Community Link worker (Liaison and Diversion) - South London 
Liaison and Diversion - Various locations across South London
Full time, Permanent 37 hours per week - Evening and Weekend work required. 

Please note - you will not be based at N15 6HR, this is our service location. 

Waythrough are delighted to be recruiting for 3 Community Link Workers within our newly created Liaison and Diversion services across South London. Working within a team you will predominantly managing and working with a male only cohort. The purpose of this role to work within a multi-disciplinary team to provide information, advice and guidance, referral and direct individual support to enable access to support services for adults, children and young people identified through custody-based triage as having mental ill health, learning disability or substance misuse issues to promote mental and physical wellbeing. 

People accessing our services may have varying mental health disorders, specialist rehabilitation needs and may come to our services from courts and prisons. This also includes provision for people with a learning disability and autistic people that fall within the auspices of eligibility for forensic mental health services. 

This will be a key role within the Liaison and Diversion Services multi-disciplinary team within South London, working in close partnership with colleagues from the North London Forensic Collaborative and South London Partnership (NHS), working with vulnerable adults with multiple needs requiring advocation and support to access any required services.  

The successful candidate will be required to be travel across the South London area, all locations are accessible via public transport, we do not provide parking. You will be office based with a mix of outreach work. This potentially includes working in police stations and custody suites, therefore future vetting may be required within this role. 

Your responsibilities include but not limited too: 

• Provide needs led, person-centred and care planned support to adults, children and young people post triage and assessment, facilitating access to key support services to address individual needs. 
• Provide effective support through working collaboratively within the wider service and with clients, their families, health and social care services and criminal justice partners to ensure positive outcomes for clients
• Build a holistic and trusting relationship with the clients and use active strategies to facilitate change, including communicating empathy, developing relationships, identifying different types of support, and reducing conflict.
• Engage individuals with peer support and promote engagement with those with lived experience.

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Please note we reserve the right to close this role early if the expected calibre of candidates is reached

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The salary advertised above demonstrates the full earning potential for this role, starting salaries will allow for pay progression within the pay band.

Who are we…
Waythrough launched in October 2024 following the merger of Humankind and Richmond Fellowship. Our vision is to break down the barriers that stop people getting the support they need to live a life they value. We tackle poverty and disadvantage in communities, through mental health, drug and alcohol, housing and related support.
We have almost 200 services around England – and nearly 3,500 amazing staff and volunteers who run them. Every year our services support around 125,000 people.
Bringing together two big organisations is not a small task and it’ll take a while to fully integrate our systems, processes and approaches. That’s why you will notice the jobs here are still branded ‘Humankind’. Next year we’ll be fully integrating our recruitment systems but for now they are separate.
Thanks for bearing with us – and don’t forget to check out the Waythrough jobs on the Richmond Fellowship and Aquarius job site https://recoveryfocus.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Recovery_Focus_Careers.

What can Waythrough offer you…
🏖️    Generous annual leave entitlement (27 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 32 after 1 years’ service)
📅    Annual leave purchase scheme
💰    Enhanced occupational sick pay
 %    Enhanced employer contribution to your workplace pension
👪    Death in service benefit
✍️    Free Will writing
👓    Eyecare vouchers
🛍️    Blue light card discount
💡    Fantastic learning and development opportunities, including free training courses
🏠    Work-life balance- flexible working and family friendly policies
🏃‍♀️     Happy, Healthy You! – our wellbeing offers for our workforce
🤝    Employee Assist Programme and Waythrough Support Networks

Waythrough is an equal opportunities employer
We value unique perspectives and experiences that everyone can bring, and fully understand the strength in diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, regardless of race, gender, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or disability. If you have a genuine passion for working for us, we want to hear for you. We also welcome applications from people with lived experience with substance use. If you require support with your application, please contact the Recruitment Team at people.recruitment@waythrough.org.uk