Link Service

Link Service

The Link Service aims to support people who have become isolated, or who are at risk of isolation, as a result of experiencing mental health problems.

Individuals are put in touch with local services and supported to make fuller use of these. The ultimate goal is to aid recovery by promoting integration with the wider community and provide opportunities for social contact, learning and employment.

How The Service Works

The Link Worker will work closely with you to enable you to achieve your goals and can also help with practical, financial, emotional, social and leisure issues. The Link Worker will help you to think through your options, plan a course of action, and if needed, accompany you to your chosen services.

People usually begin by meeting weekly with the worker, progressing to every 2 or 4 weeks depending on need. Since the service aims to enable a transition to other community resources, people will usually be seen for six months to a year maximum.

Interested In Using This Service?

The service is free, confidential, and open to adults living in Falkirk District.

Access to the service is by referral only. You can ask your social worker, CPN, Psychiatrist or Key Worker to do this by contacting the Link Worker or sending in the referral form available at the top of this page.

Costs

The Link Project is free of charge, although clients must pay their own share of any activity undertaken

Volunteering

Volunteering opportunities are available with this service - please see the Volunteering Page for more details.

“The service gave me the confidence I needed to make choices about my future...”

“The Link Worker made me feel good about myself, I now have the confidence to attend the Women’s Group on my own and I now come in by bus. I love it.”

“The Link Worker discussed options with me...I kept pulling out of arranged activities, but she stayed with me until I found something that suited me.”

“I am now a volunteer at a local project the Link Worker introduced me to...I am really enjoying it, it has given me something to get up for in the morning.”

Link Worker

Jane (01324) 671612