Assistant Project Worker (Older Persons Service)

LinkLiving Limited; Burntisland; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

35 days’ holiday per year

Pension scheme

Cycle to work

Health care plan

Life assurance

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

LinkLiving is a Scottish health and wellbeing charity delivering 1:1 support to older people in their own homes, including those with dementia. The role focuses on light-touch assistance to promote social inclusion, practical help with transport, appointments, shopping and outings.

You will join a trauma-informed team, use technology to maintain records, and travel between services using your own car. PVG membership is a requirement for this role.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of issues affecting older people, including dementia.
• Ability to use technology to maintain and update records.
• Willingness to work openly in a team and prioritise caseload.

Responsibilities

• Provide 1:1 support in clients' homes to promote inclusion.
• Assist with transport to health services, appointments and shopping.
• Support attendance at appointments, shopping trips and social outings.
• Collaborate with project workers and volunteers to support service users.

Skills

Computer skills

Teamwork

Caseload management

Job description

Are you enthusiastic 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: 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)

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

The Service

Our Older Persons' Service addresses loneliness and social isolation among older people through volunteer befriending, social cafes, and our Help to Stay at Home service.

The Job

The Older Person Service promotes social inclusion opportunities for isolated and lonely vulnerable older people, by providing 1:1 support in people’s own homes. Many of these older people have a dementia diagnosis and the regular contact that this service will bring will make a real difference to their day-to-day life. Older people will ideally benefit emotionally through shared interests and experiences with their matched staff member and also through practical assistance, such as help with transport to Health Services, including GP, dentist and hospital appointments, collection of prescriptions, support to attend appointments, shopping trips and social outings. The purpose of the job is to provide this much-needed light touch support to our elderly service users while working closely with the project workers and volunteers to support the people who receive our services to become engaged and included within their communities. The Older Person Service provides this support across Fife; this role will initially, but not permanently, focus on meeting the needs of service users in the Levenmouth area.

About You

You will have good computer skills and the ability to use technology efficiently to maintain and update records, combined with a knowledge and understanding of the issues affecting older people, including dementia. The successful candidate will be able to work openly and honestly in a team setting and have the ability to prioritise their own caseload. A valid driver's licence and access to a car that can be used daily to travel between services as required is essential for this role. 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.
• access to discounts on mobile airtime plans and much more!

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

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.

Further Information

Interested? If you have any questions about the role, please email [e-mail] 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 linkliving.org.uk