Job title: Support Worker (Fife Support Service) this role has no Personal Care or Medication Administration duties
Location: The office base of the position is West Bridge Mill, Kirkcaldy but the location is Fife Wide and requires lone working and double ups in the community.
Hours of Work: A variety of flexible Full-Time and Part-Time opportunities are available. Working hours can range from 7:00am to 9:30pm, Monday to Sunday, with contracted hours dependent on the role (full-time, part-time, or anything in between). Specific working patterns, shifts, and availability requirements will be discussed at interview.
Potential shift patterns may include:
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7:00am to 9:00am
- 4:30pm to 9:30pm
- 7:00am to 9:00am and 4:30pm to 9:30pm (split shift)
- Other shift patterns within the operating hours of 7:00am to 9:30pm, as agreed
Are you passionate about helping people to live a better life? Do you want to work for a charity where your health and wellbeing matter just as much as the people you support? Do you want to be part of a trauma-informed team where you will be supported to develop creative and flexible ways of working?
You don’t need to have previous experience or qualifications in this field. If you share our values, this could be the role for you!
At LinkLiving, our values and people are at the heart of everything we do including how we recruit our staff. It is important for us to find people who share our values, which are:
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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)
LinkLiving is a Scottish health and wellbeing charity that supports people to manage or overcome the effects of negative life experiences (including trauma, mental health challenges, poverty and inequality) so that they can build on their strengths and aspirations in order to live their best possible lives. We support people through a range of models including:
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Personal development and employability programmes
- Self-help coaching
- Supported accommodation
- Care at home
- Housing support
- Befriending
- Social cafes
The Service
This service provides individually tailored visiting support to people with a range of complex needs living across Fife. This is a long-term goal orientated service with individual support packages funded through social work spot contracts.
The service is always exploring new business and collaborating with external organisations on pilot projects, your role will be incorporated in the planning and delivery of any new services and projects.
The Job
In this role, you will be supported to work using a person centred and trauma informed approach and develop effective relationships with people affected by a range of problems, supporting them to cope in difficult times and working towards a good life. You will provide emotional, practical and social support to enable people to live as independently as possible and make informed choices in all aspects of their lives. Your role may involve liaising with other agencies that may be involved with the person you are supporting, advocating on their behalf, and accessing professional help if required and appropriate.
Delivering Personal Care and Administration of Medication are not part of this role.
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.
What’s in it for you?
The benefits of being a LinkLiving employee (subject to the policies and benefit terms and conditions) include:
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Competitive salary, reviewed annually, and opportunity for annual performance related salary increases and discretionary non-consolidated pay awards, subject to terms of the scheme
- 35 days’ holiday per year (inclusive of public holidays) pro rata plus additional 3 days pro rata after 3 years’ service
- opportunity to buy and sell holiday
- enhanced company sick and family friendly pay
- access to paid SVQ qualifications and a wide range of learning and development opportunities
- funded Disclosure Scotland and Scottish Social Services Council memberships
- defined contribution pension scheme with generous employer contributions plus salary exchange and additional voluntary contribution options
- access to a Salary Exchange car leasing scheme, subject to the terms of the scheme
- life assurance scheme providing death in service benefits
- healthcare cash plan for employees (and dependents) to support health and wellbeing plus discounts on shopping, restaurants, and other services
- employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate household dependants to support health, mental and financial well-being
- access to purchase annual corporate clothing vouchers
- annual flu vaccination
- access to a credit union savings and borrowing scheme
- cycle to work scheme
- access to discounts on mobile airtime plans and much more!
For a full list of benefits available to employees, please see the following link - https://www.linkliving.org.uk/work-with-us
Successful applicants will be required to apply for registration with SSSC within 3 months of their start date and be registeredwithin 6 months.
This role is subject to PVG membership under the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020. Individuals who are barred from working with children or protected adults will not be considered for this position. Link will meet the cost of any new PVG scheme membership or membership update.
Further Information
Interested? If you have any questions about the role, please email [email protected] and we can arrange for someone from the service to call you for an informal chat.
To find out more about what LinkLiving do and to view the generous pay and benefits package, please visit our website at https://www.linkliving.org.uk
Applications will be evaluated as they are received, with candidates meeting the specifications being invited for interview.
How to Apply
To complete an application form, please click on the “Apply online” button below. Instructions on how to complete the form are at the top of the page.
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Please note that CVs will not be considered.
Please notify our recruitment team at [email protected] if you would like:
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Help accessing the job information
- Need the application details in a different format
- Require any adjustments to the application process to support any disabilities or different needs you may have
We aim at all times to recruit the person who is most suited to the job and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and from anyone who shares our commitment to inclusion. Our interview locations have step free or level access therefore may be accessible to applicants using mobility equipment such as wheelchairs and walking equipment however, if you have any specific access requirements, please let us know and we will be happy to provide more information and/or support.
As a Disability Confident Leader, we will interview all disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria.
