HoME Project Worker (Mental Health & Wellbeing Service)

Link Group; Bathgate; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

35 days holiday per year

Pension scheme

Salary exchange car leasing

PVG scheme membership covered

Job summary

LinkLiving, Bathgate-based charity, seeks a HoME Project Worker to provide practical and emotional support to tenants within the Mental Health & Wellbeing Service. You will build relationships, collaborate with Housing Officers, and work across MHWB services to sustain tenancies in the West Lothian area.

The role requires a good standard of general education, empathy for people with complex needs, and a full driving licence with access to a vehicle.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting clients with complex needs.
• Genuine understanding of challenges faced by individuals with complex needs.
• Good general education.
• Full driving licence and access to own vehicle is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide practical and emotional support to people referred to the service.
• Build positive relationships with tenants and work with Housing Officers and the wider MHWB services team.
• Ensure safety and well-being of clients and support tenancy sustainment.

Job description

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Job profile for HoME Project Worker (Mental Health & Wellbeing Service)

HoME Project Worker (Mental Health & Wellbeing Service)

Bathgate 01/12/2026 HoME Project Worker (Mental Health & Wellbeing Service)

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 annumSalary will be dependent on skills and experience. Contractual hours 37.5 Basis Full Time Region LinkLiving Contract Type Monday to Friday Job category/type Practice and Participation Date posted 11/11/2026 Job reference LLHPWNOV26 Attachments attachment Job Information Pack HoME Project Worker Bathgate November 2026.pdf

Job description

Job title: HoME Project Worker (Mental Health & Wellbeing Service)

Location: This post is based at LinkLiving’s Bathgate office but involves travel throughout the wider West Lothian area.

Hours of Work: 37.5 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 charitythat 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 supportpeoplethrough a range of models including:

• Personal development and employability programmes
• Self-help coaching
• Supported accommodation
• Care at home
• Housing support
• Befriending
• Social cafes

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
• life assurance scheme providing death in service benefits
• 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
• annual flu vaccination
• access to a credit union savings and borrowing scheme
• cycle to work scheme

For a full list of benefits available to employees, please see the following link - https://www.linkliving.org.uk/work-with-us

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 01 December 2026

Interview Date: Interviews are being held on Wednesday 09 December 2026 Year at Link Academy in Falkirk

We aim at all times to recruit the person who is most suited to the job and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and from anyone who shares our commitment to inclusion.

Our interview locations have step free or level access therefore may be accessible to applicants using mobility equipment such as wheelchairs and walking equipment however, if you have any specific access requirements, please let us know and we will be happy to provide more information and/or support.

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

© Link Group Limited is a registered society under theCo-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014,Registered Number: 1481 R(S). Registered Office: LinkHouse, 2c New Mart Road, Edinburgh, EH14 1RL. It is aCharity registered in Scotland. Charity Number: SC001026and a Registered Social Landlord with the Scottish HousingRegulator. Registration Number: HAL 148.

C-urb is a trading name of C-urb 6 Ltd. C-urb 6 Ltd is acompany registered in Scotland under the Companies Acts,Company Number: SC216273, Registered Office: Link House, 2cNew Mart Road, Edinburgh, EH14 1RL. Part of the Link group© Link Group Ltd.

Curb Factoring is a trading name of C-urb 6 Ltd. FactoringRegistration Number PF000956.

Curb PSL is a trading name of C-urb 6 Ltd. Letting AgentRegistration Number: LARN2203004.