Job title: Community Connector - Wellbeing Matters (Social Prescribing Link Worker)

Place of Work: Brunswick House M6 and various community locations across Salford

Hours: 35 hours per week (full time)

Contract: Initial fixed term contract until March 2026

Salary: £29,388 per annum (aligned to NJC PT19 and pro-rated for 35 hours)

Responsible to: Development Manager

About The Role

The Wellbeing Matters Community Connectors are at the heart of our approach to social prescribing in Salford and need to be enthusiastic, well-organised, resilient and adaptable.

Working within a neighbourhood anchor you will support individuals to access local groups and activities, adapting a strengths based approach in order to ultimately improve their health and wellbeing. In addition to working with individuals, you will be working with your local community to identify and develop opportunities to meet the residents in your area as well as liaising with healthcare professionals to support the services development.

About Us

START is a charity that has been delivering mental health recovery and prevention services in Salford for over 30 years. We use creativity, connection and recovery interventions to help improve people's lives.

The Wellbeing Matters Team

The Wellbeing Matters programme is a Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise led initiative delivered by Salford CVS that focusses on Person and Community Centred Approaches to improving the wellbeing of Salford people.

A key element of Wellbeing Matters is the community connecting/ social prescribing programme that connects people referred by health and care professionals to local community assets in support of their wellbeing, independence, and to reduce social isolation. The programme aims to support people to feel more connected to their community, more confident, and less socially isolated by linking them into local groups and services. The goal is for people to be better equipped to manage their own health and wellbeing.

Main Tasks And Responsibilities Include

Develop positive working relationships and accept referrals from key health key workers including Care Navigators, GPs, Neighbourhood Enhanced Care Teams.
Develop and maintain good communication with people accessing the service to ensure that their strengths, goals and preferences as individuals are met and connect them to relevant services and opportunities within their community to achieve these.
Build up knowledge of what services are available in the local and wider community and assist with recording this both locally and centrally
Develop and maintain effective working relationships with key relevant community-based service providers to ensure effective and smooth onward referrals e.g. other local voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations
Identify local gaps in meeting a specific need and feed this information into delivery team meetings and to the neighbourhood volunteer development worker.
Monitoring and record key information regarding individuals participation in the programme including tracking their experience and outcomes and provide timely feedback to referral partners.
Support and assist with the monitoring and evaluation of the programme including producing relevant monitoring reports as well as collecting broader qualitative and outcome data from case studies, focus groups and interviews to understand how or why the delivery approach is impacting on people and the local community.
Support project development by raising awareness of the service through training, presentations and events.
As part of the wider social prescribing team, contribute to the development of the service including the development and maintenance quality assurance and improvement systems that monitor standards and support high-quality service delivery.
Manage own time and workload effectively, whilst also working as part of a team.
Work in accordance with all policies and procedures of START as well as those of the Wellbeing Matters programme.

START are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where all individuals, regardless of their background, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, ability, or any other dimension of diversity, feel valued and respected. We believe that diversity enriches our organisation and enhances our ability to innovate and serve our community. We actively encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and experiences to contribute to our mission of creating an equitable and welcoming work environment.

Closing date for applications 12 noon 14th March 2025.

Interviews to take place w/c 24th March 2025.

Interested?

Please click 'Apply' and follow the job board process. You will receive an email from our partners at CHM Recruit containing further information on how to apply for the role.

Please note that although you may be asked by the job board to upload a CV, you are not applying at this stage.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

No agencies please.

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