Beacons Support Workers

Liber8 Lanarkshire; Rutherglen; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Annual leave

PVG scheme

Pension scheme

Training opportunities

Supportive environment

Job summary

Liber8 Lanarkshire is seeking passionate Support Workers to join our Recovery team in Lanarkshire. You will provide a range of support interventions and activities, including 1-1 sessions with participants, and help run group programmes and workshops tailored to local needs.

You will work with multi-agency partners to promote social reintegration, recovery, resilience and self-determination, upholding our values of compassion and person-centred care.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar support role.
• Ability to build trust-based relationships internally and externally.
• Proactive and flexible personal style.

Responsibilities

• Provide 1-1 support sessions with participants.
• Deliver and host group work programmes, workshop activities and events.

Job description

We are seeking to appoint passionate Support Workers to join our dynamic and creative Recovery team. Being a support worker is a role where you can make everyday matter. If you are looking for a rewarding career where you can make a tangible difference, and enjoy a varied and active post, this role is for you. The postholders, together with their colleagues, will provide a range of support interventions opportunities and activities, including 1-1 sessions with participants. The team will also deliver and host a range of group work programmes, workshop activities and events suited to locality-based needs and individual Beacons. One aim of the Beacons is to work together with participants to support their social (re)integration, promoting recovery, resilience, and self-determination. You will be engaged in multi-agency working and establishing pathways with other partners and agencies to facilitate people’s positive engagement with the Beacons.

What we’re looking for

We are looking for experienced support workers with relevant qualifications and experience. If you have experience and are passionate about people, then we want to hear from you.

Ideal candidate will

• Have experience and be able to demonstrate working effectively in a similar support role.
• The ability to build trust based effective, relationships, both internally and externally.
• Have a proactive and dynamic personal style, with flexibility in style and approach.

In return we offer

• Competitive salary ratesAnnual leave: 34 days, increasing 1 day each year to a max of 40days.
• Employer contributory pension schemePaid Membership of Disclosure Scotland’s PVG Scheme.
• Working in a supportive environmentTraining & Development OpportunitiesWorking for a well-established small organisation where person centred values are at the core.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a project at an exciting time of growth and development. Liber8 has operated in Lanarkshire for 20 years; our mission is to improve the health, mental health, wellbeing and the quality of people's lives, with a particular regard to reducing the negative impact of alcohol and substance use on the individual, families and communities. We work hard to uphold our core values of Passion, Respect, Healing, Compassion, Caring and Recovery. Our values make us who we are and define our actions and behaviours every day. We’d expect the post-holder to uphold and represent our organisation in a way that reflects our values and person-centred way of working.