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Chief Executive

Greener Kirkcaldy
Full time or Part time
up to £50,000
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Dementia Advisor – Kirkcaldy, Fife

Alzheimer Scotland
Full time
£27,941 – £30,931
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Peer Practitioner

Scottish Association for Mental Health
Part time
£21,499 pro-rata
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Residential Rehabilitation Worker

Fife Intensive Rehabilitation & Substance Use Team
Full time
£26,242 – £33,112
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Programme & Funding Manager

YMCA Kirkcaldy
Full time
£31,925 – £33,925
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Support Worker: Kirkcaldy

Alzheimer Scotland
Part time
£19,110 pro-rata
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Fife areas with jobs

    Glenrothes West and Kinglassie 9
    Kirkcaldy Central 6
    Kirkcaldy East 5
    Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy 4
    Dunfermline Central 2
    Glenrothes Central and Thornton 2
    Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch 2
    Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages 1
    Lochgelly, Cardenden and Benarty 1
    St. Andrews 1
    Tay Bridgehead 1
Total number of jobs in Kirkcaldy Central, Fife: 6  All areas
Greener Kirkcaldy

Top job! Chief Executive

  • Greener Kirkcaldy
  • Full time or Part time
  • up to £50,000
  • Greener Kirkcaldy office or hybrid of office and home
  • Closing 30th January 2023

Greener Kirkcaldy is a community-led charity working locally to bring people together, take positive action on the climate emergency and support people experiencing fuel poverty and food insecurity.

Our current Chief Executive is stepping down after 11 years leading our staff team and growing our programme of work. As a result, we have an exciting opportunity to join our team.

We are looking for an experienced leader to take the charity on the next stage of its journey. The Chief Executive will take a strategic lead in the development of Greener Kirkcaldy’s activities and will lead a team of 40 staff and 100 volunteers to deliver a range of grant-funded projects and social enterprise (income-generating) activities.

Greener Kirkcaldy’s work is diverse and includes programmes of action on climate change, fuel poverty and food insecurity. Our work encourages individuals, households, community groups and businesses to make Fife a greener and fairer place to live. We work in Kirkcaldy and across the region of Fife, often in partnership with other charities and public-sector organisations. Projects include the Cosy Kingdom energy advice service, the Climate Action Fife climate engagement project, the Lang Toun Cycles bike reuse enterprise and a range of community food and growing initiatives.

Hours of work: full-time or 28 hours per week (0.8 full-time equivalent). We would consider requests for fewer hours.

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Alzheimer Scotland

Dementia Advisor – Kirkcaldy, Fife

  • Alzheimer Scotland
  • Full time
  • £27,941 – £30,931
  • Brain Health and Dementia Resource Centre, Hill Street, Kirkcaldy, KY1 1AH
  • Closing 20th February 2023

This is an exciting opportunity for a permanent full-time Dementia Advisor position, focusing on Technology Enabled Care, within our Fife Services.

The post holder will provide information on support services including technology product solutions, available locally for both the person with dementia and his/her carers and family members, providing advice and signposting as and when required.

The Dementia Advisor will also provide support to local communities within the respective localities to help them become more dementia & digital friendly and to increase their capacity to support those living with dementia. The post holder will work alongside the respective teams to deliver a blended approach of support, will develop and facilitate new activities for people living with dementia and carers whilst working alongside the Fife team to deliver and facilitate already established online virtual group work activities. The postholder will be based within Kirkcaldy Dementia Resource Centre. The post holder will work with individuals and groups of people affected by dementia and will seek to ensure that statutory and independent organisations improve their understanding and responses to the needs of people with dementia and their carers.

This is a very flexible role aimed at meeting the needs of people with dementia and their carers in a given geographical area. The focus and location of the post holder’s activity will vary from time to time depending on the needs of the people we support, although he/she will have a fixed office base.

Successful applicants will have a positive approach to dementia and an enthusiasm around Technology Enabled Care and social prescribing. You will also have good communication skills and a caring attitude. A willingness to learn and participate in training is essential. Relevant qualifications and/or experience of working with people with dementia would be an advantage as well as an understanding of the importance of digital health.

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Scottish Association for Mental Health

Peer Practitioner

  • Scottish Association for Mental Health
  • Part time
  • £21,499 pro-rata
  • SAMS Fife
  • Closing 3rd February 2023

Around since 1923, SAMH is Scotland’s national mental health charity. We have represented the voice of people most affected by mental health problems in Scotland for almost 100 years. Today, in over 60 communities we work with adults and young people providing mental health social care support, services in primary care, schools and further education, among others.

These services together with our national programme work in See Me, respectme, suicide prevention and active living; inform our policy and campaign work to influence positive social change. SAMH is dedicated to mental health and wellbeing for all: with a vision of a society where people are able to live their lives fully, regardless of present or past circumstances.

For Scotland’s Mental Health.

About the Role

As part of the Scottish Government Mental Health Strategy Action 15 and in partnership with Fife Health and Social Care Partnership SAMH have the opportunity deliver a peer support project. The work within the community project is peer led and has an assets based approach to supporting people who are presenting as identifying as being in crisis. First responders can also refer individuals to the project.

Sam’s peer community project was established in April 2019 based in Kirkcaldy. It now offers peer support in Kirkcaldy /Dunfermline /Leven areas as well in the Emergency Department of Victoria Hospital Kirkcaldy.

SAMH are recruiting to the posts of peer support practitioners. This is an exciting role for people with a lived experience of mental health issues and own recovery journey.

Peer support practitioners will offer a proactive approach, working with people in communities of diversity and will have a strong people focussed values base. Peer practitioners are role models of recovery and will have responsibility for working in a professional manner that values this asset. This is no 9-5 role and therefore we are looking to employ people who are able to work between the hours of Noon -11pm. SAMS is open 7 days so staff must also be willing to work weekends on a rotational basis

What we are looking for

Peer Support Practitioners will use their own lived experience of mental health issues to support service users in a recovery focussed way. Using formalised peer support models the Peer Support Practitioner will enhance the support provided to the individual.

There is an expectation that peer support practitioners will facilitate initial crisis intervention, on -going resiliency, 1:1 sessions as well as group work. Offering support that is tailored to individuals expressed needs. There is an expectation the peer support team will have a flexible , dynamic approach that ensures all attendees receive a consistent high quality of support.

Peer support practitioners will be role modelling recovery within SAMH values and guidelines. The role will include working professionally with statutory & voluntary partners including 1st responders & out of hours mental health team as well as fostering /maintaining good working relationship with the community.

Applications are welcome from people who have experienced mental health difficulties. A PVG check is required for this post, along with a Right to Work in the UK check. Candidates will also be required to provide proof of qualifications declared on the application form.

What we will provide for you

You will work in a supportive environment and will be provided with a full induction and training opportunities. You will be given the chance to develop your knowledge and skills, as well as develop professionally. Some of our benefits include;

  • Fully funded PDA peer support qualification
  • Reimbursement of PVG
  • Funded continuous learning and development opportunities, access to over 100 courses online in addition to classroom and virtual training sessions
  • 30 days annual leave rising to 33 after 5 years’ service
  • 4 public holidays
  • 2 paid wellbeing days off per year to use on what matters to you.
  • Team wellbeing budgets
  • Workplace pension scheme
  • Life Assurance policy
  • Employee Assistance Programme
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Fife Intensive Rehabilitation & Substance Use Team

Residential Rehabilitation Worker

  • Fife Intensive Rehabilitation & Substance Use Team
  • Full time
  • £26,242 – £33,112
  • Fife
  • Closing 3rd February 2023

Salary set depending on qualifications

Grade (A): £29,245 - £33,112

Grade (B): £26,242 – £29,245

The Residential Rehabilitation Worker will support the delivery of the Residential Rehabilitation Service by working with clients pre and post residential stay ensuring a seamless delivery of service as well as supporting the Residential Rehabilitation Co-ordinator with the management of the Family Support Group and marketing/promotion of the residential rehabilitation service.

GRADE (A): £29,245 - £33,112

Candidates should:

• be qualified to Degree/Diploma level or equivalent in Social Work, Nursing, Community Learning and Development OR hold an SVQ4 Social Services and Healthcare at SCQF Level 9.

• have experience of working with individuals with issues relating to their drug and/or alcohol use.

• Be computer literate.

GRADE (B): £26,242 - £29,245

Candidates should:

• be qualified to HNC in Social Care or equivalent OR SVQ3 Social Services and Healthcare at SCQF Level 7.

• have experience of working with individuals with issues relating to their drug and/or alcohol use.

• be computer literate.

This service operates Fife-wide with clients accessing residential units further afield. The ability to travel where required is essential.

FIRST operate a blended model of office/home working.

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YMCA Kirkcaldy

Programme & Funding Manager

  • YMCA Kirkcaldy
  • Full time
  • £31,925 – £33,925
  • Kirkcaldy
  • Closing 29th January 2023

The Programme and Funding Manager is responsible for the planning and implementation of the portfolio for the organisation’s funded programmes.

The role will involve preparing, submitting, following up and reporting on relevant funding applications and income generating opportunities whilst co-ordinating activities and monitoring the results to ensure the programmes are developed and delivered smoothly to meet the needs of children, young people, and the wider community.

Working closely with the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Trustees, the successful applicant will provide strategic information and advice on programmes and funding affecting the organisation whilst developing relationships with the team, stakeholders, regulatory and government bodies, local authorities, and the public.

Success in this role requires senior management and leadership experience.

A full Job Description is available on request.

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Alzheimer Scotland

Support Worker: Kirkcaldy

  • Alzheimer Scotland
  • Part time
  • £19,110 pro-rata
  • Kirkcaldy Dementia Resource Centre, Hill Street, Kirkcaldy, KY1 1AH
  • Closing 30th January 2023

We are looking for unique individuals who can support people living with dementia in a community groups and day care setting, in such a way that is personalised to the individual’s needs and supports their wellbeing.

Our support workers are our most important people as they provide front line support. Our support workers help individuals to maintain skills and independence by providing support to enable them to be active within their communities, participate in therapeutic activities and enjoy social stimulation.

Successful applicants will have a positive approach to dementia. They will also have good communication skills and a caring attitude. A willingness to learn and participate in training is essential. Relevant qualifications and/or experience of working with people with dementia would be an advantage.

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