Description Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 8 September 2025 Closing Date: Monday 1 September 2025 Contract Type: Temporary until 31 March 2027 Salary: FC6 £30,691.29 - £33,732.26 Working Pattern: 36 hours per week (2 posts available) 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 Link Life Fife, a community-led support service for individuals aged 18 and over who are referred via Primary Care. The service supports people experiencing stress, anxiety, or feelings of being overwhelmed that affect their mental health and overall wellbeing. These new posts will focus on supporting individuals living with long-term health conditions. What You’ll Do: 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 e-mail from the public and stakeholders. 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 of mental health and wellbeing through personalised, creative solutions. 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. We have an exciting opportunity to join the Fife Health & Social Care Partnership (Fife HSCP) as a Link Worker within Locality Planning in The Community Led Support Team. Link Life Fife is a community led support service provided by Fife Health and Social Care Partnership for anyone aged 18 and over who is referred via Primary Care for support to manage stress, anxiety, or feelings of being overwhelmed that are affecting their mental health or general wellbeing. This specific role will support people with long-term health conditions. For more information about Link Life Fife: https://www.fifehealthandsocialcare.org/your-community/link-life-fife/. The role involves supporting people: to access community resources and supports following a referral from services within NHS Fife and Fife Council, as well as from 3rd sector organisations. to develop contacts, links and relationships with others in their local community. to make meaningful connections, access opportunities within the local community, encourage self-management of their mental health to promote improved quality of life and mental wellbeing. to access alternatives to statutory services and to divert away from these by exploring more creative and personalised solutions for the individual. You will also be required to map community led solutions and resources for people experiencing long-term health conditions and support the Local Area Co-ordinators with presentations to referrers and local organisations. You will engage with people to provide information, support and guidance and maintain a high standard of customer care and compassion in communication with people including making and managing appointments, handling general telephone/e-mail enquiries from the public and stakeholders. You will also be required to set up and man stalls at various community events to promote 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. Be able to work in partnership with people, the local community, agencies and any others to determine preferred and available supports and options for the people you are supporting to ensure the best possible outcomes for them. Ability to actively engage in community mapping activities in order to identify community resources. Ability to plan tasks and managing workload independently. Ability to provide effective administrative support services, which include preparing and distributing reports and maintaining project case management system to a high standard. Experience of delivering a customer focused service (Focus on Customers – See How We Work Matters Framework). Experience of working alongside statutory agencies, community development teams and voluntary sector organisations. Be able to actively challenge stigma and discrimination associated with mental health through contribution to anti-stigma campaigns and events. Ability to travel within Fife. In return, we offer a competitive salary with incremental progression, and you will join the local government pension scheme. Dependent on your role we offer flexi hours and flexible working arrangements, standby, call out and unsocial hours payments. Full induction and ongoing training will be given. Before confirming to your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme. Further Information Role Profile - When preparing your supporting statement, review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteria Role Profile How We Work Matters - Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the workplace. See our How We Work Matters behaviour framework for more information. Employee Benefits - Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services. Directorate Information - Council Department information Social Media - Search for more 'Fife Council Jobs' on Facebook or follow us on X @FCJobsOfficial. Alternative Formats - Job information can be made available in alternative formats, to make a request please email transactions.recruitment@fife.gov.uk. We are currently shaping our future workstyles however, in light of current advice, we are introducing blended home/office working that will include office access days each week with homeworking for the remainder of your working time. For further information please contact: Ange Rivers - Angela.Rivers@fife.gov.uk