Liber8 are seeking people with compassionate natures and a genuine desire to help others- we believe our work is about people helping people. If this is you then this could be the post you have been looking for. We are looking to appoint a RECOVERY WORKER within the Beacons Initiative.

The postholder will be engaged in multi-agency working and establishing pathways and facilitate people's engagement with the Beacons. They will also provide a range of activities and opportunities including 1-1 and group work.

Main Purpose

As a Recovery Worker, you will have had experience of working with and knowledge of the impact of substance misuse on individuals, families and the wider community and be able to engage and provide support to people safely and effectively. They will be required to work with people individually and in groups, in a person-centred approach; providing them with emotional and practical support to make changes to their lives and to support them to progress their recovery journey by assisting them to access interventions and opportunities that are important to them. The Recovery Worker will also assist in the development and maintenance of strong working relationships with relevant statutory and voluntary agencies, facilitating people’s pathway and access to The Beacons and recovery. This includes working closely with Community Addiction Recovery Services (CAReS) and other commissioned ADP services to ensure clear pathways for people to the Beacons.

Recovery Workers will work with people in a way that promotes equality, facilitates recovery, and supports the development of the persons sense of control over their lives and recovery journey, while promoting, contributing to and embedding an environment which encourages and supports recovery principles and recovery approaches. They will also work with participants to promote and support recovery, social connection and building recovery communities.

These posts will join an already established team and bring additional value and opportunities to people attending the Beacons, each focused and suited to locality-based needs and individual Beacons, one of which is the new East Kilbride Beacon opening soon.

Liber8 are looking to appoint people to our new service, Rehabilitation to Reintegration (R2R) This is a new mentoring service for people’s journey post discharge from residential rehabilitation (RR), returning to South Lanarkshire.

Training in the Mentoring approach will be provided through the Scottish Mentoring Network. The service would operate on two strands: practical and emotional support and personal development planning. Trained Mentors would help individuals leaving RR to navigate the landscape they’re returning to. Mentors would work with them to establish and access recovery opportunities and activities within the Beacons and also link them with wider services where necessary, including mutual aid, housing, benefits, and other wraparound networks.

The Mentor post is aimed at mentoring, supporting and advising people at this critical transitioning stage of their lives. The Lived Experience Mentor would help raise confidence, encourage people to achieve their full potential and set realistic goals to assist them in their own individual recovery journey.

Ideally, the successful candidate will have some or all of the following: an SVQ Level 3 qualification in Social Services and Health Care (or an equivalent qualification) and experience of holding a responsible position in this field of work or similar.

Organisation

Liber8 has operated in Lanarkshire for 19 years; our mission is to improve the health, wellbeing and the quality of people's lives, with a particular regard to reducing the negative impact of alcohol and substance misuse on the individual, families and communities.

Our guiding principles, that we believe are essential, are based on the enduring fundamentals of service provision and the ethos held within Liber8, which are, open access available to everyone; choice for people using our services; the improvement of the health and wellbeing for all and quality assurance - to provide the best quality service.

Purpose of Job

To oversee delivery of specialist therapeutic support, information, and advocacy services to survivors aged 12+ affected by sexual violence and to oversee and develop the delivery of sexual violence prevention work. The post holder will work closely with our Service Manager (Support Services) and other staff as appropriate to coordinate the day-to-day activity within the Justice Advocacy and Prevention services. To raise awareness about the prevalence and impact of abuse on individuals and our communities, building resilience and increasing access to support service. This position will involve effective monitoring and evaluation of projects and supporting the Centre Director with development work, funding reports and applications

We’re looking for a Projects Coordinator to join our team!

Are you passionate about bringing people, services and organisations together to create a mental health system powered by lived experience?

Together we can make Scotland a place where people expect mental health recovery. A place where support is easily accessible at all stages of the recovery journey.

With a team of 10, Scottish Recovery Network delivers a number of exciting and innovative programmes to support recovery approaches in Scotland. The voice of people with lived experience of mental health problems has always been central to the development of our work. We take a collaborative approach to bringing people with lived experience and other key stakeholders together to inform policy and shape the design and delivery of support and services.

We are looking for an experienced project manager with great organisational and people skills to join our team! You will be committed to values-based practice and mental health recovery and be excited by the opportunity to work with others to bring about much needed change in our mental health system.