Jobs in Clydebank Waterfront, West Dunbartonshire

Are you a creative and motivated individual with the passion and drive to support people with a recent diagnosis of dementia to live well in their community?

If so, you can be part of a National Team of Post Diagnostic Support Link Workers (PDS Link Workers) providing high-quality, person-centred support to people living with dementia and their families for a minimum of a year following diagnosis in line the Scottish Government’s minimum guarantee.

The aim of the PDS National Service is to enable people to live well with dementia and is centred around Alzheimer Scotland's 5 pillar model so that people move on to a period of supported self- management.

The model includes understanding the illness and coming to terms with the diagnosis, peer support, connecting and maintaining links with their community along with planning for future care and decision making to develop an outcome focused plan to support their future hopes, desires and aspirations.

Supporting our West Dunbartonshire and Inverclyde locality, the post will be based within the Community Mental Health Team at Willow Clinic, Eastwood Health & Care Centre. Alzheimer Scotland’s PDS Link Workers are required to be effective team workers and have the skills to build and maintain relationships with colleagues both within Alzheimer Scotland, the NHS and other stakeholders.

Skills in using digital platforms are essential as we use a blended approach to support people that involve some virtual meetings and on-line groups.

Applicants must hold a recognised relevant professional qualification, have a good understanding of dementia and how it affects people and their families along with excellent communication skills, a warm flexible approach, combined with skills in empathy and relationship building.

In addition, you should have skills and knowledge at the Enhanced Level of the Promoting Excellence Framework or be able to evidence you are working towards its completion.

With the retirement of one of our Energy Advisors, Community Links Scotland is looking for a proactive, enthusiastic individual to help deliver our West Dunbartonshire Energy Advice project. Funded through the Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme this programme supports local people who are in fuel crises by providing direct practical help and advocacy to vulnerable households.

We are looking for an individual who has experience in providing energy advice and advocacy to households.

CLS is a small organisation with a dedicated staff team of seven. We have an excellent reputation in developing and delivering projects within West Dunbartonshire and across the West of Scotland. While we are based in Clydebank, we operate very flexibly, with staff working across a number of venues – Community Hubs, Clients Offices, home and office – we anticipate that this post will work within all of these venues and will also undertake a number of home visits, as these are essential to the delivery of the project.

The West Dunbartonshire Energy Advice Project currently has three staff members: A part-time Project Lead (2 days/ week) and two Energy Advisors.

An overview of CLS and the project, together with the job description and person specification is included within our Application Pack.