Job title: Project Worker (Peer Education), Link Academy
Fixed Term for 12 months, with the possibility of extension depending on funding.
Location: This post is based at LinkLiving’s Kirkcaldy office.
Hour of Work: 37.5 per week (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm)
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?
At LinkLiving, our values and people are at the heart of everything we do including how we recruit our staff. It is important for us to find people who share our values, which are:
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:
The Service
The Link Academy team works primarily with people with complex and chaotic backgrounds. The service works hard and creatively to maintain the early engagement of participants. We support people by offering mental health and wellbeing programmes, independent living skills and a wide range of qualifications to support their progression including employability, tenancy, personal development and leadership award qualifications.
The Job
The purpose of the job is to recruit and train a team of volunteers who have been affected by homelessness, as volunteer Peer Educators to deliver a range of homelessness prevention and independent living skills workshops in Fife high schools. From experience, we know that pupils are more likely to listen to peers with lived experience than a teacher or adult sharing similar information.
You will support the volunteers by providing training for the role and will also identify opportunities and support for future employment for those volunteers. As this is a new service, you will be responsible with the team leader for the implementation of the project and the ongoing monitoring and evaluation. As a Project Worker, you will develop relationships with other agencies and actively promote LinkLiving’s programmes and services.
About You
You will have a good standard of education, e.g. standard grade passes (or equivalent) in core subjects such as English and Maths, combined with experience of developing, delivering and co-ordinating training courses and an ability and understanding of how to work with people as volunteers.
The successful candidate will have knowledge of Trauma Skilled practice Framework (NES Framework), experience of working with people with complex needs/backgrounds and knowledge and understanding of the employability sector and volunteering initiatives.
Knowledge of the use of evaluation methods to ensure training is effective, the ability to create relationships/partnerships with other voluntary, employability networks and statutory agencies, experience of using Microsoft office suite, effective communication skills including excellent written and oral and the ability to drive and be able to travel between services, as required are all essential.
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:
For a full list of benefits available to employees, please see the following link - https://www.linkliving.org.uk/about-us/work-for-us/
This post is subject to Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme registration. Link will meet the cost of any new PVG scheme membership or scheme record update.
Further Information
Interested? If you have any questions about the role, please email jobs@linkhaltd.co.uk and we can arrange for someone from the service to call you for an informal chat.
To find out more about what LinkLiving do and to view the generous pay and benefits package, please visit our website at https://www.linkliving.org.uk
If you are considering a career in social care but aren’t sure what it involves or whether it’s right for you, you can enrol in a free, online 6 week part-time tutor-supported ‘Introduction to a Career in Social Care’ course. The course provides an introduction to the area of social care and can be a stepping-stone to employment or further training.
Applications will be evaluated as they are received, with candidates meeting the specifications being invited for interview
How to Apply
To complete an application form, please click on the “Apply Now” button below. Instructions on how to complete the form are at the top of the page.
We can offer suitable alternative methods to apply if requested including although not exclusively; hard copy, Braille and audio. You can request these by emailing our Resourcing Team at jobs@linkhaltd.co.uk and detailing which format you would require.
Please note should an internal applicant be successful in applying for this position on either a seconded or permanent basis, they will move to the terms and conditions associated with the role for the duration of the time they are in post. The terms and conditions are outlined in the job information pack.
LinkLiving is an equal opportunities organisation, and we welcome applications from all sectors of the community. Our offices are fully accessible to wheelchair users and, as a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria.
