We Are With You are offering the exciting opportunity to join our award winning Community Link Worker team in Glasgow, take a closer look!
Due to expansion of the service, we have more than 10 full and part time new jobs available in some of the most interesting and diverse communities in Glasgow including: Maryhill, Woodside, Townhead, Bridgeton, Toryglen, Knightswood and Kings Park
You will be based in a GP practice or practices providing a combination of 1:1 and small group support to people referred to you by the Practice team. The role is a ‘generalist’ role; meaning that you will see people facing all kinds of health and wellbeing challenges; including low level mental health difficulties, disability, long term conditions, bereavement, poverty, relationship difficulties, experience of trauma, housing problems, parenting challenges to name just some.
Your remit is to offer evidence based interventions to motivate people and to link them with the right tools, community support or services to improve their wellbeing. This is done using face to face, online and telephone work.
Community Link Workers build up great connections and local presence; so as to strengthen the connection between the GP Practice and the community. Community Link Workers also have a role in supporting the GP Practice to look at wellbeing for the Practice.
If it sounds like a busy, interesting and challenging job, that’s because it is!
It is a great time to join our organisation as a Community Link Worker; we provide Community Link Worker services in three different locations in Scotland; and have a really strong focus on a positive team culture and learning. Our staff team report really high levels of job satisfaction, feeling well supported and that they can see a real impact of their work.
What we’re looking for
Do you have a real passion for helping people improve their health and wellbeing?
Are you good at coming up with ideas, brave enough to try them out and focussed enough to make them happen?
Do you naturally collect information and make good connections with people?
Are you comfortable using digital communications or at least willing to learn?
Can you keep yourself well organised and work to a service model?
Do you have insight into how living in a deprived community impacts on health?
Are you qualified to SVQ Level 3 in Social Services and Health Care or Community Development or equivalent?
If you are a yes to the above then we would love to hear from you.
Further information
Core hours of work will be Mon-Friday 9am -5pm, with very occasional evening and/ or weekend work.
Part time posts of 18.5, 22.5 and 30 hours are available as well as full time posts.
This is a newly awarded contract, so we will discuss contract length further at interview.
Closing date for applications is the 14th July 2021 and interviews will take place 21st-23rd July 2021.
If you have any queries regarding these posts then please email glasgowlinks@wearewithyou.org.uk
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