be providing, you must have knowledge of issues affecting people who are excluded and marginalised. In addition, you are also required to have knowledge of NES Trauma informed framework and have demonstrable experience of using a trauma-informed approach.

We also require the postholder to confirm in their application that they have a current driving license and access to a roadworthy car.

Further Information

To find out more about what LinkLiving do, please visit our website at linkliving.org.uk

What’s in it for you?

LinkLiving offers excellent terms and conditions, and as an Investor in People and Healthy Working Lives Gold Award holder, we aim to provide a wide range of development opportunities and healthy living initiatives. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities.

You will work with colleagues who share our objectives – our employees, volunteers, funders, and our project partners. In return, we want people who are passionate, caring and dedicated, committed to our vision and values and will work to the highest professional standards.

As a LinkLiving employee, you'll benefit from generous annual leave entitlements, a wide range of learning and development opportunities, highly competitive employer pension contribution rates, discounts on shopping, restaurants and other services via Westfield Rewards, enhanced maternity and sick pay entitlements, employee support and counselling service and occupational health services.

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

*£21,506.00 - £25,356.00 per annum (dependent on skills & experience). Please note this role is due to undergo job evaluation and is expected to be confirmed as the aforementioned salary but this could be subject to change following the outcome of this evaluation.

Change grow live Forth Valley are excited to invite applications for 2 Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) posts.

One post will be based in the community and one will be working within the 3 prisons in Forth Valley.

The CBT posts will work in partnership with, and follow, NHS Forth Valley Psychology guidelines and pathways.

Responsibilities

We are looking for applicants who are qualified CBT therapist or counselling psychologist, e.g. minimum level 4 qualification or equivalent (BACP, UKCP, BPS, FDAP) and have experience and knowledge of working with individuals with drug and alcohol issues, offending and social care issues.

The successful applicant will join a multidisciplinary team, and will provide assessment and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy within a coordinated package of care for drug and alcohol users. The CBT therapists will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages and should be committed to equal opportunities.

The CBT therapist will be required to work across a number of operational sites across the area as required and work flexibly to maintain the most appropriate level of service provision. This will include evening and weekend working.