Job summary
To support the PCN with pro-actively assess the needs of their population and identify patients who would benefit from social prescribing support - E.g. carers, people recently bereaved, people with unhealthy lifestyle choices and those suffering with loneliness and isolation. To provide personalised, practical support to patients, their families and carers enabling them to make decisions that will improve their health and well-being outcomes and to increase their independent living and support by connecting them tocommunity initiatives for sustainability.Take a holistic approach, based on the person's priorities and the wider determinants of health using coaching techniques and a develop trusting relationships by giving people time and focus on 'what matters to me' and co-produce a personalised careand support plan.The role will require managing and prioritising your own caseload in accordance with the needs, priorities and support required by individuals on the caseload. It is therefore vital that the Social Prescriber has a strong awareness and understandingof when it is appropriate or necessary to refer people on to other health professionals/agencies, when the person's needs are beyond the scope of the role -e.g. when there is a mental health need requiring a qualified practitioner.
Main duties of the job
Promote social prescribing and its role in self-management and the wider determinants of health.
Supporting the PCN's with pro-actively assess the needs of their population and identify patients who would benefit from social prescribing support - E.g. carers, people recently bereaved, people with unhealthy lifestyle choices and those sufferingwith loneliness and isolation.To provide personalised, practical support to patients, their families and carers enabling them to make decisions that will improve their health and well-being outcomes and to increase their independent living and support by connecting them tocommunity initiatives for sustainability.
About us
Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.
We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people's homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.
A highly respected, award winning health and social care provider. We expect our staff to demonstrate and uphold our values at all times:
Vision:Transforming Lives
Values:Care, Innovation and Compassion
Mission:An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.
Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+, Ethnic Minority and Men's Networks.
We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Promote social prescribing and its role in self-management and the wider determinants of health.Build relationships with staff in PCN practices and attend relevant MDT meetings to provide information and feedback on social prescribing.Seek regular feedback about the quality of service and impact of social prescribing on referring agencies.Be proactive in encouraging self-referrals and connecting with all local communities,particularly those communities that statutory agencies may find hard to reach.
Meet people on a one-to-one basis, making home visits where appropriateGive 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 lifestylechoices.Work from a strength-based approach focusing on a persons assets by using health coaching techniques.Be a friendly source of information about health, wellbeing and preventionapproaches.Help people identify the wider issues that impact on their health and wellbeing, such as debt, poor housing, being unemployed, loneliness, isolation and caring responsibilities.Work with the person, their families and carers and consider how they can all besupported through social prescribing.Help people maintain or regain independence through living 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. The plans need to include what they can expect from the groups, activities and services they are being connected to and what the person cando for themselves to improve their health and wellbeing.Where appropriate, physically introduce people to community groups, activities andstatutory services, ensuring they are comfortable and 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) todiscuss patient-related concerns (e.g. abuse, domestic violence and support withmental health), referring the patient back to the GP or other suitable health professional if required.
Forge strong links with partner organisations, community and neighbourhood levelgroups, utilising their networks and building on whats already available to create amenu of community groups and assets. Work collectively with all local partners to ensure community groups are strong and sustainableEncourage people who have been connected to community support through socialprescribing to volunteer and give their time freely to others, building their skills andconfidence and strengthening community resilience.
Encourage people, their families and carers to provide peer support and to do things together, such as setting up new community groups or volunteering.Provide a regular confidence survey to community groups receiving referrals, to ensure that they are strong, sustained and have the support they need to be part of social prescribing.
Work sensitively with people, their families and carers to capture key information,enabling tracking of the impact of social prescribing on their health and wellbeing.Encourage people, their families and carers to provide feedback and to share their stories about the impact of social prescribing on their lives.Work within the MDT and with PCN Practices to ensure that the social prescribing referral codes are inputted into clinical systems (as outlined in the Network Contract DES), adhering to data protection legislation and data sharing agreements.Work as part of the healthcare team to seek feedback, continually improve theservice and contribute to business planning.Undertake any tasks consistent with the level of the post and the scope of the role,ensuring that work is delivered in a timely and effective manner.Duties may vary from time to time, without changing the general character of the post or the level of responsibility.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Promote social prescribing and its role in self-management and the wider determinants of health.Build relationships with staff in PCN practices and attend relevant MDT meetings to provide information and feedback on social prescribing.Seek regular feedback about the quality of service and impact of social prescribing on referring agencies.Be proactive in encouraging self-referrals and connecting with all local communities,particularly those communities that statutory agencies may find hard to reach.
Meet people on a one-to-one basis, making home visits where appropriateGive 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 lifestylechoices.Work from a strength-based approach focusing on a persons assets by using health coaching techniques.Be a friendly source of information about health, wellbeing and preventionapproaches.Help people identify the wider issues that impact on their health and wellbeing, such as debt, poor housing, being unemployed, loneliness, isolation and caring responsibilities.Work with the person, their families and carers and consider how they can all besupported through social prescribing.Help people maintain or regain independence through living 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. The plans need to include what they can expect from the groups, activities and services they are being connected to and what the person cando for themselves to improve their health and wellbeing.Where appropriate, physically introduce people to community groups, activities andstatutory services, ensuring they are comfortable and 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) todiscuss patient-related concerns (e.g. abuse, domestic violence and support withmental health), referring the patient back to the GP or other suitable health professional if required.
Forge strong links with partner organisations, community and neighbourhood levelgroups, utilising their networks and building on whats already available to create amenu of community groups and assets. Work collectively with all local partners to ensure community groups are strong and sustainableEncourage people who have been connected to community support through socialprescribing to volunteer and give their time freely to others, building their skills andconfidence and strengthening community resilience.
Encourage people, their families and carers to provide peer support and to do things together, such as setting up new community groups or volunteering.Provide a regular confidence survey to community groups receiving referrals, to ensure that they are strong, sustained and have the support they need to be part of social prescribing.
Work sensitively with people, their families and carers to capture key information,enabling tracking of the impact of social prescribing on their health and wellbeing.Encourage people, their families and carers to provide feedback and to share their stories about the impact of social prescribing on their lives.Work within the MDT and with PCN Practices to ensure that the social prescribing referral codes are inputted into clinical systems (as outlined in the Network Contract DES), adhering to data protection legislation and data sharing agreements.Work as part of the healthcare team to seek feedback, continually improve theservice and contribute to business planning.Undertake any tasks consistent with the level of the post and the scope of the role,ensuring that work is delivered in a timely and effective manner.Duties may vary from time to time, without changing the general character of the post or the level of responsibility.
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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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
