Senior Children and Young People's Social Prescriber

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Areas of Responsibility

To provide line management for a team of Young Peoples Social Prescribing Link Workers for the primary care network.

To support the Locality Service Manager in the delivery of the Young Peoples Social Prescribing Service.

To act as a point of contact for young people accessing the service.

Operational Management

Accept referrals and assess how far a patients health and wellbeing needs can be met by services and other opportunities in the community.

Manage and prioritise your caseload reflecting your patients needs.

Together produce a simple personalised care and support plan to address their health and wellbeing needs.

To ensure young people are made aware of key processes e.g. complaints - information sharing - getting involved and to make sure that they are asked about how they would prefer information.

Following a patients journey evaluate how far the actions in the care and support plan are meeting their health and wellbeing needs.

Where required refer patients back to other health professionals within the PCN.

Financial Management and Planning

Ensure data is captured in the clinical systems and SNOMED codes are utilised.

Gather data to build an evidence base about the benefits of social prescribing.

Building capacity through effective leadership

Undertake performance management discussions - coaching and appraisals for the individuals that make up the link worker team.

Support the VCSE organisations and community groups to become more sustainable - sharing intelligence regarding gaps or issues identified in local provision.

Ensure all VCSE organisations have appropriate safeguarding procedures in place and are genuine opportunities for patients to develop a sense of belonging - build knowledge - skills and confidence.

Sharing the knowledge and promoting the benefits with colleagues in the PCN on other services available in the local community and how these can be accessed.

Promote the social prescribing services you offer to colleagues within your PCN and the community. Be visible.

Management of Communication

Liaise with appropriate statutory and voluntary sector agencies working in Education - including SEND - Public & Mental Health Primary and Secondary care Social Care and Youth Offending Teams and build up appropriate networks that promote timely access to support for young people.

To work systemically e.g. liaise with and include parent/carers educators health professionals etc. when appropriate and as agreed by the service users.

To build strong working relationships with internal and external services and to promote the link worker/social prescribing model.

Work collaboratively with local Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise - VCSE - organisations and community groups to receive social prescribing referrals.

Risk Management and Quality Assurance

Discuss concerns with a relevant GP to ensure safeguarding procedures are followed appropriately.

To attend multi-disciplinary team meetings -MDTs- as required.

For your own personal and professional development you will be expected to participate in monthly supervision with a health professional.

To attend mandatory training and abide by policies and procedures on safeguarding health and safety and equality and diversity.

To attend appropriate continuing professional development and training events team meeting and supervision sessions.

To carry out any other appropriate duties in line with capabilities as directed by the line manager.

Management of workload and personal development

Act on own initiative in prioritising and managing workload delegating tasks appropriately and referring to Chief Operating Officer in respect of clinical managerial and administrative areas as necessary.

Maintain own personal and professional development as agreed at your annual review.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Previous work within an emotional wellbeing role for at least 12 months.
• Working well with others to deliver goals
• Being motivated to deliver excellent services to support Primary Care in our region
• Experience of working in a paid or unpaid capacity within a community, social care, or voluntary sector
• Has managed a patient/client case load
• Experience of working with young people in a paid or unpaid capacity
• Has produced care plans for individuals

Desirable

• Has previously worked in a Primary Care setting

Other

Essential

• Drive and have access to transport to attend visits or sites across the PCN, this may include home visits

Behaviours

Essential

• Communicates with colleagues well to ensure the smooth delivery of services
• Proactively supports others to deliver team objectives
• Takes responsibility for actions and looks to enhance the service and its reputation in all activities undertaken
• Actively engages with building personal capacity and resilience

Values

Essential

• Working Together
• Improvement and Development
• Respect and Compassion
• Engagement and Involvement

Knowledge and skills

Essential

• An appropriate degree such as teaching, or psychology or an equivalent qualification or experience of at least 2 years working as a social prescriber or similar role.
• To understand and in practice apply Caldicott Principles, Data Protection Act 2018 and appropriately protect and individuals personal data, disclosing where appropriate only
• Has the knowledge and capability to support young people to identify the appropriate pathways of emotional wellbeing, social care and educational needs for vulnerable children and young people
• Sound understanding of the wider determinants of health, including social, economic and environmental factors and their impact on young people
• Aware of voluntary sector, community groups and statutory services locally
• Has safeguarding knowledge either level 3 or the equivalent experience
• Trained coaching techniques and motivational interviewing
• To deliver outcomes based on set targets
• Liaise with other colleagues to promote the success of the YHP and its Partner organisations in primary care
• Work to perpetuate a culture that is transparent and open
• A good listener who demonstrates empathy
• Has the skills to assess risk and identify ways to mitigate these
• Awareness of and has well-developed IT skills to facilitate quick and confident learning of new systems to support the management of patients in a primary care setting (including Microsoft packages to maintain records, plans, reports and data)

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

Yorkshire Health Partners Ltd

Address

Yorkshire Health Partners Ltd

Annie Med Lane

South Cave

Brough

HU15 2HG

Employer's website

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