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About Us:
Enable is a charity dedicated to improving people's wellbeing and strengthening local communities. We work with councils, charities and other local organisations to deliver health, leisure, community services and events that enrich people’s lives and strengthen our local community.
At Enable, we value our employees and our culture, focusing on embracing diversity and fostering an inclusive, flexible and fun environment for employees to perform at their best. On top of a competitive salary and flexible working environment, employees will also receive:
Benefits:
- 30 days of annual leave (plus 8 bank holidays)
- Life Insurance
- Reward Schemes (RewardHub Membership, wellbeing budgets and cycle to work)
- A variety of social and wellbeing activities each month
- Mental Health & Wellbeing Perks (Monthly talks, Wellbeing Hour, etc)
- Gym Membership
Reports to: Social Prescribing Manager
Based: Balham, Tooting and Furzedown PCN
Salary: £35,530.43
Contract: Permanent, Full time
Work Arrangement: 40 hours per week, hybrid between home, office and GP practices
DBS: Enhanced with Adults
Role Overview:
The Health and Wellbeing Team are a passionate group of health professionals who empower people to make lasting changes to their health and wellbeing and improve their quality of life. We put the person at the centre of everything we do, building innovative initiatives that tackle barriers to improving health. We are experts at reducing health inequalities, real or perceived, and creating lasting changes.
Main Duties/Responsibilities:
Person-centred care and support
- Deliver effective social prescribing appointments using a holistic and person-centred approach that helps people focus on what matters to them.
- Empower people to take control of their own wellbeing by building their confidence, motivating them to set goals and creating personalised action plans.
- Signpost and refer people to local voluntary, community and statutory services that help meet their needs.
- Support people to overcome their personal barriers to access VCSE organisations and follow up to ensure they are satisfied, able to engage, and receiving good support.
- Treat everyone with dignity, and respect different cultures, religions, ways of life and other personal characteristics at all times.
Communication and Collaboration
- Build excellent relationships with primary care/adult social care teams, providing regular updates, sharing knowledge of local VCSE organisations and working together to develop the service.
- Provide support and develop partnerships with local VCSE organisations, community groups, and statutory services to make safe and effective onward referrals.
- Work with the Enable Health and Wellbeing Team and local partners to identify unmet needs within the community and gaps in service provision.
- Promote the social prescribing micro-commissioning fund and support VCSE organisations to apply.
- Act as a champion of social prescribing, increasing awareness and promoting its benefits to a wide range of audiences.
- Work with a team of volunteer buddies to provide additional support to clients.
Service Quality and Development
- Collect and record outcome, monitoring and impact data using required systems, contributing to the evaluation of the service.
- Manage own case load to ensure clients receive appropriate levels of support and expectations are met.
- Gather client feedback to evaluate the quality of the service and to inform service changes and developments.
- Identify how the service could be developed and improved and, drawing upon knowledge of service delivery, make suggestions about how social prescribing could be embedded to a greater extent across Wandsworth.
- Keep up to date with key changes in the health and social care sector in order to shape and develop the service, including those relating to good practice and policy.
- Lead by example by demonstrating excellent customer service, delivery skills, organisation and professionalism.
- Complete Quality Assurance Assessments for VCSE organisations accepting social prescribing referrals to ensure they are safe, effective, and have the support they need to be part of social prescribing.
- Work with your line manager to identify your own support needs and undertake continual personal and professional development.
General Responsibilities
- To comply with all of Enable Leisure and Culture Codes of practice and conduct, including policies and procedures concerning data protection, health and safety and safeguarding.
- To be committed to the promotion of equality, diversity and inclusion for others, both colleagues and clients.
- To create and maintain a safe, supportive and welcoming environment where all people are treated with dignity and their identity and culture are valued and respected. Report any instances of inappropriate behaviour or discrimination.
- Ensure data is kept securely in line with data protection law and Enable LC’s procedures.
- To be fully aware of the principles of safeguarding as they apply to children and vulnerable adults in relation to your work role. Always follow safeguarding procedures and ensure that your line manager is kept fully informed of any safeguarding concerns.
- To carry out any other reasonable duties and responsibilities that contribute to the overall function of the team, appropriate with the grading of the post.
- To apply a flexible approach to working in different environments including from home, GP practices, healthcare settings, community venues and Enable offices.
- To travel inside or outside the borough when required.
Skills and Experience:
- At least 2 year experience in a role that involves delivering face-to-face support in a relevant health or social care environment.
- Experience adopting a person-centred approach in order to meet the needs of service users and of empowering them to make informed choices.
- Experience of working with people of all ages with a range of social needs.
- Experience of working with the VCSE sector (in a paid or voluntary capacity), including with volunteers and small community groups.
- Motivational interviewing, behaviour change, or health coaching qualification (desirable) or willingness to undertake training (essential).
- Motivational interviewing, behaviour change or health coaching experience (desirable).
Knowledge
- Knowledge of the wider determinants of health, including social, economic and environmental factors.
- Understanding of personalisation and the skills required to support self-care.
- An understanding of the principles of confidentiality and how these apply when handling service-user information.
- Local knowledge of VCSE and community services in Wandsworth (desirable).
Aptitudes, skills and competencies
- Good ability to use Microsoft Office (including Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint) and other online client monitoring systems or tools as required.
- Ability to work with and support people with a wide range of health and wellbeing needs, inspiring trust and confidence, motivating others to reach their potential.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability and confidence to listen actively, motivate, support, and advocate.
- Excellent communication skills, verbal and written; able to communicate in a meaningful way and develop effective relationships with a range of stakeholders.
- Excellent organisation, planning and time management skills.
- Able to collect and record data to enable the monitoring of key performance indicators, reporting on them as and when required.
- Able to work effectively with others in an open and collaborative way, valuing differences and contributing to a working environment which helps to achieve goals.
- Able to work unsupervised to meet agreed outcomes, targets and deadlines.
- Ability to identify risk, assess and manage risk when working with patients.
Personal qualities
- Able to demonstrate personal accountability, emotional resilience and ability to work well under pressure.
- Commitment to working in deprived communities and reducing health inequalities.
- Commitment to valuing equality and diversity and understanding of how this applies to own area of work.
- Commitment to own professional and personal development and willingness to undertake training and development as appropriate to the role.
- Able to work flexible hours if required by the post and able to work in various setting.
- Able to commute to various service locations across the borough as required.
Thank you!
Do you want to support people with mental health issues in a moment of crisis?
Are you calm, non-judgemental and able to work effectively with people experiencing distress?
If you can embody our values of Hope, Courage, Togetherness, and Responsiveness, and want to help others build resilience and manage their wellbeing, we’d love to hear from you.
Job title: Mental Health A&E Link Worker – Watford General Hospital
Reference Number: 327
Salary: £24,336 per annum
Reports to: Crisis Services Manager
Contract length: Permanent
Working pattern: 37.5 hours per week over a 7-day rota (typically 3pm – 11pm)
Woking bases: Watford Wellbeing Centre / Watford General Hospital
We have a vacancy for a Mental Health A&E Link Worker to join our team.
About the Project
Our A and E Link Workers help adults access alternative mental health crisis support, including our Nightlight Crisis Service. We focus on providing a calmer, quieter environment away from the hospital when it’s needed.
Service Objectives
The objectives of Hertfordshire Mind Network’s (HMN) A&E Liaison Service are to:
- Improve the mental wellbeing of people experiencing mental health crisis in Hertfordshire.
- Increase timely access to help for people experiencing mental health crisis in Hertfordshire, by providing a clear and effective pathway to services provided by HMN and other third sector and statutory providers.
- Contribute to an improvement in individual mental wellbeing.
- Remain a source of independent support for all clients.
- Provide an alternative pathway to people in distress and crisis to support better outcomes and reduce the demand on statutory crisis services, emergency services and A&E departments.
About the Role:
The Mental Health A&E Link worker will work closely with individuals in a mental health crisis currently in A&E, by using a person-centred approach to ensure that everyone is supported with dignity and respect.
They will encourage and facilitate positive steps towards management of crisis and recovery; through providing emotional support, signposting and completing onward referrals into mental health support. They will work closely with A&E clinical staff, integrated discharge teams, Bounce Back, and mental health liaison teams, to proactively identify referrals into the crisis alternatives service to facilitate timely discharges from A&E.
We offer:
- Annual leave entitlement of 25 days per year pro rata, rising in increments to a max. of 29 days after 5 years employment (plus 8 days Bank Holidays)
- An additional day of leave each year for your birthday following completion of probation period.
- Ongoing training relevant to your role.
- An Employee Assistance Programme.
- Cash plan health cover (after 6 months employment) – compensation payment for Optical, Dental, Chiropody and Therapy Treatments.
A driving Licence with access to a car for the purpose of business use; or alternative means to travel reliably between places, outside of 9am - 5pm is essential for this role.
Closing date for applications is Friday 13th February 2026
Interviews will be held from the week commencing 23rd February 2026
N.B. Please quote reference number 327 when completing your application for this role.
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
We welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates, irrespective of gender, disability, marital or parental status, racial, ethnic or social origin, colour, religion, belief, or sexual orientation. In addition, during the various stages of recruitment, specific measures can be taken to ensure equal opportunities for candidates with disabilities or special needs.
Hertfordshire Mind Network is committed to the Disability Confident and Mindful Employer charters. We actively recruit staff who have a lived experience of mental ill health. Our inclusive approach recognises the unique skills, knowledge, and perspectives that lived experience brings to our team.
No agencies please.
Thank you!
Help on Your Doorstep
Social Prescribing Link Worker (Part time)
Hours: 3 days a week - one day to be worked on a Friday
Salary: 17,908 (pro rata)
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About Help on Your Doorstep
Help on Your Doorstep, is a pioneering charity working in the London Borough of Islington to improve the health and wellbeing of people and the communities that they live in. Through our Social Prescribing Service, ‘Connect’ outreach and referral service and Good Neighbour Schemes, we support people to thrive in healthier, happier and more connected communities.
At the heart of everything we do is a commitment to build trusted, relationship-based support with individuals and communities. We work closely with partners who share our vision of tackling the social and health inequalities that affect people across Islington.
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About the role
Our Social Prescribing service supports patients referred by GP practices across Central Islington. Working within a fast, paced, person-centred environment, Social Prescribing Link Workers support individuals to identify what matters most to them and connects with community services, activities and support that improves their well-being and addresses the wider determinants of health.
The service benefits from close collaboration with our Connect service and access to over 120 referral partners, offering a diverse range of opportunities to support residents’ health, wellbeing and independence.
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What You’ll Be Doing
As part of a dedicated team of four Social Prescribing Link Workers, seven Connect service colleagues and external partners working in primary care teams, you will:
· Work with patients referred by GP practices to provide personalised, strengths based support
· Build trusted relationships and support individuals to overcome, social, practical and emotional barriers
· Support people to access community-based services, activities and networks
· Manage a varied caseload, maintaining accurate and timely records
· Work collaboratively with GP practices, primary care teams, colleagues and external partners
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About You
· Passionate about creating a fairer society and reducing health inequalities
· Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills
· Have experience of providing person-centred or personalised support (paid or unpaid)
· Can work at pace and work across different data-systems and maintain accurate records
· Can manage a caseload in an organised and methodical way
· Are comfortable balancing face to face work with administrative responsibilities
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For a full job description, person specification and details on how to apply, please go to our website
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Our Team
You will be part of a supportive and collaborative team of 4 Social Prescribing Link Workers and 7 Connect Service colleagues, GP practices and external partners across Islington. We value teamwork, reflective practice, and learning from one another to continually improve outcomes for residents.
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The deadline for completed applications is 9.00am on February 23rd 2026. In person interviews will be held on March 5th 2026.
Registered Charity
11 - 20
Help on Your Doorstep aims to improve the health and wellbeing of people in Islington, especially those who are vulnerable and isolated.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Please note that the successful candidate must reside in the Highlands area.
About the Role
As a Senior Community Link Worker, you will have a developmental role as well as providing on-going support. You will be responsible for developing positive, working relationships between the Community Link Worker team, Primary Care and local community resources. You will work to ensure that people referred from Primary Care to the Community Link Worker service benefit from community resources which can contribute to improvement of their mental and physical health outcomes. You will contribute to community development in your local area of work by working with community organisations
You will carry case loads for on-going work with specific individuals for developing and reviewing personal support plans, and provide oversight of personal support plans designed and implemented by Community Link Workers. Working closely with Community Link Workers in a guidance and/or support and supervision role, you will promote good working practice and staff development.
You will also ensure that the Community Link Worker service provides an environment where people can improve their health outcomes, establish improved connections in their communities and enhance their quality of life.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work autonomously being able to judge when I refer to your manager and take a lead role in developing the service.
- Working closely with the Project Manager and Locality Manager to achieve strategic outcomes
- Working closely with colleagues in Primary Care
- Working to develop improved, working links between Primary Care and local community resources
- Identify gaps in the service where they arise and implement solutions in partnership with your line manager
- Linking service users to appropriate resources in the local community
- Compiling and reviewing service user personal support plans ensuring outcomes are being achieved, including ensuring people are connected to their community
- Oversight of personal support plans developed and implemented by Community Link Workers
- Overseeing Community Link Worker workloads
- Ensuring continuity of service within the context of change MH values and strategic outcomes
- Ensuring that careful and ongoing review systems are in place and maintained
- Building positive working relationships with Primary Care and other local partners to better support our service users and to promote the work of the Community Link Worker service
- Collating information and prepare agency reports for line management as required
- Contributing to Research and Development at a local level in support of National objectives to promote service improvements
- Travelling throughout the geographic region covered by the service as required
Essential Criteria:
- Educated to SVQ 3 level or have experience working in the social care sector.
- Work well in a team setting but can also work autonomously
- Have a sound theory base of social care interventions including risk assessment
- Have a value base consistent with the aims and objectives of Change Mental Health
- Able to apply an analytical approach to problems in order to find solutions
- Competent in planning and reviewing development plans and taking appropriate action if needed
- Good Standard of I.T skills
- An understanding of the importance of providing professional support and supervision to practitioners
- Sound knowledge of Health and Social care policy in Scotland and can apply this to my role
- Desire to develop my knowledge and skills and attend training as required
- Ability to travel throughout the geographic region covered by the service as required
Desirable Criteria
- Experience of working with people affected by mental or physical health issues
- Experience of community-development work
- Experience of working in a SSSC Registered Service
- A learning and development portfolio which evidences your skills and knowledge
General Duties:
- Act in accordance with Data Protection legislation. Ensure all records, personal, staff and client data are managed in line with Data Management and Information Governance policies
- Comply with legal and regulatory requirements such as provisions set out in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
- As with all employees, workers and volunteers; to encourage people to join Support in Mind Scotland as a member, donor or activist
- To act in accordance with the charity’s Health & Safety and Safeguarding policies and to notify your line manager promptly if there are any concerns
- To participate in regular supervision and appraisal and undertake any relevant training as appropriate to the role
- To work in accordance with the charity’s national policies and local operating procedures and those of external regulators or professional bodies
This job profile and list of duties is not exhaustive and serves only to highlight the main requirements. The line manager may stipulate other reasonable requirements and projects commensurate with the general profile and grade of the post.
Please be aware that it is classed as an offence if you apply for this role and are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to vulnerable adults.
Registered Charity
101 - 500
For over 50 years, our mission has remained the same: to help and support people affected by mental illness.
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We seek individuals deeply committed to supporting children and young people (CYP), driven by intrinsic motivation and unwavering standards for themselves and others. If you resonate with this, we invite you to join our team!
AllChild (formerly West London Zone) is a non-profit organisation that proactively works with children and their families to flourish socially, emotionally and academically through our tailored Impact Programme.
Working with schools, we identify and support children and young people before the need for crisis intervention, connecting them to the help they need through our trusted adult, the Link Worker.
Our Associate Link Worker/Link Worker/Senior Link Worker is based in the school with the children and young people they are working with on our programme. They work directly with the children, their families, their teachers and our partners to design and facilitate a two-year Impact Programme of support and champion the children and young people along the way.
Since our launch in 2016, our Impact Programme has helped thousands of children and young people at the tipping point of need. 75% are no longer at risk in their emotional and mental wellbeing; two-thirds improved their grades, and 90% of schools renew after the first programme, noting ‘transformational or significant positive impact’ for the children and the wider school environment.
We are proud to be an employer that puts equity, diversity and inclusion at the core of all that we do, for the benefit of our employees, our partners, and the communities that we work with. We are proud of our diversity and are therefore keen to receive applications from people who may be underrepresented in our AllChild community. Please read our EDI statement on our website for more information.
For more information and to apply, please visit our website via the Apply button.
Closing date: 6 February 2025.
