Senior Social Prescriber Link Worker (Band 5)
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Viaduct Care Senior Social Prescriber Link Worker (Band 5)
The closing date is 22 September 2026
Job summary
Are you a great listener, who is person centred, with a passion for helping people find practical solutions to life's challenges?
We have an exciting opportunity as a Band 5 Senior Social Prescribing Link Worker to cover Maternity Leave for 12 months.
In this role, you'll work closely with GP practices within PCNs and the wider multidisciplinary team to support people whose health and wellbeing are affected by social, emotional or practical issues.
You will help patients aged 18+ navigate non-medical needs such as long term conditions, loneliness, mental wellbeing, debt, housing concerns, or physical inactivity. Rather than focusing purely on medical symptoms, you will give people the time and a safe space to explore "what matters to the patient" and connect them to empowering local community groups and support networks. You will also have line management responsibilities within this role.
We are accepting CVs for this role, please also include with your subbmission, a cover letter/statement outlining your suitabilty for this role. Please note that the use of AI is monitored during the shortlisting process; if you have used this please declare this in your statement explaining what type of AI tools have been used and for what purpose.
This job advert closes at midnight on Tuesday 22nd September, however we reserve the right to bring this forward if a high volume of applications is received.
Interviews will take place on Thursday 8th October 2026.
Main duties of the job
The key aspects of the role include:
- Well-being and Care planning, health coaching and delivery of self-management support based on a knowledge of individuals activation levels, using coaching and motivational interview techniques.
- Support for individuals to access appropriate community resources and services.
- Assist them to access information, form links with specific community and social groups, stay independent, and promote self-management of their health.
Full duties and responsibilities are outlined in the Job Description below.
About us
Viaduct Care CIC is the company structure for Stockport's GP Federation and represents all of its local GP Practices. Covering a patient population of circa 300,000 practices are split into 6 PCNs with each serving a population of around 30,000-50,000 patients.
Viaduct Care represents the collective voice and interests of its member practices and as a key stakeholder in Stockport Together aims to influence and support the design and delivery of major service and system changes by being a strong and effective partner with other major service providers.
One of our priorities at Viaduct Care is to ensure that wellbeing and development of our team is at the forefront of everything we do. We have recently launched our new employee assistance programme, assisting our team to get access to a range of advice 24 hours a day. Additionally, we are keen to provide opportunities for team members to develop and grow including access to an extensive range of training and up to five paid study days per year.
Details
Date posted
14 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£32,073 to £39,043 a year Pro rata based on 37.5 hours per week
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
B0463-26-0011
Job locations
21-23
Merseyway
Stockport
Cheshire
SK1 1PN
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Roles & Responsibilities:
- To provide support to people with low level mental health and well-being needs (e.g. debt, poor housing, social isolation) and long-term conditions who need support to manage their health and wellbeing.
- To strengthen psychosocial, life and coping skills of individuals to develop resilience.
- To help patients access increased social support as a buffer against adverse life events.
- To increase access to resources and services which promote mental wellbeing.
- To receive referrals for the project from local health and social services professionals, as well as self-referrals.
- To provide support to patients who will benefit from proactive health management and self- care including being the single point of contact for the person or carer to simplify access and coordination of services
- To use a strength-based approach to identify key issues that impact on the persons wellbeing and supporting patients to understand and manage their own conditions and maintain an independent lifestyle.
- To support the development of a personalised plan, liaising with the practice team, patient/carer and other neighbourhood teams.
- To play an active role in practice/neighbourhood team meetings by gathering information and being prepared to update the team on patient progress towards goals etc.
- To support patients to access community facilities, groups and community activities/resources at a locality level and understand neighbourhood facilities.
- To work with PCNs to support the delivery of community based public health initiatives such as physical activity, healthy eating and social connectedness.
- To participate in relevant service audits and to follow up referrals and instructions as proposed by primary care staff. Responsible for capturing and collating data that demonstrates a positive impact on the peoples outcomes.
- To attend supervision, case management and steering group meetings as required.
- To maintain professional and personal development.
- This post requires flexible working and scheduled working patterns to ensure service provision.
- To provide line management and case management supervision to a Social Prescribing Link Worker.
- To take a lead role within your PCN for the pro-active and community work and report monthly to the Community Development Manager
- To triage complex new referrals for the service.
This list of duties is not intended to be exhaustive, but indicates the main areas of work and may be subject to change after consultation with the post-holder to meet the changing needs of the service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Roles & Responsibilities:
- To provide support to people with low level mental health and well-being needs (e.g. debt, poor housing, social isolation) and long-term conditions who need support to manage their health and wellbeing.
- To strengthen psychosocial, life and coping skills of individuals to develop resilience.
- To help patients access increased social support as a buffer against adverse life events.
- To increase access to resources and services which promote mental wellbeing.
- To receive referrals for the project from local health and social services professionals, as well as self-referrals.
- To provide support to patients who will benefit from proactive health management and self- care including being the single point of contact for the person or carer to simplify access and coordination of services
- To use a strength-based approach to identify key issues that impact on the persons wellbeing and supporting patients to understand and manage their own conditions and maintain an independent lifestyle.
- To support the development of a personalised plan, liaising with the practice team, patient/carer and other neighbourhood teams.
- To play an active role in practice/neighbourhood team meetings by gathering information and being prepared to update the team on patient progress towards goals etc.
- To support patients to access community facilities, groups and community activities/resources at a locality level and understand neighbourhood facilities.
- To work with PCNs to support the delivery of community based public health initiatives such as physical activity, healthy eating and social connectedness.
- To participate in relevant service audits and to follow up referrals and instructions as proposed by primary care staff. Responsible for capturing and collating data that demonstrates a positive impact on the peoples outcomes.
- To attend supervision, case management and steering group meetings as required.
- To maintain professional and personal development.
- This post requires flexible working and scheduled working patterns to ensure service provision.
- To provide line management and case management supervision to a Social Prescribing Link Worker.
- To take a lead role within your PCN for the pro-active and community work and report monthly to the Community Development Manager
- To triage complex new referrals for the service.
This list of duties is not intended to be exhaustive, but indicates the main areas of work and may be subject to change after consultation with the post-holder to meet the changing needs of the service.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- English and Maths GCSE or equivalent.
- NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care or relevant professional or vocational qualification at Level 3 or above, or equivalent knowledge and experience.
Desirable
- Formal training in working with long term conditions.
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years experience of working with patients to achieve behaviour change or equivalent.
- Experience of supervising staff.
- Experience of working within a team.
- Experience of supporting people with low level/common mental health needs in the community.
- Knowledge of the voluntary/social care sector in Stockport.
- Experience of managing a caseload of participants and keeping up to date records using a database.
- Experience of working without direct supervision.
- Experience of using community based activities and resources to support individuals.
Desirable
- Experience of working with the BAME community.
- Experience of working with individuals with long term conditions.
- Evidence of working within a multidisciplinary team.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Good IT skills.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills, including an ability to build rapport and establish good one to one relationships.
- Ability to deal with challenging behaviour and difficult conversations.
- Ability to sensitively empower and engage with people who have poor wellbeing and other health related needs.
- Ability to work with people from a range of agencies and organisations to develop effective working relationships.
- Evidence of ability to work both autonomously and to seek support and guidance when appropriate.
- Ability to effectively manage a variable workload.
- Ability to work flexibly in an innovative and developing role.
Additional Attributes
Essential
- Willingness to work in settings across Stockport.
- Commitment to working towards Viaduct Care CICs values and ethos as an organisation.
Desirable
- An understanding of the important of user/carer involvement.
Qualifications
Essential
- English and Maths GCSE or equivalent.
- NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care or relevant professional or vocational qualification at Level 3 or above, or equivalent knowledge and experience.
Desirable
- Formal training in working with long term conditions.
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years experience of working with patients to achieve behaviour change or equivalent.
- Experience of supervising staff.
- Experience of working within a team.
- Experience of supporting people with low level/common mental health needs in the community.
- Knowledge of the voluntary/social care sector in Stockport.
- Experience of managing a caseload of participants and keeping up to date records using a database.
- Experience of working without direct supervision.
- Experience of using community based activities and resources to support individuals.
Desirable
- Experience of working with the BAME community.
- Experience of working with individuals with long term conditions.
- Evidence of working within a multidisciplinary team.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Good IT skills.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills, including an ability to build rapport and establish good one to one relationships.
- Ability to deal with challenging behaviour and difficult conversations.
- Ability to sensitively empower and engage with people who have poor wellbeing and other health related needs.
- Ability to work with people from a range of agencies and organisations to develop effective working relationships.
- Evidence of ability to work both autonomously and to seek support and guidance when appropriate.
- Ability to effectively manage a variable workload.
- Ability to work flexibly in an innovative and developing role.
Additional Attributes
Essential
- Willingness to work in settings across Stockport.
- Commitment to working towards Viaduct Care CICs values and ethos as an organisation.
Desirable
- An understanding of the important of user/carer involvement.
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.
Employer details
Employer name
Viaduct Care
Address
21-23
Merseyway
Stockport
Cheshire
SK1 1PN
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.viaductcare.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Viaduct Care
Address
21-23
Merseyway
Stockport
Cheshire
SK1 1PN
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.viaductcare.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Viaduct Care HR Team
Details
Date posted
14 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£32,073 to £39,043 a year Pro rata based on 37.5 hours per week
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
B0463-26-0011
Job locations
21-23
Merseyway
Stockport
Cheshire
SK1 1PN
United Kingdom
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