As a SocialPrescribing Link Worker within St Neots PCN, you will hold a vital role inempowering patients to take charge of their health and wellbeing. SocialPrescribing Link Workers support and guide patients with diverse needswhetherthey are living with long‑term conditions, battling low mood or loneliness, orfacing complex social challenges. Working within our multidisciplinary team,you will assist individuals in accessing non‑medical support, building theirconfidence, and connecting them with community resources that address thebroader factors influencing their health and wellbeing
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.
The postholder will need to possess good computer skills to use local IT systems to support caseload working.
About us
LAKESIDE HEALTHCARE is changing theface of primary care provision in England. We are bold, adventurous andambitious and determined to thrive in uncertain times. We are the largesttrue partnership in the NHS and operate from various sites across the EastMidlands. We serve the healthcare needs of over 170,000 patients acrossNorthamptonshire, Lincolnshire & Cambridgeshire. Joining our team presentsan opportunity to be part of a large organisation that is changing the wayprimary care is delivered today.
Living and breathing our values atLakeside Healthcare
Caring & Respect:Simply put we genuinelycare about people: working together for our patients and our teams, ourpatients come first in everything we do. We strive to ensure we connect andrespond to all needs with compassion, care and respect to improve the lives andwellbeing of the communities we serve.
Teamwork & Quality:In all areas of ourbusiness we network, collaborate and learn from our Patients, Stakeholders andeach another to ensure we are always striving to improve, making the right andbest decisions to provide the best service.
About thePractice/Department/Team
St Neots PCN is aforward-thinking Primary Care Network compromising 3 practices across St Neots, Eaton Socon & Gt Staughton
For moreinformation on Primary Care Networks, please visit this link: https://www.england.nhs.uk/primary-care/primary-care-networks/
Job responsibilities
Lakeside Healthcare are looking to employ Community LinkWorkers (Social Prescribing) to assist in the provision of care for patients withinour Primary Care Network (PCN).
The PCNs vision is to work together todeliver the best possible outcomes for our patients and staff. You will work in close partnership with our member practiceteams as well as health, statutory and voluntary groups to create effectivehelp and support for those that need it whilst being a key point of contact toenable patients to be supported within their local community.
Empowering people to take control of their healthand wellbeing through GP referral to non-medical Community Link Workers (CLWs)based in GP surgeries who give time, focus on what matters to me and take aholistic approach, connecting people to community groups and statutory servicesfor practical and emotional support. Community Link Workers workcollaboratively with all local partners.
Social prescribing can help to strengthen communityand personal resilience and reduces health inequalities by addressing the widerdeterminants of health, such as debt, poor housing, and physical inactivity, byincreasing peoples active involvement with their local communities. Itparticularly works for people with long-term conditions (including support formental health), for people who are lonely or isolated, or have complex socialneeds which affect their wellbeing
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
* Familiarity with SystmOne
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.
£25,028.64 to £25,908.55 a yearDepending On Experience
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