The Scottish Community Link Worker Network is a national network for primary care community link working in Scotland.
The aim of the network is to create a space for community link workers in primary care settings in Scotland to come together to share learning and to develop, network and support each other in order to improve outcomes for their patients and communities.
The network has a number of key objectives:
- Provide a forum to enable peer-to-peer support for primary care community link working across Scotland
- Raise awareness of the community link worker role in tackling health inequalities
- Strengthen the contribution of community link workers to primary care teams and enable greater understanding of community link working within primary care settings
- Identify and maximise training, learning and development opportunities to professionalise the community link worker role
- Provide a collective voice to influence policy regarding community link working
The direction and work of the network is currently supported by a working group of community link workers as well as an advisory group of community link worker programme leads.
Here’s what some of our network members had to say:
If you are interested in joining the Scottish Community Link Worker Network or want to find out more about it and future events, then please contact Roisin Hurst, Project Manager.
Community Link Workers joined Audit Scotland to share views on Adult Mental Health Services
09/12/2022
Audit Scotland and Voluntary H …
Scottish Community Link Worker Network Newsletter
27/10/2022
Our October newsletter is out now for all the news and latest updates from the Network.
Sarah’s Blog: Support for Families Impacted by Imprisonment
24/10/2022
Sarah Rogers from Families Outside talks about the support that they can provide to families impacted by imprisonment and how Community Link Workers can refer people for support.
Alison’s Blog: Link Life Fife One Year On
24/10/2022
Alison Beaty, Project Support Officer at Link Life Fife reflects on their first year of supporting people to connect to a range of services in Fife.
Lynsey and Kirsty’s Blog: The Power of Walking
24/10/2022
Kirsty McDonald and Lynsey Brodie from The Alliance talk about the walking tours of Glasgow they organised during self-management week to support people’s health and wellbeing.
