HoME Project Worker

LinkLiving; Paisley; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

35 days holiday

Sick and family-friendly pay

Funding for SVQ qualifications

Pension scheme

Car leasing via salary exchange

Healthcare cash plan

Employee assistance programme

Cycle to work

Job summary

LinkLiving in Paisley is seeking a dedicated support worker to provide practical and emotional assistance to tenants referred to the HoME service, helping them maintain their homes and wellbeing.

You will work with Housing Officers and the Mental Health & Wellbeing Services team, delivering tailored one-to-one support in a compassionate, non-judgmental manner. Driving licence and vehicle are essential.

Qualifications

• You’ll be someone with a good standard of general education.
• With a genuine understanding of the challenges faced by individuals with complex needs, you will have experience supporting clients with a range of issues and demonstrate a strong grasp of the skills required to live independently.
• Your positive, can-do attitude will shine through in your hands-on approach to providing practical support, while your non-judgemental mindset and commitment to embracing diversity will be at the heart of how you work.
• You’ll bring excellent communication skills—written, verbal and digital—and be comfortable using IT systems, including online client management platforms.
• You will have knowledge of available grants and resources for individuals on low incomes.
• Adaptability is key, as is the ability to build meaningful relationships and partnerships with other voluntary and statutory organisations.
• You’ll be a proactive team player who can work openly and honestly within a team setting, while also being confident in prioritising and managing both your own workload.
• Reflective practice will be important to you—you’ll welcome feedback and support to ensure continuous improvement in your work.
• A full driving licence and access to your own vehicle is essential for this role.

Responsibilities

• Provide practical and emotional support to people referred to the service and work with them to maintain their tenancies.
• Collaborate with Housing Officers and the wider Mental Health & Wellbeing Services team.
• Deliver individually tailored one-to-one support with a focus on safety and wellbeing in a supportive environment.
• Engage in multiagency working and build partnerships with voluntary and statutory organisations.

Skills

Communication skills

Driving licence

IT systems literacy

Adaptability

Relationship building

Team player

Reflective practice

Grants knowledge

Education

General education

Tools

Online client management platforms

Job description

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job details

Salary £29,249 - £32,093 per annum (dependant on skills and experience)

Location: This post is based at Link’s Paisley office but involves travel throughout the wider area

Hours of Work: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

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 LinkLiving, 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)

LinkLiving 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

The Service

LinkLiving’sHoMEservice(Help on Managing Everything) provides an intensive housing management service to Link Housing Association tenants who are struggling to maintain their tenancies.

The Job

The purpose of the job is to provide practical and emotional support to people who have been referred to the service who’s condition of property requires specialist support. Through building positive relationships with tenants, you will work with them to maintain their home, working closely with Housing Officers as well as the wider Mental Health & Wellbeing Services team.

You will be responsible for the provision of individually tailored one to one support. The service you provide will focus on the safety and well-being of clients creating a supportive environment which to address the issues they are experiencing with their tenancy. This role will require a high level of multiagency working.

About You

You’ll be someone with a good standard of general education. With a genuine understanding of the challenges faced by individuals with complex needs, you will have experience supporting clients with a range of issues and demonstrate a strong grasp of the skills required to live independently.

Your positive, can-do attitude will shine through in your hands-on approach to providing practical support, while your non-judgemental mindset and commitment to embracing diversity will be at the heart of how you work. You’ll bring excellent communication skills—written, verbal and digital—and be comfortable using IT systems, including online client management platforms.

You will have knowledge of available grants and resources for individuals on low incomes. Adaptability is key, as is the ability to build meaningful relationships and partnerships with other voluntary and statutory organisations.

You’ll be a proactive team player who can work openly and honestly within a team setting, while also being confident in prioritising and managing both your own workload. Reflective practice will be important to you—you’ll welcome feedback and support to ensure continuous improvement in your work.

A full driving licence and access to your own vehicle is essential for this role.

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 LinkLiving 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 the scheme
• 35 days’ holiday per year (inclusive of public holidays) pro rata plus additional 3 days pro rata after 3 years’ service
• opportunity to buy and sell holiday
• enhanced company sick and family friendly pay
• access to paid SVQ qualifications and a wide range of learning and development opportunities
• funded Disclosure Scotland and Scottish Social Services Council memberships
• defined contribution pension scheme with generous employer contributions plus salary exchange and additional voluntary contribution options
• access to a Salary Exchange car leasing scheme, subject to the terms of the scheme
• healthcare cash plan for employees (and dependents) to support health and wellbeing plus discounts on shopping, restaurants, and other services
• employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate household dependants to support health, mental and financial well-being
• access to purchase annual corporate clothing vouchers
• access to a credit union savings and borrowing scheme
• cycle to work scheme
• access to discounts on mobile airtime plans and much more!

This role is subject to PVG membership under the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020. Individuals who are barred from working with children or protected adults will not be considered for this position. Link will meet the cost of any new PVG scheme membership or membership update.

Further Information

Interested? If you have any questions about the role, please email [e-mail] and we can arrange for someone from the service to call you for an informal chat.

To find out more about what LinkLiving do and to view the generous pay and benefits package, please visit our website at https://www.linkliving.org.uk

Closing Date: 23:59 on Tuesday 15 September 2026

Interview Date: Interviews are being held on Wednesday 23 September 2026 at our Paisley office

As a Disability Confident Leader, we will interview all disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria.