Employability Support Worker

Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading voluntary organisation in Glasgow seeks an Employability Support Worker to join the Elevate team, helping individuals on their recovery journey towards employment. This role is vital in providing personalized support and building confidence for those affected by substance misuse. The position offers a unique opportunity to impact lives positively through a person-centred approach in a supportive community environment.

Qualifications

• Experience working with people in recovery or those facing barriers to employment.
• Ability to motivate and support individuals in achieving their goals.

Responsibilities

• Tailor personal development plans and provide emotional and practical support.
• Build community networks and connect with partners in the drug and alcohol sector.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Problem Solving

Education

Experience in employability services or similar field

Understanding of recovery from substance misuse

Job description

Community Development & Social Enterprise

Disability

Equality & Law

Health

Housing & Homelessness

International Development

Learning

Local

Local Infrastructure Organisation

Older People

Other

Social Care

Youth

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• 35 hours per week – fixed term until end of March 2027.

Role

About Us:

Glasgow Council on Alcohol (GCA) was founded in 1965 and is the oldest established Council on Alcohol in Scotland.GCA is a voluntary organisation working to reduce the harm caused by alcohol misuse through the provision of arange of high quality advice, information, counselling, support, prevention and education and trainingservices.

Our mission is to provide evidence-based support to individuals, communities and government to improve health andwellbeing across Scotland.

The foundation of GCA is our supportive and inclusive culture for all who engage and work with us.

GCA deliver services over 6 days per week and throughout Glasgow, East Dunbartonshire and East Renfrewshire.

About the Role:

Elevate is one service with two routes to employability: Elevate Glasgow PSP and the Recovery Employability Service.This role is based within the Elevate Glasgow PSP team. The Elevate PSP team work with those in the earlierstages of their employability journey working on building up confidence, training, education and volunteering.Elevate offer a person-centred approach to individuals in their employability journey. This team are also oftenout in the community networking with our partners within the drug and alcohol sector.

Elevate is an employability service for people in recovery from drugs and/or alcohol. We are delighted that we arenow able to extend the service to include aftercare provision for those in work to include those affected bypoor mental health or have experience of homelessness or the criminal justice service as well as those inrecovery.

The Employability Support Worker will make a real impact to individuals’ day to day lives as they uniquely tailortheir personal development, offer emotional and practical support and set realistic goals as part of theirjourney to employability opportunities.

Application notes

Interested candidates are invited to apply by completing the online application form which can be found here :

The following is the timescale for the process :

• Closing date for applications : 5pm Monday 14th July 2025
• Shortlisting : Tuesday 15th July2025
• Date of interviews : Thursday 31st July 2025

Equal Opportunity Employer:

GCA is an Equal Opportunities Organisation. We are committed to treating all workers and job applicants fairly andequally, regardless of their sex, pregnancy and maternity, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital /civil partnership status, age, race, disability or gender identity and expression or any other personalcharacteristic.

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