Link Worker

4 months ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom Penumbra Full time

**Location: Flexible (hybrid working based at one of our offices either Edinburgh, Glasgow or Aberdeen)**

**Salary: £25,311 - £29,490 per annum (£12.98 - £15.12 p/h equivalent)**

**Full time - Permanent**

**About the Role**

Penumbra employs the Link Workers who work with the Alliance. Penumbra is committed to the values of the Alliance and is a leading provider of person-centred, trauma-informed services that provide compassionate responses to people in distress.

Link Workers provide the support to those who contact, or are referred, to the service. The aim is to provide short-term support, and to arrange supports, from a pre-defined menu of options where support requirements appear to require more than the initial support conversations.

**Helpline**

The Link Worker team will provide, on a rota-basis, a responsive, high quality, trauma-informed helpline for those engaged in, or registered with, the Redress Scheme. The helpline will be operational Monday - Friday, 10am -6pm.

**Link Worker Coordination


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