Social Prescribing Link Worker

1 week ago


Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom Ely PCNs Full time

At its heart, this job is about helping people work out what they themselves need to improve their health and wellbeing, and then supporting them to make practical and realistic plans to change things for the better.

The role very much involves helping the person connect into their own local community networks of family, friends, and organisations, and helping the person navigate more traditional health and social care services when needed.

Over the last four years, our Social Prescribing Link Workers have become key members of our GP Practice teams - highly valued and appreciated by the GPs and Practice team colleagues, and also by the frontline staff from other organisations working across the East Cambridgeshire neighbourhood.

This vacancy is for the Social Prescriber linked to Burwell Surgery in Burwell - a well-established, friendly, and highly-respected rural GP Practice looking after over 9,000 patients.


The Social Prescriber is not expected to be expert in each and every area above, but is expected to be a skilled generalist: able to rapidly get a good understanding of the patients own views, needs, and wishes, know what help is available, and how to access it.

Furthermore, over time, Social Prescribers develop a detailed picture and understanding of their local community - what's available, what isn't, what works, and what doesn't and this intelligence helps identify areas of greatest need and the priorities for community development.

Many of our Social Prescribers have had great success working with others to set up groups and activities in their local GP patches.

Every week, Social Prescribers meet with colleagues from other organisations, at our East Cambs Neighbourhood Wellness Hub, to share ideas and discuss solutions for any patients who are facing particularly complex life challenges.

This is proving a very supportive and effective way of working. The detailed job description is attached.

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