The Family Support Collaborative Coordinator will be the operational "glue" that helps connect families, Family Wellbeing Hubs, third sector organisations, and Collaborative partners including the Early Intervention team at Clackmannanshire Council. The role is focused on coordination, communication, engagement, relationship-building, and administration, ensuring that Family Hub activity and the Family Support Collaborative, made up of over 50 locally-based third sector organisations operates effectively and that families can access the support they need when they need it in their communities.

About the Role

The Family Support Collaborative Coordinator will play a key role in supporting the effective delivery of family support activity across Clackmannanshire. Working closely with Family Hub partners, Collaborative members, families, and community organisations, the postholder will act as a central point of connection, communication, and coordination.

The role will support the day-to-day operation of the Family Support Collaborative, ensuring that partners remain connected, information is shared effectively, and collaborative activities are delivered successfully. The postholder will also provide administrative support to the Family Support Collaborative and Leads Group, helping coordinate meetings, actions, communications, and engagement activities.

The Coordinator will work directly with families, communities, third sector organisations, and partner agencies to help strengthen local support networks and improve early access to services and opportunities.

For more information about the role, please download the job description below.

Health All Round is dedicated to enhancing the health and wellbeing of people living in South West Edinburgh. Our Action for Pain programme supports individuals with chronic pain by helping them better understand their condition and explore practical, effective strategies to manage and improve their symptoms.

We are seeking a compassionate and enthusiastic Project Worker to develop and coordinate an inclusive Peer Community Network, bringing together people with shared experiences to connect, support one another and build stronger community relationships.

You will create opportunities for people to share experiences, reduce isolation, build confidence and use their lived experience, skills and knowledge to support themselves and others.

The role will involve recruiting and supporting volunteers and peer supporters, organising peer support sessions and creating safe, welcoming spaces that encourage connection and participation.

You will build relationships with local healthcare providers, community organisations and referral partners, helping individuals access appropriate support and resources.

You will also provide guidance and ongoing support to volunteers, encourage peer leadership, maintain accurate records and work closely with the wider HAR team to promote the value of peer support and strengthen community connections.

If you would like the application in an alternative format, require reasonable adjustments for the interview process, or wish to make an informal enquiry, please contact Kirsten Marwick on 0131 337 1376 or at kirsten@healthallround.org.uk.

This post is funded by the National Lottery Fairer Life Fund.

Organisation profile:

Dean and Cauvin Young People’s Trust is one of Edinburgh’s oldest and established charities, providing residential group living and community, family and group work support to children, young people and families. We are committed to implementing The Promise and building strong and caring relationships with our young people rooted in our values of Care, Perseverance, Acceptance and Hope. We provide a scaffolding of love and support around them as they take their first steps towards a confident and independent future.

Role:

This is an exciting opportunity to come and join our team as a Residential Worker based at Chestnut Wynd, our house for young people. Situated in West Granton, our purpose-built house provides a safe and nurturing home for up to five young people aged 15-21 and a range of modern facilities and wellbeing spaces designed to help them grow, develop and make a successful transition to young adulthood.

As part of a team you will work closely with the young people we live alongside to provide the daily care and support they need and the advice and guidance to manage their health and wellbeing, independent learning and living skills, education and training needs. Our house staff also work closely with our community-based team to provide additional 1:1 and group supports to young people and to further develop their social and community connections. We work together with families, social work, health services and other colleagues to keep the strengths, aspirations and voice of the young person at the heart of all we do while ensuring their safety and welfare is always maintained.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone to be part of our team as we adapt our services to #KeepThePromise. We are looking for skilled individuals who are passionate about working with young people building strong relationships with them. This role will suit someone who understands child development, trauma-informed practice and is skilled in planning and delivering robust assessment and interventions with young people, as well as being positive and thoughtful, and rights focused.

A residential worker is a hugely important role for us. As a key part of our team you contribute to creating a culture of nurture and care for our young people while also ensuring the house is maintained and resourced to meet the needs of young people and staff.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone to be part of our team as we adapt our services to #KeepThePromise. We are looking for someone who is:

• An individual who is skilled in planning and delivering a range of 1:1 and group-based practice approaches with young people.
• Values-led and rights focused.
• Able to have honest and courageous conversations
• Passionate about working alongside children, young people and families.
• Able to build strong and effective relationships with young people, their family and professional and social support networks.
• Works in a way that that is rooted in an understanding of child and young people’s developmental needs, trauma-informed and restorative approaches.
• Can undertake assessment and care-planning processes for young people to ensure a focus on positive outcomes.
• Flexible, creative and fun!

This role involves a shift pattern over a six-week rota and therefore requires weekend working, and sleep-ins.

We are committed to the development of all our staff and the successful applicants will have access to:

• Regular support and supervision
• Continuous Professional Development
• Training and learning opportunities.
• Discounted access to our holiday caravan
• Our Employee Assistance Scheme

If you are someone who can make a difference for young people and have relevant experience with social work, youth/community/family work or other relevant experiences then we want to hear from you!

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?

You don't need previous experience or qualifications in this field. If you share our values and have a genuine commitment to supporting people, this could be the role for you.

At LinkLiving, our values and people are at the heart of everything we do:

• 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)

We are proud of the positive culture within our Edinburgh Mental Health Services, recently recognised during a Care Inspection, where inspectors noted that "staff worked extremely well together within a culture of exceptionally strong values, compassion and respect."

We are looking for people who can contribute to that culture by building positive relationships, working collaboratively with colleagues, and treating everyone with dignity, empathy and respect.

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 in order to live their best possible 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

About the Service

Our Edinburgh Mental Health Services are made up of three housing support teams who provide visiting support across Edinburgh to people experiencing mental ill health.

The service also includes a Core and Cluster accommodation service, providing more intensive, accommodation-based support to people with complex needs, including those who have spent time in long-term hospital care.

Across all parts of the service, our support enables people to live as independently as possible, maintain their tenancy and accommodation, improve their mental and physical wellbeing, and work towards the life they want for themselves.

The Job

We have an exciting opportunity for ambitious and motivated Support Workers to join our Edinburgh Mental Health Services and make a positive difference in the lives of the people we support.

In this role, you will be supported to work in a person-centred and trauma-informed way, building effective relationships with people affected by a range of mental health challenges. You will support people through difficult periods in their lives, helping them build resilience, develop skills and confidence, and work towards recovery and a good life.

Depending on your role within the service, you may provide support through our visiting housing support teams or within our Core and Cluster accommodation service.

You will provide emotional, practical and social support that promotes independence, wellbeing and informed choice in all aspects of daily life.

This role involves the administration of medication for some of the people we support. Full training will be provided.

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
• opportunity to buy and sell holiday
• enhanced company sick and family friendly pay
• access to paid SVQ qualifications and a wide range of learning and development opportunities
• 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
• access to a Salary Exchange car leasing scheme, subject to the terms of the scheme
• life assurance scheme providing death in service benefits
• 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
• access to purchase annual corporate clothing vouchers
• annual flu vaccination
• access to a credit union savings and borrowing scheme
• cycle to work scheme

For a full list of benefits available to employees, please see the following link - linkliving.org.uk/work-with-us

Successful applicants will be required to apply for registration with SSSC within 3 months of their start date and be registeredwithin 6 months.

This role is subject to PVG membership under the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020. Individuals who are barred from working with children or protected adults will not be considered for this position. Link will meet the cost of any new PVG scheme membership or membership update.