Social Prescribing Link Worker

NHS; Corby; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Corby is seeking a Social Prescribing Link Worker to empower patients by connecting them with vital community resources. This role involves working closely with a multidisciplinary team to improve health and wellbeing outcomes, particularly for those facing long-term challenges. The ideal candidate should possess strong skills in motivational coaching and have relevant experience in healthcare settings. A competitive salary from £23,875 to £25,028 is offered based on experience.

Qualifications

• Recent experience in a healthcare setting or community services.
• Commitment to professional and personal development.
• Experience of delivering lifestyle changes interventions.

Responsibilities

• Support patients to connect with community resources.
• Co-produce care plans with patients and families.
• Empower patients to manage their health and wellbeing.

Skills

Motivational coaching

Experience with the general public

Understanding of health and wellbeing services

Education

NVQ Level 3, Advanced level or equivalent

Job description

As a SocialPrescribing Link Worker within Rockingham Forest PCN, you will hold a vitalrole in empowering patients to take charge of their health and wellbeing.Social Prescribing Link Workers support and guide patients with diverseneedswhether they are living with long-term conditions, battling low mood orloneliness, or facing complex social challenges. Working within ourmultidisciplinary team, you will assist individuals in accessing non-medicalsupport, building their confidence, and connecting them with communityresources that address the broader factors influencing their health andwellbeing

Main duties of the job

As a Social Prescribing Link Worker, you will support patients to improve their health and wellbeing by connecting them with non-clinical services and community resources. Working closely with GPs, the wider practice team, and local community services, you will provide tailored one-to-one support, empower people to take greater control of their lives, and contribute to reducing health inequalities.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide personalised, one to-one support using a what matters to me approach, co-producing care plans with individuals, families, and carers.
• Empower patients to build confidence, self-management skills, and sustainable support networks.
• Connect patients with voluntary, community, and statutory services to address wider social determinants of health.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with local organisations and partners, supporting the sustainability of community groups and helping to address gaps in provision.
• Work collaboratively with GPs, practice staff, health coaches, care coordinators, and other link workers to deliver integrated, personalised care.
• Maintain accurate patient records, monitor outcomes, and provide feedback to support service improvement.
• Ensure safeguarding, governance, and lone working policies are followed, and engage in supervision, training, and professional development.

About us

LAKESIDE HEALTHCARE is changing the face of primary care provision in England. We are bold, adventurous and ambitious and determined to thrive in uncertain times. We are the largest true partnership in the NHS and operate from various sites across the East Midlands. We serve the healthcare needs of over 170,000 patients across Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire & Cambridgeshire.

Caring & Respect: Simply put we genuinely care about people: working together for our patients and our teams, our patients come first in everything we do.

Teamwork & Quality: In all areas of our business we network, collaborate and learn from our Patients, Stakeholders and each another to ensure we are always striving to improve, making the right and best decisions to provide the best service.

About the Practice/Department/Team

Rockingham Forest PCN is a large, forward-thinking Primary Care Network compromising 3 practices across Corby, Kettering and Oundle.

This role is based across the Lakeside surgeries in Corby, Kettering and Oundle.

We recognise the value that this role can bring to our practices and our patients, and we look forward to growing our PCN team. Our aim is to provide exemplary patient care; finding innovative solutions in general practice to deliver the best care we can to our patients. For more information on primary care networks please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/primary-care/primary-care-networks/

Job responsibilities

Lakeside Healthcare are looking to employ a Social Prescribing Link Worker to assist in the provision of care for patients within the Rockingham Forest Primary Care Network PCN geography.

The Social Prescribing Link Worker is a key member of the PCN multidisciplinary team, supporting the delivery of personalised care. The role places a strong emphasis on a what matters to me approach, ensuring that care and support are shaped around the individuals own priorities, values, and circumstances.

Social prescribing can help to strengthen community and personal resilience and reduces health inequalities by addressing the wider determinants of health, such as debt, poor housing, and physical inactivity, by increasing peoples active involvement with their local communities. It particularly works for people with long-term conditions (including support for mental health), for people who are lonely or isolated, or have complex social needs which affect their wellbeing.

Working collaboratively with GPs, healthcare professionals, and community partners, the Social Prescribing Link Worker will empower patients to develop the knowledge, confidence, and skills to manage their health and wellbeing in ways that are meaningful to them. In addition, the role will strengthen partnerships between primary care and local services, embedding person-centred, preventative approaches that reduce demand on general practice and contribute to the wider personalised care agenda within the PCN.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3, Advanced level or equivalent qualifications or working towards
• Demonstrable commitment to professional and personal development
• Training in motivational coaching and interviewing or equivalent experience

Experience

• Experience of working with the general public
• Experience of working in a healthcare setting or in the leisure industry/public/voluntary sector
• Experience of delivering lifestyle changes interventions
• Experience working within a SPLW role
• Experience of working with vulnerable people
• Experience of working as a health advisor/trainer

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£23,875 to £25,028 a yearDependent on Experience