Age Isles of Scilly: Social Prescribing Link Worker

Hours:

22.5 hours per week
Salary: £16,996.01 per annum (£27,949 FTE)

Location:

Liskeard, with the requirement to work at different locations and venues in East Cornwall.

Are you looking for a rewarding job in Health and Social Care supporting people across the community in addressing Health and Wellbeing? An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the team of Social Prescribing Link Workers working within the East Cornwall Primary Care Network.

We are seeking someone with experience of working positively with people facing complex social and emotional challenges. We welcome applications from people who are a good listener with great interpersonal skills, confident, well organised, and computer literate with good IT skills. You will have time for people and be committed to supporting local communities to care for each other.

If you are creative, dedicated with a passion to improving the Health and Wellbeing of people and their communities, we would love to hear from you.

CVs and cover letters are not required but can be submitted to support your application if you wish. If you need any support with your application or require your application in a certain format, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.

The organisation is positive about employing people with disabilities. We know there’s a wealth of talent among people who have a disability as well as those who have experience of mental or physical health challenges. So, if you need any support with your application or if you require your application in a different format please just give us a call on

If you choose to disclose a disability on your application form and you meet the essential criteria set out in the person specification, we commit to inviting you to an interview.