Job summary
Chesham and Little Chalfont PCN
Salary:From £26,000- £28,000 WTE dependant on experience.
Working hours: Part Time Minimum of 18 hours per week, flexible with working days and hours.
NHS Pension
33 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays WTE
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Social Prescribing Link Worker who is passionate about empowering people to take control of their health to join our existing developing team within our PCN, we provide high quality support to our patients and are looking for an enthusiastic, empathetic individual to join the team to support us in achieving this.
We are looking for someone to be proactive in getting to know and support our local community assets and should be motivated by helping people to become active and independent members of their local community.
Main duties of the job
Experience of working positively with people facing complex social and emotional challenges, and some knowledge of solution-focussed coaching approaches. The successful candidate will be working with people from diverse cultural and social backgrounds and will need to work confidently and effectively in a diverse, and sometimes challenging environment.
Social prescribing empowers people to take control of their health and wellbeing through referral to link workers who give time, focus on what matters to me and take a holistic approach to an individuals health and wellbeing, connecting people to community groups and statutory services for practical and emotional support. Link workers also support existing groups to be accessible and sustainable and help people to start new community groups, working collaboratively with all local partners. Social prescribing link workers (SPLW) will work as a key part of the primary care network (PCN) multi-disciplinary team.
The Social Prescriber will complete the following as part of the role:
- NHS England and NHS Improvement online learning programme
- https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/social-prescribing/
- Be enrolled in, undertaking or qualified from appropriate training as set out by the Personalised Care Institute
- https://www.england.nhs.uk/personalisedcare/supporting-health-and-care-staff-to-deliver-personalised-care/personalised-care-institute/
About us
About Us:
FedBucks is a not-for-profit GP federation of 47 GP practices covering a population of over 500,000 patients across Buckinghamshire. We began in 2016 and now employ around 300 members of staff at our head office site, and across our planned and unplanned care services.
As a GP Federation and Social Enterprise, we are proud to represent our member practices and to champion primary care by working with local general practice and system partners in the provision of community-based healthcare services. We are dedicated to providing safe and compassionate care to our patients across our range of planned and unplanned healthcare services in Buckinghamshire and believe in continuous commitment to quality service delivery and positive patient outcomes.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do, and we pride ourselves in our purpose when enabling excellent patient care and supporting general practice.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job responsibilities
- To manage a caseload of patients maintaining accurate records of each contact and share information appropriately
- To undertake patient assessments as deemed appropriate, mainly in the patients home
- To make referrals or signpost to statutory and voluntary services - following up as appropriate
- Promote social prescribing, its role in self-management, and the wider determinants of health.
- Build relationships with key staff in GP practices within the local Primary Care Network PCN, attending relevant meetings, becoming part of the wider network team, providing reports including monitoring and evaluation including general feedback on social prescribing.
- Work in partnership with all local agencies to raise awareness of social prescribing and how partnership working can reduce pressure on statutory services, improve health outcomes and enable a holistic approach to care.
- Provide personalised support and work with patients to help them better understand their health and wellbeing
- Work with the person, their families and carers and consider how they can all be supported through social prescribing.
- Help people maintain or regain independence through living skills, adaptations, enablement approaches and simple safeguards.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job responsibilities
- To manage a caseload of patients maintaining accurate records of each contact and share information appropriately
- To undertake patient assessments as deemed appropriate, mainly in the patients home
- To make referrals or signpost to statutory and voluntary services - following up as appropriate
- Promote social prescribing, its role in self-management, and the wider determinants of health.
- Build relationships with key staff in GP practices within the local Primary Care Network PCN, attending relevant meetings, becoming part of the wider network team, providing reports including monitoring and evaluation including general feedback on social prescribing.
- Work in partnership with all local agencies to raise awareness of social prescribing and how partnership working can reduce pressure on statutory services, improve health outcomes and enable a holistic approach to care.
- Provide personalised support and work with patients to help them better understand their health and wellbeing
- Work with the person, their families and carers and consider how they can all be supported through social prescribing.
- Help people maintain or regain independence through living skills, adaptations, enablement approaches and simple safeguards.
Person Specification
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to listen, empathise with people and provide person centred support in a non judgemental way.
- Able to get along with people from all backgrounds and communities, respecting lifestyles and diversity.
- Commitment to reducing health inequalities and proactively working to reach people in all communities.
- Able to support people in a way that inspires trust and confidence, motivating others to reach their potential.
- Able to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with people, their families, carers, community groups, partner agencies and stakeholders.
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ Level 3 Advanced level or equivalent qualifications or working towards.
- Demonstrable commitment to professional and personal development.
Desirable
- Training in motivational coaching and interviewing or equivalent experience.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working directly in a community development context, adult health and social care, learning support or public health health improvement including unpaid work.
- Experience of supporting people, their families and carers in a related role including unpaid work.
Desirable
- Experience of supporting people with their mental health, either in a paid, unpaid or informal capacity.
- Experience of working with the VCSE sector in a paid or unpaid capacity, including with volunteers and small community groups.
- Experience of partnership collaborative working and of building relationships across a variety of organisations.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of the wider determinants of health, including social, economic and environmental factors and their impact on communities.
- Knowledge of IT systems, including ability to use word processing skills, emails and the internet to create simple plans and reports.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the personalised care approach.
- Knowledge of community development approaches.
- Knowledge of motivational coaching and interview skills.
- Knowledge of VCSE and community services in the PCN.
Person Specification
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to listen, empathise with people and provide person centred support in a non judgemental way.
- Able to get along with people from all backgrounds and communities, respecting lifestyles and diversity.
- Commitment to reducing health inequalities and proactively working to reach people in all communities.
- Able to support people in a way that inspires trust and confidence, motivating others to reach their potential.
- Able to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with people, their families, carers, community groups, partner agencies and stakeholders.
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ Level 3 Advanced level or equivalent qualifications or working towards.
- Demonstrable commitment to professional and personal development.
Desirable
- Training in motivational coaching and interviewing or equivalent experience.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working directly in a community development context, adult health and social care, learning support or public health health improvement including unpaid work.
- Experience of supporting people, their families and carers in a related role including unpaid work.
Desirable
- Experience of supporting people with their mental health, either in a paid, unpaid or informal capacity.
- Experience of working with the VCSE sector in a paid or unpaid capacity, including with volunteers and small community groups.
- Experience of partnership collaborative working and of building relationships across a variety of organisations.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of the wider determinants of health, including social, economic and environmental factors and their impact on communities.
- Knowledge of IT systems, including ability to use word processing skills, emails and the internet to create simple plans and reports.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the personalised care approach.
- Knowledge of community development approaches.
- Knowledge of motivational coaching and interview skills.
- Knowledge of VCSE and community services in the PCN.
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.
