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.