PCN Social Prescribing Link Worker

The London Borough of Waltham Forest and Waltham Forest Federated GP Network are supporting the Primary Care Networks established across the borough to recruit Social Prescribing Link Workers., Social Prescribing Link Workers empower people to take control of their health and well-being by taking a holistic approach and connecting people to practical and emotional support in the community and statutory sectors. Officers give people time to focus on their aspirations & goals and help to build active and sustainable communities by working collaboratively with local partners.

You will be practice based on a rotational basis and may be working at different practices within the PCN. This is not a remote role.

The activities undertaken by Social Prescribing Link Workers help to strengthen personal and community resilience and reduce health inequalities by addressing the wider determinants of health such as debt, poor housing and social isolation.

The service is targeted at particular groups of residents. Social Prescribing Link Workers will support residents to become more independent and enhance their well-being

The Managed Network focuses on prevention and early intervention. A key activity is to provide non-clinical support to vulnerable residents by employing link workers across 3 well-being pathways, Social Prescribing, well-being at Home and Local Area Coordination.

The model has been developed as part of the Waltham Forest Integrated Care Partnership and is part of the Promoting Wellbeing Programme., Fednet WTE CIC works with 36 GP Practices in Waltham Forest. We are a private limited company who provides NHS Services based in Primary Care, pooling the skills and resources of local GPs to provide large scale services as part of the local NHS Strategy to bring more services into the Community to help people stay well and at home.