Community Link Worker - Part Time

Withyou; Dunoon; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 33,000; Part time

Job summary

With You is seeking a Community Link Worker in Dunoon on a part-time basis. The role involves in-person GP practice appointments, home visits, and remote contacts, with travel across Dunoon and Cowal. The post is 15 hours per week with fixed days (Tue-Thu).

Salary is £28,325 per year pro rata, increasing with pay bands to £32,960 pro rata. The role includes induction, ongoing support, and a focus on helping people with low-level mental health issues, housing problems, poverty, relationships and

Qualifications

• Experience with people in complex social and emotional circumstances including mental health difficulties.
• Ability to work in a structured service, following a service model and collecting impact data.
• Strong 1:1 interpersonal skills and the ability to use recognised therapeutic techniques.
• Understanding of poverty and health inequalities in rural communities.

Responsibilities

• Provide 1:1 appointments in GP practices and community venues, plus home visits.
• Coordinate with local and national services to connect clients to support.

Skills

Compassionate

Structured service

Interpersonal skills

Poverty & health inequalities

Job description

About the Role

Join us as a Community Link Worker in Dunoon on a part time basis.

We are recruiting for a Community Link Worker to be based in GP practices across Dunoon and wider Cowal. This post requires the ability to travel between locations. We provide a mix of in person appointments from GP practices, home visits, meetings at community based venues and remote support via telephone or an online platform. The role is permanent and for 15 hour a week, either as 7.5 hours over 2 days or 5 hours over 3 days, between Tuesday and Thursday.

As a leading charity supporting people with drug, alcohol, and mental health challenges, we operate over 80 services across England and Scotland, providing free and confidential support to more than 100,000 people each year. Find out more about us on our website.

As a Community Link Worker, we offer a salary of £28,325 per year pro rata, rising each year in line with our pay progression salary bands, to £32,960 per year pro rata.

The closing date for applications is 15th November 2026. All applicants need to submit a CV and a covering letter on why you should be considered for this role.

Job Opportunity

With You's, Argyll and Bute Community Links has been running since December 2021. You can find out more about our successful service here.

Our Community Link Workers are uniquely placed third sector workers operating within GP Practices. We bring a unique skill set and a third sector perspective that complements the work of the multidisciplinary primary care team. Through 1:1 appointments, using evidence based interventions and small group work we help people change their lives for the better. It is all about getting the right support to people at the right time.

Common reasons for referral to our service include low level mental health difficulties, problems with housing, poverty, relationships and bereavement.

You can expect a comprehensive induction and training, alongside the support of an experienced team to support you in understanding your role. Our team covers the whole of Argyll and Bute, you will have monthly 1-1 support, reflective practice sessions and team meetings online and in person. We have a supportive team culture and plenty of opportunities to connect with colleagues.

As a Community Link Worker, you will need an independent approach to your work and the ability to network and connect with services, locally and nationally. You will need to understand the impact of rurality on health inequalities and have demonstrable skills in working with people to achieve their health and wellbeing goals. You will be confident in working with communities to understand local needs.

Essential Skills

You will be a compassionate and motivated individual, with the ability to connect quickly with the people we support, treating them respectfully and with dignity.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Knowledge and experience of working with people who are experiencing complex social and emotional circumstances including mental health difficulties
• Ability to work in a structured service, to follow a service model and collect information about the impact of the service
• Extensive effective interpersonal skills in working with people on a 1:1 basis, including the ability to learn and use recognised therapeutic techniques
• Knowledge about the impact of poverty and health inequalities