Project Worker
- Location:
- West Bridge Mill, Brdige Street, KY1 1TE
- Salary:
- £26,221 - £28,759 per year pro rata, dependant on skills and experience
- Contract Type:
- Permanent
- Position Type:
- Part Time
- Hours:
- 22.5 hours per week
Job title: Project Worker (Older Persons Service)
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?
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:
- 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 to live their best lives. We support people through a range of models including:
- Personal development and employability programmes
- Self-help coaching
- Supported accommodation.
- Care at home
- Housing support
- Befriending
- Social cafes
The Service
Our Older Persons Service provides support to people aged 65+ by providing both volunteer befriending in West Fife and a range of weekly social cafes across Fife. Both services aim to reduce loneliness and isolation and to help people maintain or build links within their communities.
Volunteer Befriending
There is a high rate of loneliness in Fife, particularly amongst older people. The Older Persons’ Service Volunteer Befrienders provide much needed companionship and light touch support to help the older people of West Fife to maintain or improve involvement in their communities.
Social Cafes
Weekly social cafés offer older people aged 65+ who have become isolated or lonely to meet others, socialise, take part in activities, and maintain or improve involvement in their communities.
The Job
You will work as part of a small team to deliver our volunteer befriending service and our weekly social cafes which are situated in Rosyth, Torryburn, Cowdenbeath and Tayport. Our social cafes provide a welcoming environment for people within the community who participate in a wide range of activities which is part of your role to organise. This includes visits from other organisations who can provide additional support for café members as well as ensuring everyone has fun. As the Project Worker you will recruit, train and support volunteers as café helpers, befrienders and drivers. A big part of this role is volunteer management so having some experience in this area is preferable. It is important to have local knowledge as you will be required to develop relationships with other organisations to maximise opportunities for the people we support. You will be responsible for your own workload; daily decision making and be expected to work with minimum supervision.
About You
You will be able to demonstrate that you have a relevant qualification in Volunteer management, e.g., City and Guilds Level 3 Management of Volunteers or extensive experience working with volunteers.
Additionally, you must have previous experience of coordinating and supervising a team and demonstrate an understanding of how to work with volunteers.
It is essential that the post holder has effective communication skills including excellent written, oral and IT skills and can produce reports and analyse data. An ability to create relationships/partnerships with other voluntary and statutory agencies is a key element of this role.
The post holder must be able to drive and travel between services as required.
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:
- 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, with an opportunity to buy and sell holiday
- temporary enhanced business travel mileage allowance to support employees with increased fuel costs
- access to paid SVQ qualifications and a wide range of learning and development opportunities and 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
- life assurance scheme providing death in service benefits to named beneficiaries
- 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
- discounted travel schemes including cycle to work scheme, monthly bus pass scheme and travel ticket loan and much more!
This post is subject to Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme registration. Link will meet the cost of any new PVG scheme membership or scheme record update.
Further Information
Interested? If you have any questions about the role, please email jobs@linkhaltd.co.uk 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
If you are considering a career in social care but aren’t sure what it involves or whether it’s right for you, you can enrol in a free, online 6 week part-time tutor-supported ‘Introduction to a Career in Social Care’ course. The course provides an introduction to the area of social care and can be a stepping-stone to employment or further training.
Closing Date: midnight on Sunday 26 March 2023
Interview Date: Interviews are being held on Thursday 06 April at our office in Kirkcaldy
How to Apply
To complete an application form, please click on the “Apply Now” button below. Instructions on how to complete the form are at the top of the page.
We can offer suitable alternative methods to apply if requested including although not exclusively; hard copy, Braille and audio. You can request these by emailing our Resourcing Team at jobs@linkhaltd.co.uk and detailing which format you would require.
Please note should an internal applicant be successful in applying for this position on either a seconded or permanent basis, they will move to the terms and conditions associated with the role for the duration of the time they are in post. The terms and conditions are outlined in the job information pack.
LinkLiving is an equal opportunities organisation, and we welcome applications from all sectors of the community. Our offices are fully accessible to wheelchair users and, as a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria.