Link Worker bei Ed Inverkeithing High
Ed Inverkeithing High · Glenrothes, Vereinigtes Königreich · Hybrid
- Junior
- Optionales Büro in Glenrothes
Proposed Interview Date: week Commencing Monday 27 October 2025
Closing Date: Sunday 19 October 2025
Contract Type: Temporary until 31 January 2027
Salary Range of FC6 £30,691.29 - £33,732.26
Working Pattern: 36 hours per week
Location: Based at Fife House, Glenrothes and home working (blended working)
Supporting Statement
As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked ‘upload resumé’. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement
Job Details
We’re excited to offer a rewarding opportunity to join the Community Led Support Team within Locality Planning at Fife Health & Social Care Partnership (HSCP) as a Link Worker.
This role is part of Improving the Cancer Journey, a community led support service (non-clinical) provided by Fife HSCP, in partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support, for anyone, aged 16, affected by cancer to get the support they need, whether it’s financial, emotional, medical, or practical.
Find out more about Improving the Cancer Journey:
What You’ll Do:
You will provide a person-centred service that enables people affected by cancer to navigate the health, social care and wider systems to access practical, emotional and social support. You will promote self-management and support for people to live well addressing their non-clinical holistic needs during and after cancer treatment as well as working across organisational boundaries with partners to ensure the best possible outcomes for people affected by cancer. To achieve this, you should have strong interpersonal skills and be able to build and maintain relationships based on trust and respect, recognising people as experts in their lives.
As a Link Worker, you will:
Engage with individuals to provide compassionate support, guidance, and information.
Maintain high standards of customer care, including managing appointments and handling general enquiries via phone and email from the public and stakeholders.
Carry out a holistic needs assessment (HNA). The HNA will identify and shape a care plan that meets the individual needs which will be monitored and reviewed to ensure the best outcomes are achieved.
Support people to access community resources following referrals from NHS Fife, Fife Council, and third sector organisations.
Help individuals build meaningful connections within their local communities.
Encourage self-management and support for people to live well addressing their non-clinical holistic needs during and after cancer treatment.
Promote alternatives to statutory services, helping people explore community-led options that suit their needs.
Map community-led resources for people with long-term health conditions.
Support Local Area Coordinators with presentations to referrers and local organisations.
Set up and staff promotional stalls at community events to raise awareness of Community Led Support.
The Person
The skills you will need:
Ability to use ‘Good Conversations’ and active listening skills to enable the individual to identify their own strengths and the things that are going well for them.
