Community Connector - Wellbeing Matters

START; Salford; On-site; GBP 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A local charity in Salford is seeking a Wellbeing Matters Community Connector to enhance the wellbeing of individuals through social prescribing. The role involves connecting people to community resources, working collaboratively with healthcare professionals, and helping individuals manage their health. Ideal candidates should have experience in community work, strong communication abilities, and an organized approach. This position offers a full-time contract with a salary of £29,388 per annum.

Qualifications

• Ability to build positive relationships with individuals and community groups.
• Experience in working with health or social care professionals.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals to access local groups and activities.
• Build knowledge of local services and maintain effective relationships.
• Monitor and record individual participation and outcomes.

Skills

Enthusiasm

Organizational skills

Resilience

Adaptability

Education

Experience in social prescribing or community work

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Wellbeing Matters Community Connector (Social Prescribing Link Worker)
Place of Work: Walkden (M28), Brunswick House (M6) and various Community Locations
Hours of Work: 35 hours per week (Full Time)
Contract: Initial 12 month fixed term contract
Salary: £29,388 per annum (aligned to NJC PT19 and pro-rated for 35 hours)

About Us

START is a charity that has been delivering mental health recovery and prevention services in Salford for over 30 years. We use creativity, connection and recovery interventions to help improve people\'s lives.

About Wellbeing Matters

The Wellbeing Matters programme is a Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise led initiative delivered by Salford CVS that focusses on Person and Community Centred Approaches to improving the wellbeing of Salford people.

A key element of Wellbeing Matters is the community connecting/ social prescribing programme that connects people referred by health and care professionals to local community assets in support of their wellbeing, independence, and to reduce social isolation.

The Wellbeing Matters Community Connectors (Social Prescribing Link Workers) work with people on a 1:2:1 basis over a number of sessions to establish \"what matters to them\" and to then connect them into relevant local non-medical wellbeing and social support within their neighbourhood to improve their wellbeing and decrease social isolation. This can range from accessing a community group (dancing, singing, gardening, cooking); through to sports / physical activity group; food bank / food club; friendship group / befriending; taking part in volunteering; mental wellbeing support; CAB / welfare support; and much more.

The goal is for people to be better equipped to manage their own health and wellbeing. Wellbeing Matters\' is funded by Salford city\'s 5 Primary Care Networks and GM ICB.

The Role

The Wellbeing Matters Community Connectors are at the heart of our approach to social prescribing in Salford and need to be enthusiastic, well organised, resilient and adaptable.

Working within a neighbourhood anchor you will support individuals to access local groups and activities, adapting a strengths based approach in order to ultimately improve their health and wellbeing. In addition to working with individuals, you will be working with your local community to identify and develop opportunities to meet the residents in your area as well as liaising with healthcare professionals to support the service's development.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities

• Develop positive working relationships and accept referrals from key health key workers including Care Navigators, GP's, Neighbourhood Enhanced Care Teams.
• Develop and maintain good communication with people accessing the service to ensure that their strengths, goals and preferences as individuals are met and connect them to relevant services and opportunities within their community to achieve these.
• Build up knowledge of what services are available in the local and wider community and assist with recording this both locally and centrally
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with key relevant community-based service providers to ensure effective and smooth onward referrals e.g. other local voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations
• Identify local gaps in meeting a specific need and feed this information into delivery team meetings and to the neighbourhood volunteer development worker.
• Monitoring and record key information regarding individual\'s participation in the programme including tracking their experience and outcomes and provide timely feedback to referral partners.
• Support and assist with the monitoring and evaluation of the programme including producing relevant monitoring reports as well as collecting broader qualitative and outcome data from case studies, focus groups and interviews to understand how or why the delivery approach is impacting on people and the local community.
• Support project development by raising awareness of the service through training, presentations and events.
• As part of the wider social prescribing team, contribute to the development of the service including the development and maintenance quality assurance and improvement systems that monitor standards and support high-quality service delivery.

Closing date for applications: 12 noon 3rd October 2025.
Interviews to take place w/c 13th October 2025.

Interested?

Please click \"Apply\" and follow the job board process. You will receive an email from our partners at CHM Recruit containing further information on how to apply for the role.

Please note that although you may be asked by the job board to upload a CV, you are not applying at this stage.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to eliminating discrimination and to creating an inclusive working environment for all. We therefore encourage candidates to apply irrespective of age, disability, race, religion and belief, gender identity, sex or sexual orientation.

No agencies please