Social Prescribing Link Worker

Job description

Job responsibilities

Social Prescribing Link Worker

Location: Bordesley East PCN.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

1.Receiving, assessing, supporting and signposting patients to improve their wellbeing.

2.Working with the PCN and Practices to co-design a social prescribing service that meets the needs of the patients and the practices

3.Working as part of a team across to provide the highest quality service to patients, while being able to work as a team to share ideas, approaches to service delivery, knowledge and peer support to colleagues.

4.Promoting the referral uptake from within GP practices.

5. You will be providing a holistic assessment, co-designing a personalised social prescribing to improve health and well-being outcomes for individuals with a longer-term outcome of reducing the number of clinical /medical interventions

6.The role will require managing and prioritising your own caseload, in accordance with the needs, priorities and any urgent support required by patients.

7. Supporting patients to take steps that improve their mental and physical wellbeing, as well as assisting them to access other services

8.Ensure the patient is supported, have basic safeguarding processes for vulnerable individuals and can provide opportunities for the person to develop friendships, a sense of belonging, and build knowledge, skills and confidence

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

Key Outcomes

1.To work within the PCN to undertake GP referral and self-referrals and holistic assessments and co-design Health and Wellbeing Plans with individual service users, identifying support needs to ensure maximum engagement in improving health and well-being.

2. To provide personalised support to patients/service users with continuity and a co-ordinated experience of support, remaining a point of contact throughout the individuals social prescription. To take a holistic approach, based on the persons priorities and the wider determinants of health.

3.Meet patients on a one-to-one basis. Give people time to tell their stories and focus on what matters. Build trust with the person, providing non-judgemental support, respecting diversity and lifestyle choices. Working from a strength-based approach focusing on a persons assets.

4.To embed the role and function within the PCN and its practices

5. To ensure that the PCN practices have information about relevant services available to their patients

6.Where appropriate, physically introduce patients 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.

7.To ensure all data, monitoring and evaluation is kept up to date and reported back as required, highlighting any issues that need resolving.

8.To provide regular reports detailing the progress of the service and updates as and when required.

Duties may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the post or the level of responsibility.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

1. A community, health, social care, counselling or other relevant experience or professional or academic qualification.

2.A good understanding of a holistic approach to supporting patients in behaviour change.

3. Skills and experience of providing empowering support to communities/adults in a planned and structured way to improve their health, recovery and well-being outcomes.

4. Proven skills in collating information and data on community resources and organising these in up-to-date and accessible formats for a range of different service users from various communities.

5.Excellent written, verbal, listening and presentation skills.

6.A proven understanding of safeguarding for children and vulnerable adults and ability to implement relevant policies and procedures.

7.The ability to work autonomously where needed and to plan, prioritise work under pressure and adapt to new models of working.

8.Ability to work hours in a flexible way, to meet the needs of the service. The ability to work as part of the team to seek feedback, continually improve the service and contribute to business planning.

Successful applicants will be required to be DBS checked.

This post will be based within the PCN, and travel may be a requirement.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• A community, health, social care, counselling or other relevant experience or professional or academic qualification.
• Skills and experience of providing empowering support to communities/adults in a planned and structured way to improve their health, recovery and well-being outcomes.
• Proven skills in collating information and data on community resources and organising these in up-to-date and accessible formats for a range of different service users from various communities.
• Excellent written, verbal, listening and presentation skills.
• A proven understanding of safeguarding for children and vulnerable adults and ability to implement relevant policies and procedures.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Swan Medical Centre

Address

4 Willard Road

Birmingham

B25 8AA

Employer's website

https://www.swanmedicalcentre.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)