The successful applicants will be responsible for delivery of a support service within an Accident & Emergency Department Hospital setting.

The service offers a care model involving early intervention with individuals who present with Addictions issues by supporting and directing them into services who can meet their needs.

Motivating patients, building and strengthening recovery, supporting engagement and compliance with treatment services, and assisting with any identified health and social needs, in particular those who may be at risk of homelessness and loss of tenancy is the focus of this approach.

Successful candidates will have experience of working in a caring vocation and hold a relevant qualification. They will have good organisation, communication, and IT skills, and can demonstrate an ability to work using their own initiative.

The successful applicants will be responsible for Near Fatal Overdose (NFO) service delivery throughout Fife.

The NFO service offers a shared care model involving the Scottish Ambulance Service, Fife ADP, and ADAPT and aims to support vulnerable people through identification and early intervention of near-fatal overdose and associated trauma. Support is also offered for family and friends.

Motivating Service Users, building and strengthening recovery, supporting engagement and compliance with treatment services, and assisting with any identified health and social needs, is the focus of this approach.

Successful candidates will have experience of working in a caring vocation and a qualification such as COSCA Counselling Skills or SVQ Level II Social Care or similar. They will have good organisation, communication, and IT skills, and can demonstrate an ability to work using their own initiative.

Are you outward going, like inspiring both professionals and young people and would like to work for a young people’s charity in a flexible way with guaranteed hours? We are looking for a teacher with experience of teaching PSHE or with pastoral experience, a health professional or someone with youth work/youth justice experience to join our small team.

The Talk About Trust charity has 15 years’ experience of providing alcohol and substance education and awareness in different ways, to young people age 11–25, and their parents/carers, and providing engaging and evidence-based resources and training for teachers, community leaders and for those working with young people. We work across England and Scotland with schools, local authorities, youth groups, foster agencies, police, housing associations, pupil referral units, special schools and parents/carers to provide holistic support to young people of all abilities and backgrounds. This part time role involves providing training and workshops in settings across Scotland.

Main Responsibilities:

• To work closely up skilling staff in the 5 charities (Action for Children, Enable, Street League, Aberdeen Foyer and FARE) that the Talk About Trust work with as part of an Inspiring Scotland funded project helping vulnerable 16 – 25 year olds into work.
• Complete quarterly reporting for above 2 year project to the funders
• Support teachers, youth professionals, partner charity staff and those working with young people on a day-to-day basis with training, resources, email and phone support. Host implementation and guidance workshops on Talk About trust resources and lessons.
• To contact, meet and network with schools, youth organisations, local authorities, ASL, PRU’s and relevant networks and groups in Scotland
• Provide a monthly report of all activities to the charity and its trustees and attend remote monthly management meetings and briefings
• Display a full understanding and compliance with data privacy, safeguarding and GDPR in all instances.

The position is home based, but you must be willing to travel throughout Scotland.

You are expected to:

• Be confident using IT packages including Microsoft TEAMS, Zoom, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Be confident in making presentations to professionals and running interactive workshops following full training
• Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Have a background of teaching/health promotion or working with vulnerable young people and or local authorities
• To work in accordance with the organisation’s policies and procedures.

Benefits:

• Contribution to pension
• Mileage and travel expenses
• Full training
• Work from home
• Flexible hours
• Option of self employed or employed

Schedule:

• 3 days a week

Do you want to work for a caring organisation that believes in people?

Do you want to make a difference?

As a Support Worker with Change Grow Live you’ll work with people who use our services, helping them get to where they want to be.

Responsibilities

With this role you’ll be working as part of the EMORSS team.

The team supports people with drug and alcohol issues, involved in the justice system.

No two days are the same and we treat every person who comes into our service as an individual, so being flexible, curious and a good listener are key.

You’ll have to record information about what you do, so enjoying a bit of paperwork and attention to detail is important. But most of the time you’ll be enjoying working with people from all backgrounds, making a difference to their lives.

This is what some of the people who use our service had to say:

“Very professional and understanding! Always supportive and helpful. I look forward to meetings.”

“My caseworker fought my corner with housing, benefits, employment, volunteering and development. I will always be so grateful for his presence in my journey.”

Our values are to be compassionate, open and bold. If this sounds like you we’d love to hear from you.