Social Prescriber (Link Worker)

Posting date:	09 April 2026
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	Negotiable
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	01 May 2026
Location:	Sunderland, SR2 0RY
Company:	NHS Jobs
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	A1200-26-0000

Summary

Job Description Social Prescriber Link Worker Primary Care Network: East PCN Salary: Competitive salary depending on experience Hours: 37.5 Reporting to: PCN Clinical Director, PCN Manager Accountable to: Tracy Hutchinson, Sunderland East PCN Manager Location: GP practices across East PCN Job Purpose The Social Prescriber, Link Worker will work as part of the East PCN multidisciplinary team to support people with non medical needs that affect their health and wellbeing. The role focuses on personalised care, addressing health inequalities, and supporting individuals to improve their quality of life by connecting them to community based services, activities, and support. The postholder will contribute directly to the PCN DES personalised care requirements, supporting demand management in general practice and helping people to take greater control of their own health and wellbeing. East PCN consists of 7 GP partnership practices: Ashburn, Deerness Park, New City, Park Lane, River View, Southlands, Villette. You will become part of our well-established social prescribing team in supporting our patients to ensure they receive the best possible care. Key Responsibilities Personalised Care and Social Prescribing Receive and manage referrals from GP practices, PCN MDTs, and other primary care professionals. Undertake personalised conversations using a what matters to me approach. Co produce personalised wellbeing plans with individuals. Support individuals to access appropriate voluntary, community, faith and statutory services. Empower people to build resilience, confidence, and self management skills. Provide time limited support, reviewing progress and adjusting plans as needed. Reducing Health Inequalities Proactively support individuals experiencing health inequalities, social isolation, loneliness, or wider determinants of poor health. Work with underserved groups, including those with long term conditions, mental health needs, carers, and people experiencing deprivation. Ensure equitable access to social prescribing across East PCN practices. PCN and MDT Working Work closely with GPs, nurses, care coordinators, mental health practitioners, and other ARRS roles. Participate in PCN MDT meetings, neighbourhood working, and integrated care approaches. Support practices to embed social prescribing into routine workflows and referral pathways. Contribute to PCN service development and continuous improvement. Community Asset Mapping Develop and maintain up to date knowledge of local community assets and services. Build strong relationships with voluntary and community sector partners. Support sustainable links between primary care and community services. Identify gaps in provision and feedback intelligence to the PCN. Data capture Support referral agencies to provide appropriate information about the person they are referring, including demographic data and data on wider determinants, for example, caring status. Provide appropriate and timely feedback to referral agencies about the people they referred. Work sensitively with people, their families and carers to capture key information to measure impact of social prescribing on their health and wellbeing, using validated tools Monitoring, Reporting and Governance Maintain accurate records in line with PCN and host organisation policies. Collect activity data and outcomes to support PCN DES assurance and reporting. Contribute to evaluation of social prescribing impact at PCN level. Work within safeguarding, information governance, and confidentiality frameworks. Professional Development and Supervision Engage in regular supervision and reflective practice. Participate in relevant training, including personalised care and safeguarding. Work within the scope of the role and escalate concerns appropriately. Contribute to peer support and learning across the PCN social prescribing team. Leadership Be a system leader in the development, delivery and education of social prescribing, ensuring involvement where value can be added. Provide role coaching and mentoring for all staff where appropriate. Key Relationships GP Practices within East PCN PCN Clinical Director and PCN Management Team Community and Voluntary Sector Organisations Other ARRS roles and neighbourhood teams