Self Coach

Job title:

Self Help Coach – Remote Delivery

Fixed term for 13 months (Maternity cover)

Location:

This post is remote based, however travel to Link Living offices will be required occasionally for training/meetings, etc.

Hours of Work: 30 per week (working pattern to be agreed, however Tuesday must be included)

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 Link Living, 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)

Link Living 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

Building Resilience for a Better Home offers supported self-help to tenants who are experiencing mild to moderate mental health issues

The Job

The purpose of the job is to provide a self-help service which supports people to develop tools and techniques to better manage mild to moderate mental health issues.

The post holder will provide one-to-one self-help coaching to people who could benefit from additional mental health support. Your role will be to work with each person to identify self-help goals and provide up to nine sessions to work towards these. The sessions will be delivered remotely through an online platform or through phone calls.

About You

You will be educated to a minimum of SCQF Level 7 (or equivalent) or have relevant experience, with an understanding of self-help techniques and/or a CBT approach. You will have knowledge of the issues affecting people who are excluded and marginalised, together with a working knowledge of mental health self-help resources and a commitment to using these effectively in your work.

You will be confident in building equal, positive and respectful relationships with people and have demonstrable experience of using a person-centred approach. You will bring empathy, active listening skills and sensitivity to people’s emotional and social wellbeing, along with the ability to communicate effectively in a variety of situations.

You will be able to manage ongoing risk, use your initiative to problem solve and remain calm and effective during a crisis. You will work positively as part of a team while also being proactive in managing your own wellbeing. You will be organised and able to collect data and maintain accurate records, with a flexible, practical and reliable approach to your work.

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 Link Living 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…