About the roleYou will be based in Harbours GP , providing a specialist, person centred service to people who have health, social care or wellbeing needs within that geographical area.
The aim of the Link Worker is to support people to identify barriers to their overall wellbeing and link them with the appropriate tools, community support or agency to overcome these. This will be delivered using a Social Prescribing model.
The Link Worker role is three fold - patient facing, practice facing and community facing - developing connections between patients, practice staff and local community providers is crucial to the programme.
What we are looking for
If you have a passion for supporting individuals to make sustainable change, have a sound knowledge of the East Lothian area and the social, economic and other factors which may impact on the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities, are qualified to SVQ Level 3 in Social Services and Health Care or Community Development or equivalent then we would love to hear from you.
Further informationThis a fixed term 9 month contract, working 22.5 hours per week. (Possible 12 month extension). Working pattern to be agreed.The salary for this role is £23,151 per annum (pro rata if part time).Interviews will be held remotely, date TBC.For more information please email workwithus@wearewithyou.org.uk. Please quote the reference number in all correspondence.For further details about working with us click here.