Community Link Worker
- Full time or Part time
- £25,350
- On site: West Lothian
- Closing 11th October 2024
- Advertised from 27th September 2024
- £13/hour. Options from 22.5, 30 or 37.5/week.
Role
An exciting position has become available for Community Link Workers based in our established service in West Lothian.
You will be involved in supporting the day to day running of 2 mental health and well-being hubs, based in Bathgate and Livingston. The hubs currently operate Monday-Friday 9-5.
You will be based in one of the Hubs working in a team of Link Workers and working positively as part of a small MDT including psychology, occupational therapy and mental health nurses.
You will also deliver psycho educational groups.
Organisation:
We are a Lanarkshire based charitable company with over 40 years experience providing a range of community based mental health and wellbeing services. We currently provide a range of services across Lanarkshire and West Lothian, as well as an information resource, charity shop, café and wellbeing centre. We are a Gold accredited IIP organisation.
Role Requirements:
- An understanding of mental health issues.
- Ability to treat people in a non judgemental and supportive manner.
- Excellent communication skills and a positive can-do attitude.
- Ability to build rapport easily and maintain positive and effective communications.
- Able to work independently in a proactive manner.
- Able to contribute to and work in conjunction with fellow staff to support organisational initiatives and developments in a uniform and positive manner.
- Confident in working closely with clinical staff, G.P.’s, practice staff and community agencies.
- Basic IT skills, working knowledge of office 365 desirable.
Role Responsibilities:
- Conducting initial structured assessments with people referred to service using standard internal paperwork and processes and liaising with clinical colleagues and other agencies where necessary.
- To provide individual support to service users in accordance with their agreed and pre-set plans, reviewing same and fulfilling key worker duties as required.
- To deliver individual and group based psycho educational interventions.
- To take part in supporting, delivering and reviewing groupings of service users where they may occur.
- To participate in local community activities that promote positive mental health awareness and assist to challenge stigma and discrimination.
- To keep accurate and up to date written records of service users support.
- To be proactive in promoting effective communication with relevant statutory and third sector agencies/professionals and their staff to ensure the best possible support arrangements are in place for service users and connections for future support/information and advice are also in place.
- To be proactive in relationships with NHS mental health nurses and GP practices ensuring positive working relationships are achieved.
- To be proactive in maintaining effective internal and external communications.
- To work positively as part of a team, your actions being conducive to promoting effective, open, honest and supportive teamwork.
- To actively participate in team meetings.
- To actively participate in regular supervision sessions to support your work and development, including annual appraisal and continued personal development.
- To maintain positive and current communications with senior staff and service manager to ensure service runs in a consistent and effective manner.
- To gather, record and collate data, including case studies/patient stories in a prescribed format for monitoring and evaluation purposes.
- To uphold and implement organisational policies, decisions and working practices in a consistent and positive manner at all times.
Why should you apply?
- The chance to join a well-established company.
- Opportunity to join a fantastic team.
- 35 days annual leave rising to 40 days, plus 1 well-being day per year.
- Fully funded SVQ qualification to meet SSSC requirements.
- Ongoing support for personal development needs.
- Contributory Pension up to 6%.
- Initial PVG Fees reimbursed.
- Annual performance related reward scheme in operation.
This post is subject to a PVG (Protection of Vulnerable Groups) check and also reference checks.
Full driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes is necessary. Travel Allowance paid.
You will become registered with SSSC if not already registered.
Applications from people who have personal experience of mental health difficulties are encouraged.
Application notes
To apply or for more information please email your CV with a covering letter to headoffice@lamh.org.uk
Closing date: noon on 11/10/24
At present, there are an estimated 8,464 citizens living with dementia in Edinburgh. Around 300 of these people are under the age of 65 years old.
Would you like to make a difference to the lives of younger people living with dementia in Edinburgh?
Supporting individuals to keep connected to their communities, engage in their interests and hobbies and access peer support, using your own car to help people get around (mileage and expenses are paid).
Successful applicants will have a positive approach to dementia. You will also have good communication skills and a caring attitude. A willingness to learn and participate in training is essential. Relevant qualifications and/or experience of working with people with dementia would be an advantage.
This position requires applicants to be registered with Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC). And successful candidates are expected to hold or work towards a professional qualification (minimum of SVQ2).
Full driving license and access to a vehicle during working time is essential for this post.
Support Worker: Kirkcaldy Dementia Resource Centre
- Part time
- £21,840 pro-rata
- On site: Kirkcaldy
- Closing 16th October 2024
We are looking for unique individuals who can support people living with dementia in a community groups and day care setting, in such a way that is personalised to the individual’s needs and supports their wellbeing.
Our support workers are our most important people as they provide front line support. Our support workers help individuals to maintain skills and independence by providing support to enable them to be active within their communities, participate in therapeutic activities and enjoy social stimulation.
Successful applicants will have a positive approach to dementia. They will also have good communication skills and a caring attitude. A willingness to learn and participate in training is essential. Relevant qualifications and/or experience of working with people with dementia would be an advantage.
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The Mental Health Foundation is recruiting for a Project Officer to support our exciting Art of Family Life project.
This exciting Project Officer role will coordinate the delivery of the ‘Art of Family Life’ project funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. This role will take an innovative approach to bringing together heritage learning to positively impact on the wellbeing of people from refugee and asylum-seeking backgrounds living in Scotland. Key tasks of the role will include recruiting volunteers and sessional workers to support an oral history collection programme. This will be followed by a creative process to explore how the heritage of family life among families from refugee backgrounds can be curated and shared publicly.
What does the role involve?
- Promoting the programme to a wide range of audiences including with refugee led community organisations
- Coordinating with project partners and supporters including Oral History Centre at the University of Strathclyde, Common Ground at the Centre for Contemporary Arts and Glasgow Life and organising project events
- Recruiting and supporting sessional workers volunteers to promote and engage project activities
- Collect project impact data and support reporting to funder(s) on progress and finances
Requirements
What skills, knowledge and experience are we looking for?
- Good knowledge and understanding of volunteering
- Experience of working within the heritage/cultural/community sector
- Experience of developing and delivering events and activities
- Experience of developing partnerships and maintaining relationships with external organisations
Safeguarding is Everyone’s business – Mental Health Foundation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of all its beneficiaries, those who surround them, its staff, volunteers, and anyone else who comes into contact with its services and expects all trustees, staff, and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to appropriate vetting procedures (proof of eligibility to work in the UK, proof of residency and satisfactory employment screening, including a Disclosure check and two most recent references) along with 3-year renewals of Disclosure checks. We are unable to provide sponsorship for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK.
Support Worker 2
- Full time or Part time
- £23,400 – £23,624
- On site: Aberdeen
- Closing 30th October 2024
Around since 1923, SAMH is Scotland’s national mental health charity. We have represented the voice of people most affected by mental health problems in Scotland for almost 100 years. Today, in over 60 communities we work with adults and young people providing mental health social care support, services in primary care, schools and further education, among others.
These services together with our national programme work in See Me, respectme, suicide prevention and active living; inform our policy and campaign work to influence positive social change. SAMH is dedicated to mental health and wellbeing for all: with a vision of a society where people are able to live their lives fully, regardless of present or past circumstances.
For Scotland’s Mental Health
About the Role
Are you passionate about working in mental health? Do you have experience using recovery focused interventions? The George Street project is a 24/7 mental health care at home and housing support service. We support people living with severe and enduring mental health conditions to live fulfilled lives and achieve their goals by providing emotional, social and practical support.
This is a challenging and exciting opportunity to make a difference to peoples’ lives. The successful candidate will play an important role in providing a person centred approach, by utilising recovery focused interventions to support individuals to develop the skills and positive support networks required to live an independent life and maintain a tenancy in the community.
As a key worker you will provide direct emotional and practical support to individuals to improve their mental health and wellbeing by working with individuals on a 1-2-1 basis, in their own home. The Key worker is a flexible, multi skilled role where you will work with individuals and their care teams to identify strengths, issues and create goals. You will encourage individuals to recognise and use their existing strengths to build new skills, habits and routines for self-management, whilst promoting positive engagement within their local community.
What we are looking for
Respect and dignity for the people who use our services is at the heart of everything we do. We’re looking for people with great people skills who are honest, reliable and resilient in challenging situations. Ideally for this role you will have experience supporting people with mental health problems, key-working and case management. Everyone we support is different and we use individually tailored plans to help them to identify where their strengths lie and support them in the areas where they may need it. In this role your attitude and personality matter as much as your skills and experience. We are looking for initiative, compassion, energy and determination and the ability to motivate and inspire people who use our services to develop their skills and self-confidence and realise their aspirations. This is an exciting opportunity and you will go home each day knowing you made a difference. Supporting the people who use our services means there are a variety of shift patterns including evenings, weekends, waking nights and oncalls. You will be allocated to a service base but may be required to work flexibly across other local area services.
What we will provide for you
You will work in a supportive environment and will be provided with a full induction and training opportunities. You will be given the chance to develop your knowledge and skills, as well as develop professionally.
Some of our benefits include; (amend as required for your team)
- Fully funded SVQ qualification to meet the conditions of your SSSC registration
- Reimbursement of PVG, Disclosure & SSSC annual fees and registration costs.
- Funded continuous learning and development opportunities, access to over 100 courses online in addition to classroom and virtual training sessions
- 30 days annual leave rising to 33 after 5 years’ service
- 4 public holidays
- 2 paid wellbeing days off per year to use on what matters to you.
- Team wellbeing budgets
- Workplace pension scheme
- Life Assurance policy
- Employee Assistance Programme
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