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Social Prescriber

The closing date is 13 March 2026

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Job summary

We are looking for a highly motivated, patient centred Social Prescriber, working within the 3 Harbours and Bosvena neighbourhood.

Working within our multi-disciplinary healthcare team, your role will be providing 1:1 personalised support to people, with an emphasis on children, young people and families, who are referred to you by team members and local agencies.

This post will be practice based working across our Primary Care Network geography including Bosvena (Bodmin), Lostwithiel, Middleway and Fowey River Practice.

Main duties of the job

This post empowers people to take control of their health and wellbeing by giving time to focus on what matters to them. You will build trusting relationships with people, create personalised plans and connect people to community groups and other voluntary and social enterprise organisations and services. You will also work with partners to provide support to community groups and Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise organisations (VCSE) involved in social prescribing.

This role helps people to work on their health and wellbeing, specifically wider determinants of their health, such as debt, poor housing and physical inactivity, as well as other lifestyle issues and low-level mental health concerns, by increasing peoples active involvement with their local communities. This approach particularly helps with long term conditions (including support for mental health), people who are lonely or isolated, or who have complex social needs which affect their wellbeing.

You will be passionate about reducing health inequalities, especially in support of those people, and families in hard to reach places who struggle to engage with health and care services. Ideally you have a background working with children, young people and families and relish the prospect of building relationships with patients and system partners to support improving outcomes.

About us

3 Harbours & Bosvena Primary Care Network (PCN) is based in mid-Cornwall.

We have a population of 43,500 patients and a large collaborative multi-disciplinary team working across the PCN. Our social prescriber team covers neighbourhood and includes a Lead, and GP Clinician for supervision and mentoring.

Details

Date posted

26 February 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£26,592 to £27,492 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

2 years

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

A1380-26-0001

Job locations

Bell Lane

Bodmin

Cornwall

PL31 2JJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide 1:1 health support to children, young people, adults and families.

Promote social prescribing, its role in self-management, and the wider determinants of health.

As part of the PCN multi-disciplinary team, build relationships with staff in GP practices within the local PCN, attending relevant MDT meetings, giving information and feedback on social prescribing.

Be proactive in developing strong links with all local agencies to encourage referrals, recognising what they need to be confident in the service to make appropriate referrals.

Work in partnership with local agencies to raise awareness of social prescribing and how partnership working can reduce pressure on statutory services, improve health outcomes and enable a holistic approach to wellbeing.

Provide referral agencies with regular updates about social prescribing, including training for their staff and how to access information to encourage appropriate referrals.

Seek regular feedback about the quality of service and impact of social prescribing on referral agencies.

Be proactive in encouraging self-referrals and connecting with all local communities, particularly those communities that statutory agencies may find hard to reach.

Provide personalised support

Meet people on a one-to-one basis, making home visits where appropriate within organisations policies and procedures. Give people time to tell their stories and focus on what matters to me. Build trust with the person, providing non-judgemental support, respecting diversity and lifestyle choices. Work from a strength-based approach focusing on a persons assets.

Be a friendly source of information about health, wellbeing and prevention approaches.

Help people identify the wider issues that impact on their health and wellbeing, such as debt, poor housing, being unemployed, loneliness and caring responsibilities, connecting them to appropriate solutions.

Work with the person, their families and carers and consider how they can all be supported through social prescribing.

Help people maintain or regain independence through life skills, adaptations, enablement approaches and simple safeguards.

Work with individuals to co-produce a simple personalised support plan to address the persons health and wellbeing needs based on the persons priorities, interests, values and motivations including what they can expect from the groups, activities and services they are being connected to and what the person can do for themselves to improve their health and wellbeing.

Where appropriate, physically introduce people to community groups, activities and statutory services, ensuring they are comfortable. Follow up to ensure they are happy, able to engage, included and receiving good support.

Where people may be eligible for a personal health budget, help them to explore this option as a way of providing funded, personalised support to be independent, including helping people to gain skills for meaningful employment, where appropriate.

Seek advice and support from the GP supervisor and/or identified individual(s) to discuss patient-related concerns (e.g., abuse, domestic violence, and support with mental health), referring the patient back to the GP or other suitable health professional if required.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide 1:1 health support to children, young people, adults and families.

Promote social prescribing, its role in self-management, and the wider determinants of health.

As part of the PCN multi-disciplinary team, build relationships with staff in GP practices within the local PCN, attending relevant MDT meetings, giving information and feedback on social prescribing.

Be proactive in developing strong links with all local agencies to encourage referrals, recognising what they need to be confident in the service to make appropriate referrals.

Work in partnership with local agencies to raise awareness of social prescribing and how partnership working can reduce pressure on statutory services, improve health outcomes and enable a holistic approach to wellbeing.

Provide referral agencies with regular updates about social prescribing, including training for their staff and how to access information to encourage appropriate referrals.

Seek regular feedback about the quality of service and impact of social prescribing on referral agencies.

Be proactive in encouraging self-referrals and connecting with all local communities, particularly those communities that statutory agencies may find hard to reach.

Provide personalised support

Meet people on a one-to-one basis, making home visits where appropriate within organisations policies and procedures. Give people time to tell their stories and focus on what matters to me. Build trust with the person, providing non-judgemental support, respecting diversity and lifestyle choices. Work from a strength-based approach focusing on a persons assets.

Be a friendly source of information about health, wellbeing and prevention approaches.

Help people identify the wider issues that impact on their health and wellbeing, such as debt, poor housing, being unemployed, loneliness and caring responsibilities, connecting them to appropriate solutions.

Work with the person, their families and carers and consider how they can all be supported through social prescribing.

Help people maintain or regain independence through life skills, adaptations, enablement approaches and simple safeguards.

Work with individuals to co-produce a simple personalised support plan to address the persons health and wellbeing needs based on the persons priorities, interests, values and motivations including what they can expect from the groups, activities and services they are being connected to and what the person can do for themselves to improve their health and wellbeing.

Where appropriate, physically introduce people to community groups, activities and statutory services, ensuring they are comfortable. Follow up to ensure they are happy, able to engage, included and receiving good support.

Where people may be eligible for a personal health budget, help them to explore this option as a way of providing funded, personalised support to be independent, including helping people to gain skills for meaningful employment, where appropriate.

Seek advice and support from the GP supervisor and/or identified individual(s) to discuss patient-related concerns (e.g., abuse, domestic violence, and support with mental health), referring the patient back to the GP or other suitable health professional if required.

Person Specification

Experience

Desirable

  • Working with children, young people and families in health or social care related setting.
  • Previous experience in delivering coaching style conversations
  • Experience working in or with voluntary sector providers

General

Essential

  • Must be willing and able to travel within the PCN geography.

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE grade A to C in English and Maths

Desirable

  • NVQ in Health and Social Care or equivalent
Person Specification

Experience

Desirable

  • Working with children, young people and families in health or social care related setting.
  • Previous experience in delivering coaching style conversations
  • Experience working in or with voluntary sector providers

General

Essential

  • Must be willing and able to travel within the PCN geography.

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE grade A to C in English and Maths

Desirable

  • NVQ in Health and Social Care or equivalent

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

Bosvena Health

Address

Bell Lane

Bodmin

Cornwall

PL31 2JJ


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Bosvena Health

Address

Bell Lane

Bodmin

Cornwall

PL31 2JJ


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Strategic Manager: Integrated Neighbourhood Team

Chris Elson

chris.elson@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

26 February 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£26,592 to £27,492 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

2 years

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

A1380-26-0001

Job locations

Bell Lane

Bodmin

Cornwall

PL31 2JJ


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