Self Help Coach (Carers Service)

Link Group Limited; Kirkcaldy; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 32,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

35 days holiday per year

Salary sacrifice car leasing scheme

Job summary

LinkLiving is seeking a Self Help Coach (Carers Service) to provide stress support to carers of individuals on the autistic spectrum. The role is based at Kirkcaldy with travel across Fife, 18 hours per week, 3 days.

You will use CBT-based techniques and build supportive relationships with service users. The post requires empathy, active listening, and a compassionate, proactive approach in a trauma-informed team.

Qualifications

• You are a compassionate and proactive individual with a focus on service users.
• Emphasis on empathy, respect and person-centred approach.
• Experience or willingness to travel across Fife and work with carers.

Responsibilities

• Provide CBT-based stress support to carers of individuals on the autistic spectrum or with additional needs.
• Build respectful, empowering relationships with service users and coordinate signposting to relevant services.

Skills

Empathy

Active listening

Self-help coaching

Driving licence

Job description

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Salary £29,249 - £32,093 per annum, pro rata.Salary will be dependent on skills and experience.

Basis Part Time

Job profile for Self Help Coach (Carers Service)

Self Help Coach (Carers Service)

Fife 04/11/2026 Self Help Coach (Carers Service) Apply online

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job details

Salary £29,249 - £32,093 per annum, pro rata.Salary will be dependent on skills and experience. Contractual hours 18 Basis Part Time Region LinkLiving Contract Type 18 hours per week (3 days per week, days to be agreed). Job category/type Fife Accommodation and Trauma Support Date posted 13/10/2026 Job reference LLSHCOCT26 Attachments Job Information Pack Self Help Coach October 2026.pdf

Job description

Job title: Self Help Coach (Carers Service)

Location: This post is based at LinkLiving’s Kirkcaldy office but involves travel throughout Fife.

Hours of Work: 18 per week (3 days per week, days to be agreed)

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:

• 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 charitythat 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 supportpeoplethrough 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

Fife Carers' Self-Help Project

The Carers’ Self-Help Project provides support in Fife for carers of children, young people, and adults with autistic spectrum conditions or with additional support needs who struggle with their own mental health. The service welcomes carers who have a loved one with a diagnosis and those who are on the diagnosis pathway.

This service offers up to six, free, one-hour 1:1 coaching sessions, teaching self-care techniques to manage any current difficulties clients are experiencing. Group sessions are also available.

Supported self-help is a short-term process which uses materials and techniques tailored to client’s needs. We use an approach which considers how stress makes people feel, think, and behave, and cope with the associated physical symptoms. This approach is based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT.

The Job

The remit of this post is to provide stress support to parents, family members or any carer of an individual who has been diagnosed as or is pending a diagnosis of being on the autistic spectrum or with additional support needs using a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy based approach. This involves assisting people to access and use self help materials and signposting people to other relevant agencies when appropriate. You will need to develop and maintain respectful and empowering relationships with service users so that they feel valued and supported and in control of their own lives.

The post holder will work within our existing Self Help Team based at West Bridge Mill in Kirkcaldy, Fife. The post holder will be expected to meet with service users in various community sites throughout Fife and therefore flexibility to travel to these areas is essential.

About You

You are a compassionate and proactive individual with a strong understanding of the challenges faced by service users, particularly those who are excluded or marginalized. Your approach is person-centred, and you have a proven ability to build equal, respectful, and positive relationships with individuals and external agencies alike.

Empathy and active listening are central to how you support others, and you're sensitive and responsive to the emotional and social health needs of those you work with. You have experience working one-to-one, offering practical, tailored support, and you're familiar with self-help resources for carers of individuals with autism and additional support needs, with a clear commitment to promoting their use.

As a valued team member, you contribute actively to a supportive working environment. You are calm under pressure, able to problem-solve effectively during crises, and your communication skills are adaptable to a variety of situations.

Organised and reliable, you can collect data accurately and maintain detailed records. Your flexible and practical approach means you're ready to meet the changing needs of the role. A current driving licence and access to a roadworthy, reliable car allows you to support service users in a range of settings.

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

For a full list of benefits available to employees, please see the following link - https://www.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 https://www.linkliving.org.uk

Closing Date: 23:59 on Wednesday 04 November 2026

Interview Date: Interviews are being held on Thursday 19 November 2026 at our office in Kirkcaldy

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We aim at all times to recruit the person who is most suited to the job and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and from anyone who shares our commitment to inclusion. Our interview locations have step free or level access therefore may be accessible to applicants using mobility equipment such as wheelchairs and walking equipment however, if you have any specific access requirements, please let us know and we will be happy to provide more information and/or support.

As a Disability Confident Leader, we will interview all disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria.