Social Prescribing Team Leader – Cannock Villages PCN

Fixed term to 31 st March 2027

(with possibility of extension)

37 hours a week

£32,200 per annum inclusive of travel allowance

Main base: GP surgeries across Cannock Villages PCN (areas include Cannock, Norton Canes, Essington, Cheslyn Hay and Great Wyrley)

Do you have great listening and communication skills?

Have you got experience of helping others and a passion for supporting people through information, advice and guidance?

If you have good local knowledge of community activities and the initiative to find out more, then being a social prescribing link worker could be the great new role for you.

You will also need to be organised, able to manage a caseload, have sound IT skills, be able to keep good records and ideally have managed volunteers before.

Support Staffordshire is working hard to become more inclusive of the communities we serve, and as such is especially keen to hear from applicants with protected characteristics and lived experience, that bring knowledge, skills and experience which we lack.

We welcome an informal conversation in the first instance; please contact Head of Social Prescribing, Caroline Bradford: caroline.bradford@supportstaffordshire.org.uk

In order to be considered for this position, you will need to complete an Application Form and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Monitoring Form. These can be found in the link below, along with the job description and person specification.

The person appointed will require,

Proof of right to work in the UK

Two satisfactory references

Enhanced DBS

Closing date: 9am Wednesday 1 st April 2026

Interview date: Wednesday 15 th April 2026

(Interview travel expenses can be paid on completion of an expenses claim form and
providing your bank details)