• Job Description

  Req#: A1812-25-0016?language=en&page=537&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  The social prescriber link worker will provide a holistic approach to healthcare by supporting individuals to improve their overall health and well-being through access to non-medical, community-based support. Social prescribers focus on the wider determinants of health such as loneliness, housing, financial challenges, and lifestyle factors working alongside individuals to address the social, emotional, and practical issues that impact their health.

  Main duties of the job

  • Assess patients health and well-being needs and identify support through local services, community resources, and statutory provisions.
  • Co-produce personalised care plans reflecting individual needs, goals, and signposting to relevant services such as weight management.
  • Regularly review care plans to ensure they meet patients evolving needs.
  • Provide personalised support to patients, families, and carers to promote independence and healthy lifestyles.
  • Build trusting, person-centered relationships, focusing on what matters and considering social determinants of health.
  • Support access to services like employment, training, welfare, housing, and personal health budgets as appropriate.
  • Deliver support through face-to-face, virtual, tele health, and tele medicine methods.
  • Promote self-care and assist individuals in accessing funding or services for independence and meaningful engagement.
  • Participate in resolving patient complaints and contribute to learning from incidents.
  • Actively signpost patients to appropriate healthcare professionals or services based on assessed needs

  • Other job locations:

    Bentley Road Liverpool L8 0SY

    Peach Street Liverpool L69 7ZL

    26 Argyle Street Liverpool L1 5DL

    157 Edge Lane Edge Hill Liverpool L7 2PF

    2 Vauxhall Road Liverpool L3 2BG

  About us

  Brownlow is an organisation that is committed to equality and diversity, and we strive for our workforce to be representative and inclusive of the complex and diverse community which we are proud to serve. With this commitment in mind, we actively encourage individuals who self-identify as having protected characteristics to apply for this role. We are particularly keen to encourage applications from: individuals with linguistic diversity, members of the LGBTQ+ community; members of black, minority ethnic, and minority faith groups; and from those who are disabled and / or neurodiverse. We are mindful that we may not always be aware of structural and systemic factors, which might discourage or prevent certain minority groups and marginalised populations from applying to join our team. If you are aware that any such barriers do exist, please let us know so that we can work to overcome and dismantle these.

  Although not required by law we strongly recommend that all staff have received all Covid vaccinations.

  If you are successful at interview and are registered with any of the Brownlow Practices , you are required to change practices and this will be a stipulate of employment.

  We require applicants whose native language is not English to demonstrate their competence in the English language. This can be demonstrated by:

  - Providing Certification of English proficiency

  - During interview should you be invited to attend

  Details

  Date posted

  25 July 2025

  Pay scheme

  Other

  Salary

  £31,049 to £37,796 a year

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  A1812-25-0016

  Job locations

  Brownlow Health @ Pembroke Place

  70 Pembroke Place

  Liverpool

  Merseyside

  L69 3GF

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  The Social Prescribing Link Worker empowers individuals to improve their health and wellbeing through personalised, non-medical support. Based within the Brownlow Primary Care Network (PCN) and local GP practices, the Social Prescribing Link Worker connects people to community groups, voluntary organisations, and services to address issues like loneliness, housing, debt, and inactivity.

  They will help develop the The Social Prescribing Link service, support PCN priorities, and collaborate with partners to sustain or create local initiatives. This role is especially valuable for people with long-term conditions, mental health needs, social isolation, or complex social challenges.

  The Social Prescribing Link Worker will manage their own caseload, promote lifestyle changes, and work closely with a multidisciplinary team. They will receive monthly clinical supervision and have access to support for safeguarding, domestic violence, and mental health concerns. GP referrals will be recorded using SNOMED CT codes in clinical systems.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  The Social Prescribing Link Worker empowers individuals to improve their health and wellbeing through personalised, non-medical support. Based within the Brownlow Primary Care Network (PCN) and local GP practices, the Social Prescribing Link Worker connects people to community groups, voluntary organisations, and services to address issues like loneliness, housing, debt, and inactivity.

  They will help develop the The Social Prescribing Link service, support PCN priorities, and collaborate with partners to sustain or create local initiatives. This role is especially valuable for people with long-term conditions, mental health needs, social isolation, or complex social challenges.

  The Social Prescribing Link Worker will manage their own caseload, promote lifestyle changes, and work closely with a multidisciplinary team. They will receive monthly clinical supervision and have access to support for safeguarding, domestic violence, and mental health concerns. GP referrals will be recorded using SNOMED CT codes in clinical systems.

  Person Specification

  Personal Qualities

  Essential

  • Polite and confident
  • Flexible and cooperative
  • Forward thinker
  • High levels of integrity and professionalism
  • Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
  • Ability to work under pressure

  Skills

  Essential

  • Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
  • Strong IT skills
  • Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
  • Effective time management (planning and organising)
  • Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
  • Excellent interpersonal and listening skills
  • Problem-solving & analytical skills
  • Ability to follow policy and procedure

  Desirable

  • Ability to use EMIS patient systems

  Other Requirements

  Essential

  • Flexibility to work outside core office hours
  • Ability to travel

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of working with the general public
  • Experience of working in a health and social care setting or with relevant voluntary sector organisations
  • Experience of delivering lifestyle changes interventions
  • Experience of working with vulnerable people

  Desirable

  • Experience of working as a health trainer or related link worker role

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Educated to GCSE level or equivalent

  Desirable

  • Motivational interviewing/ coaching qualification
  • NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care or other relevant professional academic qualification

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • General understanding of local well-being/ community services

  Desirable

  • Good understanding of interventions, behavioral and motivational change methodologies
  • Good understanding of holistic approach to social prescribing and wider determinants of health

  Person Specification

  Personal Qualities

  Essential

  • Polite and confident
  • Flexible and cooperative
  • Forward thinker
  • High levels of integrity and professionalism
  • Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
  • Ability to work under pressure

  Skills

  Essential

  • Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
  • Strong IT skills
  • Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
  • Effective time management (planning and organising)
  • Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
  • Excellent interpersonal and listening skills
  • Problem-solving & analytical skills
  • Ability to follow policy and procedure

  Desirable

  • Ability to use EMIS patient systems

  Other Requirements

  Essential

  • Flexibility to work outside core office hours
  • Ability to travel

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of working with the general public
  • Experience of working in a health and social care setting or with relevant voluntary sector organisations
  • Experience of delivering lifestyle changes interventions
  • Experience of working with vulnerable people

  Desirable

  • Experience of working as a health trainer or related link worker role

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Educated to GCSE level or equivalent

  Desirable

  • Motivational interviewing/ coaching qualification
  • NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care or other relevant professional academic qualification

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • General understanding of local well-being/ community services

  Desirable

  • Good understanding of interventions, behavioral and motivational change methodologies
  • Good understanding of holistic approach to social prescribing and wider determinants of health

  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

  Brownlow Group Practice

  Address

  Brownlow Health @ Pembroke Place

  70 Pembroke Place

  Liverpool

  Merseyside

  L69 3GF

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.brownlowhealth.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Brownlow Group Practice

  Address

  Brownlow Health @ Pembroke Place

  70 Pembroke Place

  Liverpool

  Merseyside

  L69 3GF

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.brownlowhealth.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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