Charity registered in Scotland SC025643
Lifelink is a social enterprise who has been delivering exceptional levels of service to a wideranging client portfolio for the last 25 years. Long standing strategic and local relationships exist with our partners including, but not limited to, NHS, Local Authority and other public and third sector partners specialising in mental health and wellbeing, employability, addictions and financial advice.
Lifelink are looking for a new member for their leadership team.
If you are an experienced, enthusiastic Assistant Manager (or have the required experience, skills & aptitude) with existing experience of managing people and service delivery to achieve performance targets and outcomes - then we want to hear from you ASAP!
Our new Assistant Manager will be responsible for ensuring smooth delivery of Lifelink’s day to day operations. This will include scheduling and managing people and facilities to ensure they are available and ready to meet the needs of our clients. They will support and performance manage a team of staff, develop and maintain local partnerships, deliver corporate training and community-based workshops and contribute to service delivery and development, amongst other activities.
This is a busy and demanding role with a lot of variety. As such we are looking for energetic, positive, solution focused individuals who have experience in these areas. We expect you to take our local services to the next level by providing excellent local leadership and ensuring our services remain at the leading edge, whilst meeting the needs of our service users, our business partners and our business.
You must have:
- Demonstrable experience of managing staff and service delivery
- A clear understanding of distress, anxiety, stress and mental health issues and the challenges these present to service users
- Educated to degree level/professional qualification in a supervisory or management field (or evidence of equivalent work experience and willingness to undertake ongoing CPD)
- Excellent IT skills and be comfortable with use of mobile technology
- A valid driving licence and access to own vehicle
Ideally you will have:
- Experience of overseeing confidential one to one client support services
- Experience of providing staff training / coaching to improve service outcomes and quality
- Experience of monitoring and reporting around resources and service delivery outputs
Additional benefits include generous holiday allowance, contributory pension scheme (6% from employer), cash back health plan, life cover, holiday purchase scheme, and 2 wellbeing days. Our services operate daytime, evenings and weekends and people friendly working arrangements and patterns are available.
Youth Counsellors
- Full time or Part time
- £24,750 – £29,500
- South Lanarkshire & Glasgow
- Closing 6th August 2023
Calling all Youth Counsellors - immediate availability - come and join the healthier and happier revolution!
We have immediate starts available for qualified and experienced Counsellors (contracted) and Associate Counsellors (self-employed on 12 month contract)
Vacancies in South Lanarkshire & Glasgow
Roles are for 3 - 5 days per week (21- 35 hours).
We can accommodate full time, part time and term time working arrangements.
Counsellor Grade 4/5 (£24,750 - £29,500) pro rata
We are currently conducting a salary benchmarking project and as such the advertised salary may increase.
(salary placement dependant on qualifications, experience and accreditation status)
Great benefits package including generous holiday allowance, contributory pension scheme, cash back health plan and life cover. Supervision and support provided.
You must have:
- A recognised Diploma in Counselling
- A valid driving licence and access to own vehicle is essential
- Excellent IT skills and be comfortable with use of mobile technology
Ideally you will have:
- Experience of delivering time limited, solution focused approaches
- Demonstrable experience of working with a range of client types and presenting issues
- Experience of recording comprehensive client progress and improvement data
- Experience of counselling young people in a school environment is highly advantageous.
If you are an experienced, enthusiastic Assistant Manager (or have the required experience, skills & aptitude) with existing experience of managing people and service delivery to achieve performance targets and outcomes - then we want to hear from you ASAP!
additional benefits include generous holiday allowance, contributory pension scheme (6% from employer), cash back health plan, life cover, holiday purchase scheme, and 2 wellbeing days. Our services operate daytime, evenings and weekends and people friendly working arrangements and patterns are available
Our new Assistant Managers will be responsible for ensuring smooth delivery of Lifelink’s day to day operations. This will include scheduling and managing people and facilities to ensure they are available and ready to meet the needs of our clients. They will support and performance manage a team of staff, develop and maintain local partnerships, deliver corporate training and community-based workshops and contribute to service delivery and development, amongst other activities.
This is a busy and demanding role with a lot of variety. As such we are looking for energetic, positive, solution focused individuals who have experience in these areas. We expect you to take our local services to the next level by providing excellent local leadership and ensuring our services remain at the leading edge, whilst meeting the needs of our service users, our business partners and our business.
You must have:
- Demonstrable experience of managing staff and service delivery
- A clear understanding of distress, anxiety, stress and mental health issues and the challenges these present to service users
- Educated to degree level/professional qualification in a supervisory or management field (or evidence of equivalent work experience and willingness to undertake ongoing CPD)
- Excellent IT skills and be comfortable with use of mobile technology
- A valid driving licence and access to own vehicle
Ideally you will have:
- Experience of overseeing confidential one to one client support services
- Experience of providing staff training / coaching to improve service outcomes and quality
- Experience of monitoring and reporting around resources and service delivery outputs
At Lifelink we are proud to be a little bit different! We are an award winning people-centred mental health and wellbeing social enterprise with an aspiration to be an outstanding organisation for everyone: our people, our clients, our partners and stakeholders.
As an organisation who punches well above our weight, innovation is central to all that we do. We are always looking at the best ways to deliver services that meet the needs of our clients both today, and in the future.
The recent pandemic has taught us so much about the innovative ways our services can reach our clients, even in the most difficult of circumstances and we are always looking to learn and improve the services that we can offer.
As we emerge from the pandemic, we believe that supporting our workforce to be as agile and responsive as possible will be a significant asset and more significantly will support more people to be healthier and happier wherever they live, work or learn.
With this in mind, we have an exciting opportunity for a Business Development Director, up to 35 hours, Grade 9 (£50-£55k pro rata and depending on experience) to join our team. A competitive salary and benefits package includes generous holiday allowance, contributory pension scheme (6% from employer), cash back health plan, life cover of 3x annual salary, excellent learning and development opportunities and so much more.
With a background in business development across corporate, public and third sectors, you will have a track record of successfully expanding into new markets with tailored product and service propositions. You will have exceptional verbal and written communication skills, and be highly accomplished in networking, relationship management and stakeholder engagement. You have a proven ability to build and maintain deep and effective business relationships inside and external to the organisation. Adept at working collaboratively, you will leverage relationships and capabilities across the organisation to develop and implement clearly defined strategies with tangible processes and measurable outcomes. A key member of the Leadership team, you will be accountable for defining and delivering short, medium, and long-term business development strategies and goals, together with their associated financial targets.
This is a busy and demanding role with a broad remit. As such we are seeking an innovative and ambitious ‘hands on’ leader who is comfortable with a broad portfolio and can drive forward our business strategy whilst building on our reputation. Creating a culture that empowers staff to embrace new ways of working you will help us to achieve our growth potential and our aim to provide high quality, sustainable services aligned to the needs of existing customers and emerging markets.
Supporting people with their mental health and wellbeing is very rewarding, but we know that at times it can also be challenging – staff welfare is of paramount importance to us. You will receive monthly 1:1’s with your line manager, annual appraisal and have access to Lifelink’s Employee Assistance Programme.
The successful candidate will be provided with a full induction. We will also provide the opportunity to learn more about our amazing social enterprise and the hard work that goes on ‘behind the scenes’.
For our people to work here means that we want Lifelink to be a great place to work where everyone can thrive and grow. If you would like to be part of our dedicated team; making a real difference to those in need, then we would love to hear from you.
Our services operate daytime, evenings and weekends and we have flexible and agile working arrangements, including home or remote working, so we are very happy to consider forms of flexible working that would enable you to thrive both professionally and personally with us and give you the flexibility to balance work and home life.
Lifelink are looking for a new member of their leadership team.
If you are an experienced, enthusiastic Service Manager (or have the required experience, skills & aptitude) with existing experience of managing people and service delivery to achieve performance targets and outcomes - then we want to hear from you ASAP!
Service Managers are accountable for the management & performance of service delivery this will include counselling, therapeutic support services, training and any associated contracts delivered across a variety of venues. As such, the post holder will be responsible for the line management of key staff including assistant managers, facilitators and project/function specific staff ensuring the performance of the whole team against contracts and purchased services.
This is a busy and demanding role with a lot of variety. As such we are looking for energetic, positive, solution focused individuals who have experience in these areas. We expect you to take our local services to the next level by providing excellent local leadership and ensuring our services remain at the leading edge, whilst meeting the needs of our service users, our business partners and our business.
You must have:
- Demonstrable experience of managing staff and service delivery
- A clear understanding of distress, anxiety, stress and mental health issues and the challenges these present to service users
- Educated to degree level/professional qualification in a supervisory or management field (or evidence of equivalent work experience and willingness to undertake ongoing CPD)
- Excellent IT skills and be comfortable with use of mobile technology
- A valid driving licence and access to own vehicle
Ideally you will have:
- Experience of overseeing confidential one to one client support services
- Experience of providing staff training / coaching to improve service outcomes and quality
- Experience of monitoring and reporting around resources and service delivery outputs
Additional benefitsinclude:
- Generous holiday allowance
- Contributory pension scheme (6% from employer)
- Cash back health plan
- Life cover
- Holiday purchase scheme
- 2 wellbeing days.
- Our services operate daytime, evenings and weekends and people friendly working arrangements and patterns are available
Assistant Managers
- Full time
- £24,750 – £26,500
- Working across Glasgow, North Lanarkshire and West Dumbartonshire
- Closing 13th May 2022
Our new Assistant Managers will be responsible for ensuring smooth delivery of Lifelink’s day to day operations. This will include scheduling and managing people and facilities to ensure they are available and ready to meet the needs of our clients. They will support and performance manage a team of staff, develop and maintain local partnerships, deliver corporate training and community-based workshops and contribute to service delivery and development, amongst other activities.
This is a busy and demanding role with a lot of variety. As such we are looking for energetic, positive, solution focused individuals who have experience in these areas. We expect you to take our local services to the next level by providing excellent local leadership and ensuring our services remain at the leading edge, whilst meeting the needs of our service users, our business partners and our business.
You must have:
-Demonstrable experience of managing staff and service delivery
-A clear understanding of distress, anxiety, stress and mental health issues and the challenges these present to service users
-Educated to degree level/professional qualification in a supervisory or management field (or evidence of equivalent work experience and willingness to undertake ongoing CPD)
-Excellent IT skills and be comfortable with use of mobile technology
-A valid driving licence and access to own vehicle
Ideally you will have:
-Experience of overseeing confidential one to one client support services
-Experience of providing staff training / coaching to improve service outcomes and quality
-Experience of monitoring and reporting around resources and service delivery outputs
Calling all Counsellors - immediate availability - come and join the healthier and happier revolution!
We have immediate availability for qualified and experienced Counsellors (contracted) and Associate Counsellors.
We will provide the appropriate Youth Counselling training to ensure all Youth Counsellors meet the required competencies as outlined by BACP.
Great benefits package including generous holiday allowance, contributory pension scheme, cash back health plan and life cover. Supervision and support provided.
Vacancies in East Dunbartonshire
Priority will be given to applicants who have experience and post qualifying training in working with young people and children – preferably in a primary or secondary school environment. Consideration will also be given to those with other youth experience.
We will provide the appropriate Youth Counselling training to ensure all Youth Counsellors meet the required competencies as outlined by BACP.
Great benefits package including generous holiday allowance, contributory pension scheme, cash back health plan and life cover. Supervision and support provided.
You must have:
- A recognised Diploma in Counselling
- A valid driving licence and access to own vehicle is essential
- Experience of counselling young people in a school environment is highly advantageous
- Experience in Group Counselling
- Excellent IT skills and be comfortable with use of mobile technology
Ideally you will have:
- Experience of delivering time limited, solution focused approaches (SSW; 4:8 model)
- Demonstrable experience of working with a range of client types and presenting issues
Experience of recording comprehensive client progress and improvement data, preferably using recognised clinical / outcome focused tools (CORE, SDQ, GBO, SHANARRI etc) and processes.
Calling all Counsellors - immediate availability - come and join the healthier and happier revolution!
We have immediate availability for qualified and experienced Counsellors (contracted) and Associate Counsellors (self-employed on guaranteed hours)
Roles are for 3, 4 or in some cases 5 days per week (21 – 35 hours). Initially a 6 month fixed term contract with opportunities for permanent contracts thereafter.
Counsellor Grade 5/5a (£24,500 - £29,000) pro rata (Associate Rate £18.50 per hour) (salary placement dependent on qualifications, experience and accreditation status and Associates must be Accredited)
Great benefits package including generous holiday allowance, contributory pension scheme, cash back health plan and life cover. Supervision and support provided.
You must have:
- A recognised Diploma in Counselling
- A member of the BACP (or current member of a suitable equivalent registration body, and willing to become a BACP member within an agreed time frame – normally 6-12 months.
- A valid driving licence and access to own vehicle is essential
- Excellent IT skills and be comfortable with use of mobile technology
Ideally you will have:
- Experience of delivering time limited, solution focused approaches (SSW; 4:8 model)
- Demonstrable experience of working with a range of client types and presenting issues
Experience of recording comprehensive client progress and improvement data, preferably using recognised clinical / outcome focused tools (CORE, SDQ, GBO, SHANARRI etc) and processes.
Lifelink is a well-established social enterprise delivering counselling and mental health and wellbeing services, with an excellent reputation and brand; it has gone from strength to strength over the almost 30 years it has been in existence. We are now at the next stage of our exciting journey, as we extend our reach of work across public sector contracts and clients into the corporate and private sector.
Lifelink is looking for new team members to help us achieve our business growth and expansion plans of supporting more people to be healthier and happier wherever they live, work or learn. Come and join the healthier and happier revolution!
Exciting opportunity for a senior individual with professional clinical quality expertise and outstanding leadership skills to support the development of quality standards, guidelines, clinical pathways, and clinical audits.
As Clinical Director, you will provide strategic, operational and corporate leadership and provide advice and guidance on clinical quality matters. You will be adept at working collaboratively across the organisation to develop and implement clearly defined strategies with tangible processes and measurable outcomes. A key member of the Leadership team, you will be both partner and coach to your peers.
An effective communicator, negotiator and influencer, you will be comfortable enabling change management with stakeholders at all levels as well as building effective relationships with external organisations such as BACP and other academic and voluntary sector organisations. You will be instrumental in the delivery of externally commissioned clinical quality projects and programmes and manage the totality of the department and programme budgets. You will have a valid driving licence and access to own vehicle.
Additional benefits package
Additional benefits include generous holiday allowance, contributory pension scheme (6% from employer), cash back health plan and life cover. Our services operate daytime, evenings and weekends and we have flexible and agile working arrangements so we are very happy to consider forms of flexible working that would enable you to thrive both professionally and personally with us.
This is a busy and demanding role with a broad remit. As such we are looking for energetic, highly motivated, solution focused individuals who have experience in the areas outlined above who will drive forward clinical excellence. We expect you to take our local services to the next level by providing excellent leadership and ensuring our services remain at the leading edge, whilst meeting the needs of our service users, our business partners and our business.
We have flexible and agile working arrangements so we are very happy to consider forms of flexible working that would enable you to thrive both professionally and personally with us.
Top job! Senior Counselling Clinician
- Part time
- Circa £33,750 – £38,000 pro-rata
- Glasgow
- Closing 21st May 2021
Lifelink is a well-established social enterprise delivering counselling and mental health and wellbeing services, with an excellent reputation and brand; it has gone from strength to strength over the almost 30 years it has been in existence. We are now at the next stage of our exciting journey, as we extend our reach of work across public sector contracts and clients into the corporate and private sector.
Lifelink is looking for new team members to help us achieve our business growth and expansion plans of supporting more people to be healthier and happier wherever they live, work or learn. Come and join the healthier and happier revolution!
Exciting opportunity for a senior counsellor/ psychotherapist, with professional clinical management and quality expertise.
The Senior Counselling Clinician will be a versatile, self-motivated, results-oriented professional responsible for contributing to clinical quality assurance and holding clinical operational oversight across the business.
As Senior Counselling Clinician, you will provide strategic/operational leadership and provide advice and guidance on clinical quality matters and service improvement. You will be adept at working collaboratively across the organisation to develop and implement clearly defined strategies with tangible processes and measurable outcomes. You will proactively contribute to writing and deliver clinical professional development training.
An effective communicator, negotiator and influencer, you will be comfortable enabling change management with stakeholders at all levels as well as building effective relationships with external organisations such as BACP and other academic and voluntary sector organisations. You will have a valid driving licence and access to own vehicle.
Additional benefits package
Additional benefits include generous holiday allowance, contributory pension scheme (6% from employer), cash back health plan and life cover. Our services operate daytime, evenings and weekends and we have flexible and agile working arrangements so we are very happy to consider forms of flexible working that would enable you to thrive both professionally and personally with us.
This is a busy and demanding role with a broad remit. As such we are looking for energetic, highly motivated, solution focused individuals who have experience in the areas outlined above who will drive forward clinical excellence. We expect you to take our local services to the next level by providing excellent leadership and ensuring our services remain at the leading edge, whilst meeting the needs of our service users, our business partners and our business.
We have flexible and agile working arrangements so we are very happy to consider forms of flexible working that would enable you to thrive both professionally and personally with us.