Social Prescribing Link Worker

Chorley Council and South Ribble Borough Council; Chorley; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave + holidays

Hybrid/agile working from day one

Local Government pension

Healthcare Cash Plan

Cashback website access

Volunteering days

Free parking

Job summary

Chorley Council and South Ribble Borough Council are seeking a Social Prescribing Link Worker to support residents in Leyland, improving health and wellbeing through local services and community activity. The role involves signposting, partnership work, and maintaining case notes, with some travel around the boroughs.

You will join a Wellbeing & Resilience service, contributing to person-centred support, safeguarding practices, and efficient referrals to partner organisations.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting residents in a person-centred, solution-focused way.
• Works well in a team.
• Collaborates with colleagues and partners to identify gaps in community provision.
• Knowledge of safeguarding and GDPR processes.
• Knowledge and experience using different IT systems.

Responsibilities

• Support South Ribble residents with issues important to them in an empathetic manner.
• Provide signposting to immediate and longer-term support within the wellbeing service.
• Through partnerships, ensure accurate and timely interventions are delivered by the appropriate service or organisation.
• Deliver cover for outreach drop-ins where needed.
• Maintain accurate case notes and upload to CharityLog promptly.

Skills

Empathy

Teamwork

Collaborative approach

Safeguarding knowledge

GDPR knowledge

IT literacy

Tools

IT systems

Job description

About The Role

• Role: Social Prescribing Link Work
• Location: Civic Centre, West Paddock, Leyland, PR25 1DH
• Contract: Full time (36.25 hours per week) / Permanent
• Salary: £32,578 - £34,811
• Closing Date: 11 November 2026

Do you enjoy helping people build confidence, overcome challenges, and connect with opportunities in their local community?

We are looking for a compassionate and motivated Social Prescribing Link Worker to join our team. This is a rewarding opportunity to work alongside individuals, helping them identify what matters most to them and supporting them to improve their health, wellbeing, and quality of life.

Social prescribing is about people, not problems. It recognises that good health is influenced by many factors, including social connections, housing, finances, physical activity, confidence, and access to community support. As a Link Worker, you will help people discover solutions that work for them by connecting them with local groups, activities, and services.

What you’ll be getting up to

• Supporting South Ribble residents with issues important to them with an empathetic approach.
• Working within a Wellbeing & Resilience service to provide effective signposting to immediate, and longer term support within the community.
• Through partnership working, ensure accurate and timely interventions are delivered by the appropriate service or organisation.
• Deliver strong team working to provide cover support for outreach drop-ins where needed.
• Maintain accurate case notes and upload these to CharityLog in a timely manner.

Who we’re looking for

• Someone with previous experience of supporting residents in a person centred, solution focused way.
• Someone who works well in a team.
• Someone who can work collaboratively with colleagues and partners to identify gaps in community provision.
• Someone with knowledge of Safeguarding and GDPR processes.
• Someone with knowledge and experience of using different IT Systems

Otherrequirements

• This role requires some travel around our boroughs. You should have a valid driving licence or the equivalent mobility.
• Successful applicants will be subject to a DBS check (applied and paid for by the Council).

Our Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (and Christmas shutdown)
• Hybrid/agile working from day one
• Local Government pension
• Healthcare Cash Plan for cash back on health treatments
• Cashback website access for savings on brands you love
• Volunteering days
• Free parking

About Us

At South Ribble Council, our mission is to provide a first-class service and improve the quality of life for our communities. Our staff are our greatest resource in helping us achieve this. They’re at the heart of everything we do and are crucial to the delivery of excellent services.

Working Together

We share a number of our services with Chorley Council. This allows for improved resilience across both councils and provides numerous benefits to our operations. Whilst some staff and back-end processes are shared between the Councils, both Councils still retain sovereignty and have separatestrategies and corporate plans.

Additional information

Applicants are advised to apply early. We reserve the right to close a vacancy prior to the closing date.

Equal Opportunities

We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to the elimination of unfair and unlawful discrimination and prejudice in all our policies, procedures, and practices.

We’re committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and accessible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the recruitment process, please contact us via the "Contact Us" page on our website.

If you are disabled or your last employer was the armed forces, and you meet all the essential criteria of a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.