Link Worker

7 days ago

Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom Everyturn Full time

We are looking for self-motivated and compassionate Link Workers (x4) to support our Waiting List Initiative across North Cumbria.

This role would be ideal for a recent Psychology Graduate looking for their first role in Mental Health


This post is fixed term for 12 months (with possibility of extension), and we will consider up to 37.5 hours per week.

As a Link Worker, you will work with individuals who have Severe Mental Illness (SMI) who are often facing many challenges and will support them in their recovery.


You will be able to listen with empathy, care, and concern to people who have SMI, validate their feelings, and promote hope for the future.

To offer 1:1 practical and emotional support to individuals working in partnership with them to develop self-management strategies to manage their day-to-day affairs and mental wellbeing.

Actively encourage those who struggle to engage with services.

To support the person to develop their knowledge, skills, and confidence to withstand future life challenges, whilst maintaining good mental health and wellbeing.


These roles are funded to alleviate current pressures in the NHS and will specifically work with people with SMI who are on the waiting list for treatment from statutory services or have recently been discharged and require wrap around support to help them manage their day to day lives during periods of instability in their mental health.


The post holder will ensure that our services are provided in a way that is consistent with our values, supporting and promoting an organisational culture that values: compassion, accountability, respect, excellence, and innovation.


About You

  • To be successful in this role you will need to be selfmotivated, with a good up to date knowledge of the issues affecting our clients, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to effectively manage and organize your own caseload.
  • You will provide support, which is focused on active, empathic listening, helping the person to problem solve and to link into services and other local support resources.
  • You will help coproduce a Support Plan and other selfmanagement tools in partnership with the individual, then support the individual through this to develop their knowledge, skills, and confidence to withstand future life challenges, whilst maintaining good mental health and wellbeing.
  • The role will entail some home working alongside working with clients in the community. The hours will mainly be office hours during the working week with some evening and weekend work dependent on client needs._

What we offer in return


We are proud to have been recognised and certified as a Great Place to Work, which speaks volumes on how much we value our staff members.

In return for the hard work and dedication from our teams, we offer the following benefits:

  • 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 32 days at 5 years' service) and the option to purchase or sell day
  • Enhanced pension
  • Wagestream ability to release earnings, giving you instant access to your pay
  • Vitality Wellbeing Programme including Employee Assistant Programme, GP and priority physiotherapy access and shopping discounts with the opportunity to sign up for a Blue Light Card
  • Enhanced life assurance scheme, payment being three times your annual salary
  • Plus, many more great benefits on offer


We welcome you to be yourself at work and have a range of Colleague Networks for members and allies of the LGBTQ+; Black, Asian and minority ethnic; menopause and neurodivergent communities.

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