The Community Link Worker programme in Inverclyde is funded by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Community Link Workers are based within GP Practices and they work across the community, third sector and public sector to support people to live well through strengthening connections between community resources and primary care.

Community Link Workers provide a service that is responsive to the needs and interests of a GP practice population, who are often living in an area affected by socio-economic deprivation. They support patients to identify issues that affect their ability to live well. Taking a person-centred approach, the post holder will support individuals to help them identify personal outcomes and priorities that they would like to address, overcome any barriers to addressing these and link them to local and national support services and activities.

The Community Link Worker will support the existing GP practice teams to become better equipped to match local and national support services to the needs of individuals attending for health and welbeing care. They will also build relationships and processes between the GP practices and community resources, statutory organisations, other health services and voluntary organisations.

CVS Inverclyde is commissioned by NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde to deliver the Community Link Worker service in Inverclyde. These posts are funded until March 2025 initially, with a view to contracts being extended in line with our commissioning/refunding arrangements.

Support and supervision: this post is directly managed by the DCEO and you will be fully supported to manage your workload, troubleshoot challenging tasks, and you will receive regular feedback on your performance. You will be supported to identify professional learning and development needs and will be given support around career planning.

Key Responsibilities

• Development of a dynamic Marketing Strategy. This is a key part of the organisation’s sustainability plan and an area of business which is currently underdeveloped. You will work closely with the management team to engage with customers, external partners, and other stakeholders to raise the profile of VAA through effective marketing, website and social media communication.

About you

• You will be keen to play a part in making a real and lasting difference to the lives of people living across Angus by contributing to the sustainability of VAA. You will bring either significant experience of work in this field or hold a relevant qualification. Most importantly you will bring enthusiasm, creativity, and flexibility to this role.

About Our Service

Capability Scotland is a well-established and respected provider of community-based facilitation services throughout Dumfries and Galloway.

Our service supports people to engage in employment, education, volunteering and activities of their choice in their communities. To do this Capability Scotland provides:

· Wrap-around rehabilitation service for people with an Acquired Brain Injury

· Community facilitation service for people with physical disabilities

· Self-directed support brokerage and payroll service.

We currently have an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Adviser vacancy within our Acquired Brain Injury Service.

About the role

We are currently looking to recruit an Acquired Brain Injury Advisor to provide specialist information and advice to people aged 16-64years, their families and carers in the management of Acquired Brain Injury (ABI), including assessment of needs, support to individuals with ABI, practical support around inclusion and achievement of personal outcomes.

Using a flexible approach the candidate will deliver support via variety of approaches such as Self-Management Training Courses, online/ face to face drop-in support and home visits. The candidate should have a working knowledge and understanding, and or lived experience of managing/supporting Acquired Brain Injury aligned with legislation and guidance such as SIGN Guidelines.

We are looking for someone with experience in undertaking holistic assessment of needs, including the identification of existing and new opportunities within the local communities while signposting users to specialist resources, such as employment, education, life skills and leisure opportunities.

The role involves a degree of lone working and visiting people in their own homes. This post is advertised for 24 hours between Monday – Friday, a working pattern will agree with the line manager. This role is office based from Afton Drive, Dumfries and will include visiting people in their own homes across the region.

What we're looking for:

· Experience of working in a similar role and environment

· Specialist knowledge and understanding in working with people who have an acquired brain injury.

· Knowledge of the wider health and social care partnership

· Willingness to undertake any personal development opportunities.

· A care related SVQ Level 3 or recognised, (SSSC) equivelant or working towards.

· Excellent interpersonal skills

· Ability to work as part of a team and on your own initiative.

· Full Driving License and access to a car is required due to the flexible approach of this role.

Working with Capability Scotland brings you lots of benefits:

• Competitive salary - £15,792.17 per annum.
• 32 days holidays per year, increasing to 37 with service.
• Fully funded SVQ placement – a qualification which is yours for life
• Free PVG/Disclosure checks throughout your employment.
• Up to 8% company contribution pension scheme.
• Up to 3 x annual salary death in service.
• Perks at Work – shopping discount scheme.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• 24/7 employee assistance
• Working for us means you would qualify for Blue Light & Concert for Carer discounts

We are One Voice, One Charity, One Spirit, #OneCapability.

Introduction and Background

This is an exciting opportunity with Scotland’s premier social enterprise branding, design and digital agency. The office is Glasgow based but work is across Scotland and beyond. At a time of growth, we have created a varied and flexible support post that will help our business to run smoothly and efficiently, release the assets and skills of the team and take the organisation to the next level of effectiveness. We are looking for someone who has attention to detail, is great with people, enjoys the effectiveness of good administration, can deal with digital project management systems comfortably, has a strong work ethic and a sensitivity to the third sector.

We are the first and largest social enterprise creative agency in Scotland. To date we have been working with the 3rd sector, charities, social enterprises and mission driven businesses to develop their brands, marketing strategies, websites and campaigns.

We are forward thinking and, after 12 years of successful growth and a strong portfolio of work, we are in a period of careful growth into the future.

For further information, see bold-studio.co.uk

BOLD is a fully integrated creative agency that uses an innovative approach to brand development and communications in the third sector. We work closely with our clients to create beautiful, engaging and appropriate brands that are articulated using traditional design, digital and offline techniques to provide a tool kit of assets that builds confidence within the organisation and support enterprise growth.

We believe all organisations, large and small, start-up or established, should have access to original and beautiful creative solutions. See our portfolio at bold-studio.co.uk.

BOLDis a trading division of Community Enterprise and the branding, marketing and web development service enhances and complements the core work of the organisation. Community Enterprise itself has been working with third sector organisations and both emerging and established social enterprises in Scotland for over 35 years. We offer highly professional consultancy services, with qualified specialists, including community research, business planning, evaluations, training, research and fund-raising.

Community Enterprise is a social enterprise itself. 100% of our profits are re-invested in supporting the further growth and development of voluntary and community organisations. See communityenterprise.co.uk for further information.